The Museum is open with updated hours, Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm, required free timed tickets to encourage social distancing, and increased health and safety procedures including required cloth masks. Learn more about these updates at ncartmuseum.org/covid19. Museum from Home programming continues, including virtual events.
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Wednesday, March 3
| 7 pm
Unwind while seeing art created. This mesmerizing hour-long virtual experience guides you through a brief centering practice and lets you watch, live and up close, a local...
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Wednesday, March 3
| 8 pm
Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often-daring repertory choices over the past 26 years, the Pacifica Quartet has achieved international...
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Saturday, March 6
| 1:30 pm
Encaustic paintings from ancient Egypt are still on view today. What makes their colors so vibrant and marks so expressive? Learn how to begin painting with wax from a...
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Sunday, March 7
| 2 pm
The evolution of diseases and their role in human history can be discovered through archaeological evidence provided by the study of mummies. This is done using traditional...
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Tuesday, March 9
| 7 pm
Drawing upon themes from Golden Mummies of Egypt, this two-hour virtual workshop intimately explores death, dying, and life transitions, and it’s actually not morbid at...
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Thursday, March 11
| Noon
Join us this Women’s History Month as we consider the intersections of power and identity via the NCMA’s contemporary art collection. Hear from Mellon Foundation Assistant...
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Thursday, March 11
| 7 pm
Join us for a sensory journey to Africa while exploring Lines That Link Humanity by El Anatsui. We’ve partnered with Arts Access and On My Way Bartending to offer this...
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Wednesday, March 17
| 7 pm
Slow art is a growing movement to mindfully observe and communally appreciate art. This hour-long virtual program offers centering techniques and a breathing practice...
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Friday, March 19
| 7 pm
If you enjoy watching and talking about films, join us for a virtual meeting of the NCMA Film Club! To celebrate Women’s History Month, we are featuring the documentary...
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Saturday, March 20
| 1:30 pm
Use paint and mixed-media materials in unexpected ways to create expressive works of art. Working with random prompts, tap into your wild and wonderful subconscious. This...
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Saturday, March 20
| 8 pm
Violin and viola soloist, conductor, and chamber musician Pinchas Zukerman is known for the expressive lyricism of his playing, singular beauty of tone, and impeccable...
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Monday, March 22
| 4 pm
Kids experience movement, mindfulness, and connection through fun and engaging virtual Growga programming. Each monthly 30-minute class, inspired by the Museum's...
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Monday, March 22
| 8 pm
Praised by the Washington Post for “captivating” performances that draw from its notable “meld of intellect, technique and emotions,” the Aizuri Quartet was awarded the...
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Tuesday, March 23
| 6:30 pm
The Yoga Almanac, co-authored by Raleigh yoga teacher Andrea Rice, aligns yoga with the astrological seasons. Join Rice for this two-hour virtual experience to embody the...
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Wednesday, March 24
| 7 pm
Tune in to NCMA in Dialogue for thought-provoking conversations with artists, musicians, and filmmakers as we approach the timely and important topics of society and...
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Wednesday, March 24
| 7 pm
Join the NCMA and the Friends of the Judaic Art Gallery for the inaugural Freedom Seder, a time to recognize freedom from slavery, remember stories of liberation, and lift...
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Thursday, March 25
| 7 pm
Women artists have been marginalized for centuries and underrepresented in most museums, including the NCMA. The Museum is working to challenge and change this oversight...
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Tuesday, March 30
| 8 am
The NCMA offers educators a series of minicourses on the connections between art and science accessible Tuesday, March 30 through Tuesday, May 25. Participants explore...
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Wednesday, April 7
| 7 pm
Join writer-scholar Jameela F. Dallis to write poems inspired by the Museum’s collection. Ekphrasis means description in Greek, and ekphrastic poems are often vivid...
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Thursday, April 8
| Noon
NCMA Director Valerie Hillings reflects upon various milestones in the Museum’s history and previews some exciting future plans.
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Saturday, April 10
| 1:30 pm
Examine the evolution of sacred art—from ancient Egyptian to contemporary. Learn about significant mathematical and historical themes that influenced art making, such as...
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Saturday, April 10
| 8 pm
Hailed by the Boston Globe as “the most important American quartet in history,” the Juilliard String Quartet draws on a deep and vital engagement to the classics while...
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Saturday, April 17
| Noon
British Egyptologist Flinders Petrie was keen on matching skulls with mummy masks and portraits and identifying what he believed to be racial types. Join Dr. Campbell Price...
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Wednesday, April 21
| 7 pm
Tune in to NCMA in Dialogue for thought-provoking conversations with artists, musicians, and filmmakers as we approach the timely and important topics of society and...
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Wednesday, April 21
| 7 pm
Slow art is a growing movement to mindfully observe and communally appreciate art. This hour-long virtual program offers centering techniques and a breathing practice...
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Monday, April 26
| 4 pm
Kids experience movement, mindfulness, and connection through fun and engaging virtual Growga programming. Each monthly 30-minute class, inspired by the Museum's...
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Saturday, May 8
| 1:30 pm
Take a more intuitive approach to painting as you learn to let loose and paint your mind’s-eye impressions of memories, dreams, and landscapes. Follow step-by-step demos...
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Saturday, May 8
| 8 pm
The Havana-born Gavilán Brothers perform original music from their breathtaking album, Brothers, composed by Aldo López-Gavilán and arranged for violin and piano by Ilmar...
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Thursday, May 13
| Noon
Gilded faces and stunning portraits, fancy wrappings and colorful trappings were synonymous with hope for the afterlife and the continuation of millennia-old traditions in...
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Saturday, May 15
| 8 pm
The recipient of Chamber Music America’s coveted Cleveland Quartet Award in 2020, the Verona Quartet is no stranger to the Triangle, having completed residencies in Durham...
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Wednesday, May 19
| 7 pm
Slow art is a growing movement to mindfully observe and communally appreciate art. This hour-long virtual program offers centering techniques and a breathing practice...
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Wednesday, May 19
| 7 pm
Tune in to NCMA in Dialogue for thought-provoking conversations with artists, musicians, and filmmakers as we approach the timely and important topics of society and...
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Thursday, May 20
| 7 pm
This panel discussion on the exhibition To Be Young: Coming of Age in the Contemporary features photographers Faith Couch and Jaylan Rhea in conversation with exhibition...
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Saturday, May 22
| 10 am
Discover the exhibition Golden Mummies of Egypt with special activities just for families! This family day takes place both virtually and in person.
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Monday, May 24
| 4 pm
Kids experience movement, mindfulness, and connection through fun and engaging virtual Growga programming. Each monthly 30-minute class, inspired by the Museum's...
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Thursday, May 27
| 7 pm
In the early 1950s, North Carolina invested $1 million in a state art collection, leading to the creation of the North Carolina Museum of Art in 1956. Lyle Humphrey,...
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Wednesday, June 23
| 1 pm
Work in small groups to share the art in your portfolio with peers, NCMA staff, and college art faculty members. Get support and helpful feedback as you prepare to submit...
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Wednesday, July 21
| 1 pm
Work in small groups to share the art in your portfolio with peers, NCMA staff, and college art faculty members. Get support and helpful feedback as you prepare to submit...
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Wednesday, August 18
| 1 pm
Work in small groups to share the art in your portfolio with peers, NCMA staff, and college art faculty members. Get support and helpful feedback as you prepare to submit...
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