Mar 19
3:28 pm
Argentinian glass artist Silvia Levenson to speak on her craft, domestic violence
by Caroline Portillo
Charlotte, N.C. (March 18, 2019) Argentinian glass artist Silvia Levenson will be at Mint Museum Uptown 2 – 4 PM Sunday, Ma ...
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Potters Market at The Mint Museum to return in 2020
by Delhom Service League
Potters Market at The Mint Museum to return in 2020 Charlotte, N.C. (March 8, 2019) After much thought and deliberation, the De ...
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2:25 pm
Top Five Reasons to Take an Art of Reading Public Tour at Mint Museum Randolph
by Alice Ross & Michele Allen
Top Five Reasons to Take an Art of Reading Public Tour at Mint Museum Randolph 1. Meet Fellow Bibliophiles. The only thing better ...
Events
Mar 24 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
African-Print Fashion Now! Sundays
To celebrate Black History Month (February) and Women’s History Month (March), we invite all guests to take advantage of BOGO (Buy One, Get One) Sundays beginning February 3 – March 31. READ MORE
Mar 25 10:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The Ceramics Series – Delhom Service League: “Making a Big Intricate Ceramic Platter”, Film and Talk with Herb Cohen
Herb Cohen will share his expertise and vast experience as a master ceramic artist as you view a film he made while creating a large platter. Herb earned a BFA and MFA from Alfred University. Between his degrees he served in the US Army during the Korean war. In 1956 he came to North Carolina where he was employed as an industrial ceramic designer for Hyalyn Porcelain Co. in Hickory and then came to work for the Mint Museum as exhibition director from 1958 to 1972. During those years he twice served as interim director. He and his husband, José Fumero a fabric designer and painter, set up their studios in Blowing Rock where they created their work for 38 years. Herb’s work as a potter included functional stoneware, decorative unique pots, and sculpture. He currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2012 the Mint Museum featured a solo exhibition, “Sophisticated Surfaces: The Pottery of Herb Cohen”. Learn more about Herb and his work in the brochure for this exhibition http://bit.ly/Herb_Cohen_Sophisticated_Surfaces
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Mint Museum Randolph
Mar 27 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Free Wednesday Evenings
Both locations of The Mint Museum offer free admission every Wednesday from 5–9 PM. READ MORE
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Join Argentinian artist @silvia_levenson for a talk at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24 at Mint Museum Uptown about her glass sculptures and how she brings issues of domestic violence to light through them. And if you haven't seen the newly installed work of art featured in the second image, “Until Death Do Us Part” yet, Sunday is the perfect opportunity! Cookies, coffee and tea will be served. Free for members. For nonmembers, just pay museum admission. For more details, see link in bio! .
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Photo by Marco Comune #TheMintMuseum
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Photo by Marco Comune #TheMintMuseum
Happy International Women's Day! These stunning dresses, part of @themintmuseum's African-Print Fashion Now! exhibition at Mint Museum Randolph, are made from 2016 International Women's Day commemorative cloth. #BalanceforBetter #InternationalWomensDay .
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Ernestine, designer/seamstress (b. Cameroon). Kaba ngondo, 2016 International Women’s Day commemorative cloth. Fowler Museum at ucla TR2016.30.1a-b, TR2016.30.2.
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Ernestine, designer/seamstress (b. Cameroon). Kaba ngondo, 2016 International Women’s Day commemorative cloth. Fowler Museum at ucla TR2016.30.1a-b, TR2016.30.2.
We’re joining the #5womenartists campaign along with over 200 organizations worldwide to highlight women artists in our collection in celebration of Women’s History Month 🙌✨🎉 next up Sheila Hicks who’s giant work of art can be found in the Atrium at Mint Museum Uptown
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Sheila Hicks. “Mega Footprint Near the Hutch (May I Have This Dance?),” 2011, sculpture in linen and cork. Gift of Target Corporation. 2011.42. © Sheila Hicks 2011.
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Sheila Hicks. “Mega Footprint Near the Hutch (May I Have This Dance?),” 2011, sculpture in linen and cork. Gift of Target Corporation. 2011.42. © Sheila Hicks 2011.
March is #WomensHistoryMonth and we're celebrating by featuring #5WomenArtists throughout the month! First up is @patricia.piccinini. Her work of art, Big Mother is on view at Mint MuseumUptown.
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Patricia Piccinini. “Big Mother,” 2005, silicone, fiberglass, leather, and human hair. Gift of the Tony Podesta Collection. 2014.75.18. © Patricia Piccinini, 2005
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Patricia Piccinini. “Big Mother,” 2005, silicone, fiberglass, leather, and human hair. Gift of the Tony Podesta Collection. 2014.75.18. © Patricia Piccinini, 2005
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“The Soundsuit's hide gender, race, class and they force you to look at the work without judgement.” - Nick Cave (@nickcaveart)
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Nick Cave. “Soundsuit,” 2010, fabric, beads, sequins. Collection of Fleur Bresler.
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Nick Cave. “Soundsuit,” 2010, fabric, beads, sequins. Collection of Fleur Bresler.
Beauford Delaney poured himself into his art, a quality that is almost palpable in this vibrant, dynamic canvas. Writing about Delaney’s paintings in 1962, artist and critic Paul Jenkins could easily have been referring to “Untitled”: “It was as if he had cut hundreds of flowers and crushed them. Stems and all.”
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Beauford Delaney. “Untitled,” detail, 1959, oil on canvas. Museum Purchase: The Katherine and Thomas Belk Acquisition Fund. 2017.7. © Estate of Beauford Delaney, by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esq., Court Appointed Administrator
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Beauford Delaney. “Untitled,” detail, 1959, oil on canvas. Museum Purchase: The Katherine and Thomas Belk Acquisition Fund. 2017.7. © Estate of Beauford Delaney, by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esq., Court Appointed Administrator
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The Nike takeover continues Saturday Feb 16 & Sunday Feb 17 at Mint Museum Uptown. Details at link in bio! 🏀🔥⛹️♂️#TheMintMuseum #ownthegame #nbaallstar
Although this simple yet exceedingly elegant sideboard looks like it could have been made during the Arts & Crafts movement, family lore held that it was actually created by slaves for back-of-house use at a plantation in Eastern North Carolina. .
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Unknown American Maker (Union County, North Carolina). “Plantation Sideboard,” circa 1845, walnut. Gift of James A. Strawn. 1959.20
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Unknown American Maker (Union County, North Carolina). “Plantation Sideboard,” circa 1845, walnut. Gift of James A. Strawn. 1959.20
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This moving bust of a small boy, created by Augusta Savage, a leader of the Harlem Renaissance, has a secret. It’s made of plaster, not bronze! It has a connection to Charlotte as well: Savage was a mentor to Romare Bearden early in his career.
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Augusta Savage. “Gamin,” circa 1930, painted plaster. Museum Purchase: Mint Museum Auxiliary Fund. 2008.58
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Augusta Savage. “Gamin,” circa 1930, painted plaster. Museum Purchase: Mint Museum Auxiliary Fund. 2008.58
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Mint Museum Uptown, and the entire Levine Center for the Arts Campus Uptown has a new look for NBA All-Star Weekend 2019. For all Nike related events at Mint Museum Uptown click the link in our bio! Photos from @mattshdr
