{"id":72199,"date":"2026-04-20T09:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?p=72199"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:34:20","slug":"thomas-schmidt-becomes-latest-faculty-artist-in-mint-museum-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/2026\/04\/20\/thomas-schmidt-becomes-latest-faculty-artist-in-mint-museum-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Schmidt becomes latest faculty artist in Mint Museum collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A work by Associate Professor of Art Thomas Schmidt has recently been added to the collection of the Mint Museum of Art. \u201cSampled Spaces Mirror\u201d can be seen in the museum\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mintmuseum.org\/exhibition\/2026-recent-acquisitions\/\">Recent Acquisitions<\/a>\u201d exhibition on the third floor of the uptown location through July 19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Completed in 2020, \u201cSampled Spaces Mirror\u201d is a large wall installation that consists of 248 porcelain modules cast with molds made from a large sheet of crumpled paper.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cConceptually, the installation holds two opposing conditions in tension,\u201d Schmidt wrote in an artist statement. \u201cIndustrial ceramics are often associated with control, prediction, repetition and systems of production, while the crumpled paper source suggests improvisation, accident and the visible record of the hand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/04\/Schmidt_Mint_crop-1000x667.jpeg\" alt=\"Close up of Tom Schmidt with his artwork at the Mint Museum\" class=\"wp-image-72201 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/04\/Schmidt_Mint_crop-1000x667.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/04\/Schmidt_Mint_crop-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/04\/Schmidt_Mint_crop-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/04\/Schmidt_Mint_crop-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/04\/Schmidt_Mint_crop-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/04\/Schmidt_Mint_crop-1400x933.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2026\/04\/Schmidt_Mint_crop-300x200.jpeg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; 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The museum also holds works by several former\/retired faculty members, including Erik Anderson, Edwina Bringle, Maud Gatewood, Heather Hoover, Rod MacKillop, Tom Mason, Roy Strassberg and Martha Strawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of those pieces were on display last year, along with works by UNC Charlotte alumni, in an exhibition at the Mint\u2019s Uptown location that celebrated the <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.charlotte.edu\/featured-stories\/threads-through-time\/\">Department of Art &amp; Art History\u2019s 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schmidt has exhibited his work at venues in the United States, Europe and Asia and has work in other museum collections, including the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy; the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art in Sedalia, Missouri; and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024 he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/2024\/07\/02\/professor-creates-artwork-for-new-duke-energy-headquarters\/\"><strong>created and installed a large-scale work in the Duke Energy Plaza<\/strong><\/a>, the company\u2019s headquarters in Uptown Charlotte. 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