Mint Museum - Past Happenings

Jan

05

Adult Class: Portrait Painting Master Class

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Former Illustrator for Hallmark Cards, artist/ educator, Gordon C. James, will conduct this painting workshop.

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Jan

05

Saturday Art Session - Windblown Winter Trees

10:00AM - 3:00PM

All ages. We provide the art supplies, you provide the imagination!

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Jan

07

Charlotte Garden Club: Modern Insect, Disease, and Critter Management with Dave Blackley

7:00PM

Dave Blackley of Renfrows General Store in Matthews, NC will speak about responsible control of garden insects, disease, and critters.

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Jan

08

Meet the Artist: Vik Muniz

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Although Vik Muniz was born into poverty in Sao Paul in 1961, he has become arguably the most famous contemporary Brazilian artist.

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Jan

15

Lecture - The Death & Mysterious Disappearance of Mary Cassatt's Sister, Lydia

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Lecture - The Death & Mysterious Disappearance of Mary Cassatt's Sister, Lydia

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Jan

15

ArtFusion: Americans in Paris

6:00PM - 9:00PM

When Art encounters the Arts. Meet up at the Mint on select Tuesdays for this innovative program blend. All programs are free and open to the public.

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Jan

17

The Art of Collecting: American Art

6:30PM - 7:30PM

A conversation with Welborn and Patty Alexander, and Charlie Murray.

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Jan

20

Sunday Fun Day: Vibrant Voices

1:00PM - 4:00PM

All ages. Enjoy family-friendly craft projects, gallery visits, healthy living activities, artist demos, and more!

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Jan

22

RESCHEDULED ArtFusion And the Bead Goes On

6:00PM - 9:00PM

It's an evening of style at the Mint!

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Jan

23

Mini Masters Workshop: Abstract Triangle Trees (A.M.)

10:30AM - 11:45AM

Ages 3-5, accompanied by an adult.

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Jan

23

Mini Masters Workshop: Abstract Triangle Trees (P.M.)

1:30PM - 2:45PM

Ages 3-5, accompanied by an adult.

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Jan

29

Film Screening: WASTELAND

7:00PM - 8:30PM

WASTELAND follows artist Vik Muniz on a singularly ambitious project going to the world's largest garbage dump north of Rio de Janeiro.

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Feb

02

Saturday Art Sessions: African Mask Prints

10:00AM - 3:00PM

All ages. We provide the art supplies, you provide the imagination!

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Feb

05

MEET THE ARTIST: Joyce Scott

7:00PM - 8:00PM

For more than four decades, Joyce Scott has created complex objects of skill, beauty, and sophistication that double as a social mirror.

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Feb

07

CAD Series: Preston Scott Cohen

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Preston Scott Cohen is a Boston based designer and the Gerald M. McCue Professor in Architecture and Chair of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard.

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Feb

09

Criss, Cross Mangosauce Bilingual Storytime

10:30AM - 11:30AM

All ages & languages welcome. Join the dynamic duo Criss, Cross Mangosauce for fun music and stories!

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Feb

12

ArtFusion: A Date with Art

6:00PM - 9:00PM

When Art encounters the Arts. Meet up at the Mint on select Tuesdays for this innovative program blend. All programs are free and open to the public.

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Feb

12

CANCELLED - 3RD ANNUAL JCSU PERFORMING ARTS CONCERT

6:30PM

Johnson C. Smith University’s performing arts students present their interpretative response to artist Beverly McIver’s “Truly Grateful” as the Mint celebrates African American History Month.

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Feb

12

Suzanne Hood Speaking at the Mint

10:30AM - 12:30PM

Suzanne Hood, Associate Curator of Ceramics and Glass, at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation speaks to the Charlotte Ceramics Circle.

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Feb

13

Spanish Play: El Regalo de San Valentín (Valentine’s Day Present)

6:00PM - 8:30PM

El Regalo de San Valentín, an original monologue by Venezuelan actress/playwright Myriam Amanda Henríquez Arocha, is a humorous examination of aging and relationships.

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Feb

11

Introduction to DSLR Photography

10:00AM - 1:00PM

Overwhelmed by all the manual settings and buttons on your camera? We can help.

