On Exhibit

ON EXHIBIT
Effective Nov. 29
Winston-Salem
5IVE & 40RTY, 541-A N. Trade St.: Through Dec. 17: "5IVE Master Craftsmen," works by guitar maker Jack Dent, furniture maker Chris Durgin, potter Rob Mangum, sculptor Mac Metz, and violin maker Joseph Thrift. Phone: 724-2474. Web site: www.5iveand40rty.com.
ALLEGACY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, 1691 Westbrook Plaza Drive: In the Keener Gallery: Through Monday: "Three-Part Harmony," paintings by Koreen Damelio, Paula Lashley, and Laura Reynolds. Phone: 768-4112.
ARTISTS ON LIBERTY BUILDING, 521 N. Liberty St.: Island Arts On Trade: Through Monday: "Other England," photography by Amanda Sullivan of England, Scotland and Wales. Friday through Dec. 31: "Shiva Begat Brahma," works by Mark Hamby, with an opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday. Phone: 354-9796.
ARTWORKS GALLERY, 564 N. Trade St.: Thursday through Jan. 1: "25th Anniversary Exhibit," with a showing of works by the 24 members of the cooperative gallery. Reception from 7-10 p.m. Friday. Phone: 723-5890. Web site: http://artworks-gallery.org.
ASSOCIATED ARTISTS GALLERY, 301 W. Fourth St.: Friday through Jan. 8: "Winter Showcase," a holiday exhibit and sale of fine art and crafts. An opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday will feature a performance by the Winston-Salem Children's Chorus. Associated Artists will accept donations for the Family Services Head Start Program and for the Second Harvest Food Bank at the reception and through Dec. 18. Visit www.associatedartists.org for suggested donations. Phone: 722-0340.
BLESSINGS, 823 Reynolda Road, will have "The Roots and the Light," a fundraiser for The Nyanya Project, a local nonprofit that helps grandmothers who are raising children orphaned by AIDS in Africa, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Local photographer Virginia Weiler will exhibit photographic canvases of woman being served by The Nyanya Project. Web site: www.nyanyaproject.org.
DADA FIRST FRIDAY HOLIDAY HOP: 7-10 p.m. Friday in the Winston-Salem Downtown Art District, along Trade, Liberty and Sixth streets. Streets will be closed to traffic, and galleries will be open with extended hours, artist receptions, new artwork, music and more. Web site: www.dadaws.org.
THE DELTA ARTS CENTER, 2611 New Walkertown Road: Through Jan. 23: "The Madness of Kings: Paintings by Tonya Ingersol." Phone: 722-2625. Web site: www.deltafinearts.org.
THE ENRICHMENT CENTER, 1006 S. Marshall St.: In the sculpture garden: Through Sept. 30, 2010: "Things That Fly," cast-aluminum works by Enrichment Center artists Trip Collins, Mindy Kistler, Meredith Lamy, Jonathan Lindsay, Paul Quinn, and Valarie Williams. In the Gateway Gallery: Friday through Jan. 16: "Chrome & Stone," with digitally enhanced photos of hotrods and muscle cars by Walker Lewis Jr., infrared film photos taken by James C. Williams in England Cornwall and South Wales. A reception from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday will include a performance by the Enrichment Center Percussion Ensemble. Phone: 777-0076, ext. 238. Web site: www.enrichmentcenter.org/gallery.html.
FORSYTH COUNTY CENTRAL LIBRARY, 660 W. Fifth St.: Through Dec. 31: "Look Around: Paintings Past and Present" by Nanu Lindgren La Rosee. Phone: 703-3020. Web site: www.forsyth.cc/library.
GALLERY OF THE ARTS, 411 W. Fourth St.: Through Monday: Inaugural exhibition, showcasing works in water media and ink by Kathy Vincent; and fiber hats by Walter Bartnikowski. Friday through Dec. 31, with an opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday: Featured artists for December will be Gail Roberts, a painter who works in oil; Jonna Ellis Holston, a bead artist who will be demonstrating her work during the reception; and writer Leigh Sommerville McMillan Phone: 793-8000. Web site: www.communityartscafe.com.
HAMPTON HOUSE GALLERY, Cloverdale Shopping Center: Through Monday: Paintings by Jack Hernon. Phone: 723-8869. Web site: www.hamptonhouse.net.
