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SUMMARY:Virtual Art for Lunch: John Bechtold
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual Art for Lunch\, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin\, to discuss how John Bechtold’s class Visualizing War in Contemporary American Culture utilizes different media to explore the social and political consequences of war. \nBring your lunch – and questions of your own – for this lively\, conversational program. \nFree. Register for a free ticket below to receive a Zoom link to this virtual program. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/virtual-art-for-lunch-john-bechtold/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art for Lunch,Talks,Virtual
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T180000
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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
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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:20220120T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220120T133000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art for Lunch: Antonia Randolph
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual Art for Lunch\, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin\, to discuss how Dr. Antonia Randolph’s class “North Carolina Black Feminisms” utilize selected works of portraiture and self-portraiture by Black artists from the Ackland’s collection to explore the construction of Black feminist identities. The installation features works by Lezley Saar\, Renee Stout\, Shanequa Gay\, and Willie Cole and will be on view in Ackland Upstairs from January 10 to March 20\, 2022. \nBring your lunch – and questions of your own – for this lively\, conversational program. \nFree. Register for a free ticket below to receive a Zoom link to this virtual program. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/art-for-lunch-antonia-randolph/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art for Lunch,Talks,Virtual
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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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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:20211110T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211110T133000
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SUMMARY:Art for Lunch: What We Believe
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Gabrielle Berlinger (UNC Department of American Studies) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) \nJoin us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch\, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin\, to discuss how Dr. Gabrielle Berlinger’s class “Introduction to Folklore” utilizes selections from the Ackland’s collection on view in Ackland Upstairs to interrogate the ways in which art objects can reveal and reinforce our belief systems. \nBring your lunch – and questions of your own – for this lively\, conversational program. \nFree. Register for a free ticket below to receive a Zoom link to this virtual program. \nThis program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/art-for-lunch-what-we-believe/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art for Lunch,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T140000
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
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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:20211018T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211018T133000
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SUMMARY:Art for Lunch: Picture Books
DESCRIPTION:*This program was moved from Wednesday\, October 13 to Monday\, October 18 at 12:30 p.m. EDT.* \nFeaturing Laurie Langbauer (UNC Department of English and Comparative Literature) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) \nJoin us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch\, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin\, to discuss how Dr. Laurie Langbauer’s class “Picture Books” utilizes selections from the Ackland’s collection on view in Ackland Upstairs to explore traditions of illustration in children’s literature. \nBring your lunch – and questions of your own – for this lively\, conversational program. \nFree. Register for a free ticket below to receive a Zoom link to this virtual program.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/rescheduled-art-for-lunch-picture-books/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art for Lunch,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T133000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Art for Lunch: Picture Books
DESCRIPTION:*This program has been postponed to Monday\, October 18 at 12:30 p.m. EDT* \nFeaturing Laurie Langbauer (UNC Department of English and Comparative Literature) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) \nJoin us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch\, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin\, to discuss how Dr. Laurie Langbauer’s class “Picture Books” utilizes selections from the Ackland’s collection on view in Ackland Upstairs to explore traditions of illustration in children’s literature. \nBring your lunch – and questions of your own – for this lively\, conversational program. \nFree. Register for a free ticket below to receive a Zoom link to this virtual program.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/art-for-lunch-picture-books/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art for Lunch,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211009T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211009T134500
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210924T211526Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art Adventures - Watercolor Resist Paper Vases
