October Issue 2008
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 Avenue, Asheboro. Through Oct. 30 - Featuring works by Brooke Sides and Jean Vollrath. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm & Sat., 10am-2pm. Contact: 336/629-0399 or at (www.randolphartsguild.com).
Asheville Area
Downtown Asheville, Oct. 3, 5-8pm - "2008 Downtown Art Walks," presented by the Asheville Downtown Gallery Association. Pick up a Downtown Gallery Guide with a map to help you along the way at any downtown gallery, the Chamber of Commerce, or Pack Place. Contact: 828/258-0710, ext. 108, e-mail at (ericabell@ashevillearts.com) or at (www.ashevilledowntowngalleries.org).
Asheville River Arts District, Asheville. Oct. 3, 5-8pm - "First Friday at Five". The galleries, studios and artists of the Asheville River Arts District invite the public to come view the art in this festive venue. For more information contact Christin Zelenka at 828/768-0246 or at (www.RiverArtsDistrictBIZ.com).
Asheville Area Arts Council, 11 Biltmore Ave., Asheville. Front Gallery, Through Oct. 31 - Featuring works by Arlin Geyer and Jake Fried. Boardroom Gallery, Through Oct. 31 - "Experimental Works," an exhibit by Fleta Monaghan. Back Gallery, Through Oct. 31 - Featuring works by Michael Reardon. Ongoing - Featuring works by local and regional artists. Hours: M.-F., 9am-5pm. Contact: 828/258-0710 or at (www.ashevillearts.com).
Asheville Art Museum, 2 South Pack Square at Pack Place, Asheville. Appleby Foundation Gallery, Through Oct. 26 - Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats Along the Way: A Retrospective of Paintings by John Baeder, surveys John Baeder's (1938-) 35-year obsession with roadside architecture, especially America's diners. Originally attracted to classic postcard images of Mom and Pop restaurants, Baeder spent most of his career depicting these beloved unpretentious restaurants. He has said he sees these paintings as pleas for preservation and diners are part of the American landscape that fit into an urban context like modern folk heroes. Before the era of fast food, American travelers looked to diners to provide "meals like mother makes," a descriptive phrase found in Baeder's very first diner painting. Home cooking was especially appealing to weary tourists who took to the American highway in increasing numbers between the 1920s and the 1960s. 2nd Floor Galleries, Ongoing - "Expectant Gaze - Art from the Eye and Mind". To inspire audiences and showcase its unique collection in limited gallery space, the Asheville Art Museum regularly invites distinguished colleagues to curate special exhibitions of the permanent collection. This fall Roger Manley, a North Carolina based filmmaker, curator and author of the books "Signs and Wonders: Outsider Art Inside North Carolina" and the recently published "Weird Carolinas," joined us to curate the latest installation in this provocative series. Manley's exhibition presents works from the permanent collection that probe art's two oldest and most essential functions: rendering the visual world and envisioning new possibilities for experiencing it. 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. Pump Gallery, Oct. 4 - 30 - "Drawings + Constructions ," featuring works by local artist Phillip McGuire. 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.floodgallery.org).
Grove Arcade Art & Heritage Gallery, One Page Ave., Suite 115, on O. Henry Ave., Asheville. Through Nov. 2 - "A Walk in Appalachia," featuring a group photography exhibit by f/32 Photography. 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.
Highsmith University Union Gallery, located on the ground floor of UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, Asheville. Through Oct. 28 - "Designed in China: Contemporary Design from Shenzhen University," featuring more than 70 pieces by more than 100 Shenzhen University students. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-midnight & Sat.-Sun., 10am-midnight. Contact: 828/232-5000.
John M. Crawford Gallery, Walker Arts Building, Asheville School, 360 Asheville School Rd., Asheville. Oct. 6 - 31 - "Ridge Handweaving Show," sponsored by the Western North Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild, a non-profit organization located in Hendersonville, NC. This biennial show which enjoys international participation encourages and supports both amateur and professional handloom weavers at all levels. The juror for the show will be Bethanne Knudson, President and founder of the Jacquard Center. Demonstrations will be held on Oct. 15, 22, & 29 from 10am-4pm in the gallery lobby, Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm (Oct. 6-31). Contact: by e-mail to (wncfhg.brhs@gmail.com) or at (www.wncfhg.org).
Karpen Hall Lobby, located on the main floor of Karpen Hall, UNC Asheville, Asheville. Oct. 1 - 30 - "Hiroshima-Nagasaki: Images and Stories from Eyewitness Accounts," features 30 large posters depicting scenes of the U.S. bombing of the cities in 1945. The exhibit, which includes graphic imagery from before and after the blasts, is an initiative of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Due to the graphic nature of the images in this educational exhibit, neither the exhibits nor the events are recommended for children. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-9pm. Contact: 828/232-5024 or at (www.diversityed.org).
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.
S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, (formerly the University Gallery), UNC-Asheville, 1st floor, Owen Hall, Asheville. Through Oct. 21 - "International Print Portfolio Exchanges," featuring some 58 handmade prints created by women from around the world. The show features limited edition fine art prints from two international women's print portfolio exchanges, "The Birth Project" and "Women's Work." The prints are on loan to the gallery from printmaker and exchange participant Kore Loy Wildrekinde-McWhirter. 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, Oct. 4 - Jan. 11, 2009 - "New Traditions: Cabinetmaking". All members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild were invited to showcase their creative interpretation of cabinetmaking in this exhibition. The show provides visitors the opportunity to experience the talent of this juried membership organization as participants stretch their boundaries and create new traditions. 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. 7 - Featuring jewelry by Sharon Bailey and works in fiber by Marge Rohrer. Oct. 11 - Dec. 2 - Featuring works in fiber by Heather Allen Swarttouw and works in glass by Robert Stephan. 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
Asheville Civic Center, 87 Haywood Street, Asheville. Oct. 16
- 19, 2008 - "Fall Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands".
Featuring more than 200 booths of fine craft by members of the
Southern Highland Craft Guild. Craft demonstrations and traditional
entertainment. Hours: Thur.-Sat.,10am-6pm & Sun., 10am-5pm.
Admission: $6 and children under 12 free w/adult. Contact: 828/298-7928
or on the web at (www.craftguild.org).
The North Carolina Arboretum, Milepost 393, Blue Ridge Parkway, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville. Oct. 4 - Dec. 31 - "Thoreau's Walden: A Journey in Photographs by Scot Miller," featuring nearly 30 stunning photographs Miller took during a journey to explore philosopher and writer Henry David Thoreau's retreat into Walden Woods. Oct. 4 - Dec. 31 - "Our Weakening Web: The Story of Extinction," explores more than 500 million years of natural history and extinction patterns through interpretive and hands-on exhibits and lifelike dioramas. Through Oct. 31 - "Kaleidoscope," featuring sculptures by 10 artists in the third installment of its major juried sculpture show. This contemporary landscape sculpture exhibit embraces the opportunity to see objects of beautiful form, pattern and change. Artists included are: Ralph Berger from Rutherfordton; Barron Brown from Burnsville; Grace Cathey from Waynesville; Stephen J. Chilingirian from Zirconia; Jim Gallucci from Greensboro; Ila R. Seltzer from Burnsville; Julia Stout from Black Mountain; Martin Webster from Burnsville; Reuben Andrew Williams from Mars Hill and Robert Winkler from Asheville. 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: Apr.-Oct., 8am-9pm daily. Contact: 828/665.2492 or at (www.ncarboretum.org).
