Family & Friends Sunday: Whistler’s World
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesVisit us virtually or find art activity kits to enjoy with your friends or family group in the galleries. This month, enjoy art-inspired activities inspired by James McNeill Whistler’s etchings in Visions of Venice including: FREE FAMILY ACTIVITY KIT | MUSEUM LOBBY Pick up our Visions of Venice Family Activity Art Kit and try your…
Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum): The Artsy Alphabet
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesKick off the autumn season at the Ackland! Explore the art of lettering throughout history, complete an A-to-Z scavenger hunt, and design your very own alphabet book inspired by art. Self-guided activities will be on hand at the museum and online components will be added to ackland.org for virtual visitors. Free Family Art Kits Pick…
Ackland F.A.M. | Art All Around You
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDid you know that art can be found all around you? Carolina's campus is filled with gems like Carolina Performing Arts' Memorial Hall and our very own Ackland Art Museum! This December, our Ackland F.A.M. theme is Interactive Art. Find out more ways to get involved below: VISIT THE ACKLAND Family & Friends Sunday December…
Ackland FAM: Woodruff’s Landscapes
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin 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,…
Ackland FAM: Make It with Metal
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesExplore 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,…
Ackland FAM: Fishes and Dishes, Plates and Plants
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin the Ackland as Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum) focus on Clare Leighton, an American who was known for her engravings, and her piece, Whaling, seen on the right. We will be considering the variety of ways that humans depict and interact with their environments by looking closely at Leighton's Whaling, featured in the…
Ackland F.A.M.: Juneteenth Celebration
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesOur June Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum) theme celebrates Juneteenth with several activities available in person on June 19, the final day of our current exhibition Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas. Juneteenth Celebration June 19| 1-5 p.m. Interactive Family Tour | 2:00 p.m. Join Ackland docents in a family-friendly close look…
Ackland F.A.M.: Play at the pARC
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCelebrate summer and the spirit of play at pARC by The Urban Conga, the Ackland's newly opened Terrace installation, with interactive art-inspired movement workshops! 6-9 p.m. | pARC Movement Workshops Join a pARC-inspired movement workshop led by choreographer Killian Manning, with special musical guest Daniel Levin on cello. Workshops begin at 6 p.m., 7 p.m.,…
Ackland F.A.M.: Food and Art
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIn late August, explore our F.A.M. (Families at the Museum) theme connecting food and art! Pick up a F.A.M. art kit to use at the Museum or at home, search for hidden food in works on view in the galleries, and be sure to check out Houseguests: American Art from the Art Bridges Collection Loan…
Ackland F.A.M.: Dutch Drawingfest
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAn all-ages celebration of drawing to mark the opening weekend of the Ackland's newest exhibition, Drawn to Life: Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt in the Peck Collection at the Ackland Art Museum. Events include: The Living Line: watch as animator Stella Rosalie Rosen, MFA '22, brings pieces from Drawn to Life into conversation…