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On Exhibit: Area Galleries and Museums
On Exhibit: Area Galleries and Museums
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Published: September 18, 2008
ON EXHIBIT
Winston-Salem area
5IVE & 40RTY, 541-A N. Trade St.; Through Saturday: "oju ona/design consciousness," paintings by the Nigerian artist Dimeji Onafuwa. Phone: 336-724-2474.
ARTISTS ON LIBERTY BUILDING, 521 N. Liberty St.: The Main Gallery: Through Sept. 30: "Expressions: Abstract Watercolor Paintings by Thomas Abbott." apercugallery: Through Nov. 2: "First Impressions: Experimental Ceramic Sculpture by Travis Donovan," with complementary paintings by other gallery artists. Phone: 503-888-5930.
ARTWORKS GALLERY, 564 N. Trade St.: Through Saturday: "Planetary Expressions," pastels on paper by Virginia Ingram; and "Books from Home," handmade art books by Mary Beth Blackwell-Chapman. Phone: 336-723-5890.
ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF WINSTON-SALEM, 301 W. Fourth St.: Through Oct. 10: "Viewpoints," works by member artists. Phone: 336-722-0340.
DOWNTOWN ARTS DISTRICT ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY CENTER, 526 N. Liberty St.: Through Oct. 3: "Creative Bridge Design," an exhibition on public art on the bridges of Business 40. Send e-mail to Katie Gunter at gunterk7@gmail.com.
THE ENRICHMENT CENTER, 1006 S. Marshall St.: In the Gateway Gallery: Friday through Nov. 29: "Recent Work by Levon Moore and Franco Colavecchia." Moore will be showing clay vessels. Works by Colavecchia include text and memory paintings and opera-set designs. Reception: 6-8:30 p.m. Friday. Free. Phone: 336-777-0076.
HAWTHORNE GALLERY, 1281 W. Fourth St.: Through Nov. 8: "Celebrate the Seasons," works by Bill Gramley and Marta Blades. Phone: 336-724-1022.
HISTORIC BETHABARA PARK, 2147 Bethabara Road: At the Stockton Visitor Center: Through Dec. 11: "Treasures from the Attic: Moravian and English Pottery," an archaeology exhibition. Phone: 336-924-8191.
HISTORIC BETHANIA: Through Nov. 29: "Art in Bethania," a show and sale of works by local and international artists. Phone: 336-922-0434.
HORTON MUSEUM CENTER, 924 S. Main St.: In the auditorium: Through today: "Lasting Expressions of Childhood," photography of children from the 1870s to early 1900s from around the United States. Part of the Old Salem Collection. Phone: 336-779-6150.
KARMA SALON & GALLERY, 206 W. Sixth St.: Through Oct. 31: "An Abstract View," abstract expressionist paintings by Ruth Ward Lyle. Phone: 336-682-2671.
THE OTHER HALF, 560 N. Trade St.; Through Oct. 1: "Salt! Salt! Salt!" whimsical shakers for salt and pepper by Silvie Goldmark Design. Through Nov. 10: "Hot Glass Cold Steel," works in glass and steel by Loretta Eby and Jeff Jackson. Phone: 336-407-5494.
SALEM COLLEGE: At Salem Fine Arts Center: Through Friday: "Elements," new photography by Jon Julian. Through Oct. 24: "Women in Focus Invitational," a photography exhibition. Phone: 336-917-5313.
SALEMTOWNE — A MORAVIAN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, 1000 Salemtowne Drive: In the Smith Gallery: Through Nov. 10: Autumn art exhibition by Sarah Reynolds Dixon. Phone: 336-768-0069.
SCIWORKS, 400 W. Hanes Mill Road: Through Jan. 31: "Scenes of the Dinosaurs," a robotic exhibition for all ages. Phone: 336-767-6730.
SOUTHEASTERN CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, 750 Marguerite Drive: Through Jan. 4: "Still Living," works by Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf; and "Structure, Surface and Expression: Quilt Directions Today," by Sue Benner, Nancy Crow, Michael James and other textile artists. Phone: 336-725-1904.
STOKES COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, 500 N. Main St., Danbury: In the Apple Gallery: Through Monday: "Things Look Different from Over There!" works by Vance Blalock. Phone: 336-593-8159.
TATTOO ARCHIVE, 618 W. Fourth St.: Through Sept. 30: "Tattoos in Advertising." Phone: 336-722-4422.
URBAN ARTWARE, 207 W. Sixth St.: Through Sept. 30: "Clay Mugs," new works by ceramist Nicole Uzzell. Phone: 336-722-2345.