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.
Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Farthing Auditorium, Appalachian State University, Boone. Through Nov. 14 - "Inspired Design: Jacquard & Entrepreneurial Textiles," an exhibition of both national and international leading artists of innovative textile design, including a variety of computer designed textile applications. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm. Contact: Jody Servon, Gallery Director at 828/262-7338 or at (www.art.appstate.edu/cjs).
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, 423 West King Street, Boone. Main and Mezzanine Galleries, Through Oct. 4 - "Dancing with the Dragon Contemporary Art from Beijing". With the 2008 Olympics, Beijing invites the world to join them in a dance to experience their culture and learn more about their history. This exhibition explores the amazing contemporary work being created in China and is the first evidence of new partnerships in the visual arts which expands TCVA's and ASU's international programming. Catwalk Community Gallery, Through Oct. 4 - "Brian Ayers Memorial Art Exhibition". First sponsored as part of the 1994 "An Appalachian Summer Festival," this exhibition is open to international students, ages 10-19, with learning disabilities. In addition to the United States, talented young artists from countries such as Canada, India, New Zealand, Australia, Korea, England, Malaysia and China have demonstrated year-after-year the great artistic ability of children with learning disabilities. Bridge Gallery, Through Oct. 4 - "Humanimals: The Sculptures of Gayle Weitz". Dr. Gayle Weitz from the ASU Department of Art and coordinator of the TCVA's Community Art School brings viewers into a dialogue about the animal hierarchy. Humanimals is a series of carved and painted wooden cabinets that address the relationship between humans and other animals, particularly the issue of speciesism - the 'right' humans have to dominate, oppress and/or exploit other animals. Gallery A, Gallery B, and Mayer Gallery, Through Nov. 15 - "Ancient Philosophy / Contemporary Art: Asian Artists from China, Japan, Korea and the United States". This exhibition continues the Turchin Center's international focus on contemporary Asian artists through the presentation of works created in China, Japan, Korea and the United States. More than 25 artists present their work influenced by traditional calligraphy and three philosophical principles: Yin and Yang or unity in opposites; wabi sabi or the art of finding beauty in imperfection, understanding in nature, and of accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death; and stillness/movement or within stillness, there is movement and within movement, there is stillness. Hours: 10am-6pm, Tue., Wed., Thur., & Sat. and Fri.,noon -8pm. Contact: Hank T. Foreman at 828/262-3017 or at (www.turchincenter.org).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Boone
Campus Grounds, Applachian State University, Boone. Through Mar.
1, 2009 - "22nd Annual Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition
and Exhibition," juried by Sarah Clark-Langager, curator
of the renowned Outdoor Sculpture Collection and director of the
Western Gallery at Western Washington University in Bellingham,
WA. Finalists for the 2008-09 competition are: Glenn Zweygardt,
Alfred Station, NY; Hanna Jubran, Grimesland, NC; Sharon Collings
Licata, Columbia, SC; Jon Mehlferber, Bristol, VA; Duke Oursler,
Statesboro, GA; Peter Frantz, Tyrone, PA; Shawn Skabelund, Flagstaff,
AZ; Cathrin Hoskinson, New York, NY; and Bill Vielehr, Boulder,
CO. Hours: Regular campus hours. Contact: 828/262-3017 or at (www.rosensculpture.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, Oct. 24, 2008, 5-9pm - "4th Friday Gallery Walk," featuring downtown galleries and other area art spaces, including: TC Arts Council, Number 7 Fine Arts and Crafts Cooperative, Red Wolf Gallery, Bluewood Gallery, Drew Deane Gallery, Hollingsworth Gallery, Gallery on Main, and The Gallery of Contemporary Arts. Brochures with a map are available at participating galleries. For more info call 828/883-4142.
Transylvania Community Arts Center Gallery, 349 S. Caldwell St., Brevard. Through Oct. 3 - Featuring an exhibit of works of local Lake Toxaway, NC artists in several mediums. This show is curated by Bette Coningsby. Oct. 13 - Nov. 14 - "Transylvania Art Guild". The Transylvania Community Arts Council will feature works by local members of the Transylvania Art Guild. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm Contact: 828/884-2787 or at (www.tcarts.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 TRAC Gallery, 102 W. Main St., Burnsville. 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).
Cary
Jordan Hall Arts Center, 908 N. Harrison Ave., Cary. Oct. 1 - 31 - "Autumn Arts and Crafts," featuring works in watercolor, pastels, ceramics & more. Through Oct. 29 - "Annual Members' Exhibition of the Professional Arts Quilters Alliance - South". Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-10pm; Fri. & Sat., 9am-4pm. Contact: 919/469-4069 or at (www.townofcary.org/depts/prdept/facilities/jhachome.htm).
Chapel Hill - Carrboro - Hillsborough
Ackland Art Museum, UNC - Chapel Hill, Columbia & Franklin Streets, Chapel Hill. Through Jan. 4, 2009 - "Circa 1958: Breaking Ground in American Art". The exhibit will be the largest and one of the most significant exhibitions the Ackland Art Museum has ever mounted. The first major exhibition to examine the importance of the year 1958 as a critical tipping point in the evolution of American art, "Circa 1958" explores in depth the moment American artists first departed from Abstract Expressionism to explore new trends that helped define the last half of the twentieth century. Mounted in celebration of the Ackland's fiftieth anniversary, the exhibition includes approximately sixty-two works by fifty-seven artists drawn from more than fifty public and private collections, including the holdings of many of the artists themselves. Through Jan. 4, 2009 - "The Fifties and the Anti-Fifties in Robert Franks' The Americans". 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.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 919/966-5736 or at (www.ackland.org).
Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill Preservation Society, 610 East Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill. Through Oct. 12 - "Woodcuts by Merrill Shatzman". Oct. 19 - Nov. 16 - Featuring photographs by Ellen Giamportone. Hours: Tue-Fri 10 am-4 pm, & Sun 1-4 pm. Contact: 919/942-7818 or at (www.chapelhillpreservation.com).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Chapel Hill
Friends Gallery at Carrboro Public Library, McDougle Middle School
Media Center, 900 Old Fayetteville Road, Carrboro. Through Oct.
22 - "First Juried Painting Exhibit ". Hours: Mon.-Thur.,
3:30-6pm, Mon.&Tue., till 9pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact:
919/933-1556 ext. 3060.
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.
Afro-American Cultural Center Gallery, 401 North Myers Street, near the corner of 7th and McDowell, Charlotte. Ongoing - "Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Martin Luther King Jr. Student Art Exhibition." View works from the AACC Permanent Art Collection featuring fine art by regional and national artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Admission: Free. Contact: 704/374-1565 or at (www.aacc-charlotte.org).
Bank of America Gallery, Hearst Tower Lobby, 114 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. Oct. 10 - Dec. 31 - "American Impressionism: French Source, American Resourcefulness." Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am-5pm, Sat. 10am-5pm. Contact: 704/386-7324.
