NCMC Events From Around the State… May 10, 2010

1). Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens South Lawn Concert Series: Craven Community Concert Band. Pack a picnic and join your family and friends for the first concert of our 2010 South Lawn Concert Series. Please bring your own chairs and blankets, but leave pets and alcoholic beverages at home. Sunday, May 23. Gates open at 5 p.m.; concert begins at 6:30 p.m. Free.

2). Museum of the Albemarle Museum of the Albemarle will hold Pre-Schooler Time on Thursday, May 13 from 10:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m.. Participants must be between the ages of 3 to 5 years old and must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-Schoolers will discover how people welcomed warmth, the light of spring and summer by dancing around the May Pole, read a book and participate in a hands-on activity.

3). Greensboro Children’s Museum On Saturday, May 22, 2010, the Greensboro Children’s Museum (GCM) will celebrate the Grand Opening of its new Edible Schoolyard, the first hands-on teaching garden and kitchen at a museum in the country. The Edible Schoolyard program, created by Alice Waters and The Chez Panisse Foundation, will become a model for other children’s museums nationwide promoting health and wellness. In GCM’s Edible Schoolyard, children will learn about the relationship among food, nature and life through organic gardening (planting, growing, harvesting), preparing and cooking organic food simply and nutritiously.

4). Cape Fear Museum Cape Fear Museum of History and Science will present a lecture by fine arts conservator Todd Jorgensen on Thursday, May 20, at 7 p.m. The program will take place in the Museum’s Williston Auditorium. Jorgensen’s talk, Caring for Wood, will explore the art and science of wood conservation. He will present wooden artifacts he has treated from the Museum’s collection to illustrate how to handle and care for furniture. Participants will enjoy an informal tour of the Museum’s “Conservation Matters” exhibit after the presentation.

5). Reynolda House Museum of American Art Reynolda House Museum of American Art’s exhibition Looking At/Looking In: Bodies and Faces in Contemporary Prints will open May 11, 2010 and will remain on view through Aug. 8, 2010 in the Northeast Bedroom Gallery. The exhibition, featuring works from the collections of the Wake Forest Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art and Reynolda House Museum of American Art, was curated by seniors at Wake Forest University in The History of Prints course taught by Wake Forest Associate Professor of Art Bernadine Barnes.

6). Turchin Center for the Visual Arts The Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition is a national juried competition presented annually by the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Made possible by the generosity of longtime arts supporters Martin and Doris Rosen, this national, juried competition continues a long-held tradition of showcasing the best of large-scale, contemporary American sculpture. Each year, ten sculptures are selected for exhibition, and are situated in outdoor, public settings across campus. A cash prize is awarded to the artist whose work is chosen as that year's Rosen Award winner. April 18, 2010 - March 1, 2011.

7). Bellamy Mansion Museum Friday, May 14th - The opening night of Jazz at The Mansion - a collaborative concert series with the Cape Fear Jazz Society. Relax on the mansion lawn and listen to the classic jazz sounds of Grenoldo Frazier. Wine provided by Silver Coast Winery. 6:00 - 8:00PM. $8 members; $12 general admission. Season passes available.

8). Asheville Art Museum Join the Asheville Art Museum for a film screening of My Kid Could Paint That on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. This film screening is free with Museum Membership or admission. Have you ever looked at a painting and thought, “My kid could paint that”? This film (2007) explores the issues of what it takes to be a great artist and how reproducible great art is, focusing the storyline around four-year-old artist Marla Olmstead.

9). N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences The public is invited to come out to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh for Meet the Animals, Tuesday, May 11 through Thursday, May 13. For three days, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., animals from the Museum’s Living Collections will be outside the Museum on Bicentennial Plaza for the public to touch, feel and learn more about. On Tuesday and Thursday, the animals featured will be North Carolina natives; tropical animals will be featured on Wednesday.