August 2013
Friday, August 2 | 11 am
Armchair Travel Series: Three French Provinces - Normandy
Breathtakingly beautiful photographs, many taken by Museum lecturer Joseph Covington, transport... Read more >
Friday, August 2 | 5:30 pm
Art in the Evening
Experience the NCMA after dark. Share small plates with friends. Wander the galleries. Relax... Read more >
Friday, August 2 | 6 pm
Friday Night Sound Bites: Master, Mistress, and Muse
Complementing the NCMA’s own collection of Rodin bronzes, the image of his lover, Camille... Read more >
Friday, August 2 | 7 pm
Friday Night Sound Bites: Master, Mistress, and Muse
Complementing the NCMA’s own collection of Rodin bronzes, the image of his lover, Camille... Read more >
Friday, August 2 | 9 pm
Drive
Driver, a nameless loner in a white satin scorpion-embellished jacket, takes the wheel for an... Read more >
Saturday, August 3 | 11 am
Meet Your Museum Tour
With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA... Read more >
Saturday, August 3 | 2 pm
Meet Your Museum Tour
With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA... Read more >
Saturday, August 3 | 8 pm
Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers
Bruce Hornsby is a musical wunderkind. The ever-restless and adventurous singer-pianist-composer... Read more >
Wednesday, August 7 | 12 pm
Drop-in Studio
Join us for a little hands-on art making time with the kids.
Wednesday, August 7 | 1 pm
Family Film
Children ages 5 and up (Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult).
This series... Read more >
Book Club Discussion: Cold Running Creek
Cold Running Creek, Zelda Lockhart
Following the lives of three generations of women... Read more >
Friday, August 9 | 5:30 pm
Art in the Evening
Experience the NCMA after dark. Share small plates with friends. Wander the galleries. Relax... Read more >
Friday, August 9 | 6 pm
Friday Night Sound Bites: The French Vogue for All Things Japanese
Enthralled by the beauty of Japanese art and design, 19th-century artists in France indulged in... Read more >
Friday, August 9 | 7 pm
Friday Night Sound Bites: The French Vogue for All Things Japanese
Enthralled by the beauty of Japanese art and design, 19th-century artists in France indulged in... Read more >
Friday, August 9 | 9 pm
Glory
Union officer Robert Gould Shaw commands the first regiment of black soldiers recruited for the... Read more >
Saturday, August 10 | 10 am
Family Fun Saturday: Animals of Ancient Egypt
From hawks and jackals to lowly beetles, animals were an important part of ancient Egyptian... Read more >
Saturday, August 10 | 1 pm
Family Fun Saturday: Animals of Ancient Egypt
From hawks and jackals to lowly beetles, animals were an important part of ancient Egyptian... Read more >
Saturday, August 10 | 9 pm
Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis deservedly won an Oscar for his portrayal of a president so determined to do... Read more >
Senior Sampler: Lost and Found
Take a closer look at the sculpture of Louise Nevelson, who transformed wood scraps and found... Read more >
Senior Sampler: Lost and Found
Take a closer look at the sculpture of Louise Nevelson, who transformed wood scraps and found... Read more >
Wednesday, August 14 | 12 pm
Drop-in Studio
Join us for a little hands-on art making time with the kids.
Wednesday, August 14 | 1 pm
Family Film
Children ages 5 and up (Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult).
This series... Read more >
Thursday, August 15 | 5:30 pm
Webinar for Teachers: Visual Literacy and the Common Core Part 1
“Reading” Visual Art
Explore text and language intersections with works of art from the... Read more >
Friday, August 16 | 5:30 pm
Art in the Evening
Experience the NCMA after dark. Share small plates with friends. Wander the galleries. Relax... Read more >
Friday, August 16 | 6 pm
Friday Night Sound Bites: The Language of Light
Explore impressionist paintings that celebrate this timeless focus: from the natural effects of... Read more >
Friday, August 16 | 7 pm
Friday Night Sound Bites: The Language of Light
Explore impressionist paintings that celebrate this timeless focus: from the natural effects of... Read more >
Moonrise Kingdom
In 1965 a pair of tween romantics reorient themselves along the New England coast, far from... Read more >
Saturday, August 17 | 10 am
Sculpture Workshop: Dynamic Torsos
Using the Museum’s Rodin collection as inspiration, award-winning sculptor Paris Alexander leads... Read more >
Saturday, August 17 | 8 pm
Tift Merritt
Hometown heroine Tift Merritt has established herself as one of America’s finest... Read more >
Sunday, August 18 | 10 am
Sculpture Workshop: Dynamic Torsos
Using the Museum’s Rodin collection as inspiration, award-winning sculptor Paris Alexander leads... Read more >
Wednesday, August 21 | 12 pm
Drop-in Studio
Join us for a little hands-on art making time with the kids.
Wednesday, August 21 | 1 pm
Family Film
Children ages 5 and up (Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult).
This series... Read more >
Thursday, August 22 | 5:30 pm
Webinar for Teachers: Visual Literacy and the Common Core Part 2
Unraveling the Common Core
Discover how the visual arts and the Common Core Anchor Standards... Read more >
Friday, August 23 | 11 am
Armchair Travel Series: Three French Provinces - Burgundy
Breathtakingly beautiful photographs, many taken by Museum lecturer Joseph Covington, transport... Read more >
Friday, August 23 | 5:30 pm
Art in the Evening
Experience the NCMA after dark. Share small plates with friends. Wander the galleries. Relax... Read more >
Friday, August 23 | 6 pm
Friday Night Sound Bites: The Impressionist Portrait
Whether featuring family members, friends, patrons, or simply a lingering glimpse of passers-by,... Read more >
Friday, August 23 | 7 pm
Friday Night Sound Bites: The Impressionist Portrait
Whether featuring family members, friends, patrons, or simply a lingering glimpse of passers-by,... Read more >
Friday, August 23 | 8:30 pm
Vertigo
This is ostensibly a twisty mystery about a detective with a fear of heights, but its true... Read more >
Saturday, August 24 | 10 am
Family Fun Saturday: A Walk in the Park
Artists helped lead the movement to establish our nation’s first national parks. Take a “trip”... Read more >
Saturday, August 24 | 1 pm
Family Fun Saturday: A Walk in the Park
Artists helped lead the movement to establish our nation’s first national parks. Take a “trip”... Read more >
Saturday, August 24 | 7 pm
Lost Bayou Ramblers followed by screening of Beasts of the Southern Wild
“Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring... Read more >
Tuesday, August 27 | 10 am
Senior Sampler: Summer Seascapes
Observe how artists have depicted water in its many conditions—from glassy stillness to crashing... Read more >
Tuesday, August 27 | 1:30 pm
Senior Sampler: Summer Seascapes
Observe how artists have depicted water in its many conditions—from glassy stillness to crashing... Read more >
Friday, August 30 | 5:30 pm
Art in the Evening
Experience the NCMA after dark. Share small plates with friends. Wander the galleries. Relax... Read more >
Friday Night Sound Bites: Mother and Child
Explore another timeless subject in art, mother and child, from Renaissance depictions of Mary... Read more >