Charlotte Art League CALeidoscope Gallery, 1517 Camden Rd., South End, Charlotte. Oct. 3 - 24 - "Fall into Art 2008," featuring a regional juried show. Ongoing - Drawing on the diverse talent of its 350 members, CAL offers fine art for all tastes and budgets including mixed media, pastel, acrylics, oil, watercolor, jewelry, and sculpture. Hours: Mon., Wed., Thur., & Fri., 11am-3pm; Tue. & Sat., 11am-7pm; & Sun., noon-4pm. Contact: 704/376-2787 or at (www.charlotteartleague.org).
Charlotte Museum of History, 3500 Shamrock Drive (between Eastway and Sharon Amity), Charlotte. Ongoing - "The Hezekiah Alexander Homesite". Restored 1774 homesite is the oldest surviving house in Mecklenburg County. Historically fascinating guided tours by interpretive docents in 18th century dress include the colonial kitchen, springhouse, barn, and herb garden. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 704/568-1774 or at (www.charlottemuseum.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).
Davidson College Art Galleries, Belk Visual Arts Center, 315 North Main and Griffith Streets, Davidson. Through Oct. 8 - "Faculty Exhibition," featuring sculpture by Cort Savage, paintings by Herb Jackson, installations by Ryan O'Malley and Lydia Musco. Oct. 17 - Dec. 10 - "Beloved Daughters: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh," featuring women in India. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm and Sat. & Sun., noon-4pm. Contact: Gallery Director Brad Thomas at 704/894-2519.
Elizabeth M. "Libby" Guinan Gallery, The Art Institute of Charlotte, 3 LakePoint Office Plaza, 2110 Water Ridge Parkway, across from the Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte. Through Oct. 30 - "Dormant Thought," featuring an exhibit by artist Jan-Ru Wan of Chapel Hill, NC. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat., 10am-3pm. Contact: Susan Jetton at 704/357-8020.
Elizabeth Ross Gallery, Central Piedmont Community College, Central Campus, Overcash Performing Arts Center, Elizabeth Avenue and Kings Dr., Charlotte. Through Oct. 22 - "Varietas: Art Images and Films," featuring works by George Cochran. Oct. 29 - Dec. 19 - "2008 Faculty Exhibition," featuring mixed media works by CPCC art faculty members. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11am-3pm. Contact: 704-330-6668 or at (www.cpcc.edu/art_gallery).
Levine Museum of the New South, 200 E. Seventh St., corner of College St & Seventh St , Charlotte. Through Dec. 28 - "Corapeake". In 1995, multi-media artist Kendall Messick took a trip with his best friend to the town of Corapeake. A small community located just inside the North Carolina line from Virginia and along the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp, the town is geographically, economically and socially isolated not unlike many parts of rural America. Messick's original intent was to simply photograph his friend's aging relatives. But after spending time in the town and with the people, Messick realized there were stories to preserve and share, stories that were unique and fundamentally representative of small town life all over the South. 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).
McColl Center for Visual Art, 721 North Tryon Street, Charlotte. Through Nov. 1 - "True Grit: Frames, Fixations and Flirtations," brings together an engaging and thoroughly timely body of work from six artists who use their mastery of materials and technique to explore provocative conceptual ideas and narrative strategies. The exhibition features works from Myra Mimlitsch Gray, Beth Lipman, Takashi Hinoda, Ai Kijima, Ted Noten and Arlene Shechet. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: 704/332-5535 or at (www.mccollcenter.org).
Mint Museum of Art, 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte. Oct. 4 - Feb. 15, 2009 - "Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life & Legends". Andy Warhol, born Andy Warhola (1928-1987), became the central figure in the Pop Art Movement that emerged in the United States in the 1950s and enjoyed increased popularity in the 1960s. Pop Art was to become one of the major art movements of the 20th century with its themes and techniques drawn from popular culture. The exhibition will feature approximately 60 selections from various Warhol portfolios from the Bank of America Collection, including the "Endangered Species Portfolio," the "Flowers Portfolio," the "Myths Portfolio," the "Muhammad Ali Portfolio," and the "Space Fruits Portfolio". Through Nov. 2 - "Scene in America: A Contemporary Look at the Black Male Image". This presentation explores the depiction of contemporary African-American male images from artists of different nationalities, races, genders and sexual preferences. The presentation prompts thoughts of socio-economic impact as well as societal stereotyping. The exhibition will focus on the black male image from an African-American view and explore how other races and nationalities perceive the contemporary black male. Through Dec. 14 - "Jaguar: Power in the Ancient Americas". The powerful jaguar came to symbolize royal authority from ancient Mexico to Peru. This exhibition features the remarkable diversity of jaguar representations in clay, stone, precious metals and the fiber arts throughout the ancient Americas, exploring the extraordinary artistic and ideological variations unique to each culture. Through Feb. 22, 2009 - "The Craven Family of North Carolina Potters". This exhibition will feature about thirty examples of pots from the Mint's permanent collection, thrown by various members of the Craven family. The Cravens have been potting in Randolph and Moore Counties in North Carolina for more than two hundred years. The objects represent the work of four generations of Craven potters and span from about 1850 to 1990. They include large utilitarian jars and jugs, as well as teapots and vases. Through Feb. 22, 2009 - "Women in American Art Pottery". Showcased in this exhibition will be more than 60 examples of ceramics from the Mint's permanent collection that were made or decorated by American female artists and craftspeople in the first half of the twentieth century. Among the artists represented will be Mary Louise McLaughlin, Laura Fry, and various women who worked for Newcomb Pottery in New Orleans, Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati, and Weller Pottery in Zanesville, OH. Through 2010 - "The Art of Affluence: Haute Couture and Luxury Fashions 1947-2007". See impressive works of wearable art from the Museumís extensive holdings of haute couture and luxury garments complimented by fashion accessories that reflect the creativity of numerous fashion designers working between 1947 and 2007. Top fashion designers featured include Chanel, De La Renta, Dior, Givenchy, Saint Laurent, Valentino, and Versace, among others. A unique item featured in the exhibition is a Versace haute couture ensemble worn by singer Elton John. 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: $6 adults, $5 seniors & students, $3 ages 6 to 17 and free for members & children 5 and younger. Admission is valid for both museums on the same day. Admission is free on Tue. from 5-10pm. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm; Tue. till 10pm; & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 704/337-2000 or at (www.mintmuseums.org).
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, 220 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte. Through Nov. 30 - "Possibilities: Rising Stars of Contemporary Craft in North Carolina". This exhibition showcases the diverse talent of six young, local studio craft artists who illustrate the vitality and complexity present among a new generation of North Carolina artists. These individuals work in a range of media and have been selected for the quality of their work.The artists, visually and conceptually, will represent the rich future of craft history in this region. Artists featured are: Vivian Beer, Devin Burgess, Cristina Cordova, Anne Lemanski, Brent Skidmore, and Jerilyn Virden. Through Jan. 4, 2009 - "Ornament As Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection". From delicate to chunky, the exhibit explores contemporary jewelry from around the world. Materials range from gold and sapphires to television bulbs and No. 2 pencils. Ongoing - "Currents in Craft: Selections from the Permanent Collection," featuring works by Cynthia Bringle, Philip Eglin, Mark Hewitt, Anne Kraus, Ben Owen III, Diego Romero, Mary Roehm, Michael Sherrill, James Tanner, Beatrice Wood, and others. "Tradition and Change, 19th and 20th Century American Craft," a survey of the movements in traditional and studio craft in all media. Admission: $6 adults, $5 seniors & students, $3 ages 6 to 17 and free for members & children 5 and younger. Admission is valid for both museums on the same day. Admission is free on Tue. from 10am-2pm & every 3rd Thur. of each month from 5-8pm. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 704/337-2000 or at (www.mintmuseums.org).
