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SUMMARY:Hanes Visiting Artist Talk: Alexis Rockman
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an artist talk with Alexis Rockman\, part of the UNC Art & Art History Department’s Hanes Visiting Artist series. The talk is presented in connection with the Ackland Art Museum’s current exhibition Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks. \nFree and open to the public. The talk will be held in the Hanes Art Center Auditorium\, Room 121. \nAn endowment established in 1983 through the generosity of Nancy and Robin Hanes supports the Art Department’s Visiting Artist Series. This important program brings both established and emerging artists to campus to discuss their work in public lectures and to offer individual critiques to our M.F.A. students. The Hanes Visiting Artist series greatly enriches both our academic programs and our outreach to the wider community. All lectures are free and open to the public.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/hva-alexis-rockman/
LOCATION:Hanes Art Center Auditorium (Room 121)\, 121 East Cameron Avenue\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks
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SUMMARY:Twilights on the Terrace: Warm Evenings and Watercolors
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a warm summer evening downtown with art-inspired crafts — and local craft beer — at this month’s Twilight on the Terrace!  \nCraft Beer and Art-Inspired CraftsSee Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks\, then pick up a paintbrush and experiment with watercolor on the Ackland’s Terrace while enjoying a local beer and snacks from Craftboro Brewing. Share and tag your photos with #acklandpARC for a chance to take home your own watercolor kit (while supplies last)!  \nArtist/Business Meet and Greet\nJoin the Ackland and the Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership for a meet and greet for artists and downtown businesses. Artists\, learn how you can connect with downtown businesses\, including restaurants\, cafes\, bookstores\, hotels and more to showcase your work. Business leaders\, find an artist to partner with your business for 2nd Fridays. \nGalleries open ’til 9 p.m. with free admission!Also new on view: Houseguests: American Art from the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership\, with stunning works visiting the Ackland from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville\, Arkansas.  
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/twilights-on-the-terrace-warm-evenings-and-watercolors/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Special Programs
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SUMMARY:Twilights on the Terrace: Party in the pARC
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a sunset celebration of pARC by The Urban Conga\, our new outdoor Terrace installation. At this month’s Twilights on the Terrace you can:\n– make your own pARC-inspired iridescent suncatcher\n– relax with friends and family to a sunset soundtrack\n– cool off in the galleries with free admission to all our exhibitions \nAll are welcome. This is a family-friendly event. Please tag your photos! #acklandpARC \nNEW in the galleries: July 8 is the first day to see our new exhibition Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks. The Museum galleries will remain open until 9 p.m. for our 2nd Friday evening hours.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-artwalk-party-in-the-parc/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Special Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220619T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220619T170000
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SUMMARY:Ackland F.A.M.: Juneteenth Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Our June Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum) theme celebrates Juneteenth with several activities available in person on June 19\, the final day of our current exhibition Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas. \nJuneteenth Celebration\nJune 19| 1-5 p.m. \nInteractive Family Tour | 2:00 p.m.\nJoin Ackland docents in a family-friendly close look at Aaron Douglas’ 1931 mural Harriet Tubman. \nStorytime | 3:00 p.m.\nJoin the Ackland’s Public Program Team as we read books about the significance of murals! Meet in ART&. Books are appropriate for ages 5 and up. \nMural & Graffiti Wall | All Afternoon in the Ackland courtyard \nMake your mark on our temporary mural wall with spray paint and inspiration from the art on view at the Ackland. Hosted by Chapel Hill Arts and Culture \nFree Family Activity Kits | Available in the Ackland Lobby beginning May 18\nPick up a kit to use in the galleries or at home to make your own “mural sketch” using stencils and textured paper\, inspired by Aaron Douglas’s vibrant Harriet Tubman mural. \nSelf-Guided Art Walk to Chapel Hill-Carrboro Juneteenth Celebration at Hargraves Community Center\nExplore Chapel Hill’s vibrant public art on a self-guided art walk between the Ackland and Chapel Hill-Carrboro’s 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Hargraves Community Center from 2-6 p.m. on June 19. Pick up a copy at the Ackland or view a PDF of the Mural Walk here. \nFind out more about the performances\, poetry\, and more at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Juneteenth celebration of Black community and culture by visiting their event page: https://www.chapelhillarts.org/calendar/juneteenth-celebration/. \n  \n\n  \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-f-a-m-juneteenth-celebration/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:F.A.M. (Families at the Museum),Special Programs,Talks
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SUMMARY:Saturday Performance: "God's Trombones"
DESCRIPTION:Performance: God’s Trombones \nJune 4\, 2022 | 3:00 p.m.\nHayti Heritage Center\, Durham\, NC\nPurchase tickets on Eventbrite now! \nExperience a performance of God’s Trombones\, a multimedia work featuring songs\, sermons\, and the art of Aaron Douglas. This production by OnQ Performing Arts (Charlotte\, NC) uses the text of James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 work God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse\, digital projections of Aaron Douglas’s original illustrations for the Johnson work (currently on view at the Ackland)\, and a variety of gospel songs and spirituals arranged by Dennis Reed Jr. (Billboard History Maker). Two ticketed performances will be held at the Hayti Heritage Center\, a cultural arts and arts education venue housed in the historic St. Joseph’s AME Church in Durham. \nCohosted by the Ackland Art Museum and the Hayti Heritage Center. All proceeds benefit Hayti Heritage Center\, celebrating its 130th anniversary. Presented in connection with Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas (on view April 22-June 19\, 2022). \nTickets – Purchase on Eventbrite now! \nAdvance: $15 (adults); $7 (12 and under)\nDoor: $20 (adults); $7 (12 and under) \nPerformance Dates and Location\nTwo performances will be held on Friday\, June 3 at 8 p.m. and Saturday\, June 4 at 3 p.m. at the Hayti Hertiage Center\, 804 OLD FAYETTEVILLE STREET\, DURHAM\, NC 27701
