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NC Institutional Galleriescontinued from Page 47challenge in the way listening to TheloniousMonk might do. Ongoing - Featuring selectionsfrom the John & Vivian Hewitt Collection ofAfrican-American Art, one of the nation's mostimportant and comprehensive collections ofAfrican-American art. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 704/547-3700 orat (www.ganttcenter.org).Lake Norman Art League Gallery, 442S. Main St., located across the street fromWooden Stone, next to Masterworks; enter atthe rear of the building, and turn right into thelobby, Davidson. Ongoing - Featuring worksby Lake Norman Art League members. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 8am-7pm. Contact: 704/620-4450 orat (www.LKNart.org).Levine Museum of the New South, 200 E.Seventh St., corner of College St & Seventh St, Charlotte. Through Sept. 9 - "Down Home:Jewish Life in North Carolina," featuring anexhibit that chronicles Jewish life in the TarHeel state from colonial times to the present.This traveling exhibit is part of the first majoreffort to document and present more than 400years of Jewish life in North Carolina. Producedand organized by the Jewish Heritage Foundationof North Carolina (JHFNC), Down Homeshows how Jews have integrated into TarHeel life by blending their own traditions intoSouthern culture, while preserving their ethnicand religious traditions. Through Sept. 9 - "AllThat Remains". This new panel exhibit wasinspired by an article that originally appearedin Charlotte magazine. Writer Ken Garfieldinterviewed ten people living in the Charlottearea who survived the Holocaust and understoodthe importance of telling their storiesbefore it’s too late. Ongoing - "Cotton Fields toSkyscrapers," featuring a permanent exhibitionfeaturing interactive environments that tracethe history of the New South from the end ofthe Civil War until today. Admission: Yes. Freeon Sat. Parking: next door in Seventh StreetStation. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun.,noon-5pm. Contact:704/333-1887 or at (www.museumofthenewsouth.org).McColl Center for Visual Art, 721 North TryonStreet, Charlotte. Through Mar. 24 - "CON-VERGE," featuring mixed media works bySonya Clark and Quisqueya Henriquez. Clarkinvestigates simple objects as cultural interfaces.Through these, she navigates accord anddiscord, and is instinctively drawn to things thatconnect to her personal narrative as a point ofdeparture. Henríquez explores racial, ethnic,gender, and cultural stereotypes through sculpture,collage, prints, video, installations, andsound. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact:704/332-5535 or at (www.mccollcenter.org).Page 48 - Carolina Arts, March 2012Mint Museum Randolph, 2730 Randolph Road,Charlotte. Through Jan. 5, 2013 - "A ThrivingTradition: 75 Years of Collecting North CarolinaPottery," featuring more than 100 examples of theMint’s pottery collection, which has now grown tomore than 2,100 examples that includes objectsthat range from the last quarter of the eighteenthcentury to the first decades of the twenty-first.The exhibition features work by 75 potters andis offered as a part of the museum’s celebrationof its 75th anniversary as a public art institution,the oldest one in North Carolina. AlexanderGallery, Through Oct. 28 - "Celebrating QueenCharlotte's Coronation". Two-hundred andfifty years ago, seventeen-year old PrincessCharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a small duchyin northern Germany, left her family and traveledfor nine days across the rough North Sea to theeastern coast of England. She eventually arrivedin London, where she met her future husband,King George III, on the eve of their wedding.They were married on Sept. 8, 1761, and twoweeks later, on Sept. 22, 1761, Charlotte wascrowned Queen of Great Britain and Ireland.This exhibition combines works of art from themuseum’s permanent collection, including paintings,works on paper, and decorative arts, withloans from private collections to highlight theQueen’s accomplishments as a devoted mother,a notable patron of the arts, and a loyal consortto the King. Royal portraits by Allan Ramsay, SirJoshua Reynolds, and Sir William Beechey arefeatured in the exhibition, as