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SUMMARY:Hanes Visiting Artist Series: Sousveillance
DESCRIPTION:HANES VISITING ARTIST LECTURE \nMaria Gaspar\, Hương Ngô (UNC BFA Alumna)\, and Anna Martine Whitehead \n“Sousveillance and How to Think Like a Forest” \nRegister to attend here: https://go.unc.edu/o9CJk \nRegistration will end at 5 pm on February 7. A zoom link will be emailed to registrants 24 hours in advance of the lecture. \nSousveillance – watching from below\, “the monitoring of authorities by informal networks of regular people\, equipped with little more than cellphone cameras\, video blogs and the desire to remain vigilant against the excesses of the powers that be.”[1] \nIn this conversation\, Whitehead\, Gaspar\, and Ngô will speak on their respective practices which encompass performance\, social practice\, and installation\, among others. They will draw relationships amongst their research which engage themes of liberation\, surveillance\, and belonging in the spirit of a collective building of knowledge. \nFor more information about the artists\, please visit their websites: \nMaria Gaspar\, https://mariagaspar.com \nHuong Ngô\, https://www.huongngo.com \nAnna Martine Whitehead\, https://annamartine.com/home.html \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Ackland Art Museum and the Department of Art and Art History \n  \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/hanes-visiting-artist-series-sousveillance/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks
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SUMMARY:Odd Couples: Objects in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join Ackland Graduate Intern Sarah Farkas and Object Based Teaching Fellow Erin Dickey for a guided look at artwork from opposite corners of the Ackland’s collection. See how unexpected pairings can lead to exciting new insights! \nWe will be looking at Ken Price’s The Squeeze and Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc’s Ciborium.  \nThis program will be held virtually\, via Zoom. Registered participants will receive a link to join the program in a separate email. \nRegistration is limited.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/odd-couples-jan2021/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210127T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210127T174500
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20201218T204557Z
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SUMMARY:Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Shanequa Gay's holding space for nobility: a memorial for Breonna Taylor
DESCRIPTION:Join the Ackland’s Object Based Teaching Fellow\, Erin Dickey\, for an informal conversation focused on one work of art from the Ackland’s new Close Looks digital feature. Plan to look closely and think collectively—and bring a drink of your choosing. \nOn January 27\, we’ll look at Shanequa Gay’s site-specific installation\, holding space for nobility: a memorial for Breonna Taylor. \nRegistration is limited.\n \nAfter RSVPing\, you will receive an email with the link to join the program. Please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu if you have any questions! \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/close-looks-at-cocktail-hour-shanequa-gay/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T130000
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SUMMARY:Odd Couples: Objects in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join Ackland Graduate Intern Sarah Farkas and Object Based Teaching Fellow Erin Dickey for a guided look at artwork from opposite corners of the Ackland’s collection. See how unexpected pairings can lead to exciting new insights! \nThis program will be held virtually\, via Zoom. Registered participants will receive a link to join the program in a separate email. \nRegistration is limited. RSVP below!
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/odd-couples-3/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T130000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
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SUMMARY:Odd Couples: Objects in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join Ackland Graduate Intern Sarah Farkas and Object Based Teaching Fellow Erin Dickey for a guided look at artwork from opposite corners of the Ackland’s collection. See how unexpected pairings can lead to exciting new insights! \nThis program will be held virtually\, via Zoom. Registered participants will receive a link to join the program in a separate email. \nRegistration is limited. RSVP below!
