Image by TheDigitel customization of image by Flickr user CarbonNYCImage by 20080902art.jpg Art? Here? Maybe.

Street-side opera, a commissioned graffiti artist, a bell ringer, salon soul, and a tucked-away metal shop among others: Expression of creativity and skill does not always happen where or how you expect it.

Charleston City Paper has gone out to find these and some other examples of Charleston's more hidden examples of it. Go read it.