NEA Big Read at the Ackland: Book Discussion #6
2020-12-04 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
NEA Big Read at the Ackland will focus on Advice from the Lights by author Stephanie Burt. Events reflecting LGBTQ+ lives and experiences — including a keynote conversation with the author, a series of book discussions, and Drag Storytime for children will take place virtually on ackland.org from Oct.11 – Dec. 4.
The Ackland and its partners will host six book discussions of Burt’s Advice from the Lights with discussion facilitators from our community.
This book discussion will be facilitated by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, UNC English & Comparative Literature and Joanna Sierks Smith, Carolina Public Humanities.
To use Zoom, registrants will need access to an internet-connected computer, smartphone, or tablet with a built-in microphone.
Registration is free and includes copy of Advice from the Lights. Program is capped at 20 individuals.
Participants will be able to have their copy mailed to their address or pick up a copy at the Chapel Hill Public Library on designated dates prior to the book discussion.
Online registration has now closed. Please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu to register!
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Barton Lidice Beneš
2020-12-09 17:00 - 17:45 | 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join the Ackland’s Object Based Teaching Fellow, Erin Dickey, for an informal conversation focused on one work of art from the Ackland’s new Close Looks digital feature. Plan to look closely and think collectively—and bring a drink of your choosing.
On December 9, we’ll look at Barton Lidice Beneš’ piece, Talisman.
Registration is limited. RSVP here via Zoom!
After RSVPing, you will receive an email from Zoom with the link to join the program. Please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu if you have any questions!
Close Looks at Cocktail Hour is sponsored in part by the Laughing Gull Foundation.

Virtual Art Adventures AM Session - Tissue Paper Stained Glass Art
2020-12-12 10:30 - 11:15 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney!
Participants will make tissue paper stained glass art projects inspired by the work of Ilya Bolotowsky, a Russian-American abstract painter.

Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list, printable template, 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 with a built-in microphone; caregiver assistance may be needed. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.
*Families with more than one child can participate together and should only register once.
During this time, we want to make sure price isn’t an added burden for families – please select the ticket price that you feel comfortable with ($0.00 or $5.00).
If you encounter registration issues, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Virtual Art Adventures PM Session - Tissue Paper Stained Glass Art
2020-12-12 13:00 - 13:45 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States

Virtual Family & Friends Sunday: Holidays Around the Ackland
2020-12-13 14:00 - 17:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Each month, the Ackland hosts a free program for families, kids, and the young at heart featuring hands-on art activities, live performances, tours, and more. Although the Museum’s doors are closed for our community’s safety, you can still explore the art virtually!
A mix of D.I.Y. and live interactive activities await you, all inspired by the Ackland’s collection.
This month’s theme will focus on the winter holidays of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas.
Live Storytime | 2:30 p.m.
Join the Ackland’s Public Program Coordinator as we read a holiday-themed story.
Register HERE!
Holiday Agamographs Activity
The Ackland is putting a holiday twist on our popular summertime Agamograph activity! Watch the video for craft supplies and instructions.
You will need to print two copies of the Ackland’s agamograph template to get you started!
December has three celebrations – Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Christmas – pick two holidays to illustrate in your agamograph.
Need inspiration? Check out some holiday fun on Google Arts & Culture, courtesy of the National Postal Museum and the Strong National Museum of Play!
Kwanzaa Hanukkah Christmas
Virtual Conversation: Play and Childhood
Watch highlights from our November Odd Couples Tour! Facilitators Erin and Sarah show you two objects from the Ackland’s collection that emphasize play!
YouTube Link
Collection Connections
Menorah by Anthony Caro, 2000
Light is an element of Christmas (Star of Bethlehem), Kwanzaa (kinara), and Hanukkah (menorah). The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is also known as the ‘Festival of Lights’.
Compare & Contrast: What are the similarities and differences between this menorah and the NCMA’s Standing Hanukkah Lamp?
Tip: Consider scale, material, function, and pattern when looking closely at both pieces!
UNC Connections – Rameses the Red-Nosed Reindeer!
Our friends at the General Alumni Association say, “Happy Heelidays!”
Check out their toilet paper roll Rameses activity on YouTube.
Want to create your perfect holiday Rameses?
UNC has a Rameses craft for your family to enjoy!
Festive Coloring Pages: Ramses and the Nutcracker
Caroling Performing Arts and Arts Everywhere teamed up with UNC alumna Dara Burg (Designed by Dara) to create these fun pictures! Downloadable until Jan. 1.

