To Take Shape and Meaning: Form and Design in Contemporary American Indian Art features works by 75 Indigenous artists from over 50 tribes throughout the United States and Canada, including eight from North Carolina. The exhibition, composed exclusively of 3-D artworks, includes baskets made of blown glass, cars transformed into works of art, and cutting

Quilts materialize the bonds of home, family, and community as they are passed down from generation to generation. Yet they are also records of our shared history, interwoven with broader social, cultural, and economic legacies that make up the complex fabric of the United States.

Gallery owner, art historian, and North Carolina native Charlene Newsom employs her broad knowledge of NC art to curate an extensive collection celebrating the best and brightest NC artists of past and present. The show includes landmark pieces by influential North Carolina artists. Some of the biggest names and most important North Carolina art from the 19th and 20th century are included in this year’s show. This much anticipated Gallery C exhibition occurs every year. This year marks the 21st anniversary! Opening Reception: Friday, April 5, 6-8pm

SECCA (North Carolina Museum of Art, Winston-Salem) is proud to present Flutter, an exhibition of photography by Los Angeles-based artist David Gilbert, on view in SECCA's Main Gallery. Flutter marks the artist's first institutional solo exhibition, providing the unique opportunity to experience twelve years of Gilbert's work in one setting. David Gilbert (American, b. 1982) creates photographs that flirt with impermanence. The artist constructs playful sculptures, backdrops, and scenes from found materials, photographing them in distinctive views and dramatic natural light. The resulting pictures capture spontaneous moments, paired with lightheartedness and sensitivity. An opening reception with the artist and curator will be held Thursday, April 18 from 6–8pm.

Thomas Sayre:  Four Walls features new and never exhibited works by artist Thomas Sayre. Each of the four large-scale pieces in the installation questions the belief systems and symbols that underpin the ideals of church, nation and creation. Made of materials that include tar, smoke, fabric gowns, gunshots, welding material, earth and fire, these works invite visitors to draw close and experience the messiness of making, and by analogy, to bear witness to the ways that life invades, entangles, and tarnishes us. Opening Night with American Artist Thomas Sayre Friday, April 26, 6-9 PM Thomas Sayre Artist Talk Saturday, April 27, 11 AM