Ackland Events

Guided Tour: Ackland Collection and Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas
2022-05-19 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-05-13 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-05-05 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-04-29 13:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

Art Adventures P.M. Session: Myth & Memory
2022-05-14 13:00 - 14:30 | 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 A.M. Session: Myth & Memory
2022-05-14 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum

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.

Guided Tour: Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas
2022-05-12 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-05-06 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-04-28 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Reading Day Donuts
2022-04-28 10:00 - 12:00 | 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

Yoga in the Galleries
2022-04-25 12:15 - 13:15, 2022-04-11 12:15 - 13:15 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join us for Yoga in the Galleries! The hour-long session is taught by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall. Take a break from your day and explore the world of yoga in the beautiful setting of the Ackland.
Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are available, but you are welcome to bring your own. Wear comfortable clothing that will allow you to stretch.
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.
Space is limited and registration is required. Yoga in the Galleries is $5 per session or free with current Museum membership.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
2022-04-24 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!
Imani Edwards ’22 leads participants in a tour entitled “Loco-motion: Movement in Art” with Slow Down, Freight Train by Rose Piper and Untitled by Mel Kendrick.
Free, no registration needed.

Ackland FAM: Fishes and Dishes, Plates and Plants
2022-04-24 13:00 - 17:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join 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’s Close Looks initiative.
Activities marked with an asterisk will be available following Family & Friends Sunday while supplies last!
Family & Friends Sunday
April 24 | 1-5 p.m.
Storytime | 1:30 p.m.
Join the Ackland’s Public Program Team as we read a book all about whales! Meet in ART&. Book is appropriate for ages 3 and up.
Nautical Scavenger Hunt*
Search the Ackland’s collection for more examples of the sea, sun, and sailors!
Family Art Kit*
Pick up a kit to use in the galleries or at home to make your own set of nature-themed plates inspired by Clare Leighton’s Whaling and others in the Ackland’s collection.
More to be added – check back soon!

Artist-Led Tour of “Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022”
2022-04-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join the 2022 Master of Fine Arts students for a special walk-through! This tour will be led by all five MFA candidates and introduced by exhibition curator Laura Ritchie.
Through the work of five artists, Myth & Memory imagines a future in which the margins become the center. Drawing from personal narrative, each of the artists engages a vocabulary of fantasy to make visible the stories that have been forgotten, obscured, or erased by white heteropatriarchal modes of dominance. Their work interrogates practices of history-making and history-keeping at the individual, institutional, and systemic level. Intimate gestures and acts of subversion reframe the lens through which memory is archived and myth is defined. As a result, new stories emerge from a restructured past.
Presented in connection with Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022. This program is sponsored by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Animation Workshop with Stella Rosalie Rosen
2022-04-23 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join Stella Rosalie Rosen, 2022 MFA candidate whose work is featured in Myth & Memory, for a special hands-on workshop on Index Card Animation!
In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of 2D frame animation on paper using pencils and index cards. After a short lecture, a demonstration, and a few screenings of animated works drawn on paper, participants will be encouraged to experiment with animations of their own on index cards following a theme generated by the group. The group’s work will be photographed and compiled into a short film at the end of class. At the end of this workshop, participants will have learned how drawing frame-by-frame creates motion and movement in animation. Participants will even gain the tools to create their own animated works at home!
Space is extremely limited and a free ticket is required (register below). This workshop is for ages 13+.
Presented in connection with Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022. This exhibition and its related programs are made possible by the generous support of Maryanna & Will Johnson and The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation.
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Stella Rosalie Rosen is an experimental animator and has been honing her skills since 2017. She works with a variety of other techniques, including clay animation, puppetry, replacement animation, and live-action video, but finds her home in plain old graphite on paper. Rosen’s work uses narrative animation to illuminate stories that draw from her own experience living in an austere and industrialized world where oppressive hierarchies cause the abjection of certain bodies and the destruction of the natural world. Rosen finds inspiration in plants, animals, overheard conversations, childhood obsessions, and things she finds on the ground. She has had her films shown at festivals all over the world, including Bushwick Film Festival, Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival, Oakland Short Film Festival, Cosmic Rays, and Florida Animation Festival. Rosen earned her undergraduate degree in biology, and carries a fascination with the natural world into all of her work. Rosen studied animation at Vancouver Film School and California Institute of the Arts. She was raised in New York City and is now based out of Durham, NC.
Visit Stella’s website.

