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An occasional list of exhibits, programs, and events at North Carolina museums. Sponsored by the North Carolina Museums Council.

Monday, January 05, 2009

First event news of 2009

1). Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 3 p.m. – “Prospective Volunteer Orientation.” Reynolda House Museum of American Art hosts a tea for people interested in becoming a volunteer or simply learning more about the American art collection. Members of the education department, new volunteers, and other museum staff will be on hand to discuss the American Arts Discovery course and volunteer opportunities at the museum. For more information, please call 336.758.5389. Free.

2). High Point Museum presents Blacksmithing Demonstration in the Historical Park on Saturday, January 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, January 18, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Come watch our costumed blacksmith in action as he crafts various iron pieces. All ages welcome; free.

3). Asheville Art Museum invites you to take a free, self-guided tour of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Community Poster Installation on view Thursday, January 15th through Sunday, February 15th, 2009 in business windows around town. As part of its 60th Anniversary Celebration, the Asheville Art Museum brings internationally acclaimed artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Western North Carolina audiences on Thursday, February 5th, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. The artistic team is known for temporary works of art that reflect and reinterpret their surroundings. Posters of these works will be on view for self-guided tours around town.

4). Gregg Museum of Art and Design: The GREGG Museum of Art & Design at NC State University is pleased to present “Norm Schulman: A Life in Clay” from January 22 – March 29, 2009. There will be a reception on January 22, 2009 from 6 – 8 p.m. Schulman will also speak about his work as a part of our Artists & Objects lecture series. The lecture will be at the Gregg Museum on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 7 p.m.

5). Museum of the Albemarle: The USS North Carolina was commissioned in 1941 as the lead ship of the two-ship North Carolina class battleship for the U.S. Navy. The Museum of the Albemarle, 501 South Water Street, Elizabeth City brings the story home in the current exhibit "Showboat: The USS North Carolina (BB-55)." MOA presents the story of the USS North Carolina in graphics, photos, scale models and artifacts honoring her many years in service to the country.

6). Asheville Art Museum is pleased to invite you to view the Western North Carolina Regional Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition on view in the Pack Place Community Gallery January 24th – February 12th, 2009 as well as the Awards Ceremony in Diana Wortham Theatre at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 15, 2009.

7). State Library of North Carolina: The educational and religious development of African Americans in post-Emancipation America is part of African American history online, thanks to the State Library of North Carolina. Now available in the library’s Digital Repository are profiles of early African American schools, churches, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other institutions from the pages of “An Era of Progress and Promise.” Written in 1910 by W.N. Hartshorn, the 444-page book is a seminal work that was referenced by influential figures including W.E. B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington

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