Ackland Events

Family and Friends Sunday: Sacred Wasteland
2019-04-28 14:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Family and Friends Sunday: Sacred Wasteland
Sunday, 28 April 2019 | 2-5 PM
Art lovers of all ages are invited to join us for a special Family and Friends Sunday inspired by the Ackland’s 2019 MFA Exhibition, Sacred Wasteland.

Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
2019-04-28 13:30 - 14:00, 2019-04-27 13:30 - 14:00, 2019-04-26 13:30 - 14:00, 2019-04-25 13:30 - 14:00, 2019-04-24 13:30 - 14:00, 2019-04-21 13:30 - 14:00, 2019-04-20 13:30 - 14:00, 2019-04-19 13:30 - 14:00 and 7 more dates | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection.
Free. No reservation needed.

Ackland Art Museum's Annual Luncheon
2019-04-26 11:00 - 13:30 | The Carolina Club, 150 Stadium Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
This year’s annual luncheon speaker will be Barbara Babcock Millhouse, founder of Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem.
In addition to being founder of Reynolda House and the driving force behind the museum’s exemplary collection, Barbara Babcock Millhouse also has an outstanding private collection of American art ranging from the eighteenth century Hesselius portraits to twentieth century artists such as Andres Serrano and Lee Krasner. Several of her modernist pieces are currently in the Hopper to Pollock exhibition at Reynolda House. Her small sculpture collection includes such notables as Noguchi and Archipenko.
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For questions please contact Hailey Hargraves.

Rescheduled Art for Lunch: Dr. Suzanne Lye
2019-04-24 12:30 - 13:30 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Art for Lunch
24 April 2019 | 12:30 PM
Bindings and curses, love charms and healing potions, amulets and talismans – from simple spells to complex group rituals, ancient societies made use of both magic and religion to inﬂuence the world around them. Join Professor Suzanne Lye for a discussion of magic and religion in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, and learn about objects on display in Ackland Upstairs for her undergraduate course “Ancient Magic & Religion.”
Suzanne Lye, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her interests include Homer and Homeric Reception, Greek literature and culture, mythology, and ancient religion and magic.
LUNCH
Bring your own bag lunch.
COST
Free
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Rosemary Lot – 100 E Rosemary St $1.50/hour
Wallace Parking Deck – 150 E Rosemary St $1/hour

Tai Chi in the Galleries
2019-04-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2019-04-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join us for Tai Chi in the Galleries, inspired by the renowned Asian art collections at the Ackland!
Tai chi is an ancient Chinese movement practice known to reduce pain and improve your mental and physical balance and well-being. This class uses gentle Sun-style tai chi routines that are safe, easy to learn, and suitable for all ages and fitness levels.
Tai Chi in the Galleries takes place most Mondays from 1:00-2:00 PM and is taught by Joanne Marshall, a certified yoga and Tai Chi for Health instructor. All movements are done standing. Wear comfortable clothes and supportive flat shoes.
COST
Free for Ackland Members; $5 per session for all others.
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Yoga in the Galleries
2019-04-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2019-04-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Take a break from your day and explore the world of yoga in the beautiful setting of the Ackland!
The hour-long session offered most Mondays from 12:00-1:00 PM is taught by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall. Yoga in the Galleries provides an opportunity to practice a series of gentle yoga poses inspired by the art in the gallery. Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are provided. Wear comfortable clothing that will allow you to stretch.
COST
Free for Ackland Members; $5 per session for all others.
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Art for Lunch: Dr. Marsha Penner and Dr. Michelle Robinson
2019-04-18 12:30 - 13:30 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Art for Lunch 18 April 2019 | 12:30 PM
Join Dr. Marsha Penner and Dr. Michelle Robinson for a discussion of how they’re using the Ackland to learn about cognitive and literary approaches to problem solving as part of their jointly-taught course on detective fiction, “Methods of Detection.”
Not only do paperbacks like Gone Girl and television mega-franchises like Law & Order invite their audiences to perform extraordinary feats of detection, they also communicate information about the cognitive processes that make mystery-solving possible. Both literary theorists and behavioral neuroscientists have developed models that explain the ways detection—the accumulation and logical assembly of clues and evidence to solve mysteries—takes place.
This Art for Lunch will include an activity involving four objects from the Ackland’s permanent collection, including the one in the image above. Image credit: Unidentified Artist, Indian/Swiss, Watch and Compass, brass, enamel, silver overlay, and glass. 2 11/16 x 1 7/8 in. Ackland Fund, selected by The Ackland Associates. 96.3.2.
LUNCH
Bring your own bag lunch.
COST
Free
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Please RSVP using the form below to save your spot at this popular lunchtime program!
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Parking options: www.parkonthehill.com

