Nature Art Gallery
The Nature Art Gallery is located on the mezzanine level of the Museum Store and features original nature-themed art. All exhibited art is for sale.
The main gallery showcases regional artists' two- and three-dimensional arts and crafts — hand blown glass, NC pottery (including Bulldog Pottery), wildlife photography, lithographs and paintings. The secondary gallery features a single artist each month in a juried exhibition of their most recent work. Opening receptions are held during the Museum's First Friday events. For more information call 919.707.9854.
Hours
Monday–Saturday: 9 am–4:45 pm
Sunday: noon–4:45 pm
FEATURED ARTISTS
May Flowers: Thrown Together Potters
May 3-June 2, 2013
Opening reception First Friday May 3, 6:30-9pm
Thrown Together consists of Jennifer Mecca, Julie Wiggins, Allison McGowan Hermans, Ron Philbeck, Amy Sanders and Michael Hamlin-Smith. All of the pieces in the show have a floral motif, but six very distinctive styles are represented. Below: flower brick by Michael Hamlin-Smith.
Exhibition Schedule
- April 5-29: The Places In Between, paintings by Anthony Ulinski
- May 3-June 3: May Flowers: Thrown Together, Pottery by Six NC Potters
Robert Johnson
The Nature Art Gallery is pleased to offer limited edition giclee prints, signed by NC artist Robert Johnson, of his paintings Signs of Spring (above) and Signs of Autumn Across North Carolina (below). These high quality prints, on archival paper using archival inks, measure 26x18 inches and can be purchased exclusively from the Gallery, framed or unframed. Or you can reserve one by calling 919.707.9854.
Accessibility Note: The Nature Art Gallery is only accessible by stairs. For each exhibition all art will be photographed. Staff will bring individual pieces to the main floor of the Museum Store as requested.
Prospectus for Artists (Word document)
