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SUMMARY:2nd Friday Art Walk - Intergalactic Soul: Project Lhaxx
DESCRIPTION:2nd Friday ArtWalk\nFriday\, September 13\, 2019 \n6:00- 7:00 PM | Artist Talk with Marcus Kiser and Jason Woodberry\n \n7:30 – 8:30 PM | Performance by Quentin Talley and the Soul Providers\n \n  \n  \nDuring 2nd Friday ArtWalk on September 13\, learn more about Intergalactic Soul’s Project LHAXX\, the latest temporary\, site-specific commission in ART&. Click here to learn more about this immersive\, mixed-media experience. \nImage courtesy of Marcus Kiser \n2nd Friday ArtWalk at the Ackland\nEvery second Friday of the month\, the Ackland participates as a venue in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk\, staying open until 9:00 PM and offering a variety of interactive\, all-ages activities in addition to all exhibitions being open to visitors. Admission is free.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-art-walk-3/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday Art Walk: Rembrandt Panel
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, 10/11/19 | 5:00 – 6:00 PM \nLooking Over Rembrandt’s Shoulder: Discussing the Peck Collection Drawings \nFree\, RSVP requested. \nJoin the Ackland as we learn more about the museum’s seven Rembrandt drawings\, which were donated in 2017 as part of the landmark Peck Collection gift. The drawings are on display at the Ackland Art Museum for the first time as a group this fall for a limited time. \nDana Cowen\, Sheldon Peck Curator for European and American Art before 1950\, and Robert Fucci\, Peck Collection Research Fellow will participate in an energetic conversation about Rembrandt’s renowned skill as a draughtsman and his impact on the art world. \nRead more here about the Ackland’s special presentation All the Rembrandt Drawings! (on view October 4-20\, 2019). \nRSVP below: \nOops! We could not locate your form. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-art-walk-4/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk: Book Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, 10/11/19 | 6:30-8:30 PM\nThrough Her Lens: Modern Arab Women Telling Their Stories in Art and Literature at the Ackland \nBook and exhibition discussion cohosted by Carolina Public Humanities. \nRead 2019 Man Booker Prize-winner Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (translator Marilyn Booth) and join a discussion at the Ackland Art Museum with Nadia Yaqub (UNC Asian Studies) and Carolyn Allmendinger (Director Education and Interpretation). Presented in connection with She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World. \nAdvanced tickets required. $38 per person; includes a copy of the book and light refreshments at the program.Register here or call Carolina Public Humanities at 919.962.1544.  \n2nd Friday ArtWalk at the Ackland\nEvery second Friday of the month\, the Ackland participates as a venue in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk\, staying open until 9:00 PM and offering a variety of interactive\, all-ages activities in addition to all exhibitions being open to visitors. Admission is free.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-artwalk-book-discussion/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk: She Who Tells a Story
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, 11/8/19|She Who Tells a Story: Intersections Between Art\, Identity\, and Mental Health \n5:30 PM – 6:30 PM \nFree; no registration required. \nJoin Stigma Free Carolina at the Ackland Art Museum as they explore the intersections of migration\, cultural identity\, and mental health as it relates to the Ackland’s exhibition She Who Tells a Story.  \nPanelists include: \n\nBanu Gökarıksel\, UNC Department of Geography\nMinoo Emami\, UNC Department of Studio Art\nKeely Muscatell\, UNC Department of Psychology & Neuroscience\n\n  \nPhoto Books Pop-Up: Rare and Special Photo Books from the Sloane Art Library Collection \n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM \nPeek at photo books from our neighbors at the Sloane Art Library in our lobby! \nPresented in connection with She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World \nFriday\, 11/8/19 |Artist Talk: Mikael Owunna\n \n7:00 – 9:00 PM \n\nReimagining the Black and Queer Body: A Conversation with Photographer Mikael Owunna \n \nThe Ackland Art Museum is also pleased to welcome artist Mikael Owunna to the museum for a conversation with NCMA curator Amanda Maples from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Click here to learn more and RSVP! \n  \n  \n  \nImage credit: Gohar Dashti (b. 1980). Untitled #5. From the series Today’s Life and War\, 2008. Pigment print. Courtesy of the artist\, Azita Bina and Robert Klein Gallery\, Boston. Used with artist’s permission. \nImage credit: Courtesy of the artist \n\n2nd Friday ArtWalk at the Ackland\nEvery second Friday of the month\, the Ackland participates as a venue in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk\, staying open until 9:00 PM and offering a variety of interactive\, all-ages activities in addition to all exhibitions being open to visitors. Admission is free.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-artwalk/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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SUMMARY:Reimagining the Black and Queer Body: A Conversation with Photographer Mikael Owunna
