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Ten innovative exhibitions for 2012

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:45:26 +0000

Museum announces upcoming slate, including 'Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear' and 'Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection' CHARLOTTE, NC (February 9, 2012) – The Mint Museum announced a slate of 10 upcoming exhibitions for 2012, beginning with Surrealism and Beyond, which opens to the public on February 11. With former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in attendance, the...

'Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear' will open March 3

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:53:00 +0000

Exhibition examining primal impulses will complement prominent current pop-culture trends. CHARLOTTE, NC (February 9, 2012) – Fairytales, fantasies, and horror stories are inescapable in our current culture – and now an exhibition exploring these primal themes will open at Mint Museum Uptown on March 3. Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear will be on view through July 8. The exhibition brings...

'Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection' to go on display June 30

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:43:57 +0000

Former U.S. Secretary of State visits museum to speak about upcoming exhibition CHARLOTTE, NC (February 9, 2012) – During her career in public service, Madeleine Albright famously used her jewelry to communicate diplomatic messages. From June 30 through September 23, 2012, The Mint Museum is scheduled to present the exhibition Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection, which reveals an...

Toni L. Freeman hired as Chief Operating Officer

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:07:24 +0000

Mint Museum President & CEO Kathleen V. Jameson announces the newly-created post, effective February 13. CHARLOTTE, NC (February 6, 2012) –Mint Museum President & CEO Kathleen V. Jameson has announced the hiring of Toni L. Freeman to the newly-created post of Chief Operating Officer of The Mint Museum. She will join the staff effective February 13. "This hire represents the...

A 'fairytale' partnership: The Mint Museum and North Carolina Dance Theatre

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:03:46 +0000

Museum announces partnership between N.C. Dance Theatre’s “Sleeping Beauty” and Fairytales, Fantasy, & Fear exhibition in March. CHARLOTTE, NC (February 3, 2012) – Continuing the deepening spirit of collaboration across Charlotte’s arts scene, The Mint Museum and North Carolina Dance Theatre are partnering to offer ticket buyers and Mint members special access to two...

The Mint Museum announces partnership with Google Offers

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:13:03 +0000

New daily offers site chooses Mint as one of its first partners in Charlotte CHARLOTTE, NC (February 1, 2012) – You’ve heard of Groupon, LivingSocial and Dealsaver. Now, Google is launching its own daily deal platform, Google Offers (www.google.com/offers), and has chosen The Mint Museum as one of its first partners in the Charlotte area. Google Offers, which launched in Charlotte in...

Murder Mystery Unfolds Uptown

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:36:58 +0000

Partnership between Knight Foundation and Arts & Science Council (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- Mystery, murder and intrigue unfold at the Mint Museum Uptown at Levine Center for the Arts and throughout Center City Charlotte beginning Jan. 31 with a story by an anonymous writer. The Lady of Charlotte follows the investigation of a murder at the Mint Museum Uptown. The story, supported by the...

The Mint Museum announces Brad Thomas as a new curator of contemporary art

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:06:43 +0000

The Mint Museum has hired Brad Thomas as its new curator of contemporary art effective January 23, Mint President & CEO Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson has announced. CHARLOTTE, NC (January 19, 2012) – The Mint Museum has hired Brad Thomas as its new curator of contemporary art effective January 23, Mint President & CEO Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson has announced. Thomas has served as the...

Mint Museum Uptown will unveil Surrealism and Beyond on February 11, 2012: 3 shows. 4 artists. 1 journey.

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:54:54 +0000

The Mint Museum will once again break new ground by bringing together three exhibitions comprising the largest and most significant examination of Surrealism and Surrealist-inspired art ever presented in the Southeast. CHARLOTTE, NC (January 12, 2012) – The Mint Museum will once again break new ground by bringing together three exhibitions comprising the largest and most significant...

The Mint Museum launches new Contemporary Architecture + Design (CAD) series

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:45:59 +0000

ArtFusion series expanded as part of its innovative slate of winter and spring programming CHARLOTTE, NC (December 28, 2011) – The Mint Museum is launching its first-ever Contemporary Architecture + Design (CAD) series with an event on January 5 at 7 p.m. that brings the architect who designed the new Mint Museum Uptown building and the artist who created the monumental five-story work on...