DESCRIPTION:Join 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. \nClass 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 with a built-in microphone; caregiver assistance may be needed. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.\n \n*Families with more than one child can participate together and should only register once. \nDuring this time\, we want to make sure price isn’t an added burden for families – please select the ticket price that you feel comfortable with ($0.00 or $5.00). \nIf you encounter registration issues\, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/100921pm/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Adventures,Studio Saturday,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211009T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211009T111500
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210924T211422Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art Adventures - Watercolor Resist Paper Vases
DESCRIPTION:Join 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. \nClass 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 with a built-in microphone; caregiver assistance may be needed. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.\n \n*Families with more than one child can participate together and should only register once. \nDuring this time\, we want to make sure price isn’t an added burden for families – please select the ticket price that you feel comfortable with ($0.00 or $5.00). \nIf you encounter registration issues\, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/virtual-art-adventures-morning-session/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Adventures,Studio Saturday,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211005T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211005T200000
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Ackland Film Forum Panel | Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, due to unforeseen circumstances owing to the artists’ schedules\, this event has been cancelled. \n— \nAcross 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 injustices that bear on the lives of marginalized characters. His 2021 miniseries\, The Underground Railroad is adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. A haunting\, atmospheric account of two runaway slaves in the Antebellum South\, the series is Jenkins’ most daring directorial work yet. \nThe Ackland Film Forum and the Department of English and Comparative Literature will host two virtual screenings (Tuesdays\, September 21 and September 28\, 8 p.m.) in celebration of the department’s 225th anniversary. See below for full details. \nCANCELLED: Virtual Roundtable Discussion\nTuesday\, October 5\n“Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins” \nOur virtual roundtable will feature two of Jenkins’ longtime collaborators: Joi McMillon (editor\, and the first Black woman to be nominated in the Best Editing category of the Academy Awards) and Onnalee Blank (re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor). Join us for a conversation with these artists about how they work together to make such intensely affecting sounds and images\, saturated with emotion and keyed to social consciousness. \nThe roundtable will be moderated by Rick Warner (Director of Film Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill and Associate Professor\, English and Comparative Literature). This virtual roundtable discussion will be held on Zoom. \nUnfortunately\, due to unforeseen circumstances owing to the artists’ schedules\, this event has been cancelled. \n— \nFull Ackland Film Forum Fall Line-Up \nFirst Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 21\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 1: Georgia”\n“Chapter 2: South Carolina” \nRegister here for first screening and watch party link  \nSecond Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 28\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn”\n“Chapter 9: Indiana Winter” \nRegister here for second screening and watch party link \nCANCELLED: Virtual Roundtable Discussion\nTuesday\, October 5\n“Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins” \nUnfortunately\, due to unforeseen circumstances owing to the artists’ schedules\, the panel discussion has been cancelled. \nThese virtual screenings and the roundtable are co-sponsored by the Ackland Film Forum and the Department of English and Comparative Literature in celebration of the department’s 225th anniversary. See https://ecl225.unc.edu for further details.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-100521/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T220000
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "The Underground Railroad" Second Virtual Screening
DESCRIPTION: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 hypnotic soundscapes\, Jenkins has embraced aesthetic beauty as a strategy for addressing the past and present injustices that bear on the lives of marginalized characters. His 2021 miniseries\, The Underground Railroad is adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. A haunting\, atmospheric account of two runaway slaves in the Antebellum South\, the series is Jenkins’ most daring directorial work yet. \nThe Ackland Film Forum and the Department of English and Comparative Literature will host two virtual screenings (Tuesdays\, September 21 and September 28\, 8 p.m.) in celebration of the department’s 225th anniversary. See below for full details. \nSecond Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 28\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn”\n“Chapter 9: Indiana Winter” \nTonight’s Second Virtual Screening features two episodes towards the end of The Underground Railroad series: “Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn” and “Chapter 9: Indiana Winter.” We invite you to watch along with us and chat with series organizers within the streaming platform. This virtual event will be held as an Amazon Prime Video Watch Party and viewers must have access to their own Amazon Prime account to join the Watch Party. The Watch Party link will