Ackland Events

Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection and Peace, Power & Prestige
2022-02-24 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-03-10 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-03-18 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-03-25 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-03-31 13:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection and our special exhibition Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa.
Advance registration required; space is limited.
If you find yourself unable to attend, please email acklandrsvp@unc.edu, so that we may offer the space to others.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Radical Healing and Decoloniality: Museums in Transition
2022-02-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Zoom, United States
This talk by Amanda Maples, Curator of African Art at the NC Museum of Art, is part of UNC Chapel Hill’s African Studies Center’s Decolonizing African Studies Series.
With the advent of global protests urgently calling for social justice and the end of systemic racism, museums have been called upon to reflect on their own institutional histories and grapple with the role they have played in perpetuating stereotypes and inequities—both in gallery and collections representation, and within their administration. A critical aspect of this relatively recent pursuit to decolonize includes facing the violence at play in colonial and imperial histories, and making efforts towards reparations more broadly. Such momentum has catapulted museums into a period of transition and their responsibilities are fundamentally changing towards creating space for radical healing.
Register here for this free virtual talk!
Organized by the African Studies Center, College of Arts and Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Ackland Film Forum: "The Big Boss" (1971)
2022-02-24 19:30 - 21:15 | Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join us at the next Global Cult Cinema screening to see the kung-fu classic that made Bruce Lee famous.
The Big Boss
Wei Lo, Hong Kong, 1971, 1h 40m
Introduced by Martin Johnson, UNC-Chapel Hill
FILM SYNOPSIS

Cheng, played by Bruce Lee, is a city boy who moves with his cousins to work at a ice factory. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fight. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures forces him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss. —IMDB

TICKETS
Free tickets available at the Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin St.
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ABOUT THE GLOBAL CULT CINEMA SERIES
From Rocky Horror Picture Show to The Big Lebowski, cult classics are movies that become objects of adulation for their most dedicated fans. While some cult classics are good movies by conventional standards, others are famous precisely because the director was more interested in having a good time than winning awards. In this series, we’ll show four global cult classics (or soon to-be classics), including Çetin İnanç’s 1982 science-fiction action film Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (“The Man Who Saved the World”), which infamously “borrowed” special effects sequences from Star Wars and Lo Wei’s 1972 film The Big Boss, which made Bruce Lee an international star. Tears of the Black Tiger pays homage to Thai action films and melodramas of the 1950s, crossing that indelible line between reverence and parody. Om Shanti Om also pays tribute to a golden era of filmmaking, only in this case it’s concerned with recreating the over-the-top dance numbers of 1970s Bollywood filmmaking.
The Spring 2022 Global Cult Cinema series, co-organized by the Ackland Art Museum and the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, is presented in connected with an installation in Ackland Upstairs, the Museum’s second floor gallery featuring short term displays of works being used in conjunction with university classes. This semester, visitors can find examples of posters from the Ackland’s collection on display for Research Methods in Film Studies: Histories of Moviegoing.

Guided Tour: Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa
2022-02-25 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibition Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa.
Advance registration required; space is limited.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Ackland FAM: Woodruff's Landscapes
2022-02-27 13:00 - 17:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join the Ackland as Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum) focus on one of the Harlem Renaissance’s leading artists, Hale Aspacio Woodruff and his piece, Landscape (Mississippi, Soil Erosion), seen on the right.
We will be considering the variety of ways that humans depict and interact with their environments by looking closely at Landscape (Mississippi, Soil Erosion), featured in the Ackland’s Close Looks initiative.
Activities marked with an asterisk will be available following Family & Friends Sunday while supplies last!
Family & Friends Sunday
February 27 | 1-5 p.m.
Storytime | 1:30 p.m.
Join the Ackland’s Public Program Team as we read Harlem Renaissance Party by Faith Ringgold! Meet in ART&. Book is appropriate for ages 3 and up.
Woodruff Inspired Yoga | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Wear comfy clothes and meet in ART&. Mats are provided and instruction is provided by Ona Hawk via a Spelman Museum of Fine Art recorded Yoga session (60 mins). It is appropriate for all ages and skill levels.
Video Courtesy of: Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, 2021
Landscape Scavenger Hunt*
Search the Ackland’s collection for more examples of how artists choose to represent the environment.
Family Art Kit*
Pick up a kit to use in the galleries or at home to make your own layered landscapes inspired by Hale Woodruff’s Landscape (Mississippi, Soil Erosion).
Kids’ Compare and Contrast*
Stop in Gallery 14 and discuss the similarities and differences between Hale Woodruff’s Landscape (Mississippi Soil Erosion) and Jean Metzinger’s Landscape.
Virtual Landscape Tour
Explore other works by artist Hale Woodruff. Consider how he uses color, shape, and line to create his art.