The Mint Museum announces participation in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:35:14 +0000

Museum staffers will design and install a custom creation in a deserving local family’s home CHARLOTTE, NC (December 12, 2011) – The Mint Museum is assisting in the local effort to give a deserving family an “extreme home makeover” as part of ABC’s Emmy award-winning television reality show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” As the show’s producers prepared to...

Romare Bearden billboard comes to life at the EpiCentre this Saturday!

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:18:37 +0000

"Living billboard" performance to capture Bearden's music-themed work CHARLOTTE, NC (December 9, 2011) – An innovative ad campaign recently recognized in The New York Times continues this weekend with an appearance by three live musicians accompanying Charlotte-born artist Romare Bearden’s colorful music-themed work Back Porch Serenade . The musicians will appear as a “living...

Popular Chanel: Designs for the Modern Woman Exhibition Extended to February 26!

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:59 +0000

The Mint Museum Randolph is announcing that its Chanel: Designs for the Modern Woman exhibition has been extended another two months. CHARLOTTE, NC (November 30, 2011) Due to its popularity and widespread public acclaim, The Mint Museum Randolph is announcing that its Chanel: Designs for the Modern Woman exhibition has been extended another two months, keeping it on view to museum...

Jun Kaneko: In the Round Opens December 10 Exhibition brings historic collaboration between The Mint Museum and Opera Carolina

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:16:42 +0000

Artworks from renowned artist Jun Kaneko will be showcased at The Mint Museum Uptown – and will transform the plaza in front of the museum’s landmark building – during the exhibition Jun Kaneko: In The Round, opening December 10 and running through April 28, 2012. CHARLOTTE, NC (November 29, 2011) – Renowned artist Jun Kaneko’s sculptures and drawings will be showcased in a boutique...

The Mint Museum Celebrates its 75th Anniversary With an Afternoon of History, Music and Art

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:17:41 +0000

Mint Founding Family Member and Internationally Celebrated Pianist Dorothy Lewis-Griffith to Perform. CHARLOTTE, NC (November 23, 2011) – As part of its year-long celebration of its 75 th anniversary, The Mint Museum is inviting the public to a free event on December 4 that brings a member of one of the museum’s founding families to the museum for a piano concert and celebrates two other...

Black Friday Brings Great Holiday Shopping and FREE Shuttles to The Mint Museum!

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:35:52 +0000

FREE continuous shuttle between the Mint Museum Randolph and Mint Museum Uptown CHARLOTTE, NC (November 22, 2011) – Just in time for the Black Friday rush of holiday shopping, The Mint Museum is offering a FREE continuous shuttle between the Mint Museum Randolph and Mint Museum Uptown locations this Friday and Saturday (November 25 and 26) from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. as a special “thank...

The Mint Museum Unveils New Interactive Video Project Memory Train: Celebrating Community Through the Power of Remembrance

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:32:07 +0000

The first video talkback project ever produced by The Mint Museum has now gone live as part of the celebrated Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections exhibition at The Mint Museum Uptown. CHARLOTTE, NC (November 22, 2011) – The first video talkback project ever produced by The Mint Museum has now gone live as part of the celebrated Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections exhibition at The...

The Mint Museum Launches Exclusive New Fashion & Design Book

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:17:51 +0000

Read The Mint Museum Launches Exclusive New Fashion & Design Book Oscar buzz was in the air on Monday as more than 420 people attended a celebration in honor of the upcoming 40 th anniversary of The Mint Museum’s Historic Costume and Fashionable Dress Collection. The Fall EnrichMINT Forum: Passion for Fashion , hosted by The Mint Museum Auxiliary, served as a launch for a...

Mint's Bearden billboard comes to life in New York Times!

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:08:21 +0000

Campaigns Bring Art and Artists to Life Adam Hobbs The Mint Museum in Charlotte, N.C., purchased billboards featuring the work from its current Romare Bearden exhibit, then hired musicians who seem to have stepped out of the artworks. See full article

The Mint Museum acquires major work of art: Sheila Hicks' May I Have This Dance?

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:08:13 +0000

Through generous gift by Target Corporation Charlotte, NC., 19 September 2011 – The Mint Museum Uptown at Levine Center for the Arts has acquired Sheila Hicks’ monumental bas relief, May I Have This Dance?, through a generous gift by Target Corporation. Originally commissioned by Target for their lobby headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2003, May I Have This Dance?...

