Special Programs
NEA Big Read at the Ackland: Book Discussion #6
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesNEA Big Read at the Ackland will focus on Advice from the Lights by author Stephanie Burt. Events reflecting LGBTQ+ lives and experiences — including a keynote conversation with the…
Free
Hanes Visiting Artist Series: Sousveillance
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesHANES VISITING ARTIST LECTURE Maria Gaspar, Hương Ngô (UNC BFA Alumna), and Anna Martine Whitehead “Sousveillance and How to Think Like a Forest” Register to attend here: https://go.unc.edu/o9CJk Registration will…
“Posing Modernity: A Retrospective View” with Denise Murrell
Zoom , United StatesVirtual EventJoin us for a free virtual conversation with Denise Murrell about her exhibition Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today, which was on view at the…
Artist Conversation: Renée Stout
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesVirtual EventJoin us for a conversation between artist Renée Stout and the Ackland's Lauren Turner, assistant curator for the collection. Stout's work Ogun (1995) is part of the Museum's permanent collection…
Free
Kusama and Beyond: A Conversation with Collectors JK Brown and Eric Diefenbach
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesVirtual EventJoin collectors of modern and contemporary art JK Brown and Eric Diefenbach in a lively conversation with Ackland Director Katie Ziglar and Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Peter Nisbet. Brown…
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Artist Conversation: Creating “Mysterious Ink World, Part One (2016)”
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesVirtual EventJoin us Friday, April 9 for an in-depth look at Mysterious Ink World, Part One (2016), a collaborative contemporary work featured in the Ackland Art Museum's newest installation of Asian…
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Arts & Drafts: Watercolors with Craftboro
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesVirtual EventLearn watercolor basics from a regional artist, hear about watercolors on view in the Ackland’s newest exhibition, and taste local beers with the brewer who crafted them at a virtual…
$13
Curator’s Conversation: Introduction to “Visions of Venice”
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesVirtual EventJoin Dana E. Cowen, Sheldon Peck Curator for European and American Art before 1950, for an in-depth look at Visions of Venice. In this virtual discussion, participants will learn more…
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Public Art Concept Presentation with The Urban Conga
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesVirtual EventPlease join us in a Zoom webinar where design firm The Urban Conga will present concepts under development for the next public art commission to be installed on the Ackland’s…
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Museum Pictionary
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesVirtual EventThink you can draw a work of art from description alone? Join us for an afternoon of virtual drawing games based on works now on view in Drawing Attention. Test…
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