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PREVIEW
MANAGING EDITOR
Laura Napolitano
DESIGNER
Dan Ruccia
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Christopher Ciccone, Vann Powell
CONTRIBUTORS
Cameron Allison, Wale Ejire, Moses T. A. Greene, Miles Hall, Molly Hull, Sabrina Hurtado, Karen Kelly, Courtney Klemens, Kayla Miles, Lizzie Newton, Sean Saybe, Bryanne Senor, Jill Taylor, Janis Treiber, Oliver Wagner, Andrew Wang, and Jeffrey Yelverton
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cover Grace Hartigan, From Eyes Blue and Cold from The Archaics, 1962–66, lithograph, image: 16 × 143/16 in., sheet: 271/2 × 197/8 in., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation, 655.1966; Digital image: © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY
Exhibitions in Preview are made possible, in part, by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc.; and the William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment for Educational Exhibitions. Research for these exhibitions is made possible by Ann and Jim Goodnight/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fund for Curatorial and Conservation Research and Travel.
The North Carolina Museum of Art is a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Pamela B. Cashwell, secretary.
The NCMA’s mission is to steward and share the people’s art collection and inspire creativity by connecting our diverse communities to cultural and natural resources. Its vision is to be a vital cultural resource for the entire state and a national leader in creating a welcoming experience of belonging and joy.
The NCMA visual mark is inspired by Thomas Sayre’s Gyre (1999), a site-specific work of environmental art in the 164-acre Museum Park.
From the Director
Dear Friends,
As we initiate transformational renovations on the NCMA’s campuses in Raleigh and Winston-Salem, we remain steadfast in our shared goal of providing exceptional encounters with the arts. Writing at the beginning of this transitional period, I am excited about the creative ways we at the NCMA are embracing change and laying the groundwork for a future filled with possibility.
In this summer issue, we examine how the literary arts play a prominent role in our current Raleigh exhibitions. Learn about the creatively fruitful friendship between painter Grace Hartigan and poet Barbara Guest (pages 2–4), consider the literary contexts that shape the work in The Time Is Always Now (pages 5–7), and read along with the Museum by perusing our new Goodreads bookshelves (pages 4, 6).
We then share updates about our performing arts and film offerings, unfolding in our galleries, SECU Auditorium, and other spaces while the Joseph M. Bryan, Jr., Theater in the Museum Park is under renovation. You can read about the dynamic season ahead, which will be realized together with talented partners and in dialogue with the People’s Collection and exhibitions (pages 8–9). We also introduce the components of our new Initiative for Jewish Art and Culture (pages 10–12) and highlight opportunities for career development and community involvement afforded by our teen and college programs (pages 14–17).
The description of the NCMA Winston-Salem logo begins with the phrase “the change is the constant” (pages 22–23), and we appreciate how the ever-evolving nature of the NCMA and contemporary art inspires us to deliver a variety of events, programs, workshops, films, and lectures for our visitors to enjoy (pages 18–21).
There is much to look forward to, and I am excited to embark on this journey of growth and discovery with you all.
With appreciation and my best,
Valerie Hillings
Gallery view of The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure
To Amité and Inspiration Barbara Guest and Grace Hartigan
jared ledesma
Exhibition Curator and Curator of 20th-Century and Contemporary Art
Over the course of two decades, poet Barbara Guest (1920–2006) and painter Grace Hartigan (1922–2008) shared a friendship that was dynamic in every sense of the word. Having met in New York City during the 1950s, they sustained a relationship that was grounded in trust and candid emotion. “Dear Grace,” Guest wrote to Hartigan in May 1958, “To amitié and inspiration / Love, Barbara.” A fitting and poetic one-line letter, it encapsulates their growing friendship and a dialogue that would define their bond in the years to come—support that is a central theme in the exhibition Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention, on view through August 10.
Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Guest spent much of her childhood in Los Angeles before earning a BA in English from the University of California, Berkeley. She moved to New York in the 1940s, immersing herself in the city’s literary and artistic circles, where she met Hartigan the following decade. By then, Hartigan had been in New York for several years, absorbing the new trends of abstract expressionism and developing a style that wavered boldly between abstraction and representation. Though the exact circumstances of their first meeting are unclear, it was likely through poet Frank O’Hara—
Grace Hartigan, Barbara Guest Archaics 1968, ink and collage on paper, 30 × 24 in., Rex R. Stevens and the Grace Hartigan Estate; Photo: Courtesy of the Estate of Grace Hartigan/ACA Galleries, New York
GRACE HARTIGAN
The Gift of Attention
Through August 10, 2025
East Building, Level B, Joyce W. Pope Gallery
Tickets
Reserve at ncartmuseum.org free for Members
$20 Adults, $17 Seniors age 65 and older, $12 Students (ages 7–22), free for children 6 and under
Through June 29, Grace Hartigan and The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure are ticketed together. From July 2 through August 10, Grace Hartigan will be open on its own.
Questions about ticketing? Email help@ncartmuseum.org.
Organized by the North Carolina Museum of Art. In Raleigh additional support is made possible, in part, by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc.; and the William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment for Educational Exhibitions. Research for this exhibition was made possible by Ann and Jim Goodnight/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fund for Curatorial and Conservation Research and Travel.
Exhibition-Related Event
Grace Hartigan and the Poetry of Painting
Wednesday, July 9, 6–7 pm free with registration
Join curator Jared Ledesma for a lecture that takes a deeper look at how Hartigan’s bold work of the 1950s and 1960s intertwined with unconventional writings, reflecting her experimental spirit and deep connection to poetry.
On Sale Now
Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention exhibition catalogue
Published by the NCMA in association with D Giles Limited
128 pages, hardcover, $35 (10% discount for members)
Essays by exhibition curator and noted scholars, archival photos, full-color plates of Hartigan’s works
Available at the Museum Store, by emailing help@ncartmuseum.org, and online at major booksellers
Grace Hartigan, The Hero, 1960, oil on canvas, 81 × 55 in., Collection of Paul Fingersh and Brenda Althouse, Courtesy of Neal Meltzer Fine Art; Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby’s
a key figure among the New York School of poets—or through gatherings at the Cedar Bar and The Club, where painters and poets regularly mingled.