Yoga in the Galleries
2022-02-28 12:15 - 13:15, 2022-03-07 12:15 - 13:15 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join us for Yoga in the Galleries! The hour-long session is taught by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall. Take a break from your day and explore the world of yoga in the beautiful setting of the Ackland.
Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are available, but you are welcome to bring your own. Wear comfortable clothing that will allow you to stretch.
Masks are required in the Museum. See Reopening Information for the Ackland’s full COVID-19 safety protocols.
Space is limited and registration is required. Yoga in the Galleries is $5 per session or free with current Museum membership.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Guided Tour: Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa
2022-03-03 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-03-11 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-03-17 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-03-24 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibition Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa.
Advance registration required; space is limited.
If you find yourself unable to attend, please email acklandrsvp@unc.edu, so that we may offer the space to others.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Ackland Film Forum: "Om Shanti Om" (2007)
2022-03-03 19:30 - 22:00 | Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
A murder-mystery and romance combine in this Indian cult film that caps off our Global Cult Cinema series.
Om Shanti Om
Farah Khan, 2007, India, 2h 42m
Introduction by Priya Shanker, UNC-Wilmington
FILM SYNOPSIS
In the 1970s, Om, an aspiring actor, is murdered, but is immediately reincarnated into the present day. He attempts to discover the mystery of his demise and find Shanti, the love of his previous life.
TICKETS
Free tickets are available at the Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill
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ABOUT THE GLOBAL CULT CINEMA SERIES
From Rocky Horror Picture Show to The Big Lebowski, cult classics are movies that become objects of adulation for their most dedicated fans. While some cult classics are good movies by conventional standards, others are famous precisely because the director was more interested in having a good time than winning awards. In this series, we’ll show four global cult classics (or soon to-be classics), including Çetin İnanç’s 1982 science-fiction action film Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (“The Man Who Saved the World”), which infamously “borrowed” special effects sequences from Star Wars and Lo Wei’s 1972 film The Big Boss, which made Bruce Lee an international star. Tears of the Black Tiger pays homage to Thai action films and melodramas of the 1950s, crossing that indelible line between reverence and parody. Om Shanti Om also pays tribute to a golden era of filmmaking, only in this case it’s concerned with recreating the over-the-top dance numbers of 1970s Bollywood filmmaking.
The Spring 2022 Global Cult Cinema series, co-organized by the Ackland Art Museum and the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, is presented in connected with an installation in Ackland Upstairs, the Museum’s second floor gallery featuring short term displays of works being used in conjunction with university classes. This semester, visitors can find examples of posters from the Ackland’s collection on display for Research Methods in Film Studies: Histories of Moviegoing.

Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection and Peace, Power & Prestige
2022-03-04 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

2nd Friday ArtWalk: Meet a Metalsmith
2022-03-11 17:00 - 21:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
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.
From 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.

