Louisburg College Elizabeth Thiel Faulkner Gallery

In addition to the eclectic variety of exhibits at the art gallery, at the end of each semester, Louisburg College highlights the art work of its students.

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• Lesson plan: Art Detectives Students will look at a variety of artworks and explain what tool or medium was used to create them.
• Artcyclopedia An online database of over 125,000 works of art. Includes images, glossaries, and short definitions of various art movements.
• Hands on Crafts Learn about pottery, weaving, quilting, and basketry techniques and traditions in online studios.
• Lesson plan: Inquiry lesson about color This lesson is designed to prepare students for a museum visit and the practice of looking at art critically with special attention to color choices.
• Inside Art During an art museum tour, you're sucked into a vortex and find yourself inside a mystery painting. Your only hope of escape is to answer the questions "who, what, when and how". Includes an online quiz and study worksheet.

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• Greenville Museum of Art: Permanent exhibits include 19th and 20th century art, North Carolina art and an impressive collection of Jugtown pottery.
• The Mint Museum: Access to digitized images from special exhibitions and the permanent collections of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, along with activities for kids.

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• Learn more about Franklin County, North Carolina, art museums, arts, fine arts, folk art, pottery, and sculpture.

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This art gallery houses the museum’s permanent exhibit of painting, pottery, sculpture and more. There are also temporary exhibits. The website archives photographs of the past exhibits. The museum is open Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm. For information on visiting the museum, contact Will Hinton at (919)497-3238.

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