The Mint Museum:
One Museum, Two Locations. 

Kathrine Boxall's piece ‘Milk IV’ hanging in Mint Museum Uptown for #ConstellationCLT. ⠀
#museumfromhome
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Katherine Boxall. Milk IV, 2020, acrylic, pastel, graphite, charcoal, spray paint, and oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist.

Weave the day away with items that you have at your home! All you need is cardboard and some scissors to get started. #MuseumFromHome
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Click the link in our bio to get the directions and more inspiration.

#CuratorsPick
This sculpture of a Bactrian, or two-humped, camel was probably made as a tomb object for a wealthy person who lived during the Tang dynasty. The camel was not native to China, but it was indispensible for carrying goods along the Silk Road, which linked China with the Middle East and Europe. The animal thus helped to bring prosperity to Chinese merchants. The Mint's "Camel" is on view in the Dalton Gallery at Mint Museum Randolph. ⠀
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#MuseumFromHome⠀
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"Bactrian Camel," circa 700–750, earthenware (tricolor, or sancai, glaze decoration). China, Tang dynasty (618–907). Museum Purchase: Delhom Collection. 1965.48.72

‘I feel an impulse to be bolder, more direct,’ says artist Damian Stamer
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Damian Stamer is a North Carolina native whose art is influenced by his Southern roots and rural landscapes. Though he’s painting the same subject matter, Stamer says he’s finding a different energy and urgency to work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Read about how COVID-19 is impacting his work by clicking the link in our bio.

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Known for his glass furniture and large glass architectural sculptures, Danny Lane is an American artist who has lived and worked in London for over 30 years. He's known for using glass in unconvential ways—breaking it, molding it, slumping it, and combining it with metal, wood, and other materials in installations. ⠀
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You probably recognize this one: the Mint commissioned Lane to design and fabricate a glass sculpture for the entranceway to the Craft & Design galleries at Mint Museum Uptown. Lane took large sheets of float glass (window glass) and sliced them to make a thin veil, behind which colored glass and other objects appear to be apparitions or auras. The sculpture is titled "Threshold." What do you think that means? #MuseumFromHome⠀
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Danny Lane (American, 1955- ). "Threshold," 2010, stacked plate glass, molded glass, steel. Project Ten Ten Ten commission. Museum Purchase with exchange funds from various donors; Gift of William and Patty Gorelick, Drew and Beth Quartapella, Shelton and Carol Gorelick, John and Stacy Sumner Jesso, Richard and Yvonne McCracken, and the Founders' Circle Cause 2009 contributors. 2010.70. ©=_ Danny Lane 2010

Remember to get out and breathe some fresh air!
While the museum remains closed until further notice, the lawn at Mint Museum Randolph is open for outdoor fun.
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Repost from @matthewpaulbrown

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Elaine de Kooning painted her vivid abstraction "Farol" in response to seeing bullfights while teaching in New Mexico. But rather than a literal depiction of the arena and participants, she chose to capture the action, energy, and motion of the event with sweeping, gestural brushwork. “Farol” is the name of a maneuver performed by the matador in which he sweeps his cape up and over his head as the bull charges. In this painting one can perhaps make out the twirling form of the matador on the left and the charging bull on the right. #museumfromhome
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Elaine de Kooning (American, 1918-1989). "Farol," 1958, oil on canvas. Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary. 2018.7. Courtesy Levis Fine Art, New York

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In Buddhism, bodhisattvas were enlightened beings who postponed entering paradise to help mortals attain enlightenment. Guanyin—the embodiment of compassion—was the most beloved bodhisattva in China. On view at Mint Museum Randolph, this sculpture of her was made in Dehua, in the Fujian province in southeast China, a region known for its pure white porcelain. We could all use a little compassion right now⠀
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"Seated Guanyin," circa 1775–1825, hard-paste porcelain. Dehua, China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736–1795) or Jiaqing reign (1796–1820). Museum Purchase: Delhom Collection. 1965.48.1158

Beat the isolation boredom by creating a 3D color wheel from objects in your home!
Use any combination of colors and objects to create a fun activity to teach your kids about colors and how they interact.

How are local artists holding up right now? We asked one!
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Charlotte-based Katherine Boxall is the most recent Constellation CLT artist whose work is on view at Mint Museum Uptown. She’s also the first of many artists that we are asking about how the shift in the world is affecting their day-to-day lives, as well as the art they create. Click the link in our bio to read the story.
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📸:@kyohnam

Joel Smeltzer, our Head of School & Gallery Programs, is an avid illustrator outside of his job at the Mint!
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Joel loves leading groups through our exhibitions to teach them how to draw and sketch the objects on view. Here he is doing a quick sketch of the bust of Alexander the Great in our exhibition Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood and His Contemporaries.

Charlotte Ballet (@cltballet) is digitally premiering their newest work, Dispersal, at 7:30 PM tonight via their Facebook page. The show was choreographed by Christopher Stuart for “Innovative Works: Beyond the Mint,” a show inspired by our exhibition “Immersed in Light: Studio Drift at the Mint.”
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Photo by Taylor Jones, courtesy of Charlotte Ballet