Museums & Galleries

NOTE: Please check with individual museums and galleries for any changes that might be in place due to COVID-19.

Greenville Museum of Art

The Greenville Museum of Art’s history began in 1935 when the frst Women’s Club Arts Festival was held. A permanent facility opened in 1939. In 1959, the East Carolina Art Society purchased the Flanagan Home, the museum’s current location, at 802 Evans St. The museum hosts many lectures, fundraisers, programs and other events throughout the year. Classes include the following:

► Artist’s Studio with Gail

Ritzer: One-on-one instruction in a studio environment.

Ritzer received a bachelor of science degree in art education from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a master of fne arts degree in ceramics and painting from

East Carolina University.

Several week-long classes are available throughout the year.

► Textiles and Jewelry with Marie Hamra: Learn fabric, mixed media, collage, crocheting, knitting, embroidery, quilting and jewelry techniques while creating a unique piece of art. Hamra, born and raised in Lebanon, learned the textile arts as a part of her Lebanese culture.

Emerge Gallery & Art Center

Emerge Gallery & Art Center, home of the Pitt County Arts Council, is a nonproft art center dedicated to educating, promoting and making the arts accessible to Greenville, Pitt County and the eastern North Carolina region. The arts council also ofers a variety of art classes throughout the year for adults and children with scholarships available for students in need, as well as rotating monthly exhibitions. Emerge, located at 4040 S. Evans St., has a full art center including a pottery facility with 13 potter’s wheels, a metalsmithing studio, photography classroom, and two general classrooms. The schedule varies during the summer months, holidays and ECU vacations. Call 551-6947, email info@ pittcountyarts.org or visit www. pittcountyarts.org. ► The Art Room — Artists’ studio at 403 S. Evans St. Call for appointment, 341-4119. ► City Art Gallery: City Art Gallery is a commercial gallery featuring exhibitions by local, regional and national artists.

New exhibitions are featured approximately every month and begin with an opening reception with artists in attendance. City Art Gallery is located at 511 Red Banks

Road. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. A list of upcoming events and total inventory is available on the gallery’s website.

Call 353-7000, email art@ cityartgreenville.com or visit www.cityartgreenville.com. ► The East Carolina Village and Farm Museum — A member of the Association for Living History, Farm and

Agricultural Museums, the village interprets agricultural and small-town life in eastern North Carolina from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century. Located at 4570 County Home Road, just south of Greenville, the village consists of 20 structures containing thousands of artifacts. Open by appointment. Call 756-5432. ► Grifton Museum and Catechna Indian Village — The museum focuses on displays of tobacco and farming related exhibits from the early 1900s. The replica Catechna village across the street is used to demonstrate lifestyle skills of Native Americans.

Located at 437 Creekshore

Drive, Grifton. Open frst and third Sunday of each month from 1-5 p.m. and by appointment. Call 524-0190 or visit griftonmuseum.com. ► May Museum and Park —

The general-history museum of Farmville and western Pitt

County is at 3802 S. Main

St., Farmville. Open for tours by appointment. Call 753- 6725 or visit farmvillenc.gov/ departments/may-museum-park. ► Uptown Art Supply & Gallery —Located at 516 Cotanche

St.upstairs at the University

Book Exchange, the gallery displays work by local and regional artists. Hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday.

Call 758-2616. ► Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery — Located in the ECU

School of Art and Design, the gallery provides educational programming for students and the community through six to eight exhibitions each year and numerous symposia and lectures by visiting artists and curators. Hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed for all university holidays. Call 328-6665 or email graygallery@ecu.edu. ► The Winterville Museum in the Cox-Ange House, 2543

Church St., holds open house from 3-5 p.m. on the second

Sunday of every month. It houses artifacts and displays that refect the history of

Winterville and Pitt County.

Private or group tours can be scheduled by calling the

Winterville Historical Society at 321-2660. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.