Opening Celebration for 'Craft Across Continents'
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Dec 9, 2023 11am - 6pm
Location
Mint Museum Uptown
500 S Tryon St
Details
Featuring 60 outstanding objects, including glass, ceramics, bamboo, and textile contemporary objects
by artists from around the globe, "Craft Across Continents — Contemporary Japanese
and Western Objects: The Lassiter/Ferraro Collection" opens December 9 at
Mint Museum Uptown.
The public opening celebration will take place 11 AM–6 PM December 9 at Mint Museum Uptown.
Museum admission will be free both Saturday and Sunday of opening weekend.
Special programming scheduled for December 9 includes:
1 PM: Japanese art expert Joe Earle will present on how practice-based considerations of material and
technique have interacted with local traditions and global movements to produce one of the world’s most
dynamic craft ecosystems.
2:15 PM and 3:30 PM: Two in-gallery conversations with collectors Lorne Lassiter and Gary Ferraro who
will discuss objects in their collection and their collection journey.