HAWTHORNE GALLERY, 1281 W. Fourth St.: Through Saturday: "The Lure of Italy," paintings and drawings by Roy Nydorf. T Phone: 724-1022. Web site: www.hawthorneart.com.
HORTON MUSEUM CENTER, 924 S. Main St.: In the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts: Through March 31: "A Land of Liberty and Plenty: Georgia Decorative Arts, 1733 to 1860." Phone: 721-7360. Web site: www.mesda.org.
THE OTHER HALF, 560 N. Trade St.: Through Jan. 5: "Noble Works," encaustics and oils on paper by Antoinette Noble. Tuesday through Jan. 31: "William Rogers Metal," forged iron works by William Rogers. Meet Rogers at the Gallery Hop, 7-10 p.m. Friday. Phone: 407-5494. e-mail: theotherhalf321@att.net.
REYNOLDA HOUSE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, 2250 Reynolda Road: Through May 30: "Andes of Ecuador: Science and Spectacle," a 19th century-style installation of Frederic Church's painting The Andes of Ecuador, complete with opera glasses with which to view details of the work. Through Dec. 31: "Now/Then: A Journey in Collecting Contemporary Art at Wake Forest University." The works have been acquired through buying trips made every four years since 1962 by students and facultyPhone: 758-5150. Web site: www.reynoldahouse.org/index.php.
5:30 p.m. Tuesday: "Now/Then Gallery Talk: The Class of '77," admission $5. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Thursday: A lecture by Barbara Babcock Millhouse on "Hits and Misses: Collecting Art at Reynolda House, 1966-2009." Millhouse, the founding director of Reynolda House, will share stories about amassing the museum's collection. Admission $20, $15 for members and students.
SALEM COLLEGE: At Salem Fine Arts Center: Through Jan. 29: "The Purest: Celebrating the Art of Susan Moore," drawings, paintings and prints. Moore graduated in the Class of 1947. Through Dec. 18: "Small Wonders," works by the artists of the Piedmont Outdoor Painting Society. Web site: Phone: 917-5313. Web site: www.salem.edu.
SALEMTOWNE, THE MORAVIAN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, 1000 Salemtowne Drive: At the Smith Gallery: Through Jan. 4: "Holiday Art Show," by Associated Artists of Winston-Salem. Participating artists are Linda Fowler, Dianne Campbell, Carolyn Dunnagan, Leslie Karpinksi, Bill Gramley, Tom Beckett, Gene Austin, Joanna Britt, Jeannine Smith, Charles Hildebrandt, Justine Linville, Karen Friday, and Dot Austin. Phone: 767-8130. Web site: www.salemtowne.org.
SCIWORKS, 400 W. Hanes Mill Road: Through Jan. 2: "The Amazing Feats of Aging," an interactive exhibition exploring the mysteries of aging in humans and other animals. Phone: 767-6730. Web site: www.sciworks.org.
START — WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY STUDENT ART GALLERY, 122-A Reynolda Village: Through Saturday: "2009: New Work in the WFU Student Art Collection," art created by Wake Forest students and bought by the university for its Student Art Collection. Phone: 486-3205.
TATTOO ARCHIVE, 618 W. Fourth St.: Through Jan. 30: "Sailor Tattooing," examples from around the world. Phone: 722-4422. Web site: www.tattooarchive.com.
URBAN ARTWARE, 207 W. Sixth St.: Through Tuesday: "Space Odyssey," a 1970s-inspired installation by Millicent Greason-Spivak and Peter Spivak; and "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow," oil paintings, ceramics, found-object art, and watercolors by Mark Casey Milestone. Friday through Dec. 30: "Chameleon," new work including sculptures, functional dinnerware and paintings by Melanie Micale. Reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday.
In SEED @ Urban Artware: Friday through Dec. 29: 2009 Annual Group Show, which includes work from artists with the H87 Gallery in Arnhem, Netherlands. Seed artists contributed work for a show in the Netherlands as part of this exchange exhibit. Reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday.
Phone: 722-2345. e-mail: urbanartware@bellsouth.net.