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/saturday-performance-gods-trombones/
LOCATION:Hayti Heritage Center\, 804 OLD FAYETTEVILLE STREET\, Durham\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances,Special Events,Special Programs
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220603T213000
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SUMMARY:Friday Performance: "God's Trombones"
DESCRIPTION:Performance: God’s Trombones \nJune 3\, 2022 | 8:00 p.m.\nHayti Heritage Center\, Durham\, NC\nBuy tickets through Eventbrite! \nExperience a performance of God’s Trombones\, a multimedia work featuring songs\, sermons\, and the art of Aaron Douglas. This production by OnQ Performing Arts (Charlotte\, NC) uses the text of James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 work God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse\, digital projections of Aaron Douglas’s original illustrations for the Johnson work (currently on view at the Ackland)\, and a variety of gospel songs and spirituals arranged by Dennis Reed Jr. (Billboard History Maker). Two ticketed performances will be held at the Hayti Heritage Center\, a cultural arts and arts education venue housed in the historic St. Joseph’s AME Church in Durham. \nCohosted by the Ackland Art Museum and the Hayti Heritage Center. All proceeds benefit Hayti Heritage Center\, celebrating its 130th anniversary. Presented in connection with Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas (on view April 22-June 19\, 2022). \nTickets – Purchase on Eventbrite now! \nAdvance: $15 (adults); $7 (12 and under)\nDoor: $20 (adults); $7 (12 and under) \nPerformance Dates and Location\nTwo performances will be held on Friday\, June 3 at 8 p.m. and Saturday\, June 4 at 3 p.m. at the Hayti Hertiage Center\, 804 OLD FAYETTEVILLE STREET\, DURHAM\, NC 27701
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/friday-performance-gods-trombones/
LOCATION:Hayti Heritage Center\, 804 OLD FAYETTEVILLE STREET\, Durham\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances,Special Events,Special Programs
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SUMMARY:"African American Trailblazers" Mural Walk
DESCRIPTION:This program is now FULL. To be added to a waitlist\, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu \n—\nHear from artist Kiara Sanders about her new mural African American Trailblazers\, which was inspired by the work of Aaron Douglas. We’ll meet at the Ackland to see Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas then embark on our mural walk\, stopping at various murals on the way to see African American Trailblazers\, which is installed on the Walt’s Grill/Molly’s Gift Shop Building at 111 S. Merritt Mill Road. Throughout the event\, we’ll hear from Sanders about her artistic influences (including Aaron Douglas)\, the role of public art by Black artists in our community\, and how the Trailblazers mural came to be. \nSpace is limited. Please RSVP below. This event is rain or shine; participants should wear comfortable footwear and be ready to navigate the approximately 1 mile flat route from the Museum to the mural. \nMore about the mural: https://www.chapelhillarts.org/arts-experiences/public-art/african-american-trailblazers-mural/ \nCohosted by Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture \n— \nThis program is now FULL. To be added to a waitlist\, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/mural-walk/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Tours
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220513T193000
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SUMMARY:Drop-In Printmaking Workshop with Raj Bunnag
DESCRIPTION:Drop-In Printmaking Workshop with Raj Bunnag \n6-7:30 p.m.  \n \nJoin Raj Bunnag\, 2022 MFA candidate whose work is featured in Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022\, for a special hands-on printmaking workshop during the 2nd Friday ArtWalk!  \n  \nIn this drop-in workshop\, visitors will be able to make their own tiny stamps using hand-carved blocks made by Bunnag. Watch as Bunnag demonstrates his printmaking techniques and create your own small prints to take home. This workshop will take place outdoors and attendees are welcome to stay for as long as they like during the hour and a half-long program.   \n \nMaterials for this event have been generously donated by Speedball. Presented in connection with Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022. Part of the Chapel-Hill Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk. \n— \nRaj Bunnag is a Thai American artist living and working in Durham\, North Carolina. He received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2012 with an emphasis in Printmaking. He is currently an MFA candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bunnag’s practice examines systematic racism inherent to the foundations of the US\, its institutions\, and its domestic/global policies\, through themes in the lineage of print. In his more personal work\, he is researching the ideas and baggage that come with self-identity as the son of immigrants and what it means to be a non-white body existing in white spaces. He has shown work nationally and internationally as well as received numerous awards for his relief printed work.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/print-making-demo/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Special Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220428T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220428T160000
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SUMMARY:Semester Revue: Student Research & Responses to the Collection
DESCRIPTION:SEMESTER REVUE | ART&\n \nStudent Research & Responses to the Collection \nEach semester\, the Ackland Art Museum works with thousands of UNC-Chapel Hill students through courses and internships. 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. \nThe Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7\, 2022\, masks are optional in our galleries.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/semester-revue-2022/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220428T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220428T120000
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SUMMARY:Reading Day Donuts
