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Denise Drury, Interim Director, 828/227-3591, ddrury@wcu.edu
199 Centennial Drive | Cullowhee, NC 28723

NEW Museum Hours

Monday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed weekends and university holidays.  
*Also open one hour before each Galaxy of Stars performance, selected Saturday "Family Art Days" and for other special events. 

Fine Art Museum Fact Sheet (PDF)

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Fine & Performing Arts Center

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Fine and Performing Arts Center

Evening image of the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center

Group discussing the exhibit "INSPIRED DESIGN: Jacquard & Entrepreneurial Textiles" on display January 22- March 8, 2009

Group discussing the exhibit "INSPIRED DESIGN: Jacquard & Entrepreneurial Textiles" on display January 22- March 8, 2009

Fine Art Museum Releases

Call to Sculptors (PDF)

Announcing the 2010 Fall Season (PDF)

FAM in the Press

FAM Curator, Denise Drury, judges Henderson County Arts Council's "Bring Us Your Best"

Light & Shadow: The Mystery of George Masa

Your Carolina Weekend interviews Museum Director Martin DeWitt about the exhibit, Light & Shadow: The Mystery of George Masa

Visiting scholar to lecture on contemporary art March 5 at WCU
Independent cultural critic and author Eleanor Heartney will lead a presentation on contemporary art at 5 p.m. Monday, March 5, in Room 130 of the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University. The event is free and open to the public. Titled “Tales of Plastic Surgery, Genetically Altered Rabbits, and [...]

Laboray exhibit reception is Thursday
Work by Ron Laboray, assistant professor of painting and drawing in WCU’s School of Art and Design, will be featured through Friday, March 30, at the Fine Art Museum.

Passlof exhibit to open with reception
The work of the late painter Pat Passlof is the focus of a joint exhibition of WCU’s Fine Art Museum and the Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center in Asheville.

Statue wearing cozy holiday sweater
The bronze Catamount that adorns WCU’s main entrance was “yarn bombed” and is now outfitted with a bright red and green sweater courtesy of the WNC Fiber Folk Group.

Show to include holiday favorites
WCU’s Galaxy of Stars Series will continue Friday with a performance by the Pied Pipers and the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra in the Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center.