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, 11/8/19 | 7:00 – 9:00 PM \n\n\n\nReimagining the Black and Queer Body: A Conversation with Photographer Mikael Owunna \nFree\, RSVP requested. \nLight refreshments will be served. \nGrowing up as a queer African person\, photographer\, Mikael Owunna was told that it was “un-African” to be gay\, and that homosexuality was foreign to his culture. After enduring years of severe alienation from his Nigerian heritage and a series of exorcisms\, he found photography as his voice and his method for healing\, leading him to where he is today. \nHis most recent project\, Limit(less)\, seeks to reclaim his African-ness and queerness on his own terms. Limit(less) is an award-winning documentary photography project on LGBTQ African immigrants in North America and Europe. Framing the work as a quest to debunk the myth that it is “un-African” to be LGBTQ\, in the process Owunna found that there are no safe spaces anywhere for LGBTQ Africans – even in the “liberal” West. As Owunna states\, “This body of work is a collaborative response between me and my community to redefine what it means to be an immigrant\, African and queer in North America and Europe at this time. To confront\, with our self-love and stories\, the oppressive narratives that say we should not exist. We are Limitless.” \nOwunna’s work extends to the love and acceptance of one’s body. His other projects\, especially Infinite Essence in which he paints the models with fluorescent paints\, illuminate the black body as not ‘dead or dying/gunned down’ but as something beautiful and eternal—to be loved and embraced by its owner. Owunna’s work coaches self-love\, dignity\, and self-respect\, despite sexuality\, color\, or nationality. \nThe event organizer is Amanda Maples\, Curator of African Art at the NCMA and Visiting Professor in the Department of Art & Art History. She will be introducing Mikael Owunna and leading the conversation. \nThe Provost’s Committee on LGBTQ Life\, the African Studies Center\, the Student Affairs LGBTQ Center\, and Arts Everywhere invite the UNC community to join LGBTQ photographer Mikael Owunna at the Ackland Art Museum as he discusses his personal experiences of growing up queer in Nigeria\, and how this has informed his subsequent global artistic practice. \nRSVP Here: \nOops! We could not locate your form. \n\nMikael Chukwuma Owunna\nMikael Chukwuma Owunna (b. 1990) is an award-winning queer Nigerian-Swedish artist\, photographer\, Fulbright Scholar and engineer born and raised in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania. Mikael has dual degrees in Biomedical Engineering and History (Duke University ’12)\, where he graduated with distinction in engineering and a full merit scholarship. Mikael’s Fulbright scholarship took place in Taiwan (2012-13) where he taught photography to Taiwanese aboriginal youth as a space for cultural empowerment with Prof. Christine Yeh of USF\, ultimately culminating in a full floor exhibition of the students’ works at the National Taiwan Museum (2014). \nMikael’s work centers around identity while bending the photograph with his engineering and multidisciplinary background. His projects: I am Atayal!\, Limit(less) and Infinite Essence – have collectively exhibited across Asia\, Europe and North America and been featured in media ranging from the New York Times\, CNN\, NPR\, PBS\, The British Journal of Photography\, BuzzFeed\, VICE\, Al-Jazeera Plus\, Photo District News and Teen Vogue to the official outlet of Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture. Mikael has been awarded with selections for Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top 50\, the FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo (finalist)\, the New York Times Portfolio Review\, the Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Awards and juried selection for Review Santa Fe. He has spoken and lectured about his work at venues including World Press Photo (Netherlands)\, Harvard Law School\, Columbia Law School\, Duke University\, the Paris Institute of Political Studies (France) and Sveriges Radio (Sweden). Mikael speaks English (fluent)\, French (advanced professional-proficiency) and basic Mandarin Chinese. His work imagines new universes and realities for marginalized communities around the globe. \nMikael’s work has been supported by The Heinz Endowments\, The Pittsburgh Foundation\, The Fine Foundation\, The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and The Opportunity Fund. \n\n\n2nd Friday ArtWalk at the Ackland\nEvery second Friday of the month\, the Ackland participates as a venue in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk\, staying open until 9:00 PM and offering a variety of interactive\, all-ages activities in addition to all exhibitions being open to visitors. Admission is free.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/mikael-owunna/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday Art Walk: Lost and Found
DESCRIPTION:2nd Friday ArtWalk\nFriday\, December 13\, 2019 \n5:00 – 9:00 PM | Public Celebration for the Ackland’s Lost and Found : Stories for Vernacular Photographs exhibition \n6:00- 8:00 PM | Come Meet the Poetry Fox!\n \nMore details to be added shortly. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n2nd Friday ArtWalk at the Ackland\nEvery second Friday of the month\, the Ackland participates as a venue in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk\, staying open until 9:00 PM and offering a variety of interactive\, all-ages activities in addition to all exhibitions being open to visitors. Admission is free.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-art-walk-lost-and-found/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200110T210000
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk: Lost and Found
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, 1/10/20| Lost and Found \n6:00 PM – 9:00 PM \nFree; no registration required. \nCome out and celebrate the last weekend of our current exhibition\, Lost and Found: Stories from Vernacular Photographs! \nOur caption and story contest winners have been chosen. Browse the winning responses plus all entries (handwritten or typed) in the museum gallery. \nListen as our special guests read original works inspired by select photographs on view. \n6:00 p.m. |   Fred Joiner\, Poet Laureate of Carrboro\, NC\, Reading in ART& \n6:30 p.m. |   CJ Suitt\,  Chapel Hill Poet Laureate\, Reading in ART& \n  \n  \n\n2nd Friday ArtWalk at the Ackland\nEvery second Friday of the month\, the Ackland participates as a venue in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk\, staying open until 9:00 PM and offering a variety of interactive\, all-ages activities in addition to all exhibitions being open to visitors. Admission is free.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-artwalk-lost-and-found/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200214T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200214T210000
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk: Open the Shape Called Love!
