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The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are excited to present “Pete the Cat: Original Art by James Dean.” This selection of Dean’s popular “CAT-themed” paintings will be on display from January 3 through April 3, 2025, at the Alexander Dickson House, the historic building which houses the Hillsborough Visitors Center. Artist James... Read More →
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are happy to present the art of Hillsborough artist Barbara Younger. The new show, “The Songs of The Beatles: Folk Art by Barbara Younger,” will be on display starting September 6, 2024 at the Alexander Dickson House, the historic building which houses the Hillsborough Visitors Center.... Read More →
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are happy to present “More Stars Than Heaven: Art by Eric Legge” at the Alexander Dickson House, home of the Hillsborough Visitors Center. The exhibit is on view now through April 11, 2024. Self-taught artist Eric Legge leads a peaceful life in the mountains of Georgia,... Read More →
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are pleased to extend the current exhibition of paintings by self-taught folk artist Jessie Lavon. The held-over show, “A Sharecropper’s Daughter: Folk Art by Jessie Lavon,” is on display now through April 11, 2024 at the Alexander Dickson House, the historic building which houses the Hillsborough... Read More →
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are happy to present “More Stars Than Heaven: Art by Eric Legge” at the Alexander Dickson House, home of the Hillsborough Visitors Center. The exhibit is on view now through April 11, 2024. Self-taught artist Eric Legge leads a peaceful life in the mountains of Georgia,... Read More →
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are happy to present “Art by Sam Ezell” at the Hillsborough Visitors Center. When folk art fans think of tiny Hillsborough, NC, they most likely think of local artist Sam Ezell. Although his recent abstract paintings are being received with acclaim, art in his original primitive... Read More →
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are pleased to present a collection of paintings by self-taught folk artist Jessie Lavon. The exhibit, “A Sharecropper’s Daughter: Folk Art by Jessie Lavon,” is on display from August 25, 2023 through October 2, 2023 at the Alexander Dickson House, the historic building which houses the... Read More →
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are pleased to present a collection of paintings by self-taught Gullah artist Irene Tison. The exhibit, “Low Country Memories: Paintings by Irene Tison,” is on display from August 25, 2023 through October 2, 2023 at the Alexander Dickson House, the historic building which houses the Hillsborough... Read More →
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck present “Afterglow: Art by Jon Whiddon” featuring art from the artist’s estate. This will mark the center’s first folk art exhibit from Mike’s Art Truck since Covid restrictions began in 2020. Spanning Jon Whiddon’s brief but intense artistic journey from 1999 to 2008, the exhibition is... Read More →
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are pleased to present another special exhibit of folk art at the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough, NC. Highlighted by the work of Savannah artist Rudolph Bostic, “More Outsider Art in the Visitors Center” is the second in a series of shows featuring “outsider” art from... Read More →
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