Pease Auditorium Gallery, Central Piedmont Community College, Central Campus, Pease Lane & Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte. Through Oct. 24 - "Summer Arts at Airy Knoll 2008," featuring a student invitational. Oct. 31 - Dec. 17 - "Third Annual America Recycles Exhibition." Hours: Mon., Wed., & Fri., 9am-4pm and Tue. & Thur., 1-4pm. Contact: 704-330-6668 or at (www.cpcc.edu/art_gallery).
Rowe Arts Galleries, Rowe Arts Building, UNC-Charlotte, Charlotte. Through Oct. 6 - "Frolic: humor + mischief in Taiwanese Art." Oct. 6 - Nov. 2 - "Thread," featuring works by six artists in different media. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm. Contact: 704/547-3315.
The Light Factory Contemporary Museum of Photography and Film, @ Spirit Square Galleries, 345 N. College St., Charlotte. Middleton/McMillan Gallery, Through Jan. 4, 2009 - "The Day of Small Things: Photographs by Michael Wilson". Co-organized with the Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, the exhibit is a mid-career retrospective of the work of Michael Wilson, who creates unique and deeply honest photographs that capture the essence of his subjects. He has a particularly keen and sensitive eye for portraits and has photographed some of today's most important musical artists (Lyle Lovett, Philip Glass, B.B. King, Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, The Neville Brothers, Rodney Crowell, Randy Newman, Waylon Jennings, Over the Rhine, Bill Frisell, David Byrne, Dawn Upshaw, Renee Fleming, and many others). Knight Gallery, Through Jan. 4, 2009 - "Into the Mystic," featuring works by Connie Sullivan, Heather Freeman, Kit Kube, and Michael Wilson.This exhibition features works that exploit and express one of the most essential elements of photography - light. For years, artists have been fascinated with how light is produced, how it is transmitted, and how it can be transformed. Although photographers have used light in the traditional sense to create photographic prints, others have expanded the process by incorporating light in the presentation of their work. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm; Sat., noon-5pm & Sun.,1-5pm. Contact:704/333-9755 or at (www.lightfactory.org).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Charlotte
The Gallery at Carillon, 227 West Trade Street, Charlotte. Through
Oct. 17 - "Darren Goins: Holiday Work". Objects and
symbols are shaped from experiences of childish glee, longings
and the mystery of emotional ties. The settings created within
the large canvases generate re-interpretations of nonlinguistic
meaning. Oct. 19 - Jan. 16, 2009 - "Abstract in Character,"
featuring a group show. Ongoing - Permanent onsite works of art
including: "Cascade," a 40' x 25' construction of machinery
parts and metal by Jean Tinguely; "The Garden," a site-specific
sculpture by Jerry Peart; and "Wall Drawing #683," by
So LeWitt. The exhibition is sponsored by Hines Charlotte Carillon
LP. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8am-8pm; Sat., 8am-7pm & Sun., noon-8pm.
Contact: Christie Taylor at 704/334-3799 or e-mail at (ctaylor@hodgestaylor.com).
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
Gene Furr
Chuck and Sue Heath
Cabarrus Arts Council Galleries, Historic Courthouse,
65 Union Street, Concord. Through Oct. 23 - "Free and Untamed:
A Wildlife Exposition," featuring works in a variety of media
by 11 artists: Joseph Anderson, metal; Cindy Billingsley, clay;
Gene Furr, photography; Amy Goldstein-Rice, clay; Chuck and Sue
Heath, wood; Roger Martin, bronze; Whitney Johnson Peckman, gourds;
John Ransmeier, clay; Ken Sedberry, clay; and Ali Wieboldt, jewelry.
Through Oct. 16 - "Cabarrus Art Guild's Juried Exhibition".
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. Through Dec. 15 - "System + Structure: Lifeworks in Painting and Collage," featuring an exhibit of works by Lewis Buck. 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 Gallery & Lyndhurst Gallery, Through Oct. 31 - Face Up: Telling Stories of Community Life," is an interactive, multimedia exhibition of images, documents, and artifacts that both inspired and came out of the many social collaborations of the Face Up project. The exhibition includes video, collaborative Community Encyclopedias, a Community Quilt, and a mural. Hours: Mon.-Thur, 9am-7pm; Fri., 9am-5pm; Sat., 11am-4pm; & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 919/660-3663 or at (cds.aas.duke.edu).
Central Carolina Bank Gallery, The Durham Art Guild, Royall Center for the Arts, 120 Morris Street, Durham. Through Nov. 2 - "DAG Juried Show," juried by NCCU Prof Beverly McIver. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-9pm & Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 919/560-2713 or at (www.durhamartguild.org).
Lyda Moore Merrick Gallery, Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville Street, Durham. Through Oct. 30 - "The Sounds I See," featuring an exhibition of art that makes music & music that makes art. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-8pm & Sat.&Sun., 10am-3pm. Contact: 919/683-1709 or on the web at: (www.hayti.org).
North Carolina Central University Museum of Art, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham. Through Nov. 2 - "Charles Ethan Porter: African American Master of Still Life". This exhibition is the first major retrospective ever to be devoted to the work of Charles Ethan Porter in the US. The exhibit will bring together more than 50 of the 19th century African American master's finest and most representative still life oil paintings, including dozens that have never before been on view in the South. Also included in the exhibition will be several landscapes, insect studies, and a number of figure studies in watercolor and pencil. Respected by Frederic Church and supported and endorsed by Mark Twain, Porter was the first African American artist to study at the National Academy of Design, matriculating there in 1869. 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.
Perkins Library Gallery, William R. Perkins Library, Duke University, West Campus, Durham. Through Dec. 14 - "Olive Pierce: Forty Years of Photographs". Hours: regular library hours. Contact: 919/471-1623.
Royall Center for the Arts, 120 Morris Street, Durham. Through Oct. 26 - "The Other Coast," featuring photographs by Bob Gilgor. Through Oct. 26 - "Long Shots: Pinhole Photographs of the Moon and the Sun," by Gregg Kemp. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-9pm & Sun., 1-6pm. Contact: 919/560-2719 or at (www.durhamarts.org).
The Nasher Museum of Art, (formerly the Duke University Museum of Art) Duke University Central Campus, 2001 Campus Drive, Durham. Through Nov. 2 - "Charles Ethan Porter: African American Still Life Artist," includes dozens of still-life paintings that have never been seen in the South. Several recently discovered landscapes are also included, as well as some trompe l'oeil images of insects that have only surfaced in the last few years. Through Nov. 9 - "From El Greco to Velázquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III." The show will position the works of two of the world's greatest painters - El Greco and Velázquez - within the context of the art of their time, the dawn of the Golden Age in Spain. The American public will encounter for the first time exceptional works by lesser known but accomplished artists who knew them and worked alongside them, including Juan Bautista Maino, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Luis Tristán and Gregorio Fernández. More than 100 paintings, sculptures and decorative arts will be on view, including seven works by El Greco, three by Velázquez, two by Jusepe de Ribera and one large work by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, painted during his 1603 diplomatic mission to Spain. Important loans will come from museums in Spain and five other countries; some works are traveling for the first time. 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).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Durham
Rosenzweig Gallery, Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 West Cornwallis
Road, Durham. T - ". Hours: Mon.-Thur., 8:30am-5pm &
Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm. Contact: 919/489-7062.
