YOUNG AFFILIATES OF THE MINT TO HOST
INAUGURAL JURIED ART SHOW:
80x80
The Young Affiliates of the Mint (the “YAMs”) will host an inaugural art show, 80x80, in Mint Museum Uptown’s Level 5 expansion space from Friday, June 10 to Saturday, June 25, 2016. Opening night of the exhibit will feature a media hour from 5pm to 6pm, and the opening reception from 6pm to 10pm. 80x80 features 80 works in honor of Mint Museum's 80th anniversary. The 80 works were selected from over 1100 entries, and span a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, video and more. The panel of distinguished jurors includes Mary Edith Alexander, curator for Bank of America Corporate Art Program, Grace Cote, Senior Coordinator at Gerald Melberg Gallery, and Lori Kornegay, Curator of Art & Public Engagement at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art.
80x80 features 80 works in honor of Mint Museum's 80th anniversary, which will be celebrated with a series of community events to be held this October. The Mint Museum opened in its original location on Randolph Road as the state’s first art museum in October 1936; Mint Museum Uptown opened in 2010. 80x80 will open a dialogue between artists, unbridled from any overarching theme, content, medium, or geographic parameters, and the Charlotte community. There is a noted schism between the museum space, the gallery space and the studio space. Through 80x80, the YAMs hope to bridge that gap to give attendees and participants the medium through which to view this new space and start a new conversation. For those curious about collectorship, designated works in 80x80 will be available for purchase.
Featured Artists:
Ayako Abe-Miller [MFA 2015], Amna Asghar, Amy Bagwell, Andrew Blanchard, William Brown, Amanda Brown, Robert Bubp, Micah Cash, Jong-un Choi, Chris Clamp, Meredith Connelly, Deangalo Dia, Sharon Dowell, RJ Dygert, Johanna Evans-Colley, Anne Fiala, Mark Flowers, Corey Fowler, Brian Gillis, Jamey Gray, Julie Anne Greenberg, Joshua Dudley Greer, Tinashe Gwata, Garrett Hansen, Ian Henderson, Amy Herman, Glenn Holmstrom, Julie Jones, Craig Kaths, Mary Klacza, Kenn Kotara, Anne Lemanski, Betsy Lewis, Alexandra Loesser, Allison Luce, Katrina Majkut, April Marten, Andy McMillan, Nicholas Napoletano, Christopher Owen Nelson, Erik Nohalty, Isaac Payne, Jonathan Pellitteri, Miranda Pfeiffer, Michelle Podgorski, Stacy Rexrode, Ellie Richards, Lynne Riding, Barbara Schreiber, Lila Shull, Sandy Singletary, Clint Sleeper, Sydney Sogol, Matthew Steele, Margaret Strickland, Laura Sussman-Randall, Jaimee Todd, Felicia van Bork, Aric Verrastro, Linda Vista, Jason Watson, Annemarie Weekley [BFA 2014], Charles Williams, Holly Wilson, Stephen Wilson, Doohyun Yoon, Liliya Zalevskaya, Xiwen Zhu.
For more information about 80x80, visit: youngaffiliates.org/80x80
For questions regarding 80x80, email: 80x80show@gmail.com
Mint Museum Uptown at Levine Center for the Arts,
500 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina.
JUNE 10TH, 2016.
Opening.
JUNE 10TH – JUNE 25TH, 2016.
Show is up and running.
ABOUT THE YOUNG AFFILIATES:
The Young Affiliates of the Mint Museum is the longest running young professional group and the premier social arts organization for young professionals in Charlotte, North Carolina. For 26 years the YAMs have supported the Mint Museum through a variety of social, cultural, leadership and fundraising activities and events. The YAMs have made substantial donations of tangible and intangible goods to the Mint Museum since 1990.
