Events
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Tar Heel Beginnings Presents: Student Night at the Museum
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCarolina students: want to experience the Ackland Art Museum after hours? Join Tar Heel Beginnings for this Weeks of Welcome event at the Ackland for self-guided tours and open access to the galleries for UNC-Chapel Hill students. Refreshments and prizes provided to attendees. Plus find out how to join the Student Membership program (completely free)!…
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Exhibition Opening for “Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAll 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…
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Annual Spring Luncheon
FeaturedThe Carolina Inn 211 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States11:00 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…
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Friday Performance: “God’s Trombones”
Hayti Heritage Center 804 OLD FAYETTEVILLE STREET, Durham, NC, United StatesPerformance: God’s Trombones June 3, 2022 | 8:00 p.m. Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC Buy tickets through Eventbrite! Experience a performance of God’s Trombones, a multimedia work featuring songs, sermons, and the art of Aaron Douglas. This production by OnQ Performing Arts (Charlotte, NC) uses the text of James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 work God’s Trombones:…
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Saturday Performance: “God’s Trombones”
Hayti Heritage Center 804 OLD FAYETTEVILLE STREET, Durham, NC, United StatesPerformance: God’s Trombones June 4, 2022 | 3:00 p.m. Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC Purchase tickets on Eventbrite now! Experience a performance of God’s Trombones, a multimedia work featuring songs, sermons, and the art of Aaron Douglas. This production by OnQ Performing Arts (Charlotte, NC) uses the text of James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 work God’s…
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Holiday Arts Market at the Ackland
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesSwing by the Ackland before or after the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community parade to enjoy hot drinks and snacks from Epilogue and shop for gifts from local art and craft vendors inside the Museum, with holiday-themed live musical entertainment from East Chapel Hill High’s the Alley Cats, Chiefs of Staff, and the Scattertones. Local vendors include…
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Tour: Curator’s Introduction to Good Object / Bad Object
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Peter Nisbet for a guided look at the Ackland Art Museum's newest exhibition Good Object / Bad Object (on view January 20 – April 2, 2023). Learn how these "misbehaving" objects flout expectations while continuing a lineage of contemporary sculpture that pushes back against traditional "object-on-a-pedestal" conventions. Artists in…
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Tour: Curator’s Introduction to Good Object / Bad Object
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Peter Nisbet for a guided look at the Ackland Art Museum's newest exhibition Good Object / Bad Object (on view January 20 – April 2, 2023). Learn how these "misbehaving" objects flout expectations while continuing a lineage of contemporary sculpture that pushes back against traditional "object-on-a-pedestal" conventions. Artists in…
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2nd Friday ArtWalk
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a 2nd Friday filled with Spring experiences! We will have Morgan Moylan of West Queen Studio leading an interactive floral installation. She will be working on the piece between 5-9 p.m.; people are encouraged to come watch, ask questions, and add floral elements to the installation with Morgan's guidance. Admission to the…
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Spring Fling Arts Festival
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin the Ackland Art Museum in conjunction with the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, Saturday, May 6 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the first annual Spring Fling Arts Festival! Enjoy kid-friendly arts activities on the Ackland Terrace, including printmaking with Biovarg Industries of Durham and coloring pages for the kids. Buy a gift from…