Current Exhibitions

Below are the exhibitions, starting with the most recent, currently on view at Mint Museum Randolph and Mint Museum Uptown.

• It’s Magic Time: The Mint Museum Drama Guild 1954–1979

  Mint Museum RANDOLPH

  Feb 7-Aug 5

  Selected playbills and photographs from The Mint Museum Archives of Drama Guild productions directed by Dorothy Masterson.
  
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• Romare Bearden Gallery: Sing on the Canvas

  Mint Museum UPTOWN

  Nov 18

  This exhibition explores and celebrates the impact music had on the visual harmony in Romare Bearden’s work.
  
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• A Different Kind of Modern: American Scene Painting 1933 – 1955

  Mint Museum UPTOWN

  Nov 11

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• Reveal and Detonate (Develar y Detonar): Contemporary Mexican Photography

  Mint Museum UPTOWN

  Oct 28-Jun 17

  Develar y detonar (Reveal and Detonate) features the powerful, thought-provoking work of more than 40 of Mexico’s leading photographers.
  
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• William Ivey Long: Costume Designs 2007-2016

  Mint Museum UPTOWN

  Sep 23-Jun 3

  Exploring the theatrical costume designer’s work from 2007 to today, this exhibition ranges from 'Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella' to the television specials 'Grease Live!' and 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again.'
  
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• Wares of the World: Asian Influence in Contemporary North Carolina Ceramics

  Mint Museum RANDOLPH

  Jul 29

  July 29, 2017 - Ongoing: This installation focuses on the wide-ranging influence of training, aesthetics, and traditions from places including China, Japan, Korea, and Thailand on North Carolina ceramics.
  
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• European Art

  Mint Museum RANDOLPH

  Jul 21

  An inspiring selection of fine and decorative European arts from The Mint Museum's permanent collection.
  
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• Portals to the Past: British Ceramics 1675–1825

  Mint Museum RANDOLPH

  Jan 16

  The Mint Museum’s collection of eighteenth-century British pottery and porcelain is widely respected for its scope and quality.
  
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• Arts of Africa

  Mint Museum RANDOLPH

  Apr 6

  A collection of art forms showcasing the vast cultural, physical, historical and religious diversity that can be found across the African continent.
  
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• Heritage Gallery

  Mint Museum RANDOLPH

  May 31

  From its inception as the first art museum in North Carolina in 1936, The Mint Museum has been an innovator and leader, a theme illustrated in the inaugural installation of the Heritage Gallery at Mint Museum Randolph.
  
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• The Transformed Self: Performance Masks of Mexico

  Mint Museum RANDOLPH

  Jan 2

  The works presented here come from the primary mask-producing regions of Mexico where dance performances commonly accompany religious rituals and civic events.
  
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