Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Barton Lidice Beneš
101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin 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. On December 9, we'll look at Barton Lidice Beneš' piece, Talisman. Registration is limited. RSVP…
Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Shanequa Gay’s holding space for nobility: a memorial for Breonna Taylor
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin 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. On January 27, we'll look at Shanequa Gay's site-specific installation, holding space for nobility: a…
Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Tennessee Williams’s “Midnite Show”
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin 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. On February 17, we'll look at acclaimed playwright Tennessee William's artwork, Midnite Show. Registration is…
Artist Conversation: Renée Stout
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a conversation between artist Renée Stout and the Ackland's Lauren Turner, assistant curator for the collection. Stout's work Ogun (1995) is part of the Museum's permanent collection and will be featured in the digital Close Looks project. In this free public conversation, we'll revisit Ogun twenty-five years on, using the work to…
Ackland Film Forum: “Happy Together” Watch Party and Panel
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin us for the second film in the Ackland Film Forum's spring series on Global Queer Cinema: Happy Together (Wong Kar Wai, 1997). The series is a collaboration with the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, and features a selection of four international films presented in connection…
Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Renée Stout’s Ogun
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin 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. On March 17, we'll look at Renée Stout's piece, Ogun. Registration is limited. After RSVPing,…
Ackland Film Forum: “Fire” Watch Party and Panel
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin us for the third film in the Ackland Film Forum's Global Queer Cinema Series, Deepa Mehta's Fire (1996, Canada/India). The series is a collaboration with the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, and features a selection of four international films presented in connection with the Ackland’s…
Ackland Film Forum Watch Party & Panel for “A Fantastic Woman”
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin us for the final film in the Ackland Film Forum's Global Queer Cinema Series, A Fantastic Woman (Sebastian Lelio, 2017, Chile). The series is a collaboration with the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, and features a selection of four international films presented in connection with…
Close Looks Conversational Tour: “10 Trashy Ideas about the Environment” by the Guerrilla Girls
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Erin Dickey, Ackland Graduate Teaching Fellow, for an informal conversation about the Guerrilla Girls's 10 Trashy Ideas about the Environment, a work featured in the Ackland’s Close Looks project. Plan to look closely and think collectively. Registration is limited. Sign up for free tickets to this in-person program below. -- All visitors to the…
Artist Conversation: Christopher Myers
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a virtual conversation between artist Christopher Myers and the Ackland's Lauren Turner, assistant curator for the collection. Myers's work Fish Pieta (2020)(seen at right) is a new acquisition in the Museum's permanent collection and is featured in the 2021-2022 Close Looks series. In this free Zoom webinar, we'll hear from Myers about…