{"id":82893,"date":"2025-08-29T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=82893"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:55:06","slug":"wcu-fine-art-museum-opens-its-fall-season-with-two-new-exhibitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wcu-fine-art-museum-opens-its-fall-season-with-two-new-exhibitions\/","title":{"rendered":"WCU Fine Art Museum Opens Its Fall Season with Two New Exhibitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_82897\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82897\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82897\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Judson-Guerard-Fragile-Cities-Series_photo-credit-Diana-Gates-Photography-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Judson-Guerard-Fragile-Cities-Series_photo-credit-Diana-Gates-Photography-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Judson-Guerard-Fragile-Cities-Series_photo-credit-Diana-Gates-Photography-copy-2-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Judson-Guerard-Fragile-Cities-Series_photo-credit-Diana-Gates-Photography-copy-2-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Judson-Guerard-Fragile-Cities-Series_photo-credit-Diana-Gates-Photography-copy-2-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Judson-Guerard-Fragile-Cities-Series_photo-credit-Diana-Gates-Photography-copy-2-810x523.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Judson-Guerard-Fragile-Cities-Series_photo-credit-Diana-Gates-Photography-copy-2-1140x736.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-82897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fragile Cities. Judson Guerard, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Western Carolina University (WCU) Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center will open its fall season with two exhibitions that highlight the diversity and depth of North Carolina\u2019s artistic community. <em>No Ordinary Company: The Gifts of Connie Bostic<\/em> honors the life and legacy of Fairview-based artist Connie Bostic, an alum of WCU who passed away in January 2024. The exhibition, on view through Friday, October 17, features 30 works Bostic donated to the WCU Fine Art Museum in 2010, and a single piece from her own Here and There series.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_82896\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82896\" class=\"wp-image-82896\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Hayden-Wilson-Fall-of-the-Monarch-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Hayden-Wilson-Fall-of-the-Monarch-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Hayden-Wilson-Fall-of-the-Monarch-copy-2-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Hayden-Wilson-Fall-of-the-Monarch-copy-2-834x1024.jpg 834w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Hayden-Wilson-Fall-of-the-Monarch-copy-2-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Hayden-Wilson-Fall-of-the-Monarch-copy-2-810x995.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-Hayden-Wilson-Fall-of-the-Monarch-copy-2-1140x1400.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-82896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall of the Monarch. Hayden Wilson, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe exhibition is primarily focused on artists that Bostic knew and respected,\u201d says Carolyn Grosch, curator of collections and exhibitions at the museum. \u201cOnly one work is by Bostic herself, but it is a large-scale, tour de force painting from her Here and There series that is making its debut at our museum since its donation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bostic\u2019s career began in the 1970s, and she became known for connecting with artists who challenged convention and embraced authenticity. The exhibition features works by Porge Buck, Margaret Curtis, Teresa Prater and others whose subjects, like Bostic\u2019s own, explore themes of memory, violence, feminism and human resilience.<\/p>\n<p>Also open now and running through Friday, December 5, North Carolina Glass 2025 showcases the innovation of 30 artists working in glass, from handblown vessels to neon sculptures. \u201cThis is the most artists ever exhibited in the series\u2019 history, up from 23 artists in 2012,\u201d says Grosch. \u201cThis year features the series\u2019 first neon bender, Danielle James (DJ), who practices a highly specialized skill, as she describes it, of \u2018putting lightning in a tube.\u2019 She handcrafts neon signs and forms, incorporating them into mixed media installations. The exhibition will also include an incredible sand-cast glass window by David Chatt, one of the largest glass works ever exhibited in the series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-82895\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bardo-20121028-FAM-Glass-Exhibit-251350-full-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"398\" \/>The North Carolina Glass series began in 1974. \u201cNorth Carolina Glass 2025 recognizes the importance of the Studio Glass Movement in our state\u2019s history and how it has paved the way for artists working in glass today,\u201d says Grosch. \u201cArtists like Rob Levin and William Bernstein, who have current work in this show, exhibited in some of the earliest North Carolina Glass exhibitions and were notable figures in the movement. Their work is celebrated alongside other key innovators taking glass to the next level in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Receptions will take place at the museum on Thursday, September 18, from 5\u20137 p.m. for the Bostic exhibition and on Thursday, October 2, from 5\u20137 p.m. for the glass show.<\/p>\n<p><em>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/arts.wcu.edu\/no-ordinar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arts.wcu.edu\/no-ordinar<\/a>y and <a href=\"http:\/\/arts.wcu.edu\/nc-glass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arts.wcu.edu\/nc-glass<\/a> to learn more about the exhibitions and receptions. To see a full calendar of events, visit arts.wcu.edu\/explore or call 828.227.ARTS. The WCU Fine Art Museum is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WCU Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center will open its fall season with two exhibitions that highlight the diversity and depth of North Carolina\u2019s artistic community. 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