2nd Friday ArtWalk: “Processing Systems: Bonding by Sherrill Roland” Opening Reception
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin the Ackland in celebrating the newest installation in our ART& space, Processing Systems: Bonding by Sherrill Roland, on view from August 9, 2024, through July 13, 2025. Sherrill Roland (born 1984) is a North Carolina-based interdisciplinary artist whose practice deals with ideas of innocence, identity, and community; his works reimagine those notions’ social…
UNC Week of Welcome (WOW): Night at the Museum
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCalling all new Carolina students! Meet at the Ackland Art Museum for a great opportunity to experience the arts on FDOC! You'll be able to walk through the galleries and make your own color-by-number and Ackland-inspired coloring pages. Snap a picture with new friends on the Museum Terrace and enjoy Alsies Ice Cream. First years…
Curator’s Tour of “Arranged”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Peter Nisbet, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, for a guided look at Arranged: Recent Acquisitions of Modern and Contemporary Paintings. Taking its title from a newly acquired work by Peter Halley, Arranged brings together a varied selection of over thirty recent acquisitions of modern and contemporary paintings by twenty-two artists. Highlights of the exhibition…
Music in the Galleries
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesNew music by Allen Anderson for electronics and live performers inspired by several works in Arranged: Recent Acquisitions of Modern and Contemporary Paintings. Performances start at 2 and 3:30 p.m. within the exhibition galleries. Free; open to all ages. No RSVP necessary. -- About Arranged Taking its title from a newly acquired work by Peter…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: Student Edition!
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCurious about what your campus art museum offers? Join the Ackland for an evening highlighting the ways students at UNC-Chapel Hill can get involved at the Museum. The Ackland will be open until 9 p.m. for September's 2nd Friday ArtWalk. With information on the various resources available to students at the Ackland, an opportunity to…
Drawing in the Galleries
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for our popular Drawing in the Galleries program during this month's Studio Saturday! Explore a particular object in the Ackland’s collection by drawing it alongside fellow participants. At the end of the session, you'll discuss what you've noticed through the process of drawing. Bring your own gallery-safe materials (paper/notebooks and dry media like…
Art Adventures (Morning Session)
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIn this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own layered tissue paper landscapes based on Raymond Jonson's work on view in Ackland Upstairs. Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.
Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIn this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own layered tissue paper landscapes based on Raymond Jonson's work on view in Ackland Upstairs. Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.
Curator’s Introduction to “Dürer to Matisse”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesA guided look at several of the exemplary European prints featured in Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints led by exhibition curator Dana Cowen, Sheldon Peck Curator for European and American Art before 1950. Learn about the renowned artists featured, including Albrecht Dürer, Henri Matisse, Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco de Goya, William Blake,…
Pop-Up PhotoVoice Exhibition
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin UNC Global Affairs at the Ackland Art Museum for a showcase of student work from Jordan and North Carolina exploring the role of women in society. Student photos from their time in Jordan and North Carolina will be on display throughout the afternoon from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Students will also be present…