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An occasional list of exhibits, programs, and events at North Carolina museums. Sponsored by the North Carolina Museums Council.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

NCMC Events From Around the State… September 10, 2012



1). N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences  We all know that praying mantises pray, pose and PULVERIZE their mates (the females anyway), but whether these beautiful and delicate creatures are minding their business, hanging out on a tree or staring at you through your screen door, there’s no denying, this very graceful insect is absolutely fascinating. For that reason, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences celebrates the mantid as our theme bug for “BugFest 2012”. Can you believe these pretty insects are more closely related to cockroaches than grasshoppers? “BugFest”—hailed as the Museum’s biggest event of the year and the largest, one-day, bug-centric event of its kind in the country, will be held on Saturday, September 15 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

2). Museum of the Albemarle  Museum of the Albemarle will hold “Pre-Schooler Time” on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 10:00 am. Participants must be between the ages of 3 to 5 years old and must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-Schoolers will discover what all the colors, stars and stripes represent on the flag of the United States of America, read a book and participate in a hands-on activity.

3). Tryon Palace  presents “Tryon’s Tales for Tots: Piecing it Together” on Wednesday, September 12, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. in the North Carolina History Center, Education Classroom. Cost is $6 per child with one accompanying adult free; additional adults $6. Included with regular admission, ages 3-5, with parental accompaniment. You’re never too young for history! Pre-schoolers and parents will learn about quilting by visiting the Hay House and seeing the quilt the Hay family and their neighbors have been making. Tots will then get to try their hand at quilting by designing their own paper quilt square. Space is limited to 20 children.

4). SECCA  presents “Anne Kesler Shields: 50 Year Retrospective”, opening Friday, September 14, 7pm. Exhibition Celebrates Anne Kesler Shields' Career on view September 14, 2012 – January 6, 2013. Opening FREE on Friday, September 14 @ 7 pm with cash bar and light refreshments. Over the last half of the 20th century and continuing into the 21st, Winston-Salem artist Anne Kesler Shields (b.1932) has steadily applied her considerable talent, rigorous visual-art training and incisive critical intellect toward developing a masterful body of work in two and three-dimensional media. In the year of her 80th birthday, Shields can truly celebrate a career that has yielded remarkable results. This exhibition will bring together work from all stages of her continually evolving practice, along with a catalog that reflects upon her life and accomplishments.

5). Black Mountain College Museum & Art Center invites the community to stop by on Friday, September 14th between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm for a free, eight-hour performance by Curt Cloninger, artist and professor of New Media at UNC Asheville. The performance is called “Pop Mantra #4” (Rain Down on Me). “Pop Mantra” is a series of performances where Curt Cloninger repeatedly performs a short excerpt from a pop song for several hours blindfolded. For the fourth performance in the series, Cloninger will perform the excerpt "rain down on me / from a great height" from the Radiohead song "Paranoid Android" for eight hours.

6). CSS Neuse & Gov. Caswell Memorial  presents “Military Through the Ages” on Saturday, September 15th from 10am-4pm. Look back on many of the wars that shaped our nation by interacting with re-enactors portraying soldiers from the Revolutionary War through World War II. Visitors will be invited to learn about uniforms, accessories, equipment, and weapons that soldiers carried with them during the wars represented.

7). Waterworks Visual Arts Center presents an artist lecture and presentation, Printmaking 101 – An Introduction to Original Printmaking, on Thursday, September 13 from 6:30-8:30 pm. Printmaker and exhibiting artist, John D. Gall (Jamestown, NC) will focus on introducing basic printmaking methods and terms, including examples of each method. A question and answer session will follow. Cost: $5 members, $10 non-members.

8). Weatherspoon Art Museum presents “WAM Jam: UNCG's Sapphires and Spartones” on Thursday, Sep 13, 7pm. WAM Jam returns with a new lineup of free, one hour music performances by UNCG students. We kick-off the year on September 13 with exciting performances by the UNCG Spartones and UNCG Sapphires at 7pm in the Museum atrium. This is a cappella as you've never heard it! Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of the Weatherspoon while listening to a capella, jazz and new music. Look for WAM Jam events on select Thursday evenings throughout the academic year.

9). N.C. Center for Nonprofits  A major event for those of us serving in the nonprofit sector as staff and board leaders and volunteers is just next week - the N.C. Center for Nonprofits' 2012 Statewide Conference for North Carolina's Nonprofit Sector, “Transforming Times”, September 13-14 in Research Triangle Park. The Center for Nonprofits has planned two days of rich offerings that will provide you with great learning and an economical professional development opportunity for your staff and board. To register or learn more, visit http://www.ncnonprofits.org/learn/conference. If you'd like to talk to someone at the Center, please call them directly (Rachel Aiken at 919-790-1555, ext. 100).

10). Natural Science Center of Greensboro  Join the Natural Science Center (NSC) at its first "El Grito" festival to celebrate Mexico's Independence on September 15 and September 16. Visitors of all ages will enjoy this weekend-long, BILINGUAL celebration featuring historical events, activities, arts, crafts, music, dancing and special admission discounts to the Natural Science Center and the Accidental Mummies of Guanajuato traveling exhibit.

11). Asheville Art Museum “Art/Sewn” focuses on works of art in which sewing is integral to the making and viewing experience. The exhibition blurs the distinction between art and craft, as many of today’s fine artists adopt craft forms and techniques and craft artists produce non-functional works. Art/Sewn will be celebrated with an Opening Reception on Friday, September 14 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. (free with Membership or Museum Admission) and will remain on view through Sunday, January 6, 2013 in the Museum’s North Wing. The Opening Reception is preceded by a Gallery Talk at 4:00 p.m. with the guest curator, Ward Mintz, and several featured artists.

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