Art Adventures A.M. Session - Aluminum Foil Sculpture
2022-03-12 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum
Join us as the Ackland resumes our popular Art Adventures class in person with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be inspired by works in Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa.
Art Adventures sessions provide kids with a guided view of art in the Ackland’s galleries, followed by the opportunity to create take-home treasures in an adjacent art studio using newly-learned art-making techniques. Materials are provided.
Class sessions will be limited to 10 participants. Masks are optional in the Museum and Hanes Art Center. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.
If you encounter registration issues, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Drawing for Tweens (AM Session) - March
2022-03-12 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
This program invites 10- to 13-year-olds to look at selected works in the Ackland’s galleries and identify techniques that the artists used to make them.
Gallery teachers demonstrate and teach participants technical skills, which they can then apply to their own artistic creations. A mix of drawing from works on display and creating one’s own original works is offered in each session. Materials are provided.
Class sessions will be limited to 10 participants. Masks are optional in the Museum.

Art Adventures P.M. Session- Aluminum Foil Sculpture
2022-03-12 13:00 - 14:30 | Ackland Art Museum

Yoga in the Galleries
2022-03-14 12:15 - 13:15, 2022-03-21 12:15 - 13:15, 2022-03-28 12:15 - 13:15 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join us for Yoga in the Galleries! The hour-long session is taught by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall. Take a break from your day and explore the world of yoga in the beautiful setting of the Ackland.
Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are available, but you are welcome to bring your own. Wear comfortable clothing that will allow you to stretch.
The 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.
Space is limited and registration is required. Yoga in the Galleries is $5 per session or free with current Museum membership.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Asia Week 2022
2022-03-18 - 2022-03-19 | New York City, NC, United States
Join the Ackland Art Museum on an exclusive two-day tour of museums, galleries, private collections, and auction houses during Asia Week, the annual celebration of Asian art throughout metropolitan New York and premier destination for Asian art collectors and enthusiasts.
We are thrilled to have Kendal Parker, Director of Asian Art at Leland Little, leading us with Ackland’s Director Katie Ziglar on this excursion. Travel with the Ackland to enjoy all that Asia Week has to offer, including:
Friday, March 18

Thomsen Gallery

Izzard Asian Art
Joan Mirviss
Lunch at Tri Dim Shanghai
Met Museum
Kang Collection
Forge & Lynch
Private Collection of Denise and Andrew Saul
Dinner at Koi Restaurant

Saturday, March 19

Scholten Japanese Art
Sundaram Tagore
Chambers Fine Art
Lunch at A Roqa
Rubin Museum
Christie’s Auction House
Tolman Collection

Access to all galleries and museums, lunch and dinner on Friday, lunch on Saturday, and transportation on Friday and Saturday are included in the ticket price. Flight and hotel accommodations are not included.
People 12 and older are required to show identification and proof they have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine for indoor dining and entertainment in New York City. More information can be found here. Masks are required in many establishments regardless of vaccination status.
Katie Ziglar has been director of the Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since July 2016, during a period of substantial growth and increased visibility for the Museum. The budget has doubled, enabling more programming, and attendance has risen more than 50%. She is leading the process to achieve a new building for the Ackland.
Prior, in serial roles as director of external affairs for 28 years, she contributed to the successful management of four visual arts organizations: the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, the National Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler Galleries in Washington, D.C., where she was responsible for establishing international partnerships throughout Asia, and to a lesser extent in Europe and South America, as well as fundraising, membership, special events and marketing and media relations. At the Freer|Sackler she revived the Museum Travel Program, hosting a fully-subscribed Asia Week trip every year.
Her academic background includes an MA in Islamic Art from the American University in Cairo and a BA European history at UNC-Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain scholar.
Kendal Korach Parker is a Chapel Hill native whose love of Asian art has taken her around the world and back. Kendal holds a BA and MA in Art History from the University of Georgia. She gained practical skills in cataloguing and curating art through internships at the Georgia Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art, and the Saint Louis Art Museum, and went on to hold positions and gain professional experience at Sotheby’s, the Ackland Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Leland Little Auctions. Kendal spent seven years living in Hong Kong and Singapore before returning to her hometown in North Carolina to raise her three sons. She currently serves as Director of Asian Art at Leland Little Auctions and consults privately for museums and collections through her firm Kendal Parker Art Advisory.