are representativeexamples of works from the English manufactories- Wedgwood, Chelsea, Worcester, andothers - patronized by the Queen. Ongoing -"Art for the Millions: WPA Prints" and "CarolinaClay," featuring a display of colorful wares madebetween 1920 and 1950 as potters from NCadapted their works to a market economy. "Art ofthe United States," featuring contemporary worksfrom the Mint's permanent collection, includingworks by Romare Bearden, Maud Gatewood,John Biggers Juan Logan, Tarlton Blackwell,Radcliffe Bailey, Kojo Griffin, and others. "Art inthe Americas," featuring paintings, precious metalwork,sculpture, furniture and decorative artsfrom the 17th through the 19th centuries illustratethe unique culture that emerged from the Spanishcolonization of the Americas. Crosland Gallery- Featuring a presentation of portraits with manyfascinating images presented. Rankin Gallery -Featuring a presentation of the Romare BeardenCollection, including two “new” Beardens. Harrisand Crist Galleries - Featuring some contemporaryworks that are new to the collection orhave not been seen for a while. Delhom Gallery,Ongoing - The European Collection of ceramicworks. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue., 10am-9pm(free every Tue. from 5-9pm); Wed.-Sat., 10am-6pm; and Sun., 1-5pm. Closed Mon. and majorholidays. Contact: 704/337-2000 or at (www.mintmuseum.org).Kako Ueda. Japanese, 1966-, Spinning, 2012, Cutpaper, watercolors. Courtesy of George AdamsGallery, Photograph by Adam Reich.Mint Museum Uptown, Levine Center for theArts, 500 South Tryon St., Charlotte. ThroughApr. 28 - "Jun Kaneko: In the Round," curatedby Carla Hanzal. Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1942,Kaneko came to the United States in 1963 tostudy painting at the Chouinard Institute of Art inLos Angeles, now the California Institute for theArts, where he became interested in sculpturalceramics. Studying in California with PeterVoulkos, Paul Soldner, and Jerry Rothman, hebecame immersed in what is now known as thecontemporary ceramics movement. Kaneko hastaught at some of the nation’s leading art schools,including Scripps College, Cranbrook Academyof Art, and the Rhode Island School of Design.Brand Galleries, Through May 13 - "Surrealismand Beyond, curated by Jon Stuhlman. This is aproject that brings together three groundbreakingexhibitions which comprises the largest andmost significant examination Surrealism andSurrealist-inspired art ever presented in theSoutheast. The exhibitions are: "Double Solitaire:The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy,"The exhibit explores the exchange of ideasthat informed the work of the important Surrealistartists Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy during theirfifteen-year relationship. It is the first exhibitionof Surrealist art for The Mint Museum; the firstmajor exhibition of Surrealism in the region;and the first anywhere to examine Sage andTanguy’s work from this perspective. ThroughApr. 29 - "Seeing the World Within: CharlesSeliger in the 1940s". The exhibit focuses on theastonishing paintings and drawings created bythe American artist Charles Seliger during thefirst decade of his career. Born in 1926, Seligerquickly acquired a strong working knowledge ofearly twentieth century modernism. But it wasthe fantastic imagery, inventive processes, andcreative freedom of Surrealism that truly capturedhis attention, fired his imagination, and inspiredhim to develop his own mature aesthetic between1942 and 1950. Through May 13 - "GordonOnslow Ford: Voyager and Visionary". Organizedby The Mint Museum and supported by the MintMuseum Auxiliary. This is the first retrospectiveof the British-American Surrealist painter’s workorganized by an American museum in more thanthirty years. Featuring over two dozen paintingsby the artist, it is drawn entirely from his family’scollection. Gorelick Galleries, Mar. 3 - July8 - "Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear". The exhibitexplores the art of “story re-telling” through thework of several acclaimed artists, including MattiaBiagi, Mark Newport, and Kako Ueda. Comprisedof approximately sixty-two works, this thematicexhibition also includes selections from the Mint’spermanent collection, loans from private