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: At the Museum of Anthropology: Through Dec. 18: "Art of Sky, Art of Earth: Maya Cosmic Imagery," items from the MOA collection, pottery from the collection of St. Bonaventure University, artifacts lent by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, and images of ancient murals at Yale University. Phone: 758-5282. Web site: www.wfu.edu/moa. At Scales Fine Arts Center: Through Dec. 9: "Accidental Mysteries: Extraordinary Vernacular Photographs," from the collection of John and Teenuh Foster. Through Dec. 9: "New Acquisitions to the Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art," works acquired last spring during a New York City buying trip by students and faculty. Phone: 758-5585. Web site: www.wfu.edu/art/gallery/gall_index.html.
WHITESPACE GALLERY, Piedmont Leaf Lofts, Suite 202, 401 E. Fourth St.: Through Jan.8: "Balance," nature-inspired painted sculpture by Kathleen Spicer. Phone: 722-4671.
WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY: At Diggs Gallery: Through March 6: "Young Americans," large-format color photographs by Sheila Pree Bright. Some of the subjects are or were WSSU students. Phone: 750-2458. Web site: www.wssu.edu.
Elsewhere
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Boone: At the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts: Through Jan. 16: "Plastic Flame Press," screen-printed posters by Chris Williams; "African Vailet: Olivia "Holly" Pendergast," a selection of large-format figurative paintings; and "SAQA: 12 Voices — a traveling exhibition of the Studio Art Quilt Association," works by fiber artists from around the world. Through Feb. 6: "225 F: Encaustic Encounters," heated wax-and-pigment paintings by American artists; "Collective Dialogues: New work from The Collective on Depot," works in various media, many by alumni and faculty of ASU's Department of Art; and "Brush & Palette: Artists Unmasked," works by members of The Brush and Palette Art Club, a regional group of painters and sculptors. Phone: 828-262-3017. Web site: www.tcva.org
BLOCK GALLERY, 222 W. Hargett St., Raleigh: Thursday through Jan. 11: "National Arts Program," showcasing artwork by City of Raleigh and Wake County employees and their families. An opening reception, featuring live music, will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Phone: 919-996-3610. Web site: www.raleighnc.gov/arts.
CAMERON ART MUSEUM, 3201 S. 17th St., Wilmington: Through May 9: "Kaleidoscope: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection," paintings, furniture, decorative arts and more. Phone: 910-395-5999. Web site: www.cameronartmuseum.com.
CAPITAL BANK PLAZA, 333 Fayetteville St., Raleigh: Friday through Jan. 25: paintings and etchings by Joseph Cave. Reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Phone: 919-838-6692 (Adam Cave Fine Art). Web: www.adamcavefineart.com.
CHATHAM STUDIO TOUR: More than 50 artists working in a variety of media will open their studios across Chatham County for the 2009 tour, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and next Sunday, and Dec. 12 and 13. An opening reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Pittsboro Campus of Central Carolina Community College. For more information, visit www.ChathamArtistsGuild.org.
CHINQUA PENN PLANTATION, 2138 Wentworth St., Reidsville: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays: "The Art of Tile," a focused look at tile work in the main part of the house, as well as in the basement and in other buildings on the plantation. Reservations required. Admission $30, $25 for seniors, military personnel and students, $20 for ages 6-16. Phone: 349-4576. Web site: www.chinquapenn.com.
COURT STREET GALLERY, 134 Court St., Statesville: Through Dec. 18: "Pastel Prisms & Reflections of Beauty," works from the Pastel Society of North Carolina. Phone: 704-873-4734. Web site: www.IredellMuseums.org.
DANVILLE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS AND HISTORY, 975 Main St., Danville, Va.: Through Dec. 20: "Danville Art League Annual Juried Exhibition." Phone: 434-793-5644. Web site: www.danvillemuseum.org.
DAVIDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Lexington: At the Mendenhall Building: Through Dec. 11: "The Art of a Hero," works by the late Joshua Thomas Harris. He was from Lexington and died in August 2008 while serving in the U.S. Navy in Afghanistan. Phone: 249-8186. Web site: www.davidsonccc.edu.
DAVIDSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM, Old Courthouse on the Square, 2 S. Main St., Lexington: Through Dec. 31: "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: 242-2035. Web site: www.co.davidson.nc.us/leisure/1858Courthouse.aspx.
