Talks
“Unsettled Things” Study Day
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesRegister for a special opportunity to participate in a Study Day with scholars of The Unfinished Business of Unsettled Things, the publication that accompanies the Ackland's current exhibition Unsettled Things:…
Work-in-Progress Film Screening: “Minnie Evans: Draw or Die”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a special work-in-progress screening of the forthcoming documentary Minnie Evans: Draw or Die (dir. Linda Royal). The documentary explores the life and work of Eastern North Carolina…
The 9th Annual Symposium of the Art Student Graduate Organization – “The Ways We Attach Ourselves”: Affect, Agency, and Emotion in the Visual Arts
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPlease reserve your space at the event here. The symposium will be held in-person at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Friday, September 15th at 5:30 -…
Artist Talk: Amalia Pica
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for an artist talk with Amalia Pica, internationally renowned London-based Argentinian artist whose major commissioned installation Drawn to Explain has just been completed at the Craige Parking Deck…
Artist Talk: Alison Elizabeth Taylor
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin 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…
WAITLIST ONLY: Defining a “We”: Parsing the Potentialities of Poetry and Portraiture
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis 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…
Guest Lecture: W. Richard West, Jr., Elder-in-Residence
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis talk is now FULL. To be added to the waitlist, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu. -- A free public talk presented by the American Indian Center at the Ackland as part…
Guest Lecture: Dr. Shanna Ketchum-Heap of Birds
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesHear from visiting scholar Shanna Ketchum-Heap of Birds (Diné/Navajo), whose research focuses on contemporary Native American/Indigenous art, theater, and performance. The talk is presented at the Ackland as part of the…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: Caldwell Artists in Conversation
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis program is now FULL. To be added to our WAITLIST, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu. Join us for a lively conversation entitled "We Work and Make Beautiful Things" featuring artists Teri…
Semester Revue: Student Research & Responses to the Collection
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesEach 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…