The Mint Museum Annual Report 2008 / 2009

Summer Art Campers made
fantastic sculptures from found
objects.
five K-12 teacher workshops that linked art history, printmaking and writing inspired by
Warhol’s images. Similar cross-disciplinary content was the core of an ArtsTeach-funded
Artists’ Residency at Hopewell High School. The Family Fun Saturday that featured the theme
of “Pop-Up/Pop Art Flowers” drew hundreds of people eager to make flowers as colorful as
Warhol’s in collaboration with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ new Parent University.
The traveling exhibition Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art attracted many
new visitors, as evidenced by a record number of docent-led tour groups. Special educational
offerings included a lecture by NOMA Director John Bullard on building the collection and the
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; a well-attended art history series taught by three Winthrop
University professors who covered subjects and styles seen in the exhibition; and life
drawing, portrait and painting classes that examined the techniques of great masters and
drew enthusiastic participants.
BuilDing CoMMuniTy
The Mint’s people and programs impact individuals, schools, neighborhoods and
communities. Whether volunteering as a college intern or using materials from a Mint
Traveling Trunk in a school classroom, more than 81,900 people were touched by the
Museum this year. New and ongoing partnerships highlighted the Mint’s significant
community connections.
Nearly 90 new fifth grade teachers in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools previewed the
interactive Mint program known as D.I.G.S.: Deciphering & Investigating Great Societies over
the summer of 2008. By the end of the school year, more than 10,500 CMS fifth-graders had
learned about Mexico and Central America through the Mint’s collections, and an additional
6,000 students also came on curriculum-based tours.
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