North Carolina Museum of Art is hosting a community day featuring free admission to Knowing the West. Through art making, performances, and community activities with local artists, visitors can explore the myths and realities of the American West. Western wear encouraged!
The event takes place Saturday,June 27, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m
This is a free event and no tickets are required.
Museum Park (near Welcome Center), 9 am–noon: Pop-Up Horse Portrait Studio
- Led by NCSU Reedy Creek Equine Farm and 4-H
- Meet and draw from live horse models with award-winning youth artists of 4-H
East Building, 10 am–4 pm: Artist Demonstrations and Hands-On Art Making
- Experience art up close with demonstrations of leather sculpting, beadwork, basket weaving, wet-plate collodion photography, printmaking, and more
- Bring arts of the West to life at hands-on art-making stations
- Show off your moves and join in lively line-dancing sessions
- Enjoy stories around the campfire
This event is part of the nationwide commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Through art making, performances, and community activities with local artists, visitors can explore the myths and realities of the American West and consider how its diverse stories continue to shape our understanding of freedom, identity, and belonging today.
Knowing the West
More about Knowing the West, which is on display through August 9, 2026.
Organized by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Knowing the West seeks to reframe the West not as a fixed place but as a shifting narrative. The interplay of works by artists from various cultures, including white, Black, Hispanic, Asian American, and a wide range of distinct Native nations, compels reconsideration of what the West has meant, and continues to mean, to communities across generations.
The exhibition’s dazzling array of objects and artwork—including paintings, basketry, textiles, pottery, sculpture, beadwork, saddles, and prints—encourages dialogue across media, uplifting historically marginalized perspectives and questioning long-standing hierarchies.
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