Lectures
Saturday, May 26 | 11 am
Lunch and Lecture: El Anatsui: Adventures in Installation and Conservation
Perry Hurt, NCMA associate conservator, began researching conservation issues related to... Read more >
Friday, June 1 | 11 am
Lunch and Lecture: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and the Amarna Revolution
Akhenaten’s new religion—the ascent of the sun disk Aten as sole god and the banishment of other... Read more >
Lunch and Lecture: Artist Talk: Beverly McIver
Beverly McIver candidly recounts challenging, celebratory, and sometimes humorous experiences... Read more >
Saturday, June 30 | 10:30 am
Doc Watson Symposium
Arthel “Doc” Watson, the renowned guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Deep Gap, North... Read more >
Lecture: Forgotten Paint
Perry Hurt, Museum Conservator
British 18th-century painting gave us Constable, Gainsborough,... Read more >
Friday, July 13 | 11 am
Lunch and Lecture: Designer’s Choice
NCMA exhibition designer Shannon Harris leads a group through El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to... Read more >
Friday, August 10 | 11 am
Lunch and Lecture: Can Art Talk?
Exhibition curator Jennifer Dasal highlights Word Up: The Intersection of Text and Image,... Read more >
Saturday, August 11 | 11 am
Lunch and Lecture: Can Art Talk?
Exhibition curator Jennifer Dasal highlights Word Up: The Intersection of Text and Image,... Read more >
Sunday, August 12 | 2:30 pm
Lecture: Visual Feast: Preview, Part I
Anat Gilboa, Art Historian
On October 21 the Museum opens Visual Feast: Masterpieces of Still... Read more >