be sent via email to registered participants on the day of the program (Tuesday\, September 28\, before 8 p.m.). Viewers must access the Watch Party on desktop browsers (except Apple Safari and Internet Explorer) or on FireTV devices in the Prime Video app. For full Amazon Prime Watch Party FAQs\, click here: https://www.amazon.com/adlp/watchparty. \nRegister below for free tickets to the Watch Party and the link to join. \n— \nAbout “Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn”\nRoyal brings Cora to Valentine Farm\, a thriving Black community and vineyard on the bountiful Indiana frontier. Carrying the scars of her journey\, Cora struggles to find peace in this new home. 1 h 6 min\, 13 + — Amazon Prime Video \nAbout “Chapter 9: Indiana Winter”\nCora’s presence as a fugitive ignites tensions amongst the Valentine community. Just as she was beginning to make this her home\, chaos reigns. 1 h 17 min\, 18 + — Amazon Prime Video \nContent advisory for The Underground Railroad: Smoking\, alcohol use\, substance use\, sexual violence\, portrayals of suicide\, nudity\, violence\, foul language. \n— \nFull Ackland Film Forum Fall Line-Up \nFirst Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 21\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 1: Georgia”\n“Chapter 2: South Carolina” \nRegister here for first screening and watch party link \nSecond Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 28\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn”\n“Chapter 9: Indiana Winter” \nRegister below for second screening and watch party link \nCANCELLED: Virtual Roundtable Discussion\nTuesday\, October 5\n“Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins” \nUnfortunately\, due to unforeseen circumstances owing to the artists’ schedules\, the roundtable event has been cancelled. \nThese virtual screenings and the roundtable are co-sponsored by the Ackland Film Forum and the Department of English and Comparative Literature in celebration of the department’s 225th anniversary. See https://ecl225.unc.edu for further details.\n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-092821/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210926T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210926T170000
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SUMMARY:Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum): The Artsy Alphabet
DESCRIPTION:Kick 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. \nSelf-guided activities will be on hand at the museum and online components will be added to ackland.org for virtual visitors. \nFree Family Art Kits\nPick up an art kit with materials to design your own Ackland Alphabet Book. Available in the Museum Lobby from September 26th to October 13th or until supplies last. \nStorytime\nListen as Jackie Zhang\, Public Programs Intern\, reads a story that connects to art on view in Ackland Upstairs. \nSelf-Guided Activities\nA to Z Scavenger Hunt \nONLINE: Explore the Ackland’s collection of works that relate to the alphabet! \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/family-and-friends-sunday-the-artsy-alphabet/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:F.A.M. (Families at the Museum),Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T220000
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
CREATED:20210813T163404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T162442Z
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "The Underground Railroad" First Virtual Screening
DESCRIPTION: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 hypnotic soundscapes\, Jenkins has embraced aesthetic beauty as a strategy for addressing the past and present injustices that bear on the lives of marginalized characters. His 2021 miniseries\, The Underground Railroad is adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. A haunting\, atmospheric account of two runaway slaves in the Antebellum South\, the series is Jenkins’ most daring directorial work yet. \nThe Ackland Film Forum and the Department of English and Comparative Literature will host two virtual screenings (Tuesdays\, September 21 and September 28\, 8 p.m.) and a virtual roundtable discussion (Tuesday\, October 5\, 7 p.m.) in celebration of the department’s 225th anniversary. See below for full details. \nFirst Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, \, September 21\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 1: Georgia”\n“Chapter 2: South Carolina” \nTonight’s First Virtual Screening features the first two episodes of The Underground Railroad series: “Chapter 1: Georgia” and “Chapter 2: South Carolina.” We invite you to watch along with us and chat with series organizers within the streaming platform. This virtual event will be held as an Amazon Prime Video Watch Party and viewers must have access to their own Amazon Prime account to join the Watch Party. The Watch Party link will be sent via email to registered participants on the day of the program (Tuesday\, September 21\, before 8 p.m.). Viewers must access the Watch Party on desktop browsers (except Apple Safari and Internet Explorer) or on FireTV devices in the Prime Video app. For full Amazon Prime Watch Party FAQs\, click here: https://www.amazon.com/adlp/watchparty. \nRegister below for free tickets to the Watch Party and the link to join. \n— \nAbout “Chapter 1: Georgia”\nWhen Caesar convinces Cora to escape form the Randall plantation in Georgia their lives are irrevocably changed. They discover the impossible in an underground railroad which takes them on an unexpected journey and reveals the true face of America. 