September 2012
Friday, September 7 | 5:30 pm
Art in the Evening
Experience the NCMA after dark. Share small plates with friends. Wander the galleries. Relax... Read more >
Friday, September 7 | 6 pm
The Four Seasons
Explore the ways artists have depicted the changing seasons in art, from traditional landscapes... Read more >
Friday, September 7 | 7 pm
The Four Seasons
Explore the ways artists have depicted the changing seasons in art, from traditional landscapes... Read more >
Friday, September 7 | 8:30 pm
The Godfather
During the delicate transfer of power within a Mafia family, loyalty transcends every virtue and... Read more >
Saturday, September 8 | 10 am
Family Fun Saturday: Making Your Mark
Explore the variety of lines, shapes, dots, dashes, and zigzag marks artists make in the... Read more >
Saturday, September 8 | 10:30 am
Sketchbook Saturdays
This program explores tools and techniques used in keeping an artist sketchbook. We’ll be... Read more >
Saturday, September 8 | 1 pm
Family Fun Saturday: Making Your Mark
Explore the variety of lines, shapes, dots, dashes, and zigzag marks artists make in the... Read more >
Saturday, September 8 | 8:30 pm
The Godfather: Part II
The continuation of an epic about the subversion of the American Dream, Part II won the Best... Read more >
Tuesday, September 11 | 10 am
Senior Sampler: Collage Creations
In what ways have artists used words as visual elements in a work of art? After a look at... Read more >
Tuesday, September 11 | 1:30 pm
Senior Sampler: Collage Creations
In what ways have artists used words as visual elements in a work of art? After a look at... Read more >
Thursday, September 13 | 10:30 am
What’s in the Box?: Movement
Up, down, round and round, stomp your feet and twirl around! Let’s explore all kinds of creative... Read more >
Thursday, September 13 | 11 am
What’s in the Box?: Movement
Up, down, round and round, stomp your feet and twirl around! Let’s explore all kinds of creative... Read more >
Thursday, September 13 | 11:30 am
What’s in the Box?: Movement
Up, down, round and round, stomp your feet and twirl around! Let’s explore all kinds of creative... Read more >
Friday, September 14 | 6 pm
Summer’s Abstraction
See how different artists reveal summer places and summer feelings in their works of art
Friday, September 14 | 6:20 pm
Paperhand Puppet Intervention: City of Frogs
Creating fantastical worlds with the most ordinary of materials, the amazing Paperhand Puppet... Read more >
Friday, September 14 | 7 pm
Summer’s Abstraction
See how different artists reveal summer places and summer feelings in their works of art
Friday, September 14 | 7 pm
Film: Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center
The film addresses the politics and behind-the-scenes negotiations (and huge egos) in the... Read more >
Saturday, September 15 | 5 pm
Roundtable Discussion and Film Screening
Last year’s event attracted over 100 guests excited about Nollywood, the world’s third-largest... Read more >
Saturday, September 15 | 6:20 pm
Paperhand Puppet Intervention: City of Frogs
Creating fantastical worlds with the most ordinary of materials, the amazing Paperhand Puppet... Read more >
Sunday, September 16 | 6:20 pm
Paperhand Puppet Intervention: City of Frogs
Creating fantastical worlds with the most ordinary of materials, the amazing Paperhand Puppet... Read more >
Tuesday, September 18 | 11 am
Lunch and Lecture: An Anthology of Flowers
Smithfield, N. C. Drawing from the word’s Greek origins—anthologia, literally “flower... Read more >
Tuesday, September 18 | 5:30 pm NEW
Webinars for Teachers: Art and the American Experience
Explore ways of using American art to teach about slavery, immigration, child labor laws.... Read more >
Thursday, September 20 | 6:30 pm
NCMA Pinup
Meet other Triangle-area Pinners at this Munch-themed meetup. We will learn about printmaking,... Read more >
Friday, September 21 | 6 pm
Gallery Tour: The Start of the Off-Season
Make a final beach trip before the school season begins and visit sunny coasts around the world.
Friday, September 21 | 7 pm
Gallery Tour: The Start of the Off-Season
Make a final beach trip before the school season begins and visit sunny coasts around the world.
Friday, September 21 | 8 pm
NCMA Cinema: Gilda
A flame-haired temptress creates havoc between her husband, a sadistic casino owner, and her... Read more >
Saturday, September 22 | 9:30 am
Workshop: Absolutely Brilliant Problem Solving
How does problem solving in the visual arts relate to problem solving in math, social studies,... Read more >
Saturday, September 22 | 10 am
Yoga in the Museum Park
Michelle C. Johnson, licensed clinical social worker, yoga instructor, and ceramicist, leads... Read more >
Saturday, September 22 | 10 am
Family Fun Saturday: Poetry and Art
Join us in the galleries to explore how art inspires poetry and poetry inspires art, and then... Read more >
Saturday, September 22 | 10:30 am
Sketchbook Saturdays
This program explores tools and techniques used in keeping an artist sketchbook. We’ll be... Read more >
Saturday, September 22 | 1 pm
Family Fun Saturday: Poetry and Art
Join us in the galleries to explore how art inspires poetry and poetry inspires art, and then... Read more >
Saturday, September 22 | 2 pm
UNC Debaters: What Inspired Edvard Munch’s Art?
“I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man’s urge to open his... Read more >
Sunday, September 23 | 3 pm
Chamber Music: Lawrence/Shteinberg Duo
Lawrence/Shteinberg Duo
Kevin Lawrence, violin; Dmitri Shteinberg, piano
Transcending Artistic... Read more >
Tuesday, September 25 | 10 am
Senior Sampler: Seize the Day
How do artists capture a particular time of day in a work of art? Experiment with watercolor to... Read more >
Tuesday, September 25 | 1:30 pm SOLD OUT
Senior Sampler: Seize the Day
How do artists capture a particular time of day in a work of art? Experiment with watercolor to... Read more >
Thursday, September 27 | 10:30 am
What’s in the Box?: Places
Whether we are traveling near or far, places shape our experience of the world. Come to the... Read more >
Thursday, September 27 | 11 am
What’s in the Box?: Places
Whether we are traveling near or far, places shape our experience of the world. Come to the... Read more >
Thursday, September 27 | 11:30 am
What’s in the Box?: Places
Whether we are traveling near or far, places shape our experience of the world. Come to the... Read more >
Friday, September 28 | 6 pm
Gallery Tour: Summer All Year Round
Capture summer and hold onto it as the months go by.
Friday, September 28 | 6 pm
Lecture: Digging in the Collection: Ancient Egyptian Art Revealed
Egyptologist Caroline M. Rocheleau shares the untold stories behind her research and writing of... Read more >
Friday, September 28 | 7 pm
Gallery Tour: Summer All Year Round
Capture summer and hold onto it as the months go by.
Friday, September 28 | 8 pm
NCMA Cinema: Laura
A hard-bitten police detective succumbs to love—unfortunately, the exquisite Laura is already... Read more >
Saturday, September 29 | 9:30 am
Seminar: Recapping Rembrandt in America | Upcoming Exhibitions
Join curator Dennis P. Weller as he presents a series of richly illustrated lectures, starting... Read more >
Saturday, September 29 | 10 am
Workshop: A Tour of the New ArtNC
Discover the innovative features of the NCMA’s teacher Web site, ArtNC (www.artnc.org). Learn... Read more >