The NCCU Art Museum is on the campus of North Carolina Central University, at 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham. It’s free to visit.
The museum contains one North Carolina’s best collections of works by African American artists and work that addresses the Black experience.
The museum’s current hours are:
- Tuesday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Sunday: 2 to 4 p.m.
Permanent Collection
The NCCU Art Museum’s permanent collection features works from three major 19th century African American artists: Robert S. Duncanson, Edward M. Bannister, and Henry Ossawa Tanner.
It also features work from significant artists from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and the WPA period of the 1930s, including Richmond Barthe, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett and Jacob Lawrence.
Maviyane-Davies Creative Defiance Exhibition
An exhibit with work by Zimbabwean graphic designer Chaz Maviyane-Davies will be at the NCCU Art Museum from February 16th to April 14th, 2022.
An opening reception will take place on Wednesday, February 16th, 2022, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. The reception, which is free and open to the public, will include a discussion with the artist.
Maviyane-Davies uses graphic design to influence social development and change. His work has been shown in more than 85 major international exhibitions. He has also successfully produced more than 27 one-man shows both nationally and internationally.
In response to adverse political conditions in his home country and with the confrontational nature of his work, Maviyane-Davies moved to the United States in 2001. He currently serves as professor emeritus at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
He is the author of “A World of Questions: 120 Posters on the Human Condition,” which contains 120 large posters that provides a view of original imagery to spark meaningful conversations.
Maviyane-Davies earned a bachelor’s degree from Middlesex University London and a master’s degree from Central School of Art and Design in London, England.
Press release from NCCU
Accessibility at NCCU Art Museum
The museum is all on one level, with no steps at the entrance.
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