Friends of the Mint

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Organized in 1965, the Friends of the Mint stimulates interest in and support for the Arts. The Friends sponsor a series of lectures featuring nationally and internationally renowned speakers in the art world that are free to the public with museum admission. Lectures are held once a month from September through May. They visit other cities, museums and galleries to explore the diverse art scene in different communities. Both Museum and Friends membership is required to attend trips.
Dues are $25 per year. Interested, attend a Friends meeting, call 704.337-2031, e-mail or print and mail the membership application below.

2011-2012 Program Calendar

Membership Application

All programs are held at the Mint Museum RANDOLPH or the Mint Museum UPTOWN. Coffee is served at 10:00 a.m. and programs start at 10:30 a.m.

Friday | 16 September, 2011 | RANDOLPH
Celebrating the Mint’s 75th Anniversary: The Building’s Beginnings, from the Gold Rush, to North Carolina’s first
Art Museum, to its Reinvention in Recent Times
Dr. Tom Hanchett, Staff Historian,
Levine Museum of the New South

Friday | 14 October, 2011 | UPTOWN
Ruth Fine and the Art of Romare Bearden: An Insider’s Look
at Creating an Exhibit
A dialogue with Ruth Fine, Curator of Special Projects in Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, and Carla Hanzal, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Mint Museum

Friday | 18 November, 2011 | RANDOLPH
My Work, and Everything Else
Eric Knoche, North Carolina Potter

Friday | 16 December,2011 | UPTOWN
Sheila Hicks: Celebrating 50 Years of Textile Design and Art Andrea Vail, Instructor, Fibers Program, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Friday | 20 January, 2012 | RANDOLPH
Architecture: Philosophy, Life Influences, Anecdotes and Current Regional Projects
Victor A. Jones, Jr., AIA, Partner, Jenkins-Peer, Architects

Friday | 17 February, 2012 | UPTOWN
The Surrealist Muse
Dr. Karen Stock, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts,
Winthrop University

Friday | 16 March, 2012 | RANDOLPH
Living Artfully
Kellie Scott, Owner, Red Sky Gallery

Friday | 20 April, 2012 | RANDOLPH
The Ackland Art Museum: A Place for Meaning
Emily Kass, Director, The Ackland Art Museum,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Friday | 18 May, 2012 | RANDOLPH
Forecasting Fashion Trends
Arlene Goldstein, Vice President, Trend Merchandising/Fashion Direction, Belk Stores Services

Click on the Membership Application to print
an application and schedule of programs for
2010-2011.

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