Ackland Open House at ShopSpace
2022-03-20 15:00 - 17:00 | ShopSpace, 1505 Capital Boulevard, #18, Raleigh, NC, 27603, United States
Join us for an open house at ShopSpace, a non-profit metalworking shop in Raleigh.
Take a tour of the forging and fabrication studios while snacking on treats from Empire Eats Catering!

Hear from Robert Bemis (blacksmith and historic trades specialist for North Carolina Historic Sites) about how the history of metalwork in North Carolina relates to African traditions, and learn about the Ackland’s current exhibition Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa from Ackland staff.

Close Looks Conversational Tour: Mughal Perforated Screen
2022-03-23 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join Weixin Zhou, Ackland Graduate Teaching Fellow, for an informal conversation about the Ackland’s Mughal perforated sandstone screen, a work featured in the Ackland’s Close Looks project and part of the Museum’s permanent collection. Plan to look closely and think collectively.
Registration is limited. Sign up for free tickets to this in-person program below.
The 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.
If you find yourself unable to attend, please email acklandrsvp@unc.edu, so that we may offer the space to others.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Collectors' Seminar: Building an Art Collection
2022-03-24 17:30 - 18:30 | 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
This program has been rescheduled from January 28th. Please join us on March 24th!

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With Drs. John and Nicole Dintenfass, Moderated by Peter Nisbet
Join us for an intimate conversation with Drs. John and Nicole Dintenfass about their lifelong passion for collecting art, the latest in a series of talks with collectors whose works have been on view at the Ackland. The Dintenfasses have collected art for an astonishing fifty-three years, beginning with John’s medical residency in West Africa and continuing for several decades as the French and American couple traveled throughout the U.S. and Europe. Their varied collection is comprised of African metalwork — some of which can now be seen at the Ackland in our exhibition Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa — but also extends to wooden miniatures, Chinese art, and American paintings and coins. The Dintenfasses, together in conversation with Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Peter Nisbet, will discuss selected works from their African collection currently on view at the Museum, talk about how they have built and refined their collection, and share their thoughts on the psychology of collecting art, the subject of a book they are currently writing.
Space is extremely limited at this in-person program and registration is required. Please reserve your free tickets below.
If you find yourself unable to attend, please email acklandrsvp@unc.edu, so that we may offer the space to others.
The 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.

Ackland FAM: Make It with Metal
2022-03-27 13:00 - 17:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Explore the dazzling world of art made with metal for March’s Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum). Activities marked with an asterisk will be available following Family & Friends Sunday while supplies last!
The 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.
Family & Friends Sunday
March 27 | 1-5 p.m.
Blacksmithing Demo
Live blacksmithing demonstration by Robert Bemis on the Terrace (blacksmith and historic trades education specialist at North Carolina Historic Sites)
Explore Culture Kits
Borrowed from Carolina Navigators, discover more about everyday life in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Mali. All three countries have pieces on view in Peace, Power & Prestige
Family Art Kit*
Pick up a kit to use in the galleries or at home to make your own metal jewelry inspired by Peace, Power & Prestige
Kids’ Self-Guide to Peace, Power & Prestige*
Explore the exhibition with a special family-friendly self-guided tour
Metalwork Scavenger Hunt*
Search the Ackland’s collection for more examples of artworks made in metal
*Available for families through April 3 while supplies last.

Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
2022-03-27 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join us for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland’s collection with an Ackland Student Guide!
Anna Baechtold ’23 leads participants in a tour entitled “Memory In Art” with Peaches by Hung Liu and Mounted Standard (Alam) by an unknown artist.
Free, no registration needed.
