Yoga in the Galleries
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin 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…
Close Looks Conversational Tour: Hale Woodruff’s Landscape “(Mississippi, Soil Erosion)”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin 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.…
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection and Peace, Power & Prestige
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMeet 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…
Radical Healing and Decoloniality: Museums in Transition
Zoom , United StatesThis 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…
Ackland Film Forum: “The Big Boss” (1971)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us at the next Global Cult Cinema screening to see the kung-fu classic that made Bruce Lee famous. The Big Boss Wei Lo, Hong Kong, 1971, 1h 40m Introduced by Martin Johnson, UNC-Chapel Hill FILM SYNOPSIS Cheng, played by Bruce Lee, is a city boy who moves with his cousins to work at a…
Guided Tour: Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMeet 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. This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.
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,…
Yoga in the Galleries
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin 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…
Guided Tour: Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMeet 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…
Ackland Film Forum: “Om Shanti Om” (2007)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesA murder-mystery and romance combine in this Indian cult film that caps off our Global Cult Cinema series. Om Shanti Om Farah Khan, 2007, India, 2h 42m Introduction by Priya Shanker, UNC-Wilmington FILM SYNOPSIS In the 1970s, Om, an aspiring actor, is murdered, but is immediately reincarnated into the present day. He attempts to discover…