Curator-Led Tour for “Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas”
2022-04-22 15:30 - 16:30 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join John Bowles, associate professor of African American art in the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Art and Art History and faculty affiliate of the Institute for African American Research, as we walk through Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas. The exhibition features more than 40 paintings, prints, book and magazine illustrations, drawings, and other artworks, and demonstrates how Douglas developed an immediately recognizable style of dynamic, Art Deco-like forms and starkly silhouetted figures. He also advanced the idea that modern Black culture drew upon music, dance, visual art, and faith traditions developed in Black communities throughout the world.
The tour is currently full; please email acklandrsvp@unc.edu to join the wait list. Thank you!
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Exhibition Opening for "Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022"
2022-04-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
All are invited to an exhibition opening celebration for Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022. Join us from 7-8:30 p.m., with remarks by exhibition curator Laura Ritchie at 7:30 p.m.
In Myth & Memory, five artists interrogate practices of history-making and history-keeping at the individual, institutional, and systemic level. Originating in personal narrative, each artist engages a vocabulary of fantasy to make visible that which has been forgotten, obscured, or erased by white heteropatriarchal modes of dominance. Through intimate gestures and acts of subversion, they reframe the lens through which memory is archived to tell new stories from a restructured past. Their work imagines potential futures in which marginalized bodies are not under siege.
Participating artists are the five UNC-Chapel Hill Class of 2022 Master of Fine Arts in studio art candidates: Raj Bunnag, Charlie Dupee, Hugo Ljungbäck, Phượng Duyên Hải Nguyễn, and Stella Rosalie Rosen. Myth & Memory is curated by Laura Ritchie ’10 (MFA), a curator, arts administrator, and cultural worker in Durham, North Carolina; she is a founder and former Executive Director of The Carrack.
This exhibition is made possible by the generous support of Maryanna and Will Johnson and The Seymour and Carol Levin Foundation.

Yoga in the Galleries
2022-04-18 12:15 - 13:15 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join us for Yoga in the Galleries! The hour-long session is taught by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall. Take a break from your day and explore the world of yoga in the beautiful setting of the Ackland.
Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are available, but you are welcome to bring your own. Wear comfortable clothing that will allow you to stretch.
Space is limited and registration is required. Yoga in the Galleries is $5 per session or free with current Museum membership.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
2022-04-17 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!
Sammy Quiroz-Gutierrez ’22 leads participants in a tour entitled “A Woman’s Place?: Women’s Public and Private Personas” with Self-Portrait as Dirty Princess by Julie Heffernan and Squat Lekythos: Women at Their Toilette by an unidentified artist.
Free, no registration needed.

Virtual Art for Lunch: John Bechtold
2022-04-13 12:30 - 13:30 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Join us for a virtual Art for Lunch, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin, to discuss how John Bechtold’s class Visualizing War in Contemporary American Culture utilizes different media to explore the social and political consequences of war.
Bring your lunch – and questions of your own – for this lively, conversational program.
Free. Register for a free ticket below to receive a Zoom link to this virtual program.

Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland's Collection
2022-04-10 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!
Kate Bryan ’24 leads participants in a tour entitled “Changing Spaces: History and Music in Art” with Slow Down, Freight Train by Rose Piper and Interior of the Oude Kerk at Amsterdam by Emanuel de Witte.
Free, no registration needed.

Art Adventures P.M. Session: Fabric Collage
2022-04-09 13:00 - 14:30 | 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 Christopher Myers’ Fish Pieta (2020).
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.
Class sessions will be limited to 10 participants. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.
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 encounter registration issues, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Art Adventures A.M. Session: Fabric Collage
2022-04-09 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 Christopher Myers’ Fish Pieta (2020).
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.
