North Carolina State University Gallery of Art and Design

Guided tours of the NCSU Gallery of Art and Design's collections and exhibitions are available for school groups.

http://gad.ncsu.edu/

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• Hands on Crafts Learn about pottery, weaving, quilting, and basketry techniques and traditions in online studios.
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• NC Folk Artists It is important to recognize and preserve the art forms of North Carolina. On this site the artists explain their art through audio, video, images, and text.
• Lesson plan: Observing connections: North Carolina pottery and face jugs This is the third lesson in a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations: Lesson 1 Observing connections—art, poetry and the environment; Lesson 2 Observing connections—changing landscapes; Lesson 3 Observing connections—North Carolina pottery and face jugs.

Related pages

• Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art: This art center presents exhibits and educational programs focusing on North Carolina artists and their art.
• 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.
• Afro-American Cultural Center: This cultural center was created to preserve the visual and performing arts heritages of African-Americans and other minorities. The Center has an art gallery with “over 100 works of art from renowned artists such as Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, John Biggers.” It also offers art classes to all age groups.

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• Learn more about North Carolina, Wake County, art museum, arts, fine art, folk art, photography, and pottery.

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The Gallery of Art & Design is the art museum of North Carolina State University. NC State’s visual art holdings are as diverse as its course offerings. The Gallery’s collection reflects the curricula of the university’s Colleges of Design, Textiles, Engineering, and Humanities and Social Sciences. The objects provide research materials, inspire new and innovative design, and help explain the creative process. Each year the Gallery presents a series of changing exhibitions of the finest regional, national and international visual arts in NC State’s museum facilities in the Talley Student Center. All exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public. In addition to its exhibitions, the Gallery of Art & Design maintains permanent collections of applied and decorative arts, including architectural drawings and works on paper, ceramics, paintings, photography, textiles, metal, furniture, and works by self-taught artists. To arrange a tour of any part of the Gallery of Art & Design’s permanent collection please call 919-515-3503 between 9am and 5pm, Monday-Friday.

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