First Major Retrospective Honoring work of Sheila Hicks opens at the Mint Museum Uptown at Levine Center for the Arts

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:00:10 +0000

Sheila Hicks: 50 Years bridges distinctions between artist and artisan Charlotte, NC. 16 September 2011 – The Mint Museum Uptown at Levine Center for the Arts proudly presents Sheila Hicks: 50 Years , an exhibition organized by The Addison Gallery of American Art, the art museum of Phillips Academy.This comprehensive exhibition, running 1 October 2011 through 29 January 2012, marks...

Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections featured in The Wall Street Journal, article "Impressionistic Memories"

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:19:34 +0000

"Impressionistic Memories", by David Yezzi Born a century ago in North Carolina's Meklenburg County, the American painter and collagist Romare Bearden (1911–1988) moved with his family to New York when he was 3 years old. While many of his most famous images—including the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "The Block" (1971), depicting a teeming section of Lennox Avenue in Harlem—focus on...

Aesthetic Ambitions: Edward Lycett and Brooklyn’s Faience Manufacturing Company

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:26:55 +0000

Opens with Curator-Directed Tours CHARLOTTE, NC (September 13, 2011) – At 2 p.m. on Saturday, 17 September, the Mint Museum will open Aesthetic Ambitions: Edward Lycett and Brooklyn’s Faience Manufacturing Company with curator-guided tours . Aesthetic Ambitions presents unique examples of American art pottery from the late 1800s. It will be on view at the Mint Museum Randolph...

Charlotte’s Mint Museum Launches Major Romare Bearden Retrospective on Centennial of His Birth

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:07:41 +0000

National Tour of Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections Pays Homage to the Artist and His Southern Influences CHARLOTTE, NC (July 31, 2011) – This fall The Mint Museum will present Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections , a major retrospective of one of America’s most preeminent African American artists and foremost collagists. Opening on the centennial of the artist’s birth in...

The Mint Museum Celebrates Romare Bearden with Major Retrospective

Thu, 05 May 2011 01:53:55 +0000

Exhibition brings together 100 works from every stage of artist’s career CHARLOTTE, N.C. (27 April 2011) – This fall, The Mint Museum presents a major retrospective of the work of Romare Bearden (1911-1988), widely regarded as one of America’s most pre-eminent African American artists and foremost collagists, as well as a noted writer and musician. The exhibition Romare...

Major Spring Exhibition at The Mint Museum to Focus on Chanel

Thu, 05 May 2011 01:36:55 +0000

Show explores history and evolution of designer’s iconic fashions CHARLOTTE, N.C. (1 March 2011) – The Mint Museum Randolph will present the iconic haute couture designs of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel in the special exhibition Chanel: Designs for the Modern Woman , on view 21 May – 31 December 2011. Sponsored by U.S Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, the...

The Mint Museum Presents Major Retrospective of Gary Lee Noffke

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:30:00 +0000

Exhibition celebrates acclaimed metalsmith’s contributions to the craft community CHARLOTTE, N.C. (3 March 2010) – The provocative humor and pioneering style of metalsmith Gary Lee Noffke will be exhibited in a major retrospective of the artist’s work at the Mint Museum Uptown this spring. Featuring significant examples of Noffke’s hollowware, flatware, and jewelry, the exhibition...

Community Members Honored at Spirit Awards

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:42:26 +0000

24th annual awards ceremony recognizes Charlotte’s top arts supporters CHARLOTTE, N.C. (3 February 2011) – Recipients of the 2010 Spirit Awards were honored at a ceremony on Monday, 31 January at the Mint Museum Uptown at Levine Center for the Arts. The ceremony was presented by The Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust and The Mint Museum. The Spirit Awards were created in 1986 to...

The Mint Museum Receives Back Porch Serenade by Romare Bearden

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:35:51 +0000

Gift is first acquisition by the Romare Bearden Society CHARLOTTE, N.C. (14 January 2011) – The Mint Museum has received a striking collage by African- American contemporary artist Romare Bearden from the Romare Bearden Society, an interest group of the Museum. Back Porch Serenade (1977), which will go on view this fall at the Mint Museum Uptown, marks the group’s first purchase...

Mint Offers Community Days for Greater Charlotte Area Residents

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:27:00 +0000

Outreach initiative targets families with Sunday Fun Day series CHARLOTTE, N.C. (26 January 2011) – Through a new initiative called Community Days, The Mint Museum will offer discounted admission to targeted Charlotte-Mecklenburg communities and surrounding counties in conjunction with its monthly Sunday Fun Days series. Visitors who present a special coupon will receive $2 off regular...