1 h 8 min\, 18 + — Amazon Prime Video \nAbout “Chapter 2: South Carolina”\nGriffin\, South Carolina — a seeming paradise of progress and racial harmony that hides dark secrets\, especially secrets of “Bessie” and “Christian.” Meanwhile\, bounty hunter Arnold Ridgeway begins his pursuit of Cora. 1 h 6 min\, 18 + — Amazon Prime Video \nContent advisory for The Underground Railroad: Smoking\, alcohol use\, substance use\, sexual violence\, portrayals of suicide\, nudity\, violence\, foul language. \n— \nFull Ackland Film Forum Fall Line-Up \nFirst Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 21\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 1: Georgia”\n“Chapter 2: South Carolina” \nRegister below for first screening and watch party link \nSecond Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 28\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn”\n“Chapter 9: Indiana Winter” \nRegister here for second screening and watch party link \nVirtual Roundtable Discussion\nTuesday\, October 5\, 7-8 p.m.\n“Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins” \nOur virtual roundtable will feature two of Jenkins’ longtime collaborators: Joi McMillon (editor\, and the first Black woman to be nominated in the Best Editing category of the Academy Awards) and Onnalee Blank (re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor). Join us for a conversation with these artists about how they work together to make such intensely affecting sounds and images\, saturated with emotion and keyed to social consciousness. \nRegister here for roundtable \nThese virtual screenings and the roundtable are co-sponsored by the Ackland Film Forum and the Department of English and Comparative Literature in celebration of the department’s 225th anniversary. See https://ecl225.unc.edu for further details. 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-092121/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T163000
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
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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:20210911T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T134500
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
CREATED:20210825T201733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210825T201733Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art Adventures - Draw Your Own Home
DESCRIPTION:Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! \nClass 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 with a built-in microphone; caregiver assistance may be needed. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9. We will be drawing our own homes in the style of artist Niles Spencer!\n \n*Families with more than one child can participate together and should only register once. \nDuring this time\, we want to make sure price isn’t an added burden for families – please select the ticket price that you feel comfortable with ($0.00 or $5.00). \nIf you encounter registration issues\, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/aapm091121/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Adventures,Studio Saturday,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T111500
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
CREATED:20210825T201446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210825T201446Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art Adventures - Draw Your Own Home
DESCRIPTION:Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! \nClass 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 with a built-in microphone; caregiver assistance may be needed. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9. We will be drawing our own homes in the style of artist Niles Spencer!\n \n*Families with more than one child can participate together and should only register once. \nDuring this time\, we want to make sure price isn’t an added burden for families – please select the ticket price that you feel comfortable with ($0.00 or $5.00). \nIf you encounter registration issues\, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/aaam091121/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Adventures,Studio Saturday,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210911T110000
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
CREATED:20210526T132104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210827T194229Z
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SUMMARY:Drawing in the Galleries: Draw & Discuss
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by our Drawing in the Galleries program and the amazing variety of drawings on view in the Ackland’s current exhibition Drawing Attention\, Draw & Discuss offers the chance to experience the comradery and creativity of Drawing in the Galleries at a time when gathering in large groups isn’t possible. Both longtime Drawing in the Galleries attendees and new participants are encouraged to draw on their own and then join us for a virtual discussion. All levels are welcome. \nDRAW\nCome on your own to the Ackland’s galleries to draw from five works* featured in Drawing Attention that have been selected for this program by Amanda Hughes\, longtime facilitator of the Ackland’s Drawing in the Galleries program. Materials will be available at the Ackland’s drawing station\, or you may bring your own dry materials (pencils\, colored pencils\, crayons\, paper). \nDISCUSS\nOn Saturday\, September 11 at 10 a.m.\, join Amanda Hughes on Zoom for an informal virtual conversation about what you’ve noticed looking closely and drawing along. A Zoom link will be sent to registered participants. \n*Works List (some are available digitally\, if you aren’t able to visit in person): \nHenri-Emile Giraud\nFrench\, 1825-1892\nPortrait of a Gentleman\, c. 1850\nblack and white chalk\nThe Robert Myers Collection\, 2015.10.82\nAvailable online: https://ackland.emuseum.com/objects/26038/ \nRaphael Soyer\nAmerican\, born in Russia\, 1899-1987\nLovers\, c. 1954\ncrayon and watercolor\nBequest of Charles and Isabel Eaton\, 2009.31.105 \nJoel Daniel Philips\nAmerican\, born 1989\nDyos\, 2017\ngraphite and charcoal\nGift of Cathy and Hunter Allen\, 2019.50 \nGerrit Lamberts\nDutch\, 1776-1850\nA view of the Kleine Haarlemmersluis in winter with the Martelaarsgracht beyond\, seen from the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal\, 1816\npen and brown ink\, washes of brown and gray inks\, over traces of graphite\nThe Peck Collection\, 2017.1.114\nAvailable online: https://ackland.emuseum.com/objects/27358/ \nPierre Bonnard\nFrench\, 1867-1947\nLandscape\, perhaps 1920s\ngraphite\nJoseph F. McCrindle Collection\, 2010.4.8
