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Category: Talks

  • Curator’s Tour of “Drawing Attention”

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Join Drawing Attention curator and Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Peter Nisbet for an in-person tour of the exhibition. Space is limited and registration is required below. Participants must adhere to the Ackland's current visitor policies, including wearing a mask while in the Museum and practicing social distancing. If this event reaches capacity and you'd…

    Free

  • Curator’s Conversation: Introduction to “Visions of Venice”

    Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United States
    Virtual Event

    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…

    Free

  • Family & Friends Sunday: Whistler’s World

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Visit us virtually or find art activity kits to enjoy with your friends or family group in the galleries. This month, enjoy art-inspired activities inspired by James McNeill Whistler’s etchings in Visions of Venice including: FREE FAMILY ACTIVITY KIT | MUSEUM LOBBY Pick up our Visions of Venice Family Activity Art Kit and try your…

    Free

  • Close Looks Conversational Tour: “10 Trashy Ideas about the Environment” by the Guerrilla Girls

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Join Erin Dickey, Ackland Graduate Teaching Fellow, for an informal conversation about the Guerrilla Girls's 10 Trashy Ideas about the Environment, a work featured in the Ackland’s Close Looks project. Plan to look closely and think collectively. Registration is limited. Sign up for free tickets to this in-person program below. -- All visitors to the…

    Free
  • Image of tapestry work by Christopher Myers featured image of Black woman in a red dress holding a large blue and white fish. The background features a embroidered purple stripe on the left and a horizontal lime green stripe at top right with yellow rectangle filling the remainder of the background. The work is hung on wooden dowels.
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    Artist Conversation: Christopher Myers

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    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…

    Free
  • Photograph of the front of the Ackland Art Museum showing a large fuchsia sign reading "ACKLAND"

    UNC Family Weekend Tour

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Welcome Carolina Families! Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection led by an Ackland Student Guide. Space is limited. This event is planned in connection with UNC’s Family Weekend (Oct 1-3). We welcome visiting UNC families as well as members of the public.

  • Guided Tour: Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society. Advance registration required; space is limited.

    Free

  • Guided Tour: Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society. Advance registration required; space is limited. This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

    Free
  • A black and white photograph that shows Zig Jackson, the artist, in a half-length portrait, standing, facing front and wearing a headdress, sunglasses, and a plaid shirt. Zig stands next to a large sign in the style of a city or landmark sign with a dark background and white lettering that states "Entering Zig’s Indian Reservation." Below is a smaller white sign with black lettering that states: "Private Property, open range cattle on highway, No Picture Taking, No Hunting, No Air Traffic, New Agers Prohibited, without permission from Tribal Council.” Zig stands in tall grass with a highway and a cityscape of San Francisco, California behind him.
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    Artist Conversation: Zig Jackson

    Zoom , United States
    Virtual Event

    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…

    Free

  • Guided Tour: Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society. Advance registration required; space is limited. This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

    Free