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  • Art for Lunch: Dr. Cecelia Cavanaugh

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

      Art for Lunch with Dr. Cecelia Cavanaugh, SSJ Creative Intersections in the Residencia de estudiantes: Ramón y Cajal, García Lorca and their contemporaries 28 March 2019 | 12:20 PM Join Dr. Cecelia Cavanaugh for a discussion of poet Federico García Lorca and his contemporary Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Learn more about the world of Cajal…

  • ARTINI: Mad Science

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Is mixology a science? Come test this hypothesis at the Ackland Art Museum! Join us on Saturday, March 30 from 7 to 9 PM for ARTINI: Mad Science, an electric evening of science-themed signature cocktails and tasty bites from your favorite local establishments, featuring music from DJ Luxe Posh. All proceeds benefit the Ackland’s public programs.…

  • UNC Science Expo

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Visit the Ackland’s booth at the UNC Science Expo at Morehead Planetarium to sketch neurons based on the work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the father of modern neuroscience featured in the exhibition The Beautiful Brain. Build a working model of a neuron to demonstrate the neuron doctrine. Food trucks and many other activities on…

  • Last Look Tour: “The Beautiful Brain”

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    On the exhibition's final day, join Peter Nisbet, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, for a final reflection on the captivating Cajal drawings and contemporary scientific images of The Beautiful Brain. About The Beautiful Brain Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s drawings of the brain are both aesthetically astonishing and scientifically significant. The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón…

  • Rescheduled Art for Lunch: Dr. Suzanne Lye

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Art for Lunch 24 April 2019 | 12:30 PM Bindings and curses, love charms and healing potions, amulets and talismans – from simple spells to complex group rituals, ancient societies made use of both magic and religion to influence the world around them. Join Professor Suzanne Lye for a discussion of magic and religion in the…

  • Music in the Galleries: Ryan Dial-Stanley

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

      Ryan Dial-Stanley, a member of the Lumbee Tribe, is a well-known flutist, performing artist, and educator. Mr. Dial-Stanley is currently a student in the UNC School of Medicine majoring in Clinical Lab Science. He has traveled across the state of North Carolina presenting programs on the history and culture of the Lumbee Tribe. In addition…

  • Department of Art and Art History Graduate Symposium

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Art and Art History Graduate Symposium FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Coordinated by the Art Student Graduate Organization and co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History, Department of Classics, Department of Romance Studies, and The Graduate and Professional Student Federation. Community: Public, Private, Patron, & Spectator Join us for this day-long, interdisciplinary…

  • 2nd Friday ArtWalk: She Who Tells a Story

    Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Friday, 11/8/19|She Who Tells a Story: Intersections Between Art, Identity, and Mental Health 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Free; no registration required. Join Stigma Free Carolina at the Ackland Art Museum as they explore the intersections of migration, cultural identity, and mental health as it relates to the Ackland's exhibition She Who Tells a Story. …

  • Ackland Film Forum: “Filibus” Watch Party and Panel

    101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
    Virtual Event

    This spring, in collaboration with the Film Studies Programs in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Ackland Film Forum continues its all virtual series on Queer Cinema, now expanding to a selection of four international films for a look at Global Queer Cinema. View the selected films on your own…

    Free

  • Virtual Art Adventures Morning Session: Crayon Resist Watercolor Painting

    Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United States
    Virtual Event

    Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! This special session will coincide with the North Carolina Science Festival, as we explore watercolors. Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list, printable template, and Zoom meeting link will be distributed to registrants prior to…

    Free – $5