vate collections to highlight the Queen’s accom- contradictions. This exhibition presents a major plishments as a devoted mother, a notable patron survey of Dial’s work, an epic gathering of over of the arts, and a loyal consort to the King. Royal fifty large-scale paintings, sculptures, and wall NC Institutional Galleries portraits by Allan Ramsay, Sir Joshua Reynolds, assemblages that address the most compelling continued from Page 43 and Sir William Beechey are featured in the exhi- issues of our time. Ongoing - The Mint Museum bition, as are representative examples of works Uptown will house the world renowned collec- a Charlotte resident and native of Switzerland fill the Gantt Center galleries with objects as from the English manufactories - Wedgwood, tions of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, as who assembled and inherited a collection of diverse as the typewriter Alex Haley used when Chelsea, Worcester, and others - patronized by well as the American Art and Contemporary Art more than 1,400 artworks created by major he penned his Pulitzer Prize-winning book the Queen. Williamson Gallery, Through Dec. collections and selected works from the Euro- figures of 20th-century modernism and donated "Roots" to Prince’s guitar! Ongoing - Featur- 31 - Threads of Identity: Contemporary Maya pean Art collection. The building also includes it to the public trust. The Bechtler collection ing selections from the John & Vivian Hewitt Textiles. Maya peoples of Guatemala and south- a café, a Family Gallery, painting and ceramics comprises artworks by seminal figures such as Collection of African-American Art, one of the eastern Mexico are renowned for their time-hon- studios, classrooms, a 240-seat auditorium, a Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miro, Jean Tinguely, nation's most important and comprehensive ored tradition of magnificent attire. Throughout Special Events Pavilion with outdoor terrace, and Max Ernst, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Le collections of African-American art. Hours: the world, clothing transforms the biological body an expanded Museum Shop specializing in crafts Corbusier, Sol LeWitt, Edgar Degas, Nicolas Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: into a socio-cultural being, integrating the person of the Carolinas. Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue., de Stael, Barbara Hepworth and Picasso. Only 704/547-3700 or at (www.ganttcenter.org). into the community. Among the Maya, dress is 10am-9pm (free every Tue. from 5-9pm); Wed.- a handful of the artworks in the Bechtler col- an outward expression of cultural pride. Dress Sat., 10am-6pm; and Sun., 1-5pm. Closed Mon. lection have been on public view in the United Lake Norman Art League Gallery, 442 also conveys one’s place in the world, signaling and major holidays. Contact: 704/337-2000 or at States. Admission: Yes. Hours: Mon., Wed.- S. Main St., located across the street from social identity and geographic origin or current (www.mintmuseum.org). Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun. noon-5pm; and open Wooden Stone, next to Masterworks; enter at community. It also articulates social structure, until 9pm the 1st. and 3rd. Fri. of each month. the rear of the building, and turn right into the political affiliation and religious ideology by way of Pease Auditorium Gallery, Central Piedmont Contact: 704/353-9200 or at (www.bechtler. lobby, Davidson. Ongoing - Featuring works its decoration which comprises a symbol system Community College, Central Campus, Pease org). by Lake Norman Art League members. Hours: of visual codes, the ability to read the message Lane & Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte. Through Aug. Mon.-Fri., 8am-7pm. Contact: 704/620-4450 or reflecting one’s degree of cultural initiation.Dick - 20 - "Annual Art Department Exhibition". A recep- Charlotte Art League Gallery, Classes at (www.LKNart.org). son Gallery, Through Sept. 30 - "Hard Truths: tion will be held on Aug. 16, from 5-7pm. Hours: & Studios,1517 Camden Rd., South End, The Art of Thornton Dial," featuring a selection of Mon., Wed., & Fri., 9am-4pm and Tue. & Thur., Charlotte. Aug. 3 - Sept. 28 - "My Carolina Levine Museum of the New South, 200 E. drawings by Dial in conjunction with the exhibit 1-4pm. Contact: 704-330-6668 or at (www.cpcc. Home". From the mountains to the sea, the Seventh St., corner of College St & Seventh being presented at the same time at Mint Mu- edu/art_gallery). Carolinas encompass a unique beauty. For St., Charlotte. Through Sept. 9 - "Down Home: seum Uptown. Through Dec. 31 - "The Shape the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Jewish Life in North Carolina," featuring an of Life: Contemporary Native American