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…
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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…
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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…
Reading Day Donuts
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesSign up for your FREE Ackland Student Membership to attend Reading Day Donuts! Ackland Student members are invited to the Ackland Art Museum for a relaxing morning study break on the front terrace with free donuts and coffee! View works by UNC-Chapel Hill’s Class of 2022 Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art candidates: Raj…
Semester Revue: Student Research & Responses to the Collection
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesSEMESTER REVUE | ART& Student Research & Responses to the Collection Each semester, the Ackland Art Museum works with thousands of UNC-Chapel Hill students through courses and internships. Semester Revue offers a glimpse into the quality and variety of the students’ research, projects, and performances. Come learn about the collection and see it anew through…
Drop-In Printmaking Workshop with Raj Bunnag
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDrop-In Printmaking Workshop with Raj Bunnag 6-7:30 p.m. Join Raj Bunnag, 2022 MFA candidate whose work is featured in Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022, for a special hands-on printmaking workshop during the 2nd Friday ArtWalk! In this drop-in workshop, visitors will be able to make their own tiny stamps…
“African American Trailblazers” Mural Walk
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis program is now FULL. To be added to a waitlist, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu -- Hear from artist Kiara Sanders about her new mural African American Trailblazers, which was inspired by the work of Aaron Douglas. We’ll meet at the Ackland to see Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas then embark on our…
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Friday Performance: “God’s Trombones”
Hayti Heritage Center 804 OLD FAYETTEVILLE STREET, Durham, NC, United StatesPerformance: God’s Trombones June 3, 2022 | 8:00 p.m. Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC Buy tickets through Eventbrite! Experience a performance of God’s Trombones, a multimedia work featuring songs, sermons, and the art of Aaron Douglas. This production by OnQ Performing Arts (Charlotte, NC) uses the text of James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 work God’s Trombones:…
Saturday Performance: “God’s Trombones”
Hayti Heritage Center 804 OLD FAYETTEVILLE STREET, Durham, NC, United StatesPerformance: God’s Trombones June 4, 2022 | 3:00 p.m. Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC Purchase tickets on Eventbrite now! Experience a performance of God’s Trombones, a multimedia work featuring songs, sermons, and the art of Aaron Douglas. This production by OnQ Performing Arts (Charlotte, NC) uses the text of James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 work God’s…
Ackland F.A.M.: Juneteenth Celebration
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesOur June Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum) theme celebrates Juneteenth with several activities available in person on June 19, the final day of our current exhibition Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas. Juneteenth Celebration June 19| 1-5 p.m. Interactive Family Tour | 2:00 p.m. Join Ackland docents in a family-friendly close look…
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