Artist Conversation: Zig Jackson
Zoom , United StatesJoin 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…
Spring Fling Arts Festival
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin the Ackland Art Museum in conjunction with the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, Saturday, May 6 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the first annual Spring Fling Arts Festival! Enjoy kid-friendly arts activities on the Ackland Terrace, including printmaking with Biovarg Industries of Durham and coloring pages for the kids. Buy a gift from…
Guest Lecture: W. Richard West, Jr., Elder-in-Residence
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis talk is now FULL. To be added to the waitlist, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu. -- A free public talk presented by the American Indian Center at the Ackland as part of their Elder-in-Residence program. Dr. W. Richard West, Jr. (Southern Cheyenne) has served as the founding director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the…
F.A.M. Fun in the Galleries: Exploring “Past Forward”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesSpend an art-filled afternoon at the Ackland with family-friendly events and self-guided activities inspired by our current exhibition Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum. Local storyteller Ryan Dial (Lumbee; American Indian Center) will lead a storytime session for kids and their families at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. A special close-looking activity sheet will…
Ackland Film Forum: Filmmaker Fox Maxy Conversation and “Gush” Screening
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesHear from filmmaker Fox Maxy (Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians and Payómkawish) in a conversation at the Varsity Theatre and see Maxy’s film Gush (2023). Maxy is a San Diego-based artist and filmmaker whose work has screened at Sundance, MoMA, and Melbourne International Film Festival among others. Her feature film debut Gush, which premiered…
Take Two Tour by Nancy Fields and Amanda Cobb-Greetham
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis program is now FULL. To be added to our WAITLIST, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu. -- During this conversational tour, Amanda Cobb-Greetham (Chickasaw; American Studies) and Nancy Strickland Fields (Lumbee; Museum of the Southeast American Indian) will each offer their own perspectives on a handful of works in the Ackland’s current exhibition Past Forward: Native American…
Focus on American Indian Art on Paper
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Peter Nisbet (Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs) and Carolyn Allmendinger (Interim Director and Director of Education and Interpretation) for an intimate and conversational close looking session with the Ackland's small but growing collection of American Indian art on paper, works that are light-sensitive and therefore not exhibited often. They will share insights about a selection of drawings, prints, and photographs, including a…
Focus on American Indian Art on Paper
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Peter Nisbet (Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs) and Carolyn Allmendinger (Interim Director and Director of Education and Interpretation) for an intimate and conversational close looking session with the Ackland's small but growing collection of American Indian art on paper, works that are light-sensitive and therefore not exhibited often. They will share insights about a selection of drawings, prints, and photographs, including a…
Focus on American Indian Art on Paper
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Peter Nisbet (deputy director for curatorial affairs) and Carolyn Allmendinger (interim director and director of education and interpretation) for an intimate and conversational close looking session with the Ackland's small but growing collection of American Indian art on paper, works that are light-sensitive and therefore not exhibited often. They will share insights about a selection of drawings, prints, and photographs, including…
Focus on American Indian Art on Paper
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Peter Nisbet (deputy director for curatorial affairs) and Carolyn Allmendinger (interim director and director of education and interpretation) for an intimate and conversational close looking session with the Ackland's small but growing collection of American Indian art on paper, works that are light-sensitive and therefore not exhibited often. They will share insights about a selection of drawings, prints, and photographs, including…