Ceram- Projective Eye Gallery, UNC-Charlotte Center we are showing off the best of the Carolinas’ exhibit that chronicles Jewish life in the Tar ics". Contemporary Native American ceramics City Building, 320 E. 9th Street, Uptown Char- art and reflect on our Carolina home, people, Heel state from colonial times to the present. constitute an on-going dialogue concerning the lotte. Through Aug 8 - "The Summer Experi- places and long history in the formation of the In conjunction with the Violins of Hope project. past, present and future, embracing personal ment 2012 - Songs of the Fisherman," featuring United States. A reception will be held on Aug. This traveling exhibit is part of the first major expression and cultural essence. The works and a performance and installation by Gretchen 3, from 6-9pm. Ongoing - CAL offers fine art effort to document and present more than 400 the underlying creative processes revitalize the Alterowitz, Brian Arreola, Anita Easterling and for all tastes and budgets in a variety of media: years of Jewish life in North Carolina. Produced individual, strengthen the community and ensure Mira Frisch. Inspired by Homer’s “Odyssey” acrylics, oil, pastel, watercolor, mixed media, and organized by the Jewish Heritage Founda- the future for Native peoples. The compassion, and the creation story in Genesis, Songs of photography and sculpture. Tour studios of tion of North Carolina (JHFNC), Down Home vision and spiritual energies embedded within the the Fisherman presents the simultaneously working artists. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10am-5pm & shows how Jews have integrated into Tar creations, made of Clay Mother, speak also to intimate and universal journey of a life, from Sun. 1-5pm. Contact: 704/376/2787 or at (www. Heel life by blending their own traditions into the world at large, conveying delight, inspiration birth through self-discovery, alienation as felt charlotteartleague.org). Southern culture, while preserving their ethnic and introspection, which is the ultimate goal of all in the immigrant community, reconciliation, and and religious traditions. Through Sept. 9 - "All noble works of art. Heritage Gallery, Ongo- ultimately death. In this incarnation Songs of Elizabeth Ross Gallery, Central Piedmont That Remains". In conjunction with the Violins ing - Feature works of art, archival documents, the Fisherman is hybridization of performance Community College, Central Campus, Over- of Hope project. This new panel exhibit was and photographs documenting the growth and and installation art, created by the collaborative cash Performing Arts Center, Elizabeth Avenue inspired by an article that originally appeared evolution of the museum, from its beginnings as team of Gretchen Alterowitz – Dance, Brian and Kings Dr., Charlotte. Ross Gallery II, in Charlotte magazine. Writer Ken Garfield the original branch of the US Mint to its founding Arreola - Music, Anita Easterling –Theatre, Mira Through Aug. 2 - "People Under the Stairs: interviewed ten people living in the Charlotte as an art museum to the present and beyond. Frisch – Music. Brian Arreola portrays the lead Antoine Williams". Charlotte artist Antoine Wil- area who survived the Holocaust and under- Ongoing - "Art for the Millions: WPA Prints" and male character through his operatic voice and liams exhibits new paintings that explore issues stood the importance of telling their stories "Carolina Clay," featuring a display of colorful Julliard trained professional dancer, Alison Mix- of race and class. Through Aug. 2 - "New before it’s too late. Ongoing - "Cotton Fields to wares made between 1920 and 1950 as pot- on, portrays the lead female character through Works by Chris Watts and Isaac Payne". The Skyscrapers," featuring a permanent exhibition ters from NC adapted their works to a market the choreography of Gretchen Alterowitz. After exhibit of works on paper features by Central featuring interactive environments that trace economy. "Art of the United States," featuring performance night the gallery will remain as a Piedmont Community College faculty, Isaac the history of the New South from the end of contemporary works from the Mint's permanent space for installation with video projection and Payne and Charlotte artist Chris Watts. The the Civil War until today. Admission: Yes. Free collection, including works by Romare Bearden, figurative wire sculptures by Easterling. Hours: pieces explore the artists’ personal views on a on Sat. Parking: next door in Seventh Street Maud Gatewood, John Biggers Juan Logan, Mon.-Sun., 9am-9pm. Contact: Crista Cam- sense of place and identity. Aug. 20 - Oct. 14 - Station. