September Issue 2010
Albemarle
Falling Rivers Gallery, 119 West Main St., next to Starnes jewelers, Albemarle. Sept. 24 & 25 - "Member Show of the North Carolina Professional Potters Guild". Ongoing - The gallery is a cooperative venue of the Stanly Arts Guild. Member staffed, this gallery offers the very best in local art and crafts including oil and watercolor, photography, pottery and ceramic art, jewelry, native American art, gourd sculpture and much more. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Thur. till 6:30pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 704/983-4278 or at (www.fallingriversgallery.com).
Aberdeen
The Exchange Street Gallery, 129 Exchange St., Aberdeen. Ongoing - The Artist's League of the Sandhills currently houses 35 artists-in-residence studios and offers classes by local professional artists and workshops by nationally known artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., noon -3pm. Contact: Melodie McRae at 910/944-3979, or at (www.artistleague.org).
Asheboro
Sara Smith Self Gallery, W. H. Moring Jr. Arts Center, 123 Sunset Ave., Asheboro. Sept. 1 - 28 - "From Within to the Surface, " an exhibition of new ceramic work by Julie Wiggins, Jennifer Mecca, Amy Sanders, Adrienne Dellinger, Ron Philbeck and Greg Scott. Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: 336/629-0399 or at (www.randolphartsguild.com).
Asheville Area
Asheville Art Museum, 2 South Pack Square at Pack Place, Asheville. Second Floor Galleries, Ongoing - "Looking Back: Celebrating 60 Years of Collecting at the Asheville Art Museum will explore the Museum's collection of American art of the 20th and 21st centuries with an interest in the art of the Southeast and WNC. Appleby Foundation Gallery, Through Jan. 9, 2011 - "Sewell Sillman: Pushing Limits," celebrates the life and work of groundbreaking artist Sewell Sillman (1924 1992). In the late 1940s Sillman studied with Josef Albers at Black Mountain College. Sillman absorbed Albers's approach to color, design and drawing and education over the decades of their work together, bringing Albers's lessons to bear on his own art and teaching. This exhibition features many of Sillman's graceful abstract drawings and watercolors alongside powerful color studies created in collaboration with Albers. Gallery 6, Through Dec. 5 - "Sallie Middleton: A Life in the Forest". Sallie Ellington Middleton (1926 - 2009), who passed away last summer, spent the last several decades of her life in her childhood home in Asheville, a magical place that was designed by her uncle, the noted architect Douglas Ellington. With masterful handling of a new medium, Middleton infused her work with her passion for the natural world. This exhibition features a number of the nature studies for which Middleton gained fame. It also includes a rarely seen group of images that Middleton painted about an adventure with her and her sister on Christmas Eve. Holden Community Gallery, Through Oct. 10 - "Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia, Photographs by Tim Barnwell". The exhibit is a photographic exploration of the makers of Appalachian folk music and traditional handcrafts by photographer Tim Barnwell. The exhibition includes approximately 30 black-and-white photographic portraits of well-known figures in the Appalachian music and crafts communities and images of some who are not as well known. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Fri. till 8pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/253-3227 or at (www.ashevilleart.org).
Asheville Gallery of Art, Ltd., 16 College Street, Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring original works of art by 30 local artists in oils, watercolors, lithographs, etchings and woodcuts. Hours: M.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm and first Fri. of the month till 8pm. Contact: 828/251-5796 or at (www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com).
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, 56 Broadway, Asheville. Ongoing - An exhibition space dedicated to exploring the history and legacy of the world's most acclaimed experimental educational community, Black Mountain College. Hours: Wed.-Sat., noon-4pm or by appt. Contact: 828/350-8484 or at (www.blackmountaincollege.org).
Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center, 109 Roberts St., Asheville. Ongoing - Dedicated to advancing the careers of emerging and mid career artists, as well as educating the public and furthering the understanding of contemporary art and its importance within the community and beyond. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/255-0066 or at (www.philmechanicstudios.com).
Grove Arcade Art & Heritage Gallery, One Page Ave., Suite 115, on O. Henry Ave., Asheville. Ongoing - The gallery is a project of the Grove Arcade Public Market Foundation and features the crafts, music and stories of the Blue Ridge. The gallery features a state-of-the-art, interactive exhibition that uses a solid terrain model animated with regional voices, video, music and lasers to bring the culture and history of Western North Carolina to life. Rotating exhibitions of regional crafts will bring emerging artists and new stories to gallery visitors. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 828/255-0775 or at (www.grovearcade.com).
Guild Crafts of Southern Highland Craft Guild, 930 Tunnel Road, Asheville. Ongoing - Work by members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild in various media. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5pm. Contact: 828/298-7903.
NC Homespun Museum, next to Grovewood Gallery, at Grove Park Inn, 111 Grovewood Road, Asheville. Ongoing - Featuring the Conway Collection of Appalachian Crafts, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Conway, who began collecting over 40 years ago while visiting the Southern Highland Craftsman Fair at the Civic Center in downtown Asheville. They also collected pottery & other traditional crafts from the Crafts Center during the State Fairs in Raleigh. Hours: Mon.- Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/253-7651.
Virginia Derryberry
S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC-Asheville, 1st floor, Owen Hall, Asheville. Sept. 3 - 28 - "UNC Asheville Art Department Faculty Exhibition," featuring works by Luke Allsbrook, Tamie Beldue, Tyler Deal, Virginia Derryberry, Robert Dunning, Mark Koven, Scott Lowrey, Brent Skidmore, Carrie Tomberlin, Eric Tomberlin, Robert Tynes, Matt West and Megan Wolfe. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm. Contact: call UNCA's Art Department at 828/251-6559.
The Fine Arts League Gallery, 25 Rankin Ave., Asheville. Ongoing - Located within the Fine Arts League of Asheville, the Gallery is devoted to the development of realist artists and features figure drawings, portraits, landscapes and still lifes. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm or by appt. Contact: 828/252-5050 or at (www.fineartsleague.org).
The Folk Art Center of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 382, Asheville. Main Gallery, Through Sept. 5 - "Haywood Community College Graduate Show". Sept. 11 - Jan. 15, 2011 - "New Traditions: Wearable Art, SHCG Members Exhibition," featuring works by members who have been invited to showcase their talents in this exhibition featuring art as personal adornment through clothing and jewelry. Permanent Collection Gallery, Ongoing - "Craft Traditions: The Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection". The Guild's Permanent Collection is comprised of approximately 2400 craft objects and dates from the late 19th century to present. Beginning with a donation from Frances Goodrich in 1931, the Permanent Collection serves the Guild's mission of craft conservation and education. This new installation will feature over 200 works that highlight our holdings in traditional art: woodcarving, pottery, dolls, basketry, weavings and furniture. The subject of this ongoing exhibition is craft history that of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and the Studio Craft Movement. Focus Gallery, Through Oct. 5 - Featuring works by Chery Cratty (paper) and Cindy Billingsley (clay). Hours: daily from 9am-5pm. Contact: 828/298-7928 or at (www.southernhighlandguild.org).
The Odyssey Gallery, 238 Clingman Ave., Asheville. Ongoing - Works in ceramics by regional and national artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11am-6pm. Contact: 828/285-9700 or at (www.highwaterclays.com).
YMI Gallery, YMI Cultural Center, 39 S. Market Street @ Eagle Street, Asheville. Ongoing - "In the Spirit of Africa". Featuring traditional and contemporary African masks, figurative woodcarvings, beadwork, jewelry, and textiles. Discover the purpose of mask and sculptures, which reflect African ancestral heritage and learn to appreciate symbolism and abstraction in African art. YMI Conference Room, Ongoing - "Forebears & Trailblazers: Asheville's African American Leaders, 1800s 1900s". The permanent exhibit offers a pictorial history of African-Americans from throughout Western North Carolina. Photographs of both influential and everyday people create a panorama of the variety of life among blacks in the mountain region. Here are the young and old, the prominent and the unknown, the men and women who helped create our city's life. YMI Drugstore Gallery, Ongoing - "Mirrors of Hope and Dignity". A moving and powerful collection of drawings by the renowned African-American artist Charles W. White. Entry, Ongoing - "George Vanderbilt's Young Men's Institute, 1892-Present". Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/252-4614 or at (www.ymicc.org).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Asheville
The North Carolina Arboretum, Milepost 393, Blue Ridge Parkway,
100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville. Sept. 25 & 26 -
"Heritage Crafts Weekend," where the NC Arboretum celebrates
Southern Appalachian traditions. The event, now in its fifth year,
features craft demonstrations and juried crafts vendors, plant
sales and musical performances from 11am-4pm, both days in the
Heritage Garden, Baker Exhibit Center and Education Center. Throughout
the Arboretum, Through Feb. 2011 - "Inflorescence,"
featuring a new exhibit that features a variety of botanical forms
created from synthetic nylon fabric by Jason S. Brown and Elizabeth
Scofield. Elements include 14-feet-tall sprout-like striped plants,
giant blades of nylon grass, large-scale synthetic flowers, and
odd plant-like shapes inspired by nature. Ongoing - The Asheville
Quilt Guild features a permanent, rotating quilt exhibit at Arboretum's
Education Center. Visitors can also enjoy the Arboretum's Quilt
Garden year-round, with plantings and patterns that change with
the seasons. Admission: Yes. Hours: Education Center hours: Mon.-Sat.,
9am-5pm. Contact: 828/665.2492 or at (www.ncarboretum.org).