DESCRIPTION:Sign up for your FREE Ackland Student Membership to attend Reading Day Donuts! \nAckland Student members are invited to the Ackland Art Museum for a relaxing morning study break on the front terrace with free donuts and coffee! \nView works by UNC-Chapel Hill’s Class of 2022 Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art candidates: Raj Bunnag\, Charlie Dupee\, Hugo Ljungbäck\, Phuong Duyen Nguyen\, and Stella Rosen. Curated by Laura Ritchie ‘10 (BFA)\, Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022\, features a wide range of art from animation to embroidery. \nWe have several spaces in the Museum reserved for all UNC students to study throughout the day including ART& (just left off the lobby) and the courtyard between the Ackland and Hanes Art Center. \nSign up for your free Student Membership with the Ackland Art Museum to attend this event and discover new ways to experience art\, right here on campus! \nStudent Membership Benefits \n\nInvitations to Student Member Reading Day Donuts (final exam weeks)\nInvitation to Student Member Soiree with live music and refreshments (early fall)\nFree admission to ticketed programs like Yoga in the Galleries\nEnrollment in the University and College Art Museum Reciprocal Program\n10% Discount at the Museum Store\n\n  \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/reading-day-donuts/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs
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SUMMARY:Artist-Led Tour of “Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022”
DESCRIPTION:Join the 2022 Master of Fine Arts students for a special walk-through! This tour will be led by all five MFA candidates and introduced by exhibition curator Laura Ritchie. \nThrough the work of five artists\, Myth & Memory imagines a future in which the margins become the center. Drawing from personal narrative\, each of the artists engages a vocabulary of fantasy to make visible the stories that have been forgotten\, obscured\, or erased by white heteropatriarchal modes of dominance. Their work interrogates practices of history-making and history-keeping at the individual\, institutional\, and systemic level. Intimate gestures and acts of subversion reframe the lens through which memory is archived and myth is defined. As a result\, new stories emerge from a restructured past. \nPresented in connection with Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022. This program is sponsored by the Orange County Arts Commission.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/mfa-artist-tour/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220423T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220423T120000
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SUMMARY:Animation Workshop with Stella Rosalie Rosen
DESCRIPTION:Join Stella Rosalie Rosen\, 2022 MFA candidate whose work is featured in Myth & Memory\, for a special hands-on workshop on Index Card Animation! \nIn this workshop\, participants will learn the basics of 2D frame animation on paper using pencils and index cards. After a short lecture\, a demonstration\, and a few screenings of animated works drawn on paper\, participants will be encouraged to experiment with animations of their own on index cards following a theme generated by the group. The group’s work will be photographed and compiled into a short film at the end of class. At the end of this workshop\, participants will have learned how drawing frame-by-frame creates motion and movement in animation. Participants will even gain the tools to create their own animated works at home! \nSpace is extremely limited and a free ticket is required (register below). This workshop is for ages 13+. \nPresented in connection with Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022. This exhibition and its related programs are made possible by the generous support of Maryanna & Will Johnson and The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation. \n— \nStella Rosalie Rosen is an experimental animator and has been honing her skills since 2017. She works with a variety of other techniques\, including clay animation\, puppetry\, replacement animation\, and live-action video\, but finds her home in plain old graphite on paper. Rosen’s work uses narrative animation to illuminate stories that draw from her own experience living in an austere and industrialized world where oppressive hierarchies cause the abjection of certain bodies and the destruction of the natural world. Rosen finds inspiration in plants\, animals\, overheard conversations\, childhood obsessions\, and things she finds on the ground. She has had her films shown at festivals all over the world\, including Bushwick Film Festival\, Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival\, Oakland Short Film Festival\, Cosmic Rays\, and Florida Animation Festival. Rosen earned her undergraduate degree in biology\, and carries a fascination with the natural world into all of her work. Rosen studied animation at Vancouver Film School and California Institute of the Arts. She was raised in New York City and is now based out of Durham\, NC. \nVisit Stella’s website.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/animation-workshop/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Studio Saturday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220422T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220422T163000
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SUMMARY:Curator-Led Tour for “Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas”
DESCRIPTION:Join John Bowles\, associate professor of African American art in the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Art and Art History and faculty affiliate of the Institute for African American Research\, as we walk through Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas. The exhibition features more than 40 paintings\, prints\, book and magazine illustrations\, drawings\, and other artworks\, and demonstrates how Douglas developed an immediately recognizable style of dynamic\, Art Deco-like forms and starkly silhouetted figures. He also advanced the idea that modern Black culture drew upon music\, dance\, visual art\, and faith traditions developed in Black communities throughout the world. \nThe tour is currently full; please email acklandrsvp@unc.edu to join the wait list. Thank you! \nThis program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/curator-led-tour-for-modern-black-culture-the-art-of-aaron-douglas/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Tours
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk: Sunsets Dance Party with WXYC
