News Theme: Acquisitions

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

Repent is part of a series of six prints by Joyce J. Scott entitled Soul Erased that delicately addresses the theme of bad behavior. The six ethereal images

The Weatherspoon is excited to announce the acquisition of two drawings and stop-motion videos by artist and Greensboro native Jason Mitcham. Roadway Horizon #4 and Battlefield come from the artist’s

Faith Ringgold (born 1930) is perhaps one the most intergenerationally recognized and revered artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. A civil rights activist, painter, sculptor,

The Weatherspoon is excited to announce its acquisition of a newly commissioned work by artist Nate Lewis, whose practice brings together interests in art, science, and

The Weatherspoon is thrilled to announce the acquisition of an important series of drawings by artist and UNC Greensboro alum Sherrill Roland ’09, MFA ’16. Just before