Ackland Events

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2022-12-10 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will collage and screen print their own artworks inspired John Bigger’s Lotus Portal. Classes are led by instructor Allison Tierney.
Cost: $5; Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above. Register below. Each session limited to ten participants.

Drawing for Tweens
2022-12-10 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
This program invites ten- to thirteen-year-olds to look at selected works in the Ackland’s collection and identify techniques that the artists used to make them. Gallery teacher Daniel Hammer demonstrates and teaches participants technical skills, which they can then apply to their own artistic creations. A mix of drawing from works on display and creating one’s own original works is offered in each session. Materials are provided.
Cost: $5; free to Ackland Members at the Household Level and above. Register below. Class sessions will be limited to 10 participants.

SOLD OUT: The Soul of the Dutch Golden Age: Art and Literature at the Ackland
2022-12-09 15:30 - 17:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
This session is SOLD OUT.
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Carolina Public Humanities is teaming up with the Ackland Art Museum to explore the beauty of the natural world and the dynamic, multifaceted aspects of humanity during the Dutch Golden Age.
Join Dana Cowen, Sheldon Peck Curator at the Ackland Art Museum, and Carolyn Allmendinger, Ackland’s Director of Education and Interpretation, in a discussion of Nina Siegal’s historical novel The Anatomy Lesson and the Ackland’s upcoming exhibition, Drawn to Life: Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt in the Peck Collection at the Ackland Art Museum, featuring over seventy exceptional Dutch drawings from the seventeenth century, many previously unpublished and rarely exhibited.
Tickets: $30 per person (includes a copy of the book mailed to your home and light snacks). Seats are limited to 20 participants, so sign up early to reserve your spot! Tickets must be purchased on Carolina Public Humanities’ registration site or by calling 919-962-1544.

Tour: Friday Favorites
2022-12-09 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-11-18 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-11-04 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Participate 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. Today’s tour will include works in our current exhibition Drawn to Life: Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt in the Peck Collection at the Ackland Art Museum.
Find the full schedule of tours and topics here.
Register for a free ticket to the tour below.

Tour: Thematic Thursday
2022-12-08 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-11-17 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-11-03 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Participate in a 30-minute guided conversational tour as we look closely at works on view at the Ackland. On Thursday afternoons, we’ll look at a handful of objects that are linked by one theme.
Find the full schedule of tours and topics here.
Register for a free ticket to the tour below.

Tour: One Work Wednesday
2022-12-07 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-11-30 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-11-16 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-11-09 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-11-02 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Participate in a 30-minute guided conversational tour as we look closely at works on view at the Ackland. On Wednesday afternoons, we’ll look in-depth at a single work of art.
Find the full schedule of tours and topics here.
Register for a free ticket to the tour below.

Holiday Arts Market at the Ackland
2022-12-03 11:00 - 16:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Swing 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 Dusted Woodworking, with products made from recycled skateboards; Amy Gelber Pottery, with handmade functional and sculptural ceramics; Christy M. King, with representational art in oil paint and cut paper collage; The Northern Soul, with lightweight polymer clay jewelry and accessories; Ellie Snow, with paintings, drawings, and cards; Constanza Wears, with whimsical hand-crocheted hats; colorful handcrafted jewelry and furniture from Suijin Li; and wares from Indio Durham and Marshall Goods.

Tour: Friday Favorites
2022-12-02 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-11-11 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Participate 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.

Ackland F.A.M. Kits
2022-12-02 - 2022-12-18 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Pick up December’s F.A.M. (Families at the Museum) Kit in the lobby to enjoy in the galleries or at home. Every free kit includes all the instructions and materials you need to create a work of art. This month, the artwork will depict your favorite December celebrations while reflecting the winter solstice’s perfect balance of lightness and darkness. Kits available while supplies last.

Fall 2022 Semester Revue
2022-12-01 14:00 - 15:30 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
SEMESTER REVUE | ART&
Student Research & Responses to the Collection
Each semester, the Ackland Art Museum works with thousands of UNC-Chapel Hill students through courses and internships. The Semester Revue offers a glimpse into the quality and variety of the students’ research, projects, and performances. Come learn about the collection and see it anew through their short, dynamic presentations.
This semester, the Semester Revue features presentations by students in English 208: Reading and Writing Nonfiction: Encounters with Art and Objects (Julia Ridley Smith, MFA), Comparative Literature 260: Landscape: Reimagining the Natural World (Dr. Janice Koelb), and American Studies 371: LGBTQ Fiction and Film from 1950 to the Present (Dr. Michelle Robinson).
Free, no ticket required. Cookies and coffee will be served. Drop in any time!

Tour: Thematic Thursday
2022-12-01 13:30 - 14:00, 2022-11-10 13:30 - 14:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Participate in a 30-minute guided conversational tour as we look closely at works on view at the Ackland. On Thursday afternoons, we’ll look at a handful of objects that are linked by one theme. Today’s tour will include works in our current exhibition Drawn to Life: Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt in the Peck Collection at the Ackland Art Museum.
Find the full schedule of tours and topics here.
Register for a free ticket to the tour below.

