[Durham INC] Fw: Artful Living, Feb. 2012

[Melissa Rooney]

See below. Good info from the NC Arts Council.
Melissa


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In this issue...
	* African American Contributions to the Arts
	* African American Cultural Events to Enjoy in North Carolina
	* Reynolds Price's New Music at Triad Stage
	* Calder's Art in Motion
Regional Arts Resources
For a complete list of other arts events in North Carolina, visit www.ncarts.org/events or check out these regional resources: 
	* Charlotte Culture Guide
	* Creative Wilmington
	* Classical Voice of North Carolina
	* Explore Alamance
	* Explore Caswell
	* Explore Chapel Hill
	* Explore Davidson County
	* Explore Davie
	* Explore Greensboro
	* Explore High Point
	* Explore Montgomery
	* Explore Randolph County
	* Explore Stokes
	* Explore Surry
	* Explore Yadkin Valley
	* IBX Arts
	* On Stage in N.C.
	* Winston-Salem City of the Arts  FEBRUARY 2012 
I ♥ the Arts in February
That warm feeling you're craving this month doesn't have  to come solely from chocolate, hearts and candy. North Carolina is heating up with  opportunities to experience music, dance, craft and literary events to satisfy  every interest. 
February is also Black History Month, and with African  Americans making up nearly one quarter of our state's population, there are ample  opportunities to honor and enjoy the artistic contributions they've made to our  lives. In this issue, learn about artists who have achieved historic firsts,  earned international acclaim and continue to add their brilliance to our  state's cultural identity.
In addition to finding African American artistic  highlights happening throughout our state this spring, you can also explore  Black History Month events at state historic sites, museums and libraries at  the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources' website.
N.C. native and internationally renowned writer, poet  and dramatist Reynolds Price is being honored this spring with a rarely seen  trilogy of his plays at Triad Stage as well as reading, discussion and visual  arts events happening throughout the Greensboro area. Share your recollections  of Price and his works for the chance to win a copy of Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont, written by Georgann  Eubanks, which features excerpts of Price's writings on Asheboro, Roxboro, Warrenton and more. Visit NCArtsEveryday.org for more details and for the opportunity to share your  remembrances. 

-David Potorti
Literature Director and Arts Editor
African American Contributions to the Arts
Which eastern N.C. town can you visit that gave birth to  the musical mainstays of the James Brown band? Where can you find a historical  marker honoring the author of the first book ever written by a slave — or any Southern  African American? Where can you see a National Historic Landmark that recalls  the furniture workshop of a renowned free African American furniture craftsman? 
From music to dance, visual arts to theater and craft to  literature, African Americans have made outstanding contributions to the arts  in N.C. Experience the places they lived, enjoy their musical legacy and  contemplate their words with our guide to African American Contributions to the  Arts. Also view excerpts from the 11th African American Cultural  Celebration at the Museum of History in Raleigh.
African American Cultural Events to Enjoy in North Carolina   
Music
Durham's John Brown Quintet, featuring vocalist Carmen Lundy, will present a  Valentine's concert and CD release party and dinner on Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 7  to 10 p.m. at the Cotton Room in Durham.  Tickets are available for a live concert performance only, or for an  accompanying three-course dinner.Click here to make reservations.
Finger-style Piedmont blues guitarist Boo Hanks will appear at the N.C.  Museum of History as part of its Music From the Carolinas series  presented by PineCone, Williams Mullen and WLHC-FM/WLQC-FM. The free  program takes place Sunday, Feb. 12, at 3 p.m. PineCone’s Down Home  Concert Series brings the Taj Mahal Trio to Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress  Energy Center, Raleigh, on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. For more information on  these events, visit  www.pinecone.org. 
The Williams Family, featuring Snow Hill gospel artist Dr. Mal Williams,  will perform at the Victory and Dominion Church, 1438 Highway 258/13 North,  Snow Hill on Thursday, March 29, as part of the Greene County Performing Arts  Series. 
World-renowned  South African vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo appears at Thalian Hall in  Wilmington, Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m. For more information, call (910)  632-2285 or visit www.thalianhall.org.
Jazz  at Lincoln Center drummer Alvin Atkinson and his quartet perform a family  concert exploring the diversity of jazz music from swing to boogaloo to  Afro-Cuban at UNC Wilmington's Kenan Auditorium, Saturday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m.  For more information, call (910) 962-3500 or visit www.uncw.edu/arts/jalc.html. 