Fayetteville
Cape Fear Studios, 148-1 Maxwell Street, Fayetteville. Ongoing - Featuring original works by 40 artists in a variety of media, including oils, pastels, watercolors, pottery, basketry, jewelry, photography, slumped glass, stained glass, and fabric art. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm; Sat., 10am-4pm; & Sun., 1-5pm. 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).
Throughout Greensboro, Oct. 11 & 12 - "Artstock - 11th Annual Artist Studio Tour". Studios will be open on Sat. from 10am-5pm and Sun. from 1-5pm. The tour will feature 76 artists exhibiting in 35 sites. Maps will also be available at all participating locations and on our website at (www.artstocktour.com). For info call Carolyn Owen at 336/643-6428 or Bob Dudash at 336/855-3460.
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. Through Nov. 2 - "Allegorical Realism," highlights the work of four North Carolina painters: Virginia Derryberry, Henryrk Fantazos, Jack Ketner, and Mark Kingsley. These artists share an interest in representing the human figure in landscapes that are mysterious or fantastic. Their works suggest enigmatic narratives that expand beyond the borders of the canvas and encourage viewers to engage in creative interpretation. 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. Through Oct. 8 - "From One Hand to Another," featuring an exhibit of ceramic works by mentors and their apprentice, including: (mentor and apprentice) Mark Shapiro and Michael McCarthy; Matt Long and Ashley Chavis; Liz Quackenbush and Kristin Pavelka; Kevin Crowe and Krista Loomans; Silvie Granatell and Elisa Di Feo; Gail Kendall and Joseph Pintz; Lynn Duryea and Suzanne Hobbs; Mark Hewitt and Matt Jones; and Ron Meyers and Steve Driver. The exhibit was curated by Charlie Tefft, ceramics instructor at Guilford College. 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. Through Oct. 10 - "Ethereal Light," featuring new works by Greensboro artist Karen Tury Cecil. 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).
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, Cone Building, Tate and Spring Garden Streets, Greensboro. Through Oct. 19 - "Peter Takal Drawings". Takal (1905-1995) was born in Romania, educated in Berlin in the 1920s, lived and worked in Paris in the 1930s and became a US citizen in 1944. He is internationally known as a printmaker and a prolific draftsman. His subjects range from Parisian street scenes to linear fantasies of plant life and landscapes with surrealist overtones that evolved after he acquired a farm in eastern Pennsylvania in 1945. Townsend Wolfe, former director of the Arkansas Arts Center, wrote: "Perhaps not since Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres has there been an artist who was so focused on drawing as a means of expression as Peter Takal. Both artists were dedicated to the ultimate use of line to clarify and state their observations and inner spirit." Oct. 19 - Jan. 25, 2009 - "40th Anniversary Art on Paper 2008". The exhibit represents the 40th anniversary of this exhibition that surveys the state of contemporary drawing and other works on, or of, paper. It will showcase unique works by both emerging and established artists. Since 1965, the generous support of xpedx (formerly Dillard Paper Company) has allowed the Weatherspoon to purchase a number of works from each year's exhibition. Today, the nationally recognized Dillard Collection numbers nearly 550 works by artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Joseph Stella, Eva Hesse, Robert Smithson, Brice Marden, Roni Horn and Matthew Ritchie. Through Dec. 14 - "Eve Aschheim: Falk Visiting Artist". Aschheim's abstract paintings and drawings contain highly nuanced spatial relationships composed with a restrained palette and the artist's own enigmatic system of mark-making. Her exhibition at the Weatherspoon features work from 2005 to 2008, including a recent series of small canvases that diverge from her signature style of staccato lines to incorporate large blocks of color. Aschheim is well known for her drawings on Mylar made through a rigorous process of building up layers of gesso, black gesso, ink, and graphite to create subtle, intimate compositions of color and line. In works such as "You Are Like Ice Cream" (2006), there is a sense that some complicated structure is either in the process of gracefully exploding or of slipping away into nothingness. Her new oil on canvas paintings similarly convey kinetic forces in action, and allow us to delight in exploring delicate shifts in line, weight and color that activate static surfaces. 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
Center For Creative Leadership, 1 Leadership Place, off Hwy. 220, Greensboro. Through Nov. 20 - "wood, thread, clay," featuring works by O'Neal Jones (wood), Carolyn Nelson (thread), and Garry Childs (clay). Hours: by Appt. only. Contact: 336/510-0975.
Greenville
Emerge Gallery & Art Center, 404 S. Evans St., Greenville. 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
Throughout Henderson County, Oct. 11 - 12 - "Henderson County Arts Council's second annual Open Studio Tour." Thirty individual Henderson County artists have agreed to open their personal studios so that those who are curious can visit and experience where the imagined becomes physical. Thirteen galleries of The Henderson County Gallery Guild are also participating, with many offering demos from their resident artists. The Henderson County Public Library in downtown Hendersonville will offer a "Preview Exhibit" from Oct. 2-9. Tour brochures with each artist and gallery listed and a map of how to find them is available. For further info contact The Arts Council at 828/693-8504 or visit (www.galleryguild.com/STUDIOTOUR/).
Opportunity House, 1141 Asheville Hwy. (Hwy. 25), Hendersonville. Grace Etheredge Room, Oct. 5 - 31 - Featuring an exhibit of works by Eula LaCroix. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: 828/696-3132 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. 5 - "Celebrate the Bringle Sisters: Clay and Textile Mentors". Twin sisters Edwina and Cynthia Bringle have commited their lives to being both makers and mentors to many who have come to Western North Carolina. Born in Gatlinburg, TN, in 1939 and currently residing in Penland, NC, they know the area and its history well. This exhibition will celebrate their contributions. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 1-5pm. Contact: 828/890-2050 or at (www.craftcreativitydesign.org).
Irma P. Webb
The 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. Oct. 3 - Nov. 22 - "2008 Exhibition of the Appalachian Pastel Society," juried by Margaret Dyer. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 1-5pm & Sat., 1-4pm. Contact: 828/693-8504 or at (www.theartscenterofhc.com).
Return of the Prodigal by Ben Long
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. Through Jan. 4, 2009 - "The Spirit of Black Mountain College," featuring work by Josef Albers and others marking the famous school's 75th anniversary. Through Jan. 11, 2009 - "The Eclectic Collection of Howard Campbell," featuring folk art. Through Feb. 22 - "Making Connections: Wilford Conrow and the Hickory Museum of Art," featuring works from the permanent collection. Through July 5, 2009 - "Born of Fire: Glass from the Museum's Luski Collection." 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).
