My part in this story begins in January 2019. That is when I first met the folks from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Wake County. Hugh McLean, vice president of operations, and Pepe Caudillo, Brentwood Club director, met with our team here at the Museum. They told us about their annual art competitions around the nation that culminate in their National Fine Arts Exhibit and ImageMakers National Photography Contest. During our conversation, we knew a great partnership was in the works, and we committed to installing the Southeast Regional winning artworks at the Museum. There was going to be the exhibition, events were planned around the exhibition, and we were all excited. Then came March 2020 and the coronavirus. Everything stopped … everything except our excitement about a partnership.






Kathryn Briggs is an exhibition designer at the NCMA.
A Studio of Their Own
December 8, 2022
Art historian Alexis Clark draws a sharp distinction between two very different artists’ studios, in the same city, four decades apart.
Powers Concealed
November 29, 2022
Curator Amanda M. Maples describes the fruitful partnership between the NCMA and the Oyotunji African Village in South Carolina, which led to a revelatory new exhibition.
A Modern Vision: Curator’s Picks
November 18, 2022
Circa drops by the desk of NCMA curator Michele Frederick to get her take on A Modern Vision, a show so full of masterworks, it’s hard to find a favorite.