Beaufort
Washington Civic Center Gallery, Beaufort County Arts Council, 110 Gladden St., Washington. Oct. 28 - 30 - "46th Annual Fine Arts Show". All entries in this annual juried show are on exhibit. More than 400 works by more than 200 artists in four categories: watercolors, oil/acrylics, graphic/open mixed, and 3D (sculpture, ceramics, fiber arts, wood, glass, metal, paper, etc.). Nov. 2 - Dec. 17 - Featuring juried works from the "46th Annual Fine Arts Show". Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9am-4pm, but call to confirm hours. Contact: 252/946-2504.
Blowing Rock
Parkway Craft Center, of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, at the Moses Cone Manor, Milepost 294, Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock. Ongoing - Featuring the work of members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild members in various media. Demonstrations offered each month. Hours: daily 9am - 5pm. Contact: 828/295-7938 or e-mail at (parkwaycraft@bellsouth.net).
Boone
Appalachian Cultural Museum, University Hall Drive, off Hwy. 321 (Blowing Rock Road), Boone. Ongoing - The permanent exhibit area includes, TIME AND CHANGE, featuring thousands of objects ranging from fossils to Winston Cup race cars to the Yellow Brick Road, a section of the now closed theme park, "The Land of Oz". Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/262-3117.
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, 423 West King Street, Boone. Main Gallery & Mezzanine Gallery, Through Dec. 4 - "In the Shadow of the Volcanoes: Contemporary Art from the Mountains of Central Mexico". In the Spring of 2009, representatives from the Turchin Center staff and Appalachian's Department of Art visited The Universidad de las Américas en Puebla (UDLAP) and artists living and working in Puebla and Cholula Mexico. The goals of the trip were to research the local art and artists and to lay the groundwork for future artist residencies, faculty, student and cultural exchanges between the two universities' art departments and graphic design programs. Catwalk Community Gallery, Through Oct. 2 - "From Acadia: Tanase Fontenot". Athanase "Tanase" Fontenot is a self-taught artist originally from Dog Island Swamp, a small community in the heart of Cajun Louisiana. Fontenot's drawings and paintings are inspired directly from the objects and scenes that surround him in his daily life. Gallery B, Through Nov. 13 - "Perspectives in Bronze: Works by Greg Bailey & Michael Warrick". These artists will present works that contrast and compliment by exemplifying the multifaceted qualities of bronze by utilizing their own influences. Bailey's bronze work is "based upon an "intellectual and emotional response to the predictions of the future regarding the planetary sustainability of human life" where Warrick's bronze work is a direct "exploration of organic form and textural surface with a natural color pallet" derived from found objects. Gallery A, West Wing, Through Nov. 13 - "MANinfested DESTINY: From Boone to Boon - A Re-interpretation by Dan Smith". The Turchin Center has invited artist Dan Smith to design and install a site specific environmentally and historically based exhibition on the life of American pioneer and our city's namesake, Daniel Boone themes that continue to resonate almost two centuries after Boone's death. Mayer Gallery, Through Nov. 13 - "Amy Cheng: Evidence of Things Unseen". Cheng's current work has been inspired by six months spent in Brazil on a Fulbright Fellowship, where her senses were overtaken by the lush plant life that flourishes in its tropical clime. Cheng takes natural forms and riffs on them, saturating the paintings with color, energy, pattern and light. Hours: 10am-6pm, Tue., Wed., Thur., & Sat. and Fri.,noon -8pm. Contact: Hank T. Foreman at 828/262-3017 or at (www.turchincenter.org).
Brasstown
Folk School Craft Shop, John C. Campbell Folk School, Olive D. Campbell Building, Brasstown. Ongoing - Featuring the juried craftworks of over 300 regional artists offering a wide range of items including woodcarvings, ironwork, jewelry, weaving, pottery, craft instruction books, historical works, tapes, CDs, craft supplies and much more. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8am-5pm and Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 800/365-5724 or at (www.grove.net/~jccfs).
Brevard
Downtown Brevard, Sept. 24, 5 - 9pm - "4th
Friday Gallery Walk," featuring downtown galleries and other
area art spaces, including: Transylvania Community Arts Council,
Bluewood Gallery, Red Wolf Gallery, Number 7 Fine Arts & Crafts
Cooperative, Gallery on Main, Drew Deane Gallery, Hollingsworth
Gallery, Gravy, Local Color, Hunters and Gatherers, Continental
Divide and the Transylvania Heritage Museum. Enjoy artwork by
local artists, music, munchies and wine as
you stroll downtown Brevard. Be sure to look for the 16 animal
sculptures and 5 murals throughout downtown.Brochures with a map
are available at participating locations. For more info call 828/883-4142.
Transylvania Community Arts Center Gallery, 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Sept. 6 - Oct. 1 - "The Far Side: Fantasy, Far Fetched & Fun". Have fun exploring this fun art exhibit about the Far Side of life. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/884-2787 or at (www.artsofbrevard.org).
Broadway
Gallery One Pottery, 104 South Main Street, located across from the Post Office, Broadway. Ongoing - Featuring some of the finest pottery from NC and across the US, including works by 40 plus artists display their works in pottery, glass and wood. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 919/258-3921 or at (www.galleryonepottery.com).
Burnsville
Burnsville Gallery, Toe River Arts Council, 102 W. Main St., Burnsville. Through Sept. 4 - "Phillips and Phillips Exhibit," featuring wood turnings by Bobby Phillips and paintings by Shirley Phillips. Sept. 10 - Oct. 9 - "Waters and Friends Exhibit," featuring encaustic painting by Jim Waters. Ongoing - Featuring works by artists from Mitchell and Yancey Counties sponsored by the Toe River Arts Council. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/682-7215 or at (www.toeriverarts.org).
Chapel Hill - Carrboro - Hillsborough
Ackland Art Museum, UNC - Chapel Hill, Columbia & Franklin Streets, Chapel Hill. Through Sept. 19 - "Art and Cultural Exchange along the Silk Road". Renaissance and Baroque Gallery, Ongoing - "Art and the Natural World in Early Modern Europe," features masterpieces by artists including Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Weenix, Salomon van Ruysdael, and a seventeenth-century landscape by Claude Lorrain on long term loan to the Ackland from the Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens in New Bern, NC. This exhibit now combines with its neighboring gallery, Art and Religious Life in Early Modern Europe, to showcase a wide range of Renaissance and Baroque subject matter. Hours: Wed., Fri., & Sat., 10am-5pm; Thur., 10am-8pm; Sun., 1-5pm; and 2nd Fri, each month till 9pm. Contact: 919/966-5736 or at (www.ackland.org).
Nicholas Graetz
Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill Preservation Society, 610 East Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill. Through Sept. 19 - "Investigations," featuring photography by Nicholas Graetz. Sept. 26 - Oct. 24 - Featuring acrylic and oil paintings by Micah Mullen. Hours: Tue-Fri 10 am-4 pm, & Sun 1-4 pm. Contact: 919/942-7818 or at (www.chapelhillpreservation.com).
Charlotte Area
North Davidson Arts District Gallery Crawl - From 6-9 or 10pm on the 1st & 3rd Fridays of each month. For info check (www.noda.org).
Uptown Gallery Crawl - From 6-8pm on the 1st Friday of each month.
South End Art Gallery Crawl - From 6-9pm on the 1st Friday of each month.
