Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections
Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections will include nearly 100 works of art that span the career of
this internationally renowned, Charlotte‐born artist. The exhibition and subsequent national tour will
underscore not only Bearden’s artistic mastery, particularly in the technique of collage, but also
his development of narrative and thematic explorations of his native South. Collages, paintings,
watercolors, and prints will be assembled from The Mint Museum’s collection, as well as from
private a nd public collections. The exhibition will open on the centennial of Bearden’s birth, and
will examine how the South served as a source of inspiration throughout his career. This important
theme has never before been explored in any previous exhibition or writings on the artist.
Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections will travel nationally to two venues following
its debut at the Mint.
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Celebrating Romare Bearden's Centennial at The Mint Museum!
EVENTS, PERFORMANCES, PROGRAMS & CLASSES
All events are free for Mint members or with museum admission, unless otherwise noted.
For details and information click on the following links for all listings, tuition, class registration, tours, programs for K-12
students and teachers, parking, museum hours, memebership, admission, and education, or call 704.337.2098.
First Friday | Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections
Friday 2 September | 6:00-9:00 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown
Members FREE | Non-members: $10
Help us celebrate Romare Bearden’s 100th birthday with the opening of Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections. We’ll kick off the evening with the unveiling of our latest Bearden acquisition, Back Porch Serenade. Then, we invite you to listen to the sounds of the Charlotte Folk Society, taste a sampling of Southern Spreads, and create a garden-inspired masterpiece using liquid watercolor and collage. We’ll top it all off with a sneak preview of clips from WTVI’s Charlotte’s Bearden at 100.
Premiere: Romare Bearden’s Jazz Compositions in Performance
Sunday 4 September | 3:00 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown
Featuring a rare performance of some of Bearden’s written jazz compositions
Point/Counterpoint Dialogue: Bearden’s Charlotte Recollections
Sunday 11 September | 3:00 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown
Dr. Glenda Gilmore, historian, Yale University, and Dr. Richard Powell, art historian, Duke University
After-School Class: Maudell’s Secret Garden (Grades 1-3)
Five-part series: Thursdays 15, 22, 29 September & 6, 13 October | 4:00-5:30 p.m. | Mint Museum Randolph
Tuition: $100 Mint member | $130 non-member. Pre-registration required.
Children will work with the flowers found in Bearden’s celebration of Charlotte’s gardens.
Adult Master Class: Magic, Mystery, and Transformation
Saturday 17 September | 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown
Tuition: $100 Mint member | $130 non-member. Pre-registration required.
Explore the recurrent image of Conjur Woman in works that address enchantment and the female figure in
a social-cultural context. Tuition, pre-registration required.
Curator’s Tours: Southern Recollections
Wednesday 21 September, Sunday 16 October, and Wednesday 9 November
2:00 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown | Pre-registration requested.
Carla Hanzal, Curator of Contemporary Art and curator of Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections.
Lecture Series: Davidson College Faculty
Three-part series: Tuesdays 4, 25 October and 1 November | 7:00-8:30 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown
Multi-disciplinary discussions with Davidson College faculty: Dr. Shaw Smith (art history), Dr. Nancy Fairley (social anthropology), Dr. Bill Lawing (music)
Adult Painting and Drawing Class: Toward Paw’s Creek
Five-part series: Tuesdays 4, 11, 25 October & 1, 8 November | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown
Tuition: $120 Mint member | $150 non-member. Pre-registration required.
Explore Charlotte’s rich habitat in these mixed media landscape classes.
Conversation on the Art of Romare Bearden
Friday 14 October | 7:00 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown
Discussion with Ruth Fine, Curator of Special Projects in Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, and Herb Jackson, painter and Professor Emeritus, Davidson College
Sunday Fun Day
Sunday 16 October | 1:00-5:00 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown
Family drop-in activities celebrate the art of Romare Bearden.
Lecture: Bearden, The Spiral Group, and Africobra
Tuesday 18 October | 7:00 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown
Kyle Coleman, Education Outreach Assistant, Columbia Museum of Art, explores the parallels between two 1960s-era artists’ groups who began to define a unique black aesthetic.
Performance: Carolina Jazz of Coltrane, Monk, and Gillespie
Sunday 30 October | 3:00 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown
UNC Charlotte student jazz ensemble performs works composed and made famous by Carolina-born musicians.
Performance: Bearden’s Gospel Train
Tuesday 15 November | 6:00 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown
Charlotte vocalists and musicians will demonstrate how gospel music has influenced many other art forms, including blues, jazz, and rhythm and blues.
The Dramatic Vision of Romare Bearden and August Wilson:
Celebrating Art, Drama, and Jazz
Sunday 20 November | 3:00 p.m. | Mint Museum Uptown
Dr. Corlis Hayes, professor of English, Central Piedmont Community College, directs selected excerpts from
Bearden-inspired plays by the late Broadway playwright August Wilson.
The Warmth of Other Suns: An Evening with Isabel Wilkerson
Thursday 1 December | 7:00 p.m. | McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square, 345 North College Street
Hear author Isabel Wilkerson, whose book The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America’s Great Migration is the remarkable chronicle of the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the South to cities across the Northeast, Midwest, and West. In partnership with Levine Museum of the New South and Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture. Ticket: $12
Community Homecoming Weekend
6, 7 and 8 January 2012 | Mint Museum Uptown
Last chance to view Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections exhibition, with gallery tours, performances, music, and extended evening hours on Friday and Saturday.