The most revealing document of their friendship is their correspondence, now preserved at Syracuse University and Yale University’s Beinecke Library. In these letters Guest’s affection is clear: “This will practically be a love letter, I’ve missed you so much,” she once wrote to Hartigan after moving from New York to Washington, DC. Their letters also reflect Hartigan’s tremendous appreciation of Guest’s writing.
Guest’s poetry of the time is characterized by sparse, carefully chosen words and syntax that emit emotion and movement. It often utilizes one-word verses or strung-together phrases. Much like the collection of abstract paintings that surrounded her, Guest’s poems form a cohesive, if fragmented, vision of a place, moment, or feeling. In “Snow Angel,” for instance, she presents a melancholic image of angels formed within dirty snow:
The storm’s threat and ache Angels are in peril there on the rooftops Angels are grey
Sticks the prancing sticks to give them shelter it rained and webs broke wings shrank the branch-bearing river shook
Visit our Goodreads bookshelf for the Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention reading list
bewildered as a sun Magister who brings thunder the firs are ready for their burden underground fires are lit in the dark sits the first Angel of snow tomorrow in the outraged sky his form*
Written in 1960, during a period of personal and professional uncertainty for Hartigan, Guest’s poem became a catalyst for Hartigan’s painting of the same title. Here, Hartigan not only attempts to visualize the scene that Guest’s poem alludes to but also translates the poem’s emotional effect through intense brushwork and bold yet muted color.
Guest and Hartigan continued to inspire each other up until the mid-1960s, especially as Hartigan adjusted to life in Baltimore and a new marriage. Their relationship, though occasionally strained—Hartigan once reacted with jealousy when Guest expressed interest in collaborating with another painter—left an enduring mark on several key works from Hartigan’s New York and early Baltimore years. Many of these works, shaped by the dialogue between poet and painter, remain among the most compelling of Hartigan’s career.
Grace Hartigan, Snow Angel, 1960, oil on canvas, 69 × 751/4 in., Private collection; © 2021 Christie’s Images Limited
*Barbara Guest, “Snow Angel,” from The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest copyright 2008 by the Estate of Barbara Guest. Published by Wesleyan University Press and used by permission.
The exhibition The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure, on view through June 29, focuses on works of art that depict and celebrate the Black figure from the perspective of Black artists. Among the show’s countless approaches to representing the richness and complexity of Black life, one theme that reinforces the cultural relevance and impact of these artworks is their occasionally bold, occasionally subtle expression of kinship with art forms like music, poetry, and literature.
Literature, specifically, asserts its presence in the title of the exhibition.
“The time is always now” refers to a 1956 collection of essays by author James Baldwin entitled Nobody Knows My Name In it he writes, “There is never a time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment, the time is always now.”
This call to action, issued by a leading voice of the civil rights movement, is but one of the exhibition’s many ties to the written word. Untitled (Painter) by Kerry James Marshall (page 1) uses deep, rich skin tones to invoke the simultaneity of presence and absence outlined in Ralph Ellison’s 1952 novel Invisible Man. Njideka Akunyili Crosby, artist of Still You Bloom in This Land of No Gardens (right), stresses the inspiration she draws from Nigerian literature, particularly Chinua Achebe’s novels. Amy Sherald credits The Black Interior: Essays by Elizabeth Alexander when she uses gray in works like A certain kind of happiness to convey her subject’s interiority. The nuance of these reference points reminds us how influences occasionally evade our immediate perception. An awareness of the connection between, say, Marshall’s art and Ellison’s words can provide new significance to the experiences we have with both works.
Ekow Eshun, curator of The Time Is Always Now, describes the show’s literary quality in terms of a “central proposition” shared by Black artists across media— “How do we speak to the complexity, abundance, and beauty of Black life?” In their pursuit of answering this question, he explains, Black artists look to one another’s work, whether in the pages
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of a novel or on the wall of a museum, to spark ideas about new, radical ways of depicting the Black figure. Together these artists form what Eshun terms a “cultural lineage,” revealing reciprocal, compounded influence over time.
I asked William Carpenter, executive director of the NCMA Winston-Salem, how books not only affect our experiences in museums but also remove barriers to discussing the visual arts. A former professor of English, Carpenter hosts a monthly book club at the NCMA W-S that examines global perspectives within contemporary fiction and includes prominent voices like Danzy Senna, Tommy Orange, and Samantha Harvey. The books’ themes regularly overlap with those investigated
by artworks in the galleries, offering a gateway to readers interested in learning more about visual art.
In the case of The Time Is Always Now, the exhibition’s interest in foregrounding new narratives of Black visibility by rewriting Western visual culture—exemplified in works by Titus Kaphar, Kimathi Donkor, and Barbara Walker—finds a counterpart in Percival Everett’s 2024 novel James, a retelling of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, Huck’s enslaved companion on the run. When the book club discussed James in late 2024, Carpenter recounts, conversation centered around how “language binds us together as a community and helps us form identities in relation to others.” The exhibition expands on a similar notion, speaking to the evolution of visual language employed in the portrayal of the Black figure. And the Clamour Became a Voice (E Il Clamore è Divenuto Voce) by Arthur Timothy (right), for instance, references compositions and settings from 16th- and 17th-century European paintings in a contemporary Black family portrait. By including composite columns and rounded arches of Florentine architecture, Timothy challenges the historic exclusion of Black figures from these spaces and suggests neoclassical forms as a radical addition to representations of the Black experience.
Carpenter describes the effect of placing literary and visual ideas in dialogue with one another as the “crashing of two histories, and two very human activities, together,” which can produce “powerful results” in a gallery setting. Most of all, he emphasizes the importance of uplifting literary and visual arts such as James and the works in The Time Is Always Now as “narratives of enrichment” that stress the addition, and refuse the subtraction, of perspectives.
CURATOR PICKS
Ekow Eshun recommends these books to help guide conversations around the artwork in the exhibition.
• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
• Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
• White Teeth by Zadie Smith
• Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988–2000 by Lucille Clifton
Visit our Goodreads bookshelf for The Time Is Always Now reading list. All titles are available for purchase in the Exhibition Store.
• Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks
• The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them by Ekow Eshun
Arthur Timothy, And the Clamour Became a Voice (E Il Clamore è Divenuto Voce), 2023, oil on linen, 59 × 79 in., Philadelphia Museum of Art: Purchased with the George W. Elkins Fund, 2024-35-1
page 5: Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Still You Bloom in This Land of No Gardens, 2021, acrylic, transfers, color pencil, and collage on paper, 96 × 108 in., Private collection; © Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner, Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
Through June 29, 2025
East Building, Level B, Meymandi Exhibition Gallery
TICKETS
Reserve at ncartmuseum.org free for Members
$20 Adults, $17 Seniors age 65 and older, $12 Students (ages 7–22) free for children 6 and under
Through June 29, The Time Is Always Now and Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention are ticketed together.
Questions about ticketing? Email help@ncartmuseum.org
Exhibition organized by the National Portrait Gallery, London, and presented by the North Carolina Museum of Art.
Support for this exhibition is made possible, in part, by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc.; and the William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment for Educational Exhibitions. Research for this exhibition was made possible by Ann and Jim Goodnight/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fund for Curatorial and Conservation Research and Travel.
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THE TIME IS ALWAYS NOW Artists
EXHIBITION-RELATED EVENTS
Docent-Led Tours:
The Time Is Always Now
Wednesday–Sunday by reservation free with exhibition ticket purchase
Docents guide visitors through the exhibition’s themes of double consciousness, past and presence, and aliveness. Available for youth and adults. Minimum of five guests; subject to docent availability. ncartmuseum.org/tours
The Time Is Always Now Tour with Audio Description
Thursday, June 5, Saturday, June 14, 10:30 am–noon
free with exhibition ticket purchase
This tour with audio description (AD) examines works by artists such as Lorna Simpson, Kerry James Marshall, and Amy
Sherald. For visitors who are blind, have low vision, or have a learning need that would benefit from AD.
Chef’s Culinary Experience: The Time Is Always Now
Friday, June 6, 6–9 pm
Prepaid reservation required
Enjoy a short tour of the exhibition with associate curator Maya Brooks, then indulge in an array of themed food stations from chef Rich Carter of Catering Works.
Text and Image: Collage Postcards Inspired by The Time Is Always Now*
Saturday, June 14, 1–4 pm
Ticket purchase required
Participants explore the exhibition, engaging with its themes of identity,
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representation, history, and kinship. They then reflect on work in the show and respond by creating a mixed-media postcard that incorporates collage, text, and drawing.
The Time Is Always Now Community Day
Saturday, June 21, 10 am–4 pm free
See and be seen at our special community day celebrating The Time Is Always Now. Enjoy free exhibition access, family-friendly tours, and hands-on portrait making and meet artists from our community.
NO CURTAIN CALL
Performing Arts and Film Offerings Don’t Slow Down
The NCMA is excitedly preparing for facility improvements—including in the Joseph M. Bryan, Jr., Theater in the Museum Park. As a result, we won’t be hosting outdoor concerts or films in the Bryan Theater in 2025 or 2026. Instead, stay tuned for a variety of music and dance experiences inspired by the People’s Collection and taking place in our galleries and Park, as well as a series of outdoor movies in downtown Raleigh.
Read on for an overview of what’s ahead and check pages 18–21 for all the details.
AMPING UP THE AMPHITHEATER
The revitalization of the Bryan Theater will focus on accessibility and visitor comfort. Updates include redesigned pathways that will allow individuals with disabilities to easily access concessions, the ground level, and increased accessible seating; new stadium seating that ensures visitors have backs on their seats; and renovated restrooms.
Rendering courtesy of LMNL; design courtesy of LMNL, HH Architecture, and Design Workshop
MUSIC AND DANCE COME TO THE PEOPLE’S COLLECTION
Though the Bryan Theater may be offline, our programming isn't. The performing arts staff has been busy commissioning performances in response to the People’s Collection. Enjoy a presentation on June 1 on African American music history that relates to works by artists of the African diaspora in the galleries. Join us July 13 for a performance of songs from the Mediterranean that speaks to objects in the Judaic Art Gallery. More events will be added in the coming months, so be sure to check ncartmuseum.org/pafprograms for new offerings.
left Dr. Naomi André; Photo: Courtesy of the presenter; right Duo Andalus; Photo: Courtesy of the artists
HUNGRY FOR INDOOR FILMS
How about dinner and a movie? NCMA Café will be open for dinner reservations from 5:30 to 7:30 pm on indoor film nights beginning July 11. Moviegoers can reserve tables in advance and dine before the show. Enjoy selections from the regular menu as well as film-inspired specials.
Saturday, June 14 (no dinner option) NCMA Loves Anime Bazaar and The Colors Within
Friday, July 11 Babes
Saturday, July 19
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Friday, August 8 Can I Get a Witness?
Friday, August 15 Promare
OUTDOOR MOVIES TAKE A ROAD TRIP
We’ve teamed up with Moore Square and the Downtown Raleigh Alliance to present four free outdoor movies in Moore Square on Friday evenings this summer. Bring family and friends and spread out a big blanket for Piece by Piece (June 20), The Wild Robot (July 18), Wicked (August 22), and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (September 26). Come at 6 pm for themed programs and food trucks. Films begin at 7:15 pm. And be on the lookout for double-feature movies in Dix Park coming in October!
Photo: Courtesy of Moore Square
sean p. burrus Curator of Judaic Art
ángel gonzález lópez Research Fellow for Ancient American Collection
Devoted to Presenting Jewish Creativity and Heritage
Since 1983, when it opened the first permanent Judaica gallery in an American art museum, the NCMA has been a national leader in the presentation of Jewish ceremonial art. Over four decades, the Museum has amassed one of the finest collections of Judaic art in the country, spanning five centuries and representing Jewish communities across four continents. With this collection at its core, the NCMA has taken another groundbreaking step over the past year by establishing the Initiative for Jewish Art and Culture, led by the Museum's first full-time curator of Judaic art, Sean P. Burrus.
Guided by art’s power to unite, the new initiative offers dynamic public programming that brings together individuals from all backgrounds in celebration of Jewish heritage and creativity. Through film, dance, theater, and music, the initiative presents opportunities to reach new audiences and to broaden the impact of the Judaic Art Gallery. It also allows the Museum to share the global, transhistoric scope of Jewish culture alongside other world religions in ways that advance museum-wide goals. These include a commitment to celebrating many histories and perspectives, fostering cross-cultural dialogue, and creating a sense of welcome and belonging for all visitors.