Ackland Film Forum: "But I'm a Cheerleader" Watch Party and Panel
2020-12-16 19:30 - 21:45 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
This fall, in collaboration with the Film Studies Programs in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Ackland Film Forum presents an all virtual series on Queer Cinema. View the selected films on your own or join us for a watch party with the panelists. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion.
The third film in our Queer Cinema series will be But I’m a Cheerleader (Jamie Babbitt, 1999, 92 minutes). This whimsically edgy comedy follows teenager Megan (Natasha Lyonne), whose suburban existence filled with friends, cheerleading, and all-American fun is upended when her straight-laced parents suspect she may be a lesbian. In a panic, they send her to True Directions, a “rehabilitation” camp run by the strict and prudish Mary (Cathy Moriarty), to mount an intervention led by counselor Mike (RuPaul Charles). Megan dutifully follows the program — until she develops feelings for another camper in this timeless, satirical romantic-comedy about self-acceptance and love, costarring Michelle Williams, Clea DuVall, and Julie Delpy. (Lionsgate Entertainment)
Register Here!
7:30 p.m.
But I’m a Cheerleader along with us and share your thoughts and questions for the panelist on Twitter. #AcklandFilmForum
9 p.m.
Following the watch party, join Jacob Lau (Women’s and Gender Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill), Michelle Robinson (American Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill) and Martin Louis Johnson (English and Comparative Literature, UNC-Chapel Hill) for a virtual post-film discussion.
Links to both the streaming film and panel are provided with registration. Please note that you will be able to stream the film from December 11th to December 17th. Viewers will need to enter their phone number for 2-factor verification on Lionsgate’s streaming site.
But I’m a Cheerleader courtesy of Lionsgate Entertainment. To rent or purchase the film on 4K Digital UHD for future views, please visit https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/but-im-a-cheerleader.

Virtual Art Adventures Morning Session: Foil Transfer Infinity Nets
2021-01-09 10:30 - 11:15 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney!
For this session, we will again look at the work of Yayoi Kusama and her Infinity Nets series.
Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list, printable template, 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 with a built-in microphone; caregiver assistance may be needed. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.
*Families with more than one child can participate together and should only register once.
During this time, we want to make sure price isn’t an added burden for families – please select the ticket price that you feel comfortable with ($0.00 or $5.00).
If you encounter registration issues, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Virtual Art Adventures Afternoon Session: Foil Transfer Infinity Nets
2021-01-09 13:00 - 13:45 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States

