Behind the Scenes

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, NCMA staff, leadership, and members shared what they love most about the Museum’s member community.

In celebration of this year’s college basketball season, we reflect on the Bacchus Conservation Project and the Museum’s somewhat unconventional partnership with NCSU Athletics.

Elise Kohli delves into her experience as a member of the Teen Arts Council, the current council’s guiding principles, and the care that goes into the planning and execution of council programs.

With Halloween just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to celebrate some of the Museum Park residents with the creepiest reputations!

The story behind Senegalese gold jewelry, and the women who wore it in the 18th and 19th centuries, is layered with a history of oppression and empowerment.

In our Art of Healing blog series, we’ve seen the role of ritual objects and venerated images of saints, gods, and goddesses. But can art cure our afflictions like a medicine? From time immemorial we have put our belief in powerful objects with the hope of overcoming sickness. Pilgrimage was invented for this. Delphi, Lourdes, and

The earth beckons, calling to be recast as Thomas Sayre’s ever-popular outdoor sculpture Gyre.

It’s the art, of course. No, it’s the people! Fall ’19 interns sound off on what’s best about working at the NCMA.

Many objects of African origin that are housed in museums now have a new level of use and power, as objects for scholarship and contemplation.