Ruth Pauley Lecture Series - Dr. Valerie Hillings - "Art, Nature, and People: Inspiring Joy and Connection at the North Carolina Museum of Art"
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Dr. Valerie Hillings
“Art, Nature, and People: Inspiring Joy and Connection at the North Carolina Museum of Art”
Currently Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Dr. Valerie Hillings received her B.A. in art history from Duke University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. From 2004-2018, she held progressively senior positions for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, working on projects for museums throughout its global constellation and with partner institutions in Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. As Director of the NCMA, she completed a vision plan for its 164-acre Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park that reflects the Museum’s dedication to stewardship, sustainability, and environmental resilience as well as its commitment to connection with nature for current and future generations.
Dr. Hillings received her B.A. in art history from Duke University and her M.A. and Ph.D in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. From 2004-2018, she held progressively senior positions for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, working on projects for museums throughout its global constellation and with partner institutions in Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. In 2009, she joined the Guggenheim’s dedicated Abu Dhabi Project staff, leading a team that brought together experts in a variety of art historical fields to develop a strategy for originating the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi collection, which features art in all mediums from around the world from the 1960s until today.
In November 2018 Dr. Hillings became the 9th director of the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh and Winston-Salem. During her tenure, she has focused on the Museum’s mission of stewarding and sharing its collection of art from antiquity to the present, spearheading its total reinstallation in 2022 to prioritize multiple diverse histories, voices, and perspectives – an approach also reflected in exhibitions, programs and partnerships. In addition, she completed a vision plan for the Museum’s 164-acre Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park that reflects its dedication to stewardship, sustainability, and environmental resilience and commitment to encouraging connection with nature for future generations.
CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE at this performance: beer, wine, soda, snacks. Items purchased at BPAC Concessions may be taken into the theatre. No outside food or drink permitted. FREE PARKING for attendees, on campus at Sandhills Community CollegeLectures begin at 7 p.m. at Bradshaw Performing Arts Center's Owens Auditorium, on campus at Sandhills Community College.
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LOBBY DOORS and the BOX OFFICE open 1 hour before curtain.
THEATER DOORS open for seating approximately 30 minutes before curtain.
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Since 1987, The Ruth Pauley Speakers has been providing residents of the North Carolina Sandhills and surrounding areas with the opportunity to benefit from a roster of renowned thinkers, statesmen, artists, experts and other extraordinary speakers — at no charge. FREE ADMISSION — TICKETS REQUIRED Tickets are available approximately 4-6 weeks before each event, one event at a time. There are no "season tickets."
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