Ackland Events

TOUR: A Closer Look at "Triple Take"
2025-02-07 13:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join Ackland educators for a lively half-hour look at small handful of artworks in Triple Take: Dialogues with the Terra Collection-in-Residence. These engaging conversational tours offer a closer look at and new perspectives on works on view at the Museum.

TOUR: A Closer Look at the Collection
2025-02-02 13:00 - 13:30, 2025-02-01 13:00 - 13:30, 2025-01-31 13:00 - 13:30, 2025-01-24 13:00 - 13:30
Join Ackland educators for a lively half-hour look at small handful of artworks. These engaging conversational tours offer a closer look at and new perspectives on works on view at the Museum.

Artist Talk & Panel with Sherrill Roland
2025-01-26 14:00 - 15:30
This program is now FULL. To be added to our WAITLIST, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu.

Using Sherrill Roland’s piece Processing Systems: Bonding as a jumping off point, this artist talk and panel will explore artistic expression, the American carceral system, and the visualization of data. After a discussion of Roland’s monumental numerical portraits on view at the Ackland, Roland will be joined by panelists Bharati Zvara, Associate Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, and Kylie Seltzer, art historian and Carolina Public Humanities Zietlow Postdoctoral Fellow. The program will be moderated by Lauren Turner, associate curator for contemporary art and special projects at the Ackland.
Presented in partnership with Carolina Public Humanities.
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Sherrill Roland’s interdisciplinary practice deals with concepts of innocence, identity, and community; reimagining their social and political implications in the context of the American criminal justice system. For more than three years, Roland’s right to self-determination was lost to a wrongful incarceration. After spending ten months in prison for a crime he was later exonerated for, he returned to his artistic practice, which he now uses as a vehicle for self-reflection and an outlet for emotional release. Converting the haunting nuances of his experiences into drawings, sculptures, multimedia objects, performances, and participatory activities, Roland shares his story and creates space for others to do the same, illuminating the invisible costs, damages, and burdens of incarceration. Roland is an assistant professor of Studio Art in Sculpture at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://www.sherrillroland.com/
Kylie Seltzer is an architectural historian, educator, digital humanist, and community builder whose work focuses on dismantling white supremacy and creating a more equitable world. An award winning scholar and teacher, Kylie is committed to using her humanistic background and historical knowledge to solve today’s problems. Her doctoral research analyzed the ways that architecture and built forms were used to popularize race theory in the 19th century. This pseudoscience represents the foundation for white supremacist ideologies of the present day. Seltzer is currently the Zietlow Postdoctoral Fellow at Carolina Public Humanities. https://kylierjseltzer.com/
Dr. Bharathi Zvara is an Associate Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is a developmental psychologist whose main research interest is in the emotional and behavioral development in young children. A central focus of her research is to characterize the effects of early-life adversity and trauma and identify the biological and behavioral mechanisms through which early childhood experiences impact growth and development. Her work documents the key role of the family system, responsive caregiving practices, and the broader environment in which children live and develop. Her goal is to produce translatable knowledge to inform policies and programs that ultimately improve the lives of children and families. https://sph.unc.edu/adv_profile/bharathi-j-zvara-phd/

Drawing in the Galleries
2025-01-25 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-07 10:00 - 12:00
Join us for our popular Drawing in the Galleries program during this month’s Studio Saturday! Explore a particular object in the Ackland’s collection by drawing it alongside fellow participants. At the end of the session, you’ll discuss what you’ve noticed through the process of drawing. Bring your own gallery-safe materials (paper/notebooks and dry media like crayons and pencils). All levels are welcome.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-01-18 13:00 - 14:30
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the work of Sherrill Roland in his piece Processing Systems: Bonding on view in the Ackland’s ART& space.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-01-18 10:30 - 12:00

POSTPONED: Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-01-11 13:00 - 14:30
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AND UNIVERSITY CLOSINGS. The new session will now be held on Saturday, January 18 from 1-2:30 p.m.

In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the work of Sherrill Roland in his piece Processing Systems: Bonding on view in the Ackland’s ART& space.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

POSTPONED: Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-01-11 10:30 - 12:00
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AND UNIVERSITY CLOSINGS. The new session will now be held on Saturday, January 18 from 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the work of Sherrill Roland in his piece Processing Systems: Bonding on view in the Ackland’s ART& space.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

POSTPONED: Drawing in the Galleries
2025-01-11 10:00 - 12:00
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AND UNIVERSITY CLOSINGS. The class will now be held on Saturday, January 25 at 10 a.m.

Join us for our popular Drawing in the Galleries program during this month’s Studio Saturday! Explore a particular object in the Ackland’s collection by drawing it alongside fellow participants. At the end of the session, you’ll discuss what you’ve noticed through the process of drawing. Bring your own gallery-safe materials (paper/notebooks and dry media like crayons and pencils). All levels are welcome.

Last Look at "Dürer to Matisse"
2025-01-05 15:30 - 16:30
A final guided look at several of the exemplary European prints featured in Dürer to Matisse led by exhibition curator Dana Cowen, Sheldon Peck Curator for European and American Art before 1950.

This program is now FULL. To be added to our WAITLIST, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu.

Public programs for Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints are supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

TOUR: A Closer Look at “Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints”
2025-01-05 13:00 - 13:30, 2025-01-04 13:00 - 13:30, 2024-12-27 13:00 - 13:30, 2024-12-22 13:00 - 13:30, 2024-12-21 13:00 - 13:30
Join Ackland educators for a lively half-hour look at small handful of artworks. These engaging conversational tours offer a closer look at and new perspectives on works on view at the Museum. Today’s tour looks at Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints.
Free, no RSVP required.

TOUR: A Closer Look at "Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints"
2025-01-03 13:00 - 13:30, 2024-12-20 13:00 - 13:30, 2024-12-13 13:00 - 13:30, 2024-12-06 13:00 - 13:30

Tour: A Closer Look at "Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints”
2024-12-29 13:00 - 13:30, 2024-12-28 13:00 - 13:30, 2024-12-14 13:00 - 13:30

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-12-14 13:00 - 14:30
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own gelli print inspired by works on view in Dürer to Matisse.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.
Public programs for Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints are supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-12-14 10:30 - 12:00

2nd Friday ArtWalk: Ackland Print Sale
2024-12-13 17:00 - 21:00
During the evening of December 13, the Ackland Art Museum will be open until 9 p.m. for the 2nd Friday ArtWalk. Mingle with local printmakers and buy original work at reasonable prices. This event is being held in conjunction with the exhibition Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints. Printmakers Katie Hayes (New South Pattern House), Shady Kimzey, Jason DuPertuis, Eileen Hammond, Tyler Green, Antoinette Vogt, Mort O’Sullivan and Robby Poore will be in attendance.
There’s still time to apply to attend as a printmaker and sell your prints! Please apply here by December 6: https://ackland.org/ackland-print-sale-2024-application-form/.

TOUR: A Closer Look at the Collection
2024-12-08 13:00 - 13:30
Join Ackland educators for a lively half-hour look at three works of art. These engaging conversational tours offer a closer look at and new perspectives on works on view from the Ackland’s collection.
UNC-Chapel Hill students who attend may scan the QR code to apply for CLE credit.