collections,and works by artists inspired by traditionalfairytales, supernatural fantasies, and childhoodfears. Ongoing - The Mint Museum Uptown willhouse the world renowned collections of the MintMuseum of Craft + Design, as well as the Ameri-Table of Contentscan Art and Contemporary Art collections andselected works from the European Art collection.The building also includes a café, a Family Gallery,painting and ceramics studios, classrooms,a 240-seat auditorium, a Special Events Pavilionwith outdoor terrace, and an expanded MuseumShop specializing in crafts of the Carolinas. Admission:Yes. Hours: Tue., 10am-9pm (free everyTue. from 5-9pm); Wed.-Sat., 10am-6pm; andSun., 1-5pm. Closed Mon. and major holidays.Contact: 704/337-2000 or at (www.mintmuseum.org).Projective Eye Gallery, UNC-CharlotteCenter City Building, 320 E. 9th Street, UptownCharlotte. Through Mar. 15 - "Betwixt andBetween," featuring an installation by Anna vonGwinner, an artist and architect long known forher abilities to create a visual and spatial unionbetween architecture and the moving image,who has been commissioned by the Collegeof Arts + Architecture to create an installationin the new UNC Charlotte Center City Building.This site-specific incendiary installationwill command viewing from urban onlookersas it rear projects out into 9th street and fromthe gallery into our lobby. Hours: Mon.-Sun.,9am-9pm. Contact: Crista Cammaroto, Directorof Galleries at 704/687-0833, 704/687-2397 orat (http://coaa.uncc.edu/Performances-exhibitions/Center-city-gallery).The Civic & Cultural Arts Center of Pineville,316 Main Street, right next door to “old” PinevillePolice Station, Pineville. Mar. 2 - 31 - "Beyond theCurve II: Celebrating Women’s Vision," featuringan art show which will feature the works of selectregional female artists. A reception wil be heldon Mar. 2, from 6:30-9:30pm. The intent of thisparticular art show is to elevate awareness andcelebrate the creativity of female artists including:Kathy Oda, Laura Fox Wallis, Denise Torrance,Heather Speer, Tobi Bordihn, Lambeth Marshall,Tiffany Capers, Carol Newman, Melody Cassen,Sarah Stabley, Sara Alexander, and Jennifer KirkHamilton. Ongoing - The CCAC is a 501(C)(3)non-profit organization offering a place whereartist of every discipline have an opportunity tonetwork and enhance their gifts. The CCAC is agathering place for emerging and established artistsof all ages to present, create and collaboratein giving life to their art, with a goal of embracingand promoting the artistic, creative and entrepreneurialpossibilities available in our communitythrough classes, workshops and on-going eventsand programs. Hours: Sat. 9am-1pm and mostweek nights from 6:30-9pm. Contact: call LeeBaumgarten at 704/889-2434, or visit (www.ccacpineville.org).The Light Factory Contemporary Museum ofPhotography and Film, @ Spirit Square Galleries,345 N. College St., Charlotte.Middleton-McMillan Gallery, Through May 13 - "EarthExchange," presented by Piedmont NaturalGas, connecting students on the environmentthrough photography and poetry. A receptionwill be held on Feb. 9, from 6-8pm. The LightFactory empowered students from Garinger,Olympic and Hough High Schools to createpowerful photographic art and poetry about theenvironment. We took them on a journey wherethey tested water quality, saw a landfill, andworked together. Be inspired by their collaboration.Knight Gallery, Through May 13 - "TheCalm Before the Storm: Human Interactionwith the Natural Landscape". This exhibitioncontinues the examination of man and his relationshipwith the environment, a photographictheme that began with the influential 1975exhibition “New Topographics: Photographs ofa Man-Altered Landscape”. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,9am-6pm; Sat., noon-5pm & Sun.,1-5pm. Contact:704/333-9755 or at (www.lightfactory.org).The Sonia and Isaac Luski Gallery, at theFoundation for the Carolinas building, 220 N.Tryon Street, (old Montaldo’s/Mint Museumof Craft + Design site), Charlotte. Ongoing -Featuring work on loan from Sonia and IsaacLuski including works by: Chuck Close, LewisJones, Herb Jackson, Mark Peiser, RichardRitter, Richard Jolley, Harvey Littleton, LinoTagliapietra and many more. Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10am-5:30pm. Contact: 704/973-4500 or at(www.fftc.org).CherokeeQualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, 645 TsaliBlvd., across from the Museum of the CherokeeIndian, Cherokee. Ongoing - Featuringbasket weaving, pottery, wood carving, fingerweaving, beadwork, stone carving and finepainting by members of the Eastern Band ofCherokee Indians. Artisans must go througha juried process to become affiliated with theorganization and current membership stands atabout 300. Hours: open daily, year round, withseasonal hours. Contact: 828/497-3103 or at(www.cherokee-nc.com).ConcordCabarrus Arts Council Galleries, HistoricCourthouse, 65 Union Street, Concord.Through Mar. 8 - "In and Out," featuring amulti-media exhibition based on opposites,including interiors and exteriors, inner thoughtsand outward expressions and the artistschoices of methods and media. The showincludes paintings, photographs, quilts, glassart, baskets and sculptures. Nineteen artistsare included in the exhibition: Heather Allen-Swarttouw, Luke Allsbrook, Marina Konovalova-Bare, David and Veronica Bennett, ArlessDay, Sharon Dowell, Anita Francis, Greg andCarla Filippelli, Martine House, Hanna Jubran,Gayle Stott Lowry, Virginia McKinney, DottieMoore, David Simonton, Deborah Squier, MarkStephenson, and Ginger J. Williamson. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm and the 2nd Sat. of eachmonth. Contact: 704/920-2787 or at (www.cabarrusartscouncil.org).CrossmoreThe Crossnore Fine Arts Gallery, a NorthCarolina Fine Art Gallery, is located at The HistoricWeaving Room on the Campus of CrossnoreSchool, 205 Johnson Lane, Crossnore.Ongoing - The gallery represents regionalpainters, sculptors and fine craft persons whowant to take part in benefiting the children ofThe Crossnore School. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 828/733-3144 and 828/387-1695or at (http://www.crossnoregallery.org/).CullowheeFine Art Museum, Fine & Performing ArtsCenter, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee.Through May 25 - "Pat Passlof: Selections 1948– 2011". A reception will be held on Jan. 26, from4-6:30pm. In partnership with the Black MountainCollege Museum + Arts Center, the Fine ArtMuseum presents this exhibit honoring the workof painter and accomplished Black Mountain Collegealumna Pat Passlof. The show will featurea selection of paintings by Passlof, representingover 60 years of her career, from her time atBlack Mountain College to her most contemporarywork as a central, though under-recognized,figure in the development of Abstract Expressionism.Through Mar. 30 - Featuring an exhibitof works by Ron Laboray, assistant professorof painting and drawing in the School of Art andDesign at Western Carolina University. Ongoing- "Worldviews," featuring selections from the PermanentCollection and new acquisitions featuringregional, national and international artists' worksin all media. Hours: Tue.- Fri.,10am-4pm & Sat.,1-4pm. Contact: 828/227-3591 or at (http://www.wcu.edu/museum/).DallasWork by Fulvia LucianoRauch Gallery, at Gaston College, 201 Highway321 S., Dallas. Mar. 5 - Apr. 4 - "TravelingSoles Art Exhibition," featuring worksby a group of local women artists of varyingbackgrounds and ages exploring the artisticpotential of soles, souls, fashion, and femininity,including: Penny Carter, Anne Forcinito, LizFunderburk , Barbara Hooley, Fulvia Luciano,Janice Mueller, Caroline Rust, Paula Smith,and Pam Winegard. A reception will be heldon Mar. 22, from 6-7:30pm. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-5pm and Fri., 9am-2pm. Contact:704/922-6344.DurhamBull City Arts Collaborative, 401-B1 FosterStreet, Durham. Upfront Gallery, ThroughMar. 29 - "Tapestries by Silvia Heyden," featuringan exhibit of new works which coincideswith release of the documentary DVD, “AWeavelry Path”. A reception will be held onFeb. 17, from 6-9pm. Hours: Wed. 4-7pm;Sat., 10am-1pm; & 3rd Fri., 6-9pm. Contact:919/949-4847 or at (www.bullcityarts.org).Center for Documentary Studies at DukeUniversity,1317 West Pettigrew Street,continued on Page 49
