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…
Art for Lunch: Picture Books
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States*This program was moved from Wednesday, October 13 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,…
Artist Conversation: Zig Jackson
Zoom , United StatesJoin 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…
Art for Lunch: What We Believe
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesFeaturing Gabrielle Berlinger (UNC Department of American Studies) 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 Dr. Gabrielle Berlinger’s class “Introduction to Folklore” utilizes selections from the Ackland’s collection on view…
American Tastes in Japanese Art: The Influence of Sherman Emery Lee
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAt 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…
Can Art Prevent War? A Discussion about the Power of Cultural Diplomacy
Zoom , United StatesWith Barbara Stephenson (Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs and Chief Global Officer, UNC-Chapel Hill) and Katie Ziglar (Director, Ackland Art Museum) At 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…
Virtual Art for Lunch: Antonia Randolph
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin 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…