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., Tarlton Blackwell, Radcliffe Bailey, Kojo Griffin, maroto, Director of Galleries at 704/687-0833, Featuring an exhibit of works by Annabel Man- noon-5pm. Contact:704/333-1887 or at (www. and others. "Art in the Americas," featuring paint- 704/687-2397 or at (http://coaa.uncc.edu/ ning. A reception will be held on Aug. 30, from museumofthenewsouth.org). ings, precious metalwork, sculpture, furniture Performances-exhibitions/Center-city-gallery). 6-8pm. Manning concentrates on contemporary and decorative arts from the 17th through the political and social issues. Hours: Thur.-Sat., McColl Center for Visual Art, 721 North Tryon 19th centuries illustrate the unique culture that The Civic & Cultural Arts Center of Pineville, 9am-5pm. Contact: 704-330-6668 or at (www. Street, Charlotte. Aug. 31 - Nov. 3 - "America emerged from the Spanish colonization of the 316 Main Street, right next door to “old” Pineville cpcc.edu/art_gallery). Now," featuring works by Amze Emmons, Americas. Crosland Gallery - Featuring a Police Station, Pineville. Ongoing - The CCAC Imminent Disaster, Greg Haberny, Chris Stain presentation of portraits with many fascinating is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization offering and Ben Wolf. A reception will be held on Sept. images presented. Rankin Gallery - Featuring a place where artist of every discipline have an 21, 6-9pm. Throughout history the creative a presentation of the Romare Bearden Collec- opportunity to network and enhance their gifts. expression of ideas and emotions has been a tion, including two “new” Beardens. Harris and The CCAC is a gathering place for emerging and powerful force in the social landscape. It is rec- Crist Galleries - Featuring some contemporary established artists of all ages to present, create ognized that art activates critical dialogue and works that are new to the collection or have not and collaborate in giving life to their art, with a raises political and social awareness. In honor been seen for a while. Delhom Gallery, Ongo- goal of embracing and promoting the artistic, cre- of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, ing - The European Collection of ceramic works. ative and entrepreneurial possibilities available McColl Center for Visual Art continues this Admission: Yes. Hours: Tue., 10am-9pm (free in our community through classes, workshops tradition by providing a platform for five contem- every Tue. from 5-9pm); Wed.-Sat., 10am-6- and on-going events and programs. Hours: Sat. porary artists to address our tumultuous world. pm; and Sun., 1-5pm. Closed Mon. and major 9am-1pm and most week nights from 6:30-9pm. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11am-4pm. Contact: 704/332- holidays. Contact: 704/337-2000 or at (www. Contact: call Lee Baumgarten at 704/889-2434, 5535 or at (www.mccollcenter.org). mintmuseum.org). or visit (www.ccacpineville.org).

Mint Museum Randolph, 2730 Randolph Road, Mint Museum Uptown, Levine Center for the The Light Factory Contemporary Museum of Charlotte. Through Feb. 17, 2013 - "And the Arts, 500 South Tryon St., Charlotte. Through Photography and Film, @ Spirit Square Gal- Bead Goes On". This exhibit pays tribute to a Aug. 12 - "Colorbind: The Emily and Zach Smith leries, 345 N. College St., Charlotte. Middleton form of ornamentation that has been used to Collection". This exhibit consists of nearly two McMillan Gallery, Through Aug. 12 - "The enliven fashion designs since ancient times. dozen paintings, lithographs, etchings, and Light Factory 40th Annual Members Show." Originally restricted to the wardrobes of aristo- drawings collected by the Smiths. As for their own Originally started as a photographers coopera- crats and made of precious materials, beads personal taste in visual art, the Smiths confess a tive in 1972, The Light Factory’s first Member indicated wealth and status in numerous cultures shared love of color. Works by Pop artists Jasper Show featured the creative talents of The Light throughout the globe. Sometimes beadwork was Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Wayne Factory’s diverse member base. Though it employed on garments to convey rank, spiritual Thiebaud play alongside geometric abstractions has grown to be one of only four museums for significance, or protection of the wearer. Colorful by Peter Halley, Sol Lewitt, and Sean Scully - photography and film in the entire country, The and sparkling beads appeared on articles of vibrant color binding each creative voice into Light Factory remembers its roots with one “The Doors of No Return” from the Cape Coast clothing, ceremonial dress, ritual masks, and the collectors’ unified vision. This exhibition is of the most memorable shows of the season. Castle in Ghana, which enslaved Africans passed everyday objects. Through Jan. 5, 2013 - "A organized