FeaturedArtist 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…
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FeaturedArtist Conversation: Zig Jackson
Zoom , United StatesVirtual EventJoin 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…
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American Tastes in Japanese Art: The Influence of Sherman Emery Lee
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesVirtual EventAt 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…
FreeArt & Lit at the Ackland: “The Hare with Amber Eyes” by Edmund de Waal
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us in reading artist and author Edmund de Waal's captivating family memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes, which traces the story of his family through a collection of hand-carved Japanese netsuke as the objects traveled across time, space, and generations. After you’ve read it, spend time exploring the Ackland's exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus…
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Can Art Prevent War? A Discussion about the Power of Cultural Diplomacy
Zoom , United StatesVirtual EventWith 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…
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Ackland F.A.M. | Art All Around You
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDid you know that art can be found all around you? Carolina's campus is filled with gems like Carolina Performing Arts' Memorial Hall and our very own Ackland Art Museum! This December, our Ackland F.A.M. theme is Interactive Art. Find out more ways to get involved below: VISIT THE ACKLAND Family & Friends Sunday December…
Virtual “Peace, Power & Prestige” Curator Conversation
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesVirtual EventSusan Cooksey (Harn Museum of Art) in conversation with Victoria L. Rovine (Art History, UNC-Chapel Hill) Join 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…
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Radical Healing and Decoloniality: Museums in Transition
Zoom , United StatesThis 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. With 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…
Ackland Open House at ShopSpace
ShopSpace 1505 Capital Boulevard, #18, Raleigh, NC, United StatesJoin us for an open house at ShopSpace, a non-profit metalworking shop in Raleigh. Take a tour of the forging and fabrication studios while snacking on treats from Empire Eats Catering! Hear from Robert Bemis (blacksmith and historic trades specialist for North Carolina Historic Sites) about how the history of metalwork in North Carolina relates to African traditions, and learn about the Ackland’s current exhibition Peace, Power & Prestige:…
Collectors’ Seminar: Building an Art Collection
101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis program has been rescheduled from January 28th. Please join us on March 24th! -- With Drs. John and Nicole Dintenfass, Moderated by Peter Nisbet Join us for an intimate conversation with Drs. John and Nicole Dintenfass about their lifelong passion for collecting art, the latest in a series of talks with collectors whose works…
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