In summer 2022, the Weatherspoon Art Museum received a tremendous gift of more than 100 artworks made at the Taller De Grafica Popular (The People’s
The museum’s staff and boards look forward to warmly welcoming Juliette Bianco as incoming Director starting September 1. Juliette succeeds Nancy Doll, who steps down on July
Founded by Gregory Ivy in 1941, the Weatherspoon Art Museum has grown from being a university teaching gallery into a multi-gallery museum that is nationally
The Weatherspoon Art Museum staff mourns the loss of Barbara Kretzer (1946-2020), an incredible member of our community for many years. A member of the Weatherspoon Arts
The Weatherspoon staff celebrates the lives of three longtime and dedicated members of our art community. Seymour Levin (1926–2021) was a bright light for the Weatherspoon and
The Weatherspoon enthusiastically welcomed Michael Watson, UNCG’11 to the team in November 2021 as senior director of development. A proud Spartan and having grown up in
Security Officer Kenny Crane retired from the Weatherspoon in October 2021 after twenty-one years of service. Kenny loved interacting with museum visitors from all over the world,
What motivates people, at great expense of time, money, and effort, to visit famous sites of wonder and curiosity? In the early 1980s, Roger Minick sought to
Elizabeth Talford Scott’s title for this artwork cites the traditional craft techniques used in its creation and evokes its narrative theme. As is typical of Scott’s
William Christenberry is known for his elegiac photographs made largely in Hale County, a small rural area in central Alabama. His images memorialize the South and
Thanks to a generous gift from Seymour and Carol Cole Levin, the Weatherspoon is honored to add to its collection two artworks by Gina Adams, both of
Eight works on paper by self-taught artist James Castle recently were donated to the Weatherspoon by the artist’s archive. Museum visitors may recall seeing Castle’s soot drawings