Dorothy
Bruce
The Bascom, A Center for the Visual Arts, Hudson Library, 554 Main St., Highlands. Oct. 11 - Nov. 13 - "Juried Art Exhibition," featuring works by artists from all over the southeastern United States, juried by Fay Gold. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/526-4949 or at (www.thebascom.org).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Highlands
Highlands Civic Center Rec. Park, Route 64 east, 3 blocks from
Main Street, Highlands. Oct. 18 - 19 - "Fall Colors Art Show".
There will be over 55 artists from throughout the southeast participating
in the show. Come meet the artists, watch demonstrations and take
home some wonderful treasures purchased directly from the artists.
This will be a wonderful opportunity to select some very special
Christmas gifts! Children are encouraged to attend the show
and participate in the "Children's Art Room," where
under the skilled supervision of Art League members, they will
be able to create their very own masterpieces to take home. Hours:
daily, 10am-5pm. Contact: 828-526-2177 or at (www.highlandsart.org).
High Point
Theatre Art Galleries, High Point Theatre, 220 East Commerce Avenue, High Point. Main Gallery, Through Oct. 10 - Featuring works by members of the Pastel Society of North Carolina. The pastel art shown from this group covers a broad scope of pastel styles and dimensions. Hallway Gallery, Through Oct. 10 - "Out of Hiding: Selections from the TAG Permanent Collection". Gallery B, Through Oct. 10 - "180 Students 180 Days,"is an exhibit of works by Sally Jacobs which is a personal interpretation from teaching middle school students, their classroom environment, and how they cope within the public school education. Kaleidoscope Youth Gallery, Through Oct. 10 - "Who Are You?," featuring self-portraits from Weaver Academy of Performing and Visual Arts. Lisa Woods instructed these talented high school students. Hours: Tue.-Sat., noon-5pm. Contact: 336/887-2137 or at (www.tagart.org).
Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain Art Center,(the old depot) 301 N. Piedmont Ave. (NC 216), Kings Mountain. Oct. 2 - Nov. 9 - "Gatways to the South," featuring a regional art compeition and exhibit. Also - Southern Arts Society (SASi) Members Gift Shop featuring fine art, ceramics, wood, jewelry, photography and wearable art. Ongoing - Offering art & pottery classes and ongoing art exhibits by local and regional artists. Fireside Gallery, Ongoing - Features art of the late A.B. Mauney Snow. Hours: Wed.-Fri., 10am-4pm & Sat.-Sun., 1-4pm or by appt. Contact: 704/739/5585 or 704/739/2056.
Lexington
Davidson County Community College, Mendenhall Building, 279 DCCC Road, intersection of I-85 Business Loop & Old Greensboro Road, Lexington. Through Dec. 12 - "Visions," featuring works by Steven Bleicher, Jeff Botz, Kay DeGraw, Kendall E. Doup, David Gardner, Michelle Hale, Lea Lackey-Zachmann, Robin Walker, and Cail Wall. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 8am-9pm & Fri., 8am-5pm. Contact: Call Teenie Bingham at 336/249-8186, ext. 239.
Lincolnton
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Lincolnton
Lincoln County Economic Development Association (LEDA), 502 E.
Main St., Lincolnton. Through Oct. 31 - "LEDA Art Invitational
'08 - Second Rotation". Artists who were invited to exhibit
their original works of two-dimensional art for the 2008 year
include: Karen Banker, Ginny H. Boyd, Lynn Dermott, Tom Owen,
Dene Scott Smith, Zac Vinson, Kae Wright, and Beth Yarbrough.
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm. Contact: Barry Matherly at 704/732-1511,
e-mail at (barry@lincolneda.org).
Montreat
Return of the Prodigal by Ben Long
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
Downtown Mooresville, Oct. 4, 7 -9pm - "Downtown Mooresville Gallery Crawl," featuring a tour of gallery spaces and other artistic venues on the First Sat. of the month. For further info contact the Mooresville Artist Guild at 704/663-6661 or at (www.mooresvilleartistguild.com).
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: Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun. 1-4pm. 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. Ongoing - Featuring works by Penland Instructors and affiliated artists. Hours: Fri. & Sat.,10am-5pm. Contact: 828/765-6211 or at (www.penland.org).
Pittsboro
Pittsboro, Oct. 5 - "Pittsboro First Sundays". Opening art exhibits at Chatham Arts Gallery, Fusions Glass Gallery, New Horizons Trading Company & Side Street Gallery 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).
Chatham Arts Gallery, 115 Hillsboro St., Pittsboro, Ongoing - Featuring a wide range of original work produced by local artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm. 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, Through Nov. 15 - "Now In Print - Printmaking Invitational". Gallery 2, Through Oct. 5 - "Bricoleur," featuring works by Louis St. Lewis. Lobby, Oct. 3 - Nov. 1 - "Big River," featuring works by Ashley Lathe. Upfront Gallery, Oct. 3 - Nov. 1 - "Figure Studies," featuring works by Meredith Steele. Studio 106, Through Jan. 31, 2009 - "Marie Cordella - 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.
Frankie G. Weems Gallery, Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center, Meredith College, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh. Through Nov. 7 - "Stillness and Spirit: Paintings by Susan Toplikar". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat.-Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 919/829-8465 or at (www.meredith.edu/artgallery).
Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Univ. Student Center, NC State University, Cates Avenue, Raleigh. Through Oct. 8 - "From the Inside Looking Out: The Journals, Drawings and Prints of Charles Ritchie". The drawings, prints and sketchbooks of Charles Ritchie find inspiration in the artistís suburban home. Small in size and created in series, the drawings employ watercolor, graphite and pen and ink. Through Dec. 17 - "Frozen Music: Frank Gehry and the Walt Disney Concert Hall". This exhibition spotlights Gehry's most recent visible accomplishment, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The exhibit tells the story of the building's design process, construction and completed form. 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).
Long View Gallery, Long View Center, 118 S. Person St., Moore Square, Raleigh. Through Nov. 8 - "Forgiveness," featuring works by Noyes Capehart, Linda Ruth Dickinson, Mickey Gault, Nancy Hines, Margarita Leon, Philip Levine, Pattie Lipman, Gerry Lynch, Joseph Maron, Bonnie Melton, Robert Patierno, Walter Piepke, Kathleen Rieder, Pete Sack, and Marvin Saltzman. Hours: Thur.-Sat., 11am-3pm or by appt. Contact: 919/835-1868 or at (www.longviewcenter.com).
Marty
Baird
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 Nov. 18 - "Patterns of Memory," featuring works by Alison Overton, Marty Baird, and art in the cases by Scott Renk. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5:15pm. Contact: 919/890-3610 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. Oct. 3 - Nov. 2 - Featuring an exhibition of pottery from Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove, NC, including works by Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke. 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.Through Nov. 30 - Julie Mehretu: City Sitings. The exhibit brings this internationally acclaimed artist's work to the NCMA for the first time. In her expansive canvases, Mehretu draws on a dynamic array of popular imagery accessible to diverse audiences - maps, urban grids, graffiti, calligraphy - and configures these into an unanticipated, irresistible personal visual vocabulary. Such diverse stylistic references correlate with contemporary urban and transnational realities, including the artist's own mixed heritage as Ethiopian-American and her itinerant life history. Through Fall 2009 - "Modern American Paintings from the Bequest of Fannie and Alan Leslie". The exhibition presents 13 works of West Coast modernism recently bequeathed to the Museum by Fannie and Alan Leslie, art collectors from Los Angeles. Including works by Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Richard Pousette-Dart, Lee Mullican, and Hans Burkhardt, the 13 paintings at the NCMA represent the most significant public collection of California modernism in the Southeast. Ongoing - Featuring Rodin's "Walking Man," and works from the museum's permanent collection including: Renaissance, Baroque, American, African, Ancient American and Oceanic galleries; Egyptian, Greek and Roman art; 20th-century art; and Jewish ceremonial art. Ongoing - "French Sculpture from the Collection of Lynne and Mark Hammerschlag". This exhibition features sixteen works in bronze and terracotta that document some of the major trends in French sculpture from the 1770s through the end of the nineteenth century. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 9am-5pm; Sun., 10am-5pm; & open until 9pm on Fri. Admission: Yes. 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).
