The mission of McColl Center is to encourage collaboration and interaction between artists and the community at large in an immersive atmosphere.
[4] Opened in 1999, McColl Center contains nine individual artist studios, a large scale sculpture facility, many common-use areas, and more than 5,000 square feet of exhibition space.
[5] In addition to studio space, McColl Center provides tools and materials for fiber arts, jewelry making, metal fabrication, printmaking, sculpture, painting, photography, ceramics, digital media and woodworking.
The bank, with the help of Charlotte's Arts & Science Council, redesigned and rebuilt the interior as a place for artists to live and work.
In 2021, the organization announced a renewed direction to put artists first and a new visual identity under the name McColl Center.