2nd Friday ArtWalk: Game Night!
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesKick off spring break (and the evening before the UNC-Duke game) with a game night at the Ackland for 2nd Friday ArtWalk! With prompts to help you draw, move, and think about art, questions to help you learn more about yourself and your friends, and a quiz to help you decide which gallery to visit…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: Caldwell Artists in Conversation
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 lively conversation entitled "We Work and Make Beautiful Things" featuring artists Teri Greeves (Kiowa) and Keri Ataumbi (Kiowa), who will discuss their artistic practices, influences that have shaped their work, and recent projects. Curator Jami Powell (Osage)…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: Twilights on the Terrace
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesSpend a summer evening making art at the Ackland's 2nd Friday ArtWalk: Twilights on the Terrace. Drop in to create pen and watercolor paintings inspired by Charlotte-based artist Georgie Nakima, whose installation Pantheress is on view through July 21 in the Ackland's ART& space. This event is free, all ages, and all materials will be provided.…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: Twilights on the Terrace
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesSpend a summer evening making art at the Ackland's 2nd Friday ArtWalk: Twilights on the Terrace. Relax on the Ackland's front Terrace with a drop-in project inspired by Philip Taaffe's painting Granada, making geometric wax-resist watercolors – free, all ages, and all materials provided. Taaffe's painting is featured in our current exhibition Arranged: Recent Acquisitions…
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…
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…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: Acktoberfest
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Ackland’s third annual evening of art-inspired cheese and drink pairings. This year’s Acktoberfest will feature cheese pairings curated by The Cheese Shop, beers by Steel String Brewery, mini tours of Dürer to Matisse, and more. Art-inspired cheese plates and paired craft beers available to purchase on site at the event. Admission and mini-tours are free…
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…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: Ackland Print Sale
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDuring the evening of December 13, the Ackland Art Museum will be open until 9 p.m. for the 2nd Friday ArtWalk. Mingle with local printmakers and buy original work at reasonable prices. This event is being held in conjunction with the exhibition Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints. Printmakers Katie Hayes (New South…