Reading Day Donuts
2022-04-28 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Sign up for your FREE Ackland Student Membership to attend Reading Day Donuts!
Ackland Student members are invited to the Ackland Art Museum for a relaxing morning study break on the front terrace with free donuts and coffee!
View works by UNC-Chapel Hill’s Class of 2022 Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art candidates: Raj Bunnag, Charlie Dupee, Hugo Ljungbäck, Phuong Duyen Nguyen, and Stella Rosen. Curated by Laura Ritchie ‘10 (BFA), Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022, features a wide range of art from animation to embroidery.
We have several spaces in the Museum reserved for all UNC students to study throughout the day including ART& (just left off the lobby) and the courtyard between the Ackland and Hanes Art Center.
Sign up for your free Student Membership with the Ackland Art Museum to attend this event and discover new ways to experience art, right here on campus!
Student Membership Benefits

Invitations to Student Member Reading Day Donuts (final exam weeks)
Invitation to Student Member Soiree with live music and refreshments (early fall)
Free admission to ticketed programs like Yoga in the Galleries
Enrollment in the University and College Art Museum Reciprocal Program
10% Discount at the Museum Store

Guided Tour: Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas
2022-04-28 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-05-06 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-05-12 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-05-20 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-05-26 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-06-03 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-06-09 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibition Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas.
Advance registration required; space is limited.
The Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7, 2022, masks are optional in our galleries.
If you find yourself unable to attend, please email acklandrsvp@unc.edu, so that we may offer the space to others.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Semester Revue: Student Research & Responses to the Collection
2022-04-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
SEMESTER REVUE | ART&

Student Research & Responses to the Collection
Each semester, the Ackland Art Museum works with thousands of UNC-Chapel Hill students through courses and internships. Semester Revue offers a glimpse into the quality and variety of the students’ research, projects, and performances. Come learn about the collection and see it anew through their short, dynamic presentations.
The Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7, 2022, masks are optional in our galleries.

Guided Tour: Ackland Collection and Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas
2022-04-29 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-05-05 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-05-13 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-05-19 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-05-27 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-06-02 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-06-10 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection and our special exhibition Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas.
Advance registration required; space is limited.
The Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7, 2022, masks are optional in our galleries.
If you find yourself unable to attend, please email acklandrsvp@unc.edu, so that we may offer the space to others.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
2022-05-01 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join us for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland’s collection with an Ackland Student Guide!
Jack Brownlee ’22 leads participants in a tour entitled “Birds of a Feather: Animals Across Cultures” with Still Life with Hunting Trophies by Jan Weenix and Ntan Drum by Osei Bonsu.
Free, no registration needed.

CANCELED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
2022-05-08 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Please note this tour has been CANCELED. The Museum will remain open for normal hours (1-5 p.m.) on Sunday, May 8!
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Join us for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland’s collection with an Ackland Student Guide!
Tessa McGuire ’23 will guide participants in looking at Eugene Delacroix’s Cleopatra and the Peasant and Squat Lekythos (Women at their Toilette) by an unknown artist.
Free, no registration needed.

Annual Spring Luncheon
2022-05-12 11:00 - 13:30 | The Carolina Inn, 211 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516, United States
11:00 a.m. Social Hour
12:00 p.m. Lunch
We are thrilled to announce that our Annual Luncheon guest speaker will Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg. Firstenberg ’83 (MBA) is the social practice artist who created In America: Remember, an art installation of over 700,000 white flags on the National Mall in September 2021 to honor the lives lost to Covid-19. Her art draws viewers in with its beautiful aesthetic, then delivers a visceral message on themes ranging from political divide, to homelessness, to drug addiction. She is a proud Tar Heel, having earned an MBA from Kenan-Flagler. She believes that art communicates when words fall on unlistening ears.
Each ticket includes access to the pre-lunch social hour, beer and wine, and a three-course plated lunch. All proceeds benefit the Ackland’s public programs.

