HMA’s Reaccreditation Process: Reminiscence
Karin Borei Karin Borei

HMA’s Reaccreditation Process: Reminiscence

On September 5, 2024, local notables including Hickory’s Mayor, HMA Board members, and other museum supporters along with the museum’s volunteers and staff celebrated HMA’s reaccreditation success with a party.  The Mayor declared the day of the party Hickory Museum of Art Day, and everyone raised a champagne toast.

 Being reaccredited was certainly not as simple as …

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Josephine Bonniwell Lyerly (1879–1964)
Karin Borei Karin Borei

Josephine Bonniwell Lyerly (1879–1964)

An especially intriguing aspect of the family is the involvement of Kate and George’s daughters, Norma and Josephine, in the family building business — an unusual situation for the time. Even more, that the Bonniwell daughters had their father’s support and promotion is all the more interesting.

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The Women behind Hickory Museum of Art
Karin Borei Karin Borei

The Women behind Hickory Museum of Art

A mock-up of the fabled then-brand-new 1954 Dodge station-wagon served as a photo setting for partiers celebrating at the premiere of the Women Behind HMA video.

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Jeffrey A. Raasch (born c.1966)
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Jeffrey A. Raasch (born c.1966)

Jef Raasch says of his work, “My sculpture represents the symbiosis of life; all creatures mixing together to form a greater existence.” The life-size human form of  HMA's Manimal is composed of dozens of different animal species, most native to North Carolina.

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Philip Moose (1921-2001)
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Philip Moose (1921-2001)

The unassuming but quietly charming Blowing Rock resident Philip Anthony Moose was a world traveler, Army veteran, Pulitzer Prize winner (for art, in 1948) and a prolific painter. Born in Newton, N.C. as the fifth of seven children, Moose studied art at ...

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