DESCRIPTION:See Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love during our 2nd Friday evening hours! Throughout the night\, experience Kusama-inspired modern dance performances choreographed by Killian Manning and screenings of Kusama’s 1967 experimental film Self-Obliteration (23 mins). \n5:30 p.m. | Self-Obliteration Screening\, ART& \n6:00 p.m. | Performance in Gallery 7 \n6:30 p.m. | Self-Obliteration Screening\, ART& \n7:00 p.m. | Performance in Gallery 7 \n7:30 p.m. | Self-Obliteration Screening\, ART& \n8:00 p.m. | Performance in Gallery 7 \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2ndfridayartwalk021420/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200313T170000
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday Art Walk: Keen on Kusama
DESCRIPTION:Book Discussion with Carolina Public Humanities | 6:30-8:30 p.m. \n“The Convenient Spot: Patterns and Repetition in Japanese Art and Literature at the Ackland”\nRegister for a book discussion program with Carolina Public Humanities that pairs Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape called Love with Sayaka Murata’s award-winning short novel Convenience Store Woman. The discussion of the book and a look at the art will be facilitated by UNC lecturer Yuko Kato and Ackland Director of Education and Interpretation Carolyn Allmendinger.\n$30 per person (includes a copy of the book and light refreshments)\, Register HERE! \nMore information forthcoming! \n\n2nd Friday ArtWalk at the Ackland\nEvery second Friday of the month\, the Ackland participates as a venue in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk\, staying open until 9:00 PM and offering a variety of interactive\, all-ages activities in addition to all exhibitions being open to visitors. Admission is free.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-art-walk-031420/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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SUMMARY:Artist Conversation with Nelson Morales
DESCRIPTION:This program has passed\, but a recording of the conversation can be viewed below or on our YouTube channel. \nA free public conversation with photographer Nelson Morales\, who will have select photographs from his series Musas Muxe on view at the Ackland. The photographs explore the everyday life of muxes­—people who identify as a third gender—of the Oaxaca state of Mexico. \nNelson will be joined by Allen Blevins\, collector of Morales’ work and lender of several to the Ackland\, and Lauren Turner\, the Ackland’s Assistant Curator for the Collection. \nArtist Conversation with Nelson Morales has been supported in part by Laughing Gull Foundation.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/nelson-morales/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201113T130000
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SUMMARY:Artist Conversation with Shanequa Gay
DESCRIPTION:This event has now passed. Watch a recording of the talk below! \nJoin us for a conversation between artist Shanequa Gay and Lauren Turner\, the Ackland’s assistant curator for the collection. They will discuss Gay’s commissioned installation holding space for nobility: a memorial for Breonna Taylor\, which is now on view in the Ackland’s ART& gallery. \nholding space for nobility: a memorial for Breonna Taylor is a site-specific installation that features monumental chimeric figures rendered in oil and acrylic. Gay merges Breonna Taylor’s likeness with deer and zebra features in a technique of juxtaposition that she employs throughout her artmaking practice. The resulting hybrid guardians incorporate multiple characteristics of the natural world to facilitate healing and empowerment. An altar-like display of vintage Tiara black glassware and salt water transforms the gallery into a space for collective mourning while the monochromatic installation starkly reminds viewers that Taylor’s death resulted from forces that shape the lives of countless Black Americans. \nShanequa Gay\, an Atlanta native\, has exhibited at the Zuckerman Museum (Kennesaw\, GA)\, the Hammonds House Museum (Atlanta\, GA)\, the Hayti Heritage Center (Durham\, NC)\, the McColl Center for Art + Innovation (Charlotte\, NC)\, and the Chattanooga African American Museum (Chattanooga\, TN). For more information about her work\, please go to www.shanequagay.com. \nThis installation and related programming have been made possible by the generous support of James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach.\n\nRecording of our “Artist Conversation with Shanequa Gay” held Friday\, Nov 13\, 2020. Also available on the Ackland’s YouTube channel.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/shanequa-gay/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210409T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210409T163000
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SUMMARY:Artist Conversation: Creating "Mysterious Ink World\, Part One (2016)"
DESCRIPTION:Join us Friday\, April 9 for an in-depth look at Mysterious Ink World\, Part One (2016)\, a collaborative contemporary work featured in the Ackland Art Museum’s newest installation of Asian art\, Clouding: Shape and Sign in Asian Art. The immersive work is composed of an abstract ink painting by Ming Ren (American\, b. 1956) installed opposite an interactive projection responding in real time to the viewers of the painting\, designed by computer scientist and artificial intelligence pioneer Hansong Zhang (Chinese\, b. 1969)\, who received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1998. Both Ming Ren and Hansong Zhang will join us for a conversation about how the work came together and the nature of their artistic collaboration. Ellen Huang\, former curator for Asian art\, will moderate the conversation and help situate the work within the larger themes of Clouding. \nThe virtual program is free and open to the public. Free tickets must be obtained below to receive the Zoom link. Interested visitors may wish to see Clouding: Shape and Sign in Asian Art in person in the Ackland’s recently reopened galleries by obtaining a timed ticket. \nThe program is presented in connection with UNC’s Arts Everywhere Day 2021.  \nClouding: Shape and Sign in Asian Art (on view January 20\, 2021 – February 13\, 2022) has been organized by Ellen Huang\, former curator for Asian art\, with Peter Nisbet\, deputy director for curatorial affairs. It has been made possible in part by the Ackland’s Ruth and Sherman Lee Fund for Asian Art\, Linda and Philip Carl\, Smith Freeman and Austin Scarlett\, and Mina Levin and Ronald Schwarz.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/artist-conversation-040921/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk: Meet a Metalsmith