Rosemary Lot – 100 E Rosemary St $1.50/hour
Wallace Parking Deck – 150 E Rosemary St $1/hour
PNC/Sea Turtle Lot – 164 N Columbia St FREE after 6 PM
UNC-CH Swain Lot (located off Cameron Avenue) – FREE after 5 PM

Drawing for Tweens (PM Session)
2019-04-13 13:00 - 14:30 | 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.
Free to members | $5 per child for non-members.
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Art Adventures (PM Session)
2019-04-13 13:00 - 14:30 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Art Adventures
Designed for 6- to 9-year-olds, 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.
13 April 2019 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM (PM Session)
Cost
Free for Ackland Members (Household/$75 and above), $5 for non-members. Space is limited.
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Image Credit: Julian Stanczak, Glare, 1969
Acrylic on canvas
50 1/8 x 50 1/8 in. (127.3 x 127.3 cm)
Ackland Art Museum

Drawing for Tweens (AM Session)
2019-04-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

Art Adventures (AM Session)
2019-04-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Art Adventures
Designed for 6- to 9-year-olds, 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.
13 April 2019 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (AM Session)
Cost
Free for Ackland Members (Household/$75 and above), $5 for non-members. Space is limited.
RSVP
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Image Credit: Julian Stanczak, Glare, 1969
Acrylic on canvas
50 1/8 x 50 1/8 in. (127.3 x 127.3 cm)
Ackland Art Museum

Drawing in the Galleries
2019-04-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
The second Saturday of every month, Amanda Hughes leads participants in a creative exploration of a particular object in the Ackland’s collection.
For all sessions, bring paper and dry media (crayon, pencils, etc.). All levels are welcome.
Free and open to the public. No reservation is necessary.

2nd Friday ArtWalk: Stacey L. Kirby and Lonnie Holley
2019-04-12 18:00 - 22:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
2nd Friday ArtWalk: An Eclectic and Unusual Double Bill
Friday, 12 April | 6-10 PM. Free.

6-8 PM: ART& artist Stacey L. Kirby and her team conduct civil presence assessments within her new installation, The Department of Reflection.

8:30-10 PM: Concert and talk with Lonnie Holley. Part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the Department of American Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Lonnie Holley’s concert and talk is now sold out and waitlisted. Click here to join the waitlist.

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2nd Friday ArtWalk at the Ackland
Every second Friday of the month, the Ackland participates as a venue in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk, staying open until 9:00 PM and offering a variety of interactive, all-ages activities in addition to all exhibitions being open to visitors. Admission is free.

Louise Bourgeois's Crouching Spider: Do Not Touch or Climb Talk
2019-04-11 12:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Hosted by Arts Everywhere, join fellow students and community members in a lively discussion about contemporary artist Louise Bourgeois and her work at the Ackland Art Museum.
Can a meme be a way of engaging with a work of art? Can a meme describe how and what we see around us, both individually and collectively? How does such description differ from traditional ways of interacting with art in and outside of a museum? How does the location of a work of art (outside rather than inside) condition or liberate the viewer’s interaction with it?
The installation of artist Louise Bourgeois’s Crouching Spider and Eye Benches I on UNC’s campus inspired a variety of responses. Louise Bourgeois was a hugely influential contemporary artist, and Crouching Spider manifests some of the major themes of her work. We’ll be giving some background on Bourgeois and her art, but also facilitating an open discussion of some of the dank spider memes generated by UNC undergrads. These productions comment on collective emotional and intellectual experiences of the art, compare it to other structures on campus, and draw out some of the political implications of public art. This event will also include a walk over to Crouching Spider, where the Ackland Art Museum’s Object-Based Teaching Fellow, Alexandra Zeigler, will lead us in an exercise in close looking, encouraging us to deepen and critically examine our responses to the sculpture and its context.
Free, no registration required. Light refreshments will be served.