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/odd-couples-2/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T130000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20200914T171823Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art for Lunch: The "Can We Talk About Race?" Initiative
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Diana Dayal and Bria Godley (UNC School of Medicine) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) \nDuring this virtual Art for Lunch\, the conversation will focus on the “Can We Talk About Race?” initiative of the Ackland and UNC’s School of Medicine\, as well as the associated Object Lessons installation currently on view at the Museum. The initiative\, now in its third year\, uses artwork made by contemporary Black artists as a catalyst to discuss race and racial inequity in medicine. \nBring your lunch–and questions of your own–for this lively\, conversational program. \nFree\, register here via Zoom. \n  \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/virtual-art-for-lunch-111820/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art for Lunch,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:20201111T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201111T174500
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CREATED:20201023T184137Z
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SUMMARY:Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Willie Cole
DESCRIPTION:Join the Ackland’s Object Based Teaching Fellow\, Erin Dickey\, for an informal conversation focused on one work of art from the Ackland’s new Close Looks digital feature. Plan to look closely and think collectively—and bring a drink of your choosing. \nOn November 11\, we’ll look at Willie Cole’s Saphire. Registration is limited. RSVP below! \nAfter RSVPing\, you will receive a separate email with the Zoom link before the virtual tour. \nPlease email acklandRSVP@unc.edu if you have any questions! \nClose Looks at Cocktail Hour is sponsored in part by the Laughing Gull Foundation.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/close-looks-at-cocktail-hour-willie-cole/
LOCATION:101 South Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T220000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "In The Family" Watch Party and Panel
DESCRIPTION:This fall\, in collaboration with the Film Studies Programs in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill\, the Ackland Film Forum presents an all virtual series on Queer Cinema. View the selected films on your own or join us for a watch party with the filmmaker. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion with the filmmaker and area scholars. \nThe second film in our Queer Cinema series will be In the Family (Patrick Wang\, 2011\, 169 minutes). The Independent Spirit Award-nominated debut of acclaimed filmmaker Patrick Wang (A Bread Factory\, The Grief of Others)\, In The Family is a heartfelt story woven around child custody\, two-Dad families\, loss\, interracial relations\, the American South\, and the nature of what it means to be in a family\, all explored with ambitious and rewarding nuance. \nTuesday\, November 10\, 2020\nIn the Family Watch Party and Panel \nLinks to both the streaming film (available Nov 6-12) and panel are provided with registration. Register here. \n6 p.m.\nWatch In the Family along with filmmaker Patrick Wang and share your thoughts and questions for the filmmaker on Twitter. #AcklandFilmForum \n9 p.m.\nFollowing the watch party\, join director Patrick Wang\, Heidi Kim (English and Comparative Literature and Director of the Asian American Center\, UNC-Chapel Hill)\, and Martin Louis Johnson (English and Comparative Literature\, UNC-Chapel Hill) for a virtual post-film discussion. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Asian American Center at UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC University Libraries.\n \nThe Ackland Film Forum series on Queer Cinema is sponsored in part by the Laughing Gull Foundation.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/in-the-family-watch-party-panel/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201106T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201106T130000
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CREATED:20201030T123836Z
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SUMMARY:Odd Couples: Objects in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join Ackland Graduate Intern Sarah Farkas and Object Based Teaching Fellow Erin Dickey for a guided look at artwork from opposite corners of the Ackland’s collection. See how unexpected pairings can lead to exciting new insights! \nThis program will be held virtually\, via Zoom. Registered participants will receive a link to join the program in a separate email. \nRegistration is limited. RSVP below!