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Wells Fargo Cultural Campus, 420 South Tryon St., Charlotte. Sept. 10 - Jan. 3, 2011 - "School of Paris: European Abstraction Post World War II". The exhibition will present more than 60 works (paintings, prints and artist books) from the Bechtler collection created by artists who are well represented in European museums but not as broadly known in the United States. Key artists include: Alfred Manessier, Gustave Singier, Alberto Magnelli, Pierre Soulages and Nicolas de Stael who, along with other artists of the era, were considered Europe's answer to America's Abstract Expressionists. "School of Paris: European Abstraction Post World War II," marks the first new exhibition since the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art opened Jan. 2, 2010. Ongoing - The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is named after the family of Andreas Bechtler, a Charlotte resident and native of Switzerland who assembled and inherited a collection of more than 1,400 artworks created by major figures of 20th-century modernism and donated it to the public trust. The Bechtler collection comprises artworks by seminal figures such as Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miro, Jean Tinguely, Max Ernst, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Le Corbusier, Sol LeWitt, Edgar Degas, Nicolas de Stael, Barbara Hepworth and Picasso. Only a handful of the artworks in the Bechtler collection have been on public view in the United States. Admission: Yes. Hours: Mon., Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun. noon-5pm; and open until 9pm the 1st. and 3rd. Fri. of each month. Contact: 704/353-9200 or at (www.bechtler.org).
Charlotte Art League Gallery, Classes & Studios,1517 Camden Rd., South End, Charlotte. Ongoing - CAL offers fine art for all tastes and budgets in a variety of media: acrylics, oil, pastel, watercolor, mixed media, photography and sculpture. Tour studios of working artists. Hours: Tue.-Thur., 11am-3pm; Fri., 11am-3pm & 5-8pm; Sat., 11am-5pm; & Sun.. 1-5pm. Contact: 704/376/2787 or at (www.charlotteartleague.org).
Creative Art Exchange, (formerly the Icehouse Center for Creativity, Craft & Design) 19725 Oak St., Unit 1, Oak Street Mill Village, behind the police station, Cornelius. Ongoing - Featuring works by local and regional artists and offering art classes. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., noon-4pm. Contact: 704/892-7323 or at (www.icehousecenter.org).
Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts & Culture (formerly the Afro-American Cultural Center), 551 S. Tryon St., Charlotte. Through Sept. 3 - "Romancing the Eye: Louis Delsarte, Charles Farrar, and Larry Lebby". Exhibiting for the first time together, these outstanding visual artists will romance your visual perception and artistic emotions. Each artist has his own distinct artistic ability in creating tantalizing artwork. Delsarte is inspired by memories from the past while using texture, color and form to create an abstraction of space which gives his images light; Lebby has perfected the technique of dry-brush watercolor which gives his paintings a lightness and buoyancy; and Farrar uses the properties of wood to summon forth the classical and non-classical forms of finely finished surfaces while invoking the processes once used by master carvers from Sub-Saharan Africa and Egyptians in North Africa. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 704/547-3700 or at (www.ganttcenter.org).
Lake Norman Art League Gallery, 442 S. Main St., located across the street from Wooden Stone, next to Masterworks; enter at the rear of the building, and turn right into the lobby, Davidson. Ongoing - Featuring works by Lake Norman Art League members. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-7pm. Contact: 704/620-4450 or at (www.LKNart.org).
Levine Museum of the New South, 200 E. Seventh St., corner of College St & Seventh St , Charlotte. Ongoing - "Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers," featuring a permanent exhibition featuring interactive environments that trace the history of the New South from the end of the Civil War until today. Admission: Yes. Free on Sat. Parking: next door in Seventh Street Station. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact:704/333-1887 or at (www.museumofthenewsouth.org).
Mint Museum Randolph, 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte.
Through Dec. 31 - "North Carolina Pottery: Diversity and
Traditions". Showcasing the state's rich history of pottery-making,
this exhibition features more than 50 works that span from the
late 1700s to the present and represents North Carolina's most
important pottery areas, including the Catawba Valley, the mountains,
Seagrove and the Moravian settlements. Through Dec. 31, 2011 -
"Chinese Court Robes: The Mint Museum Collection". In
1644, the Manchu-Qing nomads took control over China. To further
exert their power over the defeated Han population, the Manchu
imposed dress codes for their ruling imperial family to distinguish
these individuals from the general citizenry. Court robes of this
era display a rich ornamentation of symbolism and decorative representations
of the Manchu cosmos. Through Dec. 31, 2011 - "The Transformed
Self: Performance Masks of Mexico". Public performances of
epic tales, historical events and religious narratives are a key
part of modern life in Mexico. The performer's mask is a vehicle
of transformation that physically and psychologically converts
the wearer into the character portrayed by the dancer. Through
Dec. 31, 2011 - "Northern European Art from The Mint Museum
Collection". As Renaissance Art styles of the 15th century
spread from Italy to the northern European countries, they adapted
and changed to accommodate local artistic preferences and cultural
ideals. In addition to portraits and historical scenes, there
appeared popular scenes of peasant life, townscapes, pastoral
landscapes, still lifes and maritime paintings, among others.
Through Dec. 31, 2011 - "The Shape of Life: Contemporary
Native American Ceramics". Contemporary Native American ceramics
constitute an ongoing dialogue concerning the past, present and
future, embracing personal expression and cultural essence. Pueblo
artists of New Mexico perceive the forming of the vessel and its
painting process as pious acts of prayer seeking spiritual energy,
divine guidance and universal equilibrium. Ongoing - "Art
for the Millions: WPA Prints" and "Carolina Clay,"
featuring a display of colorful wares made between 1920 and 1950
as potters from NC adapted their works to a market economy. "Art
of the United States," featuring contemporary works from
the Mint's permanent collection, including works by Romare Bearden,
Maud Gatewood, John Biggers Juan Logan, Tarlton Blackwell, Radcliffe
Bailey, Kojo Griffin, and others. "Art in the Americas,"
featuring paintings, precious metalwork, sculpture, furniture
and decorative arts from the 17th through the 19th centuries illustrate
the unique culture that emerged from the Spanish colonization
of the Americas. Crosland Gallery - Featuring a presentation of
portraits with many fascinating images presented. Rankin Gallery
- Featuring a presentation of the Romare Bearden Collection, including
two "new" Beardens. Harris and Crist Galleries - Featuring
some contemporary works that are new to the collection or have
not been seen for a while. Delhom Gallery, Ongoing - The European
Collection of ceramic works. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat.,
10am-5pm and Tue. till 9pm. Contact: 704/337-2000 or at (www.mintmuseum.org).
Cherokee
Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, 645 Tsali Blvd.,
across from the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee. Ongoing
- Featuring basket weaving, pottery, wood carving, finger weaving,
beadwork, stone carving and fine painting by members of the Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians. Artisans must go through a juried process
to become affiliated with the organization and current membership
stands at about 300. Hours: open daily, year round, with seasonal
hours. Contact: 828/497-3103 or at (www.cherokee-nc.com).
Concord
Cabarrus Arts Council Galleries, Historic Courthouse,
65 Union Street, Concord. Through Oct. 7 - "Multi-Tasking,"
a new group exhibition featuring artists who create works in more
than one medium, including: Robert Crum, George Handy, Paul Keysar,
Julie Olson, Whitney Peckman, and Anthony Ulinski. Through Oct.
7 - "Cabarrus Art Guild Juried Exhibition," juried by
Robert Tynes, art department chairman at the University of North
Carolina at Asheville. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm and the 2nd
Sat. of each month. Contact: 704/920-2787 or at (www.cabarrusartscouncil.org).
Cullowhee
Fine Art Museum, Fine & Performing Arts Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee. Ongoing - "Worldviews," featuring selections from the Permanent Collection and new acquisitions featuring regional, national and international artists' works in all media. Hours: Tue.- Fri.,10am-4pm & Sat., 1-4pm. Contact: 828/227-3591 or at (www.wcu.edu/fapac/galleries).
Mountain Heritage Center, ground floor of Robinson Admin. Building, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee. Gallery A, Ongoing - "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact: 828/227-7129 or (www.wcu.edu/mhc).