DESCRIPTION:View Peace\, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa during the Ackland’s monthly evening hours\, held in conjunction with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk. \nFrom 5:00 to 6:15 p.m.\, visitors will have the opportunity to meet special guest Karen Smith\, metalsmith\, educator\, and founder of We Wield The Hammer\, a nonprofit metalsmith training program for women and girls of African descent. Smith will be demonstrating various metalworking techniques featured in both Peace\, Power & Prestige and in her work in sterling\, fine silver\, and gold wearable art and small sculpture\, which has been influenced by her recent study with a Senegalese master goldsmith. Smith recently relocated to Durham from Oakland\, CA\, and will be starting a Triangle-based chapter of We Wield The Hammer.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-art-walk-mar22/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220408T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220408T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T112622
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk: Sunsets Dance Party with WXYC
DESCRIPTION:Sunsets Dance Party with WXYC \nA global dance party inspired by Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution)\, the seven-channel video installation by Ghost of a Dream featuring sunsets captured around the world by artists living through the COVID-19 pandemic. During the April 2nd Friday ArtWalk\, all are invited to dance together as WXYC DJs spin tunes as the sun sets on Arts Everywhere Day. \nAligned by the Sun (through the revolution) is a seven-channel video installation created specifically for the Ackland Art Museum that uses the formal positioning of the horizon line to connect each video of the sun. By overlaying images of a setting sun that align vastly different and often non-neighboring locations\, Ghost of a Dream’s Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution) offers entry points to important conversations around equality\, location\, migration\, and the environment. On view through July 3\, 2022. \n— \nThe Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7\, 2022\, masks are optional in our galleries.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/sunsetsdanceparty/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Performances,Special Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220513T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220513T193000
DTSTAMP:20260602T112622
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SUMMARY:Drop-In Printmaking Workshop with Raj Bunnag
DESCRIPTION:Drop-In Printmaking Workshop with Raj Bunnag \n6-7:30 p.m.  \n \nJoin 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!  \n  \nIn this drop-in workshop\, visitors will be able to make their own tiny stamps using hand-carved blocks made by Bunnag. Watch as Bunnag demonstrates his printmaking techniques and create your own small prints to take home. This workshop will take place outdoors and attendees are welcome to stay for as long as they like during the hour and a half-long program.   \n \nMaterials for this event have been generously donated by Speedball. Presented in connection with Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022. Part of the Chapel-Hill Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk. \n— \nRaj Bunnag is a Thai American artist living and working in Durham\, North Carolina. He received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2012 with an emphasis in Printmaking. He is currently an MFA candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bunnag’s practice examines systematic racism inherent to the foundations of the US\, its institutions\, and its domestic/global policies\, through themes in the lineage of print. In his more personal work\, he is researching the ideas and baggage that come with self-identity as the son of immigrants and what it means to be a non-white body existing in white spaces. He has shown work nationally and internationally as well as received numerous awards for his relief printed work.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/print-making-demo/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Special Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220610T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220610T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T112622
CREATED:20220525T161550Z
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk: Black Artists' Books Pop-Up & Craftboro Cash Bar
DESCRIPTION:During the 2nd Friday ArtWalk\, join us for a pop-up exhibition of artists’ books by Black artists\, illustrators\, and photographers from the Sloane Art Library collection\, part of UNC Libraries. Chat with art librarians and see works up close from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. \nPresented in connection with the Ackland’s current exhibition Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas\, which features several examples of book and magazine illustrations by Harlem Renaissance modernist artist Aaron Douglas. The Museum galleries will remain open until 9 p.m. tonight! \n*NEW* \nStarting this month\, enjoy Twilights on the Terrace during the Ackland’s summer 2nd Friday evening hours\, featuring a pop-up bar by Craftboro Brewing! Craft beer\, sparkling lemon- and limeade\, and snacks will be available for purchase from 5-8 p.m. Relax outside on our Terrace while you explore the new playful outdoor installation pARC by The Urban Conga.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-june2022/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220708T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220708T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T112622
