Friends of the Mint

friends bar

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.

2010 - 2011 Program Calendar

Membership Application

Programs start with coffee at 10 am followed by
the program at 10:30 am. Programs are free with
museum admission.

Friday, 17 September | Mint Museum RANDOLPH
The Museum as art: Contemporary Challenges to
Historical Models of Museum Architecture
Thomas Forget, Associate Professor of Architecture
at UNCC.

Friday, 15 October | Mint Museum UPTOWN
New Visions: Contemporary Masterworks from the
Bank of America Collection
Mary Beth Alexander, Bank of America.

Friday, 19 November | Mint Museum RANDOLPH
Rodin: The Cantor Foundation Gift to the North
Carolina Museum of Art
Dr. David Steel, Curator of European Art, the North
Carolina Museum of Art.

Friday, 17 December | Mint Museum UPTOWN
Dreams & Aspirations for The Mint Museum
Kathleen V. Jameson, Executive Director, The
Mint Museum

Friday, 21 January | Mint Museum RANDOLPH
Teaching Tradition & Developing a 21st Century
Model at the New Catawba Valley Potters Workshop
Kim Ellington, North Carolina potter.

Friday, 18 February | Mint Museum RANDOLPH
Why do Universities Have Museums?
Dr. Kimberly Rorschach, Director, the Nasher
Museum of Art at Duke University.

Friday, 18 March | Mint Museum UPTOWN
From New Yourk to Corrymore to the Queen
City: How Robert Henri and Ireland Came to
Charlotte
Jonathan Stuhlman, Curator of American Art,
The Mint Museum.

Friday, 15 April | Mint Museum RANDOLPH
Tiffany Masters of Design: Paloma Picasso,
Frank Gehry, Elsa Peretti
Lyle Nearby, Director, Tiffany & Co., Southpark

Friday, 20 May | Mint Museum Randolph
The Simple Elegance of Coco Channel
Charles L. Mo, Director of Fine Art,
The Mint Museum.

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

Founders' Circle

Top

Young Affiliates of the Mint