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/drawing-in-the-galleries-draw-discuss-3/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Drawing for Tweens,Drawing in the Galleries,Studio Saturday,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210909T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210909T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
CREATED:20210618T184034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210716T171144Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210814T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210814T134500
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
CREATED:20210519T193247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210604T201431Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art Adventures Afternoon Session - Exploring Op Art
DESCRIPTION:Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! \nClass 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 with a built-in microphone; caregiver assistance may be needed. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.\n \n*Families with more than one child can participate together and should only register once. \nDuring this time\, we want to make sure price isn’t an added burden for families – please select the ticket price that you feel comfortable with ($0.00 or $5.00). \nIf you encounter registration issues\, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/aa081421pm/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Adventures,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210814T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210814T111500
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
CREATED:20210519T193011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210604T200906Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art Adventures Morning Session - Exploring Op Art
DESCRIPTION:Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! \nClass 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 with a built-in microphone; caregiver assistance may be needed. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.\n \n*Families with more than one child can participate together and should only register once. \nDuring this time\, we want to make sure price isn’t an added burden for families – please select the ticket price that you feel comfortable with ($0.00 or $5.00). \nIf you encounter registration issues\, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/aa081421am/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Adventures,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210806T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210806T163000
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
CREATED:20210526T132025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210528T003840Z
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SUMMARY:Museum Pictionary
DESCRIPTION:Think 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 your drawing skills against two of the Ackland’s curators\, Dana Cowen and Lauren Turner\, in our Zoom-based\, museum version of Pictionary! We’ll take turns drawing and describing and learn more about the art on view in Drawing Attention along the way. \nAbout Drawing Attention \nIn its collections\, exhibitions\, and programs\, the Ackland has always paid special attention to works on paper. This exhibition presents around seventy European and American drawings\, watercolors\, and collages\, selected from well over 570 acquired both by gift and by purchase over the past twelve years. \nThe works in the exhibition showcase a broad chronological span\, from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries\, and a variety of techniques and functions. The display includes works by a wide range of artists\, including Domenichino\, Jan van Goyen\, Thomas Gainsborough\, Edgar Degas\, Otto Dix\, Robert Motherwell\, Thornton Dial\, Marcel Dzama\, and Lauren Frances Adams. The works are presented in ten thematic sections: Varieties of Portraiture; American Abstraction of the 1960s; Fantasy and Transformation; Image and Text in Contemporary Art; German Modernism; Christian Piety; Landscapes and Architectures; Cartoon and Caricature; Sketches and Studies in Nineteenth-Century France and Britain; and a special wall devoted to Very Recent Arrivals which can accommodate new acquisitions made even during the run of the show. \nDrawing Attention\, organized by Peter Nisbet\, deputy director for curatorial affairs\, has been made possible by generous support from the Ackland’s National Advisory Board.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/museum-pictionary/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210725T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210725T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
CREATED:20210526T131953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210720T180454Z
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SUMMARY:Family & Friends Sunday: Whistler's World