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SUMMARY:Twilights on the Terrace: Party in the pARC
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a sunset celebration of pARC by The Urban Conga\, our new outdoor Terrace installation. At this month’s Twilights on the Terrace you can:\n– make your own pARC-inspired iridescent suncatcher\n– relax with friends and family to a sunset soundtrack\n– cool off in the galleries with free admission to all our exhibitions \nAll are welcome. This is a family-friendly event. Please tag your photos! #acklandpARC \nNEW in the galleries: July 8 is the first day to see our new exhibition Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks. The Museum galleries will remain open until 9 p.m. for our 2nd Friday evening hours.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-artwalk-party-in-the-parc/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Special Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220812T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220812T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T112622
CREATED:20220725T143448Z
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SUMMARY:Twilights on the Terrace: Warm Evenings and Watercolors
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a warm summer evening downtown with art-inspired crafts — and local craft beer — at this month’s Twilight on the Terrace!  \nCraft Beer and Art-Inspired CraftsSee Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks\, then pick up a paintbrush and experiment with watercolor on the Ackland’s Terrace while enjoying a local beer and snacks from Craftboro Brewing. Share and tag your photos with #acklandpARC for a chance to take home your own watercolor kit (while supplies last)!  \nArtist/Business Meet and Greet\nJoin the Ackland and the Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership for a meet and greet for artists and downtown businesses. Artists\, learn how you can connect with downtown businesses\, including restaurants\, cafes\, bookstores\, hotels and more to showcase your work. Business leaders\, find an artist to partner with your business for 2nd Fridays. \nGalleries open ’til 9 p.m. with free admission!Also new on view: Houseguests: American Art from the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership\, with stunning works visiting the Ackland from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville\, Arkansas.  
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/twilights-on-the-terrace-warm-evenings-and-watercolors/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Special Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T200000
DTSTAMP:20260602T112622
CREATED:20220824T163520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220824T163520Z
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SUMMARY:Student Member Soiree
DESCRIPTION:Ackland Student members are invited for a special evening at the Museum during extended hours! \n\n*Hear a live performance by UNC student jazz musicians\n*Take a student-guided tour of the galleries\n*Enjoy free appetizers and lemonade\n*Make your own buttons!\n\nThe Ackland Student membership program is your community on campus to experience art with fellow students and learn about art and culture from around the world. Not a member yet? Join today for free and join us at the Soirée! \nYour Student Membership Benefits include: \n\n*Invitations to Student Reading Day Donuts (final exam weeks)\n*Invitation to Student Member Soirée with live music\n*Free admission to ticketed programs like Yoga in the Galleries\n*University and College Art Museum Reciprocal Program\n*10% Discount at the Museum Store
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/student-member-soiree/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T112622
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SUMMARY:Acktoberfest: Art\, Beer\, and Cheese Pairings
DESCRIPTION:Join us for “Acktoberfest\,” an evening of art-inspired beer and cheese pairings\, plus exhibition tours and still-life drawing stations\, all in celebration of our current exhibition Drawn to Life: Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt in the Peck Collection at the Ackland Art Museum.  \nTasting boards designed by The Cheese Shop (Carrboro\, NC) will feature a selection of cheeses with connections to the drawings on view. Both boards and a la carte cheeses to take home will be available for purchase.  \nLocal craft beers that pair well with the cheeses (and art!) will be available from Craftboro Brewing (Carrboro\, NC) at a cash bar\, with additional non-alcoholic offerings for sale. \nExhibition curator Dana Cowen will lead mini-tours of Drawn to Life throughout the evening\, with a special look at the works that have been paired with the cheeses and beers. \nAt a still-life drawing station designed by University Florist (Chapel Hill\, NC)\, try your hand at sketching from a gorgeous seasonal arrangement. \nThe admission is free. Food and drinks will be sold separately during the event by our vendor partners.  \nThis project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council\, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-artwalk-acktoberfest-art-beer-and-cheese-pairings/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Special Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230113T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T112622
CREATED:20230104T211900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T212052Z
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SUMMARY:Arts for All Fair
DESCRIPTION:Are you ready to jumpstart an amazing new year? Looking for new inspiration in 2023? Join us for a campus arts fair and discover some of the creative organizations and activities at UNC!  \n\n\nMeet new friends\, learn how to become an Ackland member\, and enjoy the galleries into the evening. The Ackland is open late\, until 9 p.m.\, every second Friday of the month.  \n\n\nParticipating organizations include Arts Everywhere\, Carolina Animators Anonymous\, Ebony Readers Onyx Theater\, and more!  \n\n*This event qualifies as a Campus Life Experience*
