Calendar
Our operating hours are:
 10 am - 5
pm, Tuesday - Friday;
10 am
- 3
pm, Saturday
On
the first Sundays in each month, museum open 2 - 5 pm
For more information, call 704.922.7681 option 2.
March
March 3 (Wednesday) — Coffee with the Curator
What are those things from your attic? Please join us for our regular program,  Coffee with the Curator, from 10:30 AM till 11:30 AM. During this program, Curator, Stephanie Haiar will identify objects and provide preservation assistance on pieces brought to the museum by visitors. If objects are too large please bring photographs. During this program, object donations to the museum will also be considered. There is no appointment needed for this program and it is free and open to the public. Please note – there is a three item limit per person and there will be no monetary appraisals at this program.
The Battles of Kings Mountain & Cowpens:
Our Victory was Complete – Robert W. Brown, Jr.
Book Talk/Signing – March 7(Sunday) – 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (free program)
Join us on Sunday, March 7 from 3-4 PM as Robert Brown discusses and signs copies of his new book The Battles of Kings Mountain & Cowpens: Our Victory was Complete. After the program, Brown will have copies of his book available for $20.
 From the rocky slopes of Kings Mountain to the plains of Hannah’s Cowpens, the Carolina backcountry hosted two of the Revolutionary War’s most critical battles. On October 7, 1780, the Battle of Kings Mountain utilized guerilla techniques—American Over Mountain Men wearing buckskin and hunting shirts and armed with hunting rifles attacked Loyalist troops from behind trees, resulting in an overwhelming Patriot victory. In January of the next year, the Battle of Cowpens saw a different strategy but a similar outcome: with brilliant military precision, Continental Regulars, dragoons, and Patriot militia executed the war’s only successful double envelopment maneuver to defeat the British. Using firsthand accounts and careful analysis of the best classic and modern scholarship on the subject, historian Robert Brown demonstrates how the combination of both battles facilitated the downfall of General Charles Cornwallis and led to the Patriot victory in America.
March 12 (Friday) — Music at the Depot: Winter Acoustic Series (click on the preceding title for a PDF flyer and information) at its newly renovated train Depot located on 205 West Main Street in Dallas. The series will take place January through March on the second Friday of each month from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. featuring the following performer: Rebecca Ripp
 Anyone listening to Rebecca Rippy knows that this Gaston County singer-songwriter has a way of crafting lyrics that are very specifically—and provocatively— about her experiences, her relationships, and what matters most in her life. On Telling Stories, her second album, Rippy opens her heart in the most intimate ways, spinning tales built around those who mean the most to her. The emotional connection to her songs are obvious, but just as importantly is how she uses personal revelations to explore universal truths. Writing acoustic music that elevates souls with uplifting rhythms or hushes a crowd with quiet power, Rippy proves just how entertaining and inspiring music can be in the hands of a talented singer-songwriter who has lived every word she sings.
Children’s Art Contest — Entries are due to the museum by March 19, 2010
Calling all kids…. Do you like to draw, color or paint? Would you like to hang your artwork in a museum?! Then we need your help! The Gaston County Museum of Art and History is redesigning its hands-on area in the Carolina’s Textile Exhibit and is holding an art contest. The winning entries will be on display in the exhibit.
Entries must be on 8 ½ x 11 white cardstock paper, and must depict a textile-related scene. This could be anything from a drawing of a mill village to different types of textiles you see every day. The entries may be drawings, paintings or collage. Eight winners will be chosen from the following categories: 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade.
Entries are due to the museum by March 19, 2010. For more details please contact Curator Stephanie Haiar at 704-922-7681 ext. 104.
March 23 (Tuesday) — Terrific Toddler Tuesday — 10 - 11 AM
This program is geared towards preschoolers ages 1-4. Programs vary each month (always occurring the 4th Tuesday) but relate back to art or history and may include a story, art project, craft, song, or tour of a part of the museum. Eggs! Eggs! Eggs! Learn all about decorative eggs. The children will explore eggs from the museum’s Edith Poston Egg collection and make their own decorative eggs. Egg games will be played and we will sing egg songs.
Parents, grandparents and others are invited to stay with their youngster and enjoy time in the museum as well. The program will begin at 10:00 AM and conclude by 11:00 AM – just in time to get home for lunch and nap time after a busy morning! The program is free to members at the family level and above. For all other participants, the fee is $2 per child.
Current & Upcoming Exhibits
The Gaston County Museum of Art & History will present Music at the Depot: Winter Acoustic Series (click on the preceding title for a PDF flyer and information) at its newly renovated train Depot located on 205 West Main Street in Dallas. The series will take place January through March on the second Friday of each month from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. featuring the following performers:
• March 12, 2010 – Rebecca Rippy
Tickets can be bought in advance for $10 or purchased the day of the show for $13. Purchasing tickets in advance is strongly encouraged since seating is limited. Advance ticket information is available by contacting Jeff Pruett 704.922.7681 x 105 or jpruett@co.gaston.nc.us.
“The Museum has seen a lot of success with the outdoor Blues Out Back Concert Series,” said Jeff Pruett, Programs Coordinator with the Gaston County Museum. “With the recent renovation of the Depot, we felt it was the perfect place to host quality, original music on a more intimate level”.
The Depot, built in 1903, was originally the Carolina and Northwestern Train Depot located in Dallas on Main Street, a few blocks south of the museum. It was moved to its current location at 205 West Main Street in 1977 where it was used as an art center. Later, it became the museum’s exhibit design shop and has recently been renovated and renamed the Anne Biggers Furr Learning Station with support from Rennie and Anne Bradley Biggers, the Community Foundation of Gaston County, and the Carrie E. and Lena V. Glenn Foundation. In addition to music events, The Depot will also host art exhibits, programs, and other museum functions.
FREE New Exhibit – Visual Jazz: Digital Designs by Jim Biggers
Opening January 9, 2010 and running until April 10, 2010 at the Gaston County Museum’s newly renovated Depot is Visual Jazz: Digital Designs by Jim Biggers.
Jim Biggers, Gastonia based artist works in a variety of media, with special emphasis on painting, drawing, and mono prints. Influenced by his uncle, internationally renowned artist John T. Biggers, he has developed his own personal style. Although his work often reflects his African heritage, his recent work had incorporated themes derived from his interests in mythology and geometric patterns. Digitally generated work represented in Grays or Blues with My Eggs, Tossed Salad, Carved Wood, Magic Feathers, Flowers in Another Vision, and Peppers, Peppers, Peppers series compellingly transforms these mundane objects into mechanical tableaus. The upcoming Visual Jazz exhibit combines digital imagery that conceptualizes the movement and flow of early jazz.
Artist statement (from Jim Biggers) – “My adventure with digital design began as a happy accident while taking a class on computer art a few years ago. While taking treatments for cancer this past year, I had the opportunity to research and develop a process of using the computer as a medium of expression (like the pencil and paintbrush), that has led to my discovery of a design venue that makes images in this portion of the exhibit possible.”
For additional information concerning Jim Biggers – please call 704.867.4525
FREE New Exhibit — Healing the Children: The North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital Exhibit
This exhibit runs until March 6, 2010 at the Gaston County Museum is Healing the Children: The North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital Exhibit. This free unique exhibit will feature oral histories from the patients and staff, photographs, and artifacts relating to NCOH.
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