The Mint Museum

Free Art Kits
2023-10-04 11:00 - 2023-10-07 21:00, 2023-10-05 11:00 - 18:00, 2023-10-06 11:00 - 18:00, 2023-10-07 11:00 - 18:00 UTC | Mint Museum Randolph
Visit Mint Museum Randolph Wednesday through Saturday during museum hours to pick up a fun all-ages project to create at home (while supplies last).Free Art Kits are supported by Mint Museum Auxiliary.

Wednesday Night Live: 'When We Were Young the Moon Was a Living Star'
2023-10-04 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Mint Museum Uptown
Take a seat for theater troupe XOXO, Charlotte’s masters-of-the-absurd, as they present When We Were Young the Moon Was a Living Star (A multimedia response to Ionesco’s ‘The Chairs’).
Performance begins at 7:30 PM.
Event is free, cash bar.
Featuring: Jen Adams, Kadey Ballard, Eric Mullis and Jeremy Shane
Production design by Will Rudolph
Sound design by Shannon Hager
Stage managed by Amanda Labrie
Directed by Matt Cosper
Wednesday Night Live is presented by Bank of America.

Mint 2 Move Cultural Dance Night
2023-10-06 19:00 - 23:30 UTC | Mint Museum Uptown
Get ready to dance the night away with Latin, Afro-Latin, and American beats, fitness, fun, and friends. Don’t miss the The Art of Seating exhibition open until 9 PM. Take free dance lessons with Rumbao Latin Dance Company and enjoy live music with the Mint Latino Percussionists Trio and DJ Carlos LeBron, C’Leb Entertainment. Plus, watch live artists paint, visit cultural vendors, and take pictures at the balloon arch and welcome special guest, Eddy Kbrera, performing live from 7 – 8 PM.
Members | $11 Non-members | $14 with $1 discount before 9 PM
Mint 2 Move is sponsored by Arts & Science Council.

¡Prepárate para bailar toda la noche con ritmos latinos, afro-latinos y estadounidenses, ejercicio, diversión y amigos! No te pierdas la exposición “The Art of Seating” abierta hasta las 9 PM. Toma clases de baile gratuitas con Rumbao Latin Dance y disfruta de música en vivo con el Trío de Percusionistas Latinos del Mint y el DJ Carlos LeBron de C’Leb Entertainment. Además, observa a artistas en vivo mientras pintan, visita vendedores culturales y toma fotos en el arco de globos. También contaremos con la presencia del invitado especial Eddy Kbrera, quien se presentará en vivo de 7 a 8 PM.Mint 2 Move es patrocinado por el Arts & Science Council.

Yoga on the Lawn
2023-10-07 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-10-14 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-10-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-10-28 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Mint Museum Randolph
Participate in a one-hour yoga class with Dancing Lotus Yoga + Art select Saturdays on the front lawn at Mint Museum Randolph (weather permitting). Classes are free for Mint members using code MINT21 and $15 for non-members. Registration is required.
During the winter months, this class will be hosted inside Mint Museum Randolph.
Learn more about Dancing Lotus Yoga here.

Art of Reading: The Invention of Wings
2023-10-08 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Mint Museum Randolph
This program will create connections between a work of literature and the visual arts. After a brief discussion on “The Invention of Wings,” Mint Docents will present works of art in the galleries that help to bring to life historic events, social customs, and lifestyles of the time period depicted. All programs are 90 minutes.
Cost: Free with museum admission.

Member Moment: 'Walter Scott Lenox and American Belleek'
2023-10-08 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Mint Museum Randolph
Mint members can enjoy a lecture and gallery conversations in the Walter Scott Lenox and American Belleek exhibition with exhibition curator and Senior Curator of Decorative Arts Brian Gallagher. The exhibition presents the elegance of America’s Gilded Age and the artistic influence of Walter Scott Lenox through 80 objects on loan from notable public and private U.S. collections and the Mint’s own holdings.

Yoga at the Mint
2023-10-10 17:15 - 18:15, 2023-10-17 17:15 - 18:15, 2023-10-24 17:15 - 18:15, 2023-10-31 17:15 - 18:15 UTC | Mint Museum Uptown
Participate in a one-hour yoga class with Dancing Lotus Yoga + Arts every Tuesday from 5:15-6:15 PM at Mint Museum Uptown. Classes are free for Mint members using code MINT21 and $15 for nonmembers. Registration is required.
Learn more about Dancing Lotus Yoga here.

Art of Reading: Pride and Prejudice
2023-10-11 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Mint Museum Randolph
This program will create connections between a work of literature and the visual arts. After a brief discussion of “Pride and Prejudice,” Mint Docents will present works of art in the galleries that bring to life historic events, social customs, and lifestyles of the time period depicted in the book. All programs are 90 minutes.
Cost: Free with museum admission.

Walter Scott Lenox and American Belleek Opening Celebration
2023-10-15 13:00 - 16:30 UTC | Mint Museum Randolph
Celebrate the opening of Walter Scott Lenox and American Belleek. Featuring 80 works from the Mint’s permanent collection, as well as other notable public and private collections, this exhibition focuses solely on the earliest decades of American Belleek production and the role Walter Scott Lenox played in its development as an art form.
1 PM–2:30 PM | VIP Opening Afternoon Tea
2:30 PM – Museum opens to public
2:30–3:30 PM | Brian Gallagher, senior curator of Decorative Arts, presents an overview of the exhibition, discussing its central themes and highlighting some of its remarkable works of art.

