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Featuring a variety of artistic challenges, deep-dives, unique gallery tours, program highlights, and youth engagement to connect with you no matter where you are.
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NC CARES: Humanities Relief Grant
The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum recently received a NC CARES: Humanities Relief Grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, www.nchumanities.org. Funding for NC CARES has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan.”
Museum Share: INDIgenesis
As the role of museums during the time of covid-19 rapidly and uniquely transforms into a virtual learning platform of sorts, the influx of enlightening content coming from museums from all corners of the globe has been quite a sight to behold! Programming that was intended to be experienced in person is now being streamed online for the world to see.
Museum Share: Viewing & Listening Suggestions for this Passover
Chag aviv sameach to those who are celebrating Passover! We’re pretty lucky here in North Carolina. There are only two permanent museum collections of Judaic ceremonial art in the United States, and one of them happens to be at the NCMA in Raleigh. They feature several highlights from their amazing gallery online--please take a look! Pictured above is a spectacular silver Italian Kiddush Goblet from their collection.
Museum Share: Participate in Foxfire's Oral History Project
Foxfire has recently launched a campaign to collect oral histories via crowdsourcing. The project is collecting self-recorded testimonies from individuals, families, or groups located within Southern Appalachia that captures this unique moment in history.
Sunday Mornin' Museum Share: The Rubin Museum's Mindful Meditation
The Rubin Museum of Art in NYC focuses on Himalayan art and culture and offers weekly meditation sessions related to a different piece from their collection. Each session begins with an informative history of the work followed by a guided meditation led by a prominent NYC teacher.