Durham
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University,1317 West Pettigrew Street, Durham. Kreps & Lyndhurst Galleries, Through Jan. 8, 2011 - "Literacy Through Photography - Arusha, Tanzania". The LTP project in Arusha, Tanzania, began in 2004 when Sister Cities of Durham brought two Tanzanian teachers to the Center for Documentary Studies to attend an LTP workshop. Building on these connections, LTP staff traveled to Arusha in 2007, 2008, and 2009 to offer workshops to hundreds of primary school teachers, from all over the district, and to co-teach lessons that involved more than 2,000 students. The summer of 2010 marks the third year that the DukeEngage program has supported Duke University students in their work with the LTP project in Arusha. These experiences culminated with public exhibitions of children's work in Arusha, some of which is included in this exhibition. Also on display will be photographs that document the collaborative LTP process. Hours: Mon.-Thur, 9am-7pm; Fri., 9am-5pm; Sat., 11am-4pm; & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 919/660-3663 or at (cds.aas.duke.edu).
North Carolina Central University Museum of Art, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham. Ongoing - Permanent collection focuses on African American art of the 19th & 20th century, including works by Edward Mitchell Bannister, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, and Norman Lewis. As well as more contemporary works by Sam Gilliam, Richard Hunt, William Artis, and Kerry James Marshall. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 919/560-6211.
The Nasher Museum of Art, (formerly the Duke University Museum of Art) Duke University Central Campus, 2001 Campus Drive, Durham. Through Sept. 5 - "Color Balance: Paintings by Felrath Hines and Alma Thomas". The exhibit will contextualize a recent gift of abstract paintings by Felrath Hines (given to three area university art museums) by juxtaposing them with contemporary abstractionist, Alma Woodsey Thomas. Also - Nasher Museum Café and Museum Shop. Admission: Yes, but free to Durham residents, courtesy of "The Herald-Sun" newspaper. Hours: Tue.- Sat., 10am-5pm; Thur. till 9pm; & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 919/684-5135 or at (www.nasher.duke.edu).
Fayetteville
Cape Fear Studios, 148-1 Maxwell Street, Fayetteville. Ongoing - Featuring original works by 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-mail at (capefearstudios@mindspring.com) and at (www.capefearstudios.com).
Greensboro Area
Throughout Greensboro, first Fri. of the month, till 9pm - "First Friday," featuring a gallery crawl of several gallery spaces in Greensboro. For further info (www.uacarts.org).
African American Atelier & Bennett College for Women Gallery, Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie Street, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works by local, regional and national African American artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Wed., till 7pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 336/333-6885.
Elliott University Center Art Gallery, 221 Elliott University Center, UNC-G, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works by student and alumni artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-9pm. Contact: 336/408-3659 or at (www.euc.uncg.edu/services/gallery/).
Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, 200 North Davie Street, Greensboro Cultural Center, Greensboro. Sept. 10 - Oct. 31 - "Drawing Revisited," featuring a survey highlighting contemporary drawing in North Carolina.. Hours: Tue.-Thur., 10am -7pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 2-5pm Contact: 336/333-7460 or at (www.greenhillcenter.org).
Guilford College Art Gallery, Hege Library, 5800 W. Friendly Avenue, Greensboro. Sept. 1 - Oct. 1 - "Again and Never Again: Can We Coexist with Outselves?," featuring an installation by Bryant Holsenbeck. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm, & Sun. 2-5pm. Contact: 336/316-2438 or at (www.guilford.edu/artgallery).
Guilford Native American Art Gallery, Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works by Carolina's Native Americans. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5:30pm. Contact: 336/273-6605.
Irene Cullis Gallery, Greensboro College, 815 W. Market Street, Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works by studen, faculty and others. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 336/272-7102, ext. 301 or at (www.art.gborocollege.edu/gallery.html).
NC A&T State University Galleries, 1601 E. Market Street, Dudley Building, NC A&T State University, Greensboro. Ongoing - The Mattye Reed African Heritage Collection seeks to educate people about the culture, history and accomplishments of African societies and peoples of African descent. It achieves this through the development of exhibits drawn from its extensive collection of African artifacts, which represent a cross-section of African cultures from over thirty-five countries. The collection is made up of fine examples of African material culture including sculptures, masks, figures, household implements, musical instruments, and textiles. The modern collection includes works from Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Haiti and elsewhere in the African 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, 200 North Davie St., Greensboro. Ongoing - Featuring works by member artists from 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).
Arnold Mesches
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, Cone Building, Tate and Spring Garden Streets, Greensboro. Through Sept. 5 - "Arnold Mesches: The FBI Files." The artwork chronicles the F.B.I.'s surveillance of Mesches for 27 years, beginning in the McCarthy era. From 1945 to 1972, they analyzed the artist's political and social activities, and engaged friends, neighbors, and even a lover as informants, compiling a 760-page dossier on him. Eleven years ago, Mesches obtained access to the files under the Freedom of Information Act, and turned them into art. The F.B.I. Files consists of provocative, layered collages that have often been described as "contemporary illuminated manuscripts." The exhibition at the Weatherspoon includes a selection of collages from the overall project as well as large-scale paintings inspired by the experience. Through Sept.19 - "Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polariods". The exhibition features approximately 300 Polaroids and 70 gelatin silver black-and-white prints pooled from the many donated to the Weatherspoon Art Museum, the Nasher Museum of Art, and the Ackland Art Museum in 2008 by the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program, a division of the Andy Warhol Foundation in celebration of the foundation's 20th anniversary. Through Oct. 24 - "Hans Hofmann: Circa 1950," includes an extraordinary body of work created by the artist for the architect Josep Sert's 1950 city plan for Chimbote, Peru, and two dozen other important works from that year. His nine large-scale Chimbote painting studies form a concise and inspired example of the depth of Hofmann's strengths as an abstract painter and modernist visionary. He is often heralded more for his influence as a teacher than as an artist, but this exhibit situates him firmly at the center of American abstract painting of the time. Atrium and Lobbies - Featuring works of art complementing current gallery exhibitions which are rotated in the atrium and public areas throughout both floors of the gallery. Tom Otterness' site-specific work, "The Frieze" is permanently installed in the atrium. Sculpture Courtyard - Featuring selections of American sculpture from 1900 to the present from the Weatherspoon Collection and on loan works from contemporary artists. Admission: Free. Hours: Tue., Wed. & Fri.,10am-5pm, Thur., 10am to 9pm and weekends, 1-5pm. Contact: 336/334-5770 or at (www.weatherspoon.uncg.edu).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Greensboro
Elissa Houghton
Center For Creative Leadership, 1 Leadership Place, off Hwy. 220, Greensboro. Through Nov. 18 - "All Abstract". Explore the color and form of pure imagination through the works of Matt Goldfarb, Elissa Houghton, Phil Morgan, Carolyn Nelson, and Kevin Robledo. Hours: by Appt. only. Contact: call Laura Gibson at 336/510-0975.
Greenville
Emerge Gallery & Art Center, 404 S. Evans St., Greenville. Through Sept. 25 - "2010 Schwa," featuring a national juried competition recognizing excellence in craft and art. Ongoing - Featuring works in a variety of media by students, faculty, alumni (East Carolina University) and local artists.. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-9pm & Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 252/551-6947 or at (www.emergegallery.com).
Greenville Museum of Art, 802 South Evans Street, Greenville. South Gallery, Ongoing - Featuring works by NC artists and American landscape artists including: Nena Allen, Charles Bashum, Charles Burchfield, Jasper Cropsey, Arthur Dove, Daniel Garber, David Johnson and David Kapp. Francis Speight & Sarah Blakeslee Gallery, Ongoing - Featuring works by Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee, two of Greenville's and NC's important artists. Student's Gallery, Ongoing - Featuring changing exhibitions of work produced by students, including students from East Carolina University. Look & Learn Gallery, Ongoing - On display are two and three-dimensional art from the Museum's Education Collection. Young visitors are invited to browse through the gallery and engage in the project sheets found in the Activity Corner. Admission: Free. Hours: Tue., - Fri., 10am - 4:30pm and Sat.&Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 252/758-1946 or at (www.gmoa.org).
Hendersonville
Main Street, Hendersonville. Oct. 2 & 3, 10am-5pm - "51st annual Art on Main". One of the region's most popular outdoor arts festivals, Art on Main features both fine arts and fine crafts, and in the past has attracted artists from throughout the Carolinas, as well as from Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Florida. The event is sponsored by The Arts Council of Henderson County. Hours: 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/693-8504 or at (www.acofhc.com).