The exciting programming created by the Initiative for Jewish Art and Culture has included a Jewish film series, a contemporary dance piece, Regard, inspired by the works of Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, classical concerts commemorating
Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the expansion of the annual Freedom Seder into a public event featuring artist-led conversations and musical programs such as Different Ships, Same Boat. The initiative also supported a residency by Durham-based artist R. Stein Wexler that culminated in Living Waters, an installation exploring the shared significance of water in communities of faith across the state. Upcoming programs include the continuation of popular programs like the Freedom Seder and Jewish film series as well as a cross-cultural music series, Sacred Songs, and an original ballet based on the biblical heroine Esther in partnership with Carolina Ballet.
above Multidisciplinary performance Different Ships, Same Boat; Photo: Courtesy of the artists
below R. Stein Wexler, Living Waters, 2024; © 2025 R. Stein Wexler
opposite Collaborative dance performance Regard; Photo: Courtesy of Carolina Ballet
The Initiative for Jewish Art and Culture has garnered important support from community sponsors and national foundations. These include the Lilly Endowment Inc.; the Samuel P. Mandell Foundation; Lisa and Steve Feierstein; Stefanie and Douglas Kahn; Marion Meyer-Robboy and Stanley Robboy; Carol and Eric Meyers; and The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation, Inc.
An early outcome of the initiative has been an enhanced attention to religious arts across the People’s Collection and a heightened understanding of the NCMA as a place
to encounter and learn about faith traditions across the world. A new thematic installation titled Devotion: Religion and the Arts in the People's Collection opens this July in West Building. Devotion explores how human creativity enhances spiritual expressions across time and place. It recognizes the power of objects to shape our spiritual experience: to focus our attention, to awaken our senses, to separate the sacred and everyday, to connect us with the divine or supernatural.
The theme of devotion is reflected across the People’s Collection and particularly in the ancient American, African, European, and Judaic collections. Within the installation the bells on a pair of Torah finials originally from Congregation Oheb
Sholom in Goldsboro, North Carolina, indicate the role of sound in Jewish ceremony; an incensario vessel from present-day Costa Rica recalls the role of smell in the Guanacaste-Nicoya tradition, and a painting by Kenyan artist Ancent Soi highlights the role of sight in orienting worship and the way that global traditions take on local color.
Devotion seeks to present objects as part of the human phenomenon of spiritual belief and religion. This finds expression in an incredible variety of forms both geographically and chronologically—from organized religions and communal practices to individual faith and beliefs. In organizing Devotion, the NCMA honors the significance of devotional objects as sacred to those who have used, or continue to use, similar items in their spiritual, religious, or cultural lives. The NCMA acknowledges that these objects are not merely artifacts but powerful conduits of personal, spiritual, and cultural resonance for many people, fostering a sense of connection and belonging within the Museum’s walls.
MAJOR SUPPORT AWARDED
In December 2024 the NCMA was awarded a $2.5 million implementation grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. The grant will support programming over the next five years and establish a staffing endowment for the Initiative for Jewish Art and Culture. Importantly, it will allow the NCMA to continue embracing and expanding the global and contemporary works in the Judaic Art Gallery in dialogue with the cultures represented in the rich global collections of the NCMA and our North Carolina community.
above left Unknown American artist, Pair of Torah Finials, circa 1921, silver, H. 151/4 in., Gift of the Congregation of Temple Oheb Sholom, Goldsboro, North Carolina
above right Costa Rican, Guanacaste-Nicoya Zone, Incensario Vessel with Lid, circa 500–1000, ceramic, H. 161/2 in., Gift of Dr. Clifton F. Mountain and Mrs. Marilyn T. Mountain
below Ancent Soi, Birth of Jesus with Magi and Celestial Observers, 1997, oil on canvas, 34 × 23 in., Gift of Dr. R. T. K. Scully
Want to make sure that special painting or sculpture you fell in love with at your last visit is still on view? Curious about an artist and wondering if their work is represented in the People’s Collection?
Answers are a click away when you visit the NCMA’s new and improved collection search portal at collection.ncartmuseum.org There you can:
• Find your favorite painting, sculpture, video, drawing
• See multiple images of the artwork
• Determine if it’s currently on view
• Discover its maker page, listing all the artist’s works in the collection
• Explore related artworks
• Wander freely inside artistic genres, time periods, and movements
• Get acquainted with the most recent acquisitions coming into the collection
• Learn about the artwork’s backstory, including who owned it before it came to the NCMA and where it has been exhibited.
The new search hub offers the most up-to-date information on works of art both on view and in storage, a great resource for the casual visitor and serious scholar alike. The hub is updated daily and reflects ongoing research and documentation by members of the curatorial and registration departments. In the future the collection portal will offer even more fun facts about your favorite finds. Stay tuned!
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September 20, 2025–March 8, 2026
The first exhibition to bring images inspired by the Book of Esther by the Dutch artist Rembrandt and his circle together with Jewish ceremonial objects and decorative arts illuminates how and why communities in 17thcentury Holland related to this ancient Jewish story. Co-organized with the
sabrina hurtado Manager of Teen and College Programs
he NCMA offers a range of events and programs that bring joy, spark curiosity, and promote collaboration among teen and college audiences. The Museum creates pathways for students to explore their creative potential through engaging art projects, learn from a collection of works dating from antiquity to the present, and find professional development opportunities. With intentional community involvement, we have built a series of ways to connect the visual arts to the young museumgoers of North Carolina.
TEEN PROGRAMS
Many of our teen programs are thoughtfully designed by the Teen Arts Council (TAC), which collaborates with Museum staff to engage students between the ages of 13 and 18. The TAC is a group of 20 students who have a strong interest in visual art, community engagement, and exploring museum careers. These students meet weekly at the NCMA to create innovative events, connect with local artists, and improve their artistic and creative skills through immersive projects. They have the valuable opportunity to learn from NCMA
Photo: Sabrina Hurtado
staff, gaining insight into the behind-thescenes world of museums.
A great example of the TAC’s efforts is the Teen Day program. This initiative, which was envisioned and is organized by the TAC, transforms the Museum into a teen-centered hub for the day. Notable features include interactive art activities, performances, tours, and free entry into ticketed exhibitions. This event is open to the public and gives visitors insight into how teens interact with and in museums. Teen Day events occur quarterly, ensuring teens always have something exciting to look forward to at the NCMA.
