Davidson College students on Saturday gain free admission to the Mint Museum’s exhibition, “Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections,” on display uptown at Levine Center for the Arts. Also in this column, a new exhibit opens Saturday at Christa Faut Gallery, displaying the glass work of five artists, and the Cornelius Historic Preservation Commission and PARC Department next week bring to the Cornelius Arts Center a photography exhibit that is uniquely “Cornelius.” See below for details.
DAVIDSON COLLEGE DAY AT THE MINT MUSEUM UPTOWN
Davidson College students on Oct. 15 from 1 to 5 p.m. gain free admission to the Mint Museum’s exhibition, “Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections,” on display uptown at Levine Center for the Arts. Also that day, faculty and staff get in for $8.
“Davidson College Day” is made possible through sponsorships by Davidson College Friends of the Arts, Romare Bearden Society and Davidson College Art Department, and is generously supported by The Wells Fargo Foundation.
For more information visit www.davidson.edu/fotaor call 704-894-2101.

Some of the artists' glass work at Christa Faut Gallery.
GLASS WORK AT CHRISTA FAUT
The Christa Faut Gallery, at 19818 North cove Road in the Jetton Village shopping center, this month presents the glass work of Pablo Soto, Robert Gardner, Rick and Valerie Beck and Robert Levin in “Glass and its Supporting Elements.” The gallery will hold an opening reception with the artists Oct. 15, and the show will be up through Dec. 3.
WANT TO GO?
The artists reception is Oct. 15 from 4 to 6 p.m.
The gallery is open Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A PHOTO HISTORY OF CORNELIUS

An old firetruck, from Jack Conard's photography collection.
The Cornelius Historic Preservation Commission and PARC Department invite community members to enjoy the work of Cornelius native Jack Conard in “The History of Cornelius: The Conard Collection.”
Mr. Conard’s is the largest known collection of Cornelius photographs, spanning decades of the town’s history and showing the evolution of the area. Click here for a sneak preview.
WANT TO GO?
The exhibit is opens Oct. 17 and runs through Nov. 12 at the Cornelius Arts Center, 19725 Oak Street.
The center holds an opening reception Oct. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m.


