On Exhibit: Area Galleries and Museums

ON EXHIBIT
Winston-Salem area
5IVE & 40RTY, 541-A N. Trade St.: Through Nov. 29: "Seeing Winston-Salem," works that depict or reference the city, by artists including Phil Morrison, Angus MacLachlan, Elsie Dinsmore Popkin and Laura Lashley. Lecture: 5:40 p.m. Tuesday. Curator Tom Patterson will discuss "Seeing Winston-Salem," which is a companion exhibition to "Seeing the City: Sloan's New York," which is on view at Reynolda House Museum of American Art. Admission $5. Phone: 336-724-2474.
ARTISTS ON LIBERTY BUILDING, 521 N. Liberty St.: The Main Gallery: Through Nov. 4: "Expressions: Abstract Watercolor Paintings by Thomas Abbott." Phone: 503-888-5930. Island Arts On Trade: Through Nov. 30: "From China to the Caribbean," works by John Chen and Gary Campbell. Phone: 336-722-0510.
ARTWORKS GALLERY, 564 N. Trade St.: Through Nov. 1: "Fragmented," oil paintings by Nancy Hayes and paper collages by Mona Wu. Phone: 336-723-5890.
ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF WINSTON-SALEM, 301 W. Fourth St.: Through Nov. 25: "Cultural Crossroads," a regional juried exhibition on the intersection of various cultures in the Southeastern United States. Phone: 336-722-0340.
Noon Oct. 31: Lecture: "Latino Crossroads." Daisy Rodriguez, director of Hispanic Mentoring Services at the Winston Lake YMCA will discuss how Forsyth County is changing as its Hispanic population grows. Free; donations will be accepted.
ATELIER STUDIOS, 619 N. Trade St.: Through Oct. 31: Mixed-media works by Norman Sturdy. Send e-mail to delymaarts@yahoo.com.
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF WINSTON-SALEM, 390 S. Liberty St.: Through Jan. 4: "Healthier Ever After," an active fairytale forest in which children exercise their bodies to learn about good nutrition. On opening day, children can bring in their teddy bears for a check-up by a real doctor. Phone: 336-723-9111.
CLEMMONS BRANCH LIBRARY, 3554 Clemmons Road, Clemmons: Through Nov. 3: "Annual Clemmons Juried Art Exhibition," with work by artists including Sue Boggs, Dee Young and Gail Wall. Sponsored by the Muddy River Art Association. Phone: 336-703-2920.
THE ENRICHMENT CENTER, 1006 S. Marshall St.: In the Gateway Gallery: 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. Phone: 336-777-0076.
FORSYTH COUNTY CENTRAL LIBRARY, 660 W. Fifth St.: Through Dec. 31: Works by Vince Cannino. Through Nov. 6: "Telling Our Stories," images of North Carolina by amateur and professional photographers, and a selection from the N.C. State Archives. Phone: 336-703-2665.
HAWTHORNE GALLERY, 1281 W. Fourth St.: Through Nov. 8: "Celebrate the Seasons," works by Bill Gramley and Marta Blades. Through Dec. 6: Photography by Dede Reed and encaustic paintings by Alix Hitchcock. 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.: Through Nov. 23: "Treasures from Storage," items from the collection of the Old Salem Toy Museum that have never before been displayed. Phone: 336-721-7360.
KARMA SALON & GALLERY, 206 W. Sixth St.: Through Oct. 31: "An Abstract View," abstract expressionist paintings by Ruth Ward Lyle. Phone: 336-682-2671.
OLLIE'S BAKERY, 300 S. Marshall St.: Through Nov. 28: Pastels by Bill Gramley and photo works by Benita VanWinkle. Phone: 336-727-0404
THE OTHER HALF, 560 N. Trade St.; Through Nov. 10: "Hot Glass Cold Steel," works in glass and steel by Loretta Eby and Jeff Jackson. Phone: 336-407-5494.
PIEDMONT CRAFTSMEN, 601 N. Trade St.: Through Oct. 31: "Out of the Box," works in various media by member artists. Phone: 336-725-1516.
