Virtual Art Adventures PM Session: Tessellation Creation
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! Registration will open in late August. 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…
Virtual Family & Friends Sunday: Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month
101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCelebrate Latinx Heritage Month with a live story time, crafts, and a closer look at works by Latinx artists in the Ackland's collection for our September Virtual Family & Friends Sunday! Our friends at the Smithsonian have compiled a video discussing the importance of this month. Check it out here! Each month, the Ackland hosts…
Virtual Art for Lunch: Bernie Herman Discusses Folk and Outsider Arts
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesFeaturing Bernie Herman (UNC 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 and a UNC faculty member whose classes engage with the Museum’s collection. This week, professor of American Studies Bernie Herman…
Artist Conversation with Nelson Morales
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesThis program has passed, but a recording of the conversation can be viewed below or on our YouTube channel. A free public conversation with photographer Nelson Morales, who will have select photographs from his series Musas Muxe on view at the Ackland. The photographs explore the everyday life of muxes—people who identify as a third…
Virtual Art Adventures AM Session: Paper Plate Art
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! Registration will open in late September. We will be exploring decorative and symbolic motifs found in the Ackland's newest exhibition, Clouding: Shape and Sign in Asian Art. Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list, printable…
Virtual Art Adventures PM Session: Paper Plate Art
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesJoin us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! Registration will open in late September. We will be exploring decorative and symbolic motifs found in the Ackland's newest exhibition, Clouding: Shape and Sign in Asian Art. Class sessions will be limited to 15 participants*. A supply list, printable…
NEA Big Read at the Ackland: Full List of Programs
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesAn Arts Endowment initiative in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. The Ackland is one of 84 nonprofit organizations selected to receive an NEA Big Read grant to support a community reading program. NEA Big…
NEA Big Read at the Ackland: Drag Storytime with Naomi Dix
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesAn Arts Endowment initiative in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. The Ackland is one of 84 nonprofit organizations selected to receive an NEA Big Read grant to support a community reading program. As part…
Ackland Film Forum: “Queer Genius” Watch Party & Panel
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis 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 filmmaker. Watch parties will be followed by…
NEA Big Read at the Ackland: Drag Storytime with Shasta Kola
Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket) , United StatesAn Arts Endowment initiative in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. The Ackland is one of 84 nonprofit organizations selected to receive an NEA Big Read grant to support a community reading program. As part…