Throughout Henderson County, Sept. 25 (10am-5pm) and Sept. 26, 2010 (noon-5pm) - "Third Annual Henderson County Open Studio Tour". The Open Studio Tour is a self-guided tour of 31 artist studios and five area art galleries. A preview exhibition showcasing the work of the participating artists work will be held Sept. 3 - 24 in the Neill Gallery at The Arts Council, in downtown Hendersonville.Tour brochures with each artist and gallery listed and a map of how to find them is available. Contact: 828/693-8504 or at (www.acofhc.com).
D. Samuel Neill Gallery, at The Arts Council of Henderson County, 538A North Main St., corner of 6th Avenue, Hendersonville. Celebrating 10 years of bringing art to our community. Sept. 3 - 24 - "Open Studio Tour Exhibition 2010". This is an excellent opportunity to view the work of artists in the same gallery who will be participating in the Open Studio Tour (Sept. 25-26). Hours: Tue.-Fri., 1-5pm & Sat., 1-4pm. Contact: 828/693-8504 or at (www.acofhc.com).
Opportunity House, 1141 Asheville Hwy. (Hwy. 25), Hendersonville. Grace Etheredge Room, Through Sept. 9 - "The Eye of the Artist". ALHC members were challenged to create their own interpretation in color using subject matter from one of two black and white photographs. Though the subject matter is limited, the possibilities are endless. Sept. 12 - Oct. 7 - Featuring an exhibit of works by folk artist Carol MacAllister. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 828/698-7868 or at (www.artleague.net).
The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, UNC-Asheville Kellogg Conference Center, at 11 Broyles Road between HWY 64 and South Rugby, Hendersonville. Through Dec. 3 - "Out of the Board Room and Into the Studio," featuring works by retiring director, Dian Magie, and others including: Virginia Derryberry, Judith Duff, Catharine Ellis, Terry Gess, David Hutto, Stoney Lamar, Jeana Kline, Dian Magie, Rob Pulleyn, Michael Sherrill, Brent Skidmore, Jody Servon, Kate Vogel, Megan Wolfe, and Margaret Yaukey. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/890-2050 or at (www.craftcreativitydesign.org).
Hickory
Full Circle Arts, 327 Second Avenue NW, Hickory. Ongoing - Featuring works by member artists in a variety of mediums. Full Circle Arts is a not-for-profit educational organization whose mission is to encourage public appreciation and education for the arts. Hours: Wed.-Sat., noon-6pm. Contact: 828/322-7545 or at (www.fullcirclearts.org).
The Hickory Museum of Art, Arts and Science Center, 243 Third Avenue N.E., Hickory. Mezzanine Gallery, Through Fall 2010 - "Carolina Folk Sculptors: Four Formidable Folk Fathers". This exhibition features: one of the most comprehensive collections of wood and stone sculptures by Raymond Coins; bondo sculptures by Hubert Walters; sculpted canes by Charlie Sain; and fanciful sculptures by James Harold Jennings. Guest Curators Allen and Barry Huffman selected the works from their extensive collection of Southern Contemporary Folk Art. Paul Whitener Gallery, Ongoing - This newly constructed gallery honors the life and work of the Museum's founder and first director, Paul W. Whitener (1911 1959). It features rotating exhibitions of art created by Paul Whitener - from the Permanent Collection and through loans. Open Storage Gallery, Ongoing - "Contemporary Southern Folk Art." From the Museum's Permanent Collection, the works are displayed in an open storage format. The pieces are not part of a traditional exhibition, but are on view for research, study, comparison and enjoyment. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., 1-4pm. Contact: 828/327-8576 or at (www.hickorymuseumofart.org).
Highlands
The Bascom, a center for the visual arts, 323
Franklin Rd., covered bridge entrance at the end of Main Street,
Highlands. Main Gallery, Through Sept. 26 - "Kick-start!
American Motorcycle Design". Motorcycles are iconic images
in American culture and reflect their historical context in design.
Follow the aesthetic evolution in two-wheel transportation through
vintage cycles. This extraordinary collection will be on loan
from the Wheels Through Time Museum and collector Dale Walksler.
Atrium and Education Galleries, Through Oct. 3 - "Artists
In Residence" and "Three Weavers". "Artists
in Residence," includes works by Harriet Shorr, painter;
Matt Kelleher, ceramics; and Shoko Teruyama, ceramics. "Three
Weavers," includes works by Suzanne Gernandt, Kathy Roig
and Amy Putansu. Balcony Gallery, Through Sept. 12 - "Small
Works Challenge, Bascom Members". A survey of contemporary
visual works. Members of The Bascom submitted recently created,
small works of art. Sept. 18 - Nov. 27 - "Recent Works: Aaron
Yakim and Cynthia Taylor". Take a glimpse into the current
work of artists from The Bascom collection in this series. Masters
of tradition, basketmakers Yakim and Taylor make these traditional
Appalachian white oak baskets straight from the tree. Loft Gallery,
Through Sept. 5 - "Heroes of Horticulture". The George
Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, in
conjunction with The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Washington
DC, commissioned 12 celebrated photographers to visually preserve
significant landscapes designated as at risk. These sites are
sole witnesses to some of the nation's greatest people and most
significant moments. The results of this commission, color and
black and white photography, will be on view. Sept. 11 - Nov.
6 - "Fire and Heat by Three". Gunpowder, furnaces and
kilns are used by the three featured artists: glass artist Alex
Bernstein, mixed media artist Mira Lehr and ceramist Tom Turner.
Experience traditional and innovative uses of materials and processes
employed in the making of these contemporary works of art. Children's
Gallery, Through Oct. 3 - "Pass It On: Youth Art and Work
by Intergenerational Instructors," featuring works by The
Bascom's young artists and the instructors who teach Bascom intergenerational
classes. Bascom Campus, Ongoing - "Stick Works: Patrick Dougherty
Environmental Sculpture". Internationally recognized sculptor
Patrick Dougherty has constructed a monumental site-specific work
using saplings as his construction material. Dougherty combines
primitive construction techniques with his love of nature to build
a one-of-a-kind sculpture on The Bascom campus. Ongoing - In addition
to rotating exhibitions, The Bascom offers a campus-wide art experience
including studio classes for children and adults, educational
presentations, historic buildings, a covered bridge, a nature
trail, a 23,000 square foot main building for two-dimensional
art, a separate reconstructed Barn Studio for three-dimensional
art, a café, a terrace for venue rentals, and much more.
Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 828/526-4949
or at (www.thebascom.org).
High Point
Theatre Art Galleries, High Point Theatre, 220 East Commerce Avenue, High Point. Main Gallery, Through Oct. 8 - "(POPS): Piedmont Outdoor Painting Society". The Piedmont Outdoor Painting Society is a group of professional artists, all of whom are dedicated plein air, or outdoor, painters. They paint together every week, weather permitting, at locations in and around the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina, and sometimes farther afield. Gallery B, Through Oct. 8 - Featuring works by prinmaker Julie Niskanen. Hallway Gallery, Through Oct. 8 - Featuring works by photographer Rick Smith will be showing a collection titled, "Rick Smith, photographer of stillness and silence". Hours: Tue.-Sat., noon-5pm. Contact: 336/887-2137 or at (www.tagart.org).
Jacksonville
The Bradford Baysden Gallery, Council for the Arts, 826 New Bridge Street, Jacksonville. Sept. 5 - 24 - "Images 2010," featuring the Onslow Art Society's Fall Juried Art Show, which will include selected works. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-4:30pm & by appt. Contact: 910/455-9840 or at (http://www.jaxarts.com/).
Kings Mountain
Southern Arts Society (at the Depot),301 N. Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain. Ongoing - Southern Arts Society (SASi) Gift Shop featuring 25 regional artists working in a variety of media including: acrylic, oil and pastel paintings, mixed media, ceramics, jewelry, photography, sculpture and wearable art. Offering art & pottery classes to the public. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am4pm, Sat. 11am-3pm. Contact: 704/739/5585 or at (www.southernartssociety.org).
Lenoir
Caldwell Arts Council Gallery, 601 College Avenue, SW, Lenoir. Sept. 3 - 24 - "All Booked Up," featuring book art creations by Cathy Taylor, Sigrid Hice, Aleta Braun, and Lisa Beth Robinson. Satie's Gift Shop, Ongoing - featuring gift items made by local artists. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 704/754-2486 or at (www.caldwellarts.com).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Lenoir
Art in Healing Gallery, Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Lenoir. Through
Sept. 30 - Featuring an exhibit of works by Lenoir, NC watercolorist
Toni Indicott. Hours: regular hospital visiting hours. Contact:
Caldwell Arts Council at 704/754-2486 or at (www.caldwellarts.com).
