North Carolina Museum of Art

Always Looking: Titus Brooks Heagins (2025). Directed by Olympia Stone, 56 min., documentary, NR This documentary delves into the work of photographer Titus Brooks Heagins, which highlights the systemic neglect of society’s most vulnerable. His humanizing yet confrontational photos document those marginalized by poverty, race, and gender/sexual identity. The film also explores Titus’s own challenges capturing the stories of outsiders while posing the question “who can tell whose story?” Im

Art on the Dot is the NCMA’s newest tour offering! Beginning in August 2025, we encourage you to join a docent in the galleries for a bite-sized tour experience. Starting at 11 am on Saturdays and Sundays, a docent invites you to engage with about three works of art for 30 minutes. Each weekend morning, a docent conducts three rounds of these 30-minute tours. You can expect a 15-minute break between each round. We hope you enjoy one, two, or all three rounds and come back another day to see w

As part of the Still. Moving dance series, choreographer Frankie Lee III presents a new work inspired by South African artist Wim Botha’s sculptures Prism 5 and Prism 7. Exploring weighty questions of history, status, power, and religion, Botha’s sculptures reference iconic images in European art, including the emotive figurative bronzes of Auguste Rodin. Suspended wings hover above the ground, lifted—and restrained—by thin rectangular supports that seem to both elevate and tether them. Ar

Multi-day event: 2026-06-06 through 2026-06-07.

Art on the Dot is the NCMA’s newest tour offering! Beginning in August 2025, we encourage you to join a docent in the galleries for a bite-sized tour experience. Starting at 11 am on Saturdays and Sundays, a docent invites you to engage with about three works of art for 30 minutes. Each weekend morning, a docent conducts three rounds of these 30-minute tours. You can expect a 15-minute break between each round. We hope you enjoy one, two, or all three rounds and come back another day to see w

Join us on a 50-minute tour of the People’s Collection. These tours are great during a first-time visit, after lunch at NCMA Café, or if you’re curious about the 5,000+ years of art and culture exhibited at the Museum. Tours vary and are subject to docent availability. NCMA docents may explore several galleries, focus on specific artists, or delve into the fundamentals and elements of art. All ages are welcome! To participate, meet your docent in West Building at the public tour sign.

Join us on a 50-minute tour of the People’s Collection. These tours are great during a first-time visit, after lunch at NCMA Café, or if you’re curious about the 5,000+ years of art and culture exhibited at the Museum. Tours vary and are subject to docent availability. NCMA docents may explore several galleries, focus on specific artists, or delve into the fundamentals and elements of art. All ages are welcome! To participate, meet your docent in West Building at the public tour sign.

Art on the Dot is the NCMA’s newest tour offering! Beginning in August 2025, we encourage you to join a docent in the galleries for a bite-sized tour experience. Starting at 11 am on Saturdays and Sundays, a docent invites you to engage with about three works of art for 30 minutes. Each weekend morning, a docent conducts three rounds of these 30-minute tours. You can expect a 15-minute break between each round. We hope you enjoy one, two, or all three rounds and come back another day to see w

Multi-day event: 2026-06-13 through 2026-06-14.

After attending the NCMA Loves Anime Bazaar, join us for a mystery event at 7 pm, followed by an 8 pm screening of Mamoru Hosoda’s Summer Wars! Summer Wars (2009). Directed by Mamoru Hosoda, 1 hr., 54 min., animation/action/sci-fi, PG Kenji is a shy part-time moderator for OZ, the virtual reality world that powers everyday life, until pretty and popular Natsuki recruits him to be her fake boyfriend. While Kenji poses as an affluent suitor in front of Natsuki’s family, a rogue AI program st

Art on the Dot is the NCMA’s newest tour offering! Beginning in August 2025, we encourage you to join a docent in the galleries for a bite-sized tour experience. Starting at 11 am on Saturdays and Sundays, a docent invites you to engage with about three works of art for 30 minutes. Each weekend morning, a docent conducts three rounds of these 30-minute tours. You can expect a 15-minute break between each round. We hope you enjoy one, two, or all three rounds and come back another day to see w

Join us on a 50-minute tour of the People’s Collection. These tours are great during a first-time visit, after lunch at NCMA Café, or if you’re curious about the 5,000+ years of art and culture exhibited at the Museum. Tours vary and are subject to docent availability. NCMA docents may explore several galleries, focus on specific artists, or delve into the fundamentals and elements of art. All ages are welcome! To participate, meet your docent in West Building at the public tour sign.

Step outside and let nature be your muse as you transform your discoveries into beautiful nature-inspired art. Each summer camp is Monday through Friday, 9 am to 4:30 pm.