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: At the Scales Fine Arts Center: Through Oct. 12: "Perpetual Art Machine," an interactive installation with about 1,000 videos by more than 700 artists; "The Old Alma Mater: A Wake Forest History Exhibition," a collection of artifacts and video; and "Pam Longobardi: Drifters," an installation on debris in the world's oceans. Phone: 336-758-5585. At the Museum of Anthropology: Through Dec. 17: "Dias de los Muertos/Days of the Dead," an exhibition in Spanish and English on the annual Mexican celebration that honors children and the dead. Phone: 336-758-5282.
WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY: At the Diggs Gallery: Through Oct. 4: "Herbert Gentry: The Man, The Master, The Magic," more than 50 paintings, drawings and prints. Phone: 336-750-2458.
Elsewhere
ADAM CAVE FINE ART, 115½ E. Hargett St., Raleigh: Through Oct. 14: Paintings by Edward Trask and Jennifer O'Connell. Phone: 919-838-6692.
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Boone: At the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts: Through Oct. 4: "Humanimals: The Sculptures of Gayle Weitz," on the relationship between humans and animals; and "Dancing with the Dragon: Contemporary Art from Beijing." Through Nov. 15: "Ancient Philosophy/Contemporary Art: Asian Artists from China, Japan, Korea and the United States." Phone: 828-262-3017. At Farthing Auditorium: Through Nov. 14: "Inspired Design — Jacquard and Entrepreneurial Textiles,' works by artists from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States; and "New Work by Elana Herzog," a site-specific work on our relationship with technology, architecture and the handmade object. Phone: 828-262-7338.
BLOCK GALLERY, 222 W. Hargett St., Raleigh: Thursday through Nov. 18: "Patterns of Memory," works by Marty Baird, Alison Overton and Scott Renk. Reception: 5-7 p.m. Thursday. The Tender Fruit will provide live music. Free. Phone: 919-890-3610.
BLUE RIDGE MUSIC CENTER, Milepost 213, Blue Ridge Parkway, Galax, Va.: Through Nov. 2: "Crooked Road Royalty," rare film footage and photographs of such musicians as the Hill Billies, the Stoneman Family, the Carter Family and the Stanley Brothers. Phone: 276-236-5309.
BURWELL SCHOOL HISTORIC SITE, 319 N. Churton St., Hillsborough: Through Oct. 12: Lucien Read's photographic look at life in the Middle East in the midst of the war in Iraq. Phone: 919-732-7451.
THE COLLECTORS GALLERY, 323 Blake St., Raleigh: Through Nov. 30: "Connect & Collect: Selected Works by Gallery Artists." Phone: 919-828-6500.
COURT STREET GALLERY, 134 Court St., Statesville: Through Oct. 24: Abstract paintings by Judy McNeill. Phone: 704-873-4734.
DANVILLE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS & HISTORY, 975 Main St., Danville, Va.: Through Oct. 26: "Color All Around," illustrations by Adjoa J. Burrowes; and "Piedmont Paintings," by Ross Arkell. Phone: 434-793-5644.
DAVIDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Lexington: At the Mendenhall Building: Through Dec. 12: "Visions," works by artists including Kay DeGraw, Kendall E. Doub, Michelle Hale, Lea Lackey-Zachmann and Gail Wall. Phone: 336-249-8186.
DISCOVERY PLACE, 301 N. Tryon St., Charlotte: Through Jan. 4: "A Day in Pompeii," a national traveling exhibition of more than 250 artworks and artifacts. Phone: 704-372-6261.
DOLL & MINIATURE MUSEUM OF HIGH POINT, 101 W. Green Drive, High Point: Through Sept. 30: "Stitching History: A Focus on the American Cloth Doll," from the mid-19th century to the present. Doll talk: 2 p.m. Saturday. Bradley Justice will discuss the Maggie Bessie dolls made in Old Salem in the early 1900s by Maggie and Bessie Pfohl. Reservations required. Admission $15. Phone: 336-885-3655.
DOWNTOWN MARRIOTT, 304 N. Greene St., Greensboro: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. next Sunday: "A Rainbow of Quilts," a showcase exhibition, with a silent auction, raffle, classes and lectures. Sponsored by the Piedmont Quilters Guild. Phone: 336-288-7814.
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham: At the Nasher Museum of Art: Through Jan. 18: "Espejo Negro/Black Mirror," an installation by Pedro Lasch. Through Nov. 9: "El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III," Spanish masters in context with other accomplished painters of their time. Organized in cooperation with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Phone: 919-660-1701. Lecture: 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Antonio Feros and Rosemarie Mulcahy will discuss "The Historical and Religious Context in 17th Century Spain." Reservations required. Call 919-681-2272.
DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL, 120 Morris St., Durham: Through Oct. 26: "Long Shots: Pinhole Photographs of the Moon and the Sun," by Gregg Kemp; and "The Other Coast," photography by Bob Gilgor. Phone: 919-560-2787.
FOOTHILLS ARTS COUNCIL, 129 Church St., Elkin: Through Tuesday: "The Unique Artists of the Yadkin Valley," an exhibition by a Wilkes County artists group. Phone: 336-835-2025.
GALLERY C, 3532 Wade Ave., Raleigh: Through Oct. 17: Robert Broderson paintings from the Joan Liberty Collection. Phone: 888-278-3973.
THE GENERAL STORE CAFE, 39 West St., Pittsboro: Through Sept. 30: "Annual Chatham Studio Tour Preview Exhibition." See www.thegeneralstorecafe.com.
THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, 2120 Tynecastle Highway, Banner Elk: In the John Turchin Art Gallery: Through Friday: "Fire and Elements — Forms of Inspiration," blown glass by Ryan Blythe, kiln-fused glass by Tim Frain and colored-pencil drawings by Treva McLean. Phone: 828-898-8645.
GREENSBORO COLLEGE, Greensboro: At the Cowan Humanities Building: Through Friday: Works by Clifford Stuckey, Denise Baker and Eric Ton, faculty members at Southern Pines Community College. Phone: 336-272-7102, ext. 361.
GREENSBORO CULTURAL CENTER, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro: In the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art: Through Nov. 2: "Allegorical Realism" paintings by Virginia Derryberry, Henryk Fantazos, Jack Ketner and Mark Kingsley. Phone: 336-333-7460.
GROVE WINERY & VINEYARDS, 7360 Brooks Bridge Road, Gibsonville: Through Oct. 30: Photography by Jay Sinclair. Phone: 336-584-4060.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, Greensboro: At the Hege Library: Through Oct. 8: "From One Hand to Another," an exhibition of clay works. Phone: 336-316-2438.
HIGH POINT THEATRE, 220 E. Commerce Ave., High Point: In the Theatre Art Galleries: Through Oct. 11: Works by member artists of the Pastel Society of North Carolina; "180 Students, 180 Days," works by Sally Jacobs; and "Out of Hiding: Selections from the TAG Permanent Collection." Phone: 336-887-2137.
JERALD MELBERG GALLERY, 625 S. Sharon Amity Road, Charlotte: Through Nov. 1: "James Rosati: Simple Line, Complex Form," a selection of sculpture and works on paper. Phone: 704-365-3000.
JUDEA REFORM CONGREGATION, 1933 W. Cornwallis Road, Durham: In the Rosenzweig Gallery: Through Oct. 23: "5768/5769 Artifacts — atrocities — amen," painted works by Tina Marcus. Phone: 919-668-5839.
McCOLL CENTER FOR VISUAL ART, 721 N. Tryon St., Charlotte: Through Nov. 1: "True Grit: Frames, Fixations and Flirtations," works by Myra Mimlitsch Gray, Beth Lipman, Takashi Hinoda, Ai Kijima, Ted Noten and Arlene Shechet. The exhibition curator is Mark Leach of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. Reception: 6-9 p.m. Friday. Mark Leach will give a talk at 6:30 p.m. Free. Phone: 704-332-5535.
M STREET GALLERY, 311 W. Martin St., Raleigh: Through Saturday: "Yes, Yes, Ya'll," images of the hip-hop scene by Andre Leon Gray. Phone: 919-841-7924.
MINT MUSEUM OF ART, 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte: Through April 5: "Scene in America: A Contemporary Look at the Black Male Image." Through April 1, 2010: "The Art of Affluence: Haute Couture and Luxury Fashions, 1947-2007," wearable art by top European and American designers. Through Dec. 14: "Jaguar: Power in the Ancient Americas," representations in earthenware, stone, wood and fiber. Through March 22: "The Craven Family of North Carolina Potters," works by four generations, spanning about 1850 to 1990; and "Women in American Ceramics — 1875-1945." Phone: 704-337-2000.
MINT MUSEUM OF CRAFT + DESIGN, 200 N. Tryon St., Charlotte: Through Nov. 30: "Possibilities: Rising Stars of Contemporary Craft in North Carolina," works by Vivian Beer, Devin Burgess, Cristina Cordova, Anne Lemanski, Brent Skidmore and Jerilyn Virden. Through Jan. 4: "Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection." Phone: 704-337-2000.
