Free Digital Anime Online Workshop for teens from NC Museum of Art (plus more free activities)

NC Museum of Art, at 2110 Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh, re-opened on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020.

It is still free to visit, but you need timed tickets. The hours during this time will be Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

You can reserve your timed ticket in advance here. Tickets are also available at both buildings of the museum. Cash is not accepted.

Please read about the timed tickets and the other safety updates here.

Virtual and Live Events

You can see all the events here. Below are a few of them. Please follow the links, below, for each event, for full information and for registration.

NCMA Jukebox
Every day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free

The NCMA offers visitors four hours of continuous curated music from multiple cultural and musical perspectives. NCMA Jukebox encompasses the distinctive sounds of classical music and the improvisational stylings of jazz, the folk ballads of North Carolina Appalachian music, iconic songs of Motown, and syncopated rhythms of Latin America. About one-fourth of the music highlights collections and exhibitions at the Museum.

Anyone on the Museum campus may listen in the amphitheater daily from 11 am to 3 pm, keeping in mind state protocols for social distancing. Masks are required.

For those who’d like to listen from home, playlists are available on the Museum’s Spotify page.

Virtual Lunchtime Lecture: “A Museum for all the People: The NCMA between 1947 and 1960”
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
12 p.m.
Free (follow above link to register)

In the decade after World War II, North Carolina surprised art critics around the world when it appropriated over $1.5M in public funds to create a state art collection and museum for its four million citizens. Lyle Humphrey, associate curator of European art and collections history, tells the story of the NCMA’s founding and development between 1946 and 1960, including its purchase of an eye-popping core collection, early stewardship under a veteran museum director, Wilhelm R. Valentiner, and cultivation of a nationally significant donation from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. This lecture is presented in concert with the exhibition Miracle on Morgan Street: The Foundations of the NCMA, 1947–1960.

NCMA Film Club: Takeda
Friday, January 15th, 2021
7 p.m.
Free (follow above link to register)
Online

If you enjoy watching and talking about films, join NCMA for a meeting of the virtual NCMA Film Club! Watch the film at your convenience, and then join a Zoom discussion. This month’s selection is the Mexican documentary film Takeda, about Japanese painter Shinzaburo Takeda. Our special guest moderator for the discussion is Alex Piñeres, co-founder of the Cine Casual Film Series. The Cine Casual Film Series, founded by Giovanna Torres and Alex Piñeres, is a recent initiative screening award-winning Latin American films in Charlotte, N.C. They are the team behind cinecasual.com, an outlet dedicated to Ibero-American cinema, started in 2016.

Takeda (2017) Directed by Yaasib Vázquez Colmenares. 95 min. Mexico. NR.
Takeda is a film about the universality of human existence seen through the eyes of a Japanese painter who has adopted Mexican culture. Shinzaburo Takeda’s mission is to rescue the identity, honor, and tradition of ancient Japan through the Mexican muralist movement. On this journey he became enveloped in Mexico and its traditions, which evoke his past.
Takeda leads us through Mexico to connect with the nostalgia of a world full of rituals nearly extinct. Shinzaburo Takeda teaches us much more than technique; he teaches us to reconcile and discover the language of art to express and reflect upon our human condition.

Mindful Museum: Virtual Slow Art Appreciation
Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
7 p.m.
Free (follow above link to register) 
Online

Slow art is a growing movement to mindfully observe and appreciate art. This hourlong virtual program guides you through centering techniques and a breathing practice followed by an intentional observation of Allegorical Portrait of an Artist in Her Studio by Michiel van Musscher. Sharing and discussion are encouraged. This is a great practice to calm the mind and experience art in a deeper way. For ages 16 and up.

For questions on the content of this program, email Bryanne Senor.

How to prepare for this program:

• You are welcome to participate as much or as little you like. Though discussion and social interaction are main intentions of this program, it is fine if you prefer to have your mic and video turned off throughout. Please also be considerate of your fellow participants.
• Choose a quiet space with minimal distractions. Feel free to create as comfortable and calming of an area as you like. Sit in a supportive chair, dim the lights, or light a candle.
• While you can use a smartphone to join, for an optimal experience we recommend using a desktop, laptop, or tablet so that you can see slides and meeting tools on a larger screen.
• Log on a few minutes early to get familiar with the view options, chat box, and other functions.
• We’ll call on and identify participants by whatever name appears on their Zoom account.
• Use headphones and microphone for best sound quality, and silence alerts from nearby devices.

Mindful Museum: Virtual Family Growga Moment
Monday, January 25th, 2021
4 p.m.
Free (follow above link to register)
Online

Kids experience movement, mindfulness, and connection through fun and engaging virtual Growga programming. Each monthly 30-minute class, inspired by the Museum’s collection, incorporates games, yoga, and basic mindfulness techniques such as deep breathing and relaxation.

For ages 6 and up. Space is limited.

Please check back soon for the tour schedule.

 

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Upcoming Events in the Triangle -- both virtual and in-person

Check out our full events calendar, where you can enter any date, or look at the events for the next few days here:

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Thursday, January 21, 2021