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  • Virtual Art Adventures – Draw Your Own Home

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

    Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list and Zoom meeting link will be distributed to registrants prior to the class session. To use Zoom, students will need access to an internet-connected computer, smartphone, or tablet…

    Free – $5
  • Ackland at Fall Arts Pop Up 2021

    Ackland at Fall Arts Pop Up 2021

    Davis Library Courtyard Chapel Hill, United States

    Visit the Ackland's art-making station as we welcome Carolina students back to campus alongside Arts Everywhere! Stop by our table on Thursday, September 16 or Friday, September 17 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Davis Library Courtyard. Pick up materials to make origami shapes inspired by our upcoming exhibition, Buddha and Shiva, Lotus…

  • Ackland at Fall Arts Pop Up 2021

    Ackland at Fall Arts Pop Up 2021

    Davis Library Courtyard Chapel Hill, United States

    Visit the Ackland's art-making station as we welcome Carolina students back to campus alongside Arts Everywhere! Stop by our table on Thursday, September 16 or Friday, September 17 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Davis Library Courtyard. Pick up materials to make origami shapes inspired by our upcoming exhibition, Buddha and Shiva, Lotus…

  • Image of tapestry work by Christopher Myers featured image of Black woman in a red dress holding a large blue and white fish. The background features a embroidered purple stripe on the left and a horizontal lime green stripe at top right with yellow rectangle filling the remainder of the background. The work is hung on wooden dowels.
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    Artist Conversation: Christopher Myers

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

    Join us for a virtual conversation between artist Christopher Myers and the Ackland's Lauren Turner, assistant curator for the collection. Myers's work Fish Pieta (2020)(seen at right) is a new acquisition in the Museum's permanent collection and is featured in the 2021-2022 Close Looks series. In this free Zoom webinar, we'll hear from Myers about…

    Free
  • Poster for the miniseries "The Underground Railroad" featuring the title text over a painted image of several characters.

    Ackland Film Forum: “The Underground Railroad” First Virtual Screening

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

    Across his three feature films to date (Medicine for Melancholy, Moonlight, and If Beale Street Could Talk), Barry Jenkins has devised a new cinematic vocabulary for the portrayal of Black experience in the United States. With sumptuous imagery and hypnotic soundscapes, Jenkins has embraced aesthetic beauty as a strategy for addressing the past and present…

    Free
  • Engraving by Walter Crane featuring the letters A, B, C, and D in gold circles. At the center are several colorful depictions of farm animals and nursery rhyme characters.

    Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum): The Artsy Alphabet

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

    Kick off the autumn season at the Ackland! Explore the art of lettering throughout history, complete an A-to-Z scavenger hunt, and design your very own alphabet book inspired by art. Self-guided activities will be on hand at the museum and online components will be added to ackland.org for virtual visitors. Free Family Art Kits Pick…

  • Poster for the miniseries "The Underground Railroad" featuring the title text over a painted image of several characters.

    Ackland Film Forum: “The Underground Railroad” Second Virtual Screening

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

    Across his three feature films to date (Medicine for Melancholy, Moonlight, and If Beale Street Could Talk), Barry Jenkins has devised a new cinematic vocabulary for the portrayal of Black experience in the United States. With sumptuous imagery and hypnotic soundscapes, Jenkins has embraced aesthetic beauty as a strategy for addressing the past and present…

    Free
  • Photograph of the front of the Ackland Art Museum showing a large fuchsia sign reading "ACKLAND"

    UNC Family Weekend Tour

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

    Welcome Carolina Families! Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection led by an Ackland Student Guide. Space is limited. This event is planned in connection with UNC’s Family Weekend (Oct 1-3). We welcome visiting UNC families as well as members of the public.

  • Poster for the miniseries "The Underground Railroad" featuring the title text over a painted image of several characters.

    CANCELLED: Ackland Film Forum Panel | Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins

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

    Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances owing to the artists' schedules, this event has been cancelled. -- Across his three feature films to date (Medicine for Melancholy, Moonlight, and If Beale Street Could Talk), Barry Jenkins has devised a new cinematic vocabulary for the portrayal of Black experience in the United States. With sumptuous imagery and…

  • Virtual Art Adventures – Watercolor Resist Paper Vases

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

    Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! This program will focus on exploring the many Chinese vases in Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon. Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list and Zoom meeting link will be distributed to registrants prior to…

    Free – $5