Walter Scott Lenox and American Belleek Discussion
2023-10-15 14:30 - 15:30 UTC | Mint Museum Randolph
Brian Gallagher, Senior Curator of Decorative Arts, presents an overview of the exhibition, discussing its central themes and highlighting some of its remarkable works of art.

Drop In Art at Mint Randolph
2023-10-18 16:00 - 20:00, 2023-10-25 16:00 - 20:00, 2023-11-01 16:00 - 20:00 UTC | Mint Museum Randolph
All ages are invited to drop by the Art Room at Mint Museum Randolph between 4-8 PM for self-directed, creative fun. Explore drawing, clay, collage, and painting stations. A museum educator will be on hand to provide encouragement and helpful tips. For more information or to inquire about booking a group visit to the Art Room, contact Leslie Strauss at leslie.strauss@mintmuseum.org or by phone at 704.337.2050
*No program on November 22

Mindful Looking: The Art of Seating
2023-10-18 19:00 - 19:45 UTC | Mint Museum Uptown
Mindfulness encourages us to be more present with art, ourselves and each other. The Mint Museum brings mindfulness to the experience of looking at art and invites you to take a restorative pause in your day and engage deeply with a work of art.
Participants will delve into the details of the Centripetal Spring Chair and others in The Art of Seating exhibition.

ArtBreak
2023-10-19 12:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Mint Museum Uptown
Take a break in the day to hear from a museum docent about a work of art in the Mint’s collection.
ArtBreak
Third Thursday of each month | Noon-12:30 PM
Mint Museum Uptown
FREE

Double Feature Sunday
2023-10-22 13:00 - 16:00 UTC
Join Senior Curator of Decorative Arts Brian Gallagher for a tour of Walter Scott Lenox and American Belleek and then stay for a screening of the Martin Scorsese film “Age of Innocence.” Registration required.
1 PM: Curator-led tour with exhibition curator Brian Gallagher.
2–4 PM: Film screening of “Age of Innocence.”
Free with museum admission

Party in the Park
2023-10-29 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Mint Museum Randolph
Celebrate the opening of the installation Buscando la Sirena by artist Jackie Milad with free museum admission, food trucks, live music from the Mike Strauss Band, a cash bar on the front terrace (weather permitting).
In honor of Emotional Wellness Month, three local artists will also be onsite offering mindful painting exercises.
At 3 PM, Milad will join Jen Sudul Edwards, chief curator and curator of contemporary art, for an artist talk about her inspiration and process.
Presented by Principal Foundation.

Artist Talk: 'Buscando la sirena'
2023-10-29 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Mint Museum Randolph
Celebrate the opening of the newest Interventions installation Buscando la sirena. Artist Jackie Milad will join Jen Sudul Edwards, chief curator and curator of contemporary art, for an artist talk about her inspiration and process.
Jackie Milad makes paintings, collages, and sculptures that explore global migration, inspired by her identity as a first-generation American citizen. A daughter of immigrants—her father is Egyptian, and her mother is from the Gulf of Fonseca, a small region that is now part of Honduras—Milad’s work mines archaeological traditions of reading and trading cultural artifacts both by outsiders and those whose heritage is imbued within the artifacts.
“Buscando la sirena” delves into her mother’s heritage through created works and selected objects from the Mint’s permanent collection that connect to the Gulf of Fonseca.

Free Art Kits
2023-11-01 11:00 - 18:00, 2023-11-02 11:00 - 18:00 UTC | Mint Museum Randolph
Pick up an all-ages project to create at home (while supplies last). This month use a basic beading process to create a beaded keychain. Learn about bead artist Terri Greeves (Kiowa) and her intricately beaded high-heel sneakers, Fancy Dancing B’Ballers, now on view in New Acquisitions: Hardscapes/Dreamscapes at Mint Randolph.
Free Art kits are supported by Mint Museum Auxiliary.

Wednesday Night Live: 'Early Abstractions' Film Screening
2023-11-01 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Mint Museum Randolph
LOCATION CHANGE! This event has moved to Mint Museum Randolph. Parking is free and film screening will begin at 7 PM.
The Southern premiere of a new 4K restoration of Harry Smith’s pioneering short animated films created between 1946 and 1952. Inspired by Native American cultures, jazz, the Kabbala, and surrealism, Smith assembled his own cinematic universe of shape, color, light, and time. Lecture and discussion by Rani Singh, director of the Harry Smith Archives, following the screening.
About Harry Smith
Keenly attuned to the changing technologies of the day, Smith embraced innovation and used whatever was new and of the moment. At the same time, he was always in dialogue with history, and his lifelong interests in abstract art, metaphysics, spiritualism, folk art, and music from around the globe came to the fore as he devised ingenious ways of collecting sounds and creating films. These concerns make his practice increasingly prescient, as collecting, consuming, and sharing media continue to shape culture in the twenty-first century. Read the recent “NY Times” article about Harry Smith.
Wednesday Night Live is presented by Bank of America.
Museum admission and event are free. Galleries open until 9 PM.
