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Welcome!!!

You are part of a cohort of high school students across North Carolina participating in Artists in Process. In this program you will do the following:

• Explore artists from the NCMA collection connected to the BIG CONCEPT – PLACE

• Choose works for inspiration and develop ideas in a process journal around the concept

• Participate in a field trip (virtually or in person) for more inspiration

• Create work related to the theme, with the option of submitting to NCMA’s juried art exhibition

The program explores these key questions:

• How do artists arrive at their final work? 

• What is the process an artist goes through to develop, document, and refine their ideas? 

• How do artists translate these ideas into a work of art or a body of work?

BIG Concept

This year’s concept focus is: PLACE

The concept of place in contemporary art explores how environments shape identity, memory, and experience. Artists investigate place as more than a physical location. A place can be a city, landscape, home, or symbolic site connected to important events or collective identity. Through visual art, they explore how environments carry meaning shaped by culture, memory, identity, and social experience.

BIG Questions

• How can artists visually communicate the meaning of a place?

• How do artists represent place beyond a physical location?

• How does place influence identity, memory, and belonging?

• How do artists critique or reinterpret social, political, or environmental spaces?

• How do changing environments, technology, and globalization influence our understanding and perspectives of place?

• How can artists critique or challenge social, political, or environmental issues connected to place?

Grab your Notebook and begin exploring! 

Collection #1

– Click Here to Explore works of art that relate to the theme INTERCONNECTED

Collection #2

– Click Here to Hear from artists about their process