Durham. Through Apr. 21 - "When JaneyComes Marching Home: Portraits of WomenCombat Veterans". A series of forty large-scalecolor photographic portraits and accompanyingoral histories of women who served incombat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, theexhibit is a collaboration between photographerSascha Pflaeging and author LauraBrowder. The portraits, and accompanyingtext, convey stories that are by turns moving,comic, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking.Kreps Gallery, Through July 23 - " Full ColorDepression: First Kodachromes from America'sHeartland". A reception will be held on Apr.19, from 6-9pm. Organized by Bruce Jackson(SUNY Distinguished Professor and UB JamesAgee Professor of American Culture), withAlbright-Knox Curator for the Collection HollyE. Hughes, this exhibition will feature a selectionof rarely seen color photographs from theLibrary of Congress’ Farm Security Administration(FSA) photography collection. The exhibitwill include works by Walker Evans, DorotheaLange, Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, and others,under the leadership of Roy Emerson Stryker -include some of the most recognizable imagesof rural and small-town America during theGreat Depression. Hours: Mon.-Thur, 9am-7-pm; Fri., 9am-5pm; Sat., 11am-4pm; & Sun.,1-5pm. Contact: 919/660-3663 or at (cds.aas.duke.edu).Central Carolina Bank Gallery, The DurhamArt Guild, Royall Center for the Arts, 120 MorrisStreet, Durham. Through Apr. 8 - "The DurhamArt Guild Annual Members’ Show," featuringworks by DAG member. Hours: Mon.-Sat.,9am-9pm & Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 919/560-2713 or at (www.durhamartguild.org).Durham Arts Council Building, 120 MorrisStreet, Durham. Allenton and SemansGalleries, Through Mar. 31 - "Beyond the BullCity," featuring NC landscapes by Gerry O’Neill.Through Apr. 15 - "Screened: New Work by thePrintmakers of North Carolina," featuring a collectionof screen prints organized by Judy Jones.Exhibited artists include Aaron Wallace, BrandonSanderson, Cary Brief, Cherish Gregory, DeliaWare Keefe, Denee Black, Shane Hall, MauryBeckman, Vidabeth Bensen, Matthew Egan,Heather Muise, Jovian Turnbull, Judy Jones,Kristen Lineberger, Kristianne Ripple, MarthaSisk, Soni Martin, and Jason Leighton. EllaFountain Pratt Legacy Gallery, Mar. 16 - July15 - "Looking Closely: Art Quilts by ChristineHager-Braun," featuring abstract art quilts andfabric compositions often explore emotions,their effect on individuals and their influence onrelationships. In addition, she finds artistic inspirationin nature. A reception will be held on Apr.20, from 5-7pm. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-9pm &Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 919/560-2719 or at (www.durhamarts.org).Golden Belt Arts Gallery, Golden Beltcomplex, Building 2, room 100, 807 East MainStreet, Durham. Ongoing - The gallery is committedto promoting the work of emerging local,regional and national contemporary artists.Exhibitions of varying size and theme will be onview throughout the year with openings coincidingwith Third Friday Durham. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-7pm and Sun., noon-6pm. Contact:919/967-7700 or at (http://www.goldenbeltarts.com).North Carolina Central University Museumof Art, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham.Ongoing - Permanent collection focuses onAfrican American art of the 19th & 20th century,including works by Edward Mitchell Bannister,Henry Ossawa Tanner, Romare Bearden, JacobLawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, and Norman Lewis.As well as more contemporary works by SamGilliam, Richard Hunt, William Artis, and KerryJames Marshall. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9am-5pm &Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 919/560-6211.Perkins Library, William R. Perkins Library,Duke University, West Campus, Durham. PerkinsLibrary Gallery, Through Apr. 8 - "I Recallthe Experience Sweet and Sad: Memories of theCivil War". To mark the sesquicentennial of theCivil War, this exhibit will showcase the memoirsof men and women who lived through it-Unionand Confederate nurses, a former slave turnedcamp nurse and laundress, a southern womanmarried to a Union soldier, and a poet whosework as an army hospital nurse inspired someof his greatest works. The curators will highlightparticular items of interest from the holdings ofthe