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Last Look Friday!
More than 350 people attended Last Look Friday on March 5. They came to say a nostalgic good bye to the Mint Museum of Craft + Design's original location and party in the museum. The DIY studio sculpture challenge was the hit of the evening! Click on the image above to view photos from the night on our Facebook page or the album devoted to the popular graffiti wall, where guests left their mark on the museum!
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Pop-Up
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Experience a new twist on the ever popular pop-up book-pop-up sculpture! David Carter
continues to mesmerize and entertain with his sculpture in a book format.
Both shops carry several books to choose from, available for $19.95 - $29.95. Don't forget the Mint Museum of Craft + Design shop is open through June.
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March/April 2010 Newsletter
The latest newsletter is now available online! Print out the March and April calendars to post on your refrigerator to stay informed about activities at the Mint! Learn more>>
Wachovia-Wells Fargo Family Saturday: Birds of a Feather
Saturday, March 13, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at Mint Museum Randolph
Kids free with a paying adult
Flock to the Mint in March to do a little "bird watching" in the museum galleries, and design your own folk art bird using brilliant pastels on colored paper. Your family is invited to drop by the Museum's classroom art studios and enjoy art-making together. Prepare to get messy! Learn more>>
Mint Book Club Discussion
Tuesday, March 16, 6:00 p.m. at Mint Museum Randolph
Free
This month, come discuss The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert Edsel. Bring your insights, observations and questions to this lively discussion! Questions for discussion are available online. Learn more>>
Open Studio with Fiber Artist Hildur Bjarnadóttir 
Friday, March 26 - Saturday, March 27 & Monday, March 29 - Tuesday, March 30, 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. each day at Mint Museum of Craft + Design, 220 North Tryon Street
Free
Come see Icelandic Bjarnadóttir at work in the lobby of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design! She will not be working Wednesday March, 31 as originally scheduled. Learn more>>
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Charlotte Garden Club Lecture
Monday, March 15, 7:00 p.m. at Mint Museum Randolph
Free
This month come hear Jeffrey Drum speak on A New Look at Two Old Gardens, Wing Haven and the Elizabeth Lawrence Garden. Refreshments at 7:00 p.m. followed by the lecture at 7:30 p.m.
Delhom Service League Program with Donna Corbin
Tuesday, March 16, 10:00 a.m. at Mint Museum Randolph
Free with admission
Join
the Delhom Service League for this informational lecture on
Vincennes/Sèvres Biscuit Sculptures, Donna Corbin, associate curator of
European Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Friends of the Mint Lecture: The Modernity of Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot: Impressionism, Consumerism and Tourism
Friday, March 19, 10:30 a.m. at Mint Museum Randolph
Free with admission
Dr. Shaw Smith, professor of Art History at Davidson College, presents this fascinating topic during Women's History Month. Coffee served before the program at 10:00 a.m.
Delhom Service League Lecture
Monday, March 22, 1:00 p.m. at Mint Museum Randolph
Free for museum members
Join the Delhom Service League for this informational lecture, 19th Century Pottery and Porcelain. |
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2010 Summer Camp Schedule Now Available
Print out a copy of the 2010 camps and register soon! Camps start June 14. Don't delay -classes fill up fast!
Mini-Masters Adult/Child Workshop: My Little Puppy
Wednesday, March 24, 10:00-11:30 a.m. at Mint Museum Randolph
Tuition: $10/members & $15/non-members
We'll look for dogs in the museum's artwork, talk about texture and craft our very own cuddly puppies to name and take home! For young artists ages 3-5 and their grown-up companions.
The Hand and the Eye: Adult Painting and Drawing Class
Tuesday, April 13, 20 & 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Mint Museum Randolph
Tuition: $60/members & $75/non-members
Working from a live model, explore the properties of color; hue, value and intensity. Use your choice of wet or dry media. Model and materials included.
Mini-Masters Adult/Child Workshop: Rainbow Kites
Wednesday, April 28, 10:00-11:30 a.m. at Mint Museum Randolph
Tuition: $10/members & $15/non-members
Inspired by the vividly colored "kite" installation suspended in the museum atrium, we'll
decorate our own kite using colorful tissue paper, glue and imagination! Young artists (ages 3-5) and their grown-up companions investigate art in the galleries and explore fun new techniques in the classroom. Juice will be served.
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Pictured: Dragon detail from Chinese Court Robes: The Mint Museum Collection.
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