TAC Talks
Thursday Art and Culture (TAC) Talks bring collegiate level lectures to your museum. Featuring scholars from around the country, the lectures are selected to provide supplemental information on our current exhibits, or highlight the history and heritage of the mountains.
TAC Talks begin at 6:00pm and feature an hour-long lecture with audience question and answer session at the end.
Cost: $8 General Admission. Members are always free. Not yet a member? Join today!
Upcoming TAC Talks
Hatch Show Print is a letterpress poster and design shop located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1879, HSP is still designing and printing over 700 jobs a year, using the original wood type found on countless posters advertising live music, carnivals, circuses, and vaudeville and minstrel shows of years gone by, combined with hand carved imagery that spans the history of the shop. Though the 145 year old business is known for its twentieth century country music posters, the work the shop has put out over five generations in operation reflects changes in technology, communication arts, and commerce, as well as the evolution of popular entertainment.
The complex traditions of bluegrass music have long been shaped by powerful voices, both on stage and behind the scenes. This talk moves from the stage to the perimeter of the festival grounds and industry, highlighting the ways women have impacted the genre (largely without recognition).
Join Author Eddie Huffman as he takes us through is new book, Doc Watson: A Life In Music. Huffman will take us through the process of researching and writing the book and sharing some of his favorite stories about the man, the myth, the legend of the Blue Ridge, Doc Watson.
Join artist Dail Dixon for an exploration of his exhibition, Dail Dixon: Modern at Scale. This program will explore Dail's life and development as an artist.
Join us for a special gallery tour of Considerations: An Installation by Sarah Vaughn, with none other than Sarah Vaughn! Learn about the exhibition from the artist herself.
Hundreds of thousands of artifacts have been raised from the shipwreck of Queen Anne’s Revenge since full excavation began in 2005. Kimberly Kenyon of the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology is the lead archaeologist for the site of Blackbeard’s infamous flagship, formerly the slave ship La Concorde.
Join us on Thursday May 29 at 11 am for a talk about BRAHM's Mayview Manor diorama, with artist Dan Nance. In this program, Dan will take us through his artistic practice of historically accurate works. Audiences will get to see behind the scenes footage of Dan reconstructing the Mayview Manor at an 80th of the scale.
This program will provide an overview of the life and creative genius of ground breaking musician, Dizzy Gillespie.
App State presents Examining the ecological impacts of the Civil War and how scholars write history A discussion with Dr. Judkin Browning and Dr. Tim Silver
Join App State’s Dr. Howard S. Neufeld for an exciting look at how trees move water hundreds of feet up their trunks and how this may be affected by climate change.
