Crosscurrents: Art, Craft and Design in North Carolina

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CROSSCURRENTS: Art, Craft, and Design in North Carolina

September 25, 2005 through January 8, 2006

Admission | Exhibition Description | Contents | Related Events | Other Information

Admission

Admission to the exhibition is free.

Exhibition Description

Crosscurrents, presented in collaboration with The Mint Museums in Charlotte, N.C., is a juried exhibition of works by North Carolina artists working in various media. (Crosscurrents replaces the former North Carolina Artists Exhibition.) Crosscurrents includes a broad range of works by 24 artists. The works address political and cultural issues of worldwide significance and present-day urgency; they give attention to the human body, the specific individual and ultimately aesthetic matters such as beauty and perception. The exhibition includes much work that has never been shown before as well as several pieces created especially for the show.

Crosscurrents is sponsored in part by

Contents

Crosscurrents includes 67 works by 23 individual artists and one teamof 5 artists. Click here for complete list of artists arranged by location.

Click here for the Crosscurrents press release.

Related Events

Exhibition Tours

Public tours: Saturdays at 11 a.m.
October 8, November 12, December 10.

Guided tours for student and adult groups of 10 or more are offered and must be scheduled at least three weeks in advance. Maximum group size is limited to 60. Tours are scheduled on the hour from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday. School groups are also admitted free for self-guided visits to exhibitions; reservations for self-guided school group visits must be made at least 10 days in advance. To schedule a visit, call (919) 664-6748.

Gallery Talks

Gallery Talks With the Artists: Wednesdays at 1 p.m., except where noted

September 28	David Finn and Page Laughlin
October 19	Maja Godlewska and Marek Ranis
October 26	Jeff Whetstone
November 9	Jennie Bireline
November 16	Stacey L. Kirby
December 7	EAT: Amanda Robertson (David Millsap, Dana Raymond, Pat FitzGerald, Ted FitzGerald)
December 14	elin o'Hara slavick

Gallery Talk With the Curators:
November 3, Linda Dougherty and Huston Paschal, 3 p.m.

Family activities:

Family Discovery Day, October 29, 10 am–2 pm, Free
Free drop-in workshops, displays and performances.

Drop-in Workshop: Decorative Collages and Angel Art, December 10, 10 am–noon and 1–3 pm Collection Connection, Free

Teachers:

Teacher Open House, November 3, 4—6 p.m. For information call (919) 664-6776.

Educational resources:

A fully illustrated, 112 page, color catalogue designed and published by the North Carolina Museum of Art.

Other Information

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Museum Store
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Membership
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How to Get to the Museum
From I-40, take the Wade Avenue exit to the Blue Ridge Road exit. Follow north for a half-mile. The Museum is on the right.

Around the Triangle
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Captions

elin o’Hara slavick, Lives Chapel Hill, Lebanon, 2000—2004, Ink, watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper, 30 x 22 in.

Jennie Bireline, Lives Raleigh, Sentinel Pot 1: June “Anatomy Lesson”…update…”my heart swims in blood,” 31 ½ x 14 x 7 ½ in.