by The Mint Museum. Through Aug. That’s something to celebrate. Knight Gallery, through to board ships to the “New World” Thriving Tradition: 75 Years of Collecting North 19 - "Matthew Weinstein". Weinstein a visual Through Aug. 19 - "The Light Factory Fifth Carolina Pottery," featuring more than 100 ex- artist currently living and working in Brooklyn, Juried Annuale," juried by Kevin Miller, Director Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American amples of the Mint’s pottery collection, which has NY, has achieved notoriety in the art world as the of the Southeast Museum of Photography in Arts & Culture, 551 S. Tryon St., Charlotte. now grown to more than 2,100 examples that in- first artist to focus exclusively on 3D animation. Daytona Beach, FL. The Annuale is a competi- Through Jan. 1, 2013 - "America I AM: The cludes objects that range from the last quarter of Beginning with a self-written dialogue or lyrics, tion which gives us the opportunity to view chal- African American Imprint," which celebrates the eighteenth century to the first decades of the Weinstein uses musical scores and written text lenging new work from photographers and art- nearly 500 years of African American contribu- twenty-first. The exhibition features work by 75 to develop characters which he then renders by ists throughout the country. This year’s winners tions to the United States. The Gantt Center potters and is offered as a part of the museum’s means of the animation program MAYA. Wein- are Joshua Band (San Francisco, CA), Tami is the only African-American cultural institu- celebration of its 75th anniversary as a public art stein then casts actors to vocalize the dialogue, Bone (Austin, TX), Dana Fritz (Lincoln, NE), tion to host this exhibition and serves as the institution, the oldest one in North Carolina. Alex- and musicians to create an auditory backdrop Aspen Hochhalter (Charlotte, NC), Dawn Roe last venue to house it in the Southeast as the ander Gallery, Through Oct. 28 - "Celebrating for the already visually-developed environ- (Winter Park, FL) and Rylan Steele (Columbus, exhibit makes its final tour. Covering more than Queen Charlotte's Coronation". Two-hundred ments. Using precision airbrush techniques and GA).Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9am-6pm; Sat., noon-5- 10,000 square feet at the Center, the exhibition and fifty years ago, seventeen-year old Princess single-hair paintbrushes, Weinstein also creates pm & Sun.,1-5pm. Contact: 704/333-9755 or at will present a historical continuum of pivotal Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a small duchy paintings, essentially abstractions of his animated (www.lightfactory.org). moments in courage, conviction, and creativ- in northern Germany, left her family and traveled worlds. These paintings accompany the digital ity that helps to solidify the undeniable imprint for nine days across the rough North Sea to the installations and enable the artist to explore the The Sonia and Isaac Luski Gallery, at the of African Americans across the nation and eastern coast of England. She eventually arrived often-tenuous boundary between the real and the Foundation for the Carolinas building, 220 N. around the world. The more than 200 artifacts in London, where she met her future husband, virtual in contemporary culture. Through Sept. Tryon Street, (old Montaldo’s/Mint Museum and information within the exhibit will provide King George III, on the eve of their wedding. They 30 - "Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial". An of Craft + Design site), Charlotte. Ongoing - context to how African Americans have contrib- were married on Sept. 8, 1761, and two weeks artist raised in the rural South, Thornton Dial is Featuring work on loan from Sonia and Isaac uted to and shaped American culture across later, on Sept. 22, 1761, Charlotte was crowned a keen observer of the human spectacle and Luski including works by: Chuck Close, Lewis four core areas: economic, socio-political, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. This exhibi- its narratives of corruption and moral strength, Jones, Herb Jackson, Mark Peiser, Richard cultural, and spiritual throughout the country’s tion combines works of art from the museum’s folly and triumph. As an artist, he has spent the Ritter, Richard Jolley, Harvey Littleton, Lino history, including the inauguration of the first permanent collection, including paintings, works last two decades exploring the truth of American Tagliapietra and many more. Hours: Mon.-Fri., African-American president. The exhibit will on paper, and decorative arts, with loans from pri- history and culture in all its complexities and continued on Page 45 Page 44 - Carolina Arts, August 2012 Table of Contents