Durham  bassist John Brown and his 15-piece big band joins with the North Carolina  Shakespeare Festival to present Such  Sweet Thunder, combining the works of William Shakespeare with the music of  jazz greats Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. They'll perform in three  locations: the International Ballroom at the International Home Furnishings  Center in High Point, Friday, March 30, at 8 p.m.; Charlotte's Booth Theatre,  Saturday, March 31, at 8 p.m.; and Durham's Cotton Room, Thursday, April 26, at  8 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.jbjazz.com/.
The late pianist Billy Taylor, a Greenville  native, served as a visiting distinguished professor at East Carolina   University. The school's  annual Billy Taylor Jazz Festival will be held Saturday, April 21. For more information, visit http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/music/jazz/jazz-festival/
Literature
The N.C. Museum of Art presents a free evening of poetry  hosted by Dr. L. Teresa Church, independent archivist and playwright, and Dr.  Sheila Smith McKoy, NC State University professor of English, Thursday, Feb. 16,  at 7 p.m. Hear spoken word poetry, some inspired by works in the museum's collection,  from area college students and district winners from the North Carolina Poetry  Out Loud competition, sponsored by the N.C. Arts Council and the National  Endowment for the Arts. For more information, visit http://ncartmuseum.org/  
North Carolina A&T State University's Creative Writing  Program celebrates the Obsidian Journal's special edition Aforebo: A Harvest of North Carolina Writers of African Descent as  part of its Carolina on My Mind Reading Series Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m.  Authors scheduled to read include Sandra Govan, Sheila Smith McKoy, Beverly  Burnette, Lenard D. Moore and others. The free program takes place in the  General Classroom Building, auditorium A218 (second floor) at the corner of North  Benbow and Sullivan Roads in Greensboro. Parking is available in lot G-1 on the  North Benbow Road side and at Aggie Stadium. For more information, contact Dr.  Anjail Rashida Ahmad, arahmad at ncat.edu or  (336) 334-7771, ext. 2370.
The  Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington will host a spoken word poetry jam featuring  local poets and music by Eclectic Soul Thursday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. For more  information, call (910) 763-0973 or visit www.cameronartmuseum.com. 
Theater
The N.C. Black Repertory Company in Winston-Salem presents a  double bill of stage works including Dr.  May Edward Chinn, based on the first African American woman doctor at  Harlem Hospital, and Big Mama Speaks,  based on Hannibal B. Johnson's bookBlack  Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa's Historic Greenwood District,  Friday, Feb. 17, at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 18, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and  Sunday, Feb. 19, at 3 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.nbtf.org/.  
Barefoot Theatre brings contemporary adaptations of two  folktales of the Baluba and Ashanti peoples, featuring Anansi the spider,  Elephant and other characters to the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh, Saturday,  Feb. 4, at 11 a.m. For more information, visit http://ncartmuseum.org/
Craft
Winston-Salem's Delta  Fine Arts features Loved Through the  Years: Three Centuries of Black Dolls highlighting African American dolls  from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries Sunday, Feb. 12, through Sunday, March  31. For more information, visit http://www.deltafinearts.org/

Reminiscing (one of a tryptich), Beverly McIver 
Visual Arts
 The work of Greensboro's Beverly McIver is on view in Reflections:  Portraits by Beverly McIver at the N.C. Museum of Art through Sunday, June 24. For more information, visit http://ncartmuseum.org/
Born and raised in eastern N.C., Wilmington artist Ivey  Hayes will be featured in Ivey Hayes: A Retrospective at NC Central University's Art Gallery, Sunday, Feb. 19, through Friday, April 20. 
Durham native Stephen Hayes' relief sculptures of former slaves can  be seen in Cash Crop at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African  American Arts + Culture in Charlotte through Saturday, June 30. The Gantt Center  is part of the Levine   Center for the Arts which  also includes the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art and the Mint Museum Uptown. 
Converge at the McColl Center in  Charlotte through Friday, March 23, features works from artists Sonya Clark and Quisqueya Henriquez exploring themes of identity
and  inclusion. For more information,  visit http://www.mccollcenter.org/.