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/odd-couples-1/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T203000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20200930T132616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T225707Z
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SUMMARY:NEA Big Read at the Ackland: Keynote Conversation with Author Stephanie Burt
DESCRIPTION:NEA Big Read at the Ackland will focus on Advice from the Lights by author Stephanie Burt. Events reflecting LGBTQ+ lives and experiences — including a keynote conversation with the author\, a series of book discussions\, and Drag Storytime for children will take place virtually on ackland.org from Oct.11 – Dec. 4. \nJoin the Ackland for the NEA Big Read Kickoff event – an evening conversation with author Stephanie Burt and Dr. Jacob Lau\, Women’s and Gender Studies\, UNC-Chapel Hill. \nStephanie Burt is the author of Advice from the Lights and a Professor of English at Harvard University. \n[From Greywolf Press] Advice from the Lights is a part nostalgia\, part confusion\, and part an ongoing wondering: How do any of us achieve adulthood? And why would we want to\, if we had the choice? \nFree. \nRegistration is required. Click here to register. \nNEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/nea-big-read-keynote102120/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T220000
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CREATED:20200930T184823Z
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Queer Genius" Watch Party & Panel
DESCRIPTION:This fall\, in collaboration with the Film Studies Programs in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill\, the Ackland Film Forum presents an all virtual series on Queer Cinema. View the selected films on your own or join us for a watch party with the filmmaker. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion with the filmmaker and area scholars. \nThe first film in the series\, Queer Genius\, explores the remarkable lives of five queer female artists: Barbara Hammer\, Eileen Myles\, Black Quantum Futurism\, Moor Mother\, and Dynasty Handbag / Jibz Cameron. Queer Genius will be available to stream for Ackland Film Forum audiences October 9-15\, 2020\, with a watch party and panel on Tuesday\, October 13. \nOctober 13\, 2020 | Queer Genius Watch Party and Panel \n7 p.m.\nWatch Queer Genius along with filmmaker Chet Pancake and share your thoughts and questions for the filmmaker on Twitter. #AcklandFilmForum \n9 p.m.\nFollowing the watch party\, join Chet Pancake\, film scholars Franklin D. Cason Jr. (North Carolina State University) and Sarah Keller (University of Massachusetts Boston)\, and special guest Florrie Burke for a virtual post-film discussion. The panel will be moderated by Martin Louis Johnson (UNC-Chapel Hill). \nLinks to both the streaming film and panel are provided with registration. Register below. \n—\nAbout the Panelists: \nChet H. Pancake is an award-winning filmmaker and sound artist. Chet’s work has been presented nationally and internationally in a wide variety of venues\, including the Museum of Modern Art\, Royal Ontario Museum\, Baltimore Museum of Art\, Academy of Fine Arts Prague and Big Screen Plaza\, Herald Square NYC. Pancake’s awards include the Paul Robeson Independent Media Award\, Jack Spadaro Documentary Award\, Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award\, the Silver Chris\, and Edes Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage “No Idea Too Ridiculous” grant. Chet’s films have been broadcast in the U.S.A. and Great Britain (Sundance Channel\, PBS\, FreeSpeech TV\, CommunityChannelUK) and are distributed by Bullfrog Films and the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. Sound art releases can be found on Ehse Records and Recorded in Baltimore. Pancake completed an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in May 2012. Chet is currently a member of the Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia\, PA.. Pancake was recently commissioned by Goldsmiths at University of London to provide creative work for “Citizen Sense”\, a 1.5M (EUR) multi-year project directed by Dr. Jennifer Gabrys. \nDr. Franklin D. Cason Jr. is a filmmaker and film scholar\, who has taught courses in film theory\, history\, aesthetics\, criticism\, and analysis. His research interests have been primarily concerned with film\, modern visual culture\, and media studies. As such\, his writing and artistic practice reaches across the disciplines of art history\, film studies\, digital multimedia\, graphic novels\, philosophy\, sociology\, literature\, musicology\, aesthetic theory\, visual studies\, and historical poetics. His most recent essay\, “Symbiopsychotaxiplasticity: Some Takes on William Greaves\,” co-authored with Tsitsi Jaji\, was recently published in Cultural Studies (28:4\, 2014)\, in a special issue on Theorizing Production\, edited by John Jackson. Currently\, he is at work on an intellectual biographical documentary on African American Philosopher Alain Locke\, and completing a book on the institutional context of the politics and aesthetics of African American films. \nDr. Sarah Keller is Associate Professor of English and Director of Cinema Studies at University of Massachusetts Boston. She has lectured and published extensively on women and film history and aesthetics. Her book Maya Deren: Incomplete Control examines the role of unfinished work through Maya Deren oeuvre (Columbia University Press\, 2014)\, and her book Anxious Cinephilia was published in 2020 by Columbia University Press. Her current project\, Barbara Hammer: Pushing Out of the Frame\, is a study of the career of visual artist and experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer for Wayne State University Press’s Queer Screens Series\, edited by David Gerstner. \nDr. Martin L. Johnson is assistant professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His first book\, Main Street Movies: The History of Local Film in the United States\, was published by Indiana University Press in 2018. He is currently working on two projects—a history of advertising film in the U.S.\, and a history of early (pre-1923) educational cinema.\n \nAckland Film Forum is sponsored in part by the Laughing Gull Foundation.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/queer-genius-watch-party-panel/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Talks,Virtual
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SUMMARY:NEA Big Read at the Ackland: Full List of Programs