Drop-In Printmaking Workshop with Raj Bunnag
2022-05-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Drop-In Printmaking Workshop with Raj Bunnag
6-7:30 p.m.

Join Raj Bunnag, 2022 MFA candidate whose work is featured in Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022, for a special hands-on printmaking workshop during the 2nd Friday ArtWalk!

In this drop-in workshop, visitors will be able to make their own tiny stamps using hand-carved blocks made by Bunnag. Watch as Bunnag demonstrates his printmaking techniques and create your own small prints to take home. This workshop will take place outdoors and attendees are welcome to stay for as long as they like during the hour and a half-long program.

Materials for this event have been generously donated by Speedball. Presented in connection with Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022. Part of the Chapel-Hill Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk.
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Raj Bunnag is a Thai American artist living and working in Durham, North Carolina. He received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2012 with an emphasis in Printmaking. He is currently an MFA candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bunnag’s practice examines systematic racism inherent to the foundations of the US, its institutions, and its domestic/global policies, through themes in the lineage of print. In his more personal work, he is researching the ideas and baggage that come with self-identity as the son of immigrants and what it means to be a non-white body existing in white spaces. He has shown work nationally and internationally as well as received numerous awards for his relief printed work.

Art Adventures A.M. Session: Myth & Memory
2022-05-14 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum
Join us as the Ackland resumes our popular Art Adventures class in person with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be inspired by Phượng Duyên Hải Nguyễn’s Nowhen (2022).
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.
The Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7, 2022, masks are optional in our galleries.
Class sessions will be limited to 10 participants. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.
If you encounter registration issues, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Drawing for Tweens (AM Session) - May
2022-05-14 10:30 - 12:00 | 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.
Class sessions will be limited to 10 participants.
The Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7, 2022, masks are optional in our galleries.

Art Adventures P.M. Session: Myth & Memory
2022-05-14 13:00 - 14:30 | Ackland Art Museum

"African American Trailblazers" Mural Walk
2022-05-21 10:00 - 11:30 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
This program is now FULL. To be added to a waitlist, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu
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Hear from artist Kiara Sanders about her new mural African American Trailblazers, which was inspired by the work of Aaron Douglas. We’ll meet at the Ackland to see Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas then embark on our mural walk, stopping at various murals on the way to see African American Trailblazers, which is installed on the Walt’s Grill/Molly’s Gift Shop Building at 111 S. Merritt Mill Road. Throughout the event, we’ll hear from Sanders about her artistic influences (including Aaron Douglas), the role of public art by Black artists in our community, and how the Trailblazers mural came to be.
Space is limited. Please RSVP below. This event is rain or shine; participants should wear comfortable footwear and be ready to navigate the approximately 1 mile flat route from the Museum to the mural.
More about the mural: https://www.chapelhillarts.org/arts-experiences/public-art/african-american-trailblazers-mural/
Cohosted by Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture
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This program is now FULL. To be added to a waitlist, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu

Friday Performance: "God's Trombones"
2022-06-03 20:00 - 21:30 | Hayti Heritage Center, 804 OLD FAYETTEVILLE STREET, Durham, NC, United States
Performance: God’s Trombones
June 3, 2022 | 8:00 p.m.
Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC
Buy tickets through Eventbrite!
Experience a performance of God’s Trombones, a multimedia work featuring songs, sermons, and the art of Aaron Douglas. This production by OnQ Performing Arts (Charlotte, NC) uses the text of James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 work God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse, digital projections of Aaron Douglas’s original illustrations for the Johnson work (currently on view at the Ackland), and a variety of gospel songs and spirituals arranged by Dennis Reed Jr. (Billboard History Maker). Two ticketed performances will be held at the Hayti Heritage Center, a cultural arts and arts education venue housed in the historic St. Joseph’s AME Church in Durham.
Cohosted by the Ackland Art Museum and the Hayti Heritage Center. All proceeds benefit Hayti Heritage Center, celebrating its 130th anniversary. Presented in connection with Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas (on view April 22-June 19, 2022).
Tickets – Purchase on Eventbrite now!
Advance: $15 (adults); $7 (12 and under)
Door: $20 (adults); $7 (12 and under)
Performance Dates and Location
Two performances will be held on Friday, June 3 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, June 4 at 3 p.m. at the Hayti Hertiage Center, 804 OLD FAYETTEVILLE STREET, DURHAM, NC 27701

