Art Adventures (Morning Session): Cardboard Portraits Inspired by Mose Tolliver
2023-04-29 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own masterpieces inspired by works of art at the Ackland. Classes are led by instructor Allison Tierney.
Cost: $5; Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above. Register below. Each session limited to ten participants.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session): Cardboard Portraits Inspired by Mose Tolliver
2023-04-29 13:00 - 14:30
*This event is sold out.*
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own masterpieces inspired by works of art at the Ackland. Classes are led by instructor Allison Tierney.
Cost: $5; Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above. Register below. Each session limited to ten participants.

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2023-05-20 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-07-08 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-08-12 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-09-16 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-10-21 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-16 10:30 - 12:00

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2023-05-20 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-07-08 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-08-12 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-09-16 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-10-21 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-12-16 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session): Metal Tooling Inspired by Thornton Dial and Ronald Lockett
2023-06-10 10:30 - 12:00

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session): Metal Tooling Inspired by Thornton Dial and Ronald Lockett
2023-06-10 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2023-11-18 10:30 - 12:00
This art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own masterpieces inspired by works of art at the Ackland. Classes are led by instructor Allison Tierney. This month’s class we will look at portraits by Kira Nam Greene & Tim Lowly, whose works are featured in The Outwin: American Portraiture Today.
Cost: $5; Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above. Register below. Each session limited to twelve participants.
The Outwin: American Portraiture Today has been organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The competition and exhibition are made possible by the Virginia Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Endowment, established by Virginia Outwin Boochever and sustained by her family. The Ackland’s presentation is supported in part by Caroline and Arthur Rogers.
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Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2023-11-18 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-01-13 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own masterpieces inspired by works of art at the Ackland. Classes are led by instructor Allison Tierney. This month’s class we will look at a portrait by Khánh H. Lê whose work is featured in The Outwin: American Portraiture Today.
The Outwin: American Portraiture Today has been organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The competition and exhibition are made possible by the Virginia Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Endowment, established by Virginia Outwin Boochever and sustained by her family. The Ackland’s presentation is supported in part by Caroline and Arthur Rogers.
Organized by:

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-01-13 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-02-10 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own masterpieces inspired by works of art at the Ackland. Classes are led by instructor Allison Tierney.
Space is limited to twelve participants; please register below!

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-03-09 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own works of art inspired by Molly Murphy Adams’ work Four Horses Running Fast, currently on view at the Ackland in Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum.
Space is limited to twelve participants; please register below!
This program is made possible by a Spark the Arts Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum [https://ackland.org/exhibition/past-forward-native-american-art-from-gilcrease-museum/] is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Gilcrease Museum.
The Ackland’s presentation of this exhibition has been made possible by the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, and Jeff and Liesl Wilke ’92 (JD).
Exhibition-related public programs are supported by a Spark the Arts Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Additional support for the Ackland’s presentation of Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum is provided by Kerry D. Bird & Ken Gahagan

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-03-09 13:00 - 14:30
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own works of art inspired by Molly Murphy Adams’ work Four Horses Running Fast, currently on view at the Ackland in Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum.
Space is limited to twelve participants; please register below!
This program is made possible by a Spark the Arts Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum [https://ackland.org/exhibition/past-forward-native-american-art-from-gilcrease-museum/] is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Gilcrease Museum.
The Ackland’s presentation of this exhibition has been made possible by the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, and Jeff and Liesl Wilke ’92 (JD).
Exhibition-related public programs are supported by a Spark the Arts Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Additional support for the Ackland’s presentation of Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum is provided by Kerry D. Bird & Ken Gahagan

Drawing in the Galleries
2024-04-13 10:00 - 12:00
Join us for our popular Drawing in the Galleries program this month during Studio Saturday! Amanda Hughes leads participants in a creative exploration of a particular object in the Ackland’s collection. Participants all draw from one object using their own gallery-safe materials (paper/notebooks and dry media like crayons and pencils), then discuss what they’ve noticed through the process of drawing. All levels are welcome.

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-04-13 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own works of art inspired by Molly Murphy Adams’ work Four Horses Running Fast, currently on view at the Ackland in Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum.
Space is limited to twelve participants; please register below!
This program is made possible by a Spark the Arts Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum [https://ackland.org/exhibition/past-forward-native-american-art-from-gilcrease-museum/] is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Gilcrease Museum.
The Ackland’s presentation of this exhibition has been made possible by the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, and Jeff and Liesl Wilke ’92 (JD).
Exhibition-related public programs are supported by a Spark the Arts Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Additional support for the Ackland’s presentation of Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum is provided by Kerry D. Bird & Ken Gahagan

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-04-13 13:00 - 14:30
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own works of art inspired by Molly Murphy Adams’ work Four Horses Running Fast, currently on view at the Ackland in Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum.
Space is limited to twelve participants; please register below!
This program is made possible by a Spark the Arts Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum [hyperlink to https://ackland.org/exhibition/past-forward-native-american-art-from-gilcrease-museum/] is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Gilcrease Museum.
The Ackland’s presentation of this exhibition has been made possible by the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, and Jeff and Liesl Wilke ’92 (JD).
Exhibition-related public programs are supported by a Spark the Arts Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Additional support for the Ackland’s presentation of Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum is provided by Kerry D. Bird & Ken Gahagan

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-05-18 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own works of embroidery on burlap currently on view at the Ackland in A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024.

Space is limited; please register for a ticket below.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-05-18 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-06-08 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own masterpieces inspired by works of art at the Ackland. Classes are led by instructor Allison Tierney.
This month, we’ll make radial symmetry works inspired by Philip Taaffe’s Granada, on view in Arranged: Recent Acquisitions of Modern and Contemporary Paintings.
Cost: $5; Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above. Register below. Each session limited to 12 participants.

CANCELED: Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-06-08 13:00 - 14:30
PLEASE NOTE: THE AFTERNOON SESSION OF ART ADVENTURES HAS BEEN CANCELED.
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In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own masterpieces inspired by works of art at the Ackland. Classes are led by instructor Allison Tierney.
This month, we’ll make radial symmetry works inspired by Philip Taaffe’s Granada, on view in Arranged: Recent Acquisitions of Modern and Contemporary Paintings.
Cost: $5; Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above. Register below. Each session limited to 12 participants.
PLEASE NOTE: THE AFTERNOON SESSION OF ART ADVENTURES HAS BEEN CANCELED.
