Join us for a 10-minute art talk with a museum docent. Talks will take place at 1:30 PM and 2:00 PM on prospective Saturdays. Look for the “Mint on the Dot!” signs on the gallery floor.
Mint Museum Randolph
The Trackers is Charles Frazier’s first book set outside the American South. However, the story takes place in 1937, a year shared with many of the artworks in our Southern/Modern exhibition, with multiple connections that can be made between the book and the exhibition. The story follows a young painter from Virginia who receives a […]
Mint Museum Uptown
Personal memory and cultural history combine in Christopher Benfey’s New York Times Notable Book and connections to the Mint’s ceramic collections abound. Characters and times range from Anni and Josef Albers and their residence at Black Mountain College to Josiah Wedgwood’s quest for Carolina Cherokee clay to the history of Seagrove potters. Enjoy a conversation […]
Mint Museum Randolph
Isabel Wilkerson’s book follows three individuals, representative of the six million Black Southerners who participated in the Great Migration to northern or western destinations. The Wall Street Journal’s review of this work states “Ms. Wilkerson does for the Great Migration what John Steinbeck did for the Okies in his fiction masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath.” […]
Mint Museum Uptown
Take a break in the day to hear from a museum docent about works of art in our museum’s collection.
Mint Museum Uptown
Join us for a 10-minute art talk with a museum docent. Talks will take place at 1:30 PM and 2:00 PM on prospective Saturdays. Look for the “Mint on the Dot!” signs on the gallery floor.
Mint Museum Uptown
Of the three main characters in Shelby Van Pelt’s novel the most unique is Marcellus, an intelligent and highly observant Pacific octopus residing in a Pacific Northwest aquarium! Despite his habitat’s restrictions, Marcellus has a profound effect on Tova, a widow dealing with aging and grief and Cameron, a young man searching for family connections. […]
Mint Museum Uptown
Jane Austen’s classic tale of fiercely independent Elizabeth Bennet – one of five sisters who must marry rich – as she confounds the arrogant, wealthy Mr. Darcy. Fans of this work will enjoy a docent-led visit to the museum’s Portals to the Past galleries to view pottery, porcelain, paintings, and decorative arts that illustrate Regency-era […]
Mint Museum Randolph
Take a break in the day to hear from a museum docent about works of art in our museum’s collection.
Mint Museum Uptown
“Portrait of a Thief” by Grace D. Li is a thrilling heist novel that blends Ocean's Eleven with The Farewell. Inspired by the true story of Chinese art disappearing from Western museums, it explores themes of diaspora, cultural theft, and Chinese American identity.
Mint Museum Randolph
“Portrait of a Thief” by Grace D. Li is a thrilling heist novel that blends Ocean's Eleven with The Farewell. Inspired by the true story of Chinese art disappearing from Western museums, it explores themes of diaspora, cultural theft, and Chinese American identity.
Mint Museum Randolph
The Trackers is Charles Frazier’s first book set outside the American South. However, the story takes place in 1937, a year shared with many of the artworks in our Southern/Modern exhibition, with multiple connections that can be made between the book and the exhibition. The story follows a young painter from Virginia who receives a […]
Mint Museum Uptown