DESCRIPTION:Sunsets Dance Party with WXYC \nA global dance party inspired by Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution)\, the seven-channel video installation by Ghost of a Dream featuring sunsets captured around the world by artists living through the COVID-19 pandemic. During the April 2nd Friday ArtWalk\, all are invited to dance together as WXYC DJs spin tunes as the sun sets on Arts Everywhere Day. \nAligned by the Sun (through the revolution) is a seven-channel video installation created specifically for the Ackland Art Museum that uses the formal positioning of the horizon line to connect each video of the sun. By overlaying images of a setting sun that align vastly different and often non-neighboring locations\, Ghost of a Dream’s Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution) offers entry points to important conversations around equality\, location\, migration\, and the environment. On view through July 3\, 2022. \n— \nThe Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7\, 2022\, masks are optional in our galleries.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/sunsetsdanceparty/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Performances,Special Programs
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220408T153000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Artist Conversation: Ghost of a Dream
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a virtual artist conversation between Ghost of a Dream\, the artistic collaboration of Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom\, and the Ackland’s assistant curator for the collection Lauren Turner. Ghost of a Dream will discuss their commissioned installation for the Ackland\, Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution)\, as well as their larger body of work. \nThis program is presented in connection with UNC’s Arts Everywhere Day and its 2022 theme “Grounded Growth\,” which examines the role of art — especially the ways in which it was able to uplift and connect — during COVID. \nRegister for a free ticket for this Zoom webinar below. If you encounter registration issues\, please contact email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. \n— \nAbout Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution) \nAligned by the Sun (through the revolution) is a seven-channel video installation created specifically for the Ackland Art Museum that uses the formal positioning of the horizon line to connect each video of the sun. By overlaying images of a setting sun that align vastly different and often non-neighboring locations\, Ghost of a Dream’s Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution) offers entry points to important conversations around equality\, location\, migration\, and the environment. On view through July 3\, 2022.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/artist-conversation-ghost-of-a-dream/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220408T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220408T140000
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SUMMARY:UNC Universe Week: The Art of Science Tour
DESCRIPTION:Meet in the Ackland’s lobby for a guided tour that reveals the interplay between art on view and science! The tour will be 30 minutes in length. \nThe Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7\, 2022\, masks are optional in our galleries.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/unc-universe-week-the-art-of-science-tour-2022-04-08/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220407T140000
DTSTAMP:20260530T060701
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SUMMARY:UNC Universe Week: The Art of Science Tour
DESCRIPTION:Meet in the Ackland’s lobby for a guided tour that reveals the interplay between art on view and science! The tour will be 30 minutes in length. \nThe Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7\, 2022\, masks are optional in our galleries.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/unc-universe-week-the-art-of-science-tour/2022-04-07/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220324T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220324T183000
DTSTAMP:20260530T060701
CREATED:20211212T201859Z
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SUMMARY:Collectors' Seminar: Building an Art Collection
DESCRIPTION:This program has been rescheduled from January 28th. Please join us on March 24th!\n \n— \nWith Drs. John and Nicole Dintenfass\, Moderated by Peter Nisbet \nJoin us for an intimate conversation with Drs. John and Nicole Dintenfass about their lifelong passion for collecting art\, the latest in a series of talks with collectors whose works have been on view at the Ackland. The Dintenfasses have collected art for an astonishing fifty-three years\, beginning with John’s medical residency in West Africa and continuing for several decades as the French and American couple traveled throughout the U.S. and Europe. Their varied collection is comprised of African metalwork — some of which can now be seen at the Ackland in our exhibition Peace\, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa — but also extends to wooden miniatures\, Chinese art\, and American paintings and coins. The Dintenfasses\, together in conversation with Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Peter Nisbet\, will discuss selected works from their African collection currently on view at the Museum\, talk about how they have built and refined their collection\, and share their thoughts on the psychology of collecting art\, the subject of a book they are currently writing. \nSpace is extremely limited at this in-person program and registration is required. Please reserve your free tickets below. \nIf you find yourself unable to attend\, please email acklandrsvp@unc.edu\, so that we may offer the space to others. \nThe Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7\, 2022\, masks are optional in our galleries.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/collectors-seminar-building-an-african-art-collection/
LOCATION:101 South Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220320T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220320T170000
DTSTAMP:20260530T060701
CREATED:20220120T151011Z
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SUMMARY:Ackland Open House at ShopSpace
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an open house at ShopSpace\, a non-profit metalworking shop in Raleigh.  \nTake a tour of the forging and fabrication studios while snacking on treats from Empire Eats Catering!\n \nHear from Robert Bemis (blacksmith and historic trades specialist for North Carolina Historic Sites) about how the history of metalwork in North Carolina relates to African traditions\, and learn about the Ackland’s current exhibition Peace\, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa from Ackland staff.  