Saturday Performance: "God's Trombones"
2022-06-04 15:00 - 16:30 | Hayti Heritage Center, 804 OLD FAYETTEVILLE STREET, Durham, NC, United States
Performance: God’s Trombones
June 4, 2022 | 3:00 p.m.
Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC
Purchase tickets on Eventbrite now!
Experience a performance of God’s Trombones, a multimedia work featuring songs, sermons, and the art of Aaron Douglas. This production by OnQ Performing Arts (Charlotte, NC) uses the text of James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 work God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse, digital projections of Aaron Douglas’s original illustrations for the Johnson work (currently on view at the Ackland), and a variety of gospel songs and spirituals arranged by Dennis Reed Jr. (Billboard History Maker). Two ticketed performances will be held at the Hayti Heritage Center, a cultural arts and arts education venue housed in the historic St. Joseph’s AME Church in Durham.
Cohosted by the Ackland Art Museum and the Hayti Heritage Center. All proceeds benefit Hayti Heritage Center, celebrating its 130th anniversary. Presented in connection with Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas (on view April 22-June 19, 2022).
Tickets – Purchase on Eventbrite now!
Advance: $15 (adults); $7 (12 and under)
Door: $20 (adults); $7 (12 and under)
Performance Dates and Location
Two performances will be held on Friday, June 3 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, June 4 at 3 p.m. at the Hayti Hertiage Center, 804 OLD FAYETTEVILLE STREET, DURHAM, NC 27701

2nd Friday ArtWalk: Black Artists' Books Pop-Up & Craftboro Cash Bar
2022-06-10 17:00 - 21:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
During the 2nd Friday ArtWalk, join us for a pop-up exhibition of artists’ books by Black artists, illustrators, and photographers from the Sloane Art Library collection, part of UNC Libraries. Chat with art librarians and see works up close from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Presented in connection with the Ackland’s current exhibition Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas, which features several examples of book and magazine illustrations by Harlem Renaissance modernist artist Aaron Douglas. The Museum galleries will remain open until 9 p.m. tonight!
*NEW*
Starting this month, enjoy Twilights on the Terrace during the Ackland’s summer 2nd Friday evening hours, featuring a pop-up bar by Craftboro Brewing! Craft beer, sparkling lemon- and limeade, and snacks will be available for purchase from 5-8 p.m. Relax outside on our Terrace while you explore the new playful outdoor installation pARC by The Urban Conga.

Art Adventures A.M. Session: Silhouette Paintings
2022-06-11 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum
Join us as the Ackland resumes our popular Art Adventures class in person with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be inspired by Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas..
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.
The Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7, 2022, masks are optional in our galleries.
Class sessions will be limited to 10 participants. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.
If you encounter registration issues, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Drawing for Tweens (AM Session) - June
2022-06-11 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

CANCELED: Art Adventures P.M. Session: Silhouette Paintings
2022-06-11 13:00 - 14:30 | Ackland Art Museum
The June 11 afternoon session of Art Adventures has been CANCELED due to low enrollment. Please join us at the morning session (10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.) of Art Adventures if you can!
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Join us as the Ackland resumes our popular Art Adventures class in person with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be inspired by Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas.
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.
The Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7, 2022, masks are optional in our galleries.
Class sessions will be limited to 10 participants. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.
If you encounter registration issues, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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The June 11 afternoon session of Art Adventures has been CANCELED due to low enrollment. Please join us at the morning session (10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.) of Art Adventures if you can!
