NCMC Events From Around the State… November 8, 2010

1). Asheville Art Museum Join us for a guided tour of the Museum exhibition Sallie Middleton: A Life in the Forest led by curator Frank Thomson on Friday, November 12, 2010 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. This event is free with Museum Membership or Museum Admission. Guests will enjoy in-depth information about Sallie Middleton’s work and leave with a new appreciation for her detailed watercolors.

2). SciWorks (http://www.sciworks.org/) Doktor Kaboom is Coming to Winston-Salem!! on Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 7pm show - doors open at 6:30 at Reynolds Auditorium. Creatively blending theatre arts with the wonders of scientific exploration, Doktor Kaboom keeps his audience riveted with interest and rolling with laughter whilst exploring scientific content that ties directly into mandated curriculum standards. Join him for a sidesplitting journey of increasingly spectacular, and often successful, experiments and demonstrations.

3). Turchin Center for the Visual Arts On Tuesday, November 9th, 2010, 4:30-6pm ASU students and children from the Lucy Brock Childcare Center will be creating various crafts throughout the day to place on a temporary Day of the Dead altar that will be set up at the Turchin Center. The community is invited to come and partake in light refreshments, make their own item to place on the altar, listen to Mexican music and meet visiting artist Rosa Borrás whose art can be seen in the Mexico exhibition at the Turchin. This event is free and open to the public.

4). Mt. Airy Museum of Regional History The final Toast and Jam for 2010 will take place on Saturday November 13, 5-7 pm in the Museum Courtyard, 301 N. Main Street Mount Airy, free to the public. Featured winery is Surry Cellars of Surry Community College and music will be provided by Porch Dog Revival. In case of inclement weather, this event will be held in the Museum Annex at 144 W. Oak Street, Mount Airy.

5). Cape Fear Museum presents Photography in Focus a special exhibit that opens November 19. Explore the evolution of photography, from the daguerreotype to the digital camera. Discover how picture-taking technologies have changed, bringing cameras and photographs out of the studio and into the mainstream. See an impressive array of cameras and beautifully framed original images from the Museum’s rich historic collection.

6). SECCA The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) is presenting two compelling exhibitions showcasing textile-based collage and hand-drawn animation and by artists Shinique Smith and Glenda Wharton, respectively, this month.The exhibits, Shinique Smith: Every Brick and Glenda Wharton: The Zo, will be on view from Nov. 18, 2010 through Feb. 13, 2011. Both exhibitions were curated by SECCA’s Curator of Contemporary Art Steven Matijcio and organized by SECCA.

7). The Bascom Circle Saturday, November 13 on your calendar as The Bascom unveils A Stitch in Time: Quilts. The exhibition opens in The Bascom Loft Gallery. Enjoy this opportunity to examine quilts on loan from local collectors and appreciate functional objects as works of art. The exhibition will be on view through December 18.

8). Port Discover From roots to leaves, children will learn all about trees during Port Discover’s Second Saturday Science, Treetop Topics, Saturday, November 13 at 11:00 am. Rob Davis, a ranger with the North Carolina Forest Services will discuss the environmental importance of trees and the process of reforestation.

9). Reynolda House Museum of American Art Reynolda House Museum of American Art is hosting Storytelling at the Museum: Of Newsboys, Rat Catchers, and Shepherdesses, on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. and on Saturday, Nov. 20 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. The paintings and prints in the exhibition include family gatherings, parties, political rallies, pictures of life in both the country and the city in the 19th century.

10). High Point Museum Please join the High Point Museum Guild on Wednesday, November 17 at the High Point Museum for their monthly program at 10 am. This month’s subject promises to be a trip down memory lane as former Museum Board Chair and High Point historian, Anne Andrews recalls the early days of the Little Red Schoolhouse. Andrews should know firsthand because she was a student there!