West Building Turns Ten
In the midst of unprecedented challenges for our families, our state, and the world, we look to the light-filled West Building as a beacon of hope to all.
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What’s New
The Art of Describing Art
The Museum hosted Arts Access, Inc., in January for its annual audio description training class. There were nine attendees, including the Museum’s manager of interpretation, Felicia Knise Ingram, and Park guide David Silverstein. Felicia and David were interested in learning how they could incorporate audio description into the work they already do so that it
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Postcards from Africa in the Early 20th Century
Images that a Tarboro man sent home during his travels hint at what outsiders may have thought about Africa a century ago.
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The Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park
There’s much to see and enjoy in the NEW Museum Park, and fall is the perfect time to get outdoors and enjoy its new features.
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A Contemporary Garden of Delights
Artist Carolyn Janssen reinterprets Hieronymus Bosch from a female perspective.
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NCMA Named One of World’s Top 125 Buildings
The magazine Architectural Record recognizes the NCMA’s West Building as one of the most significant works of architecture built since 1891…
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Sleuths on the Loose
History and Mystery is not your typical NCMA exhibition. It might strike you as half-finished or unresolved. But don’t we all enjoy a good mystery?..
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Burk Uzzle on Creating Legacy Porch
A black man in a white suit, and a white man in a black. There’s nothing left to chance in this famous photograph.
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Notes from a Flexible Florist
Yes, Art in Bloom is gorgeous, just like we planned! But there were a few bumps along the road to beauty. A designer gives a peek behind the scenes…
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NCMA Hanukkah Lamp Chosen for Annual White House Ceremony
In the East Room of the White House, the Obamas host the lighting of our beautiful Hanukkah lamp by Ze’ev Raban.
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Simurgh Watching
How the image of a fanciful, winged creature found its way into M. C. Escher’s art—and onto the walls of the NCMA.
The Writing on the Walls
See what’s behind the quotes from M. C. Escher that have popped up around Raleigh.
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