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Feb

16

Masters One Day Workshop: Patterning in Metal- Jewelry

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Adult Class

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Feb

17

Sunday Fun Day: Chihuly and More - Art Beyond the Sea

1:00PM - 4:00PM

All ages. Enjoy family-friendly craft projects, gallery visits, healthy living activities, artist demonstrations, and more!

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Feb

19

The Art of Collecting: Growing Your Passion

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Developing a personal relationship with artists whose works educate the world about the cultural commonalities between Africa and the diaspora.

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Feb

19

Delhom Service League: The Robert A. Ellison, Jr. Collection of American Ceramics

10:00AM

Speaker: Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Curator American Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Feb

20

Taste of the Mint

4:00PM

Explore a food tasting tour with small plate and drink pairings at two world-class restaurants at Mint Museum Uptown!

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Feb

24

LECTURE: Curator Oscar Roldán-Alzate

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Although Débora Arango’s art is well regarded today in her native Colombia, she had to fight against the conservative elite’s prejudice throughout her life.

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Feb

26

MOVIE AND A MINT: Sojourn of the Strings

6:30PM

Each month, a feature film or documentary relates to the Mint’s exhibitions or permanent collection.

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Feb

12

Open Studio: Drawing

6:30PM - 8:30PM

Adult Class

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Feb

27

Mini-Masters Art Workshops: Little Renaissance Painters (A.M.)

10:30AM - 11:45AM

Ages 3-5, accompanied by an adult.

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Feb

27

Mini-Masters Art Workshops: Little Renaissance Painters (P.M.)

1:30PM - 2:45PM

Ages 3-5, accompanied by an adult.

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Feb

28

F.O.O.D. VIP Preview

6:30PM

Ole, Ole … The Mint Goes Gourmet! Please join us to celebrate the appetizing and innovative exhibition F.O.O.D. (Food, Objects, Objectives, Design) at this special reception.

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Mar

01

First Look Friday and Mint to Move Cultural Dance Night

6:30PM - 11:00PM

Celebrate the openings of three new exhibitions, and enjoy this time of diversity and culture with people who just want to dance!

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Mar

02

Saturday Art Sessions: Mayan Scratch Art

10:00AM - 3:00PM

All ages. Explore the rich and colorful designs of Mayan art and create your own Ancient American-inspired scratch art design

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Mar

01

Big Bargain Sale

10:00AM - 6:00PM

The Mint Museum Shops are hosting their first-ever Big Bargain Sale!

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Feb

18

View the Creation of Saltwork in the Morrison Atrium

During regular museum hours, visitors are invited to watch artist Motoi Yamamoto create a site-specific saltwork in the Atrium.

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Mar

03

Antoni Miralda, celebrated artist and director of FoodCultura in Barcelona, and Annie Carlano, co-curated the exhibition F.O.O.D. will discuss its theme, some of the selected objects, and the unique installation design.

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Mar

03

Community Dismantling of Saltwork

1:30PM - 2:30PM

Motoi Yamamoto concludes each salt installation with a communal dismantling, and invites museum members and guests to participate in taking parts of his elaborate work away.

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Mar

05

LECTURE: Débora Arango and Frida Kahlo: Women Artists/Activists of Latin America

7:00PM - 8:00PM

Débora Arango and Frida Kahlo used their art to interpret the social, religious and political realities of their countries with an uncensored sensitivity and sensibility.

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Mar

09

Criss, Cross Mangosauce Bilingual Storytime

10:30AM - 11:30AM

All ages & languages welcome. Join the dynamic duo Criss, Cross Mangosauce for exciting bilingual music and stories!

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Mar

12

ArtFusion: F.O.O.D.

6:00PM - 9:00PM

When Art encounters the Arts. Meet up at the Mint on select Tuesdays for this innovative program blend. All programs are free and open to the public.