DESCRIPTION:An Arts Endowment initiative in partnership with Arts Midwest\, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world\, our communities\, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. The Ackland is one of 84 nonprofit organizations selected to receive an NEA Big Read grant to support a community reading program. \nNEA Big Read at the Ackland will focus on Advice from the Lights by author Stephanie Burt. Events reflecting LGBTQ+ lives and experiences — including a keynote conversation with the author\, a series of book discussions\, and Drag Storytime for children — will take place virtually on ackland.org from Oct. 11 – Dec. 4. The NEA Big Read at the Ackland has been organized in partnership with the Chapel Hill Public Library and Carolina Public Humanities at UNC-Chapel Hill. \nThe programming will kick off with a free conversational program with the author Stephanie Burt in conversation with Jacob Lau (Women’s and Gender Studies\, UNC-Chapel Hill) on Wednesday\, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Following the kick-off event\, the Ackland and its partners will host six book discussions of Burt’s Advice from the Lights with discussion facilitators from our community and three Drag Storytimes featuring local performers. The NEA Big Read at the Ackland is presented in connection with an ongoing installation of art by LGBTQ artists at the Ackland and several related programs\, including a “Queer Cinema” virtual film series and artist talks. \n\n\n\n\nNEA Big Read Events at the Ackland\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nOPENING EVENT \nWednesday\, October 21\, 2020 | 7:30 p.m. EST\nVirtual Kick-Off Event with Author Stephanie Burt\nIn conversation with Jacob Lau\nRegistration required at ackland.org\n\nBOOK DISCUSSIONS \nVirtual Book Discussions | October through December\nFree and includes copy of Advice from the Lights\nRegistration limited and required at ackland.org \nFriday\, October 23 | 3:30-5 p.m. EST \nThursday\, November 5 | 7-8:30 p.m. EST \nFriday\, November 6 | 3:30-5 p.m. EST \nThursday\, December 3  | 7-8:30 p.m. EST \nFriday\, December 4 | 3:30-5 p.m. EST\n\nDRAG STORYTIMES \nSundays in October: 11\, 18\, 25 | 2:30 p.m. EST\nVirtual story time with local drag performers \nFree; Registration required at ackland.org. \nNEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/nea-big-read-at-the-ackland/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances,Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201009T130000
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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:20200429T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200429T131500
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art for Lunch: Michelle Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Michelle Robinson (UNC American Studies) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) \nJoin us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch\, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin and a UNC faculty member whose classes engage with the Museum’s collection. This week\, associate professor of American Studies Michelle Robinson joins us to discuss how her class “The Emergence of American Culture” uses objects in the Ackland’s collection to ask how artists help shape our conception of American cultural icons. \nBring your lunch–and questions of your own–for this lively\, conversational program. \nFree\, register below. \nhttps://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bwC72pOkR1y057fM-KRtmw
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/artforlunch042920/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art for Lunch,Talks,Virtual
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200419T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200419T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20191210T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200325T173954Z
UID:10003121-1587303000-1587304800@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. \nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection. \nNo reservation needed. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guided-tour/2020-04-19/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ASG-tour.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200418T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200418T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20191210T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200325T173954Z
UID:10003120-1587216600-1587218400@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. \nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection. \nNo reservation needed. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guided-tour/2020-04-18/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ASG-tour.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200415T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200415T173000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:19700101T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200416T161107Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Talk: "Afropessimism" by Frank B. Wilderson III
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has postponed this program as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. \n\n\n\nWith the narrative drive of a captivating novel\, and the intellectual rigor of critical theory at its best\, Afropessimism illustrates how Black death\, both real and symbolic\, is necessary for the material and psychic life of the Human species—and not just White people.  Few writers have the courage to set fire to the world while soaked in kerosene. Frank B. Wilderson III is one of them. Here is the match. Some readers will experience Afropessimism as a high wire act between rage and paranoia. Others will welcome it as a breath of sanity. \nPresented in connection with ART& Intergalactic Soul: Project LHAXX. Sponsored by the Carolina Seminar for Afrofuturism\, Black Optimism\, and Afropessimism and the Ackland Art Museum.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/afropessimism041520/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/wilderson_image-scaled-1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200415T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200415T133000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20200218T195650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200514T205050Z
UID:10003203-1586953800-1586957400@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Art for Lunch: Dr. Jerma A. Jackson
DESCRIPTION:Missed it? Watch the recording here. \nFeaturing Jerma A. Jackson (UNC History) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) \nJoin us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch\, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin and a UNC faculty member whose classes engage with the Museum’s collection. This week\, professor Jerma Jackson joins Elizabeth to discuss how her class “African American History Since 1865” uses objects in the Ackland’s collection. \nBring your lunch–and questions of your own–for this lively\, conversational program. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/artforlunch041520/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art for Lunch,Talks,Virtual