J. E. Broyhill Park, 509 Ridge Street, Lenoir. Sept. 10-11, 2010 - "25th Annual Sculpture Celebration," sponsored by Caldwell Arts Council and Tri-State Sculptors Association, juried by Dr. Lawrence J. Wheeler, Director, NC Museum of Art. Sculpture by over 75 sculptors will dot the landscape of the gently rolling park as participating artists from across the US will compete for prizes and purchase awards. The public can enjoy a close-up look at eclectic and traditional 3-dimensional art, with many pieces available for purchase throughout the competition. Sept. 10, at 7pm - Blue Jeans Preview Party ($15). Admission: Free. Hours: 9am to 4pm. Contact: 828/754-2486 or at (www.caldwellarts.com).
Lexington
Davidson County Community College, Mendenhall Building, 279 DCCC Road, intersection of I-85 Business Loop & Old Greensboro Road, Lexington. Through Dec. 10 - "Artful Atmospheres," featuring works by Alice Bess, Lynda Chambers, Ferris Chandler, Carolyn Dunnagan, Dave Edwards, Linda Fowler, Richard Green, Jane Hanck, Barbara Hanes, Amy Hautman, Cathryn Jirlds, Parula Lin Lashley, John Lomax, Christine MacLellan, Wendy Musser, Martha Odins, Patricia Pittman, John Sweemer, Betty Timmerman, Nell Whitlock, and E. Tracy Williams. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 8am-9pm & Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact: Call Teenie Bingham at 336/249-8186, ext. 239.
Montreat
Montreat College Chapel, Montreat College, Montreat. Ongoing - Featuring Ben Long's fresco, "Return of the Prodigal". Docents will conduct tours Tue.-Sun., from 2-4pm. Hours: Tue. - Fri., 9am-4pm. Contact: Docent tours call 828/669-8012, ext. 3820. For info call Mindy Clinard at 828/669-8011 or e-mail at (mclinard@montreat.edu).
Mooresville
Depot Visual Arts Center, 103 West Center Ave., Mooresville. Ongoing - Featuring works by local and regional artists. Also - MAGical Gallery shop, a great source for unique gifts. Hours: Tue.-Sat., noon-4pm & Sun. noon-4pm. Contact: 704/663-6661 or at (www.mooresvilleartistguild.com).
Old Fort
The Appalachian Artisan Society Gallery, 48 East Main St., off Interstate 40 Exit-73, Old Fort. Ongoing - Featuring a showcase gallery of area artisans and craftspeople offering: fine art, contemporary art, sculpture, pottery, glass, metal art, fiber art, jewelry, crafts, wood working, paintings, photography, handmade candles and soaps, handmade quits, and sewn crafts.. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-8pm. Contact: 828/668-1070 or at (www.taasg.com).
Penland
Penland Gallery, first building on right as you enter the campus, Penland School of Crafts, Penland Road, Penland. Through Sept. 19 - "All This Happened, More or Less," featuring an exhibition by Anne Lemanski, Shoko Teruyama, Susan Gothel Campbell and Maggie Taylor. Ongoing - Featuring works by Penland Instructors and affiliated artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 828/765-6211 or at (www.penland.org).
Pittsboro
Pittsboro, Sept. 5, 2010 - "Pittsboro First Sundays". Opening art exhibits at Chatham Arts Gallery, Fusions Glass Gallery, & New Horizons Trading Company, featuring local craftspeople & artists displaying their work on the sidewalks in historic downtown, plus antique stores, specialty shops, restaurants & other businesses. Sponsored by the Pittsboro Merchants Assn. First Sun. of every month, noon-4pm. Contact: 919/260-9725 or at (www.pittsboroshops.com).
ChathamArts Gallery, 115 Hillsboro St., Pittsboro, Through Sept. 29 - Featuring an exhibit of works by Carolyn Davenport, Doug Dotson, and Dierdre Brown. Sept. 30 - Nov. 28 - Featuring works by Siglinda Scarpa, Roy Lindholm and Florence Johnson. Ongoing - Featuring a wide range of original work produced by local artists. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am-5pm & Sun. noon-4pm. Contact: 919/542-0394 or at (www.chathamarts.org).
Raleigh
Artspace, 201 E. Davie Street, Moore Square Art District, behind City Market, Raleigh. Gallery 1, Sept. 11 - Nov. 20 - "Perpetual Perception," featuring works by David Garratt. Gallery 2, Sept. 18 - Oct. 30 - "Mapping Memory," featuring the work of Darren Goins, Mario Marzan, Renee Van der Stelt, and Rosemary Winn. Lobby, Sept. 3 - 25 - "Come with me (We'll win)," featuring works by Pete Sack, Past Regional Emerging Artist-in-Residence. Upfront Gallery, Sept. 3 - 25 - "Evidence," featuring works by Marguerite Jay Gignoux. Studio 108, Through Jan. 30, 2011 - "Garrett Scales, Regional Emerging Artist-in-Residence". Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm. Contact: 919/821-2787 or at (www.artspacenc.org).
Collective Arts Gallery & Ceramic Supply, 8801 Leadmine Road, Suite 103, Raleigh. Ongoing - Featuring works by local and nationally renowned artists on permanent exhibit. Hours: Tue.-Fri. 11am-7pm & Sat., 10am-6pm. Contact: 919/844-0765.
Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Univ. Student Center, NC State University, Cates Avenue, Raleigh. Through Dec. 18 - "Southern Roots of Mid-Century Modern". This exhibition will show excellent examples of mid-century modern furniture, textiles, ceramics and design and tell the story of how the modern design movement made its way into North Carolina. Ongoing - "Common Ground". The Gallery of Art & Design maintains a collection that includes examples of art and craft from virtually every part of the globe. We explored this vast diversity for common threads and universal themes to curate this exhibition and came up with many examples. This exhibition will compare and contrast ceramics from Africa, Turkey, Korea and Native American cultures alongside contemporary and historical pottery from North Carolina; various types of textiles from Bolivia, India, Scotland, Kashmir, and Navajo culture as well as 19th century garments from the US; and portraits by Durham, NC's Caroline Vaughan with early 20th century daguerrotypes and "cartes de visite." These examples and more will both discover commonalities between cultures of the world and celebrate what makes them unique. Hours: Wed.-Fri., noon-8pm & Sat.&Sun., 2-8pm. Contact: 919/515-3503 or at (www.ncsu.edu/arts).
Miriam Preston Block Gallery, Raleigh Municipal Building, lobby of the Avery C. Upchurch Government Complex, presented by the City of Raleigh Arts Commission, 222 West Hargett Street, Raleigh. Through Sept. 20 - "Over/Under," featuring paintings by Eduardo Lapetine and Kristan Five Skinner. Sept. 30 - Nov. 22 - "rew/ffwd (rewind/fast forward)," featuring paintings by Georges Le Chevallier, prints by Brian Gonzales, and stencils by Garrett Scales. Display Cases, Through Sept. 20 - Featuring works by Lizz Thabet. Sept. 30 - Nov. 22 - Featuring works by NCSU Textile & Appearel Technology and Management students. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5:15pm. Contact: 919/996-3610 or at (www.raleigh-nc.org/arts).
Nature Art Gallery, inside the Museum Store, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 W. Jones Street, downtown Raleigh. Sept. 3 - 26 - "FAIR VIEW: Garden Abstracts," featuring works by Raleigh artist Marriott Procter Little. A very powerful and moving exhibit of paintings detailing the destruction left behind from Hurricane Fran in 1996 and a devastating flood in 1985. Admission: Free. Gallery Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-4:45pm & Sun., noon-4:45pm. Store Contact: 919/733-7450, ext. 360 or at (www.naturalsciences.org/store/nature_gallery.html).
