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Fantastic Fauna-Chimeric Creatures

Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC, United States

Fantastic Fauna-Chimeric Creatures features factitious historical and scientific parodies by Dr. Beauvais Lyons, Director of the Hokes Archives and art professor at the University of Tennessee. Part archaeologist, part scientist, part satirist, part artistic visionary, Director Lyons, on behalf of the Association for Creative Zoology, presents evidence that exotica throughout the animal world is merely a representation of the…

Southbound-Photographs of and about the New South

Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC, United States

What comes to mind when one envisions “the South”? Depending on perspective, time frame, and the individual, the answers to this question can quickly become complicated. NC State’s Gregg Museum and Duke’s Power Plant Gallery have joined forces to show Southbound—Photographs of and about the New South, a joint mega-exhibition that seeks to reveal the South through…

Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology-Shaping Our Genetic Futures

Gregg Museum of Art & Design 1903 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC, United States

Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures is a visually stunning and thought-provoking exhibition aimed at raising awareness about genetic engineering, biotechnologies, and their consequences through the lens of art and design. By combining science and art and design, participating artists offer new insights about genetic engineering by bringing it out of…