NCMC Events From Around the State… July 14, 2014

1). The Museum of the Albemarle is preparing its 2015 schedule of speakers for two monthly programs and is seeking presenters.    “Back to the Past with at 21st Century Twist” is held every first Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.  and may include a demonstration.   “History for Lunch” is held every first Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. and ends at approximately 1 p.m.   If you are interested in presenting a session during one of these programs, please contact the education department at the museum.    Please include your name, a brief biography, and contact information.  Also include the title and brief description of your presentation. All contacts will be considered and notified by October 15, 2014.   For more information concerning the event call 252-335-1453.

2). N.C. African American Heritage Commission is sponsoring a workshop this summer on the history, culture, and legacy of Freedom Roads and Freedom Seekers in North Carolina. The workshop is on Monday, August 4^th at Historic Halifax State Historic Site and is geared to museum professionals, teachers, and students (education, museum studies, public history, etc.).  The workshop is $30, and includes breakfast, lunch, and all materials. To register, visit: 

http://www.ncarts.org/Resources/ForOrganizations/GatheringPlaceProject/FreedomRoads.

3). Western Office, NC Department of Cultural Resources announces that forty images and selected artifacts on loan from the N.C. Museum of History appear in the traveling exhibit “The Photography of Lewis Hine: Exposing Child Labor in North Carolina, 1908-1918” on display at the Western Office from June 23 to October 3, 2014.  In addition to regular hours of Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Western Office will offer several programs related to the exhibit. Hine captured the harsh realities of their mill village lives in Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Rowan and other North Carolina counties. His photographs range from girls running warping machines in Gastonia to boys covered in lint after long hours as doffers and sweepers in a Hickory mill.  The exhibit and special programs are free.  For additional information please call (828) 296-7230. The Western Office is located at 176 Riceville Rd., Asheville, N.C.

4). Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum invites you to “Salty Dawgs: Creating Maritime Exhibits”.  Mike Carraway, longtime North Carolina Maritime Museum exhibits curator, creates a wide variety of two- and three-dimensional exhibits for three maritime museums in the state system including the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum. Carraway discusses the process and shares a personal behind-the-scenes look into his creative and complex job.  Free admission. Email: maryellen.riddle@ncdcr.gov.  252-986-2995, Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, 59200 Museum Drive, Hatteras, NC 27943. 

5). Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art announces work by internationally recognized artist Neil Goldberg is coming soon to SECCA. Neil Goldberg: Anthology opens Friday, July 18, with an evening reception from 6 - 8 p.m. Anthology gathers together Goldberg’s conceptual artworks that contemplate the fleeting and overlooked aspects of ordinary daily experience, finding fascination, humor and poignancy in them. As part of SECCA’s solo series, Anthology explores three dimensions of Goldberg’s ethos of inviting life into art: autobiographical works which engage his parents and later memorialize the loss of his father; works that incorporate strangers and public life through observation or participation; studio works that invite other artists and intellects to critique and perform for Goldberg. Anthology includes video, photography and objects from over the last 20 years and debuts Ten-and-a-half-years-of-To-Dos, a five-channel audiovisual installation. Neil Goldberg: Anthology runs through Sunday, October 5 and is free and open to the public.

6). Bellamy Mansion Museum invites you to Jazz at the Mansion with Darryl Donnell Murrill, on July 17th, 6:30pm - 7:30pm.  Join the Cape Fear Jazz Society and the Bellamy Mansion Museum in welcoming Darryl Donnell Murrill to the Mansion. Come out and listen to the sax and all of your favorite jazz tunes. Wine and beer available for sale. Tickets are $10 for members and $12 for general admission. Bring a picnic, a lawn chair, and the kids!  To find out more about Darryl Donnell Murrill, visit http://lovegodandsax.com/sax/.

7). The State Archives (www.archives.ncdcr.gov) announces that the “Protecting Family Photos and Records” webinar is now available.  The State Archives' YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/ncarchives offers a series of online tutorials that provide information on the care and preservation of family treasures. "The Care and Handling of Family Papers" tutorials were developed in conjunction with the State Historical Records Advisory Board, funded by a grant from the National Historical Records and Publications Commission.  For information, please call (919) 807-7326. The State Archives is part of the Office of Archives and History within the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources.

8). North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort  invites you to the 8th Annual Crab Cake Cook-off on Friday, July 18, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.  Taste delicious crab cakes made by four volunteer guest chefs and vote on your favorite at this Museum fundraiser that takes place at the Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center.  In addition, the event has a slaw taste-off.  Participants will vote on slaw prepared by four cooks and vote for their favorite.  Space is limited. Members only, all are welcome to join the Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum.  Membership starts at just $35.  Proceeds from this event help support the operations of the Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum and the North Carolina Maritime Museum.  Tickets $25 for Friends of the Museum Members.  Available at the Museum Store or online at www.maritimefriends.org.  252.728.7317. North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, 315 Front Street, Beaufort 28516. 

9). Hands On!, a Child’s Gallery, announces science exploration all week at Hands On!  Tues. 7/22 10:30-12:30 - Construction Junction. Ages 6-9. Use blocks to create monsters, aliens, giant bugs, a castle, a whole town and more! Block play develops skills in math ~ learn while you play! Wed. 7/23 10:30-12:30. Lego Learn, then Build – CASTLES. Ages 8-11. Learn about the skill of building castles, then use your knowledge to build a Lego castle. Can it stand up to the catapults? Thu. 7/24 10:30-12:00. Science Play ~ Air! Ages 3-6; must be potty trained. The young ones will love science as they learn about air ~ that is everywhere!  You are never too young to explore the world around you! Fri. 7/25 10:30-12:30. Bubble-mania! Ages 6-10. Younger participants are welcome with an adult.  Learn about the science & art of bubble making!  You will learn to blow lots of bubbles & even take home bubbles. Pre-registration required for each of these. Call 697-8333 to register. Cost is $18 nm/$10 m. for each session.

10). The Asheville Art Museum is thrilled to present the second work in the Museum’s Artworks Project Space—artist Sharon Louden’s innovative installation Community. This installation is a continued conversation based on a series of work that Louden started in 2013 that traces its path through installation, animation, painting and drawing. In each genre, her gestures create an implication of dance — movement and energy — transposed against the resistance of fixed squares and rectangles of color.  For this project, Louden is working in raw aluminum. When asked why she chose this medium, Louden said she chose it for its reflective nature, manageability and also the beauty of the material. Community: Sharon Louden opens to the public on July 19. The exhibition is sponsored by the John and Robyn Horn Foundation. More information is available at www.ashevilleart.org.