Calendar

Online Course for Educators: Exploring Global Learning through Art

Tuesday, January 12

This self-paced online course uses works of art from the Museum’s collection as a pathway to understanding global issues and developing cross-cultural understanding. The...

Mindful Museum: Virtual Art and Self-Care Hour (Sold Out)

Sold Out - Wednesday, February 3 | 7 pm

This program will be offered again on February 10. 

Join Jesalyn Keziah, MSW, to explore themes around seasonal shifts in self-care—from winter stillness toward spring...

Mindful Museum: Virtual Art and Self-Care Hour (Sold Out)

Sold Out - Wednesday, February 10 | 7 pm

Join Jesalyn Keziah, MSW, to explore themes around seasonal shifts in self-care—from winter stillness toward spring renewal—inspired by works from our collection....

Virtual Lunchtime Lecture “African Arts at the NCMA: Challenging Canon, Growing the Collection”

Thursday, February 11 | Noon

The NCMA African Art collection has experienced unprecedented growth since the hiring of its first full-time curator in 2018. Join Amanda Maples as she highlights several...

NCMA Recommends: New Orleans: Ragging Home

Friday, February 12 | 10 am

Romare Bearden, New Orleans: Ragging Home, 1974, collage of plain, printed, and painted papers, with acrylic, lacquer, graphite, and marker, mounted on Masonite panel, 36...

NCMA To Go Activity Kits: Mardi Gras Masks (Sold Out)

Sold Out - Saturday, February 13 | 10 am

Get creative and inspired by NCMA art and artists at home! Each NCMA To Go activity kit has materials for a complete art-making project for one person, plus written...

Golden Mummies of Egypt

Virtual Lecture with an Egyptologist: “Sex, Art, and Death in Greco-Roman Egypt”

Saturday, February 13 | Noon

The exhibition Golden Mummies of Egypt explores multicultural expectations for the afterlife using more than 100 objects from the Manchester Museum’s world-renowned...

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series: Four Nations Ensemble

Sunday, February 14 | 8 pm

A leading presence on the early music scene, Four Nations Ensemble performs at major houses and festivals, including the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center.

Program

Mindful Museum: Virtual Slow Art Appreciation (Sold out)

Sold Out - Wednesday, February 17 | 7 pm

Slow art is a growing movement to mindfully observe and appreciate art. This hourlong virtual program guides you through centering techniques and a breathing practice...

Virtual Winter Landscape Photography Workshop (2-part class)

Thursday, February 18 | 7 pm

Take your outdoor and nature photography to the next level. In Part 1 of this live interactive workshop, professional photographer Mick Schulte, guides you through...

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series

Virtual Sights and Sounds Concert Series: Schumann Quartet

Thursday, February 18 | 7:30 pm

Fresh off their three-year residency at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City, the sibling Schumann Quartet will perform the following program.

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NCMA Film Club

NCMA Film Club: A Tuba to Cuba (Sold Out)

Sold Out - Friday, February 19 | 7 pm

If you enjoy watching and talking about films, join us for a virtual meeting of the NCMA Film Club! This month’s selection, inspired by Romare Bearden’s New Orleans:...

Virtual Studio Workshop with Alun Be

Saturday, February 20 | 10:30 am

What is the difference between mainstream and narrative photography? How one does tell a story from the seed of an idea to a series of photographs that facilitate vivid...

Live from the Studio: Oil Painting with Telvin Wallace

Saturday, February 20 | 1:30 pm

This free two-session webinar on Saturday, February 20 and 27, is part of the NCMA-sponsored Live from the Studio series where teens are invited to learn new mediums and...

Golden Mummies of Egypt

Creative Processing for Families; Grief

Sunday, February 21 | 2 pm

Creative Processing is a series for families to reflect together on big (and sometimes tough) ideas about the world and ourselves through art. Workshops include guided...

Mindful Museum: Virtual Family Growga Moment

Monday, February 22 | 4 pm

Kids experience movement, mindfulness, and connection through fun and engaging virtual Growga programming. Each monthly 30-minute class, inspired by the Museum's...

Teacher Tuesdays: Special Exhibition Access for Educators (Canceled)

Canceled - Tuesday, February 23 | 4 pm

Teachers are invited to enjoy exclusive access to our East Building exhibitions, including Golden Mummies of Egypt. Reflect and recharge in an inspiring atmosphere at a...

Mindful Museum: Virtual Art-Inspired Poetry Workshop

Tuesday, February 23 | 7 pm

Join writer-scholar Jameela F. Dallis to make language art! Write ekphrastic poems inspired by pieces from the Museum’s collection. Ekphrasis means “description” in Greek,...

NCMA Recommends: The Tree of Life

Friday, February 26 | 10 am

Minnie Evans, The Tree of Life, 1962, colored pencil on paper, 11 7/8 × 8 7/8 in., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. McCollough and the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F....

I ♥ Purim Party: Virtually!

Saturday, February 27 | 7 pm

Join us for a 2021 spin on the annual Purim party at the NCMA! This fun and interactive online event will be an opportunity to join together, celebrate Purim parties past,...