On-Going Exhibits and Events


Listed below are Exhibits Closing Soon, Future Exhibits and Year-Round Activities Daily, Weekly and Monthly, plus Seasonal Events. (To submit an event or activity, email complete information to Listings Editor. For guidelines, click on Submit Event at the left.)

Exhibits Ending in August

Through August 16
“Communities in Action”: This exhibit is a component of “The Poor Among Us: Photography of Poverty in North Carolina” on view at the North Carolina Collection Gallery in Wilson Library. 4th Floor. The free public exhibit is on the UNC Campus. (North Carolina Collection Gallery), UNC Campus, South Road, Chapel Hill. Open weekdays, 9am – 5pm; Sat, 9am – 1pm; and Sun, 1 pm-5pm. Call (919) 962-1345 about this exhibit.

Through August 20
“Painter Jennifer Hahn and Sculptor Susan Wells.” Exhibition of their recent work. Opening reception will be on Last Friday July 30, 6:30-9:30. Jennifer Hahn has created paintings that focus on the endangered farmland in rural Orange County. Susan Wells’ current sculptural work is designed to energize spaces with clearing and connecting light. (Hillsborough Arts Council Gallery), 220-B S. Churton Street, Hillsborough. Open 1 pm – 5 pm Tuesday through Friday; 11 am – 4 pm Saturdays. (919) 643-2500.

Through August 22
“Dream Nature” paintings by Jean LeCluyse and Ellie Reinhold and metal sculpture by Renee Leverty. Public is invited to the opening reception on July 30 from 6-9 pm as part of Hillsborough’s Last Fridays. On display at Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, 121 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough. Regular hours are 11am-6pm, Mon-Thur; 11 am – 8 pm, Fri-Sat; and 1-4pm, Sun. (919) 732-5001.

Through August 25
“Laura Farrow.” Cup a Joe features pottery and multi-media by Laura Farrow at 120 W. King Street. The show runs from July 30-August 25. opening reception on July 30 from 6 – 9 pm. Part of Hillsborough’s Last Fridays. Regular hours are 6:30 am – 6 pm, Mon-Fri; 7 am – 5 pm, Sat and Sun. For more information call (919) 732-8056.

Through August 29
“Fortune Smiles: The Tyche Foundation Gift.” This collection of fifty-one works of art will be unveiled in its entirety in this special exhibition. The Tyche Foundation gift includes drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, calligraphy, and photographs. When viewed as a whole, the collection encompasses a wide stylistic range. Among the pieces included are a sensuous Greek head dating from 500 BCE, an exquisite and minutely-detailed Indian watercolor from the seventeenth century, and Edouard Manet’s first published etching (The Gypsies, 1862). Including nine examples of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century photography, twelve pieces of Asian art, and nine works by “old masters,” the Tyche Foundation gift is an astonishing collection of works marked by an uncompromising aesthetic quality. Ackland Art Museum, Franklin and Columbia streets, Chapel Hill. Hours are Wed-Sat, 10 am-5pm; till 8 pm on Thur; till 9 pm on 2nd Friday of month and Sun 1-5pm. Free. (919) 966-5736.

Through August 29
“An Eye on Nature”: Exhibit features selected works fy 2009 and 2010 graduates of the NC Botanical Garden’s Botanical Illustration Certificate Program. Opening reception is July 18 from 3 – 4 pm. < href=“http://www.ncbg.unc.edu”>North Carolina Botanical Garden, 100 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill. Open Weekdays 8 am – 5 pm, Saturdays 9 am – 6 pm and Sunday 1 pm – 6 pm. (919) 962-0522.

Through August 31
“Masks by Paperhand Puppet Intervention” exhibition in the East End Gallery. (ArtsCenter), 300-G E. Main Street, Carrboro. Open daily. Call (919) 929-2787.

Through August 31
“Our Stories Project”. Installation documenting the visual history of Chapel Hill and Carrboro in the Main Gallery. For more information click (here. ArtsCenter Center Main Gallery. (ArtsCenter), 300-G E. Main Street, Carrboro. Open daily. Call (919) 929-2787.

Current On-going Exhibits

Through September 5
“COLORS,” a unique curated show that fouses on the color spectrum, how we see and perceive color and how colors includence each others. FRANK also hosts Thursday Salons at 6 pm. August 19: Ken Smon – improvisational flutist and August 26: Pat Scheible Synesthesia: seeing letters and numbers in color. She will speak about her unusual relationship to color. 109 E. Franklin Street. Open Tue-Sat 11 am – 6pm; Thur till 8 pm; Sun 1 pm – 5 pm. (919) 636-4135, FRANK.