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Mar

15

FOOD: The Culinary Art

11:30AM - 1:00PM

With Timothy Cameron, Associate Professor at Johnson & Wales University

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Mar

16

The Founders’ Circle: A Benefit for CERF + a Tribute to Karen Karnes

4:00PM - 6:00PM

Festuring Guest Speaker: Brent Skidmore, CERF+ Board Member

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Mar

16

Master Workshop: Chambered Figures

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Adult Class

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Mar

17

Sunday Fun Day: Maze of Memories - The Art of Motoi Yamamoto

1:00PM - 4:00PM

All ages. Enjoy family-friendly craft projects, gallery visits, healthy living activities, artist demonstrations, and more!

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Mar

19

MOVIE AND A MINT: The Art of Romare Bearden

6:30PM

Each month, a feature film or documentary relates to the Mint’s exhibitions or permanent collection.

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Mar

19

Delhom Service League: The Tea Ceremony and Its Influence on Japanese Ceramics

10:00AM

Join us for a talk with potter Akira Satake about the tea ceremony and its influence on Japanese ceramics.

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Mar

20

Taste of the Mint

4:00PM

Explore a food tasting tour with small plate and drink pairings at two world-class restaurants at Mint Museum Uptown.

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Mar

21

Pecha Kucha Night Charlotte

7:30PM - 10:00PM

10 Presenters X 20 Slides X 20 Seconds Hosted by Q (Quentin Talley)

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Feb

09

Mud Work

10:00AM - 1:00PM

Ages 10-15. Be inspired by sculptures in the Museum’s permanent collection and create your own sculptural works using a combination of wheel and hand building techniques.

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Mar

24

The Mint Museum's 23rd Annual Regional Collegiate Art History Symposium

1:00PM - 3:00PM

Art History Symposium

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Mar

26

The Art of Collecting: Gallery 101

6:30PM - 7:30PM

A conversation with Katharine Hidell Thomas and Rebecca Brooks from Hidell Brooks.

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Mar

12

Conversations on Art & Philosophy: A Series with Eric Mullis (Evening)

6:30PM - 8:30PM

In collaboration with Queens University of Charlotte, Dr. Eric Mullis will lead each class in this fascinating new three-part series discussing art, aesthetics and philosophy.

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Mar

27

Mini-Masters Art Workshops: Clay Play Day (P.M.)

1:30PM - 2:45PM

Ages 3-5, accompanied by an adult.

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Mar

27

Mini-Masters Art Workshops: Clay Play Day (A.M.)

10:30AM - 11:45AM

Ages 3-5, accompanied by an adult.

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Feb

14

After School Class: Sculpt It

5:00PM - 6:30PM

Ages 6 - 9. All that is needed to make wonderful art projects is a bit of time and a lot of imagination.

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Mar

14

Conversations on Art & Philosophy: A Series with Eric Mullis (Morning)

10:00AM - 12:00PM

In collaboration with Queens University of Charlotte, Dr. Eric Mullis will lead each class in this fascinating new three-part series discussing art, aesthetics and philosophy.

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Apr

05

First Look Friday: American Glass and The Arts of Africa

6:30PM - 8:30PM

Celebrate the openings of two new exhibitions at Mint Museum Randolph featuring the Mint's permanent collections of American Glass and Arts of Africa!

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Apr

07

F.O.O.D. Stories: Food Memories from Area Writers

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Four Charlotte area writers share their delectable poems and stories that are inspired by memories of kitchens and food.

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Apr

09

ArtFusion: Return to the Sea

6:00PM - 9:00PM

When Art Encounters the Arts. Meet up at the Mint on select Tuesdays for this innovative program blend. All programs are free and open to the public.

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Apr

13

Mamá Goose: A Bilingual Play with Music and Dance for Young Audiences

10:30AM - 11:30AM

An adventure in bilingual nursery rhymes for children age 3-7!

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Apr

13

Master Workshop: Flower Photography with Jane Wiley

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Join art photographer, Jane Wiley, as she introduces the fine art of flower photography.

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Apr

16

MEET THE ARTIST: Cristina Córdova

6:30PM - 7:30PM

Puerto Rico native Cristina Córdova makes figurative ceramic sculptures of profound pathos.

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Apr

16

Delhom Service League: Uncorked! Wine, Objects, & Tradition

10:00AM

Leslie Grigsby will explore her recently concluded Winterthur exhibit "Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition," a joyous celebration of objects and imagery created in response to society's love of wine.

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Apr

20