The TAC also takes the lead in organizing Teen Night, our annual teen takeover, which celebrates our spring exhibitions and the beginning of summer with a night exclusively for young people. This program is filled with games and activities that allow teens to forge connections with the arts in a lively and enjoyable setting. Both Teen Day and Teen Night give the TAC invaluable experience in community engagement and help make the arts relatable and accessible to all teens across North Carolina.
Another popular program is Teens Sketch the Galleries. This event happens
on the first Saturday of each month. Aspiring teen artists hone their sketching skills alongside their peers in the galleries. These sessions not only facilitate the development of live sketching techniques but also allow students to connect with other young artists, fostering a supportive community that encourages artistic exploration and expression.
COLLEGE PROGRAMS
North Carolina is home to numerous institutions of higher education, and the NCMA aims to serve as a vital resource for the students enrolled. The College
Photo: Sabrina Hurtado
Photo: Sabrina Hurtado
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Advisory Panel consists of students, staff, and faculty from colleges and universities across the state. They play a pivotal role in guiding Museum staff regarding college programs, ensuring that we serve our collegiate audience in the best ways possible.
One successful initiative is our college internship program, which offers semesterlength opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in Museum departments including Curatorial, Education, Registration, Marketing and Communications, and Outreach and Audience Engagement. Students from across North Carolina and the country have appreciated our internship program for the in-depth, project-based experiences they receive in their “home” departments. This is complemented by enrichment sessions that provide students
with behind-the-scenes tours, activities, and discussions with other departments to offer a comprehensive understanding of museum operations. Internships conclude with presentations by interns, who report on the knowledge they gained over the course of their experience.
This past fall, we launched College Days. This program was started after thoroughly surveying and interviewing students, faculty, and staff to determine how the NCMA can best meet the needs of the college population. We identified professional opportunities and regular events that facilitate peer engagement as important factors for this audience. College Days is a quarterly program that offers students free entry into special exhibitions, engaging art activities, performances,
student-led tours, and a space to explore the galleries with their friends.
The program is run almost entirely by college students. The NCMA provides supplies and professional support, and the students lead art workshops, perform, act as gallery guides, and share information about their schools. This flexible model fosters students’ professional and creative growth in an art museum setting.
Feedback from students highlights the transformative nature of College Days.
Rylie Sultzbach, a UNC–Chapel Hill undergraduate student, said, “My College Days experience at the NCMA was an incredible experience that expanded my understanding of the art world and museum operations. It gave me hands-on opportunities to engage with the exhibitions and Museum
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Sabrina Hurtado
guests, which ultimately helped shape my career path.”
Similarly, NCSU graduate student Wendy Vencel shared, “Being a part of the NCMA College Days has been an amazing opportunity for me as well as the other NC State Public History students who have participated and attended. My favorite day has been with the samurai exhibition because we designed a scavenger hunt. We had young kids and adults all becoming very invested in the information throughout the exhibition! It is a great excuse for me to spend one day a month at one of my favorite museums while also getting to gain experience as a public historian.”
EVENTS FOR ALL
Through our teen and college programs, the Museum is not only committed to enriching the artistic and professional journeys of students but also to becoming more accessible and inclusive. Last year, we hosted an accessible college dance party, Hello 2024: A Dance for Every Body. Using a universal design approach, we intentionally designed the space and offered American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, sighted guides, audio describers, a quiet space, and more. This strategy centers the needs of people with disabilities in the creation of a welcoming environment that does not require accommodations. We collaborated with a cohort of individuals with disabilities as well as
local organizations like Arts Access NC and ComMotion (Community in Motion) to facilitate activities and dance lessons for our guests.
This year, we used the same universal design approach at our College Night celebration, an annual college party that invites students from all over North Carolina to enjoy special exhibitions, dance to a DJ, create something new, and explore with their community. Mark your calendar for next year’s College Night, taking place in April 2026. You won’t want to miss it!
Learn more about what the NCMA offers teens and college students by exploring the web page ncartmuseum.org/programs
Photo: Kent Ohlman
Photo: Kent Ohlman
MY NCMA
The Museum offers many types of accessibility accommodations for events and tours. To find out what is available or request an accommodation, contact Accessibility Coordinator Molly Hull, mhull@ncartmuseum.org. Please note that requests require a minimum two-week notice.
SUMMER EVENTS
The events in My NCMA represent a selection of programs taking place at the Museum in June, July, and August 2025. Please be aware that due to building renovations, some programs may be taking place in the Park or off site. Watch for email newsletters and go to ncartmuseum.org/programs for details and to find more programs.
ADULT PROGRAMMING
Participate in programs developed to give you meaningful avenues to explore the arts. Studio workshops provide time to create along with professional artists. Programs related to The Time Is Always Now are listed on page 7
Tickets, registration, and additional events: ncartmuseum.org/adultprograms
Write Your Life!
Thursday, June 12, July 10, August 14, 10–11:45 am
Ticket purchase required
This creative-writing workshop gives you strategies for getting started or revising a memoir, personal essay, or work of autofiction. Participants then draft a vignette and share it with the group for feedback.
Sculpture and Meditation Workshop with Meg Stein
Saturday, June 14, 10 am–noon
Ticket purchase required
Engage in hands-on sculpting while practicing embodied meditation, fostering relaxation and artistic expression. Led by sculptor and certified mindfulness instructor Meg Stein, this workshop invites
participants into deeper self-connection. All skill levels welcome.
Block Printing with Zaire Miles-Moultrie*
Saturday, July 19, 10 am–4 pm
Ticket purchase required
Discover the art of block relief printing by using affordable, accessible materials like rubber baseboard and Pink Pearl erasers. Participants design, carve, and print their own repeatable postcard-size creations while developing simple yet impactful techniques.
Visual Storytelling: The Role of Color in Animation with
Jess Cunningham
Saturday, July 19, 5–7 pm
Ticket purchase required
This workshop explores how color theory and lighting are used in animated films to evoke mood, convey emotions, and enhance storytelling. Participants study animated art styles and learn how color choices impact the audience’s emotional response.