North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh.Ongoing - The North Carolina Museum of Art - the first major art museum collection in the country to be formed by state legislation and funding - is in the final stages of its expansion. The centerpiece of the expansion initiative is a new 127,000-square-foot, light-filled building designed by New York-based architects Thomas Phifer and Partners. The single-story structure, surrounded by sculpture gardens and beautiful pools was created specifically to showcase the Museum's outstanding permanent collection of more than 5,000 objects spanning antiquity to the present day. On the occasion of the expansion, the Museum has acquired more than 100 new works of art. Representing commissions, gifts, and purchases, the new works encompass important and diverse examples of historic and contemporary art from around the world, and will be installed in the Museum's new building and the surrounding landscape. Highlights include a gift of 28 sculptures by Auguste Rodin, and work by such internationally acclaimed artists as Roxy Paine, Ursula von Rydingsvard, El Anatsui, Jaume Plensa, Jackie Ferrara, Ellsworth Kelly, and David Park, among others. The expansion project will also transform the Museum's 1983 East Building, designed by the eminent architect Edward Durell Stone, into a dynamic center for temporary exhibitions, education and public programs, and public events, as well as a place for collections management and other administrative functions. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm; Sun., 10am-5pm; & open until 9pm on Fri. Contact: 919/839-6262 or at (www.ncartmuseum.org).
NC Museum of History, between the Capitol and the Legislative Building, 5 E. Edenton St., (between Salisbury and Wilmington Streets) Raleigh. Ongoing - Featuring exhibits dealing with North Carolina's history as a theme. Admission: Free. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 919/715-0200 or at (www.ncmuseumofhistory.org).
Rutherfordton
New Location
Rutherford County Visual Artists Gallery, Rutherford County Visual
Arts Center, 160 N. Main St., Rutherfordton. Ongoing - Featuring
works by members of the Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild
in a wide variety of media. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-3pm and Fri.
till 6:30pm. Contact: 828/288-5009 , e-mail at (rcvartg@gmail.com)
or at (www.rcvag.com).
Salisbury/Spencer
Through Salisbury, Through Dec. 31 - "2010 Salisbury Sculpture Show," features 19 multi-media sculptures by artists from 8 states. For more information on the artists and locations, visit (www.salisburysculpture.com).
Throughout Salisbury & Spencer, Sept. 11, from 1-6pm - "Second Saturday Art Crawl," where more than 25 professional artists, studios and galleries offer visitors new art, special events, and activities. Spend the day and see great art, talk to the artists, watch demonstrations, hear live music, and dine at local restaurants, many which are offering special discounts. Maps and free trolley rides are available at galleries and at the Rowan Arts Council office. Contact: call 704/638-9887 or at (www.rowanartcrawl.com).
Waterworks Visual Arts Center, 123 E. Liberty St.,Salisbury. Sept. 4 - Nov. 20 - "Fall 2010 Exhibitions - History Makes Art," including these exhibits: Norvell and Young People's Galleries, "Collaboration with Historic Salisbury Foundation," featuring artwork and artifacts from the foundation's collection; Stanback Gallery Hall, "Reminders of History," featuring paintings by Marina Konovalova-Bare; Osborne Gallery, Site Seeing," featuring sculptures by Lin Barnhardt; Woodson Gallery, "A Vintage View of Today's South," featuring photographs by R. Wayne Wrights; and Stanback Sensory Garden," featuring sculptures by Don Green. Sculpture Gardens, Ongoing - "Wind Instruments, a year round exhibit, by Mike Roig". Admission: Free, donations appreciated. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Thur. till 7pm & Sat., 11am-3pm. Contact: 704/636-1882 or at (www.waterworks.org).
Seagrove
Museum of North Carolina Traditional Pottery, 122 E. Main St., Seagrove. Ongoing - The Museum organization was founded twenty-five years ago in Seagrove, and is dedicated to preserving and perpetuating the pottery tradition. We strive to impart to new generations the history of traditional pottery and an appreciation for its simple and elegant beauty. A display of area pottery is now offered in the old Seagrove grocery building. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-3:30pm. Contact: 336/873-7887 or at (www.seagrovepotteryheritage.com).
The North Carolina Pottery Center, 233 East Avenue, Seagrove. Through Nov. 13 - "Pottery from the Coastal Carolina Clay Guild". The Coastal Carolina Clay Guild was founded in 2007 by a group of Wilmington, NC, potters with the purpose of sharing ideas and promoting the art and craft of pottery in our community. The Guild has grown to 100 members who reside in the eastern regions of North and South Carolina and are a diverse group consisting of full time, part time, and student potters. Ongoing - Featuring permanent and changing exhibits on the history of North Carolina pottery, "The North Carolina Pottery Tradition" and "Seagrove Area Pottery". The Center also offers information on activities, maps and information about the potteries located in the Seagrove area and across the state. A display of representative works from more than 90 area potteries is also offered. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact 336/873-8430 or at (www.ncpotterycenter.org).
Siler City
Throughout Siler City, Sept. 17, 6-9pm - "Siler City Art Walk," featuring exhibits at many of the city's exhibit spaces, along with music and the good food offered in town on the 3rd Fri. of the month. Hosted by the North Carolina Arts Incubator. Contact: 919/663-1335 or at (www.ncartsincubator.org).
CCCC Student Gallery, 138 N. Chatham Ave., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring works by Central Carolina Community College Pottery and Sculpture students and faculty. Hours: 3rd Fri. 6-9pm. Contact: 919/742-4156 or e-mail at (smart025@cccc.edu) and (Pashe@cccc.edu).
North Carolina Arts Incubator Gallery, 223 N Chatham Ave., Siler City. Ongoing - Featuring the handcrafted work of over 30 Incubator and regional artists in a variety of mediums including painting, pottery, stained and fused glass, fabric art, cards, photography, wood, jewelry, metal, baskets and more. There is a broad range of items and prices. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-4pm; Fri.-Sat., 9am-5pm; & 3rd Fri., 9am-9pm. Contact: 919/663-1335 or at (www.ncartsincubator.org).
PAF Gallery, 223 N Chatham Ave., Siler City. Ongoing - A gallery featuring works by local and regional artists. Hours: 3rd Fri. 6-9pm. Contact: 919/663-1335 or at (www.ncartsincubator.org).
Southport
Franklin Square Gallery, 130 E. West St., Southport. Ongoing - Works by members of the Associated Artists of Southport. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/457-5450 or at (www.franklinsquaregallery.com).
Spindale
Foundation Performing Arts Center, Isothermal Community College, CC Loop Road, Spindale, NC. Sept. 15 - 19 - "2010 Celebration of the Arts Show and Sale," featuring works by members of the Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild, juried by Connie Bostic, a native of Rutherford County. Hundreds of works by regional artists will be on display and offered for sale. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 9am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 828/288-5009 or e-mail at (rcvartg@gmail.com) or at (www.FoundationShows.org).
Spruce Pine
Spruce Pine Gallery, Toe River Arts Council Center, 269 Oak Avenue, Spruce Pine. Through Sept. 25 - "Penland Potters Exhibit," featuring works from Barking Spider Pottery, Bringle Gallery, Bruns-Joerling Studios, Jane Peiser Pottery, John Britt Pottery, Shawn Ireland Pottery, and Soto-Cordova Studios. Oct. 9 - Nov. 6 - "Fall Celebration of Arts," featuring a juried exhibition of works by area artists from Yancey, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, McDowell counties in NC. Nov. 20 - Dec. 31 - "Toe River Holiday Studio Tour Exhibit," featuring works by participating artists in the Holiday Studio Tour of the Toe River Arts Council. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/765-0520 or at (www.toeriverarts.org).
Sylva
Gallery One, Main Street, Sylva. Ongoing - Home of the Jackson County Visual Arts Association. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-3pm. Contact: call Ray Menzie at 828/293-2239.
Tryon
Tryon Arts and Crafts, 373 Harmon Field Rd., in the old Tryon Middle School, Tryon. Gallery & Gift Shop, Ongoing - Gift Shop features juried works by regional artisans to selected work produced by our instructors and students. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat. 10am -1pm. Contact: 828/859-8323 or at (www.tryonartsandcrafts.org).
Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Gallery One, Through Sept. 11 - Featuring works by David Edgar. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat. 10am-1pm. Contact: 828/859-8322 x 212 or at (www.tryonpaintersandsculptors.com).
Upstairs Artspace, 49 South Trade St., Tryon. Through Sept. 25 - "Katrina to Deepwater Horizon: Tragedies of Cash, Climate and Culture," remembers Hurricane Katrina on the fifth anniversary and records the recent Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster. This powerful visual experience presents oil paintings by Connie Bostic, Fairview, NC; photographs and installation by Sam Lovelace, Tryon; photographs by William W. Rosen, Franklin, TN; documentary film by Chris Riddle, Tryon. A panel discussion with the artists is on Sept. 7, at 7pm. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/859-2828 or at (www.upstairsartspace.org).