Through Sept 10
“Esse Quam Videri: Muslim Self-Portraits” is on view at the Fed Ex Global Education Center. Artist Todd Drake has worked with Muslims in North Carolina to create self-portraits that share real, rather than seeming, reflections of self to a wider audience. Muslims from a variety of backgrounds and living in a variety of communities across North Carolina participated in this series by working collaboratively with Drake to realize their own vision. Photographs, collaged images and self-drawn portraits were created with short essays to add context. (FedEx Global Education Center), corner of Pittsboro and McCauley streets. Open weekdays 8am-9pm and Sat 8am-4:30pm. Call (919) 962-2345.

Through Sept 30
“The Poor Among Us: Documentary Photographs of Poverty in North Carolina” is on view at the North Carolina Collection Gallery in Wilson Library. The free public exhibit is on the UNC Campus. (North Carolina Collection Gallery), UNC Campus, South Road, Chapel Hill. Open weekdays, 9am – 5pm; Sat, 9am – 1pm; and Sun, 1 pm-5pm. Call (919) 962-1172.

Through Sept 30
“See the World Through My Eyes: Travel Narratives from the Rare Book Collection.” Free exhibit at the Melba Remig Saltarelli Gallery in Wilson Library on the UNC Campus. (Wilson Library), UNC Campus, South Road, Chapel Hill. Open weekdays, 9am – 5pm; Sat, 9am – 1pm; and Sun, 1 pm-5pm. Call (919) 962-1143.

Through October 31
“Celebrating 100 Years of Service: The Orange County Public Library.” Did you know that where the Orange County Historical Museum now stands was once the site of two library buildings? Learn more about the history of the library at this special exhibit at the (Orange County Historical Museum). 201 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough. Celebrating 100 Years of Service uses photos, quilts, and text to bring to life the 100 years of the library serving the Hillsborough community. Displays discuss the history of the library and how it continues to bring the community together with its outreach programs. Free. Open Tue-Sat, 11 am – 4 pm; Sun, 1 pm – 4 pm. Call (919) 732-2201.

Through December 12
“The Burwell Family; A Genealogy.” This exhibit chronicles the family history of the Burwell, Bedell, Bott, Higginson, Robertson, and Spottswood families from colonial history until the early 20th century, family memorabilia, photographs, original letters, and other resources will be incorporated into this educational exhibit. Come and learn about the family that was so instrumental in women’s education in North Carolina, and perhaps, learn a little about your own genealogy. Burwell School Historic Site, 319 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough. Free. Open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 am – 4 pm and on Sunday from 1 pm. to 4 pm.

Through January 31, 2011
The award-winning creative arts progam Brushes with Life: Art, Artists, and Mental Illness, is showcasing the work of more than 50 local artists in its 16th exhibition. Media include watercolor, paper mache, acrylic, mixed media, sculpture, pastel, photography, textile, digital/computer art and poetry. Exhibition is on the third floor of the UNC Neurosciences Hospital and is free to the public from 8 am – 8 pm, seven days a week. Parking is available in the UNC Hospitals Dogwood Deck of Manning Drive and in nearby campus lots. Visit http://www.unchealthcare.org/site/aboutus/howtofindus for information call (919) 843-3794.

Upcoming Exhibits

August 18-31
“Summer Colors” fused glass functional and decorative items for the home by artist Nora Pardow Castillo and hand dyed one of a kind silk scarves by fiber artist Lorin Fields in the Spotlight Gallery. Womancraft Gifts, Chapel Hill’s oldest arts and craft co-operative with over 70 women and men. Located in The Shops at Eastgate, 1800 E. Franklin Street. Open 7 days a week. (919) 929-8362, Womancraft Gifts.

August 22-September 19
Photographs by Nicholas Graetz. Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, Horace Williams House, 610 E. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill. House hours are Tues-Fri, 10am-4pm and Sun, 1pm-4pm. Artist’s reception is August 22 from 2pm – 4 pm. Free. (919) 942-7818.

August 27-September 19
“New Horizons” paintings by Loletter Guthrie, encaustics by Peg Bachenheimer and fused glass by Susan Hope.and Ellie Reinhold and metal sculpture by Renee Leverty. Public is invited to the opening reception on August 27 from 6-9 pm as part of Hillsborough’s Last Fridays. On display at Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, 121 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough. Regular hours are 11am-6pm, Mon-Thur; 11 am – 8 pm, Fri-Sat; and 1-4pm, Sun. (919) 732-5001.

August 27-September 22
“Past and Present Work by Renee Montague”. Opening reception on August 27 as part of Last Fridays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm. Gallery hours by appointment. (919) 485-9754. Renee Montague Studio Gallery, 132 W. King Street, Hillsborough.

August 28-September 17
“Structures.” Ceremic Structures Exhibition. Opening reception as part of Hillsborough’s Last Friday event, August 27, 6:30-9:30. (Hillsborough Arts Council Gallery), 220-B S. Churton Street, Hillsborough. Open 1 pm – 5 pm Tuesday through Friday; 11 am – 4 pm Saturdays. (919) 643-2500.