Art Heist Dinner
Thursday, July 31, 6–9 pm
Prepaid reservations required
During an evening of intrigue, art meets mystery and every bite holds a clue. Indulge in a special multicourse menu while uncovering hints that guide you to the missing artwork. Will you crack the case before dessert?
Personal and Universal: Exploring Meaning in Collage*
Saturday, August 16, 1–4 pm
Ticket purchase required
In this workshop with Luke Buchanan, participants reflect on how artists use imagery
to convey personal and universal themes. Using layered compositions, color, and abstraction, students create collages that represent memories, emotions, or personal experiences.
Drawing Meditation Workshop with Maureen O’Neill
Saturday, August 16, 10 am–noon
Ticket purchase required
In this workshop with artist Maureen O’Neill, participants use guided drawing and painting to connect with the present moment. Experience the healing and creative power of intuitive mark making. No art experience needed.
MINDFUL MUSEUM
Mindful Museum programs offer opportunities to process emotions, cultivate inspiration, and find more connection both with art and our community.
Tickets, registration, and additional events: ncartmuseum.org/mindfulprograms
Virtual Sensory Journey through Art
Thursday, June 12, 7–8 pm free with registration
Join us and curator Maya Brooks for a virtual journey inspired by art. For adults who are blind, have low vision, or have a learning need that would benefit from a sensory-style experience.
Summer Slow Art Appreciation
Wednesday, June 18, 6–7 pm free with registration
Participants are guided through a brief centering practice followed by an intentional observation of a single work from our collection to mindfully observe and communally appreciate art.
Summer Meditative Moments with Art
Wednesday, July 16, 6–7 pm
Ticket purchase required
An intentional observation of art is followed by a guided meditation to create opportunities for moments of calm and self-reflection.
Virtual Sensory Journey through Art
Thursday, August 14, 7–8 pm
free with registration
Join us and curator Ángel González López for a virtual journey inspired by art in the installation Devotion. For adults who are blind, have low vision, or have a learning need that would benefit from a sensorystyle experience.
Summer Singing Bowl Sound Bath
Wednesday, August 20, 6–7 pm
Ticket purchase required
Enjoy a restorative sound bath in the peaceful setting of the galleries. Sound baths are a meditative practice that use resonant instruments to calm the nervous system, decrease stress, and enhance rest.
PERFORMING ARTS AND FILM
Multigenerational performing arts and film programming cultivates belonging, cultural arts production, and the exploration of NC residents’ rich histories.
Tickets, registration, and additional events: ncartmuseum.org/pafprograms
Music Programs
Lecture: Dr. Naomi André
Sunday, June 1, 2–3 pm
Ticket purchase required; free with student ID
Dr. Naomi André presents a lecture that explores the intersection of Black music traditions and race.
They Not Like Us: Figures and Abstractions in American Music
with Dr. Guthrie Ramsey Friday, June 27, 1–3 pm
Ticket purchase required
This presentation blends art forms to trace African American music’s history, highlighting its societal role and cultural identity. The program explores the paradox of African American music as a symbol of Black culture and interracial exchange.
Lift Every Voice:
Community-Wide Sing-Along
Saturday, June 28, 3–4:30 pm
Ticket purchase required
At the third NCMA community-wide singalong, blend your voice with soloists, ensembles, and other community participants. The program, curated by Dr. Tiffany Bennett-Cornelous, includes spirituals, ring shouts, and music of the civil rights movement.
Duo Andalus featuring Lala Tamar and Ofer Ronen
Sunday, July 13, 7:30–9 pm
Ticket purchase required
Join us for a musical journey woven by traditional and original songs from the Mediterranean. Accompanied by the virtuoso guitar of Ofer Ronen, singer Lala Tamar breathes vibrant life into Sephardic, North African, and flamenco music.
Indoor Films
NCMA Loves Anime Bazaar and Film Screening
Saturday, June 14, 10 am–10 pm
Bazaar: free
Film screening: ticket purchase required
Join us for a day full of anime vendors, food, music, and a preshow anime short, Deji Meets Girl (7:30 pm). Naoko Yamada’s feature film The Colors Within begins at 8 pm
Dinner and a Movie
July 11, July 19, August 8, August 15, 5–7:30 pm
Price of purchase
Join us for a delicious dinner at NCMA Café before the show. Enjoy our movie night menu with featured entrées and cocktails that perfectly complement the evening’s film. Reservations encouraged.
Babes (2024)
Friday, July 11, 8–10 pm
Ticket purchase required
Directed by Pamela Adlon, 1 hr. 44 min., comedy, R
Lifelong friends Eden and Dawn, one single and wanting a baby, the other already a mother, navigate challenges to their bond when Eden pursues pregnancy alone.
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)
Saturday, July 19, 8–9:30 pm
Ticket purchase required
Directed by Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez, 1 hr. 16 min., animation/drama/horror/sci-fi, PG-13
Birdboy has shut himself off from a postapocalyptic world, pursued by the police and haunted by demon tormentors. But unbeknownst to anyone, he contains a secret inside him that could change the world forever.
Can I Get a Witness? (2024)
Friday, August 8, 7:30–10 pm
Ticket purchase required
Directed by Ann Marie Fleming, 1 hr. 50 min., sci-fi
It’s the future, and we’ve solved the world’s problems. There’s just one catch—humans have to end life at 50,
Dr. Guthrie Ramsey; Photo: Courtesy of the artist
and teenage artists have to document it. Curator Caroline Rocheleau speaks on the film’s relation to the Museum's collection prior to the screening.
Promare (2019)
Friday, August 15, 8–10 pm
Ticket purchase required
Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, 1 hr. 51 min., animation/action/sci-fi, PG-13
When a group of aggressive mutants calling themselves Mad Burnish appears, an epic battle between Galo Thymos, a member of the rescue team Burning Rescue, and Lio Fotia, the leader of Mad Burnish, begins.
Outdoor
Films in Moore Square
Piece by Piece (2024)
Friday, June 20, 7:15 pm free in Moore Square
Directed by Morgan Neville, 1 hr. 33 min., animation/biography/family, PG
This film using Lego animation invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams. Turn up the volume on your imagination and witness the evolution of one of music’s most innovative minds.