Virtual Family & Friends Sunday: Dance into Kusama's World
2021-01-24 14:00 - 17:00 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Explore the world of Yayoi Kusama with a storytime video, polka-dot dance, and a closer look at her works on display at the Ackland for our first Virtual Family & Friends Sunday of 2021!
Each month, the Ackland hosts a free program for families, kids, and the young at heart featuring hands-on art activities, live performances, tours, and more. Although the museum’s doors are closed for our community’s safety, you can still explore the art virtually!
A mix of D.I.Y. and live interactive activities await you, all inspired by the Ackland’s current exhibition, Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love.
Activities include:
Kusama Movement Workshop
Join choreographer Killian Manning as she leads two virtual movement workshops inspired by Yayoi Kusama! Dancers of all ages will explore Kusama’s artwork through self-expression in motion. No dance experience necessary.
Sessions will be limited and will be 30 minutes in length. Registration is now open!
2:30 PM | Workshop for Kids and Families
3:30 PM | Workshop for Adults
Storytime
*Pre-recorded Story time with Carrie Young, Public Programs Intern
Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn’t Sorry, authored by Fausto Gilbreti (Age Range: 4-7)
Art-Making
D.I.Y. Polka Dot Kaleidoscope Craft
Kaleidoscope Instructions (PDF)
Kaleidoscope Tutorial (video)
D.I.Y. Mini Paper Infinity Box Craft, created by former Ackland intern Anabelle Quarles
Mini Paper Infinity Box Template (printable)
Want to learn more about Yayoi Kusama and other women artists? Look closely at the piece by Yayoi Kusama: Self-Portrait, 2008 in the NMWA collection.
Slow Art Activity from the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Artist Spotlight Videos
Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love video with Ackland Curatorial Assistant, Amy Swartz (3 mins)
Yayoi Kusama- Obsessed with Polka Dots from the Tate, London (7 mins 23 sec)
ZERO IS INFINITY　ZERO and Yayoi Kusama Exhibition Video, from the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Toyoko (5 mins)*
Yayoi Kusama’s LIGHT OF LIFE 2018 from the NCMA (32 sec)
Kusama: Infinity, free with Hulu subscription (1 hr, 20 min)
*Scroll down to black box near center of page. Allow time for the video to fully load.

Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Shanequa Gay's holding space for nobility: a memorial for Breonna Taylor
2021-01-27 17:00 - 17:45 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Join the Ackland’s Object Based Teaching Fellow, Erin Dickey, for an informal conversation focused on one work of art from the Ackland’s new Close Looks digital feature. Plan to look closely and think collectively—and bring a drink of your choosing.
On January 27, we’ll look at Shanequa Gay’s site-specific installation, holding space for nobility: a memorial for Breonna Taylor.
Registration is limited.

After RSVPing, you will receive an email with the link to join the program. Please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu if you have any questions!

Ackland Film Forum: "Filibus" Watch Party and Panel
2021-02-02 19:30 - 22:00 | 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
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 or join us for a watch party. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion with scholars from around the globe.
The first film in the Global Queer Cinema series will be Filibus (Mario Roncoroni, 1915, Italy). The film will be available to stream January 29-February 4, 2021 with a watch party on Tuesday, February 2 at 7:30 p.m. followed by a live panel discussion at 9 p.m. Register below to receive a link to stream the film and a link to attend the panel via Zoom on February 2.
This program is sponsored by UNC University Libraries. The series is supported in part by Laughing Gull Foundation.
About Filibus
Directed by Mario Roncoroni and scripted by future science fiction author Giovanni Bertinetti, Filibus is the most exciting, witty, feminist, steampunk, cross-dressing aviatrix thriller you will ever see! Previously seen in a badly subtitled, imperfect version, Filibus was recently remastered by the Eye Filmmuseum, restoring the film’s marvelous range of Desmet tinting and toning in the original nitrate material. To bring the film back to its flavor of the period — when the characters Fantomas and Arsène Lupin were worldwide sensations — Milestone hired young poet Austin Renna to write new intertitles based on an improved translation by Eye’s archivist Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi. To go with this fantastical film, the famed Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra AND Donald Sosin have created two new stunning scores! –Milestone Films

Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Filibus Watch Parties | Tweet along with Ackland and UNC Film Studies using #AcklandFilmForum
7:30 p.m. Watch Party
9:00 p.m. Panel
Link to the panel is provided with registration. Streaming links will be sent at a later date. Registration is open!

Odd Couples: Objects in Conversation
2021-02-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Join Ackland Graduate Intern Sarah Farkas and Object Based Teaching Fellow Erin Dickey for a guided look at artwork from opposite corners of the Ackland’s collection. See how unexpected pairings can lead to exciting new insights!
We will be looking at Ken Price’s The Squeeze and Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc’s Ciborium.
This program will be held virtually, via Zoom. Registered participants will receive a link to join the program in a separate email.
Registration is limited.