AWAY FOR THE DAY: Tour at the Nasher Museum of Art
2022-12-01 10:30 | Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2001 Campus Drive, Durham, 27705
Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948 – 1960 is the first major museum exhibition to investigate the early work of one of the most celebrated American artists of the 20th century. The exhibition tells the overlooked story of Lichtenstein’s early career and establishes a deeper understanding of postwar American art. The landmark exhibition features loans from museums and private collections, presenting about 90 works from the artist’s fruitful formative years. Many of the paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints will be on public view for the first time.
The exhibition will also tell the story of Lichtenstein’s brief but instrumental flirtation with abstraction in 1959 and 1960. Coinciding with the mainstreaming of Abstract Expressionism, these paintings illustrate how the artist was inspired to engage with the movement’s pervasive influence, but not without inserting his characteristic humor and wit.
Join us on December 1 and take a docent-led tour of the exhibition.
$10 for Ackland members, $12 for non-members

Reading Day Donuts!
2022-12-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Ackland Student members are invited to stop by the Museum for a relaxing morning study break with free donuts and coffee!
We have several spaces in the Museum reserved for all UNC students to study throughout the day including ART& (just left off the lobby) and the courtyard between the Ackland and Hanes Art Center.
Your Student Membership Benefits include:

-Invitations to Student Member Reading Day Donuts (final exam weeks)
-Invitation to Student Member Soiree with live music and refreshments (early fall)
-Free admission to ticketed programs like Yoga in the Galleries
-Enrollment in the University and College Art Museum Reciprocal Program
-10% Discount at the Museum Store

Questions? Email acklandmembership@unc.edu

F.A.M. Fun in the Galleries
2022-11-20 13:00 - 17:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Enjoy this month’s F.A.M. (Families at the Museum) by celebrating gratitude and community. All ages are invited to participate in this festive event. Join us for the following activities:
Thankful Tales Storytime: listen, laugh, and learn along with a special storytime led by the Ackland’s Scott Frawley. All ages welcome – with a target audience of toddler – kindergarten. Times will vary.
Communal Crafting Banquet: everyone is invited to contribute to a collective, crafty masterpiece! Together, let’s draw, sculpt, and collage a beautiful feast of foods to celebrate the season.
Thematic Scavenger Hunt: see if you can find artworks that help connect us all. Are there artworks that show how we can be thankful? What about works that make you think of friends or family? Get creative, and explore how art can teach us about gratitude.
This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2022-11-12 13:00 - 14:30 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create plastic flower sculptures after observing Sheila Gallagher’s Plastic Lila, on loan to the Ackland through the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership. Classes are led by instructor Allison Tierney.
Cost: $5; Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above. Register below. Each session limited to ten participants.

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2022-11-12 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

Drawing for Tweens
2022-11-12 10:30 - 12:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
This program invites ten- to thirteen-year-olds to look at selected works in the Ackland’s current exhibition Drawn to Life and identify techniques that the artists used to make them. Gallery teacher Daniel Hammer demonstrates and teaches participants technical skills, which they can then apply to their own artistic creations. A mix of drawing from works on display and creating one’s own original works is offered in each session. Materials are provided.
Cost: $5; free to Ackland Members at the Household Level and above. Register below. Class sessions will be limited to 10 participants.

Special Lecture by Wayne Franits
2022-11-10 18:00 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Paper Delights: The Peck Collection of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings
Join us for a free public talk by distinguished professor Wayne Franits (Syracuse University), specialist in seventeenth century Dutch and Flemish Art. This lecture examines some of the highlights of the exhibition of the incomparable Peck Collection of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings, which is currently on view at the Ackland Art Museum. Wayne Franits is a well-known scholar of seventeenth-century Dutch art and an occasional drawings collector himself. He will shed further light on several of the drawings in the exhibition and briefly share his own recollections of Sheldon Peck.
Hosted by the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Art and Art History and MEMS, UNC’s Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program
Free and open to the public.

Ackland F.A.M. Kits
2022-11-04 - 2022-11-30 | Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Pick up November’s F.A.M. (Families at the Museum) Kit in the lobby to enjoy in the galleries or at home. Every free kit includes all the instructions and materials you need to create a work of art. This month, we’ll use collage and crafting to explore abundance. “Feast your eyes,” on the Ackland’s many works about food and sharing, and reflect on all the bounties in your life during this Thanksgiving season. Kits available while supplies last.
Looking for more inspiration? Check out our online favorites collection for extra “food for thought.”
https://ackland.emuseum.com/favorites/20096/ackland-fam-scenes-of-abundance/objects
Visit us again on November 20 for this month’s F.A.M. Fun in the Galleries! We’ll explore themes of gratitude with a story time, communal art-making, and thematic scavenger hunt.

Away for the Day: Serritella Studio Tour
2022-11-03 10:00 | 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Tour the Artist Studio of Eric Serritella in Chapel Hill
Thursday, November 3 | 10:00 a.m.
Eric Serritella is a trompe l’oeil artist specializing in hand-carved ceramic sculptures transformed into birch, charred and weathered logs. His one-of-a-kind sculptures are internationally recognized for their hyper-realism and have been exhibited, awarded and collected on five continents for their exquisite organic design and incredibly lifelike textures. Influences include the historic Yixing teapots of the 1600s, Japanese wabi sabi philosophy, Asian calligraphy and paintings, L. C. Tiffany glass windows, and birch trees.
Serritella’s primary applied art training came in the form of two artist residencies studying with Ah Leon and four clay masters in Taiwan in 2004 and 2006. Both were funded in part by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) grants.
Two dozen works are included in public collections including among others The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Mint Museum. Sculptures have been represented at some of the world’s top art and design fairs including Frieze NY, TEFAF Maastricht, Design Miami, Art Basel, The Salon: Art + Design (NY), Masterpiece London, and SOFA Chicago.
Join us on November 3 to meet the artist and tour his studio.
Purchase tickets below!
$10 Ackland Members | $12 Non-Members
Questions? Email acklandmembership@unc.edu