REYNOLDA HOUSE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, 2250 Reynolda Road: Through Jan. 4: "Seeing the City: Sloan's New York," works by early-20th century artist John Sloan. Phone: 336-758-5150.
SALEM COLLEGE: At Salem Fine Arts Center: Through Nov. 14: "The Night Series: The Photographs of Will Willner." Reception: 3-5 p.m. Oct. 26. Free. 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.
TATTOO ARCHIVE, 618 W. Fourth St.: Through Jan. 31: "Tattoos & Politics," tattoos with a political theme. Phone: 336-722-4422.
URBAN ARTWARE, 207 W. Sixth St.: Through Oct. 31: "Stealing Crow," creepy crow creations by Leanne Blake Pizio. Phone: 336-722-2345.
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: 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. At Scales Fine Arts Center: Through Dec. 12: "By Assignment and By the Way: Gordon Schenck Photographs Architecture, 1963-2008." Phone: 336-758-5585.
Elsewhere
AMBLESIDE GALLERY, 528 S. Elm St., Greensboro: Through Oct. 31: Oil paintings by James Celano. Phone: 336-275-9844.
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Boone: At the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts: 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.
AVERY POTTERY & TILEWORKS, 636 Potters Way Road, Seagrove: Noon until 4 p.m. Oct. 26: Fall kiln opening, with salt-glazed ware and other new work available. Phone: 336-873-7923.
BILL HESTER FINE ART, 143-F W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill: Oct. 30 through Nov. 30: Paintings by Bill Dunlap. Reception: 4-7 p.m. Oct. 30. Free. Phone: 919-960-0059.
BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM + ARTS CENTER, 56 Broadway, Asheville: Through Feb. 14: "The Shape of Imagination: Women of Black Mountain College," a look at the visual arts, literature, dance and academic works of Elaine de Kooning, Anni Albers, Martha McMillan Roberts, Mim Sihvonen and others. Phone: 828-350-8484.
BLOCK GALLERY, 222 W. Hargett St., Raleigh: Through Nov. 18: "Patterns of Memory," works by Marty Baird, Alison Overton and Scott Renk. 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.
CALDWELL ARTS COUNCIL, 601 College Ave. S.W., Lenoir: Oct. 31 through Nov. 21: "Hot and Cold: Works From Fire," by glass artists Joe Grant, Greg Fidler, Nanda Soderberg, Aaron Boze, Carmen Lozar, Kiara Pelissier and Matt Urban. Reception: 5-7:30 p.m. Oct. 31. Free. Phone: 828-754-2486.
THE COLLECTORS GALLERY, 323 Blake St., Raleigh: Through Nov. 30: "Connect & Collect: Selected Works by Gallery Artists." Phone: 919-828-6500.
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.
DAVIDSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM, Old Courthouse on the Square, 2 S. Main St., Lexington: Through Dec. 31, 2009: "Order in the Court," a restored courtroom with life-sized painted representations by Chip Holton of those one might have seen during a court week in the 1920s. Phone: 336-242-2035.
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. Through Dec. 31: "Flip it, Fold it, Figure it Out!" a playful exhibition on the relevance of math. Phone: 704-372-6261.
DOWNTOWN DILLSBORO: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 1: "Western North Carolina Pottery Festival," a show and sale by 36 potters. The featured potter will be John Fulwood of New Jersey. Admission $2, free for children younger than 12. See www.moutainlovers.com. Phone: 800-962-1911.
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. At the Center for Documentary Studies: Through Jan. 4: "Scenes of Secrecy: Visual Studies on Suspicion, Intelligence, and Security." Phone: 919-660-3663.
7:30 p.m. Oct. 30: Lecture: "Common Images and Themes in Art and Literature in the Age of Phillip III." The speakers will be Ronni Baer and Laura Bass, who contributed to the catalogue for the "El Greco and Velazquez" exhibition. 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 Nov. 22: Watercolors and photography by Jim Shepherd and paintings by Susie Prigmore. Phone: 336-835-2025.
GALLERY C, 3532 Wade Ave., Raleigh: Through Nov. 15: "Laura Lacambra Shubert: Recent Works," a collection of oil and acrylic paintings. Phone: 888-278-3973.