Hanes Visiting Artist Series: Sousveillance
2021-02-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
HANES VISITING ARTIST LECTURE
Maria Gaspar, Hương Ngô (UNC BFA Alumna), and Anna Martine Whitehead
“Sousveillance and How to Think Like a Forest”
Register to attend here: https://go.unc.edu/o9CJk
Registration will end at 5 pm on February 7. A zoom link will be emailed to registrants 24 hours in advance of the lecture.
Sousveillance – watching from below, “the monitoring of authorities by informal networks of regular people, equipped with little more than cellphone cameras, video blogs and the desire to remain vigilant against the excesses of the powers that be.”[1]
In this conversation, Whitehead, Gaspar, and Ngô will speak on their respective practices which encompass performance, social practice, and installation, among others. They will draw relationships amongst their research which engage themes of liberation, surveillance, and belonging in the spirit of a collective building of knowledge.
For more information about the artists, please visit their websites:
Maria Gaspar, https://mariagaspar.com
Huong Ngô, https://www.huongngo.com
Anna Martine Whitehead, https://annamartine.com/home.html
This event is co-sponsored by the Ackland Art Museum and the Department of Art and Art History

Virtual Art Adventures Morning Session: Paper Relief Sculptures
2021-02-13 10:30 - 11:15 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be making paper relief sculptures inspired by Gaston Chaissac’s work on view in Object Lessons.
As of January 27, the Ackland will be open to the public. Should your family feel comfortable viewing the piece in person, we would love to see you in the galleries! Please visit our calendar to learn more about Timed Ticketing.
Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list, printable template, 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 with a built-in microphone; caregiver assistance may be needed. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.
*Families with more than one child can participate together and should only register once.
During this time, we want to make sure price isn’t an added burden for families – please select the ticket price that you feel comfortable with ($0.00 or $5.00).
If you encounter registration issues, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Virtual Art Adventures Afternoon Session: Paper Relief Sculptures
2021-02-13 13:00 - 13:45 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States

Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Tennessee Williams's "Midnite Show"
2021-02-17 17:00 - 17:45 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Join the Ackland’s Object Based Teaching Fellow, Erin Dickey, for an informal conversation focused on one work of art from the Ackland’s new Close Looks digital feature. Plan to look closely and think collectively—and bring a drink of your choosing.
On February 17, we’ll look at acclaimed playwright Tennessee William’s artwork, Midnite Show.
Registration is limited.

After RSVPing, you will receive an email with the link to join the program. Please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu if you have any questions!

"Posing Modernity: A Retrospective View" with Denise Murrell
2021-02-19 15:30 - 16:30 | Zoom, United States
Join us for a free virtual conversation with Denise Murrell about her exhibition Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today, which was on view at the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University and the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, in 2018 and 2019. Murrell is a UNC alumna (’76) and she was recently appointed Associate Curator, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
This Zoom webinar is free and open to the public. Registration is now open!
Following the public conversation, Ackland members are invited to register for a more intimate chat about Murrell’s work. Space is limited and an invitation will be sent in January 2021. To learn about becoming a member, visit our website or email us.
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Denise Murrell was born in New York City and raised mainly in Gastonia, N.C. After completing her BS degree at Carolina, she went on to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School (1980) and had an extended career in finance and consulting, culminating as Managing Director of Institutional Investor Research Group, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (1995–2005).
Murrell’s career took a new direction in the early 2000s when she began studying art history at Columbia University. She earned MA, MPhil, and PhD degrees at Columbia, with her 2014 PhD dissertation forming the basis of Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today, an exhibition she curated at Columbia University’s Wallach Art Gallery (Oct 2018–Feb 2019) as the Wallach’s first Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2014–2019). She then served as co-curator of the exhibition’s expansion, Le Modèle Noir de Géricault à Matisse, at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris (Mar–July 2019).
Murrell is the author of the Posing Modernity exhibition catalogue published by Yale University Press, which recently received the Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award for smaller museums, libraries, collections and exhibitions. She has taught art history at Columbia University in New York and Paris, and has given public lectures at numerous museums and universities in the US and Europe.
Denise Murrell currently serves on the Ackland Art Museum’s National Advisory Board.

