Art Adventures 10 August 2019 – AM Session
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDesigned 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. Participants will create woven masterpieces inspired by the summer exhibition Way Out West: Celebrating the Gift…
Drawing for Tweens 10 August 2019 – AM Session
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis 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…
Drawing for Tweens 10 August 2019 – PM Session
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis 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…
Art Adventures 10 August 2019 – PM Session
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDesigned 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. Participants will create woven masterpieces inspired by the summer exhibition Way Out West: Celebrating the Gift…
NEW! Art Adventures 10 August 2019 – Late PM Session
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDesigned 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. Participants will create woven masterpieces inspired by the summer exhibition Way Out West: Celebrating the Gift…
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesTour: 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.
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesTour: 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.
Guided Tour: Way Out West
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesTour: Way Out West Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum's Way Out West: Celebrating the Gift of the Hugh A. McAllister Jr. Collection. Free. No reservation needed. Image credit: Thomas Moran, American, born in England, 1837-1926: Virgin River, Utah (detail), 1908,oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in. Ackland Art…
Music in the Galleries: Vintage Country Music
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMusic in the Galleries 18 Aug 2019 | 2 PM Vintage Country Music by Brian and Mary Lewis, with Nancy Bierman (bass). Brian & Mary Lewis have performed together for more than 35 years, and have performed with Nancy Bierman for about the last ten. While singly they are veterans of multiple groups in genres…
Yoga in the Galleries
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesTake 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…