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/arts-for-all-fair/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T210000
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CREATED:20230106T195723Z
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this month’s 2nd Friday ArtWalk evening hours as we explore two new exhibitions at the Ackland: Good Object / Bad Object and Laurel Nakadate: Ten Performances from 365 Days: A Catalogue of Tears. \nThe evening will feature: \n– the debut of a three-day sound installation by Lee Weisert\, Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing\, presented in connected with Good Object / Bad Object (on view Feb 10-12) \n– mini-tours of Laurel Nakadate: Ten Performances from 365 Days: A Catalogue of Tears led by Lauren Turner\, Associate Curator for Contemporary Art and Special Projects\, at 5:30\, 6:30\, and 7:30 p.m. \n– a premiere of a behind-the-scenes video on how Good Object / Bad Object was put together will be shown on the hour at 6\, 7\, and 8 p.m.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-artwalk-feb2023/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Performances,Special Programs,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T210000
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SUMMARY:"Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing" by Lee Weisert
DESCRIPTION:Experience a three day sound installation by composer and UNC composition professor Lee Weisert. Weisert’s Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing will be on view in the Ackland’s ART& space February 10-12\, 2023 in connection with Good Object / Bad Object. In this new exhibition\, the Ackland examines how contemporary sculpture might employ unexpected placement\, language\, reflectivity\, accumulation\, and other strategies to subvert our understanding of how “good objects” might “behave badly.” Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing will likewise challenge the observer to question exactly how sculptures are “supposed to behave” in a museum setting. \nA large suspended sphere of slowly melting ice drips into a metal receptacle. A contact microphone mounted to the bottom of the receptacle tracks the rhythms of the falling drops\, triggering a computer-controlled speech sampler. Speech fragments from the Book of Genesis (The Flood) are played in order\, on a loop. Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing was premiered at the Elsewhere Museum in Greensboro\, NC\, and was on long term view at Western Carolina University in 2014. \nLee Weisert is a composer of instrumental and electronic music and an associate professor in the Music Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, where he teaches courses in composition\, electronic music\, and musicianship. He has degrees in music composition from the University of Colorado\, California Institute of the Arts\, and Northwestern University. Weisert’s recent music has incorporated increasingly disparate elements such as orchestral instruments\, found sounds\, field recordings\, digital synthesis\, and analog circuitry\, in an attempt to find\, “through experimentation\, tinkering\, and unconventional approaches\, a ritualistic and deeply expressive world of sound” (Dan Lippel\, New Focus Recordings). His instrumental music has been commissioned and performed by nationally recognized performers and ensembles including Stephen Drury\, the Callithumpian Consort\, ICE\, JACK Quartet\, Spektral Quartet\, Yarn/Wire\, Wild Rumpus\, Matthew McClure\, Clara Yang\, and Joann Cho.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/both-man-and-beast-and-the-creeping-thing-by-lee-weisert/2023-02-10/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230211T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230211T170000
DTSTAMP:20260602T112622
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SUMMARY:"Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing" by Lee Weisert
DESCRIPTION:Experience a three day sound installation by composer and UNC composition professor Lee Weisert. Weisert’s Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing will be on view in the Ackland’s ART& space February 10-12\, 2023 in connection with Good Object / Bad Object. In this new exhibition\, the Ackland examines how contemporary sculpture might employ unexpected placement\, language\, reflectivity\, accumulation\, and other strategies to subvert our understanding of how “good objects” might “behave badly.” Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing will likewise challenge the observer to question exactly how sculptures are “supposed to behave” in a museum setting. \nA large suspended sphere of slowly melting ice drips into a metal receptacle. A contact microphone mounted to the bottom of the receptacle tracks the rhythms of the falling drops\, triggering a computer-controlled speech sampler. Speech fragments from the Book of Genesis (The Flood) are played in order\, on a loop. Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing was premiered at the Elsewhere Museum in Greensboro\, NC\, and was on long term view at Western Carolina University in 2014. \nLee Weisert is a composer of instrumental and electronic music and an associate professor in the Music Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, where he teaches courses in composition\, electronic music\, and musicianship. He has degrees in music composition from the University of Colorado\, California Institute of the Arts\, and Northwestern University. Weisert’s recent music has incorporated increasingly disparate elements such as orchestral instruments\, found sounds\, field recordings\, digital synthesis\, and analog circuitry\, in an attempt to find\, “through experimentation\, tinkering\, and unconventional approaches\, a ritualistic and deeply expressive world of sound” (Dan Lippel\, New Focus Recordings). His instrumental music has been commissioned and performed by nationally recognized performers and ensembles including Stephen Drury\, the Callithumpian Consort\, ICE\, JACK Quartet\, Spektral Quartet\, Yarn/Wire\, Wild Rumpus\, Matthew McClure\, Clara Yang\, and Joann Cho.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/both-man-and-beast-and-the-creeping-thing-by-lee-weisert/2023-02-11/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230212T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230212T170000