Film
The 11th  annual North Carolina Black Film Festival, sponsored by the Black Arts Alliance,  will be held at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, Thursday, March 22,  through Monday, March 25. It features screenings of independent films by  African American filmmakers with guest artists, panel discussions, workshops  and more. For information, call (910) 612-7832 or visit www.blackartsalliance.org. 
UNC Wilmington  hosts an Intercultural Week and Festival celebrating the  rich diversity of cultures found within the university and the Wilmington  community, Monday, Feb. 13, through Sunday, Feb. 18, including film, theater, dance and lectures. For more information,  call (910) 962-3685 or visit www.uncw.edu/iweek.
Reynolds Price's New Music at Triad Stage  
Writer, poet and dramatist Reynolds Price, James B. Duke  Professor of English at Duke University, had achieved international acclaim  long before his death in January 2011. The N.C. native authored more than 40  novels, plays and collections of short stories and poetry, and his 1986 novel Kate Vaiden won the National Book  Critics Circle prize for the year's best work of fiction. 
Price is being honored by Triad Stage with a production of New Music, his family trilogy of plays  including August Snow,Night Dance and Better Days in rotating repertory from Sunday, Feb. 12, through Sunday,  March 18. This unique literary and theatrical event marks the second time all  three plays have been performed together since they were written in the 1980s.
Part one (August Snow and Night Dance) and part two (Better Days) can be viewed separately or  together in weekend marathon performances — see dates and order tickets at http://triadstage.org. Triad Stage's New Music Dramaturgy site includes a  list of Price's published works, background information, historical context,  photos and other materials which are being updated regularly. Visit the site at https://sites.google.com/site/triadstagenewmusicdramaturgy/home.   
One City, One Author Events
In conjunction with New Music, the Greensboro Public Library  has organized a series of more than two dozen “One City, One Author” community  events around Price's life and writing, running through April. Here are some of  the highlights. 
Local artist Jack Stratton will teach a four-part drawing  class, Reynolds Price: Artistic Impressions, on four consecutive Tuesdays:  February 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hirsch Wellness  Classroom Cone Center in Durham. For more information, call (336) 549-8367 or  email louise at hirschwellnessnetwork.org.
A two-part discussion of Price's A Whole New Life, recounting his journey from illness to healing,  will be led by Whitney Vanerwerff on Saturday, Feb. 11, and Saturday, Feb. 18,  from 10 a.m. to noon at the Cone Cancer Center in Durham. To register, call  (336) 832-0364 or email terry.moore-painter at conehealth.com.  On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the book also will be the topic of a lunchtime business  book group discussion. For location and details, call (336) 373-4559 or email martha.larson at greensboro-nc.gov. 
One City, One Author discussions of Price's books include A Whole New Life, Wednesday, Feb. 15,  at the Greensboro Central Library, and Kate  Vaiden, Thursday, Feb. 23, and Wednesday, March 7, at the Hemphill Branch  Library. All discussions take place at 7 p.m. A discussion entitled Art & Healing: A Whole New Life will  take place at the Greensboro   Historical Museum,  Tuesday, March 13. For more information, email steve.sumerford at greensboro-nc.gov. 
Reynolds Price: The  Teacher brings together five students from his long teaching career for a  discussion at the Central Library Thursday, March 15 at 7 p.m. They include  Helen Snow (1960s), David Guy (1970s), Stephen Martin (1980s), Wil Weldon  (1990s) and Braden Henricks (2000s). The 49-minute film Pass It On: A Portrait of the Teaching Career of Reynolds Price will be shown Monday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. at the Central Library. 
Festivities will conclude with Vic Strandberg's Toasts for Reynolds, featuring poetry  readings and toasts in Price's honor, Tuesday, Apr. 10, at 7:30 p.m. at Triad  Stage's UpStage Cabaret.
For more information about One City, One Author, visit www.friendsofthegreensborolibrary.org. 
Calder's Art in Motion
The  Nasher Museum of Art in Durham'sAlexander Calder and Contemporary Art:  Form, Balance, Joy features 34 Calder masterworks alongside the work of  seven contemporary artists who were influenced by Calder's legacy as a modern  sculptor, Thursday, Feb. 16, though Sunday, June 17. A member of the Paris avant-garde in the  1920s and 1930s, Calder was a prolific artist who invented the “mobile,” a word  coined by the French artist Marcel Duchamp. 
