Ackland Events

Radical Healing and Decoloniality: Museums in Transition
2022-02-24 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom, United States
This talk by Amanda Maples, Curator of African Art at the NC Museum of Art, is part of UNC Chapel Hill’s African Studies Center’s Decolonizing African Studies Series.
With the advent of global protests urgently calling for social justice and the end of systemic racism, museums have been called upon to reflect on their own institutional histories and grapple with the role they have played in perpetuating stereotypes and inequities—both in gallery and collections representation, and within their administration. A critical aspect of this relatively recent pursuit to decolonize includes facing the violence at play in colonial and imperial histories, and making efforts towards reparations more broadly. Such momentum has catapulted museums into a period of transition and their responsibilities are fundamentally changing towards creating space for radical healing.
Register here for this free virtual talk!
Organized by the African Studies Center, College of Arts and Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection and Peace, Power & Prestige
2022-02-24 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-02-18 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-02-10 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-02-04 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 Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa.
Advance registration required; space is limited.
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.

Close Looks Conversational Tour: Hale Woodruff's Landscape "(Mississippi, Soil Erosion)"
2022-02-23 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join Weixin Zhou, Ackland Graduate Teaching Fellow, for an informal conversation about Hale Aspacio Woodruff’s 1940s painting Landscape (Mississippi, Soil Erosion), a work featured in the Ackland’s Close Looks project and part of the Museum’s permanent collection. Plan to look closely and think collectively.
Registration is limited. Sign up for free tickets to this in-person program below.
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.

Yoga in the Galleries
2022-02-21 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.
Masks are required in the Museum. See Reopening Information for the Ackland’s full COVID-19 safety protocols.
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.

Ackland Film Forum: "Tears of the Black Tiger" (2000)
2022-02-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Our Global Cult Cinema series continues with this Thai cult film blending westerns and romance.
Tears of the Black Tiger
Wisit Sasanatieng, Thailand, 2000, 1h 50m
Introduced by Martin Johnson, UNC Dept. of English & Comparative Literature
FILM SYNOPSIS
“In the countryside of Thailand, a gang of outlaws makes the region unsafe. Among them is the handsome hero Dum, who became unwillingly involved in the bandit life. Dum made a promise to his upper-crust lover Rumpoey: despite the class difference, they will get married. When the moment of reunion arrives, Dum gets involved in a fire fight and cannot possibly reach Rumpoey in time. She is desperate: her father has married her off to a policeman. The taciturn Dum, called the ‘Black Tiger’ by his co-conspirators, does everything in his power to reach her, but fate gets in the way: his gang leader suspects him of treachery and his blood brother turns into his greatest enemy. Will the two lovers ever meet up? This urgent question propels the melodrama forward, supported by exciting music, spectacular shootouts and heroic duels.” —Anonymous (IMDB)
TICKETS
Free tickets available at the Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin St.
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ABOUT THE GLOBAL CULT CINEMA SERIES
From Rocky Horror Picture Show to The Big Lebowski, cult classics are movies that become objects of adulation for their most dedicated fans. While some cult classics are good movies by conventional standards, others are famous precisely because the director was more interested in having a good time than winning awards. In this series, we’ll show four global cult classics (or soon to-be classics), including Çetin İnanç’s 1982 science-fiction action film Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (“The Man Who Saved the World”), which infamously “borrowed” special effects sequences from Star Wars and Lo Wei’s 1972 film The Big Boss, which made Bruce Lee an international star. Tears of the Black Tiger pays homage to Thai action films and melodramas of the 1950s, crossing that indelible line between reverence and parody. Om Shanti Om also pays tribute to a golden era of filmmaking, only in this case it’s concerned with recreating the over-the-top dance numbers of 1970s Bollywood filmmaking.
The Spring 2022 Global Cult Cinema series, co-organized by the Ackland Art Museum and the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, is presented in connected with an installation in Ackland Upstairs, the Museum’s second floor gallery featuring short term displays of works being used in conjunction with university classes. This semester, visitors can find examples of posters from the Ackland’s collection on display for Research Methods in Film Studies: Histories of Moviegoing.

Guided Tour: Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa
2022-02-17 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-02-11 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-02-03 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 Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa.
Advance registration required; space is limited.
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.

Yoga in the Galleries
2022-02-14 12:15 - 13:15, 2022-01-31 12:15 - 13:15, 2022-01-24 12:15 - 13:15, 2022-01-10 12:15 - 13:15 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
This month, our Yoga in the Galleries practice will be inspired by art from the Ackland’s exhibition Clouding: Shape and Sign in Asian Art (on view through February 13, 2022). 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.
Masks are required in the Museum. See Reopening Information for the Ackland’s full COVID-19 safety protocols.
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.

Art Adventures P.M. Session- Color Block Printing
2022-02-12 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 both Joseph Sandford and Will H. Bradley, who have pieces on view in Ackland Upstairs.
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. Masks are required in the Museum and Hanes Art Center. 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) - February
2022-02-12 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. Masks are required in the Museum.