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SUMMARY:"Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing" by Lee Weisert
DESCRIPTION:Experience a three day sound installation by composer and UNC composition professor Lee Weisert. Weisert’s Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing will be on view in the Ackland’s ART& space February 10-12\, 2023 in connection with Good Object / Bad Object. In this new exhibition\, the Ackland examines how contemporary sculpture might employ unexpected placement\, language\, reflectivity\, accumulation\, and other strategies to subvert our understanding of how “good objects” might “behave badly.” Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing will likewise challenge the observer to question exactly how sculptures are “supposed to behave” in a museum setting. \nA large suspended sphere of slowly melting ice drips into a metal receptacle. A contact microphone mounted to the bottom of the receptacle tracks the rhythms of the falling drops\, triggering a computer-controlled speech sampler. Speech fragments from the Book of Genesis (The Flood) are played in order\, on a loop. Both Man and Beast and the Creeping Thing was premiered at the Elsewhere Museum in Greensboro\, NC\, and was on long term view at Western Carolina University in 2014. \nLee Weisert is a composer of instrumental and electronic music and an associate professor in the Music Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, where he teaches courses in composition\, electronic music\, and musicianship. He has degrees in music composition from the University of Colorado\, California Institute of the Arts\, and Northwestern University. Weisert’s recent music has incorporated increasingly disparate elements such as orchestral instruments\, found sounds\, field recordings\, digital synthesis\, and analog circuitry\, in an attempt to find\, “through experimentation\, tinkering\, and unconventional approaches\, a ritualistic and deeply expressive world of sound” (Dan Lippel\, New Focus Recordings). His instrumental music has been commissioned and performed by nationally recognized performers and ensembles including Stephen Drury\, the Callithumpian Consort\, ICE\, JACK Quartet\, Spektral Quartet\, Yarn/Wire\, Wild Rumpus\, Matthew McClure\, Clara Yang\, and Joann Cho.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/both-man-and-beast-and-the-creeping-thing-by-lee-weisert/2023-02-12/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230310T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230310T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T112622
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 2nd Friday filled with Spring experiences! We will have Morgan Moylan of West Queen Studio leading an interactive floral installation. She will be working on the piece between 5-9 p.m.; people are encouraged to come watch\, ask questions\, and add floral elements to the installation with Morgan’s guidance. Admission to the floral installation is free. \nWe will also have a wine and art experience led by Team Vino. This is a ticketed event (tickets available below for $15.) Heighten your experience of art by engaging your senses in a wine and food taste exploration.  Team Vino will guide you through three wines selected to complement three pieces on view.  You will also enjoy thoughtfully paired nibbles from Root Cellar Cafe and Catering. \nMuseum and Floral Installation are free to the public; a limited number of Wine Experience tickets are for sale onsite at the event.\n \nClick here to learn more about West Queen Studio. \nClick here to learn more about Team Vino.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-artwalk-2/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Special Events,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230414T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230414T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T112622
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk
DESCRIPTION:Hear poems and write your own poetry during this month’s 2nd Friday ArtWalk inspired by the Ackland’s current exhibition of Japanese calligraphy\, Lotus Moon and Nandina Staff. \nPoetry Reading and Open Mic | 6-7 p.m. \nHear local poets perform waka poems — the style of poetry featured in the Ackland’s current exhibition Lotus Moon and Nandina Staff — as well as their other nature-inspired works. Readings will be by members of the North Carolina Haiku Society\, including Crystal Simone Smith and Lenard Moore\, as well as 2023 Piedmont Laureate Dasan Ahanu. \nInspired by this year’s Arts Everywhere Day theme “YOU Are an Artist!” visitors are encouraged to compose their own waka poem (using its distinctive syllable pattern\, 5-7-5-7-7 and natural world inspiration). Read it during the open mic session if you’d like and write your poem down on the traditional vertical strip of paper. All materials provided; no experience necessary. \nTrack Meet: Art-Inspired Beats by the UNC Beat Lab | 7-9 p.m. \nA dynamic live beatmaking showcase hosted by the UNC Beat Lab that brings together local beat makers to create an extraordinary fusion of art and music. Witness the intersection of creativity as talented producers craft mesmerizing beats in real-time\, inspired by the artwork on display at the Ackland. Tonight’s Track Meet features beats by Zakari and Kidnxtdoor. \n— \nSATURDAY\, April 15\nPoetry in the Arboretum \nThe following day\, Saturday\, April 15\, from 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.\, join us at Carolina’s Coker Arboretum as we hang all the newly-composed waka poems from the branches of the Central Lawn. Poetry writing supplies will also be available at the Arboretum. \nPresented in connection with Lotus Moon and Nandina Staff: The Art of Ōtagaki Rengetsu and Nakahara Nantenbō (on view March 31 – June 11\, 2023). Part of the 2nd Friday ArtWalk and UNC-Chapel Hill’s Arts Everywhere Day.  
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-artwalk-3/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T112622
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk: Congrats\, Grads!