David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & ManuscriptLibrary to supplement the showcasedmemoirs, including song sheets, photographs,manuscripts, sheet music, artifacts, and maps.Rubenstein Library Gallery, Through Apr.22 - "Nation on the Move: The Puerto RicanDiaspora," featuring photographs by FrankEspada from 1963-90 documenting the harshliving and working conditions Puerto Rican migrantsendured in the 1970s-80s as well as theirsuccesses in building strong social, cultural &political organizations to improve their situation &quality of life. Hours: daily 8am-7pm, while schoolis in session.. Contact: 919/660-5968 or at (www.library.duke.edu/exhibits).The Nasher Museum of Art, Duke UniversityCentral Campus, 2001 Campus Drive, Durham.Through July 8 - "Angels, Devils and theElectric Slide: Outsider Art from the PermanentCollection". The Nasher Museum presents aninstallation of works from the permanent collectionby Outsider artists, including Minnie Black,the Rev. Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth,Mose Tolliver and Purvis Young. Also - NasherMuseum Café and Museum Shop. Admission:Yes, but free to Durham residents, courtesyof “The Herald-Sun” newspaper. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Thur. till 9pm; & Sun., noon-5-pm. Contact: 919/684-5135 or at (www.nasher.duke.edu).Work by Julie KlaperThe Rosenzweig Gallery, part of the JudeaReform Congregation, 1933 West CornwallisRoad, Durham. Through May 31 - "A Journey,"featuring a print series exploring the meaningof each of the twenty-two Hebrew letters byCharleston, SC, artist, Julie Klaper. A receptionwill be held on Mar. 4, from 2-4pm. Hours:Mon.-Thur., 9am-5pm; Fri., 9am-3pm; & Sun.9am-1pm. Contact: 919-489-7062.Elizabeth CityMuseum of the Albemarle, 501 S. Water Street,Elizabeth City. Through May 12 - "Formed, Firedand Finished: North Carolina Art Pottery". NorthCarolina’s rich art pottery tradition takes a turn inthe spotlight with this exhibition which features acollection of more than 90 pottery pieces on loanfrom Dr. Everett James and Dr. Nancy Farmer, ofChapel Hill, NC. Showcasing unusual works bytalented potters, it represents the first and largestshowing of North Carolina pottery in EasternNorth Carolina. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm.Contact: 252/335-0637 or visit (www.museumofthealbemarle.com).The Center, Arts of the Albemarle, 516 EastMain Street, Elizabeth City. Special ExhibitGallery, Jaquelin Jenkins Gallery, The 516Gallery, Ongoing - A new featured artist sectionwhich will rotate every month. Receptionswill be held each month on the 1st Friday. TheJenkins Gallery carries works by area artists forpurchase. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact:252/338-6455 or at (http://www.artsaoa.com/).FayettevilleCape Fear Studios, 148-1 Maxwell Street,Fayetteville. Ongoing - Featuring original worksby 40 artists in a variety of media, inc2luding oils,pastels, watercolors, pottery, basketry, jewelry,photography, slumped glass, stained glass,and fabric art. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-5pm &Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 910/433-2986, e-mailat (capefearstudios@mindspring.com) and at(www.capefearstudios.com).Gallery ONE13, 113 Gillespie Street, (acrossthe Street from McDuff’s Tea Room) Fayetteville.Ongoing - The gallery serves as a platform forlocal artists. It is used for juried and non-juriedexhibition and is also available for rent for independentartist exhibitions and group exhibitions.Hours: Fri. & Sat., 10am-5pm and till 9pm on 4thFridays. Contact: 910-223-2787.GoldsboroArts Council of Wayne County, 2406 E. AshStreet, Goldsboro. Ongoing - The Art Market islocated on the second floor of the Arts Councilof Wayne County building. We represent approximatley50 NC based artists including potters,jewelry designers, wood turners, paintersand writers. