ArtPop x The Pinnacle Dinner™
From Billboard to Runway
June 18, 2026 | Charlotte, NC | The Hamilton | 6-9 pM
The Founding 50 totes are officially reserved. The final seats for the room are now open.
dinner, differently
On June 18, The Pinnacle Dinner™ returns to The Hamilton for a fresh spin on the traditional red carpet dinner experience with ArtPop.
A tighter curation.
A phone-free dinner.
A room where art, fashion, story, and relational capital collide on purpose.
For one night only, guests will step into the world behind ArtPop’s billboard-to-runway story.
Billboard vinyl becomes fashion.
Jewelry becomes sculpture.
Presence becomes the standard.
The right people meet before the rest of the city catches up.
50 handmade phone valet tote bags created by St. Mark's Vintage.
And 1 room built to be remembered.
The room before the runway
ArtPop has spent more than a decade creating visibility and opportunity for Charlotte area artists.
You may know their billboards - you may have seen them peppered around town during their recent installation on May 1st!
On June 18, you’ll experience the story behind them.
Guests will enter a room styled with ArtPop fashion, live wearable art, designer presence, and a visual path from vinyl public billboard to one-of-one fashion.
This is the lead-in to ArtPop’s September Upcycled Fashion Show.
And this dinner is where the story comes close enough to touch.
Guess what? You can sit with us.
The Arrival Sequence:
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
- Red carpet energy, champagne, and the curated collision begins the moment you cross the threshold.
- Champagne.
- Professionally edited photos by the one and only, Tatiana!
- Mannequins styled in ArtPop up-cycled fashion.
- Designers and models moving through the room, enjoying conversation and connection with our Rare Guests.
- Jill Melyssa’s sculptural jewelry presented up close.
- A room full of High-EQ founders, executives, artists, patrons, operators, and connectors curated with intention.
The evening begins before dinner ever starts.
Come ready.
The presence check™ -
a phone Valet Experience
Think ‘coat check’, but for your phone.
At The Pinnacle Dinner™, phones are tucked away until dessert so the room can stay fully present.
For this ArtPop collaboration, the first 50 ticket holders will receive a handmade billboard-vinyl phone valet tote created by St. Mark Vintage using repurposed ArtPop vinyl billboard material.
The 50 limited-edition ArtPop x St. Mark’s Vintage totes have been officially claimed by our founding ticket holders.
While the physical artifacts are reserved, the Presence Check™ experience remains the standard for every guest. You enter fully. You leave with the relational capital that only happens when the phones stay tucked away.
Each tote is made for this night only.
Only 50 will exist. – SOLD OUT!!
You check your phone in.
You enter the room fully.
You take home a one-of-one artifact from the evening.
Presence looks good on you.
Sponsored by Sally Awad, Luxury Real Estate Advisor, at Premier Sotheby’s International Realty
Billboard to Body
Jill Melyssa joins us as the featured wearable artist for the evening.
Her sculptural jewelry brings the billboard-to-runway story closer to the skin.
- Bold.
- Elegant.
- Edged.
Built for people who do not disappear in a room.
Guests will experience Jill’s work through a curated presentation and live models styled in her pieces.
Pieces may be claimed during the evening.
The Pinnacle Dinner™ Flow
The Pinnacle Dinner™ is built through Collision Architecture.
Every seat is intentional and every table is designed with care.
This specifically curated format creates fast trust, meaningful conversation, and momentum that continues after the evening ends.
This evening includes:
- A fun, red carpet arrival and photo moment
- Intentional table curation through one-of-a-kind Collision Architecture
- Our famous, guided, table conversation prompts
- A short Director's Chair Chat with Wendy Hickey, Founder + Executive Director of ArtPop
- Fashion and wearable art integrated into the room
- The Phone Valet Experience for the first 50 ticket holders
- Dessert, connection, fun, and relationship building
- The Big Ass Ask™ closing ritual
The Big-Ass Ask™
One question.
One big ask.
One room that knows how to move things forward.
This is why people talk about our dinners - long after they leave.
Past Pinnacle rooms have sparked partnerships, client deals, hires, board seats, speaking opportunities, and more than $2.7M in business and opportunity through trust-rich connection and curated proximity.
The dinner ends.
And the room keeps moving.
this
rare room™
is for
you -
if you are:
Building something
For those who prioritize high-signal environments over low-depth networking.
Drawn to curiosity, art, fashion, culture, and proximity with people of consequence
Curious what happens when founders, patrons, executives, artists, and connectors sit at the same RARE table?
Ready to move in rooms where the conversation has depth and follow through
Ready for an evening that feels beautiful, useful, inspiring, and alive
june 18 | the hamilton | CHARLOTTE
ArtPop x The Pinnacle Dinner™
From Billboard to Runway
$150
All-inclusive dinner experience with chef-designed buffet, wine, curated seating, guided conversation, ArtPop fashion integration, wearable art, and one unforgettably rare room.
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Phone Valet - SOLD OUT!
The first 50 ticket holders receive access to the Presence Check Phone Valet with a handmade ArtPop billboard-vinyl phone valet tote.
What can you expect?
ONE
A room full of signal: founders, executives, artists, patrons, operators, and decision-makers who move things.
TWO
ArtPop’s billboard-to-runway story brought into the room through fashion, wearable art, mannequins, and live designer presence.
THREE
A phone-free dinner experience designed for presence, depth, and meaningful conversation.
FOUR
The Big Ass Ask™ closing ritual, where proximity turns into momentous next steps.
HEY,
I’m
kristi!
I built The Pinnacle Dinner™ because I was done wasting time in rooms with no depth or follow through.
To me, the table has always been more than a place to eat.
It is where trust forms faster and where the right introduction changes the year.
It's also where big asks become standard.
Through The Pinnacle Dinner™, I curate rooms where people of consequence meet with warmth, candor, and follow-through.
Food is the vehicle. The magic is in the curated collision.
June 18 is one of those nights.
One night. One room. One collision.
ArtPop x The Pinnacle Dinner™
From Billboard to Runway
June 18.
The Hamilton.
If you’re meant to be in it, you’ll feel it.
Sponsored by Sally Awad
Premier Sotheby’s International Realty
Sally Awad of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty is joining ArtPop x The Pinnacle Dinner™ as an evening sponsor.
Her support helps bring this private dinner experience to life, including wearable art, guided conversation, artist visibility, phone-free presence, and a room designed for meaningful connection.
Sally’s work is rooted in place, relationships, and the details people remember.
That makes this partnership feel right at home.
