NCMC Events From Around the State… July 12, 2010

1). Reynolda House Museum of American Art Three new works are on view at Reynolda House Museum of American Art. Anni Albers’s "Red Meander" (1969) and Lee Krasner’s “Free Space I” and “Free Space II” (1975) can be seen in the historic house alongside a work already in the museum’s collection, “I-S, J” (1973) by Albers’s husband, Josef Albers. They will remain on view through August 15, 2010. This small, unified grouping allows visitors to consider how abstract form and color theory continued to shape the printmaking practices of these three innovative artists late in their careers.

2). Museum of the Albemarle Join the Museum of the Albemarle for a Summer Fun Day on Tuesday, July 20, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The day will focus on the traveling exhibit “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music”. To begin the day, Mr. Bert Berry of Chesapeake, Virginia, will provide visitors to the Museum with a brief history on the dulcimer and demonstrate by strumming a few tunes. Mr. Berry will allow visitors the opportunity to strum a few notes themselves. C-Shells will follow for the listening enjoyment of the young and the “young at heart” at 11:00 am in the Gaither Auditorium.

3). Mount Airy Museum of Regional History presents the Surry Quilters' Guild 2010 Quilt Show Opening on Saturday July 17 from 10am - 5pm. The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History is pleased to host the 2010 Quilt Show by the Surry Quilters' Guild from July 17 through the beginning of October. Approximately 20-30 quilts will be on exhibit on the 3rd floor of the Museum.

4). Charlotte Nature Museum Meet some feathered friends including hawks, owls and more as Charlotte Nature Museum hosts its July Creature Feature: Hawk Talk on Saturday, July 17, from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. with special guests from Carolina Raptor Center. Soar with the powerful eagle owl as you learn all about its shallow wing beats and long, fast glides. Keep your eagle eye open for the Barred Owl, which nest throughout Freedom Park and Charlotte Nature Museum’s Paw Paw Nature Trail. Also go beak-to-beak with the Eastern screech owl, the Eurasian eagle owl and Harris’ hawk.

5). Port Discover Port Discover invites preschoolers to examine living creatures and learn how they survive in the wild at Cool Critters, the July Toddler Time, Thursday, July 15 at 10 a.m. Children will create their own clay critter and build a camouflaged habitat to take home. Toddler Time is a science program just for preschoolers, ages 3 – 5. Cost for the program is $5 per family and reservations are required. Parents or guardians must accompany the child.

6). The Bascom Beginning July 8 and running through September 5, The Bascom will showcase a special exhibition of 24 large-format photographs featuring special places in America. Some of the landscapes and gardens featured in these images are hundreds of years old. To preserve these treasures, George Eastman House, in conjunction with TCLF, has commissioned 12 celebrated photographers to make a visual interpretation of each of the twelve sites. The resulting images have been organized into a traveling exhibition called Heroes of Horticulture.