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2nd Friday ArtWalk: Acktoberfest

Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join us for a special Friday the 13th edition of Acktoberfest, our second annual celebration of the arts and tastes of the season. Spend a lighthearted evening kicking off spooky season with friends — look for "haunting" art, take part in mini writing workshops, and sample a selection of ciders and specialty cheeses from local…

2nd Friday ArtWalk: “Step This Way” Interactive Performance

Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

"Step This Way" is a site-specific performance featuring live music and dance by Mark Gabriel Little and Maura García. The performance takes place on and around the pARC, an interactive playful installation designed and created by The Urban Conga on the Ackland’s Terrace. Throughout the performance, elements of the composition and choreography will shift based…

Lecture-Demonstration with Maura García and Mark Gabriel Little

Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join choreographer/dancer Maura García and composer/musician Mark Gabriel Little for an interactive lecture-demonstration that extends the creative experience of their commissioned immersive performance Step This Way, which will be performed on Friday, November 10, 2023 from 7-9 p.m. during the 2nd Friday ArtWalk. On Sunday, November 12, Dancer-musician duo García and Little will return to…

Free

Crafty Hour: Paired Portraits at Craftboro Brewing

Craftboro Brewing 101 Two Hills Dr. Unit 180, Carrboro, NC, United States

Head to Carrboro’s Craftboro Brewing for an evening of art-inspired fun and local beer. Bring a partner for a lesson in making Paired Portraits, presented in connection with the Ackland’s current exhibition The Outwin: American Portraiture Today. You and your partner -- could be a spouse, a friend, or even a first date! -- will…

Free – $30

Event Series Holiday Arts Market

Holiday Arts Market

Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Ackland's Holiday Arts Market, presented in partnership with Downtown Chapel Hill, will be held Friday, December 8 from 5-9 p.m. during the 2nd Friday ArtWalk and Saturday, December 9 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Purchase handmade holiday gifts both Friday and Saturday. Come for the gifts and enjoy music from Chapel Hill School…

Event Series Holiday Arts Market

Holiday Arts Market

Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Ackland's Holiday Arts Market, presented in partnership with Downtown Chapel Hill, will be held Friday, December 8 from 5-9 p.m. during the 2nd Friday ArtWalk and Saturday, December 9 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Purchase handmade holiday gifts both Friday and Saturday. Come for the gifts and enjoy music from Chapel Hill School…

Artist Talk: Alison Elizabeth Taylor

Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join us as we welcome Outwin first-prize-winning artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor to the Ackland for an artist talk about her fascinating body of work, which uses a technique she describes as “marquetry hybrid” and can be seen in her prize-winning portrait titled Anthony Cuts under the Williamsburg Bridge, Morning (2020) (right). Alison Elizabeth Taylor depicted…

Free

WAITLIST ONLY: Defining a “We”: Parsing the Potentialities of Poetry and Portraiture

Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This program is now FULL. To be added to our WAITLIST, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu! -- Join us for a special ekphrastic poetry and portraiture discourse event curated by Chapel Hill Poet Laureate Cortland Gilliam and inspired by The Outwin: American Portraiture Today. Hear readings of ekphrastic poems written in response to The Outwin, as well…

Free

2nd Friday ArtWalk: Sustainable Strut

Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The UNC Undergraduate Student Government's Department of Environmental Affairs is bringing the Sustainable Strut to the Ackland Art Museum this year! The Sustainable Strut is a student-based fashion show that showcases clothing that has been cultivated sustainably and ethically. The show will feature a large group of student fashion organizations and designers. The mission is…

Free

Semester Revue: Student Research & Responses to the Collection

Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Each semester, the Ackland Art Museum works with thousands of UNC-Chapel Hill students through courses and fellowships. The Semester Revue offers a glimpse into the quality and variety of the students’ research, projects, and performances. Come learn about the collection and see it anew through their short, dynamic presentations. Light refreshments will be served.  The…