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 W. Jones Street, Raleigh. Ongoing - "Treasures Unearthed: North Carolina's Spectacular Gems & Minerals." Experience the largest, most comprehensive collection of North Carolina's gems and minerals ever displayed. In collaboration with a premiere private collector, the Museum hosts this world-class collection of specimens from North Carolina's most famous mineralogists - Stephenson, Hidden, Pratt,and Colburn - and presents the reasons for North Carolina's uniquely rich geological diversity. Ongoing - "The Terror of the South," the only Acrocanthosaurus skeleton displayed anywhere in the world. "Mountains to the Sea," an exhibit re-creating five North Carolina habitats, complete with live animals and a 20-foot high waterfall. Also - Featuring one of the world's finest displays of great whale skeletons in Coastal Carolina and special interactive areas where Museum staff and volunteers can help you make the most of your visit. Admission: Free. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9am-5pm, & Sun., noon-5pm. Contact: 919/733-7450 or at (www.naturalsciences.org).
Rotunda Gallery, Johnson Hall, Merideth College, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh. Through Nov. 16 - "The Thirsty Earth: Photographs by Janice Swab". Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat.-Sun., 2-5pm. Contact: 919/829-8465.
Rutherfordton
Woodrow W. Jones Community Hall, (old Federal Building), Main Street, next to Library, Rutherfordton. Ongoing - Featuring works by members of the Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild. Hours: Mon.-Thur., 9am-5pm & Fri., 9am-1pm. Contact: 828/288-2762
Salisbury
Waterworks Visual Arts Center, 123 E. Liberty St.,Salisbury. Norvell Gallery, Through Nov. 8 - "Earth and Sky," featuring works by Jonas Howard and Jeremiah Miller. Young People's Gallery, Through Nov. 8 - "Plein Air Carolina 2008," featuring works by the Plein Air Carolina group. Woodson, Osborne, and Stanback Galleries, Through Nov. 8 - "In Place: Memory and Movement," featuring works by Michael Simpson and Kathleen Burke. Sculpture Gardens, Ongoing - "Wind Instruments, a year round exhibit, by Mike Roig". Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10am-4pm & Thur. till 7pm. Contact: 704/636-1882 or at (www.waterworks.org).
Seagrove
The North Carolina Pottery Center, 250 East Avenue, Seagrove. Exhibit Change, Through Jan. 10, 2009 - "Table Wares of Early Twentieth rCentury 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.com/index.htm).
Southport
Franklin Square Gallery, 130 East West Street, Southport. Ongoing - Works by members of the Associated Artists of Southport. Hours: Tue.-Sun., 10am-4pm. Contact: 910/457-5450.
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 1, Through Oct. 2 - "11th Biennial WNC Juried Art Exhibit," hosted by Tryon Painters and Sculptors with juror Jane Allen Nodine, Professor of Art and Gallery Director at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Oct. 10 - Nov. 8 - "25 Years of Artistic Expression," featuring works by Suzanne Doyle. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-4pm. Contact: 828/859-8322 or at (www.tryontfac.org).
Upstairs Artspace, 49 South Trade St., Tryon. Through Oct. 4 - "Space Shifters: Mountain Sculptors 2008," presents 20 established artists from the western Carolinas creating in metal, wood, marble, fabric, glass, concrete and mixed media. Oct.10 - Nov. 15 - "Southern Exposure Exposed," brings back the well-known Southern Exposure association of talented, mid-career artists from the South Carolina Upstate. They are Carol Augthun, Jessica Barnes, Claire Miller Hopkins, Linda Hudgins, painting; David Benson, Doris Turner, mixed media; Amy Goldstein-Rice, David Zacharias, ceramic art; Cynthia Link, jewelry and ceramic art; Mark Olencki, photography; Sara Dame Setzer, painting and printmaking; Ann Wenz, textile art. Oct. 24 - Nov. 1 - "The 3rd Annual Silent Art Auction Exhibit," featuring original and impressive art and craft donations - a popular fund-raiser. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-5pm. Contact: 828/859-2828 or at (www.upstairsartspace.org).
ALTERNATE ART SPACES - Tryon
Harmon Field, Tryon. Oct. 17 - 19 - "Tryon Arts & Crafts
Fall Festival," featuring juried artisan exhibits, craft
demonstrations, food, live music, childrens activities and a pumpkin
carving contest. Hours: Fri., 4-6pm; Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun.,
noon-5pm. Contact: Contact: 828/859-8323 or at (www.tryonartsandcrafts.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.
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. 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.
Wilmington
Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, (formerly St. John's Museum of Art), @ intersection of Independence Blvd. & South 17th Street, Wilmington. Through Oct. 12 - "Bob Trotman: Business as Usual," is an installation of ten carved and painted wooden sculptures by North Carolina artist Bob Trotman. Some larger than life, some smaller, these sculptures represent men and women in business attire. The artist creates a sense of discomfort within the viewer through his adjustments to the human scale as well as the circumstances in which he places these individuals. The installation is divided into three subsections: Committee, Chorus and Cover Up, each a different aspect of corporate culture. The exhibit originated at Washington and Lee University's Gallery and was curated by Dinah Ryan, Gallery Director. Through Oct. 19 - "Art and Social Conscience: Holocaust". An exhibition of art work in all mediums created or submitted in response to the theme of the mid-twentieth century genocide known as the Holocaust, this exhibition is the first in a series of projects entitled "Art and Social Conscience". The exhibit includes work by art faculty members from 16 institutions of the University of North Carolina system-work addressing or responding to the Holocaust and its larger context of mankind's inhumanity to man. This initiative, a collaborative project of the UNCW Office of Cultural Arts, UNCW Art & Art History and the Cameron Art Museum, represents the important contribution made by artists to our understanding of our collective humanity, and the political and social issues of our times. Through May 24, 2009 - "Bearden to Ruscha: Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," is an exhibition of 21 works including work from the mid-1970's by significant figures in art history such as Georg Baselitz, Romare Bearden, Robert Motherwell, Gerhard Richter and Ed Ruscha, as well as more recent acquisitions by artists such as Devorah Sperber. Admission: Yes. Hours: Wed. & Thur., 11am-5pm; Fri., 11am-9pm; Sat. & Sun., 11am-5pm. Contact: 910/395-5999 or at (www.cameronartmuseum.com).
The Wilmington Gallery at Newcastle, 616 B Castle St., Wilmington. 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: Mon.-Sat., 10am-6pm & Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 910/343-4370.