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 Art Gallery in Hege Library: Through Dec. 10: "Expressions of the Figure: Modern Portrayals of the Human Figure from the Gallery's Permanent Collection." Phone: 336-316-2438.
HIGH POINT THEATRE, 220 E. Commerce Ave., High Point: In the Theatre Art Galleries: 10 a.m. until noon Nov. 1: "TAG Art Party," art activities for all ages, caricature demonstrations, face painting. Free. Phone: 336-887-2137.
JERALD MELBERG GALLERY, 625 S. Sharon Amity Road, Charlotte: Through Nov. 15: "James Rosati: Simple Line, Complex Form," a selection of sculpture and works on paper. Phone: 704-365-3000.
JULES ANTIQUES & FINE ART, 530 S. Elm St., Greensboro: In the Gallery: Nov. 1 through Jan. 31: "Connections," paintings by Agnes Preston-Brame. Reception: 5-9 p.m. Nov. 1. Free. Phone: 336-389-9934.
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. Phone: 704-332-5535.
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." Through Feb. 15: "Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life and Legends," rarely seen selections from the Bank of America's Warhol collection. 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 Oct. 30: "Remnants," fabric art by Jean Vollrath and metal works by Brooke Sides. Phone: 336-629-0399.
THE N.C. ARBORETUM, 100 Frederick Law Olmstead Way, Asheville: Through Oct. 31: "Kaleidoscope: Contemporary Landscape Sculpture," works by 10 regional artists. Through Dec. 31: "Our Weakening Web: The Story of Extinction," interactive exhibits and dioramas covering 500 million years of natural history. A traveling exhibition organized by the Cincinnati Museum Center. Through Dec. 31: "Thoreau's Walden: A Journey in Photographs" by Scot Miller. A traveling exhibition organized by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, with educational materials provided by the Walden Woods Project. 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. Phone: 919-733-7450.
N.C. POTTERY CENTER, 250 East Ave., Seagrove: Through Jan. 10: Tableware by leading North Carolina potters of the early- to mid-20th century. Phone: 336-873-8430.
N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY, Raleigh: At the Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Through Dec. 17: "Frozen Music: Frank Gehry and the Walt Disney Concert Hall," documentation of the design process, construction and completed form. Through Dec. 17: "Let Me Call You Sweetheart — One Collector's Vision: Sweetheart Jewelry from the Rhoda L. Berkowitz Collection." Phone: 919-515-3503.
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, Penland: At the Penland Gallery: Through Nov. 16: Works in various media by core fellowship students. Phone: 828-765-6211.
RALEIGH CONVENTION CENTER, Raleigh: Through Dec. 31: "The Big Picture: Painting on a Large Scale," works by 18 artists with North Carolina ties including the late Ted Potter, former director of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. Phone: 919-828-7557.
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.
STOKES COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, 500 N. Main St., Danbury: Nov. 1 through 25: Works by David M. Dalton, a photographer and videographer. Phone: 336-593-8159.
UNC CHAPEL HILL: At the Stone Center for Black Culture and History: Through Dec. 5: "Black Dreams and Silver Screens: Black Film Posters, 1923-2004." Phone: 919-962-7265.
UNC GREENSBORO: At the Weatherspoon Art Museum: Through Dec. 21: "The 1960s: Decade of Change." Through Dec. 14: "Eve Aschheim: Falk Visiting Artist," abstract paintings and drawings created between 2005 and 2008. Through Dec. 7: "Kiki Smith: Touch of the Eye/Look of the Hand," an exhibition of prints. Through Jan. 25: "Art on Paper 2008," an invitational exhibition of works by 75 regional and international artists. Nov. 2 through Feb. 22: "Jeff Whetstone: Post-Pleistocene," photography of the Saltpetre caves of Tennessee and Alabama. Phone: 336-334-5770.
WACHOVIA TOWER, 300 N. Greene St., Greensboro: Through Nov. 20: "Natural Selections," drawings and prints by Katie Claiborne, Janet Oliver and Maryanna Williams. Sponsored by Gallery 115 of Greensboro. Phone: 336-207-1030.
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.