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Virtual Art Adventures – Draw Your Own Home
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list and Zoom meeting link will be distributed to registrants prior to the class session. To use Zoom, students will need access to an internet-connected computer, smartphone, or tablet…
Virtual Art Adventures – Draw Your Own Home
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list and Zoom meeting link will be distributed to registrants prior to the class session. To use Zoom, students will need access to an internet-connected computer, smartphone, or tablet…
Artist Conversation: Christopher Myers
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin 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…
Ackland Film Forum: “The Underground Railroad” First Virtual Screening
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAcross his three feature films to date (Medicine for Melancholy, Moonlight, and If Beale Street Could Talk), Barry Jenkins has devised a new cinematic vocabulary for the portrayal of Black experience in the United States. With sumptuous imagery and hypnotic soundscapes, Jenkins has embraced aesthetic beauty as a strategy for addressing the past and present…
Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum): The Artsy Alphabet
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesKick off the autumn season at the Ackland! Explore the art of lettering throughout history, complete an A-to-Z scavenger hunt, and design your very own alphabet book inspired by art. Self-guided activities will be on hand at the museum and online components will be added to ackland.org for virtual visitors. Free Family Art Kits Pick…
Ackland Film Forum: “The Underground Railroad” Second Virtual Screening
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAcross his three feature films to date (Medicine for Melancholy, Moonlight, and If Beale Street Could Talk), Barry Jenkins has devised a new cinematic vocabulary for the portrayal of Black experience in the United States. With sumptuous imagery and hypnotic soundscapes, Jenkins has embraced aesthetic beauty as a strategy for addressing the past and present…
CANCELLED: Ackland Film Forum Panel | Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesUnfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances owing to the artists' schedules, this event has been cancelled. -- Across his three feature films to date (Medicine for Melancholy, Moonlight, and If Beale Street Could Talk), Barry Jenkins has devised a new cinematic vocabulary for the portrayal of Black experience in the United States. With sumptuous imagery and…
Virtual Art Adventures – Watercolor Resist Paper Vases
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! This program will focus on exploring the many Chinese vases in Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon. Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list and Zoom meeting link will be distributed to registrants prior to…
Virtual Art Adventures – Watercolor Resist Paper Vases
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! This program will focus on exploring the many Chinese vases in Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon. Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list and Zoom meeting link will be distributed to registrants prior to…
POSTPONED Art for Lunch: Picture Books
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States*This program has been postponed to Monday, October 18 at 12:30 p.m. EDT* Featuring Laurie Langbauer (UNC Department of English and Comparative Literature) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) Join us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin, to discuss how…