I'm organizing a road trip with the Visual Artist Exchange's Photographer's Forum (physically based Raleigh, but we're from all over the Triangle). The one- or two-day tour may look like this:

Reynolda House
Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light

Adult Individual Admission: $14
(free on April 23, Ansel Adams Community Day (Earth Day), but registration is recommended
Ansel Adams Community Day | Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Saturday: 9:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday: 1:30 - 4:30pm
Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light | Reynolda House Museum of American Art
2250 Reynolda Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27106

Arrive early and leave around 11:30 to go to . . .

Waterworks Visual Arts Center
Up Close and Far Away: Through an Environmental Lens
Jeff Rich, Watershed Series, photographs
Jim Lee, Remains of Celebration, photographs

The exhibition "features artists who explore current environmental issues. Jeff Rich, a photographer whose work focuses on watershed issues ranging from recreation and sustainability to exploitation and abuse; and Jim Lee, whose still-life series composed of artifacts and remains, gathered in the field and photographed in his North Carolina studio will be featured in solo exhibitions."
Waterworks Visual Arts Center
123 East Liberty Street
Salisbury NC 28144
Saturday 10-2
Ends 21 May

Light Factory
Wunderkabinett
Marcus DeSieno, Daniel Kairo, Angela Franks Wells, Josh White
Opens 8 April
The Light Factory | Exhibitions
1817 Central Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28205
Saturday 12-6

Some people may only visit the first two venues for a shorter day. Reynolda House is the only venue of the three above with Sunday hours.

The Light Factory exhibition space is small, so driving all that way to Charlotte from Triangle on Saturday just for a small show wouldn’t be worth it. For a two-day event, we would add two other Charlotte venues with Sunday hours:

Levine Museum of the New South
We Are the Music Makers
We Are the Music Makers | Levine Museum of the New South
Sunday 12-5

Mint Museum: Uptown
Here & Now: 80 Years of Photography at the Mint
Opens 16 April
https://www.mintmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/detail/here-now-80-years-of-photography-at-the-mint/
Saturday 11-6
Sunday 1-5

Anyone here at PF interested?

P.S. Registration for the Ansel Adams exhibit at Reynolda House on Ansel Adams Community Day is only recommended by the museum if you are going to stay for the festivities that begin at noon.

Wow! What a wonderful opportunity. What a shame that I'll be busy that weekend, or I'd join you for at least part of it.

So the plan would be to meet in Winston-Salem at the first exhibit and then migrate to Salisbury? That's not a bad option - I'm in Charlotte but I have a friend up in the Winston area. I may see if I can swing that by coming up the night before.

Yes . . . we are ironing out the details, but last night we settled on the April 30th/May 1st weekend. Soco Gallery in Charlotte on Sunday at noon may be added to the list. I'll post another more detailed scheduled soon.

Sounds fun. On the other hand are you building in any time for photos? You might interleave the galleries with some spots to make shots.

Yes, the best time for photographing so far looks to be at Reynolda House grounds, in Charlotte after Light Factory, and Sunday morning, and on the return trip.

Thought you were talking about the weekend of the 23/24th. I might be able to join you for part of the next weekend. Looking forward to seeing the more detailed schedule.

There will be no return trip for me! LOL I will be making a trip out and then back. So the start for me will be the same but the end will be Charlotte.

When I first posted the schedule both weekends were under consideration; sorry for the confusion. For those who want to see the Adams show for free, then the 23rd is the day to go, but if the weather is good there will be lots of people in the afternoon.

Just checking - is this still planned for the weekend of the 30th and 1st? I'm working out details hoping to stay with a friend up that way Friday night so I can do this on Saturday and then migrate back towards Charlotte. I live in the Charlotte area so after the 2nd event on Sunday I'm headed to my house rather than back to the north.

Yes it is, although so far it will be a small group. Looks like four so far for Saturday, but only two for Sunday. I'll keep you posted. Any one else here at PF interested?

I'm debating driving up for the whole thing or meeting in Salisbury or waiting until you make it to the Light Factory. I'm game for Sunday also.

Wish I could make it, but I'm already committed for this weekend. Thanks for the effort of organizing it though. My sister lives in Hillsborough; maybe I could look you up next time I'm there?

If I can't make the start who can I work out contact details with to connect up in Salisbury or Charlotte. There are demands on my time that are starting to pop up. So far in "Whack-a-mole" fashion I have beaten them all back... but I may miss one or two and be stuck. LOL