NCMC Events From Around the State… September 27, 2010

1). N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences Ever wonder why dogs sniff each other’s rear ends, why cows need four stomachs to digest their food or why cats spit up hair balls? Here’s your chance to find out! Animal Grossology, a new special exhibit at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh, takes a unique and scientific look at nature’s slime-making, vomit-munching and dookie-loving creatures. The exhibit opens October 2, 2010, and runs through April 24, 2011.

2). Rocky Mount Arts Center The Rocky Mount Arts center announces the opening of six new exhibits with a community reception on Sunday, October 3, 2010 from 2:00pm-4:00pm. The exhibits include: Jan-Ru Wan’s “Materialize Memories”, Sharron Parker’s “Handmade Felt”, Cathy Lees’ “Stories of Home”, the Arts Center’s annual national juried sculpture competition “Salmagundi XIV”, sets and costumes from the Theater at the Imperial Centre “Out of the Closet, Onto the Stage”, and selections from the Arts Center Permanent Collection curated by Hanna Crowl “Affiliation”. The October 3rd reception is free and all visitors are welcome!

3). Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens presents Fall Family Day: Life in a New Colony on Saturday, October 2, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., included in Governors Pass ticket. Come learn what it was like to move to a new land and try to build a life there. Families of all ages can enjoy tours of the Palace and our historic homes as well as interactive crafts, activities and demonstrations. Bring your picnic lunch and spend time immersed in the past. Activities are designed for school-age children; some activities have a minimum age requirement. No advance registration needed.

4). Weatherspoon Art Museum presents Hans Hoffman: Circa 1950, running through October 17, 2010. “Hans Hofmann: Circa 1950” includes an extraordinary body of work created by the artist for the architect Josep Sert’s 1950 city plan for Chimbote, Peru, and two dozen other important works from that year. His nine large-scale Chimbote painting studies form a concise and inspired example of the depth of Hofmann’s strengths as an abstract painter and modernist visionary.

5). Asheville Art Museum The Asheville Art Museum is proud to announce the dynamic exhibition The Director’s Cut: 1995 – 2010 with an opening reception on Friday, October 15, 2010 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The opening reception is free to the public. This exhibition is in the Museum’s Holden Community Gallery from Friday, October 15, 2010 through Sunday, March 13, 2011.

6). Greensboro Children’s Museum Give science a whirl at The Greensboro Children’s Museum’s new traveling exhibit, SPIN, which opened on Sunday, September 19, 2010. “SPIN” is an exciting exhibit that explores the fun – and science – of objects that rotate. Using interactive exhibits and real-life examples, visitors can explore how objects spin, why things spin at different speeds and how we use spinning objects in our daily lives.

7). Bellamy Mansion Museum presents 2nd Annual Family Fun Day on October 2, 2010 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Grab your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews and head to the Bellamy Mansion Museum in downtown Wilmington for a fun-filled event for the entire family. Participate in activities for the young and the young at heart by attending this day planned with family fun in mind. You'll learn how children and adults spent their time in days gone by - with games (chess, table top nine-pins and checkers), sachet making and other interactive activities.

8). N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Three hundred years on the ocean floor can be pretty rough on a body. The Underwater Archaeology Branch (UAB) of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources will dedicate its fall dive to treating some large bodies of iron in the Atlantic Ocean. Researchers, from Sept. 22-Oct. 29, will be on wreck site of the likely “Queen Anne’s Revenge” (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, which sank in 1718 near Beaufort.

9). The Bascom American Craft Today opens in the main gallery at The Bascom on October 2 and runs through December 18. This national competition features original works in all craft media: ceramics, metal, wood, glass, fiber, book arts, etc. The exhibition is sponsored by Frances Bunzl and Family and Julia and Bill Grumbles.

10). Reynolda House Museum of American Art Reynolda House Museum of American Art has invited three noted art scholars to discuss aspects of the art and artists represented in the exhibition, Virtue, Vice, Wisdom & Folly: The Moralizing Tradition in American Art. The Distinguished Speaker Series will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 5:30 p.m. with a talk by Chief Curator of the Hunter Museum of American Art Ellen Simak in a presentation titled, “Lilly Martin Spencer: Women’s Work.”