The Wild Robot (2024)
Friday, July 18, 7:15 pm free in Moore Square
Directed by Chris Sanders, 1 hr. 42 min., animation/sci-fi/family, PG
Robot Roz is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings. She gradually builds relationships with the animals living there and becomes the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
Wicked (2024)
Friday, August 22, 7:15 pm
free in Moore Square
Directed by Jon M. Chu, 2 hr. 40 min., fantasy/musical/romance, PG
Misunderstood because of her green skin, Elphaba forges an unlikely but profound friendship with Glinda, a student with an unflinching desire for popularity. Following an encounter with the Wizard of Oz, their lives begin to take very different paths.
PARK
The Museum Park lends itself to unique experiences designed to deepen connections to nature, art, and people.
Tickets, registration, and additional events: ncartmuseum.org/parkprograms
Adaptive Tai Chi in the Park: Mindful Movement for Everyone
Thursday, June 5, 6–7 pm
free with registration
The Chinese martial art of Tai Chi combines slow and gentle movements with focused attention. During this accessible class, participants are guided through visually and vocally descriptive cues and have the option to sit or stand.
Summer Solstice Sunset Yoga
Friday, June 20, 7:30–9 pm
Ticket purchase required
Celebrate the longest day of the year with an inspiring, large-scale community yoga class as the sun sets over the Museum Park.
Summer Full Moon Walk
Thursday, July 10, 8:30–10 pm
free with registration
Join us for an after-hours walk in the Museum Park. Enjoy our seasonal guided moonlit walk to experience nature and art at night.
FAMILIES
There’s always something new for families to discover at the NCMA! Family programs allow artists of all ages to experience the power and wonder of arts and nature.
Tickets, registration, and additional events: ncartmuseum.org/familyprograms
What’s in the Box?
Wednesday, June 4, July 9, August 6, 10–11 am
Wednesday, August 6, 2–3 pm
Child ticket purchase required (adults and siblings under 3 free)
Meet a work of art, enjoy movement and play, and get your creative juices flowing in this artful workshop for 3- to 5-year-olds and their caregivers.
NCMA to Go Activity Kits
Saturday, July 12, 10 am–noon free with registration
Get creative with NCMA art and artists at home! Reserve an activity kit with materials for a complete hands-on project plus written instructions. Kits are designed for all ages. In English and Spanish.
Artful Story Time
Wednesday, June 18, July 23, August 20, 10:30–11 am
free with registration
Story time with an artful twist! Come look, listen, and move as we make connections with original works of art and children’s books. Rotating featured readers means there’s always a new perspective to enjoy.
Pop-Up Art
Sunday, July 20, August 17, noon–3 pm free
Enjoy the fun of drop-in art-making activities for all ages popping up across the Museum galleries and Park. Check
Courtesy of Mongrel Media
ncartmuseum.org for specific activities and locations.
Falu’s Bazaar
Saturday, July 26, 2–3 pm
Ticket purchase required
Join Grammy-winning artist Falu and her band to discover South Asian culture and other wonders of the world through a beautiful blend of music styles. This concert includes songs about animals, transportation, cooking, and more.
Family Studio
Saturday, August 9, 10 am–noon or 1–3 pm
Ticket purchase required
Guided by expert artists, look closely at original works of art and find inspiration to create your own projects during these two-hour studio workshops. Best for families with children ages 5–11.
Fyütch and Aura V
Saturday, August 23, 2–3 pm
Ticket purchase required
Join Grammy-nominated artist Fyütch and his seven-year-old daughter Aura V for a high-energy show that delivers a powerful mix of hip-hop, soul, and dance party vibes.
TEENS AND COLLEGE
Get involved with art and community at the NCMA through programming, artist workshops, conversations, and opportunities to share your own creativity.
Interested in learning more about the Teen Arts Council or the College Advisory Panel? Keep up-to-date with all happenings on our Teens and College programs web pages.
Tickets, registration, and additional events: ncartmuseum.org/teencollegeprograms
Teens Sketch the Galleries
Saturday, June 7, July 5, August 2, noon–2 pm
free with registration
Spend time sketching with other teens in the galleries. Bring a pencil and your sketchbook and follow prompts or find
your favorite sketching spot with a friend. For ages 13–18.
Teen Night 2025: All around the World
Friday, June 13, 6–9 pm
free with registration
Bring your friends to explore the People’s Collection, dance to world music, enjoy scavenger hunts and interactive games, and get creative with various art activities. Refreshments provided.
Teen Block Printing with Zaire Miles-Moultrie*
Saturday, July 26, 11 am–3 pm
Ticket purchase required
Discover block relief printing by using affordable, accessible materials like rubber baseboard and Pink Pearl erasers. Students design, carve, and print their own repeatable postcard-size creations while developing simple yet impactful techniques. For ages 13–18.
TOURS
The NCMA offers free private tours of the People’s Collection to school, youth, and adult groups.
To select and request the right tour for you, visit us at ncartmuseum.org/tours
NCMA Public Tours
Every Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, 1–2 pm free
These tours of the People’s Collection are great for first-time visitors, as an afterlunch treat, or if you’re curious about the 5,000+ years of art and culture on constant rotation in the NCMA galleries.
Park Tours
Saturdays, 10:30 am free with registration
Enjoy art and nature on a two-mile walk. This guided tour leads you through the
Museum Park, past site-specific works of art and sustainable natural areas.
Family-Friendly Tours
Saturday, June 7, June 21, July 19, August 2, August 16, 10:30–11 am free with registration
Find new favorites alongside old friends on these playful tours. Best for kids ages 5–11 with their adult companions.
Museum Tour in ASL
Saturday, June 21, July 19, August 16, 10 am–noon free with registration
This docent-led tour in American Sign Language is intended for adults who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing; no English is spoken. It takes place in both East and West buildings, and the theme varies each month.
EDUCATORS
Additional information: learn.ncartmuseum.org
online course
Art and Literacy
June 17–August 12
Ticket purchase required
How can art be used to develop student growth in literacy skills? This self-paced online course explores methods for integrating art and literacy strategies to support North Carolina’s Literacy Instruction Standards across classrooms.
educator workshop
Art and Literacy
Tuesday, June 24, 10 am–3:30 pm
Ticket purchase required
Practice strategies for integrating art and literacy with NCMA educators and peers in the galleries. Workshop activities include a variety of approaches for building comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills through dynamic explorations of works of art.