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-shopspace/
LOCATION:ShopSpace\, 1505 Capital Boulevard\, #18\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27603\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T180000
DTSTAMP:20260530T060701
CREATED:20220113T184532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220113T184532Z
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SUMMARY:Radical Healing and Decoloniality: Museums in Transition
DESCRIPTION:This talk by Amanda Maples\, Curator of African Art at the NC Museum of Art\, is part of UNC Chapel Hill’s African Studies Center’s Decolonizing African Studies Series.  \nWith the advent of global protests urgently calling for social justice and the end of systemic racism\, museums have been called upon to reflect on their own institutional histories and grapple with the role they have played in perpetuating stereotypes and inequities—both in gallery and collections representation\, and within their administration. A critical aspect of this relatively recent pursuit to decolonize includes facing the violence at play in colonial and imperial histories\, and making efforts towards reparations more broadly. Such momentum has catapulted museums into a period of transition and their responsibilities are fundamentally changing towards creating space for radical healing. \nRegister here for this free virtual talk! \nOrganized by the African Studies Center\, College of Arts and Sciences\, UNC-Chapel Hill.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/radical-healing-and-decoloniality-museums-in-transition/
LOCATION:Zoom\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T163000
DTSTAMP:20260530T060701
CREATED:20211212T202448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220113T144113Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual "Peace\, Power & Prestige" Curator Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Susan Cooksey (Harn Museum of Art) in conversation with Victoria L. Rovine (Art History\, UNC-Chapel Hill) \nJoin us for a free virtual conversation about Peace\, Power & Prestige\, with exhibition curator Dr. Susan Cooksey (Curator Emerita of African Art\, Harn Museum of Art) and Dr. Victoria Rovine (Professor of African Art History\, Department of Art and Art History\, UNC-Chapel Hill). \nLearn about highlights of this exhibition\, which explores the roles of metal objects in sustaining\, unifying\, and enhancing life in African communities while demonstrating the aesthetic and expressive power of metal arts. The exhibition of over 140 pieces includes a diverse range of iron\, brass\, bronze\, gold\, copper\, silver\, and alloyed works created by artists in Sub-Saharan Africa between the twelfth and twenty-first centuries.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/curator-conversation-susan-cooksey-harn-museum-of-art/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211212T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211212T170000
DTSTAMP:20260530T060701
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SUMMARY:Ackland F.A.M. | Art All Around You
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that art can be found all around you? Carolina’s campus is filled with gems like Carolina Performing Arts’ Memorial Hall and our very own Ackland Art Museum! This December\, our Ackland F.A.M. theme is Interactive Art. Find out more ways to get involved below: \nVISIT THE ACKLAND\nFamily & Friends Sunday\nDecember 12 | 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. \nInteract with Mysterious Ink World\, Part One (2016)\, a collaborative contemporary work featured in the Ackland Art Museum’s newest installation of Asian art\, Clouding: Shape and Sign in Asian Art. \nART-MAKING\nDecember 3 – 17 | Ackland Art Museum \nPick up a Family Art Kit inspired by Mysterious Ink World\, Part One (2016) and Atmospheric Memory. Both art installations rely on audience participation: your movement\, your choices\, your body! Kits will be limited to one per person and will be available for pick-up while supplies last. \nDownload PDF instructions here \nSupplies needed: Watercolor paints\, brushes\, white crayon\, cup of water\, your imagination \nFAMILY SCAVENGER HUNT\nInspired by Ghost of a Dream’s Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution)\, wander through the galleries looking for colors and shapes related to the sun. Pick one up at the Front Desk! \nAligned by the Sun (through the revolution) is a seven-channel video installation created specifically for the Ackland Art Museum that uses the formal positioning of the horizon line to connect each video of the sun. \nWATCH\nHear from artistic collaborators Ming Ren (American\, b. 1956) and Hansong Zhang (Chinese\, b. 1969)\, as they explain the process behind creating Mysterious Ink World\, Part One (2016).  \n \nBUY TICKETS TO ATMOSPHERIC MEMORY AT CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS\nDecember 2 – 17 | Memorial Hall at UNC-Chapel Hill \nGeneral Admission tickets are $15.00 | Purchase Here \nExperience a unique\, immersive art environment where you control interactive artworks while surrounded with light\, sound\, and colossal projections.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-f-a-m-art-all-around-you/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:F.A.M. (Families at the Museum),Special Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211201T201500
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SUMMARY:Can Art Prevent War? A Discussion about the Power of Cultural Diplomacy
DESCRIPTION:With Barbara Stephenson (Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs and Chief Global Officer\, UNC-Chapel Hill) and Katie Ziglar (Director\, Ackland Art Museum) \nAt this free virtual panel\, Ackland director Katie Ziglar speaks with Vice Provost for Global Affairs and former diplomat Barbara Stephenson about the power of cultural diplomacy\, meditating on the provocative question\, “Can Art Prevent War?” Questions about the power of art in global affairs come implicit with the display of nearly seventy objects on view in the Museum’s current exhibition Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society. The Rockefellers believed their collection of Asian Art — a portion of which can be seen at the Ackland this fall — would help facilitate cross-cultural dialogue and bolster diplomatic goals of the United States. On December 1\, join Ziglar and Stephenson for a lively conversation in which they share their perspectives — from the museum world and the world of U.S. diplomatic affairs — to explore the use of art in building cross-cultural connections and to comment on the Rockefellers’ goal of cultural diplomacy between the United States and Asia\, especially how it might work in today’s world. \nRegister below for this free Zoom webinar. Participants will be sent a link via email. \n— \nABOUT THE PANELISTS: \nBarbara J. Stephenson\, Vice Provost for Global Affairs and Chief Global Officer\, joined the University in 2019. She advances Carolina’s global reach\, impact and reputation. Previously\, she was president of the American Foreign Service Association. During her distinguished 34-year career in the Foreign Service\, she was U.S. ambassador to Panama\, the first woman chargé d’affaires and deputy ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in London\, and dean of the Leadership and Management School at the Foreign Service Institute. \nKatie Ziglar is the director of the Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has contributed substantially to the successful management of visual arts organizations including the Smithsonian American Art Museum\, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute\, the National Gallery of Art\, and the Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler Galleries in Washington\, D.C. Her academic background includes an expertise in Islamic Art in addition to studies in history from UNC-Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain scholar. \nThis program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/cultural-diplomacy/
