F.A.M. Fun in the Galleries: Exploring “Unsettled Things”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis Sunday, families are invited to explore Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South at a very special afternoon of art-filled activities. Throughout the afternoon, pick up a F.A.M. activity kit with materials to make your own art inspired by quilts on view in the exhibition. Pick up the F.A.M. Zine for more ways…
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 tonight's 2nd Friday ArtWalk. With information on the various resources available to students at the Ackland, an opportunity to…
Curator-Led Tour of “The Outwin: American Portraiture Today”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Lauren Turner, Associate Curator for Contemporary Art and Special Projects, for a first look at The Outwin: American Portraiture Today. Explore how the 2022 winners of the triennial competition held at the National Portrait Gallery have pushed the boundaries of contemporary portraiture, producing moving works that engage with the social and political landscape of…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: “Step This Way” Interactive Performance
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States"Step This Way" is a site-specific performance featuring live music and dance by Mark Gabriel Little and Maura García. The performance takes place on and around the pARC, an interactive playful installation designed and created by The Urban Conga on the Ackland’s Terrace. Throughout the performance, elements of the composition and choreography will shift based…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: Student Edition!
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesStop by the Ackland for January's 2nd Friday ArtWalk to learn about the Museum's resources and student membership program! We will have a crafting activity with materials to respond to Stuart Robertson's Self-Portrait of the Artist, which is on view in the special exhibition, The Outwin: American Portraiture Today closing on January 21! By looking close at this…
WAITLIST ONLY: Defining a “We”: Parsing the Potentialities of Poetry and Portraiture
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! -- Join us for a special ekphrastic poetry and portraiture discourse event curated by Chapel Hill Poet Laureate Cortland Gilliam and inspired by The Outwin: American Portraiture Today. Hear readings of ekphrastic poems written in response to The Outwin, as well…
Last Look Tour for “The Outwin: American Portraiture Today”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Lauren Turner, Associate Curator for Contemporary Art and Special Projects, for a final tour of The Outwin: American Portraiture Today on the closing afternoon of the exhibition. The Outwin: American Portraiture Today has been organized by the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. The competition and exhibition are made possible by the Virginia Outwin Boochever Portrait…
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…
Opening Reception: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAll are invited to celebrate the opening of A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024. Join us for a first look at the exhibition, remarks from the exhibition's organizers and artists, and festive food and drinks (cash bar is 21+). The celebration is open to all and no tickets…
Curator’s Tour of A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Lauren Turner, Associate Curator for Contemporary Art and Special Projects, for a first guided look at A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024. The exhibition investigates the idea that physical surroundings, both ancestral and current, influence people’s personal identities just as much as past and present populations correspondingly…