Mint Museum Uptown to Host Seminal Symposium on British Ceramics

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:05:00 +0000

Event marks closing week of landmark ceramics exhibition CHARLOTTE, N.C. (18 January 2011) – A public symposium organized by the Mint Museum of Craft + Design will be part of a closing celebration for the inaugural exhibition, Contemporary British Studio Ceramics: The Grainer Collection during its final week on view. Featuring innovative discussions by leading international art...

Families are Focus of Mint’s New Educational Programming

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:30:00 +0000

New amenities let children draw inspiration from creative play CHARLOTTE, N.C. (15 December 2010) – New programs and amenities geared towards younger visitors are making The Mint Museum a welcoming destination for children and families this winter. The Lewis Family Gallery at the Mint Museum Uptown provides a creative outlet for children to play, explore, and learn about the...

Emmy Award Winner Farmer Jason Headlines Children’s Holiday Party

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:20:15 +0000

Annual event relocates to the new Mint Museum Uptown CHARLOTTE, N.C. (23 November 2010) – Emmy Award winner Farmer Jason will headline The Mint Museum’s Annual Children’s Holiday Party on Saturday, 11 December at 10:30 a.m. at the Mint Museum Uptown (500 South Tryon Street). This annual members-only event will feature entertainment by Farmer Jason and Art Vark (the Jr....

Rare Cassatt Painting on View at the Mint Museum Randolph

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:52:11 +0000

Private collectors place work on long-term loan to Museum CHARLOTTE, N.C. (4 November 2010) – Visitors to the Mint Museum Randolph will soon have the unique opportunity to view an early masterpiece by American painter Mary Cassatt. The painting, Madame X Dressed for the Matinée (1878), comes from the collection of Charlotte and Philip Hanes of Winston-Salem, N.C., who have generously...

The Mint Museum Presents Works by Video Artist Janet Biggs

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:55:33 +0000

Exhibition marks ninth installment of VantagePoint contemporary art series CHARLOTTE, N.C. (26 October 2010) – Speed, precision, and danger are key elements of the exhibition VantagePoint IX – Janet Biggs: Going to Extremes , on view 5 November 2010 – 29 May 2011 at the Mint Museum Uptown. From a kayaker navigating threatening Arctic waters to a NASCAR pit crew racing...

The Mint Museum Announces New Evening Program Series

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:19:18 +0000

Public invited to experience art, music, and film at the Mint Museum Uptown CHARLOTTE, N.C. (13 October 2010) – The Mint Museum announces the 2010-11 program schedule for its First Fridays and Let’s Get Reel series. First Fridays is an ongoing evening event series held the first Friday of every month at the new Mint Museum Uptown (500 South Tryon Street). Each First Friday...

Grand Opening of Mint Museum Uptown Draws Record Attendance

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:08:23 +0000

Local, national, and international visitors take part in 24-hour celebration CHARLOTTE, N.C. (12 October 2010) – The Mint Museum welcomed a record-breaking 17,000 visitors to its new facility in uptown Charlotte during its grand opening weekend on 1-3 October. The debut of the Mint Museum Uptown was accompanied by a 24-Hour Grand Opening celebration, featuring free admission,...

New Mint Museum Uptown Opening on 1 October 2010

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:09:31 +0000

145,000-square-foot facility will increase museum’s space by more than 60 percent CHARLOTTE, N.C. (27 September 2010) – October 1st marks a transformative moment for The Mint Museum. The debut of the new Mint Museum Uptown – one year prior to the institution’s 75th anniversary – will bring together the Mint Museum of Art and the Mint Museum of Craft + Design under one...

Elizabeth Turk Wins 2010 MacArthur Award

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:06:19 +0000

Sculptor was in residence at McColl Center for Visual Art and exhibited at The Mint Museum in Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N.C. (29 September 2010) – The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has named Elizabeth Turk, an artist with ties to the Charlotte cultural community, as one of 23 new MacArthur Fellows for 2010. Turk, a sculptor known for transforming marble into...

See 40 of North Carolina’s Best Potters at The Mint

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:27:02 +0000

6th Annual Potters Market Invitational Returns with Fresh New Line-Up and Live Music “When you buy something from the potter, you buy part of that person.” Cynthia Bringle, potter Charlotte, N.C. (June 21, 2010) - What says North Carolina better than handmade pottery and bluegrass music? The Delhom Service League of The Mint Museum is gearing up for the sixth year of its Potters...

