Local Youth Take History Awards
For the ninth year in a row, local students brought home awards from the state Tar Heel Junior Historians Conference in Raleigh.
The Jesse Franklin Pioneers Tar Heel Junior Historians Club at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History traveled to the North Carolina State Museum of History recently for the competition. They participated in workshops on topics from the Freedom Riders to quilt-making and learned the outcome of the state-wide competitions.
In the end, Alexavier Pell, Walker York, and Kieran Slate, all sixth graders, and Brooks Harold, James Caudill and Tucker Keck, seventh graders, won the Group Exhibit Contest for their age division. Ava Thomason, sixth grade, Cora Branch, Ellie Edwards, and Savannah Allan, all seventh graders, took second place for Group Literary Contest for their division as well.
Individual awards were won by Ryan Harris, Evan Boyd, Ava Thomason, Cora Branch, James Caudill, and Savannah Allen.
Eighteen students, fourth- seventh grade, dug into various aspects of North Carolina History for the past eight months and created literary, artwork, scrapbook, video, or photographic entries with well-documented research on topics ranging from family links to the Surry tradition of Breaking Up Christmas, to the mystery of the Roanoke Colony to the colorful artistry of North Carolina painter Minnie Evans.
The winning entries will be on display in the state museum for the next year.
Winning Entries
Durhams Finest Virtual Art Show
The North Carolina Central University Art Museum presents “Durham’s Finest,” an exhibition of outstanding student artwork from Durham Public Schools. This unique exhibition shows the progression and artistic development of the students from kindergarten through grade 12 while demonstrating their artistic talent and visual creativity.
Scott Avett: After The Fact Tickets
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Ticketed entry is LIMITED 2 tickets per person at checkout for the Members Only Preview
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ONLY 150 tickets will be sold to the Member Preview and 300 to the Opening Reception
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GMoA Members can purchase a ticket, for $25 per person to the Member Preview
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GMoA Members can purchase a second ticket, for $25 per person to the Opening Reception
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Non-Members can purchase any amount of tickets, for $35 per person to the Opening Reception
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To become a GMoA member, visit gmoa.org/memberships however, becoming a member does not guarantee tickets since tickets are limited!
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To sponsor this exhibition, please review the sponsor form and us to learn more
Thank you to our exhibition sponsors!Aurelia and William Monk
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British Spanish And French Post1600
The museum possesses a number of British portraits, most of which are installed in a gallery devoted to European portraiture and its early American counterpart. The collection features important works by Paul van Somer, Anthony van Dyck, Francis Cotes, Sir William Beechey, Thomas Gainsborough, and Sir Henry Raeburn. The museum’s French and Spanish collections include portraits and still lifes by Boudin, Millet, Pissarro, and Monet.
Blue Ridge Road And The Stone Building
In 1967, the present-day Blue Ridge Road site was chosen as the location for a new building, as the museum had outgrown the Morgan Street location. Designed by Edward Durrell Stone and Associates of New York and Holloway-Reeves Architects of North Carolina, the new building opened in 1983, under the directorship of Edgar Peters Bowron . Stone used spatial experimentation with pure geometric form for the museum by using a square as a basic unit and designing the entire site by manipulating the square form. This was Stone’s last major design prior to his death. After he died in 1978, the exterior was changed from white marble to red brick.
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North Carolina Museum Of Art
With a permanent collection that includes everything from masterworks by Rembrandt and Picasso to contemporary photographs by North Carolina artists and with programming ranging from family friendly tours and studio time to lectures on art history by leading experts, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh truly offers something for everyone.
Since becoming the first art museum supported with state funds in 1956, the NCMA has consistently grown and is now one of premiere art museums in South. Some of the highlights of its collection include the southeasts biggest collection of Rodin sculpture and an extension collection of Judaic ceremonial objects.
The museum regularly hosts top special exhibitions and puts on dozens of films, art making sessions, lectures and other programs each month. Its 164-acre Museum Park is home to more than a dozen monumental works of art and is the country’s largest museum park.
Experience The Power Of Art
Ranked by Insideras one of the top 25 museums in the country, the North Carolina Museum of Art is an absolute must-see for visitors to the area.
The museum is comprised of two buildings: the recently-completed West Building, which holds the permanent collection, and the original building , which offers rotating exhibitions and educational programs.
