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The North Carolina Museum of Art, one of the most distinguished museum in the South, recently completed a significant three-year expansion and reopened to the public on April 24, 2010. Located in Raleigh on a 164-acre park, the museum seamlessly blends art, architecture and nature.
The museum first opened to the public in 1956 in a renovated state office building in downtown Raleigh. Since its inception, the museum’s collection has grown to include European paintings from the Renaissance to the 19th century, Egyptian art, sculptures and vase paintings from ancient Greece and Rome, American art from the 18th to 20th centuries and international contemporary art, as well as various others. Click the image to the left or follow this link to view a slideshow of samples from the collections.
Admission to the Museum’s permanent collection and Museum Park is free; however, there is a charge for some special exhibitions.
The Wilmington area is expected to fully develop a local arts council by the end of 2011. Its predecessor, the Arts Council of Lower Cape Fear, was forced to close its doors in 2002 due to financial difficulties.
Nevertheless, a steering committee in collaboration with staff of the N.C. Arts Council has released a report that details the steps left to take to make a council a reality. Financial backers seem optimistic about the plans.
“We have so many people here who are passionate about their art, but there is no real channel for their creativity. It needs to be fostered,” said Kim Adams, of Wilmington’s Development Services department and a steering committee member.
Sayre's piece for the NC Museum of Art is made of concrete and steel bars. Photo courtesy of The North Carolina Museum of Art.
Last year, Chapel Hill officials proposed the idea of creating a “gateway sculpture” for the median of U.S. 15-501, but the state Department of Transportation quickly nixed the idea.
But Raleigh artist Thomas Sayre, who is known from creating a 24-foot sculpture for the NC Museum of Art, explained the value of public road art of the possibility of creating art that would not compromise drivers’ safety. After working for the past few month with Sayre, the Department of Transportation has developed a nine-age policy to allow the plans to move forward.
The state Board of Transportation is expected to approve the new guidelines next month.
The Carrabus Arts Council–who provide grassroots arts grants–has awarded $22,910 in grants to 11 community organizations for art programs or activities that enhance the quality of life in Carrabus County.
According to Noelle Rhodes Scott, president and CEO of the Cabarrus Arts Council, “It is this beautiful network of arts councils and Grassroots funding that has given North Carolina its great reputation as a state filled with the cultural arts.”
As a part of the Intersections Project, a collaboration between the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art and the school system, with the support of the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, spent a week working with Asheville multimedia artist Sean Pace to compose works of art using catapults, crossbrows and balloons.
Art outings around Asheville
Posted on: October 23, 2010
The Asheville Citizen-Times has compiled a brief list of opportunities for art lovers in Asheville that will run from now until late November. Artists range from a North Carolina native to French painter Jean Claude Roy.
Thirty-nine artists all over Alamance County will open their studios beginning on Oct. 16 for all to visit, shop and learn how these artists produce their work and craft. This is an initiative sponsored by the Alamance Artisans Guild.
Visit the site to download a map of all of the studio locations.
Three local artists and an arts advocate were recognized Thursday, Oct. 7, during the annual North Carolina Awards ceremony.
Gov. Beverly Perdue presented the state’s highest civilian honor to Margaret S. “Tog” Newman for public service; Robert W. Ebendorf for fine arts; Donald Sultan for fine arts; and Carole Boston Weatherford for literature.
Follow the link to read a short biography about each recipient.
No Boundaries Inc. was founded in 1998 by Wilmington artists Pam Toll, Gayle Tustin and Dick Roberts to gather local artists with those from around the world to participate in an international artist colony for two weeks in November every two years in Wilmington and on Bald Head Island.
Previous participating artists have come from many countries including Macedonia, Bulgaria, Canada, Holland, France, Scotland, Germany, Iraq, Switzerland, Turkey, Italy, Denmark, Austria, Serbia, Peru, Argentina, and Wilmington’s Sister Cities in Barbados, China and England.
This year, the organization will host a 12-year retrospective showcase of the colony’s work at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
The following video showcases artwork that was produced in the colony in 2008.
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