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 The museum strives to
showcase the work of regional artists, who work in a variety of media and form,
through rotating exhibits. Artists are sought from around the state where they
may be showing in galleries or are promoted in newspapers for speaking to relevant
issues. Working as advocates for artists, the museum partners with private business
to sponsor full color art mailers featuring artists' works to announce upcoming
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|  Collecting,
maintaining and ultimately exhibiting an outstanding permanent collection are
top priorities of the museum.
| While
current facilities do not allow space to exhibit the permanent collection at this
time, individual works are occasionally rotated through the gallery. Please check
the calendar for scheduled showings. |
A sampling
from the museum's permanent collection includes original works by Salvador Dali,
Mackendrie Long, Kathe Kolwitz and Kenneth Noland, Audubon prints, pre-Columbian
pottery and a 22nd Egyptian Dynasty mummy and coffin ensemble which was among
the first permanent pieces acquired by the museum in the 1950's. Working
closely with the British Museum and specialists in the field of Egyptology, experts
have concluded that the anthropoid coffin set and mummy encased in cartonnage
are nearly three thousand years old. The ensemble was found in the Fayuum area
of Egypt, a rich agricultural oasis south of Cairo, at the turn of the twentieth
century. With very few examples found in that particular area, the museum's acquisition
is rare. For many years, the mummy and coffin were the only such relics held south
of Washington DC. During 2005, the mummy traveled to Boston for a nearly year-long
stabilization and restoration process. The
museum welcomes inquiries regarding additions to the permanent collection. Please
contact Rebecca at 704-873-4734 or rthackston@iredellmuseums.org. Back
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The
Court Street Gallery is located in downtown Statesville. Originally purchased
for the Children's Museum in 1997, the space currently houses the Court Street
Gallery and administrative offices.
Special
art events include the annual "Art on the Green" outdoor exhibit and
sale of arts and crafts. The fun-filled August event, which also features live
music and luncheon items, is held on the grounds of the old pump house station
opposite the Heritage Farmstead on Museum Road.
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