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2010.52.8.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200411T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200411T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20191210T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200325T173954Z
UID:10003119-1586611800-1586613600@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. \nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection. \nNo reservation needed. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guided-tour/2020-04-11/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ASG-tour.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200410T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200410T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20200109T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200325T174302Z
UID:10003173-1586525400-1586527200@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Special Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. \nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibitions Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love and Toriawase: A Special Installation of Modern Japanese Art and Ceramics. \nNo reservation needed.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guidedtour041020/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/YayoiKusama_MeganKernsPhotography-114.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200409T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200409T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20200109T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200325T174243Z
UID:10003171-1586439000-1586440800@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Special Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. \nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibitions Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love and Toriawase: A Special Installation of Modern Japanese Art and Ceramics. \nNo reservation needed.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guidedtour040920/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/YayoiKusama_MeganKernsPhotography-114.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200408T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20200109T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200325T174218Z
UID:10003169-1586352600-1586354400@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Special Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. \nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibitions Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love and Toriawase: A Special Installation of Modern Japanese Art and Ceramics. \nNo reservation needed.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guidedtour040820/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/YayoiKusama_MeganKernsPhotography-114.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200405T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200405T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20191210T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200325T173954Z
UID:10003118-1586093400-1586095200@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. \nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection. \nNo reservation needed. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guided-tour/2020-04-05/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ASG-tour.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200404T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200404T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20191210T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200325T173954Z
UID:10003117-1586007000-1586008800@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. \nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection. \nNo reservation needed. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guided-tour/2020-04-04/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ASG-tour.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200403T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200403T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20200109T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200325T173908Z
UID:10003167-1585920600-1585922400@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Special Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. \nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibitions Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love and Toriawase: A Special Installation of Modern Japanese Art and Ceramics. \nNo reservation needed.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guidedtour040320/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/YayoiKusama_MeganKernsPhotography-114.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20200109T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T161048Z
UID:10003159-1585834200-1585836000@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. \nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection. \nNo reservation needed.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guidedtour-2020-03-12/2020-04-02/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ASG-tour.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200401T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200401T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20200109T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T161048Z
UID:10003158-1585747800-1585749600@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. \nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection. \nNo reservation needed.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guidedtour-2020-03-12/2020-04-01/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ASG-tour.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200329T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200329T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20191210T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T163132Z
UID:10003129-1585488600-1585490400@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website.\nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection. \nNo reservation needed. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guided-tour-2020-03-29/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ASG-tour.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200328T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200328T140000
DTSTAMP:20260522T204649
CREATED:20191210T050000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T163150Z
UID:10003127-1585402200-1585404000@events.ackland.org
SUMMARY:SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website.\nMeet in the lobby for a 30-minute\, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection. \nNo reservation needed. \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/guided-tour-2020-03-28/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ASG-tour.jpg
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