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Danny Lane Installs Threshold
American glass artist Danny Lane and his team from England spent the past week installing his monumental glass sculpture, Threshold, in the entrance of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design galleries in the new Mint Museum Uptown, opening October 1. Threshold is part of the Project Ten Ten Ten series of artwork commissioned especially for the new facility.
 
Monumental Painting Arrives at the Mint Museum Uptown

Staff from The Mint Museum and Bonsai Fine Arts began installing a monumental painting (18 1/2 x 37 feet) by contemporary artist Sam Francis in the Robert Haywood Morrison Atrium of the Mint Museum Uptown on August 17. The artwork, Untitled (1979), is on loan from Bank of America Art in our Communities program.
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Events
Variety of Pots

2010 Potters Market Invitational
Saturday, 11 September
10 am - 4 pm | Mint Museum RANDOLPH
Admission: Adults $10 ($8 after 2 pm), Children $5
Meet more great potters this year: Blaine Avery, Michael Ball, Judith Duff, Kim Ellington, Terry Gess, Shawn Ireland, Nick Joerling, Crystal King, Terry & Anna King, Eric Knoche, Will McCanless, Phil Morgan, Shirl & Jim Parmentier, Jane Peiser, Akira Satake, David Stuempfle, and many others.
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classes
Charcoal drawing

Fall Classes Now Available
A list of fall classes, for preschool-age kids through adults, is now available on our Web site. Classes fill fast, register early!
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2010 Summer Art Camps Slideshow
See the process and creations from students who took part in summer art camps at the Mint Museum Randolph. You'll be amazed!
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Exhibition
Versace dress

The Art of Affluence: Haute Couture & Luxury Fashions 1947 - 2007
Mint Museum RANDOLPH
If you like fashion, you will not want to miss this exhibition (on view through 11 January 2011). See selections from the Museum's holdings of haute couture and luxury garments, complemented by beautiful accessories that reflect the creativity of numerous fashion designers.

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Shop
Warhol butterflies
Warhol's Butterflies
Mint Museum RANDOLPH
Stop by to see butterflies created in Andy Warhol's distinctive style - colorful, dynamic, and full of life. The Museum Shop has a great selection of items featuring these beauties on stationery, file folders, and melamine dishware - perfect for a picnic!

 
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CREDITS: Threshold photo: copyright Peter Wood | Bustier Cocktail Dress by Donatella Versace from The Art of Affluence. Photo by David Ramsey. | Photo of pots by Carl Miller | Teen Camp photo by Joelle Karout | Warhol Butterfly Stationery by Joelle Karout | The Mint Museum is funded, in part, with operating support from the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Inc.; the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources; the City of Charlotte; and its members.