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-7pm & Sat.,11am-2pm. Contact: 919/736-3300 or at (www.artsinwayne.org).Greensboro AreaThroughout Greensboro, first Fri. of themonth, till 9pm - "First Friday," featuring a gallerycrawl of several gallery spaces in Greensboro.For further info (www.uacarts.org).African American Atelier & Bennett Collegefor Women Gallery, Greensboro Cultural Center,200 N. Davie Street, Greensboro. Ongoing- Featuring works by local, regional and nationalAfrican American artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Wed., till 7pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact:336/333-6885.Elliott University Center Art Gallery, 221 ElliottUniversity Center, UNC-G, Greensboro. Ongoing- Featuring works by student and alumniartists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-9pm. Contact:336/408-3659.Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art,200 North Davie Street, Greensboro CulturalCenter, Greensboro. Through Apr. 1 - "VickiEssig, Heather Gordon, Paul Rousso, and MerrillShatzman: Word Maps". The exhibit presentsfour artists whose work investigates relationshipsbetween printed texts and our contemporaryvisual environment. Through a variety ofmediums including collage, weaving, printingand drawing, these artists create a system ofsymbols, icons, and readable and undecipherablewritten forms that may be read as a map tobe decoded through imaginative interpretation.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Wed. till 7pm; andSun., 2-5 pm. Contact: 336/333-7460 or at (www.greenhillcenter.org).Work by David NewtonGuilford College Art Gallery, Hege Library,5800 W. Friendly Avenue, Greensboro. Mar. 23 -May 4 - "Onward: The Creative Legacy of DavidNewton." A reception will be held on Mar. 23,from 6-8pm. Newton, a beloved member of thecollege’s art department, succumbed to canceron April 14, 2011. It is the goal of this exhibition,accompanied by a catalog with reflections on hislegacy, to pay tribute to this talented and influentialartist and teacher by presenting a selectionof his art spanning four decades of his career.Co-curated by Founding Director & CuratorTerry Hammond ‘81 and Heather Von Bodungen‘12, the exhibition will examine the rangeof his art including paintings, drawings, prints,and sculptures. Ongoing - Additional galleriesfeature rotating selections from the College’swide-ranging permanent collection of fine art andcraft. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sun., 2-5pm.Contact: 336/316-2438.Guilford Native American Art Gallery, GreensboroCultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro.Ongoing - Featuring works by Carolina'sNative Americans. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5-:30pm. Contact: 336/273-6605.Irene Cullis Gallery, Greensboro College, 815W. Market Street, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuringworks by studen, faculty and others. Hours:Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact:336/272-7102, ext. 301.NC A&T State University Galleries, 1601 E.Market Street, Dudley Building, NC A&T StateUniversity, Greensboro. Ongoing - The MattyeReed African Heritage Collection seeks toeducate people about the culture, history and accomplishmentsof African societies and peoplesof African descent. It achieves this through thedevelopment of exhibits drawn from its extensivecollection of African artifacts, which represent across-section of African cultures from over thirtyfivecountries. The collection is made up of fineexamples of African material culture includingsculptures, masks, figures, household implements,musical instruments, and textiles. Themodern collection includes works from Nigeria,Ghana, Ethiopia, Haiti and elsewhere in theAfrican Diaspora. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm &sat., 1-5pm. Contact: 336/334-3209 or at (www.ncat.edu/~museum).The Center for Visual Artists Greensboro,second floor of the Cultural Arts Center, 200North Davie St., Greensboro. Through Mar.2 - "Spectacle 2012 Juried Photo Exhibition".Ongoing - Featuring works by member artistsfrom throughout the greater Greensboro area.Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Weds. till 7pm;& Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 336/333-7485 or at(www.greensboroart.org).Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of NorthCarolina - Greensboro, Cone Building, Tate andSpring Garden Streets, Greensboro. The LeahLouise B. Tannenbaum Gallery, The LouiseD. and Herbert S. Falk, Sr. Gallery, ThroughApr. 