Winston-Salem
Downtown Arts District, Sixth and Trade streets, Winston-Salem. Oct. 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. Through Nov. 1 - "Fragmented," featuring oil paintings by Nancy Hayes and collages on paper by Mona Wu. 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).
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem Gallery, corner of Fourth and Cherry Sts, 301 West Fourth Street, Winston-Salem. Through Oct. 10 - "Viewpoints," a juried AAWS Member Show. Oct. 16 - Nov. 26 - "Cultural Crossroads - Regional Juried Show". Hours: Mon., 9am-1pm; Tue.-Fri., 9am-5pm & Sat., 10am-1pm. Contact: 336/722-0340 or e-mail at (staff@associatedartists.org).
Herbert Gentry
Diggs Gallery, lower level of O'Kelly Library, Winston-Salem State University, 601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Winston-Salem. Through Oct. 4 - "Herbert Gentry - The Man, The Magic, The Master". The exhibit explores more than 50 of Gentry's expressive and improvisational figurative abstractions and documents over 40 years of the artist's career in Paris, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Malmo and New York. 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. Through Nov. 29 - "Recent Work by Levon Moore and Franco Colavecchia". 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., 10am-5pm. Contact: 336/725-1516 or at (www.piedmontcraftsmen.org).
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. Oct. 4 - Jan. 4, 2009 - "Seeing the City: Sloan's New York". More than any other artist of the so-called Ashcan School, John Sloan set out to celebrate the lives of ordinary Americans. He created a "pedestrian aesthetic" that, far from glamorizing the emerging vertical vistas of skyscrapers, focused instead on people, street life, elevated trains, and the pedestrian experience. Sloan moved to New York City in 1904, and he remained anchored there -- painting, serving as art editor for "The Masses", and teaching at the Art Students' League -- for the rest of his life. By including paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs, the exhibition presents a nuanced view of the artist's years in the city and the city's effect on his art. 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).
Salem Fine Arts Center Gallery, Salem College, Winston-Salem. Through Oct. 24 - "Women in Focus Invitational," featuring works in photography. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5pm & Sat.-Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 336/721-2636.
Salemtowne Art Galleries, The Moravian Retirement Community, 5401 Indiana Avenue, Winston-Salem. Smith Gallery, Through Nov. 10 - "Autumn Art Exhibition," featuring works by Sarah Reynolds Dixon. Hours: call ahead. Contact: 336/767-8130.
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. Main Gallery, Through Jan. 4, 2009 - "Structure, Surface and Expression: Quilt Directions Today". Fabric is limitless in color, pattern and texture, offering innovative artists an extensive palette of creative opportunity. Additionally, some choose to embellish fabric utilizing wide-ranging means, including painting on cloth, stitching unusual patterns, imbuing fabric with imagery, color and texture using photography and digital media. How artists transform their chosen medium into provocative and vastly different results is the subject of "Structure, Surface and Expression". This exhibition is not intended to be an exhaustive survey of contemporary quilting, but rather is an effort to examine in some depth the creative strategies employed by some of the most innovative artists working in the quilting sector today. The exhibition features Sue Benner (TX), Dorothy Caldwell (CN), Nancy Crow (OH), Ana Lisa Hedstrom (CA), Michael James (NE), Eleanor McCain (FL) and Ellen Oppenheimer (CA). Each artist will be represented by approximately 5-7 art works enabling an exploration of creative process and technical innovation over time and across a range of pieces. Potter Gallery, Through Jan. 4, 2009 - "Erwin Olaf: Still Living". The enigmatic moments that run throughout Dutch artist Erwin Olaf's most recent photographic trilogy Rain (2004), Hope (2005), and Grief (2007) are characterized by their seeming impenetrability; suspending both subject and audience in what Olaf calls, "the moment between action and reaction." However, while a number of critics have read this visual silence as a departure from the artist's previous, more explicit bodies of work, Rain, Hope and Grief only reveal themselves through the wider lens of Olaf's influences and career path. From the iconic "Golden Age" of Dutch Painting (late 16th - mid-17th century), to the Americana of Norman Rockwell and Edward Hopper, to the sculptural, erotic stillness of Robert Mapplethorpe's photography, the exhibition Still Living traces Olaf's remarkable adaptation (and re-activation) of the still life genre for modern-day America. In so doing, this collection spans two decades of work (1988-2008); contextualizing the present trilogy by moving across baroque black & white portraits, ornate pictorials (done for popular journals), haute couture in the style of Vermeer, and tableaux where subject and setting become literally entwined. "Still Living" also presents three recent videos by Olaf, strategically located in rooms of the Hanes mansion to articulate the complex, allegorical life that the domestic interior plays in the artist's work. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm, Sun., 2-5 pm, closed Mon. & national holidays Admission: Yes, SECCA members and children under 12 are free. Contact: 336/725-19041 or at (www.secca.org).
Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery, Reynolda
Road, Scales Fine Arts Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem.
Charlotte and Philip Hanes Gallery, Downstairs Gallery, Through
Oct. 12 - "Perpetual Art Machine - Video Installation".
Perpetual Art Machine (PAM) is a living archive of 21st century
international video art, featuring over 1000 videos from more
than 700 artists from over 70 countries culminating in an immersive
interactive video experience. It was conceived in 2005 by four
NY based artists as a means to democratize the curatorial process
by inviting both the artists and the viewer/user to participate
through live interactive installations and online through PAM's
free community video portal. As a traveling video installation
it has been exhibited internationally including the 2nd Moscow
Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, the Scope Art Fair,
London, UK, the XII International Media Art Biennale, Warsaw,
Poland, and the Chelsea Art Museum, NYC. Downstairs Gallery, Through
Oct. 12 - "The Old Alma Mater: A Wake Forest History Exhibit'.
WFU is an institution steeped in rich history and tradition. The
exhibit celebrates this rich sense of tradition by featuring interesting
and important artifacts spanning the university's 174 year history.
Items represented in exhibit are a combination of pieces from
the Wake Forest Birthplace Museum in Wake Forest, North Carolina
and the University Archives in Winston-Salem, and reflect various
eras and achievements in the areas of academics, athletic, and
student life including the original deacon tuxedo costume, the
first edition of The Howler yearbook, and various sports uniforms
and trophies. The items on display are accompanied by a video
presentation, which features old 16mm film footage of Wake Forest
life during the 1930s - 1950s with recently recorded narration
by distinguished faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Mezzanine
Gallery, Through Oct. 12 - "Pam Longobardi: Drifters - Installation,
Assemblages and Photographs". Longobardi is a Professor of
Art, and former Associate Dean of Fine Arts of the
College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State University, Atlanta,
GA. Downstairs and Mezzanine Galleries, Oct. 23 - Dec. 12 - "By
Assignment and By the Way: Gordon Schenck Photographs," curated
by Paul Bright and Margaret Supplee Smith. The xhibit includes
50 photographs and related documentary material. Since 1963, North
Carolina photographer Gordon Schenck has sustained an extraordinary
career, working nationally and internationally, yet maintaining
deep regional and local roots. His work has appeared in virtually
every significant architectural journal and has been exhibited
in many universities and museums, including the Museum of Modern
Art and the North Carolina Museum of Art. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm,
Sat.-Sun., 1-5pm. Contact: 336/758-5585.
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