Admission to NC Museum of Art, at 2110 Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh, is free, and there are also many events scheduled. Some of them are free as well. Make sure to check the NC Museum of Art calendar for other events and to make sure that there haven’t been any changes.
Here are a couple of the upcoming events:
Daily Museum Tours
Explore the Collection
Tuesdays–Fridays, 1:30 pm
Saturdays and Sundays, 11:30 am and 1:30 pm
Free; no registration required. Meet at West Building Information Desk.
Saturdays and Sundays 10:30 am
Free; Sign up that day; first come, first served. Meet at West Building Information Desk.Half-hour tours of permanent collection for kids age 5–11 and their adult companions. Join a Museum guide for a lively discussion and activities in the galleries.Themes change monthly.
Free; no registration required. Offered on select Saturdays; check the Museum’s calendar for times and dates.Are you interested in contemporary art, sustainability, natural history, or a little of all these things? Park tours are 60 to 90 minutes long and focus on the interaction of art and nature.The route is approximately two miles long, with variations in surface and incline. Walking shoes, hats, and water bottles are recommended.Park tours between September and May begin at 10:30 am. Park tours in June, July, and August begin at 9:30 am.
On Fridays in November and December, get $5 off exhibit tickets to Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism and Scott Avett: I N V I S I B L E. Tickets are normally $18 for adults, $15 for seniors (65+) and $12 for youth (7-18.) On Fridays they are $13, $10 and $7. You need to choose a time slot, subject to availability.
Note: The discount is not available for all time slots.
Information on the exhibits:
Experience the lives, loves, and influence of two art icons of the 20th century. Few artists have captured the public’s imagination with the force of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and her husband, the Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera. The myths that surrounded them in their lifetime arose not only from their significant bodies of work, but also from their friendships (and conflicts) with leading political figures and their passionate personal relationships. Both artists forged the way for Mexican art as a significant element of the 20th century and beyond. Similarly important is the legacy of Jacques and Natasha Gelman, who became Mexican citizens in 1942 and began amassing Mexican art by their close friends Kahlo and Rivera, as well as Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and others.
Ticketed with Scott Avett: INVISIBLE. Internationally recognized as co-founder of the band The Avett Brothers, Scott Avett has been a working artist, focusing on painting and printmaking, since he earned a BFA in studio art from East Carolina University in 2000. But until now this art-making part of his life has been a secret and a more solitary creative pursuit in comparison to his life as a musician, singer, and songwriter. Like his songs, Avett’s paintings speak to universal issues of spirituality and struggle, love and loss, heartache and joy, as well as more personal stories of career, family, and living in the South. The exhibition includes large-scale oil paintings, prints and paintings related to Avett’s musical career.
SOFA Social Outings for Artists
Friday, December 6th
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
$5 Members, $7 Nonmembers
EAST BUILDING, STUDIO 1
Gather with art buddies old and new to discover opportunities in the area (artist calls, residency information, and more). Bring a project, use our materials to create on the spot, or just hang.
Box Office | (919) 715-5923
Pop-Up Art: Festival of Lights
Sunday, December 8th, 2019
12 p.m.
West Building, Judaic Gallery
Free
View the Museum’s Hanukkah lamps and create your own sculptural lantern to take home.
Lecture: The Mad King of the Museum
Sunday, December 8th
3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Abram and Frances Pascher Kanof Lecture
EAST BUILDING, SECU AUDITORIUM
Saul under the Influence of the Evil Spirit, William Story’s marble masterpiece of the deranged first king of Israel, sat forgotten in a stately English country house for 150 years until it was recently acquired by the NCMA. John W. Coffey, deputy director for research, the Jim and Betty Becher Curator of American Art, and curator of Judaic art, discusses the creation of this remarkable statue in Rome, its triumphant exhibition in Dublin, its long sojourn at the Cotswolds manor house, and its arrival in Raleigh. Objects conservator Corey Smith Riley talks about the sometimes-comic cleaning of the grimy monarch and the restoration of a lost toe.
The lecture is followed by a musical performance of selections from Handel’s glorious oratorio Saul .
Free; ticket required
Box Office | (919) 715-5923
Duke Energy Family Night: Winter around the World
Friday, December 13th
5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Free, ticket required
Duke Energy Family Night
EAST BUILDING AND MUSEUM PLAZA
Experience the “winternational” celebration of the season! Discover family traditions from North Carolina and around the globe. Create art, enjoy free access to Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism, and have a special visit with Santa.
Free; ticket required
Box Office | (919) 715-5923
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