Rengetsu and Nantenbō: Calligraphy and Context
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States*This event is sold out. Please contact acklandrsvp@unc.edu to join a registration wait list. Thank you!* A one-day symposium considering the two artists of Lotus Moon and Nandina Staff, open to the general public and scholars alike. The symposium will look at the work of artists Ōtagaki Rengetsu and Nakahara Nantenbō from multiple perspectives,…
Ackland Presents: Poetry at the Arboretum
Coker ArboretumThis April commemorates the 120th anniversary of Coker Arboretum. In connection with this celebration and the Ackland Art Museum’s exhibition Lotus Moon and Nandina Staff, the Ackland will host a free, drop-in poetry writing program on the arboretum's central lawn. Visit any time from 10:30am - 1:30pm to enjoy the serene landscape and the pleasure of crafting poetry…
Ackland Student Guide Public Tour
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a 30-minute conversational tour, led by an Ackland Student Guide. Connecting two artworks through one theme, today Takudzwa Dzingai leads a discussion on viewing art through the lens of control and power. No reservation needed for this drop-in guided tour.
Ackland Student Guide Public Tour
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a 30-minute conversational tour, led by an Ackland Student Guide. Connecting two artworks through one theme, today Ghita Basurto leads a discussion on the flaws and impacts of idealized structures. No reservation needed for this drop-in guided tour.
Ackland Student Guide Public Tour
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a 30-minute conversational tour, led by an Ackland Student Guide. Connecting two artworks through one theme, today Emma Johnson leads a discussion on art and the material Earth. No reservation needed for this drop-in guided tour.
Virtual Conversation: Mapping Joe Minter’s African Village in America
Zoom , United StatesWith Eric Courchesne, Rachel Stephens, and Emily Bibb (University of Alabama) Moderated by Lauren Turner, Ackland Art Museum Join the Ackland for a lively virtual program featuring three scholars at the University of Alabama who have been collaborating across disciplines to create a dynamic website that maps and preserves artist Joe Minter's African Village in…
Tour: One Work Wednesday
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesParticipate in a 30-minute guided conversational tour as we look closely at works on view at the Ackland. This Wednesday afternoon, we'll look in-depth at Peaches by Hung Liu. Find the full schedule of tours and topics here. Register for a free ticket to the tour below.
Guided Tour: Exploring Connections Between Art & Science
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMeet in the Ackland's lobby for a guided conversational tour that reveals the interplay between art on view and science! The tour will be 30 minutes in length. All ages welcome and tickets are free, but space is limited to 15 participants.
Tour: Friday Favorites
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesParticipate in a 30-minute guided conversational tour as we look closely at works on view at the Ackland. On Friday afternoons, we’ll look at a selection of our guide’s favorite works on view. Find the full schedule of tours and topics here. Register for a free ticket to the tour below.
Curator’s Tour of Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Bernard L. Herman, George B. Tindall Professor of Southern Studies and guest curator, for a tour of Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South. Unsettled Things includes forty-four works by twenty-eight artists from the southern United States long overlooked and now considered major artists, including Thornton Dial, Lonnie B. Holley, Nellie Mae Rowe,…