The stunning West Building offers outstanding works of art from antiquity to the present, including European, American, African, Egyptian and Jewish art. The galleries offer excellent examples of work that range from Greek sculpture to Renaissance paintings to contemporary photographs.
Spend some time with visitor favorites in the permanent collection such as Judith and Holofernes, Kehinde Wiley The Garden Parasol, Frederick Carl Frieseke or Winter 1946, Andrew Newell Wyeth. And explore the extensive outdoor Rodin sculpture collection , beautifully installed in the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Court and Garden .
Always highly anticipated, the rotating exhibits at the museum delight and inspire. Past exhibits include one of Leonardo da Vincis fascinating notebooks, an exhibit of Art Deco cars from the 1930s and ’40s, the masterworks of photographer Ansel Adams and, recently, You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences, which was the best-attended exhibition of contemporary art in the museums history.
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Explore The Nation’s Largest Museum At Park
If that isnt enough to pique your interest, consider the Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park, the nations largest museum art park with 164 acres of trails and monumental public art installations. Designed to connect art, nature and people, the Museum Park encourages creative experiences and human interactions. A few popular pieces are Thomas Sayres Gyre and Cloud Chamber for the Trees and Sky, a visual illusion that allows visitors to virtually walk among the clouds and the treetops using a technology that requires nothing but sunshine.
Take a leisurely walk among the installations or grab a picnic and enjoy the environmentally-sustainable landscapes and colorful gardens. Tip: These trails are ideal for grabbing Instagram-worthy photos! You can also hop on your bike or throw on your running shoes and explore the park in a more active way.
Fall Sidewalk Sale Vendor Market
Do you need to get shopping done before the holidays or simply love local vendor markets? We have you covered at our Fall Sidewalk Sale vendor market! Join us on November 12, from 1 – 4pm as artists and vendors from our region gather to show and sell their handmade goods! Entry to this event is FREE to the public and the museum will be open during regular operating hours 10am – 4:30pm. A food truck will be available with the potential for live music. This event is scheduled to be held in our parking lot and will remain outdoors. Guests and visitors can park next door at our Education Building, along 8th and 9th St., Dickinson Avenue, or Five Points Plaza. There will not be a rain date, however, if we face bad weather, the event will be moved indoors and guests can park in our main parking lot. We advise bringing cash, checks, and cards as vendors will be handling their own transactions.
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If youre interested in participating as an artist or vendor, please click below. Deadline to apply is November 1st.
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Highly recommend the GMoA. Check out events, exhibits, etc. never disappoints. Great for the family, date night, or just an outing.
-Grayson Blake
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Growing Up Queer In The South
Opening Reception: Friday, June 3, 5:00 – 8:00pm
The Greenville Museum of Art is thrilled to host Growing Up Queer in the South, a ground-breaking exhibition guest curated by Parks McAllister. Growing Up Queer in the South documents both the personal and shared experiences of LGBTQ+ folks through art influenced and inspired by the exhibiting artists formative years spent in the American South. The Call for Artworks was open to all individuals, 18 years or older, who identify within the LGBTQ+ community and have spent part of their lives or could identify with growing up in the American South.
The closing reception will be Saturday, September 24th, and is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. An exhibition catalog is printed in conjunction with Growing Up Queer in the South and isfor sale in the GMoA Gift Shop.
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Growing Up Queer in the South is made possible by the generosity of exhibition sponsors Dr. Jesse R. Peel, Terry S. Hardy, Joe Esparza and Michael Aho, George Bailey, the Campaign for Southern Equality, the Dr. Jesse R. Peel LGBTQ Center at East Carolina University, and Acculink.
Concerts Dining And More
Relish cool summer nights at the museums amphitheater where it offers a series of summer movies, concerts and performances. From singer-songwriters and critically-acclaimed ensembles, to dance recitals, puppetry and poetry slams, to the latest cinema blockbusters, there are plenty of options to delight visitors.
The museum boasts the largest concert venue of any art museum in the country, the outdoor Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Theater. Settle in for acclaimed artists such as Gary Clark Jr. and Punch Brothers after a day of touring the museum and spending time in the museum park. See the concert schedule here.
Finally, theres Iris, the museums sophisticated, full-service restaurant featuring contemporary American cuisine with regional and international flavors in a distinctly modern setting. Specializing in seasonal fare that takes advantage of many locally-sourced ingredients, the restaurant features culinary works of art that showcase a complex culture of flavors.
