NC State’s Gregg Museum of Art & Design, at 1903 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, is open to the public and free to visit. Free parking is available adjacent to the building.
Currently open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Read on to learn about Gregg Museum’s current exhibits and upcoming events. Or jump right to the events!
Current and Upcoming Exhibits
Amazing Grace, Confronting the Enduring Legacy
February 6 to August 2, 2025
Amazing Grace, Confronting the Enduring Legacy is an immersive installation by Carl Joe Williams combining painting, video, and found objects to guide viewers through exploring humanity’s complexities and challenging the notion of race as a social construct. Amazing Grace, Confronting the Enduring Legacy emerges as a visionary art installation that seeks to bridge divides through collaborative creation. This transformative project, conceived as a partnership between students and faculty, aims to illuminate our shared humanity while catalyzing vital conversations about our collective future. Born and raised in New Orleans, Williams’ cultural heritage is reflected in his pieces, and his installations are celebrated for their dynamic blend of color, texture, and form.
Art2Wear: Through the Archives
March 1 to August 1, 2025
As part of its 2025 celebration, Art2Wear presents the exhibition Art2Wear: Through the Archives, showcasing archival garments that symbolize creativity, boldness, and innovation. These pieces reflect diverse themes from their eras, allowing visitors to appreciate the evolution of Art2Wear and the craftsmanship of NC State students.
Your Brain on Art: Reimagining the Gregg Museum’s Collection Through Neuroarts
March 20 to September 27, 2025
Your Brain on Art reimagines the Gregg Museum’s diverse collection to illuminate the profound insights of Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross’s best-selling book, Your Brain on Art, a groundbreaking work reshaping the realms of neuroscience and the arts. Visitors will embark on an enriching journey through the Gregg Museum’s collection, inspired by the transformative findings of the book. As the healthcare industry shifts towards whole health, medical professionals are now prescribing museum visits to combat feelings of loneliness and dementia. We invite you to experience Your Brain on Art and immerse yourself in meditation, drawing and sound activities curated by the Gregg Museum’s education team while discovering artworks in the gallery that punctuate the impact of art on sensory experiences, personal curation and holistic well-being. This exhibition has been co-created by a collaborative NC State faculty group, including Neurosciences, the College of Design and the College of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Upcoming Events
Summer Music at the Gregg Museum Lawn: Barefoot Manner
Friday, June 27, 2025
7 to 9 p.m.
Free (please RSVP here)
Bring a picnic blanket and friends and experience music and community on the Gregg Museum’s front lawn for this summer’s music concert series. Don’t miss the chance to hear Barefoot Manner!
Barefoot Manner started playing together in its current configuration in 2002 and has been at it continuously since those early, fateful days of national touring, major festivals in all parts of the country and multiple albums of original material. Barefoot Manner has a passion for making music and mixing in different influences. While rooted in bluegrass and related acoustic music, the band fearlessly explores other genres seamlessly weaving them together in a fresh, new way with lots of improvisation and stellar vocal harmonies.
About the summer music concert series: The concert series at the Gregg Museum will feature various genres such as bluegrass, hiphop, and folk. Local musicians will perform in the Gregg Museum’s front lawn and provide a space for inspiration and entertainment.
Family Fun Day at the Gregg Museum
Saturday, July 12, 2025
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Free (please RSVP here.)
Join the Gregg Museum staff for a family fun day on the front lawn, featuring several local artists and organizations in the Triangle area! The Scrap Exchange will be leading a MAKE ART NOT TRASH! creative activity from 9-11 a.m. and there will be an interactive workshop led by Jeghetto from 11-11:45 a.m. The Raleigh Bubble Man and Howling Cow ice cream will be available during the duration of the event.
The Scrap Exchange is a reuse crafting station. Using preloved materials from their reuse center, there will be several blue barrels of large structural items and boxes of smaller decorative materials to make Scrap Magic come to life. Help everyday items enjoy a second life through reuse art!
Tarish Pipkins aka Jeghetto has been building and performing with his unique style of puppetry for over 20 years. Join Jeghetto as he shows off his moving sculptures in his interactive production titled Jeghetto’s Workshop. It’s an amazing family show for all ages.
Ken Thomas, also known as the Raleigh Bubble Man, travels around Raleigh giving free bubble shows to the public. You may spot him at local parks and museums around Raleigh. We’re blown away!
Howling Cow is made on NC State’s campus in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Science’s Feldmeier Dairy Processing Lab in Schaub Hall. The facility is proudly student operated and is a tasty way to support the education of tomorrow’s dairy leaders — and our great state.
Summer Music at The Gregg Museum Lawn: Também
Friday, July 25, 2025
7 to 9 p.m.
Free (please RSVP here.)
Bring a picnic blanket and friends and experience music and community on the Gregg Museum’s front lawn for this summer’s music concert series. Don’t miss the chance to hear Também!
Também is a trio of musicians who compose, record, and perform original works of music together. With a do-it-yourself approach they produce their eclectic, groove-driven music in a home studio, finding inspiration everywhere from Herbie Hancock’s angular improvisations to the contemplative poetics of Rumi to the multi-textural otherworldliness of Brazilian composer Hermeto Pascoal. Poetic lyricism, earnest vocals, and a palpable deep listening all form the trio’s down to earth aesthetic. Since its inception in 2018, Também has released two studio albums: Esmeralda (2022), and Echo (2023), a project which was funded by the North Carolina Arts Council. Também has brought its colorful soundscape across the Southeast as a featured performer at numerous events including the North Carolina State Fair, Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival, the Koka Booth Amphitheater Jazz Series, Boonerang Festival and the Floyd Yoga Jam.
About the summer music concert series: The concert series at the Gregg Museum will feature various genres such as bluegrass, hiphop, and folk. Local musicians will perform in the Gregg Museum’s front lawn and provide a space for inspiration and entertainment.
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