September 1-15
The Allure of Jewelry” by Monica R. Hunter. Monica’s jewelry combines bold, simple shapes, and sparkling gems creating visual interest resulting in attention to the wearer. Womancraft Gifts, Chapel Hill’s oldest arts and craft co-operative with over 70 women and men. Located in The Shops at Eastgate, 1800 E. Franklin Street. Open 7 days a week. (919) 929-8362, Womancraft Gifts.

September 1-30
Pottery by Jason Abide exhibition in the East End Gallery. (ArtsCenter), 300-G E. Main Street, Carrboro. Open daily. Call (919) 929-2787.

Through August 31
“Paintings by Antoine Williams exhibition in the ArtsCenter Center Main Gallery. For more information click (ArtsCenter), 300-G E. Main Street, Carrboro. Open daily. Call (919) 929-2787.

September 1 – October 31
An exhibition of paintings inspired by nature, titled “Wild Things & Wild Wings,” will open at the DeBerry Botanical Art and Illustration Gallery at the North Carolina Botanical Garden on September 1. Primarily in watercolor, these paintings by local artist Miriam Sagasti will be on display until the end of October. A reception is scheduled for Sunday, September 12, from 2 to 4 p.m. and the public is invited. Sagasti works in three distinct styles, reflecting her varied interests and experiences. She has created many whimsical art pieces for children’s books as well as landscapes influenced by the bright colors of her native Peru and trips around the world. Her third artistic style is displayed in “Wild Things & Wild Wings”—botanical paintings and portraits of butterflies inspired by her love of nature. With watercolors and pencils she creates accurate, detailed renderings of plants, birds, and insects. North Carolina Botanical Garden. 100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill. Open 8 am – 5 pm weekdays, 9am – 5 pm Sat and 1pm – 5pm on Sun. 919) 962-0522.

September 11-November 13
“Sculpture in the Garden.” Every fall the display gardens at the North Carolina Botanical Garden sprout a crop of unique creations by North Carolina artists. A group of one-of-a kind sculptures placed amid the native wildflowers and shrubs delight garden visitors for two months. The opening reception is September 10. < href=“http://www.ncbg.unc.edu”>North Carolina Botanical Garden, 100 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill. Open Weekdays 8 am – 5 pm, Saturdays 9 am – 6 pm and Sunday 1 pm – 6 pm. (919) 962-0522.

Year-Round Daily

Afternoon Tea Service

The Carolina Inn has partnered with Replacements, Ltd., to give its afternoon teas a unique charm with vintage cups and saucers, and teas from Taylors of Harrogate, plus elegant portraits of teacups by local photographer Catharine Carter, displays of lovely old china cabinets, and historical photos of weddings celebrated here. The Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill. Mon-Sat, 3pm. Classic, $20; Royal, $26; . For reservations, call (919) 918-2735.

Cooking Lessons at A Southern Season (CLASS)

Chefs of all stripes (celebrity, executive, authors, etc) conduct classes most days of the week. A great way to learn new techniques and ideas, and to mingle with the glitterati of the kitchen. A Southern Season, Chapel Hill. Call for schedule and fees. (919) 929-7133.

KidZoom: The Power of Creativity!

Kidzu Children Museum’s first original exhibit by local artists, craftspeople, authors and others inspires children to exercise creativity in all areas of life and to imagine what the future can hold for their own community. KidZoom features three primary creation zones, all powered by children’s imaginations:
• “Green Thumb Garden-to-Table Market”.
• “Build-A-Dream Construction Zone”.
• “Kidoodle Moodle Art Studio”.
Kidzu Children’s Museum, Chapel Hill. Admission cost. (919) 933-1455.

Freedom’s Struggles: Reconstruction in Orange County

Permanent exhibit focuses on the reconstruction time period of Orange County immediately after the Civil War. Orange County Historical Museum, 201 N. Churton St. Hillsborough. Tues-Sat 11am-4pm, Sun. 1-4pm. (919) 732-2201.

Year-Round Weekly

Tour of the Gardens

Every Saturday (March to November), starting at the Totten Center, take a guided tour of the display gardens. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill. 10-11am. Free. (919) 962-0522.

Year-Round Monthly

Art After Dark

Every second Friday, enjoy evening hours with live music, a cash bar and occasional talks by museum and guest curators. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill. 5-9pm. Free admission. (919) 843-3676.

Tours of Coker Arboretum

Every third Saturday, an experienced tour guide will conduct a one-hour tour of this "jewel in the heart of Chapel Hill," a five-acre arbor and garden with more than 500 species of trees, shrubs and plants, created in 1903. Coker Arboretum, Chapel Hill. 11am. Free. (919) 962-0522.

Music in the Galleries

Every third Sunday, enjoy music in the galleries by a variety of performers, from classical quartets to live DJs. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill. 2-4pm. Free. (919) 843-3676.

Seasonal Events

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On-going exhibits and events run for long periods of time, like a month or over several months. Examples are museum, art and photography exhibits, outdoor farmers' markets and the like. We list them here because run over a multiple day, week or month period.