Admission to the museum is free, but tickets are required for certain special exhibitions, concerts and other events.
Get more details, including museum hours, here.
Header photo and Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park photo: Ted Richardson
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Remember Those Who Gave All
Our History is a regular column submitted by Kate Rauhauser-Smith, visitor services manager at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History, examining the regions history and some related displays at the museum.
It is with deep personal concern that I officially inform you that your son, Captain James H. Jones, has been missing in South Viet Nam since 17 Jun 1967.
The letter every military family dreads was delivered by an officer to Buster and Myrtle Jones on Monday, June 19, 1967. Their son, an Air Force dentist, was one of 56 people aboard a turboprop C130 transport aircraft attempting a takeoff from the An Khê Army Airfield. It crashed at the end of the runway.
Rescue personnel are on the scene and are checking names of survivors against the passenger manifest. Pending further information your son will be listed officially as missing , Major General G.B. Greene.
On Wednesday June 21 their worst fears were realized when they were told their son was among the 34 dead. He was the first Surry County fatality of the Vietnam War.
Born in Surry County, Dr. Jones was an honor graduate from each JJ Jones High School, A& T College, and Howard University. A member of the ROTC, he was commissioned an officer upon enlistment in 1964. At the time of the crash he was just a month shy of his 28th birthday. He left his wife, Gloria Jean Reynolds from Westfield, and their 4-year-old daughter, Icca Vonja, as well as his parents, a brother , and several grandparents.
Museum Reopens For Public
The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History opened her doors for the first time in almost six months last weekend.
We scrambled to put spring decorations away in the gift shop to set up hand sanitation stations to shine up the stainless steel of the elevator doors to make sure the exhibit spaces were fresh and dusted and presentable for our guests. We joked that wed forgotten how to be open.
And we wondered if anyone would come. Would a history museum be on the list of places to go for the folks out and about for Labor Day?
We neednt have worried. Come Saturday morning, as we prepared to unlock the doors, there were folks waiting in the courtyard!
This year, 2020, was to have been the beginning of an exciting renovation for the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History. The first major overhaul and expansion of exhibits in more than a decade.
Work began in December 2019 and we were moving ahead slowly as the New Years Eve Pajama Rama Party happened, followed by some birthday party rentals and a wedding. We were carefully packing artifacts away when COVID-19 arrived on American shores.
The work was just getting messy when Gov. Cooper closed museums in an abundance of caution. We hunkered down, determined to take advantage of the down time to barrel ahead with the work.
We were, I will admit, caught happily off-guard when Gov. Cooper announced on Sept. 1 that museums could open for the first time since March.
Of that number, though, only 7.5% are history museums.
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Mount Airy Museum Of Regional History
Ours is an all American story – typical of how communities grew up all across our great nation. While our story takes place in the back country of northwestern North Carolina at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is likely to bear many similarities to the development of crossroads, towns, and cities throughout America.It had taken little more than 100 years for the corridors along the coastline of this still-new continent to overflow. As tensions grew and conflicts flared, the pioneer spirit set in. Families literally packed up everything they owned and headed into the unknown-searching for the “promised land.”
Mission Statement:
The Purpose of the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History is to Collect, Preserve and Interpret the Natural, Historic, and Artistic Heritage of the Region
Adopted by the Board of Directors October 9, 1995
Please Note: Due To Inclement Weather American Dance Festival Has Canceled This Evening And Tomorrow`s Outdoor Performances At The Ncma Adf Will Reach Out To Ticketholders Via Email By 7 Pm With Information Regarding A New Indoor Location For These Performances
Please note: West Building is now closed through October 7, 2022, to complete an exciting reinstallation of the Peoples Collection. During this time enjoy free exhibitions on view in East Building, indoor and outdoor events and programming, and the 164-acre Museum Park. Were excited to welcome visitors back to a new Museum experience starting October 8, 2022. Learn more about the opening weekend celebration.
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North Carolina Museum Of Art Park
Get to know this 2.7-km loop trail near Raleigh, North Carolina. Generally considered an easy route, it takes an average of 36 min to complete. This is a very popular area for birding, road biking, and running, so you’ll likely encounter other people while exploring. The trail is open year-round and is beautiful to visit anytime. Dogs are welcome, but must be on a leash.
