In addition to the Mint Museum's Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections exhibition, a variety of arts and cultural organizations throughout Charlotte will be celebrating Romare Bearden's 100th birthday in 2011.Check out the entire lineup of events at Charlotte Celebrates Bearden.
Mecklenburg County commissioners have agreed on funding for the Romare Bearden park. Groundbreaking is set for September 2, Bearden's 100th birthday!
JULY
Central Piedmont Community College Elizabeth Ross Gallery presents Critical Culture: Remembering Romare Bearden, featuring regional artists Tonya Gregg, Ginny Boyd, and David Wilson who embraced Bearden’s vision through an examination of contemporary vernacular culture. July 19- September 9.
AUGUST
Davidson College Van Every/Smith Galleries presents Kendall Buster: Permanent Installations, the artist commissioned to create sculpture for the planned Romare Bearden Park, August 26- October 26. Opening reception is August 25, 7- 9pm.
Romare Bearden: Southern RecollectionsExhibition Preview is August 31 at 6 pm, reservations are required.
SEPTEMBER
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art presents a middle school artist project, Before Bearden: In-School Artist Residencies, September 1- December 31.
Future site of Romare Bearden Park (corner of Church and Third Streets) groundbreaking ceremony, September 2.
Mint Museum Uptown presents First Friday Exhibition Opening with gallery tours, live entertainment, hands-on collage activities, cash bar, and Bearden birthday celebrations, September 2, 6- 10pm.
Mint Museum Uptown presents the premiere of Romare Bearden's Jazz Compositions in Performance, a rare performance of some of Bearden's written jazz compositions, September 4, 3pm.
WTVI premiers Steve Crump's Charlotte's Bearden at 100 on September 7. A sneak preview of clips will be shown at the First Friday Exhibition Opening on September 2.
Mint Museum Uptown presents a point/counterpoint dialogue, Bearden's Charlotte Recollections with guests Dr. Glenda Gilmore, historian at Yale University and Dr. Richard Powell, art historian at Duke University, September 11, 3pm.
ImaginOn presents Romare Bearden: Li'l Dan The Drummer Boy, original book illustrations, September 15- October 15.
Mint Museum Randolph presents the after-school class, Maudell's Secret Garden (Grades 1- 3). Children will work with the flowers found in Bearden's celebration of Charlotte's gardens. Tuition, pre-registration required. September 15, 22, 29, 4- 5:30pm. Five-part series continues into October.
Mint Museum Uptown presents the adult master class, Magic, Mystery and Transformation. Explore the recurrent image of Conjur Woman in works that address enchantment and the female figure in a social-cultural context. Tuition, pre-registration required, September 17, 10am- 4pm.
Mint Museum Uptown presents Curator's Tours of Southern Recollections, with Carla Hanzal, Curator of Contemporary Art and curator of Southern Recollections. Pre-registration requested. September 21, 2pm.
OCTOBER
Mint Museum Uptown presents the adult painting and drawing class Toward Paw's Creek. Explore Charlotte's rich habitat in these mixed media landscape classes. Tuition, pre-registration required. October 4, 11, 25, 6:30- 8:30pm. Five-part series continues into November.
Mint Museum Uptown presents a three-part Lecture Series with multi-disciplinary discussions with Davidson College faculty: Dr. Shaw Smith (art history), Dr. Nancy Fairley (social anthropology), Dr. Bill Lawing (music). October 4, 25, 7- 8:30pm. Continues into November.
Mint Museum Randolph presents the after-school class Maudell's Secret Garden (Grades 1-3). Children will work with the flowers found in Bearden's celebration of Charlotte's gardens. Tuition, pre-registration required. Continuation of five-part series, October 6, 13, 4- 5:30pm.
Mint Museum Uptown presents Conversation on the Art of Romare Bearden, a discussion with Ruth Fine, Curator of Special Projects in Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, and Herb Jackson, painter and Professor Emeritus, Davidson College, October 14, 7pm.
Mint Musem Uptown presents Sunday Fun Day, a family drop-in of activities celebrating the art of Romare Bearden, October 16, 1- 5pm.
Mint Museum Uptown presents Curator's Tours of Southern Recollections, with Carla Hanzal, Curator of Contemporary Art and curator of Southern Recollections. Pre-registration requested. October 16, 2pm.
Mint Museum Uptown presents the lecture Bearden, The Spiral Group and Africobra. Kyle Coleman, Education Outreach Assistant and Columbia Museum of Art explores the parallels between two 1960's-era artists' groups who began to define a unique black aesthetic, October 18, 7pm.
North Carolina Dance Theatre and choreographer Dwight Rhoden present Reflections Of...., a ballet inspired by the life and work of Romare Bearden, October, April 2012.
Mint Museum Uptown presents the performance Carolina Jazz of Coltrane, Monk and Gillespie, featuring the UNC Charlotte student jazz ensemble who will perform works composed and made famous by Carolina-born musicians, October 30, 3pm.
NOVEMBER
Mint Museum Uptown presents the adult painting and drawing class Toward Paw's Creek. Explore Charlotte's rich habitat in these mixed media landscape classes. Tuition, pre-registration required. Continuation of five-part series, November 1, 8, 6:30- 8:30pm.
Mint Museum Uptown presents a three-part Lecture Series with multi-disciplinary discussions with Davidson College faculty: Dr. Shaw Smith (art history), Dr. Nancy Fairley (social anthropology), Dr. Bill Lawing (music). Continuation of three-part series, November 9, 7- 8:30pm.
Mint Museum Uptown presents Curator's Tours of Southern Recollections, with Carla Hanzal, Curator of Contemporary Art and curator of Southern Recollections. Pre-registration requested. November 9, 2pm.
Mint Museum Uptown presents Bearden's Gospel Train, featuring Charlotte vocalists and musicians who will demonstrate how gospel music has influenced many other art forms, including blues, jazz, and rhythm and blues, November 15, 6pm.
Mint Museum Uptown presents The Dramatic Vision of Romare Bearden and August Wilson: Celebrating Art, Drama and Jazz. Dr. Corlis Hayes, professor of English at Central Piedmont Community College, directs selected excerpts from Bearden-inspired plays by the late Broadway playwright August Wilson, November 20, 3pm.
McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square presents The Warmth of Other Suns: An Evening with Isabel Wilkerson. Hear author Isabel Wilkerson, whose book The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America's Great Migration is the remarkable chronicle of the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the South to cities across the Northeast, Midwest, and West. In partnership with Levine Museum of the New South and Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, November 30, 7pm.
DECEMBER
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Anne R. Belk Theater will perform Carolina Shout: UNCC Jazz Ensemble Celebrates Bearden, December 1, 8pm.
JANUARY 2012
Mint Museum Uptown will celebrate Community Homecoming Weekend, a final chance to view Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections exhibition, with gallery tours, performances, music, and extended evening hours on Friday and Saturday, January 6-8.
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