Connecting NC State courses with the arts: The Gregg Museum of Art & Design
There are numerous ways to connect your course to the exhibitions at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design.
Contact Zoe Starling, director of education for the Gregg Museum or Amy Sawyers-Williams, arts outreach & engagement, to set up a connection (e.g. offer extra credit for your students who attend a virtual tour or have your students arrange for an in-person time to visit the Gregg)! zestarli@ncsu.edu; acsawyer@ncsu.edu
Current Exhibitions + Class Connections
Material Messages: The Tales That Textiles Tell
March 21, 2024 – January 25, 2025
Material Messages showcases textiles from a variety of global artists, each piece illustrating the profound ways cloth can communicate across cultures.
Read more about the show here…
Thematic Connections
- Textile and Apparel Studies
- Focuses on the history, design, and cultural significance of textiles and clothing.
- Cultural Anthropology
- Examines how different cultures use material objects, including textiles, to express identity and communicate stories.
- Art History
- Explores the artistic and historical significance of textiles and fabric art across various cultures and time periods.
- Museum Studies
- Covers the curation, preservation, and interpretation of cultural artifacts, including textiles.
- History of Fashion
- Investigates how fashion and textiles reflect cultural and historical contexts.
- Visual Communication
- Studies how visual elements, such as textiles, convey messages and narratives.
- Material Culture
- Looks at how physical objects, including textiles, contribute to cultural and social understanding.
- Global Studies
- Explores cultural practices and artifacts from around the world, including textiles.
- Ethnography
- Focuses on the study of cultures through direct observation and analysis of material culture, including textiles.
- Art and Cultural Studies
- Examines the intersection of art, culture, and communication, including the role of textiles in these domains.
These courses collectively provide a comprehensive understanding of how textiles serve as a medium for cultural expression and communication.
NC State Course Connections
- ADN 111: Introduction to 2D Design
- ANT 252 Cultural Anthropology
- ENG 340: Literature, Art, and Society
- HI 463: Topics in History and Memory
Selections from the Collections
On view beginning June 29, 2023
The Historic Residence
Drawing from the Gregg Museum’s collections of over 54,000 objects, Selections from the Collections displays a sampling of the many different kinds of pieces in its holdings.
Read more about the show here…
Additional Programs include:
- Artist Talk with Ceramicist Paul Devoti
- Thursday, February 8, 6 p.m.
- This talk will focus on Paul Devoti’s work, Twenty Day Turtles (pictured above)
Course Connections
- ADN 111 / ADN 496 intro to 2d design / Business of A+D
- ADN 204 sophomore studio
- ADN 418 / ADN 490 contemporary issues in art and design / A+D Studio
- ADN 480 Studio
- ADN 493 Senior lecture
- ANT 252 Cultural Anthropology
- ARS 351 / ARS 494 Arts, Ideas And Values / Special Topics
- DS 105 Design First Year Studio
- DS 100 Design in Culture and Context
- HI 345 American Popular Culture
- HI 386 Introduction to Museum StudiesUnits
- PRT 200 Health, Wellness and the Pursuit of Happiness
- PRT 238 Diversity and Inclusion in Recreation and Sport
- PSY 416 Psychology of Emotion
- WGS 200 Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- HI 364 History of North Carolina
Additionally, most classes in the following departments will connect to this show:
- Media Arts & Technology, College of Design
- Arts Studies, CHASS
Virtual Tours
See a comprehensive list of virtual tours HERE
A Thousand Throws – an art installation by master potter and artist Daniel Johnston
Class Connections:
- ARS 353 Arts and Cross Culture
- DS Design in Context
- HA 203 History of American Art
- ARS 257 Technology in Arts
- D 101 Design Inquiry II
- FTM 217 Textile Industry
- REL 200 Intro to Study of Religion
- REL 220 Religion in the Contemporary World
- REL 309 Religion & Society
Animate Earth – Adventures in Mimetolithia by Andy Nasisse – photography and ceramic sculptures offer a new way of seeing.
Class Connections:
- ARS 353 Arts and Cross Culture
- DS Design in Context
- HA 203 History of American Art
- ANT 475 Environmental Archeology
- ANT 253 Into to World Archeology
- COM 436 Environmental Communication
- ES 100 Intro Environmental Science
- NR Humans & the Environment
- PSY 200 Intro to Psychology
- PSY 400 Perception
- PSY 420 Cognitive Process
All Is Possible – Mary Ann Scherr’s Legacy of Metal – Jewelry and consumer products by the first female designer in the American auto industry and inventor of wearable health monitors.
Class Connections:
- ADN 112 Introduction to Three-Dimensional
- ADN 202 Design Studio: Art & Design in Context Units
- ADN 386 Sculpture 1
- ADN 418 Contemporary Issues in Art and Design
- BME 209 Intro Materials Science Biomaterials
- WGS 210 Women and Gender in Science and Technology
Past Shows…
Blow Up II: Contemporary Inflatable Art
November 4, 2023 – January 27, 2024
Inflatable works are often initially regarded as whimsical or humorous, yet they can convey serious critiques of pop-culture, social norms, or the politics of space. This exhibition explores the complex relationship between the familiarity of the material and serious commentary, encouraging dialogues that promote reinterpretation
Read more about the showhttps://gregg.arts.ncsu.edu/blow-up-ii/ here…
Additional Programs include:
- Film Screening of The Red Balloon (1956)
- Thursday, January 25, 6 p.m.