“He was the first artist to think about the fact that  sculpture could be in motion, and that the motion could be created by air, wind  and circulation rather than a motor,” says Sarah Schroth, Nancy Hanks Senior  Curator, Nasher Museum of Art. “It was a radical idea in its day, but now it's  something we use over every baby crib.” Although the form has become  ubiquitous, Schroth considers this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see so  many Calders from throughout his career together in one place. 
Originally trained as an engineer, it's Calder's sense of  balance and mechanics, not just aesthetics and composition, that makes him interesting  to contemporary artists, Schroth says. In fact, several Durham artists,  including sculptor Jeff Bell and visual artists Warren Hicks and Harrison Hayes  offered to assist with the installation — a job requiring many hands — because  of their interest in Calder's technical sophistication. The exhibition also  features Calder's “stabiles,” or mobiles that don't move, along with creative  re-uses of scrap metal and other found objects that might feel familiar to fans  of Vollis Simpson's work.   
“It truly is a happy show,” Schroth says. “Calder never lost  his playfulness. We hope people will come away with a feeling of joy, realizing  that all art is not heavy and conceptual, but that it can be ingenious,  inventive and elegant.” For more information, visit http://www.nasher.duke.edu/.
Fellowship Recipients in the Spotlight
For the first time in Boone, the works of 16 N.C. Arts  Council fellowship recipients from 2010–2011 will be on display at the Turchin  Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University Friday, April 6,  through Saturday, July 28. The exhibition includes pieces by 16 of the 18  artists awarded fellowships in choreography, craft, film and video and visual  arts, including Elizabeth Brim, Phoebe Brush, Kirk Fanelly, Gail Fredell, Maja  Godlewska, Christopher Holmes, Mark Iwinski, Young Kim, Anne Lemanski, Nava  Lubelski, Sean Pace, Susan Harbage Page, Vita Plume, Shoko Teruyama, Bob  Trotman and Linda Vista. “We’re excited about the chance to show the work of  these exemplary artists to the audiences in northwest North Carolina who I’m  sure will find the
quality and creativity on display inspirational,” said Jeff  Pettus, senior program director for artists and organizations, N.C. Arts  Council. “We’re fortunate to have these artists in our midst, producing  memorable work and adding substantively to the quality of life in our state.”  The N.C. Arts Council has supported the exhibition since the beginning of its  fellowship program more than 30 years ago.  
An  accompanying series of round table artist presentations are scheduled at the  Turchin Center on three Wednesdays: February 29, March 28 and April 25 at 7 p.m.,  followed by receptions at 8 p.m. Visit http://www.turchincenter.org/ for  participating artists and other details. 
Master  Potters and Rising Stars
The Randolph Arts Guild's 25th Annual N.C. Potters  Conference hosts three renowned potters, Cynthia Bringle (Penland), John Glick  (Detroit) and Jack Troy (Huntingdon, Pa.) for presentations and demonstrations  of their craft Friday, March 2, at 8 a.m. through Sunday, March 4, at noon at  the Moring Arts Center in Asheboro. Each has invited a favorite “up and  coming” potter whose techniques also will be highlighted. They include Ronan  Peterson (Poplar), Martha Grover (Red Lodge, Mont.), and Jake Johnson (Spring  Mills, Pa.). 
For more information or to register, visit:
http://www.randolphartsguild.com/events/potters-conference.html.
About the North Carolina Arts  Council
The North Carolina Arts Council works to make North Carolina  The Creative State where a robust arts industry produces a creative economy,  vibrant communities, children prepared for the 21st century and lives filled  with discovery and learning. The Arts Council accomplishes this in partnership  with artists and arts organizations, other organizations that use the arts to  make their communities stronger and North Carolinians — young and old — who  enjoy and participate in the arts. For more information, visit www.ncarts.org.
About the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
The N.C. Arts Council is a division of the N.C. Department of Cultural  Resources, which annually serves more than 19 million people through its 27  historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, the nation's first  state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the N.C. Arts  Council and the State Archives. 
The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources serves as a champion for N.C.'s creative  industry, which employs nearly 300,000 North Carolinians  and contributes more than $41 billion to the state's economy. To learn  more, visit www.ncculture.com. 
 
 
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