Art Adventures A.M. Session - Color Block Printing
2022-02-12 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum

Virtual "Peace, Power & Prestige" Curator Conversation
2022-02-11 15:30 - 16:30 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Susan Cooksey (Harn Museum of Art) in conversation with Victoria L. Rovine (Art History, UNC-Chapel Hill)
Join us for a free virtual conversation about Peace, Power & Prestige, with exhibition curator Dr. Susan Cooksey (Curator Emerita of African Art, Harn Museum of Art) and Dr. Victoria Rovine (Professor of African Art History, Department of Art and Art History, UNC-Chapel Hill).
Learn about highlights of this exhibition, which explores the roles of metal objects in sustaining, unifying, and enhancing life in African communities while demonstrating the aesthetic and expressive power of metal arts. The exhibition of over 140 pieces includes a diverse range of iron, brass, bronze, gold, copper, silver, and alloyed works created by artists in Sub-Saharan Africa between the twelfth and twenty-first centuries.

Ackland Film Forum: "The Man Who Saved the World" (1982)
2022-02-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
We kick off our Global Cult Cinema series with the sci-fi/martial arts/fantasy film known as Turkish Star Wars.
The Man Who Saved the World
Çetin İnanç, Turkey, 1982, 1h 31m
FILM SYNOPSIS
Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saved the World) is an otherwise obscure Turkish Science Fantasy Martial Arts film from 1982 directed by Çetin İnanç and written by and starring Cüneyt Arkın, that’s better known in certain Internet circles for being So Bad, It’s Good. It’s more commonly known in these circles as “Turkish Star Wars“, because it lifts much of its Stock Footage directly from Star Wars.
TICKETS
Free tickets available at the Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin St.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
ABOUT THE GLOBAL CULT CINEMA SERIES
From Rocky Horror Picture Show to The Big Lebowski, cult classics are movies that become objects of adulation for their most dedicated fans. While some cult classics are good movies by conventional standards, others are famous precisely because the director was more interested in having a good time than winning awards. In this series, we’ll show four global cult classics (or soon to-be classics), including Çetin İnanç’s 1982 science-fiction action film Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (“The Man Who Saved the World”), which infamously “borrowed” special effects sequences from Star Wars and Lo Wei’s 1972 film The Big Boss, which made Bruce Lee an international star. Tears of the Black Tiger pays homage to Thai action films and melodramas of the 1950s, crossing that indelible line between reverence and parody. Om Shanti Om also pays tribute to a golden era of filmmaking, only in this case it’s concerned with recreating the over-the-top dance numbers of 1970s Bollywood filmmaking.
The Spring 2022 Global Cult Cinema series, co-organized by the Ackland Art Museum and the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, is presented in connected with an installation in Ackland Upstairs, the Museum’s second floor gallery featuring short term displays of works being used in conjunction with university classes. This semester, visitors can find examples of posters from the Ackland’s collection on display for Research Methods in Film Studies: Histories of Moviegoing.

CANCELED: Yoga in the Galleries
2022-02-07 12:15 - 13:15 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
This program has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience. Join us when Yoga in the Galleries resumes on Monday, February 14!
This month, our Yoga in the Galleries practice will be inspired by art from the Ackland’s exhibition Clouding: Shape and Sign in Asian Art (on view through February 13, 2022). 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.
Masks are required in the Museum. See Reopening Information for the Ackland’s full COVID-19 safety protocols.
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.

Virtual Art for Lunch: Antonia Randolph
2022-01-20 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 Dr. Antonia Randolph’s class “North Carolina Black Feminisms” utilize selected works of portraiture and self-portraiture by Black artists from the Ackland’s collection to explore the construction of Black feminist identities. The installation features works by Lezley Saar, Renee Stout, Shanequa Gay, and Willie Cole and will be on view in Ackland Upstairs from January 10 to March 20, 2022.
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.

Last Look Tour: Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon
2022-01-09 15:30 - 16:30 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Peter Nisbet for a Last Look at Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society, which closes today, January 9. The exhibition features nearly seventy works of ceramic and metalwork from across Asia collected by the Rockefellers in the mid-twentieth century with belief that sharing these extraordinary works of art with audiences in the United States could facilitate cross-cultural dialogue. Read more about the exhibition here: https://ackland.org/exhibition/buddha-and-shiva-lotus-and-dragon-masterworks-from-the-mr-and-mrs-john-d-rockefeller-3rd-collection-at-asia-society/.
This tour is free and open to the public. Tickets are required and space is limited to 15 participants. Masks are required at this in-gallery program; see full COVID-19 precautions on our website.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

CANCELED: Art Adventures P.M. Session: Fabric Collage
2022-01-08 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. Masks are required in the Museum and Hanes Art Center. 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.

CANCELED: Art Adventures A.M. Session: Fabric Collage
2022-01-08 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum

Guided Tour: Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon
2022-01-07 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-01-06 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-01-05 13:30 - 14:00, 2021-12-16 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 Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society.
Advance registration required; space is limited.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
2021-12-17 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.
Advance registration required; space is limited.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.