LOCATION:Zoom\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211119T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211119T170000
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SUMMARY:Art & Lit at the Ackland: "The Hare with Amber Eyes" by Edmund de Waal
DESCRIPTION:Join us in reading artist and author Edmund de Waal’s captivating family memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes\, which traces the story of his family through a collection of hand-carved Japanese netsuke as the objects traveled across time\, space\, and generations. After you’ve read it\, spend time exploring the Ackland’s exhibition Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon\, on view October 8\, 2021 – January 9\, 2022. \nOn Friday\, November 19\, Art & Lit participants will gather on Zoom for a lively virtual discussion with Morgan Pitelka\, Professor and Chair of UNC’s Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies\, and the Ackland’s Director of Education and Interpretation\, Carolyn Allmendinger. \nGET THE BOOK: \nYour ticket includes admission to the virtual program and one copy of The Hare with Amber Eyes (2021 edition). Please select a pick-up/shipping option at check out. \n\nOption 1: Pick up the book at the Ackland (101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC). ($18) You will be notified by email when your book is available for pick up.\n\nOption 2: Ship the book to your home. Please provide your mailing address when you check out. ($22) \nSEE THE EXHIBITION: \nBuddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon is on view at the Ackland from October 8\, 2021-January 9\, 2022. Admission is always free. \nJOIN US FOR THE DISCUSSION: \nZoom link will be sent to registered participants via email. A reminder will also be sent closer to the program date. \nSpace is limited. \n— \nPresented in partnership with Carolina Public Humanities. \nThis program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission. This program is sponsored in part by Diana M. Braunstein. 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/hare-with-amber-eyes/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211111T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211111T190000
DTSTAMP:20260530T060701
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211111T231400Z
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SUMMARY:American Tastes in Japanese Art: The Influence of Sherman Emery Lee
DESCRIPTION:At this free virtual talk Dr. James Ulak will offer thoughts on Sherman Emery Lee’s (1918–2008) powerful influence in directing collecting tastes in Japanese art throughout America. Lee’s advice has benefited countless private and institutional collections — including the Ackland Art Museum — from the immediate post-WWII era\, through his distinguished museum career\, and well into his retirement years. His role as a confidant to the Rockefellers is well documented and on display in the Ackland’s current extraordinary exhibition of Asian art\, Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society. In this talk\, Ulak will situate Sherman Lee in the context of America’s long interest in Japanese art and culture\, dating from the 1870s forward. Lee resisted clichés and trends to establish a clear understanding of the strength of Japan’s classical visual lineage. \nThis free virtual talk is presented in connection with Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society.  \nFree; RSVP required below. Zoom webinar links will be sent to registered participants via email. \nThis program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission. \n— \nJames T. Ulak is the current president of the United States-Japan Foundation (serving since November 2019) and had previously spent twenty-five years at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art — Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington\, D.C.\, serving in the capacities of Senior Curator of Japanese Art\, Head of Collections and Research\, Chief Curator and Deputy Director. Preceding his tenure in Washington\, he has been affiliated with the Cleveland Museum of Art\, Yale University Art Gallery\, and The Art Institute of Chicago. Before beginning his museum career\, an interest in Japanese Buddhist iconography led Jim into a full-time academic program of Japanese art history. With an initial focus on the history of narrative painting production in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Japan\, Jim received his PhD from Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland\, Ohio) in 1994\, where he studied with Sherman Emery Lee. In addition to his interest in medieval Japanese narrative painting\, Jim has written on the genesis of modern painting styles in the early seventeenth century\, on eighteenth-century “eccentric” painters\, and on Japan’s artistic encounters with international modernity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He has developed and produced numerous exhibitions on these topics\, including major projects in partnership with Japanese institutions. During his museum career\, Jim expanded collection holdings\, created programs for curatorial training\, and engaged major corporate\, government\, and private financial support for museum programs.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ulak/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T140000
DTSTAMP:20260530T060701
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SUMMARY:Artist Conversation: Zig Jackson