A Quick Close Look: Ackland Student Guide Virtual Tour
2021-02-24 17:00 - 17:30 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
The Ackland Student Guides are taking their tours virtual!
Head Guide Brett Harris (Senior; Urban Studies & Planning, European Studies) kicks off our series of virtual tours this week with a look at Hung Lui’s Peaches (2002).
On subsequent Wednesdays, join pairs of Ackland Student Guides for a quick close look at two objects in the Ackland’s collection that share a common theme.
View the full schedule on our calendar.
Get your free ticket below for access to the Zoom link!

Virtual Family & Friends Sunday: Year of the Ox
2021-02-28 14:00 - 17:00 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year (celebrated on February 12, 2021) with a storytime, UNC-Chapel Hill’s very own Flying Silk dance troupe, and a closer look at works on display at the Ackland!
Each month, the Ackland hosts a free program for families, kids, and the young at heart featuring hands-on art activities, live performances, tours, and more virtually!
Ackland Storytime
LIVE Storytime: Chinese Lunar New Year
2:30 P.M. EST | Zoom
Join intern Katie Brandao on Zoom as we learn more about the Chinese Zodiac. Sign up here
The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac,
authored by Christopher Corr (Age Range: 3-6)
YouTube: Flying Silk Dance Video
YouTube
We welcome you to view a unique performance from UNC’s only classical Chinese dance group, Flying Silk. The group participates in cultural showcases across the state with the aim of introducing and educating surrounding communities on the beauty of traditional Chinese dance culture.
Collection Connections:
Dish, Unidentified Chinese Artist, 1426-1435
Vase, Thomas Bezanson, 1959-69
The ox harkens imagery of strength and steadfastness, but it also lends its likeness to the richly colored red of the two glazed ceramics featured above. ‘Sang de bouef’ glaze, or oxblood, gained prevalence in the Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and is characterized by its monochrome red. The striking coloring of ‘sang de bouef’ is achieved using copper oxide, whose chemical composition allows for the pottery to mimic the depth of its namesake animal’s blood.
The Ackland holds both an original dish from an unidentified Chinese artist of the 15th century and a mid-20th century vase from Canadian artist Thomas Bezanson in its collection, both of which utilize the sang de bouef glaze.
To learn more about the history of ‘sang de bouef,’ we encourage you to explore these resources:
‘Sang de Bouef’ Vase, The Cleveland Museum of Art
Vase, called “The Flame”, National Gallery of Art
Metal Ox Origami Activity
D.I.Y. Origami Metal Ox Envelope and Bookmark
Envelope and Bookmark Instructions (PDF)
To celebrate the Year of the Metal Ox, make an ox-inspired envelope or bookmark! Activity kits are available at the Front Desk from Wednesday, February 24 to Saturday, February 27 for pick-up. Kits are limited to first come, first served. Step by step directions available above!
Want to create more Metal Ox inspired art? Explore activities created by The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s for their Virtual Lunar New Year Festival.
We suggest the D.I.Y. Confetti Poppers and the Dazzling Dragon Puppet.

Virtual Art for Lunch: Dan Sherman
2021-03-03 12:30 - 13:30 | Zoom, United States
Featuring Daniel Sherman (UNC Department of Art and Art History) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects)
Join us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin to discuss how Sherman’s classes “Art, War, and Revolution” and “Modernism II, The Arts in Europe” utilize selections from the Ackland’s collection of twentieth century works to explore how art and artists fit into their historical contexts.
Bring your lunch–and questions of your own–for this lively, conversational program.
Free, registration is open.