Course Connections
- ADN 111 / ADN 496 intro to 2d design / Business of A+D
- ADN 204 sophomore studio
- ADN 418 / ADN 490 contemporary issues in art and design / A+D Studio
- ADN 480 Studio
- ADN 493 Senior lecture
- ANT 252 Cultural Anthropology
- ARS 351 / ARS 494 Arts, Ideas And Values / Special Topics
- COM 444 Film Production
- DS 105 Design First Year Studio
- DS 100 Design in Culture and Context
- HI 345 American Popular Culture
- HI 386 Introduction to Museum StudiesUnits
- PRT 200 Health, Wellness and the Pursuit of Happiness
- PRT 238 Diversity and Inclusion in Recreation and Sport
- PSY 416 Psychology of Emotion
- WGS 200 Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- HI 364 History of North Carolina
Additionally, most classes in the following departments will connect to this show:
- Media Arts & Technology, College of Design
- Arts Studies, CHASS
Leading by Design: Celebrating 75 years of the College of Design
September 7, 2023 – April 13, 2024
Black/ Sanderson Gallery
Leading by Design celebrates the NC State Design Cchool’s legacy by showcasing artworks from the Gregg Museum’s permanent collection created by professors and instructors associated with it in its formative years along with an audiovisual element that marks its ongoing impact in the 21st century.
Painting by Joe Cox, an artist and professor for the North Carolina State University School of Design.
Course Connections
(being updated)
- All College of Design Courses
This is Not: Aldwyth in Retrospect
February 2 – October 7, 2023
Adams and Woodson galleries
Aldwyth (born November 21, 1935) is a South Carolina artist who creates complex collages and assemblages from found materials. Her work is principally about and minutely engaged with the history of art and culture.
Read more about the show here…
Additional Programs include: Curator talk with Mark Sloan Thursday September 14, Staff-Guided Tour of This is Not: Aldwyth in Retrospect Thursday, October 5, 6pm.
Class Connections:
- ADN 111 / ADN 496 intro to 2d design / Business of A+D
- ADN 204 sophomore studio
- ADN 418 / ADN 490 contemporary issues in art and design / A+D Studio
- ADN 480 Studio
- ADN 493 Senior lecture
- ANT 252 Cultural Anthropology
- ARS 351 / ARS 494 Arts, Ideas And Values / Special Topics
- DS 105 Design First Year Studio
- DS 100 Design in Culture and Context
- HI 345 American Popular Culture
- HI 386 Introduction to Museum StudiesUnits
- PRT 200 Health, Wellness and the Pursuit of Happiness
- PRT 238 Diversity and Inclusion in Recreation and Sport
- PSY 416 Psychology of Emotion
- WGS 200 Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- HI 364 History of North Carolina
True Likeness
January 12 – July 23, 2023
Black/ Sanderson Gallery
True Likeness presents an exhibition of contemporary portraits from diverse makers in a variety of media including video, photography, painting, collage, installation, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. Artists, some familiar, others more on the fringe of the art world, hail from all over the United States. Their own identities, and those presented through their works, provide a snapshot of who we are as a country. As the exhibition took shape over the last few years, as overt and coded hate speech became congruent with one of the most divisive elections of our time, it became apparent that highlighting and celebrating diversity was paramount.
Read more about the show here…
Image by Deborah Luster: James Blackburn (Roman Horse Soldier), 2012-13 toned silver gelatin print mounted on dibond
Class Connections:
- ADN 111 / ADN 496 intro to 2d design / Business of A+D
- ADN 204 sophomore studio
- ADN 418 / ADN 490 contemporary issues in art and design / A+D Studio
- ADN 480 Studio
- ADN 493 Senior lecture
- AFS 305 Racial and Ethnic Relations
- AFS 342 Introduction to the African Diaspora
- AFS 346 Black Popular Culture
- ANT 252 Cultural Anthropology
- ARS 351 / ARS 494 Arts, Ideas And Values / Special Topics
- ARS 353 Arts and Cross-Cultural Contacts
- COM 417 Communication & Race
- DS 105 Design First Year StudioDS 100 Design in Culture and Context
- ED 508 Exploring Diversity in Classroom and Community
- HA 410 History of the art of Photography
- HI 345 American Popular Culture
- HI 386 Introduction to Museum Studies
- HON 297 Writing the Self
- HON 347 Freedom and the Self
- HUMU 295 Humanities and U.S. Diversity Special Topics
- IS 200 Introduction to International Studies
- PRT 200 Health, Wellness and the Pursuit of Happiness
- PRT 238 Diversity and Inclusion in Recreation and Sport
- PSY 416 Psychology of Emotion
- SOC 202 Principles of Sociology
- WGS 200 Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- WGS 739 Social Psychology Of Inequality
More information on the Curricular Connections Program
Our Curricular Connections Guide highlights meaningful, logical links between the substance of academic courses and the content of our events.
How to Engage
There are numerous ways you and your students can engage the arts and Arts NC State, including:
- Attending a performance
- Participating in pre- or post-concert discussions
- Scheduling in-class workshops withArts NC State faculty or visiting artists
- Using a performance to enhance your classroom discussion
Arts Outreach & Engagement contact
For more information on the Curricular Connections Guide, Arts NC State or engagement opportunities, email amy_sawyers-williams@ncsu.edu
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