15 - "Richard Mosse: Falk Visiting Artist".Photographer Richard Mosse has spent the lasttwo years shooting a new series of work titledInfra in the eastern Congo. The artist is knownfor his restrained and highly aestheticized viewsof sites associated with violence and fear, suchas his 2008 depictions of the war in Iraq, and hislarge-scale photographs of airplane crash sitesand emergency drills. For his work in the Congo,Mosse used Kodak Aerochrome, an infrared filmdesigned in connection with the United Statesmilitary to detect camouflage in the 1940s. Gallery6, Through Apr. 8 - "To What Purpose?Photography as Art and Document". The recognitionof photography as an art form has beenamong the medium’s dominant philosophicaldebates ever since its inception, due in part to itsmechanical and chemical nature. Photographsconsidered documentary have further causedmany to question the purpose and artistic meritof such efforts: are documentary photographsart forms or simply straight-forward recordings ofthe subjects at hand? Gregory D. Ivy Gallery &Weatherspoon Guild Gallery, Through May 13- "Telling Tales: Narratives from the 1930s". Artistsof all periods have used narrative imagery toteach, enlighten, and/or inspire viewers. Derivedin the past from literature, Biblical scripture, mythology,or history, narrative art created during the1930s continued to record these themes as wellas the dramatic economic, social, and politicalchanges that were taking place across the nation.Artists who advocated both representational andabstract styles attempted to capture the spiritof their age—a time marked by the bleak realityof the Great Depression as well as the upliftingoptimism linked with the machine age and itspromise of progress. While works by Social Realistand Regionalist artists—the art market’s dominantstyles at the time—abound, images by otherartists whose concerns were more psychologicallypenetrating are also included. The exhibitionis organized by Elaine D. Gustafson, Curatorof Collections. Bob & Lissa Shelley McDowellGallery, Through May 6 - "Trenton DoyleHancock: WE DONE ALL WE COULD ANDNONE OF IT’S GOOD". Internationally acclaimedTexas-based artist Trenton Doyle Hancock isbest known for his ongoing narrative and theatricalinstallations that thrust the viewer literally andfiguratively into his personal, idiosyncratic, and,at times, heretical weave of words and images.This exhibition features new and selected worksexecuted across a wide variety of media, includingdrawing, painting, collage, and sculpture.The exhibition will also highlight a commissionedwall drawing. Atrium and Lobbies - Featuringworks of art complementing current galleryexhibitions which are rotated in the atrium andpublic areas throughout both floors of the gallery.Tom Otterness' site-specific work, "The Frieze"is permanently installed in the atrium. SculptureCourtyard - Featuring selections of Americansculpture from 1900 to the present from theWeatherspoon Collection and on loan works fromcontemporary artists. Admission: Free. Hours:Tue., Wed. & Fri.,10am-5pm, Thur., 10am to 9pmand weekends, 1-5pm. Contact: 336/334-5770 orat (http://weatherspoon.uncg.edu/).ALTERNATE ART SPACES - GreensboroCenter For Creative Leadership, 1 LeadershipPlace, off Hwy. 220, Greensboro. Through Mar.29 - "Quilts: The Art of Fiber," featuring quilts of allsizes and designs by members of the PiedmontQuilters Guild. Hours: by Appt. only. Contact: callLaura Gibson at 336/510-0975.Greensboro Coliseum Complex SpecialEvents Center, 1921 W. Lee Street, Greensboro.Mar. 30 - Apr. 1, from Fri., 10am-8pm;Sat., 10am-6pm; & Sun., 11am-5pm - "30thAnniversary Craftsmen’s Spring Classic Art& Craft Festival". This juried art & craft showfeatures original designs and work from hundredsof talented artists and craftsmen from across theCarolinas and the nation. Visit with the actualartisans as you discover what goes into thecreation of these one-of-a-kind treasures. Thereis something for every style, taste & budget withitems from traditional to contemporary, functionalto whimsical and decorative to funky. Returningartisans as well as new. Admission: $7/Adults, $1/Child (6-12). Admission good all 3 days with freereturn pass from show desk. Discount couponsavailable online as well as completecontinued on Page 50Table of Contents Carolina Arts, March 2012 - Page 49
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