THE CHANGE IS THE CONSTANT
philip pledger Director of Marketing, NCMA Winston-Salem
DESIGN FOR A DYNAMIC MUSEUM
What is a brand? I always enjoy the answers this question garners and the pause it often induces. A quick and easy definition of branding can be tough to pin down.
A new logo for the NCMA WinstonSalem is something that’s been top of mind over the past year, especially as the organization has undergone a naming transition while also preparing for major site construction in 2026. With a temporary closure coming next year due to capital improvements, there are even conversations about an interim return to downtown, where the NCMA Winston-Salem first began in 1956 under a different name, the Winston-Salem Gallery of Fine Arts. Those familiar with the organization formerly known as the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) will know change is nothing new. In fact, it’s always been part of the appeal. As an art institution without a collection, the NCMA Winston-Salem has always offered an ever-changing visitor experience. With cutting edge exhibitions by working artists from around the world, no two visits are the same. This revolving door of contemporary art creates a sense of escapism,
giving visitors a glimpse into worlds far from the foothills of North Carolina without having to hop on a plane to New York, Miami, or some other certified culture hub.
The dynamism at the core of the NCMA Winston-Salem is present in the new initialism logo. At first glance the logo includes a triangular shape created with negative space on a prism that shows the letters W and S on two sides. Triangles have a long history in vintage SECCA logos from the 1970s and 1980s, referencing the floor plans of the galleries and architectural features of the historic Hanes House.
But the logo also has a sort of kinetic energy, almost as if the viewer has caught WS mid-flight as it floats through space before connecting to NCMA—not a bad representation of the merging of two storied arts organizations. I hope the logo makes viewers do a double take.
I’ve read compelling and nuanced definitions of the concept of branding, but my favorite may be the simplest: an organization’s branding is how it makes you feel. In this way branding is more democratic than many people realize because every interaction with a customer, or in our case a museum visitor, is a brand interaction.
Every greeting at the front desk, tour through the galleries, art activity led by education staff, or musical performance in a friendly space is an experience that takes the brand from the theoretical to the tangible.
Logos are important, as are the colors, typography, messaging, tone of voice, and numerous other elements that compose a brand. But despite the best efforts and most thoughtful work of talented design teams and clever marketers, the brand of NCMA Winston-Salem, and the North Carolina Museum of Art as a whole, is ultimately defined by the visitor experience cultivated by our staff.
This summer, as we savor the final weeks of David LaChapelle’s stunning retrospective and look forward to Brandon Sadler’s fascinating exhibition in July, I’m excited to see the ways our brand begins to crystallize, not just through the introduction of a dynamic logo but through the real-world experiences of our museum visitors. The brand is what we’ll make it. Across every department we all have an important role to play in creating spaces— and a brand—that cultivate a sense of welcome and belonging.
EXHIBITIONS
David LaChapelle: Dear Sonja, Through July 27, 2025
NCMA Winston-Salem, Main Gallery
Brandon Sadler: The Path of Totality
July 10–December 28, 2025
NCMA Winston-Salem, Potter Gallery
750 Marguerite Dr., Winston-Salem, NC free for members
$8 Adults
$6 Seniors, Military, and College Students free for Youth (17 and under) ncmawinstonsalem.gov
Laura Drazin Boyes
1953–2025
It is with great sadness that the NCMA conveys the passing last spring of Laura Boyes, who served the Museum for 20 years, bringing joy and fostering enthusiasm for the film arts during her long tenure as NCMA film curator.
Offering thematic fall, winter, and spring film series, Boyes lined up well-loved classics next to rarely seen gems, securing pristine prints and often showing hard-to-find silents that were accompanied with live music by her talented brother, pianist David Drazin. Said one long-time NCMA Cinema fan, “Laura could make you desperately want to see movies you’d never heard of or taken notice of before. Her introductions were entertaining, witty, deeply informed, and full of suspense.”
For seven years she also co-hosted “Movies on the Radio,” with Marsha Gordon and Frank Stasio on WUNC’s “The State of Things,” bringing her broad knowledge of film history to movie fans across the country. Her insightful essays appear on rogerebert.com and her vast reviews can still be read on her popular website, moviediva.com.
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Photo:
Eamon Queeney
Plan Your Visit
ALL THE WAYS TO PLAY
HOURS
EAST AND WEST BUILDING GALLERIES, MUSEUM STORE AND EXHIBITION STORE, NCMA CAFÉ
Wednesday–Sunday, 10 am–5 pm
EAST CAFÉ Closed
ANN AND JIM GOODNIGHT MUSEUM PARK Daily, dawn to dusk
WELCOME CENTER
Wednesday–Sunday, 10 am–5 pm (weather permitting)
ACCESSIBILITY
The Museum seeks to make a welcoming space for all. Visit ncartmuseum.org/accessibility for details about on-site accommodations and more information.
TICKETS
Admission to the People’s Collection is free. Members receive free admission to ticketed exhibitions. For exhibition, performance, and program tickets, go to ncartmuseum.org.
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Painter Kristin Gibson is inspired by weekly walks in the Museum Park. “The flower fields and meandering gardens and the deeper walks on wooded trails always offer something rejuvenating,” she says. Gibson often creates sketches and pastels along the way. She also takes photos that she brings to the easel and translates into her painterly style. “I’m currently channeling my brush to capture the seasonal blooms and plants of the Park on small canvases and greeting cards as a special collection for the Museum Store—pops of color visitors can bring home and share.”
museum store artist spotlight
Kristin Gibson
NC Museum of Art Foundation
4630 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4630
–2 SEPTEMBER 201, 2025
RETURNSENDER
A Postcard Art Show
Calling all artists, creatives, and art lovers! The NCMA and NCMA Winston-Salem invite you to take part in an interactive postcard art show connecting artists and communities across North Carolina. This is your chance to create a small but mighty piece of art inspired by our collections and exhibitions. Then, send it off to be displayed in a pop-up exhibition during End Paper: NCMA Art Book Fair on September 20–21 in Raleigh, followed by a rotating display in Winston-Salem.
How to participate
• Join a workshop at the NCMA (marked * on pages 7, 18, 21).
• Alternatively, pick up a blank postcard at either location or use one from home. Drop it off at the NCMA or mail it in by August 25.
• See your art on display: selected works will be featured at both locations.
More information: ncartmuseum.org/return-to-sender-a-postcardart-show