A Quick Close Look: Ackland Student Guide Virtual Tour
2021-03-10 17:00 - 17:30 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
The Ackland Student Guides are teaming up to take their tours virtual! Join us select Wednesdays at 5 p.m. on Zoom for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland’s collection.
This week: Karly Smith (Senior) and Cameron Ward (Senior) look the theme of “stillness” with Judith Nutt’s East Africa Native (1934) and Mary Pratt’s Preserving Summer – Black Currant Jam (1998).
View the full schedule on our calendar.
Get your free ticket below for access to the Zoom link!

Artist Conversation: Renée Stout
2021-03-12 15:30 - 16:30 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Join us for a conversation between artist Renée Stout and the Ackland’s Lauren Turner, assistant curator for the collection. Stout’s work Ogun (1995) is part of the Museum’s permanent collection and will be featured in the digital Close Looks project. In this free public conversation, we’ll revisit Ogun twenty-five years on, using the work to explore Stout’s artistic trajectory, including the state of her current projects.
Listen to Lauren Turner, Assistant Curator for the Collection, on WCHL discuss Renée Stout’s Ogun here!
Sign up for free tickets to this virtual artist conversation below! A Zoom link will be provided in your ticket confirmation email.
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Renée Stout was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 1980 and has been based in Washington, DC since 1985. Originally trained as painter, Stout’s oeuvre has evolved to include mixed media sculpture, photography and installations. She is the recipient of many awards, including a 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Caucus for Art and most recently, the 2020 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award and a Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award. She has shown nationally and internationally, and her work is in several national and international public and private collections.

Virtual Art Adventures Morning Session - Salt Dough Coil Pots
2021-03-13 10:30 - 11:15 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be looking at the work of Mark Hewitt.
Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list, printable template, 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 with a built-in microphone; caregiver assistance may be needed. Art Adventures is geared towards children aged 6-9.
*Families with more than one child can participate together and should only register once.
During this time, we want to make sure price isn’t an added burden for families – please select the ticket price that you feel comfortable with ($0.00 or $5.00).
If you encounter registration issues, please email us at acklandRSVP@unc.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Virtual Art Adventures Afternoon Session - Salt Dough Coil Pots
2021-03-13 13:00 - 13:45 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States

Ackland Film Forum: "Happy Together" Watch Party and Panel
2021-03-16 19:30 - 22:00 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Join us for the second film in the Ackland Film Forum’s spring series on Global Queer Cinema: Happy Together (Wong Kar Wai, 1997). The series is a collaboration with the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, and features a selection of four international films presented in connection with the Ackland’s Close Looks digital initiative. View the selected films on your own or join us for a watch party. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion with scholars from around the globe.
Happy Together will be available to stream March 12-18, 2021 with a virtual watch party on Tuesday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. followed by a live panel discussion at 9:15 p.m. We are excited to welcome Dr. Stephen Teo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) for our post-film panel, who will be in conversation with Rick Warner (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Martin L. Johnson (UNC-Chapel Hill). Register for free tickets below to receive a link to stream the film and a link to attend the panel via Zoom on March 16.
About Happy Together
One of the most searing romances of the 1990s, Wong Kar Wai’s emotionally raw, lushly stylized portrait of a relationship in breakdown casts Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung as a couple traveling through Argentina and locked in a turbulent cycle of infatuation and destructive jealousy as they break up, make up, and fall apart again and again. Setting out to depict the dynamics of a queer relationship with empathy and complexity on the cusp of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong — when the country’s LGBT community suddenly faced an uncertain future — Wong crafts a feverish look at the life cycle of a love affair that’s by turns devastating and deliriously romantic. Shot by ace cinematographer Christopher Doyle in both luminous monochrome and luscious saturated color, Happy Together is an intoxicating exploration of displacement and desire that swoons with the ache and exhilaration of love at its heart-tearing extremes. —Janus Films
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Happy Together Watch Parties | Tweet along with Ackland and UNC Film Studies using #AcklandFilmForum
7:30 p.m. Watch Party
9:15 p.m. Panel
Link to the panel is provided with registration. Streaming links will be sent at a later date. Registration is open!
The Ackland Film Forum is supported in part by the Laughing Gull Foundation.

Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Renée Stout's Ogun
2021-03-17 17:00 - 17:45 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Join the Ackland’s Object Based Teaching Fellow, Erin Dickey, for an informal conversation focused on one work of art from the Ackland’s new Close Looks digital feature. Plan to look closely and think collectively—and bring a drink of your choosing.
On March 17, we’ll look at Renée Stout’s piece, Ogun.
Registration is limited.

After RSVPing, you will receive an email with the link to join the program. Please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu if you have any questions!

Kusama and Beyond: A Conversation with Collectors JK Brown and Eric Diefenbach
2021-03-18 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Join collectors of modern and contemporary art JK Brown and Eric Diefenbach in a lively conversation with Ackland Director Katie Ziglar and Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Peter Nisbet. Brown and Diefenbach are currently lending works from their personal collection by internationally-renowned contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama to the Ackland’s exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love (on view through March 27). We’ll discuss how Brown and Diefenbach got into the world of collecting, how their extensive collection developed, how they live with their art, and what appeals in particular about the work of Kusama. Participants will have the opportunity to pose their own questions.
This virtual conversation is free and open to the public. A link to the Zoom webinar is provided with your ticket, which you can register for below.
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JK Brown and Eric Diefenbach have been longtime friends of the Ackland. Over the past twenty years, they have lent almost 100 works from their collection to various Ackland exhibitions, decisively enriching such shows as Counterlives (2010-11), Carolina Collects: 150 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art from Alumni Collections (2011), and Toriawase: A Special Installation of Modern Japanese Art and Ceramics (2020). Their collection of German art was featured in De-Natured: German Art from Joseph Beuys to Martin Kippenberger (2011). Brown is a UNC alum (’84) and has served on numerous boards and committees at Carolina, including the Ackland’s National Advisory Board.

Odd Couples: Objects in Conversation
2021-03-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
Join Ackland Graduate Intern Sarah Farkas and Object Based Teaching Fellow Erin Dickey for a guided look at artwork from opposite corners of the Ackland’s collection. See how unexpected pairings can lead to exciting new insights!
We will be looking at Louise Bourgeois’s Crouching Spider and the bronze Mother and Child.
This program will be held virtually, via Zoom. Registered participants will receive a link to join the program in a separate email.
Registration is limited.

Virtual Art for Lunch: Patricia Sawin
2021-03-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, United States
Featuring Patricia Sawin (UNC Department of American Studies) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects)
Join us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin to discuss how Sawin’s class “Introduction to Folklore” utilizes selections from the Ackland’s collection of North Carolina pottery as a case study to explore the concept of tradition formation.
Bring your lunch–and questions of your own–for this lively, conversational program.
Free, registration is now open.

A Quick Close Look: Ackland Student Guide Virtual Tour
2021-03-24 17:00 - 17:30 | Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket), United States
The Ackland Student Guides are teaming up to take their tours virtual! Join us select Wednesdays at 5 p.m. on Zoom for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland’s collection.
This week: Niki Suchy (Senior; Double Major in Media & Journalism and Contemporary European Studies, Minor in Art History) and Abby Martin (Sophomore) look the theme of “context” with Agbonbiofe Adeshina and assistants’ Veranda Post from Palace Complex at Efon-alaye (1912-1916) and Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc’s Ciborium (1852).
View the full schedule on our calendar.
Get your free ticket below for access to the Zoom link!