DISCOVERY PLACE, 301 N. Tryon St., Charlotte: Through Jan. 31: "SHIPWRECK! Pirates and Treasure," a traveling exhibition of artifacts and sunken treasure recovered from deep-ocean archaeological excavations by Odyssey Marine Exploration. A highlight of the show is a collection of items from the SS Republic, a Civil War-era shipwreck. Phone: 704-372-6261. Web site: www.discoveryplace.org.
DOWNTOWN SALISBURY: Through Dec. 31: "Discover What's Outside," sculptures by 14 artists, who include Katherine Apple, Michael Baker, Carl Billingsley, Kevin Eichner and Jim Galluci. Tour brochures are available at the Rowan County Visitors Center. Phone: 704-638-5235. Web site: www.salisburysculpture.com.
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham: At the Nasher Museum of Art: Through today: "David Roberts and the Holy Land." Through Jan. 3: "Picasso and the Allure of Language," 60 works created by the artist between 1900 and 1969, as well as works by Georges Braque and photographs, letters, manuscripts and book projects by various artists and writers. The exhibition was organized by the Yale University Art Gallery. Through Jan. 10: "Africa and Picasso." Through Feb. 21: "Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids," about 250 Polaroids and 70 silver gelatin black-and-white prints taken by Warhol between 1970 and '87. Phone: 919-684-5135. Web site: www.nasher.duke.edu. At the Center for Documentary Studies: Through Jan. 10: "Undraborn/Extradordinary Child: Photographs by Mary Ellen Mark," a look at the daily life of a group of disabled Icelandic children. Phone: 919-660-3663. Web site: http://cds.aas.duke.edu.
FOUNTAINSIDE GALLERY, Lumina Station, 1900 Eastwood Road, Suite 44, Wilmington. Through Dec. 31: "Holiday Treasures," an exhibit of small works by gallery artists. 1-3 p.m. Today: Mike Rooney will demonstrate "Plein-Aire Painting in Oil." Phone: 910-256-9956. Web site: www.fountainsidegallery.com.
GALLERY C, 3532 Wade Ave., Raleigh: Through Dec. 31: "24th Annual Holiday Show of Arts and Crafts," works from around the world. Phone: 888-278-3973. Web site: www.galleryc.net.
GREEN HILL CENTER FOR N.C. ART, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro: Next Sunday through Jan. 15: "Winter Show," an exhibit of more than 150 artists from across the state. The public opening will be from 2 to 5 p.m. next Sunday. Phone: 333-7460. Web site: www.greenhillcenter.org.
GUILFORD COLLEGE, Greensboro: At Hege Library: Through Dec. 18: "The Mosca Collection," 19 rare books, some of which were bound by noted book binders Monique Lallier and Don Etherington of Summerfield, N.C. Through Dec. 18: Biennial art-faculty exhibition. Phone: 316-2438. Web site: www.guilford.edu/artgallery.
HIGH POINT PUBLIC LIBRARY, 901 N. Main St., High Point, will hold a series of free demonstrations of seasonal crafts from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Several of the crafts can be made by participants as they follow the demonstration. For more information, call 883-3646.
MARITIME MUSEUM, 315 Front St., Beaufort: Through March 7: Paintings by maritime artist Paul Hee. Phone: 252-728-7317. Web site: www.ncmaritimemuseum.org.
MARSHALL ART GALLERY, 301-H Pisgah Church Road, Greensboro. Through Monday: "Beauty of the Abstract," works by Kim Kesterson-Trone. Phone: 545-8268. Web site: www.MarshallArtCo.com.
MINT MUSEUM OF ART, 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte: Through Jan. 30: "Faces and Flowers: Painting on Lenox China," a collection of more than 70 embellished objects, including plates, vases and decorative items. The exhibition was organized by the University of Richmond Museums, Virginia. Through Feb. 27: "Lois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color," a 70-year retrospective of paintings, sketches, and textiles designs. Through March 27: "Identity Theft: How a Cropsey Became a Gifford," an examination of how an important Hudson River School painting, Stanford Robinson Gifford's Indian Summer in the White Mountains was for years attributed to Jasper Francis Cropsey — until recent conservation work revealed a Gifford signature and new date beneath Cropsey's. Phone: 704-337-2000. Web site: www.mintmuseum.org.
MINT MUSEUM OF CRAFT + DESIGN, 220 N. Tryon St., Charlotte: Through Feb. 6: "American Quilt Classics, 1800-1980 — The Bresler Collection." Phone: 704-337-2000. Web site: www.mintmuseum.org.
NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER, 4301 Lawndale Drive, Greensboro: Through Jan. 10: "Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss!" a traveling exhibition on the mysterious life, landforms and shipwrecks found in the world's oceans. Phone: 288-3769. Web site: www.natsci.org.
NEW ELEMENTS GALLERY, 216 N. Front St., Wilmington: Through Jan. 9: "25th Annual Holiday Show," an exhibition of art and craft by more than 40 artists, with a focus on regional work. Web site: www.newelementsgallery.com.
N.C. ARBORETUM, Milepost 393, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville: Through Jan. 3: "Building Small: American Folk Art Houses and Structures," more than 200 works created between about 1890 and 1950. On loan from the collection of Steven Burke and Randy Campbell. Through Feb. 22: "Celebrating Rivers and Streams," paintings by Sue Sweterlitsch. Phone: 828-665-2492. Web site: www.ncarboretum.org.
N.C. MUSEUM OF HISTORY, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh: Through Jan. 3: "Knights of the Black Flag," artifacts, legends and history of pirates from ancient times to the present. Included in the exhibition will be items from the shipwreck believed to be Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge. Phone: 919-807-7900. Web site: www.ncmuseumofhistory.org.
N.C. MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES, 11 W. Jones St, Raleigh: Through Jan. 10: "Journey Through the Arctic Refuge," an expedition photographed by John Burcham, Forrest McCarthy, George Schaller, and Jon Waterman. In the Nature Gallery: Through today: "Nature in Infrared," photography by Lucia Bucklin. Friday through Dec. 27: "Nature in Relief: Woodcuts" by Kent Ambler of Greenville, S.C. Reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday. Phone: 919-733-7450. Web site: www.naturalsciences.org.
N.C. POTTERY CENTER, 233 East Ave., Seagrove: Through Jan. 31: "Fire in the Valley: Catawba Valley Pottery Then and Now," an examination of the pottery tradition of the Catawba Valley. Phone: 873-8430. Web site: www.ncpotterycenter.com.
ORANGE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM, 201 N. Churton St., Hillsborough: Through Dec. 20: "Here Comes the Bride: Weddings in America," a traveling exhibition of photographs, text, a slide show, and artifacts. Organized by the Rogers Historical Museum in Arkansas. Phone: 919-732-2201. Web site: www.orangeNChistory.org.
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, Penland Road, Penland: At Penland Gallery: Through next Sunday: "The Barns: 2009," works in various media by current artists-in-residence. They are Devin Burgess, David Chatt, Margaret Couch Cogswell, Jeong Ju Lee, Daniel Marinelli, Sarah Martin, and Amy Tavern. Phone: 828-765-6211. Web site: www.penland.org.
TOE RIVER STUDIO TOUR: More than 100 galleries in Brunsville, Spruce Pine, Bakersville and Little Switzerland will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and next Sunday as part of a free, self-guided tour sponsored by the Toe River Arts Council. A reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the TRAC Center Gallery, 269 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine. Phone: 828-682-7215. Web site: www.toeriverarts.org.
UNC CHAPEL HILL: At Ackland Art Museum: Through next Sunday: "Almost Now: Cuban Art, Cinema, and Politics in the 1960s and 1970s," a collection of 16 Cuban cinema posters by such artists as Rene Portocarrero, Raul Martinez, and Alfredo Rostgaard. The exhibition includes a signed and numbered print of Alberto Korda's famous photograph of Che Guevara. Phone: 919-966-5736. Web site: www.ackland.org/index.php.
UNC GREENSBORO: At Weatherspoon Art Museum: Through Dec. 13: UNCG Department of Art biennial exhibition; and "American Art, 1900-1960: Shifting Directions," social realist, abstract expressionist and geometric abstractionist pieces by artists working in the first half of the 20th century. Through next Sunday: "Dike Blair: Now and Again." Blair, the Falk Visiting Artist, will show 50 of his gouache paintings and 14 sculptures created between 2001 and '09. Through Feb. 7: "Remastering the Masters: The Classical Tradition," an exploration of the influence of ancient Greece and Rome on the art of later periods. Phone: 334-5770. Web site: http://weatherspoon.uncg.edu.