The Mint Museum Announces Inaugural Exhibitions for New Facility

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:06:27 +0000

Mint Museum Uptown opens October 1, 2010 as part of Levine Center for the Arts Mint Museum Executive Director Phil Kline announced today the inaugural exhibitions to be presented in conjunction with the new Mint Museum Uptown’s grand opening on October 1, 2010. They are New Visions: Contemporary Masterworks from the Bank of America Collection and Contemporary British Studio Ceramics:...

The Mint Museum Awarded Two National Endowment for the Arts Grants

Mon, 03 May 2010 15:35:08 +0000

Funds will help support traveling exhibition of Romare Bearden works and Family Gallery resources The Mint Museum has received two National Endowment for the Arts grants in the fiscal year 2010 funding cycle: a $100,000 American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring Grant and a $30,000 Access to Artistic Excellence Grant. “The Museum is delighted to be awarded these generous grants,...

The Mint Museum Appoints New Executive Director

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:52:29 +0000

Kathleen Jameson to lead Museum’s expansion and reinstallation initiatives The Mint Museum announced today the appointment of Kathleen V. Jameson, Ph.D., as its new Executive Director, following an extensive national search supported by Management Consultants for the Arts and a Board of Trustees search committee. Jameson succeeds Phil Kline, who will remain at the Museum as its...

Hearst Foundation Supports Mint Education Programs

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:27:31 +0000

Grant will help fund Museum’s school programs and community outreach The Mint Museum has received a $90,000 grant from The Hearst Foundation, Inc. to support educational programming for children and youth, as well as the teachers who instruct them in art. This is Hearst’s third grant to the Mint. The timing of this renewed support is particularly key as the institution is completing a...

The Mint Museum Presents 20th Annual Art History Symposium

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:34:44 +0000

Public program spotlights undergraduate research by local students Six area undergraduate art history students will present their research papers at The Mint Museum’s 20th Annual Regional Collegiate Art History Symposium on Saturday, March 27 at 1:00 p.m. at the Mint Museum Randolph (2730 Randolph Road). From the works of a Renaissance engraver to music’s influence on the visual...

Mint Museum of Craft + Design Offers Special Hours to View Fiber Artist at Work

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:25:04 +0000

Icelandic artist Hildur Bjarnadǿttir to create a commissioned work for Mint Museum Uptown The Mint Museum is offering special viewing hours this month to allow the public to observe the artistic process behind a commissioned work that will be installed in the new Mint Museum Uptown this fall. On March 26-27 and March 29-30 (from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. each day), the public is invited to observe...

Artists’ Residency Allows Middle Schoolers to Explore West African Art

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:47:40 +0000

Exhibition of students’ works will be displayed in the STAR Gallery at the Mint Museum Randolph Seventh grade students at Whitewater Middle School will have their artwork displayed in the Student Artist (STAR) Gallery at the Mint Museum Randolph as part of a grant-funded artists’ residency project that took place this winter. The exhibition of the students’ work will open with a...

Mint Museum Auxiliary Launches 57th Annual Room to Bloom Celebration

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:16:22 +0000

Renowned interior designer Bunny Williams will headline Symposium The Mint Museum Auxiliary is pleased to announce its 57th Annual Room to Bloom Celebration, which will take place April 14-May 22, 2010. This fundraiser supports The Mint Museum and the opening of the new Mint Museum Uptown on October 1. Auxiliary members Cathy Austin and Margaret Switzer are serving as co-chairs of the...

Spring Artists’ Forums Go Green

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:36:52 +0000

March and April programs focus on sustainability practices The Mint Museum’s Artists’ Forum series will take an environmentally-friendly approach this spring by focusing on green practices and sustainability. Artists’ Forums are an educational series featuring local artists discussing their work, as well as current issues and activities in their artistic fields. The programs are held...

Mint Museum of Craft + Design’s Current Location Closes its Doors with “Last Look”

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:50:56 +0000

Craft museum marks its move to the new Mint Museum Uptown with a farewell party Charlotteans can enjoy their own “Night at the Museum” to bid farewell to the original location of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design. The Mint Museum will invite the public for a final walk-through of the craft museum’s original location (220 North Tryon Street) at a “Last Look Friday” event, before...