Valdese
Valdese Heritage Arts Center, arts and crafts cooperative, 146 Main Street, W, Valdese. Ongoing - Featuring works in a variety of media by local artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm; Wed., 10am-5pm; and Sat., 11am-3pm. Contact: 828/874-1849.
Wake Forest
Wake Forest Area. Sept. 25 & 26 and Oct. 2 & 3, 2010 - "15th Annual Wake Forest Area Artists' Studio Tour". Come meet the artists and see the unique talent that Wake Forest has to offer! Featuring 44 artists' studios. Pick up maps at participating studios or download one from the website. Hours: Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: For additional info visit (www.wakeforestareaartists.com).
Waynesville
Little Gallery on Church Street, 37 Church Street, Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring montly exhibits by regional arts. Sponsored by the Haywood County Arts Council. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 828/452-0593, e-mail at (info@haywoodarts.org) or at (www.haywoodarts.org).
The Haywood County Arts Council's Gallery 86, 86 N. Main Street, Waynesville. Through Sept. 18 - "Fantasies in Fiber and Fabric," featuring an exhibition of three-dimensional garments, hats, bags, and one-of-a-kind original dolls by Toni Carroll. Ongoing - The gallery lends itself to showcase high quality fine art by local and regional artists. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 828/452-0593 or at (www.haywoodarts.org).
The Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts, 307 Shelton Street, corner of US 276 So. and Shelton Street, Waynesville. Ongoing - Featuring the handicrafts of North Carolina in the historic Sheldon House. Hours: Museum hours change seasonally, call 828/452-1551.
West Jefferson
The Gallery, Ashe Arts Center, 303 School Ave, historic WPA Building @ Main Street and School Ave., West Jefferson. Through Sept. 4 - "Along the Blue Ridge," featuring an exhibit of paintings and photography that celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Sept. 8 - Oct. 2 - "More Than Words," featuring a collabortive exhibit between artists and writers. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-4pm. Contact: 336/246-2787 or at (www.ashecountyarts.org).
Wilmington
Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, (formerly St. John's Museum of Art), @ intersection of Independence Blvd. & South 17th Street, Wilmington. Through Sept. 12 - "N.C. Collects: The Real McCoy," is the first in a series of exhibitions featuring private collections in North Carolina. This exhibition of approximately 1,000 pieces of Nelson McCoy pottery is drawn from an extensive private collection. Acquired over a period of more than 15 years by collector Edward Alexander, the collection is made up of thousands of examples of McCoy pottery, including many outstanding uncommon, rare and one-of-a-kind pieces that are seldom seen anywhere. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-2pm and Sat. & Sun., 11am-5pm. Contact: 910/395-5999 or at (www.cameronartmuseum.com).
The Wilmington Gallery at Newcastle, 616 B Castle St., Wilmington. Through Sept. 30 - Featuring an exhibit of Japanese style landscapes by Alouise Fenstermacher. Ongoing - Featuring a co-operative gallery of 50 + artists sponsored by the Wilmington Art Association. The gallery features a wide range of paintings in all media as well as pottery, stained glass, fiber art and jewelry. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm. Contact: 910/343-4370 or at (www.wilmington-art.org).
Winston-Salem
Downtown Arts District, Sixth and Trade streets, Winston-Salem. Sept. 3, 7-10pm - "DADA First Friday Gallery Hop," with special artist demonstrations, art exhibits, and shops and studios open evening hours. Events are free and open to the public. Gallery Hops are funded and sponsored by the Downtown Art District Association, a non profit organization, and their supporting memberhship. Contact: 336/722-2345.
Artworks Gallery, 564 N. Trade Street, Winston-Salem. Sept. 1 - 25 - "Elsewhere," featuring works by Chris Flory. Sept. 1 - 25 - "Greeting Cards from Planet Earth," featuring collages by Nancy Hayes. Sept. 28 - Oct. 28 - Featuring an exhibit of works by Jody Danner Walker. Ongoing - featuring the work of Mary Beth Blackwell-Chapman, E.Faye Collins, Chris Flory, Carl Gericke, Don Green, Nancy Hayes, Ted Hill, Alix Hitchcock, Virginia Ingram, Steven Hull Jones, Lea Lackey-Zachmann, Nanu LaRosee, Kate Magruder, Beverly Noyes, Nelida Otero, Dave Riedel, Ben Rouzie, Inez Ruchte, Virginia Shepley, Ed Shewmake, Mitzi Shewmake, Anne Kesler Shields, Kimberly Varnadoe, Jody Walker, and Mona Wu. Hours: Tue.- Sat. 11am-5pm. Contact: 336/723-5890 or at (www.Artworks-Gallery.com).
Diggs Gallery, lower level of O'Kelly Library, Winston-Salem State University, 601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Winston-Salem. Through Feb. 26, 2011 - "Pride & Dignity from the Hill: A Celebration of the Historic Happy Hill Community". Happy Hill is Winston-Salem's oldest African American community. For generations residents have preserved the oral history of the neighborhood and its families. The show features works by selebrated artists: Chandra Cox, Juan Logan, Larry Sass, Leon Woods, and Willie Little. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 336/750-2458 or at (www.wssu.edu/diggs/home.asp).
4th Dimension Gallery, Commerce Plaza, 411 W. Fourth St., downstairs from Cat's Corner, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring works by art students from Winston-Salem's colleges and universities - the NC School of the Arts, Salem College, Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University. Hours: Fri., 5-8pm & Sat., 5-8pm. Contact: 336/249-0418.
Gateway Gallery, 1006 S. Marshall St. (corner of S. Marshall and Salem Ave., Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring original paintings, painted furniture, decorative and functional ceramic pieces, and other gift items created by artists with disabilities. The artists work in the tradition of Outsider and Visionary Artists. Individual styles, however, range from traditional to abstract. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10am-4pm or by appt. Contact: 336/777-0076 x209 or at (www.enrichmentcenter.org).
Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, 601 North Trade Street, Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring fine art crafts by over 350 of the best artisans of the Southeast. Hours: Tue.-Fri.., 10:30am-5pm & Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: 336/725-1516 or at (www.piedmontcraftsmen.org).
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. Mary and Charlie Babcock Wing Gallery, Sept. 18 - Dec. 31 - "Virtue, Vice, Wisdom & Folly: The Moralizing Tradition in American Art". Drawn from Reynolda's own collection of nineteenth-century genre art (including works by William Sidney Mount, Winslow Homer, and Eastman Johnson) and augmented by a number of carefully chosen loans from museums in the Southeast and Washington, DC, the exhibition will explore how Americans more than a century ago defined themselves and their nation in moralizing terms. West Bedroom Gallery, Through Sept. 30 - "The Andes of Ecuador: Science and Spectacle". The Museum has reinstall Frederic Church's "The Andes of Ecuador," the largest and most ambitious painting of the artist's early career. Ongoing - Collection of 18th through 20th century art, sculpture, American art, and pottery. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9:30am-4:30pm & Sun., 1:30-4:30pm. Contact: 336/725-5325 or at (www.reynoldahouse.org).
SEED Collective Gallery, 205 W. Sixth Street, entrance is on "Soho Alley" , Winston-Salem. Ongoing - Featuring works by a cooperative group of artists in various mediums. Hours: Sat. from 11am-5pm & by appt. Contact: 336/722-2345.
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston-Salem. Through Sept. 5 - "Glasswear: Glass in Contemporary Jewelry," organized by the Museum of Arts & Design, New York and the Pforzheim Jewelry Museum, Germany; and curated by Ursula Ilse-Neuman. The exhibit surveys the medium of glass in an expanded field of contemporary art practice and design. Moving from jewelry through sculpture, assemblage and installation, this exhibition brings together work by 60 artists from countries including Australia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa and the United States. Across the intersection of tradition and experiment, audiences will delight in new formulations of craftsmanship, spectacle and ingenuity. Through Oct. 10 - "Look Again," organized by SECCA; curated by Steven Matijcio. This exhibit examines contemporary translations of the centuries-old "trompe líoeil" (trick of the eye) tradition, gathering an international group of artists who build and break a world of illusion we have come to accept as reality. Beyond the canvas and tricks exclusive to the eye, these artists use humble materials to create objects and environments that surround the viewer in the experience of artifice. The show includes 15 artists from Argentina, Canada, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden and the United States. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm, Thur. till 8pm; Sun., 1-5 pm, and closed Mon. & state holidays . Admission is free. Contact: 336/725-1904 or at (www.secca.org).
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