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About Jerald Melberg

• Jerald Melberg came to Charlotte, NC from Greenville, SC in 1976 to serve as Curator of Exhibitions at the Mint Museum of Art • Melberg was curator for 7 years, mounting significant exhibitions for artists such as Seymour Lipton and Larry Rivers. The most notable exhibition was a Romare Bearden retrospective in 1980 • This retrospective, titled Romare Bearden: 1970-1980, traveled to the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, MS, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum and the Virginia Museum of Fine Art in Richmond, VA • The exhibition established an enduring relationship between Bearden and Melberg, as well as Melberg’s reputation as a mover and shaker in Charlotte’s art community • By 1983, Melberg had gathered a group of investors and was ready to announce his plan to open a gallery