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Past Exhibitions

2021

Scholastic Art Awards

Georgie Nakima

2020

In Vivid Color: Pushing the Boundaries of Perception in Contemporary Art

New Days, New Works

Airing out the “Dirty” Laundry

Katherine Boxall

de’Angelo Dia

Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood and His Contemporaries

2019

Coined in the South

Never Abandon Imagination: The Fantastical Art of Tony DiTerlizzi

Jan-Ru Wan: The Noise We Make

A large circle made of wood filled with colored dirt, sticks, and moss

Crista Commaroto

three long paintings by nellie ashford, hanging the entry way of mint museum uptown

Nellie Ashford

Mike Wirth, Elizabeth Palmisano, Brett Toukatly

The Intertwined Designs of Virginia James Stellmacher

Undulating pipes forming repetitive geometric figures.

Immersed In Light: Studio Drift at the Mint

2018

A mural in the entry way of mint museum uptown by ark and owl. Large leaves and curved lines surround a pointy monster-like hand and a square that resembles outer space

Arko + Owl

Up-close of a woman with vertical lines spanning the canvas

Robert Lazzarini: the flowering

porcelain Yucca plant with long stem coming out of the middle.

Michael Sherrill Retrospective

abstract drawing of a woman surrounded by bunnies and an octopus

Under Construction: Collage from The Mint Museum

The Glamour and Romance of Oscar de la Renta

Drawing of recovered inscriptions on artifacts. Pictured are several people holding a ceremony

El Tajín: Photographs and Drawings by Michael Kampen

Playbill depicting elizabet the queen in her royal attire

It’s Magic Time: The Mint Museum Drama Guild 1954–1979

Dress made with traditional wax print for African-Print Fashion Now!

African-Print Fashion Now! A Story Of Taste, Globalization, And Style

2017

William Ivey Long in his studio with inspiration boards for The Rocky Horror Picture Show

William Ivey Long: Constume designs 2007 -2016

The Wyeths: Three Generations,Works from the Bank of America Collection

Collage of a abstract figure swirling through the canvas.

Kidnapped Pagans: A Charlotte Arts Project

Gendered: An Inclusive Art Show

Star Gallery: Storytelling Gourds

Reveal and Detonate (Develar y Detonar): Contemporary Mexican Photography

Star Gallery: Deconstructing Contemporary Art

Charlotte Collects: Contemporary Couture and Fabulous Fashion

Art in the Book: Artists as Illustrators

State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now

Star Gallery: Voyages

The Year of Fashion at the Mint Museum

2016

Thin ceramic bowls filled with small coffee-bean items.

80 X 80: An Art Show

up close of a dress with birds and flowers on it

Outdoor Is In

Marek Ranis: Like Shishmaref

Leo Twiggs: Requiem for Mother Emanuel

Women of Abstract Expressionism

Fired up: Women in Glass

Her Place was Making History: Mary Myers Dwelle

David Stuempfle Selects: North Carolina Pottery in a Global Context

John Biggers:Wheels in Wheels

West Meets East

Romare Bearden: Odysseus Series

Pumped: The Art & Craft of Shoemaking

Here & Now: 80 Years of Photography at The Mint

Contemporary British Studio Ceramics: The Grainer Collection

2015

A man kneels infant of artwork teaching a group of children what it is

Coveted Colors | Year of the Collection

Modern Musings: European Works on Paper

New York to Nebo: The Artistic Journey of Eugene Thomason

Viva Moschino!

American Quilt Classics: The Bresler Collection

Ramesses The Great: Building Community

Ramesses The Great: Building Community

America The Beautiful: Works on Paper from The Mint Museum

International Sculpture Day

Star Gallery: The Museum as Muse

Body Embellishment

Connecting the World: The Panama Canal at 100

Halston and Warhol: Silver and Suede

2014

A boombox with a cassette player in the front

The Boombox Project

A circular framed photograph of the 5th floor of Mint Museum Uptown. it is a part of the Music Factories moment mile project

The Light Factory’s Moment Mile

Photography equipment set up in the exhibition area to photograph garments.

Behind The Seams

Mint Library & Archives Spotlight: Oriental Ceramic Art: Excellent Extravagance

Kristina Rogers: Into the Labyrinth

Kristina Rogers: Into The Labyrinth

Star Gallery: Memes for Peace: Art, Advocay, & Academic Achievement

Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection

Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment

Allure of Flowers: Botanical Motifs in Craft, Design, & Fashion

Star Gallery: Witness Davidson

2012

A classic horse drawn carriage that has been covered in an ink-like substance

Vote for Art

Carved mask from Mexico that resembles a man with long hair and a mustache

The Transformed Self: Performance Masks of Mexico

American Ceramics, 1825 – 1875

A porcelain statue of an angle and a woman standing next to a pedestal

Classically Inspired: European Ceramics Circa 1800

2013

Artist Motoi Yamamoto shaping salt into a circle

Artist in Residence Motoi Yamamoto

Bearing Witness: The New York Photo League and Sonia Handelman Meyer

Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs 1851-1939

Jennifer Steinkamp: Orbit 12

North Carolina Pottery, Then and Now

Still Lives: Early Works by Sharon Core

Dior, Balmain, Saint Laurent: Elegance and Ease

American Glass

2011

Fashionable Silhouettes

2010

A large maze like structure constructed on the lawn of Mint Museum Randolph

Project Ten Ten Ten

decorative striped pancho with wide neck and embellished collar

Threads of Identity: Contemporary Maya Textiles

For information regarding exhibitions prior to 2010, please contact our Library and Archives for supporting material.