New titles in:
- Albedo by Marek Ranis - a gorgeous collection of images from Ranis' multi-media, multi-year work of the same name. And a killer example of a self-published book from blurb.com. And congratulations in order to Ranis - he was just named Assistant Professor of Sculpture at UNCC.
- Ceramics at Vauxhall: 18th Century Pottery and Porcelain from The English Ceramic Circle - Thank you Delhom Service League!
- Gretchen Bender: Work 1981-1991 - This one was actually found in the shelves of uncataloged books! The catalog from her retrospective at the Everson in 1991. Bender died in 2004. The Mint received a large body of her work last year as a gift from her family.
- The Family Business: 175 Years of Pottery by the Owen/Owens Families - Harriet Anne Thompson, aka HAT donated this exhibition catalog from the NC Pottery Center. But she went above and beyond as well - getting all (or almost all) of the living potters to sign it! Wow - thank you HAT!
News from out there
- Great heavily illustrated article in NY Times (Sunday, April 5) on Nick Cave called "I Dream the Clothing Electric" on his soundsuits. There are several videos of the soundsuits in action - here is one called Nick Cave - Art in Motion.
- Bart Trotman (yes, Bart - son of Bob) was featured in the Raleigh News and Observer recently when the band he is in Invisible performed at Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill. The centerpiece of the group's sound is a machine they call, Rhythm 1001 - " a percussion sequencer that works not unlike a lot of old music boxes from hundreds of years ago." Bart sent this video to Carla back in the fall of the band and you can see and hear Rhythm 1001 for yourself.
- artbabble.org - the Indianapolis Museum of Art's video site has been launched. Michelle sent around word about this web site a few weeks ago, but it has now been launched officially. The site features videos from LOTS of museums - in fact, that is the whole point - for the site to be THE place to get videos of/about art and artists! Somebody at IMA had a REALLy great idea! (And I think Cheryl knows her!) Check out the site - more videos are added all the time. You can also be a fan on Facebook! (And of course you can be a fan of the Mint on Facebook!)
Charlotte in Top 25 Cities for Art:
-one more time! In the latest issue of American Style, Charlotte is one of the top 25 Big Cities for Art - the top 3 are New York, Chicago and DC. We fall in after Portland and Austin and higher than San Diego, Dallas and Houston!
Celebrate National Library Week (April 12-18)
- by visiting your local library - including this one!
- celebrate your freedom to read and read a banned book!
- listen to why libraries are so important!
- check out the most beautiful libraries in the world!
- play with your library action figures
- and of course, bring your librarian a cupcake*!
*my favorite cupcake story
cheers!
