e-News from The Mint Museum | February 2, 2012 |
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Joel Smeltzer, School Programs Coordinator, shows STEM students three-dimesional properties of Danny Lane's Threshold. Photo by James Martin, The Mint Museum.
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Afterschool Studio Art Class:
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Teen Studio Art Class:
Feb 4, March 3, and May 5
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(3 Thursdays)
Feb 9, 16, and 23
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(3 Thursdays)
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Saturday Art Session:
Saturday, Feb 4
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Sunday Fun Day:
Sunday, Feb 19
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(Two Saturdays)
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Community Relations & JCSU:
Friday, Feb 10
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Feb 11, March 14, April 25
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 First Look Friday:Feb 10 - Mint Museum UPTOWN
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Take a departure from the traditional wine and chocolate this year and celebrate Valentine's Day at Halcyon with a Bitter Beer Dinner on Thursday, February 16. The evening will feature a five-course, meat-centric menu from Executive Chef Marc Jacksina tailored perfectly to the unique beer pairings from Mixologist Maggie Ruppert - including a finale of a Firkin from newly-opened NODA brewery.
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On January 19, The Mint Museum hosted an event, generously sponsored by Wells Fargo, to celebrate its historic collaboration with Opera Carolina, welcoming more than 100 guests from the museum's Crown Society and from Opera Carolina's Verdi Society. Invitees enjoyed a sophisticated, Japanese-themed evening, met artist Jun Kaneko, and wandered the museum's beautiful galleries. Be a part of future events like this by joining the Crown Society today! See the photos
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The Mint Museum partners with Google to offer a deal too good to pass up!
Google Offers, which launched in Charlotte in recent days and is now live in 38 cities across the U.S., sought out a partnership with The Mint Museum because of its strategic importance as one of the largest art museums in the Southeast.
The Offer:
$10 for two admission tickets to the Mint Museum (up to $20 value), plus $10 off annual membership.
Each person may purchase up to five of the offers, or 10 tickets total, and these are great for gifts as well! See the offer
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Mystery, murder and intrigue unfold at the Mint Museum Uptown at Levine Center for the Arts and throughout Center City Charlotte with a story by an anonymous writer. The Lady of Charlotte follows the investigation of a murder at the Mint Museum Uptown and it's going to take the cooperation of the community to solve the crime! Read more
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What better time for a free getaway to arts & culture? Your Bank of America or Merrill Lynch card gets you into the Mint Museum for free this weekend. Take advantage of the Museum on Us program on the first full weekend of every month - all for free and all just for being a customer.
Offer valid the first full weekend of the month. Photo ID and valid Bank of America/Merrill Lynch credit or debit card must be presented. One free general admission limited to cardholder at participating institution.
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Saturday, February 4 2012
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Mint Museum RANDOLPH
Drop-ins and all ages welcome!
We provide the art supplies, you provide the imagination! Projects are inspired by the museum collections and are appropriate for the entire family. Read more
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 Saturday, February 4 201211 a.m. and repeated at 2 p.m.
Mint Museum UPTOWN
Free for Mint and Bechtler Museum members; $9 for adults; free for children ages 8-12 accompanied by an adult.
To reserve a space, visit mckineticworks.org or call (704) 338-1533
In a unique twist on the idea of a scavenger hunt, visitors will observe dance performances, and then hunt for the works of art that served as inspiration. Kinetic Works dancers will perform two short original pieces based on a work of art in the Mint and a work at the Bechtler. Visitors will start with the performance at the Mint, and conclude at the Bechtler. A wrap-up discussion will reinforce the link between the visual choreography and the art collection. This project is partially funded by an Arts and Audiences grant from the North Carolina Arts Council. Read more
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 UPCOMING & FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
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Mint Museum UPTOWN See all exhibitions
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 Surrealism and Beyond (Opening soon)
Sunday, 11 February 2012 - 13 May 2012 |
 Jun Kaneko: In the Round
On view through Sunday, 29 April 2012 Mint Museum UPTOWN Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1942, Jun Kaneko came to the United States in 1963 to study painting at the Chouinard Institute of Art in Los Angeles, now the California Institute for the Arts, where he became interested in sculptural ceramics. Studying in California with Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, and Jerry Rothman, he became immersed in what is now known as the contemporary ceramics movement. Kaneko has taught at some of the nation's leading art schools, including Scripps College... Read More |
Mint Museum RANDOLPH See all exhibitions
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 A Thriving Tradition: 75 Years of Collecting North Carolina Pottery
On view through Sunday, 6 January 2013 Mint Museum RANDOLPH
The Mint Museum proudly acknowledges the vital role of collectors, past and present, in making its North Carolina pottery collection one of the largest and most important in the country in the special exhibition... Read More
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Aesthetic Ambitions: Edward Lycett and Brooklyn's Faience Manufacturing Company
On view through Sunday, 26 February 2012
Mint Museum RANDOLPH
This exhibition includes more than 40 objects drawn from public and private collections. Plaques, plates, ewers, vases, and decorative wares will illustrate Lycett's talent and adaptability to stylistic change over the course of his nearly 50-year career. In addition, Lycett's formula books, family photographs, and ephemera will further illuminate the life and work of this prominent figure in American ceramic history... Read More |
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The Mint Museum | 704.337.2000 | mintmuseum.org
Mint Museum UPTOWN at Levine Center for the Arts | 500 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
Mint Museum RANDOLPH | 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC 28207
CREDITS: Danny Lane, Threshold, 2010. Stacked plate glass, molded glass, steel. Kay Sage, On the First of March, Crows Begin to Search, 1947. Oil on canvas. Jun Kaneko. Untitled, Dango, 2009. Glazed ceramic, 82 x 72 x 27. Eric Knoche, American, active circa 2002 - present. Large Vessel 2010, stoneware. Gift of the Delhom Service League: 2010 Potters Market Invitational. Edward Lycett, Date Created: 1886-1890, Manufacturer: Faience Manufacturing Company | The Mint Museum is funded, in part, with operating support from the Arts Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Inc., the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources; the City of Charlotte; and its members.
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