NCMC Events From Around the State… December 20, 2010

1). Tryon Palace presents Lunch and Learn: “Twelfth Night Traditions” on Monday, January 3rd at 12:00pm with speaker Karen Ipock, Tryon Palace Curator of Education. North Carolina History Center - Free admission; bring your own lunch, beverages will be provided. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is a well-known holiday carol, but in the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was much more. The twelve days following December 25th were marked by religious services, feasting and revelry — culminating in a grand Twelfth Night party that marked the end of the holiday season. Learn more about these traditions in this luncheon lecture.

2). High Point Museum presents “Junior Senior Prom – Third Annual Benefit for the High Point Museum” on Thursday, January 6, 6 pm to 10 pm. Enjoy an extraordinary evening with friends, entertainment and fabulous food in the unique environment of High Point University The University Center. High Point Historical Society hosts its third Annual Benefit for the High Point Museum. $50 for Historical Society members and $75 for non-members.

3). N.C. Museum of History presents “Washington’s Will: A Final Farewell to His Nation” – a part of the George Washington Lecture Series, sponsored by the Museum Associates – on Thursday, January 6th, at 7:00 p.m. Jill DeWitt, Assistant Curator at Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens, will present this lecture. Tickets are $12 per lecture.

4). N.C. Museum of Art “Fins and Feathers: Original Children’s Book Illustrations from The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art”, on view through January 30, 2011. “Fins and Feathers” celebrates the artistic achievements of children’s book artists with 33 original picture book illustrations from the late 1960s through today. “Fins and Feathers” features some of the best works from the collection of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, Massachusetts.

5). Asheville Art Museum Join the Asheville Art Museum for a film screening of “First Works” on Saturday and Sunday, January 8 and 9, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. each day. This event is free with Museum Membership or Museum admission. In the film First Works, a diverse group of now well-known film directors such as Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee and Ron Howard discuss what it was like to direct their first film and what inspires them to continue, despite changes in the film industry. After the film, view artwork in all four of the Museum’s galleries. Held in conjunction with the exhibition “The Director’s Cut I: 1995 – 2010”.

6). Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts has updated their website just in time for the new year. The website’s new layout is easy to read, user friendly and includes all up-to-date information on the happenings at the Turchin Center! Visit www.tcva.org check out the new look and find out more information about the current exhibitions that opened on December 3, 2010. “The Hemlocks! The Hemlocks!: Grief and Celebration” by Lowell Hayes and “In the Void” Sculpture by David Meyer will be on display at the Turchin Center through March 19, 2011.

7). Duke Eye Center, Touchable Art Gallery presents “Art Beyond Sight Awareness”, Student Art Exhibit, featuring art by North Carolina students with visual impairments extended through January 14, 2011. We have an extraordinary opportunity to extend this exhibition in both our Touchable Art Gallery and Connector Gallery for 10 days in January. Both galleries will be open weekdays January 4-14, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. for visitors to experience this exhibit through touch and sight.

8). Marbles Kids Museum presents “Music Makers – The Mozart Experience” on Saturday, January 8 10:00am-3:00pm. Play musical instruments, make a powdered wig, dress up and meet members of the North Carolina Symphony! This is our new Music Makers series, in partnership with the North Carolina Symphony.

9). N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Stories from a pirate’s life continue to unfold as artifacts are recovered and conserved from the wreck of the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, off the North Carolina coast. A media event at the QAR Conservation Lab at East Carolina University on Dec. 14 at noon previewed some of the objects. Artifacts from the fall expedition at the shipwreck site, along with artifacts being transferred to the N.C. Maritime Museum (NCMM) in Beaufort, were shown. A major exhibit of “Queen Anne’s Revenge” artifacts will open at the Maritime Museum in June 2011.