Drawing in the Galleries
2024-04-13 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-08 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-02-08 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-01 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-12 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
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.
—
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.
—
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.

Drawing in the Galleries
2024-09-14 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-12 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-09 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-07 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-25 10:00 - 12:00
Join us for our popular Drawing in the Galleries program during this month’s Studio Saturday! Explore a particular object in the Ackland’s collection by drawing it alongside fellow participants. At the end of the session, you’ll discuss what you’ve noticed through the process of drawing. Bring your own gallery-safe materials (paper/notebooks and dry media like crayons and pencils). All levels are welcome.

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-09-14 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own layered tissue paper landscapes based on Raymond Jonson’s work on view in Ackland Upstairs.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-09-14 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-10-12 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own block prints based on works on view in Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-10-12 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-11-16 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own beaded tapestries based on Teri Greeves’s Ant Roots on view in Ackland Upstairs.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-11-16 13:00 - 14:30
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own beaded tapestries based on Teri Greeves’s Ant Roots, on view in Ackland Upstairs.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-12-14 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own gelli print inspired by works on view in Dürer to Matisse.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.
Public programs for Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints are supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-12-14 13:00 - 14:30

POSTPONED: Drawing in the Galleries
2025-01-11 10:00 - 12:00
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AND UNIVERSITY CLOSINGS. The class will now be held on Saturday, January 25 at 10 a.m.

Join us for our popular Drawing in the Galleries program during this month’s Studio Saturday! Explore a particular object in the Ackland’s collection by drawing it alongside fellow participants. At the end of the session, you’ll discuss what you’ve noticed through the process of drawing. Bring your own gallery-safe materials (paper/notebooks and dry media like crayons and pencils). All levels are welcome.

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-02-08 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six-to-nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by works on view in Triple Take: Dialogues with the Terra Collection-in-Residence.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-02-08 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-03-01 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own art inspired by works in Ackland Upstairs.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

CANCELED: Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-03-01 13:00 - 14:30
This session has been CANCELED due to low enrollment. Please register for today’s morning session or join us next month!
—
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own art inspired by works in Ackland Upstairs.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.
