Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Shanequa Gay’s holding space for nobility: a memorial for Breonna Taylor
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin the Ackland’s Object Based Teaching Fellow, Erin Dickey, for an informal conversation focused on one work of art from the Ackland’s new Close Looks digital feature. Plan to look closely and think collectively—and bring a drink of your choosing. On January 27, we'll look at Shanequa Gay's site-specific installation, holding space for nobility: a…
Ackland Film Forum: “Filibus” Watch Party and Panel
101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis spring, in collaboration with the Film Studies Programs in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Ackland Film Forum continues its all virtual series on Queer Cinema, now expanding to a selection of four international films for a look at Global Queer Cinema. View the selected films on your own…
Odd Couples: Objects in Conversation
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin Ackland Graduate Intern Sarah Farkas and Object Based Teaching Fellow Erin Dickey for a guided look at artwork from opposite corners of the Ackland’s collection. See how unexpected pairings can lead to exciting new insights! We will be looking at Ken Price's The Squeeze and Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc's Ciborium. This program will be held virtually,…
Hanes Visiting Artist Series: Sousveillance
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesHANES VISITING ARTIST LECTURE Maria Gaspar, Hương Ngô (UNC BFA Alumna), and Anna Martine Whitehead “Sousveillance and How to Think Like a Forest” Register to attend here: https://go.unc.edu/o9CJk Registration will end at 5 pm on February 7. A zoom link will be emailed to registrants 24 hours in advance of the lecture. Sousveillance – watching…
Virtual Art Adventures Morning Session: Paper Relief Sculptures
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be making paper relief sculptures inspired by Gaston Chaissac's work on view in Object Lessons. As of January 27, the Ackland will be open to the public. Should your family feel comfortable viewing the piece in person,…
Virtual Art Adventures Afternoon Session: Paper Relief Sculptures
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be making paper relief sculptures inspired by Gaston Chaissac's work on view in Object Lessons. As of January 27, the Ackland will be open to the public. Should your family feel comfortable viewing the piece in person,…
Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Tennessee Williams’s “Midnite Show”
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin the Ackland’s Object Based Teaching Fellow, Erin Dickey, for an informal conversation focused on one work of art from the Ackland’s new Close Looks digital feature. Plan to look closely and think collectively—and bring a drink of your choosing. On February 17, we'll look at acclaimed playwright Tennessee William's artwork, Midnite Show. Registration is…
“Posing Modernity: A Retrospective View” with Denise Murrell
Zoom , United StatesJoin us for a free virtual conversation with Denise Murrell about her exhibition Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today, which was on view at the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, in 2018 and 2019. Murrell is a UNC alumna ('76) and she was recently…
A Quick Close Look: Ackland Student Guide Virtual Tour
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesThe Ackland Student Guides are taking their tours virtual! Head Guide Brett Harris (Senior; Urban Studies & Planning, European Studies) kicks off our series of virtual tours this week with a look at Hung Lui's Peaches (2002). On subsequent Wednesdays, join pairs of Ackland Student Guides for a quick close look at two objects in…
Virtual Family & Friends Sunday: Year of the Ox
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesCelebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year (celebrated on February 12, 2021) with a storytime, UNC-Chapel Hill's very own Flying Silk dance troupe, and a closer look at works on display at the Ackland! Each month, the Ackland hosts a free program for families, kids, and the young at heart featuring hands-on art activities, live performances,…