DESCRIPTION:Planning for a graduation weekend filled with fun and celebration? The Ackland is the perfect place to add to your itinerary! Join us Friday\, May 12\, as we stay open until 9:00 p.m. for an evening of music\, art\, and Carolina camaraderie. \nTRACK MEET by THE BEAT LAB \nA dynamic live beatmaking showcase hosted by the UNC Beat Lab that brings together local beat makers to create an extraordinary fusion of art and music. Witness the intersection of creativity as talented producers craft mesmerizing beats in real-time\, inspired by the artwork on display at the Ackland. \nART ACTIVITIES \nDiscover the Ackland’s collection by exploring the galleries with self-guided tours and an art-themed photobooth. Find out about Ackland Art Museum Memberships – the perfect gift for a new grad. Shop for mementos at the Ackland Museum Store\, plus receive 25% off all graduation cards tonight only! \nCRAFT BEER (and COOKIE!) BAR by BMC BREWING \nEnjoy a craft beer and homemade cookie from the pop-up cash bar by BMC Brewing (Pittsboro\, NC). BMC (aka Bite My Cookies) Brewing makes all their beer on site at their brewery with locally sourced ingredients and even bakes cookies using flour processed from spent grain obtained during the brewing process. Find out more on their website: https://bmcbrewing.com/.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-artwalk-congrats-grads/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Special Events,Special Programs
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk: Wine\, Food\, and Local Art
DESCRIPTION:For this very special 2nd Friday ArtWalk\, the Ackland has partnered with Melanated Wine and the Underground Collective to curate an evening of wine\, food\, and local art connecting with and celebrating the Museum’s current exhibition Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South. \nWINE & FOOD EXPERIENCE by MELANATED WINE \nPrepare your taste buds for a sensory journey featuring exquisite wine\, food\, and art pairings selected by renowned local winery Melanated Wine. The $25 Wine Experience ticket includes four wines from Melanated Wine that have been carefully chosen to complement specific artists or artworks\, plus delectable dishes from the talented Chef Anevia from Triple A Catering: \n\n– Red Blend (Cabernet Franc/Syrah) paired with Spiced Beef Crostini\n– White Blend (Unoaked Chardonnay/Riesling) paired with Caramelized Onion & Brie Tart\n– Blackberry Wine paired with Sweet & Spicy Meatballs\n– White Sangria paired with Bruschetta\n\nEach wine and food pairing will be accompanied by a detailed informational sheet\, guiding you through the unique flavors and stories behind each selection. Additional a la carte options will be offered at the event\, including single servings of the delightful food for $10 per dish as well as a selection of wines available by the glass\, with prices varying based on the type of wine. A table menu will be provided\, so you can make your perfect wine selection. \nWine Experience tickets are available now for pre-sale (scroll down to purchase!). Only a limited number will be sold on-site. Don’t miss out on this remarkable opportunity to celebrate Black art and creativity while savoring the finest wines and delicious bites provided by Melanated Wine and Triple A Catering. \nART & CRAFT VENDORS with THE UNDERGROUND COLLECTIVE \nIn addition to the Wine Experience\, the Underground Collective is proud to curate a pop-up of unique art and craft vendors with a creative twist that will enhance your experience of the current exhibition Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South. Vendor offerings will be directly connected to the art of the African American past\, present\, and future. Music will be provided by DJ Mayor. \nThe Underground Collective (UGC) is a creative agency that offers event curation\, event planning and production\, cultural branding\, and project management to clients seeking to create cultural connections and deepen community engagement. Dedicated to all things socially conscious in Hip-Hop culture and the community\, UGC has raised social awareness through the cultural arts for over 10+ years\, collaborating with various partners across North Carolina. UGC has a proven track record of quality programming\, effective partnerships\, and dynamic campaigns that center on the artistic contributions of communities of color.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-artwalk-twilights-on-the-terrace/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Special Events,Special Programs
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SUMMARY:2nd Friday ArtWalk: The Lemonade Stand and Uproar Festival
DESCRIPTION:This 2nd Friday\, the Ackland joins in the opening night celebrations of Uproar\, a festival of public art taking place throughout Orange County from July 14 – August 12 with sixty artists displaying work across Chapel Hill\, Carrboro\, and Hillsborough. In the event of rain\, the Ackland’s offerings will be held indoors! \nThe Lemonade Stand by Allison Coleman | 6-8 p.m. \nIn the spirit of the festival\, artist Allison Coleman will present her Lemonade Stand Project\, a mobile art-making\, story-telling\, and recipe gathering receptacle in the guise of a traditional lemonade stand. This public art project seeks to activate nontraditional spaces with art and community dialogue. As part of the Lemonade Stand Project\, visitors of all ages can share recipes and art that will be displayed during the evening in and around the interactive sculpture pARC by The Urban Conga on the Ackland’s Terrace. In the event of rain\, the event will be held indoors! \nGalleries Open until 9 p.m. \nThe Ackland will stay open until 9 p.m. Visitors can pick up Uproar festival maps and guides and\, of course\, check out what’s on view at the Ackland! Be sure to visit our newly-opened installations of Asian and Islamic Art\, as well as paintings on loan to the Ackland from the Terra Foundation for American Art.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/2nd-friday-artwalk-the-lemonade-stand-and-uproar-festival/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk
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