Virtual Art for Lunch: John Bechtold
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 John Bechtold's class Visualizing War in Contemporary American Culture utilizes different media to explore the social and political consequences of war. Bring your lunch – and questions of your own – for this lively, conversational program.…
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland's collection with an Ackland Student Guide! Sammy Quiroz-Gutierrez '22 leads participants in a tour entitled “A Woman’s Place?: Women’s Public and Private Personas" with Self-Portrait as Dirty Princess by Julie Heffernan and Squat Lekythos: Women at Their Toilette by an unidentified…
Yoga in the Galleries
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for Yoga in the Galleries! The hour-long session is taught by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall. Take a break from your day and explore the world of yoga in the beautiful setting of the Ackland. Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are available, but you are welcome to bring your own. Wear comfortable clothing…
Exhibition Opening for “Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAll are invited to an exhibition opening celebration for Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022. Join us from 7-8:30 p.m., with remarks by exhibition curator Laura Ritchie at 7:30 p.m. In Myth & Memory, five artists interrogate practices of history-making and history-keeping at the individual, institutional, and systemic level. Originating in personal narrative, each artist…
Curator-Led Tour for “Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin John Bowles, associate professor of African American art in the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Art and Art History and faculty affiliate of the Institute for African American Research, as we walk through Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas. The exhibition features more than 40 paintings, prints, book and magazine illustrations, drawings, and…
Animation Workshop with Stella Rosalie Rosen
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Stella Rosalie Rosen, 2022 MFA candidate whose work is featured in Myth & Memory, for a special hands-on workshop on Index Card Animation! In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of 2D frame animation on paper using pencils and index cards. After a short lecture, a demonstration, and a few screenings of animated…
Artist-Led Tour of “Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin the 2022 Master of Fine Arts students for a special walk-through! This tour will be led by all five MFA candidates and introduced by exhibition curator Laura Ritchie. Through the work of five artists, Myth & Memory imagines a future in which the margins become the center. Drawing from personal narrative, each of the…
Ackland FAM: Fishes and Dishes, Plates and Plants
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin the Ackland as Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum) focus on Clare Leighton, an American who was known for her engravings, and her piece, Whaling, seen on the right. We will be considering the variety of ways that humans depict and interact with their environments by looking closely at Leighton's Whaling, featured in the…
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland's collection with an Ackland Student Guide! Imani Edwards '22 leads participants in a tour entitled “Loco-motion: Movement in Art" with Slow Down, Freight Train by Rose Piper and Untitled by Mel Kendrick. Free, no registration needed.
Yoga in the Galleries
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for Yoga in the Galleries! The hour-long session is taught by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall. Take a break from your day and explore the world of yoga in the beautiful setting of the Ackland. Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are available, but you are welcome to bring your own. Wear comfortable clothing…