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual conversation between artist Zig Jackson and the Ackland’s Lauren Turner\, assistant curator for the collection. Jackson’s photograph Entering Zig’s Indian Reservation\, China Basin\, San Francisco\, CA is featured in the Ackland’s 2021-2022 Close Looks series. In this free virtual conversation\, we’ll hear from Jackson about this 1997 work\, others in the series and about how it fits into his larger body of photography. \nRegister below for a free ticket. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants via email. \nZig Jackson (Rising Buffalo) is a photographer of Mandan\, Hidatsa\, and Arikara descent who was raised on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. Though art was always part of his life\, he began formally learning sketching\, painting\, and then photography during his primary and second education within the government Indian boarding school systems. Jackson earned a bachelor’s degree in education at Northeastern Oklahoma State\, while also studying with several area artists\, before pursuing his interest in photography through continued studies at the University of New Mexico. In 1994\, Jackson received a Master of Fine Arts in photography from San Francisco Art Institute. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and grants including a residential fellowship at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito\, California; a Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Grant for excellence in the photographic arts\, which culminated with an exhibition\, “Entering Zig’s Indian Reservation\,” at the American Indian Contemporary Arts center in San Francisco; a National Millennium Survey Grant; and the inaugural Beaumont Newhall Award for Photographic Excellence from the New Mexico Humanities Council. In 2005\, Jackson became the first Native American photographer collected by the Library of Congress\, when twelve of his images were accessioned by its Prints and Photographs Division. Jackson has taught photography at Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe\, at San Francisco State University and UC Davis\, and beginning in 1999 at the Savannah College of Art and Design\, where he is now professor emeritus. \nThis program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/zig-jackson/
LOCATION:Zoom\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T163000
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SUMMARY:Artist Conversation: Christopher Myers
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual conversation between artist Christopher Myers and the Ackland’s Lauren Turner\, assistant curator for the collection. Myers’s work Fish Pieta (2020)(seen at right) is a new acquisition in the Museum’s permanent collection and is featured in the 2021-2022 Close Looks series. In this free Zoom webinar\, we’ll hear from Myers about this recently-acquired work and how it fits into his larger body of work exploring global cultural exchange. \nGet free tickets to this virtual webinar below! Registered participants will receive a Zoom link in the email provided. \n— \nChristopher Myers is an artist and writer who lives in New York. While he is widely acclaimed for his work with literature for young people\, he is also an accomplished fine artist who has lectured and exhibited internationally. He writes\, “I’ve been asking the question lately\, ‘What does it mean to be an artist whose work is rooted in the experience of global cultural exchange?” \nMore than the simple small-world market-driven exchanges that mark some artists\, whose practices are rooted in the anthropological or outsourcing models of cultural exchange\, he is interested in the aesthetic bridges that have been built organically across cultures\, classes\, and geographies\, and has been creating work in those in-between spaces for years. His practice can be divided into two categories\, work by his own hands that lives in the syncretic\, the hybrid\, and the improvised\, and collaborations with artisans from around the globe\, extending the conversation of cultural movement across continents and artistic milieus. \nHe has worked with traditional shadow puppet makers in Jogjakarta\, silversmiths in Khartoum\, conceptual video artists in Vietnam\, young musicians in New Orleans\, woodcarvers in Accra\, weavers in Luxor and many other artists\, who he sees as all being part of one large conversation about the movement of culture\, and the ways that languages are borrowed globally\, traded from South to South\, in order to address the specific local concerns of people that have been thrust into contexts that range far beyond their locality. \nFrom https://www.kalyban.com/ \n— \nLive closed captioning will be provided for this event.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/christopher-myers/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T130000
DTSTAMP:20260530T060701
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SUMMARY:Ackland at Fall Arts Pop Up 2021
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Ackland’s art-making station as we welcome Carolina students back to campus alongside Arts Everywhere! \nStop by our table on Thursday\, September 16 or Friday\, September 17 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Davis Library Courtyard. \nPick up materials to make origami shapes inspired by our upcoming exhibition\, Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon\, which opens on October 8\, 2021. \nFold Your Own Lotus Flower\n\n\n\nThe Lotus flower is regarded in many different cultures\, especially in eastern religions\, as a symbol of enlightenment\, self-regeneration\, and rebirth.\nFold (and COLOR) Your Own Dragon Eye at Home\n\n\n\n\nTransform paper into a moveable and colorful dragon eye! You will also need coloring pencils\, markers\, or crayons. \n\n\n\nTest Your Skills with This Intermediate Level Dragon Origami\nIn China\, dragons are regarded as a symbol representing imperial power\, strength\, and good luck. \nLearn more about Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon\n\n\n\n\nJohn D. Rockefeller 3rd (1906–1978)\, the founder of Asia Society\, bequeathed the institution a collection of nearly three hundred works of art\, which he had assembled with his wife\, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller (1909–1992)\, in the decades after World War II. Their collecting was intended for more than personal gratification; they believed in the capacity of art to facilitate cross-cultural dialogue and to positively influence international relations\, with the goal of improving understanding between citizens of the United States and those of Asia. \nThrough the lens of nearly seventy works from that foundational gift\, Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society illuminates the impact and transformation of artistic styles associated with Buddhism and Hinduism — belief systems born in India — as they were transmitted across the continent over hundreds of years. Likewise\, ceramics and metalwork from China\, Japan\, Korea\, Vietnam\, and Thailand — intended to sustain life both in this world and the next — reveal complex networks of artistic exchange\, through trade\, missionary activity\, and political and social change. Great artistic achievements of Asia’s diverse cultures are on view here; their presentation continues the Rockefellers’ vision of sharing extraordinary works of art with audiences in the United States. \nLearn more about getting involved at the Ackland\n\nStudent memberships are free for UNC-Chapel Hill students. Benefits include a discount at the Museum Store\, free and reduced admission to regular programming\, and more!
