August 2011

A List of Exhibitions Still on View

There are many exhibits which we reported on in previous editions, but are still on view - some ending in August and some after that. Here is a little reminder of what you still have a chance to go see.

The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts & Culture in Charlotte, NC, is presenting two exhibits including: Anthology: The Photography of Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, on view through Aug. 28, 2011, and Live and In Stereo(type), offering works by Fahamu Pecou and Marcia Jones, on view through Aug. 28, 2011. For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center at 704/547-3700 or visit (www.ganttcenter.org).

The Hickory Museum of Art in Hickory, NC, is presenting the exhibit, Catawba County Collects Philip Moose, on view through Sept. 25, 2011. Moose was born in Newton, NC, in 1921 and resided in Blowing Rock, NC, for 35 years until his death in 2001. The exhibition includes over 30 paintings from local private collections, acquired primarily by people who knew Moose personally. For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at 828/327-8576 or visit (www.HickoryArt.org).

The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC, is presenting the exhibit, Babar’s World Tour: Original Paintings and Sketches by Laurent de Brunhoff, on view through Sept. 4, 2011, bringing to Myrtle Beach an interactive art experience of the children’s books with universal appeal, which Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker calls “part of the common language of childhood.” For further info check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at 843/238-2510 or visit (www.MyrtleBeachArtMuseum.org).

The Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC, has opened its Modern and Contemporary vaults to famed South Carolina artist Sigmund Abeles to present An Artist’s Eye: A Journey through Modern and Contemporary Art with Sigmund Abeles. The major summer exhibition will be on view through Oct. 23, 2011. The Museum will also present the exhibit, It Figures: The Art of Sigmund Abeles, on view through Oct. 23, 2011. For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at 803/799-2810 or visit (www.columbiamuseum.org).

The Florence Museum in Florence, NC, is presenting the exhibit, The Van Dam Collection of Rare Textiles, on view through Aug. 21, 2011. This will be the first public showing of a recently acquired donation of textiles from the private collection of Andy and Linda Van Dam of Camden, SC. For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, contact the Museum by calling 843/662-3351 or visit (www.florencemuseum.org).

The Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, NC, is presenting the exhibit, Formed, Fired and Finished: North Carolina Art Pottery, on view through May 12, 2012. The exhibition features a collection of more than 90 pottery pieces on loan from Dr. Everett James and Dr. Nancy Farmer, of Chapel Hill, NC. Showcasing unusual works by talented potters, it represents the first and largest showing of North Carolina pottery in Eastern North Carolina. For further information check our NC Institutional gallery listings, call the Museum at 252/335-0637 or visit (www.museumofthealbemarle.com).

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC, is presenting the exhibit, Witness Our Expanding Oceans, a comprehensive art and education exhibit created by artist Mary Edna Fraser and scientist Orrin Pilkey, on view through Nov. 6, 2011. The exhibit will explore the major elements of global climate change and the greenhouse effect with an emphasis on melting ice and rising seas. It will feature approximately 60 dyed silk batiks, depicting aerial, satellite, and conceptual perspectives of our environment. For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at 919/733-7450 or visit (http://www.naturalsciences.org/).

The Gregg Museum of Art & Design in Raleigh, NC, is presenting two exhibits including: Renaldo in the land of Rocaterrania, on view through Sept. 3, 2011 and THEN . . . ABSENCE - after Katrina in the Lower Ninth Ward, featuring photographs by John Rosenthal, on view through Aug. 13, 2011. For more info check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at 919/515-3503 or visit (www.ncsu.edu/arts).

The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in Asheville, NC, is presenting the exhibit, JACK TWORKOV: The Accident of Choice - The Artist at Black Mountain College 1952, on view through Sept. 17, 2011. This historic exhibition includes important works by Tworkov, who taught painting at Black Mountain College during the summer of 1952. On view will be paintings and drawings by Tworkov ranging from 1948-52 including works from one of the artist’s most noted series, House of the Sun. For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call Alice Sebrell at 828/350-8484 or visit (www.blackmountaincollege.org).

The North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, NC, is presenting two new exhibits for the Summer including: Botanical Chords by Terry Ashley and The Fine Art of Wood: An International Invitational Exhibition of Woodturning. Both exhibitions are on view in the Baker Exhibit Center’s Exhibit Hall, through Sept. 5, 2011. The two exhibitions will take center stage at the Arboretum this summer, both giving unique and awe-inspiring perspectives on how artists utilize plants in their work. For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Arboretum at 828/665-2492 or visit (www.ncarboretum.org).

The Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, NC, is presenting the exhibit, State of the Art/Art of the State, a premier state-wide event and exhibition featuring top curators from the Tate Modern, London and Guggenheim Museum, New York. Artists from throughout North Carolina had 24-hours to submit works to be selected for the exhibition. The exhibit will continue through Oct. 30, 2011. For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at 910/395-5999 or visit (www.cameronartmuseum.com).

The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) in Winston-salem, NC, is presenting American Gothic: Aaron Spangler & Alison Elizabeth Taylor, an exhibition of two mid-career artists translating Renaissance era techniques and the humble medium of wood into a powerful reflection on the rise and fall of rural America. The exhibition will be on view through Aug. 21, 2011. For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center at 336/725-1904 or visit (www.secca.org).

Whimsical, colorful artworks by Niki de Saint Phalle are on view at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art and at The Green, across the street from the Museum at the Levine Center for the Arts in Uptown Charlotte, NC, through Oct. 3, 2011. The exhibit, Niki de Saint Phalle: Creation of a New Mythology, includes elegant and subtle etchings as well as remarkably powerful and disconcerting sculptures. For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at 704/353-9200 or at (www.bechtler.org).

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