DESCRIPTION:Visit us virtually or find art activity kits to enjoy with your friends or family group in the galleries. \nThis month\, enjoy art-inspired activities inspired by James McNeill Whistler’s etchings in Visions of Venice including: \nFREE FAMILY ACTIVITY KIT | MUSEUM LOBBY\n\nPick up our Visions of Venice Family Activity Art Kit and try your hand at scratchboard art! Quantities are limited; one per person. \nART MAKING ACTIVITIES | EXPLORE AT HOME\nD.I.Y. Scratch Art (ages 4 and up) \nFoil Engraving \nCURATOR’S CONVERSATION: “Visions of Venice” with Dana E. Cowen\nWatch the Ackland’s Sheldon Peck Curator of European and American Art before 1950\, Dana E. Cowen\, as she speaks about Visions of Venice. \nVIRTUAL TOUR OF THE PEACOCK ROOM | 2:30 P.M. EDT\nJoin the Ackland as we ‘visit’ the Freer Gallery of Art in D.C.\, space is limited to 15 households. The tour will be one hour in length and suitable for all ages. \nThe Peacock Room and American Art\nFreer Gallery of Art founder Charles Lang Freer did not only acquire diverse holdings of Asian art; he also assembled outstanding examples of American art in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Today\, the Freer Gallery of Art houses the world’s largest collection of works by James McNeill Whistler\, including his famed Peacock Room. \nRegistration will open on June 18th. Email acklandrsvp@unc.edu with any registration issues. A Zoom link will be provided in the days leading up to the online tour. \nWHISTLER’S NORTH CAROLINA CONNECTION\nWhistler’s mother\, Anna\, was born in Wilmington\, North Carolina. She is the subject of his famous work\, Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1\, commonly known as Whistler’s Mother. The piece resides in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris\, France. \nRead several of her letters published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1925. Her final letter in this ten-page document indicates that her son\, James\, is about to travel to Venice to make a set of twelve etchings – sound familiar? \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/whistlers-world/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:F.A.M. (Families at the Museum),Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T200000
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
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SUMMARY:Public Art Concept Presentation with The Urban Conga
DESCRIPTION:Please 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 front terrace. They will introduce an assortment of possible designs being considered\, and then they will follow the presentation by answering questions and receiving feedback from participants. This forum is open to the public. \nThe Urban Conga focuses on promoting community activity and social interaction through open-ended play. The studio has been awarded the Architizer A+ Firm of the Year Award for Small Projects in 2021. \nIf you encounter registration issues\, please contact email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/urban-conga072021/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210710T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210710T134500
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
CREATED:20210519T191927Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art Adventures Afternoon Session: Blind Contour Drawing
DESCRIPTION:Families with kids ages 6-9 are invited to join us virtually for a hands-on art-making class inspired by art on view in Drawing Attention. This month\, we’ll make Blind Contour Portraits with instructor Allison Tierney! \nClass 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 with a built-in microphone; caregiver assistance may be needed. \n \n*Families with more than one child can participate together and should only register once. \nDuring this time\, we want to make sure price isn’t an added burden for families – please select the ticket price that you feel comfortable with ($0.00 or $5.00). \nIf you encounter registration issues\, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/aa071021pm/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Adventures,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210710T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210710T111500
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
CREATED:20210519T191642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210527T184126Z
UID:10003152-1625913000-1625915700@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Art Adventures Morning Session: Blind Contour Drawings
DESCRIPTION:Families with kids ages 6-9 are invited to join us virtually for a hands-on art-making class inspired by art on view in Drawing Attention. This month\, we’ll make Blind Contour Portraits with instructor Allison Tierney! \nClass 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 with a built-in microphone; caregiver assistance may be needed. \n \n*Families with more than one child can participate together and should only register once. \nDuring this time\, we want to make sure price isn’t an added burden for families – please select the ticket price that you feel comfortable with ($0.00 or $5.00). \nIf you encounter registration issues\, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/aa071021am/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Adventures,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210709T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210709T163000
DTSTAMP:20260512T013517
CREATED:20210526T131747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210528T193234Z
UID:10003170-1625844600-1625848200@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:Curator's Conversation: Introduction to "Visions of Venice"
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 about the circumstances of Whistler’s 1879 trip to Venice\, his unique views of the floating city\, his experimental working method\, and how his works were received back in London. \nVisions of Venice: Etchings by James McNeill Whistler from the Collection of Ambassador C. Boyden Gray showcases thirty of Whistler’s etchings of Venice and explores some of the artist’s most picturesque and atmospheric views of the city. Through his use of varied lines\, compelling compositional motifs\, and creative printing techniques\, Whistler depicted sites unknown to the average tourist\, such as back alleyways\, obscure canals\, and working-class neighborhoods\, that challenged the expectations of nineteenth-century viewers and still captivate us today. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/curators-conversation-visions-of-venice/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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