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-at-fall-arts-pop-up-2021/2021-09-17/
LOCATION:Davis Library Courtyard\, Chapel Hill\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs
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SUMMARY:Ackland at Fall Arts Pop Up 2021
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Ackland’s art-making station as we welcome Carolina students back to campus alongside Arts Everywhere! \nStop by our table on Thursday\, September 16 or Friday\, September 17 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Davis Library Courtyard. \nPick up materials to make origami shapes inspired by our upcoming exhibition\, Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon\, which opens on October 8\, 2021. \nFold Your Own Lotus Flower\n\n\n\nThe Lotus flower is regarded in many different cultures\, especially in eastern religions\, as a symbol of enlightenment\, self-regeneration\, and rebirth.\nFold (and COLOR) Your Own Dragon Eye at Home\n\n\n\n\nTransform paper into a moveable and colorful dragon eye! You will also need coloring pencils\, markers\, or crayons. \n\n\n\nTest Your Skills with This Intermediate Level Dragon Origami\nIn China\, dragons are regarded as a symbol representing imperial power\, strength\, and good luck. \nLearn more about Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon\n\n\n\n\nJohn D. Rockefeller 3rd (1906–1978)\, the founder of Asia Society\, bequeathed the institution a collection of nearly three hundred works of art\, which he had assembled with his wife\, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller (1909–1992)\, in the decades after World War II. Their collecting was intended for more than personal gratification; they believed in the capacity of art to facilitate cross-cultural dialogue and to positively influence international relations\, with the goal of improving understanding between citizens of the United States and those of Asia. \nThrough the lens of nearly seventy works from that foundational gift\, Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society illuminates the impact and transformation of artistic styles associated with Buddhism and Hinduism — belief systems born in India — as they were transmitted across the continent over hundreds of years. Likewise\, ceramics and metalwork from China\, Japan\, Korea\, Vietnam\, and Thailand — intended to sustain life both in this world and the next — reveal complex networks of artistic exchange\, through trade\, missionary activity\, and political and social change. Great artistic achievements of Asia’s diverse cultures are on view here; their presentation continues the Rockefellers’ vision of sharing extraordinary works of art with audiences in the United States. \nLearn more about getting involved at the Ackland\n\nStudent memberships are free for UNC-Chapel Hill students. Benefits include a discount at the Museum Store\, free and reduced admission to regular programming\, and more!
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-at-fall-arts-pop-up-2021/2021-09-16/
LOCATION:Davis Library Courtyard\, Chapel Hill\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs
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SUMMARY:Art & Lit: “Visions of Venice” and Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities"
DESCRIPTION:This program is now SOLD OUT. To be added to a waitlist\, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu. Thank you! \n— \nJoin us in reading (or rereading!) Italo Calvino’s 1972 classic novel Invisible Cities\, which features a fictional Marco Polo describing fascinating vignettes of his travels to an aged Kublai Khan. After you’ve read it\, spend time exploring James McNeill Whistler’s captivating 1879 etchings of Venice\, on view June 18-September 12 in the Ackland’s newest exhibition Visions of Venice. \nAs the exhibition comes to a close\, join us on Zoom for a lively virtual art and literature discussion with the Ackland’s Director of Education and Interpretation Carolyn Allmendinger\, UNC Professor Emerita of Art History Mary Pardo\, and UNC Italian Studies & Environmental Humanities Serenella Iovino\, where we’ll discuss the resonances between the novel and artworks. \nGET THE BOOK:\nTicket includes one copy of Invisible Cities and shipment to your home. Please provide your mailing address when you check out. \nJOIN US FOR THE DISCUSSION:\nZoom link is provided with ticket confirmation email. A reminder will also be sent closer to the program date. \nPresented in partnership with Carolina Public Humanities. \n— \nThis program is now SOLD OUT. To be added to a waitlist\, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu. Thank you!
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/art-lit-visions-of-venice/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Virtual
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