MORING ARTS CENTER, 123 Sunset Ave., Asheboro: Through Thursday: "HAT and Cori: Color Unleashed," pottery by Harriet A. Thompson and paintings by Cori Cagle. Phone: 336-629-0399.
N.C. ARBORETUM, 100 Frederick Law Olmstead Way, Asheville: At the Education Center: Through Oct. 14: "Silent Beauty: A View of the Changing Seasons," photography by Cynthia Walker. On the grounds: Through Oct. 31: "Kaleidoscope: Contemporary Landscape Sculpture," works by 10 regional artists. Through today: "Our Precious Land: Visions and Scenes of North Carolina," oil paintings by Luke Allsbrook. Phone: 828-665-2492.
N.C. MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES, 11 W. Jones St., Raleigh: Through Dec. 28: "The Dead Sea Scrolls," more than 100 artifacts from the site of discovery, as well as an exploration of the scientific interpretation and conservation of the scrolls. In the Nature Art Gallery: Through next Sunday: "Portraits," miniature oil paintings by Diane Shearon of seashells. Phone: 919-733-7450.
N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY, Raleigh: At the Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Through Oct. 8: "From the Inside Looking Out: The Journals, Drawings and Prints of Charles Ritchie." Through Dec. 17: "Frozen Music: Frank Gehry and the Walt Disney Concert Hall," documentation of the design process, construction and completed form. Phone: 919-515-3503.
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, Penland: In the Penland Gallery: Through today: "Is That Supposed to Be Funny? Wit, Sarcasm, and Humor in Craft," works by woodcarver Craig Nutt, photographer Jim Stone, sculptor Sylvie Rosenthal, filmmaker Jeff Goodman and others. Phone: 828-765-6211.
ROWAN MUSEUM, 202 N. Main St., Salisbury: Through Dec. 14: "North Carolina Militia — 1820-1850: The Eagle Spreads Its Wings," arms, equipment, uniforms and insignia of the state's pre-Civil War militia. Phone: 704-633-5946.
TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL, 269 Oak St., Spruce Pine: Through Saturday: "25 Years and 10,000 (almost) Baskets Later," a show and sale by Billie Ruth Sudduth, whose works are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution and the New York Museum of Craft and Design, among others. Phone: 828-765-0520.
UNC ASHEVILLE: In Cooke Gallery of Owen Hall: Friday through Oct. 21: Fine-art prints from "The Birth Project" and "Women's Work" international print-portfolio exchanges. Reception: 6-8 p.m. Friday. Free. Phone: 828-251-6559.
UNC GREENSBORO: At the Weatherspoon Art Museum: Through next Sunday: "TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art," works by Francis Alys, Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Enrique Chagoya, Iran do Espirito Santo and others. Through Oct. 19: "Peter Takal Drawings," works by the Romanian born artist. Through Dec. 21: "The 1960s: Decade of Change." Today through Dec. 14: "Eve Aschheim: Falk Visiting Artist," abstract paintings and drawings created between 2005 and 2008. Next Sunday through Dec. 7: "Kiki Smith: Touch of the Eye/Look of the Hand," an exhibition of prints. Phone: 336-334-5770.
WATERWORKS VISUAL ARTS CENTER, 123 E. Liberty St., Salisbury: Through Nov. 8: "Earth and Sky" by Jonas Howard and Jeremiah Miller; "In Place: Memory and Movement" by Michael Simpson and Kathleen Burke; and "Plein Air Carolina" by the Plein Air Carolina Group. Phone: 704-636-1882.
WEAVER-COOK CONSTRUCTION ART GALLERY, 8401 Key Blvd., Greensboro: Through Tuesday: Artstock Studio Tour preview exhibition, with a selection of works from the forthcoming tour. See www.artstocktour.com.
YADKIN VALLEY CRAFT GUILD, 122 W. Main St., Elkin: Through Thursday: "With the Grain," works in wood by member artists. Friday through Oct. 23: "Electropositive Elements," works in metal by member artists. Reception: 5-8 p.m. Friday. Free. Phone: 336-835-2717.
YEW TREE GALLERY, 524 S. Elm St., Greensboro: Through Saturday: Paintings by North Carolina artists in celebration of Greensboro's 200th birthday. Phone: 336-790-8703.
Send news of exhibits at your gallery or museum to hfreeman@wsjournal.com and features@wsjournal.com at least 10 days before the Sunday of publication.
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