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POST: Charlotte Celebrates Romare Bearden / CharlotteObserver.com / August 30, 2011

Written By UNDER MAINTENANCE on Sunday, September 4, 2011 | 4:09 PM


BlackArtistNews proudly celebrates the art, life and legacy of Romare Bearden
Key events in the Charlotte, North Carolina's Bearden 100 celebration. Call venues to confirm details.

Before Bearden: In-school artist residencies in conjunction with Bearden 100 Celebration, at several CMS middle schools. Bechtler Museum of Modern Art looks at artists in the collection that influenced Bearden. Thursday-Dec. 31. 704-353-9200.


"Back Porch Serenade": The collage being given to the Mint by the Romare Bearden Society will be unveiled as part of the Mint's First Fridays event to open its exhibition, 6:30 p.m. Friday. At 8 p.m. a premiere screening of WTVI's "Charlotte's Bearden 100," presented by Steve Crump. Members from the Bearden Foundation and Nannette Bearden's family plan to attend.

Conversations at Gantt Public Lecture: Bearden's Role in the Canon of American Art, with Pamela Ford, 6 p.m., Sept. 3, 
Gantt Center. RSVP required; 704-547-3700.

Romare Bearden's Jazz Compositions in Performance: 3 p.m., Sept. 4. Mint Museum Uptown.

Romare Bearden: A Centennial Exhibition: An Artist Remembers His Birthplace, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Sept. 9-Nov. 12. 704-365-3000.

Color Struck: Evidence and Essence (Decoding and Living the Legacy of Romare Bearden), discussion with Hasaan Kirkland, associate professor of fine art, Johnson C. Smith University, 11 a.m. Sept. 10:, Mint Museum Uptown.

Point/Counterpoint Dialogue: Bearden's Charlotte Recollections, Dr. Glenda Gilmore, historian, Yale University, and Dr. Richard Powell, art historian, Duke University, 3 p.m. Sept. 11, Mint Museum Uptown.

"Li'l Dan, The Drummer Boy": An interactive family exhibition on a book written and illustrated by Bearden, ImaginOn, Sept. 15-Oct. 15, 704-973-2780.

Romare Bearden's Charlotte, 1911: Public debut of the interactive site Bearden1911.org with historian Tom Hanchett at the Duke Mansion, 400 Hermitage Road in Myers Park, 3 p.m. Sept 18. Part of the ongoing series Explore History! sponsored by Levine Museum of the New South and the Duke Mansion. Free, reservations required: email pmartin@tlwf.org or 704-714-4448.

Curator's Tours with Carla Hanzal: Exploring Romare Bearden, 2 p.m. Sept. 21, Oct. 16 and Nov. 9. Mint Museum Uptown.

Conversation on the Art of Romare Bearden: With Ruth Fine, curator of special projects in modern art, National Gallery of Art, and Herb Jackson, painter and professor emeritus, Davidson College, 7 p.m. Oct. 14, Mint Museum Uptown.

Sunday Fun Day: Drop-in family friendly activities, Mint Museum Uptown, Oct. 16.

Lecture: Kyle Coleman, Columbia Museum of Art, on parallels between Africobra and the Spiral Groups, 7 p.m. Oct. 18, Mint Museum Uptown.

Bearden 100: Celebrating the Man Through Music, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Jacomo Rafael Bairos, conducting, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21, Knight Theater, 704-972-2000.

Carolina Jazz of Coltrane, Monk and Gillespie: UNCC student ensemble, 3 p.m. Oct. 30, Mint Museum Uptown.

Bearden's Gospel Train: With Charlotte vocalists and musicians, 6 p.m. Nov. 15, Mint Museum Uptown.

Dramatic Vision of Romare Bearden and August Wilson: Celebrating Art, Drama and Jazz, 3 p.m. Nov. 20, Mint Museum Uptown.

Carolina Shout: UNC Charlotte Jazz Ensemble celebrates Bearden, 8 p.m. Dec. 1, Anne R. Belk Theater at UNCC; 704-687-2599.

Virginia Paper Co. Building, Third Ward: 22 computer-generated panels inspired by Bearden, through December 2012.

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