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.

Herb Jackson speaks at Thursday's opening. More photos below. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

The exhibition, Excavations, on view through April 20 in the Van Every/Smith Galleries of Davidson College, is a survey of his work over 50 years. Curated by gallery director Brad Thomas, the show has 19 paintings, including one Professor Jackson, now 65, made when he was 15 years old.

Davidson College did not have an art department when Professor Jackson was a student there, and during his tenure as a professor he helped build the visual arts department and the visual arts building.

We talked to Professor Jackson on the eve of the exhibition about his career, the exhibit and what retirement means to him.

WANT TO GO?

The galleries, located on the corner of Griffith St. and Main St. in Davidson, are open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends from noon to 4 p.m. Parking is available behind the building, off Jackson St.

EVENTS:
Artist reception, Thursday, March 10, 7-9 p.m.
The reception, in the Van Every Gallery, is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

Art and literature event, Thursday, March 17, 7:30 p.m.
Davidson College invites the public to the premier of an art and poetry exhibition by Houchens Professor of Fine Arts Herb Jackson and Professor of English Alan Michael Parker. The two professors will present their collaborative work, 10 Days, with images by Jackson and poems by Parker. There is no charge to attend the event, which takes place in the Smith 900 Room of Alvarez College Union. For more information, call 704-894-2254.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10, OPENING

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