Ackland Events

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-06-08 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 create their own masterpieces inspired by works of art at the Ackland. Classes are led by instructor Allison Tierney.
This month, we’ll make radial symmetry works inspired by Philip Taaffe’s Granada, on view in Arranged: Recent Acquisitions of Modern and Contemporary Paintings.
Cost: $5; Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above. Register below. Each session limited to 12 participants.

CANCELED: Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-06-08 13:00 - 14:30
PLEASE NOTE: THE AFTERNOON SESSION OF ART ADVENTURES HAS BEEN CANCELED.
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In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own masterpieces inspired by works of art at the Ackland. Classes are led by instructor Allison Tierney.
This month, we’ll make radial symmetry works inspired by Philip Taaffe’s Granada, on view in Arranged: Recent Acquisitions of Modern and Contemporary Paintings.
Cost: $5; Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above. Register below. Each session limited to 12 participants.
PLEASE NOTE: THE AFTERNOON SESSION OF ART ADVENTURES HAS BEEN CANCELED.

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-09-14 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own layered tissue paper landscapes based on Raymond Jonson’s work on view in Ackland Upstairs.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-09-14 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-10-12 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own block prints based on works on view in Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-10-12 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-11-16 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own beaded tapestries based on Teri Greeves’s Ant Roots on view in Ackland Upstairs.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-11-16 13:00 - 14:30
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own beaded tapestries based on Teri Greeves’s Ant Roots, on view in Ackland Upstairs.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2024-12-14 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own gelli print inspired by works on view in Dürer to Matisse.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.
Public programs for Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints are supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2024-12-14 13:00 - 14:30

POSTPONED: Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-01-11 10:30 - 12:00
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AND UNIVERSITY CLOSINGS. The new session will now be held on Saturday, January 18 from 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the work of Sherrill Roland in his piece Processing Systems: Bonding on view in the Ackland’s ART& space.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

POSTPONED: Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-01-11 13:00 - 14:30
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AND UNIVERSITY CLOSINGS. The new session will now be held on Saturday, January 18 from 1-2:30 p.m.

In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the work of Sherrill Roland in his piece Processing Systems: Bonding on view in the Ackland’s ART& space.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-01-18 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the work of Sherrill Roland in his piece Processing Systems: Bonding on view in the Ackland’s ART& space.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-01-18 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-02-08 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six-to-nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by works on view in Triple Take: Dialogues with the Terra Collection-in-Residence.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-02-08 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-03-01 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own art inspired by works in Ackland Upstairs.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

CANCELED: Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-03-01 13:00 - 14:30
This session has been CANCELED due to low enrollment. Please register for today’s morning session or join us next month!
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In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own art inspired by works in Ackland Upstairs.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

POSTPONED: Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-04-12 10:30 - 12:00
This class has been POSTPONED. Please register for our registered morning class on April 26: https://events.ackland.org/event/art-adventures-042625am/
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In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own art inspired by works in Triple Take: Dialogues with the Terra Collection-in-Residence.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

POSTPONED: Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-04-12 13:00 - 14:30
This class has been POSTPONED. Please register for the afternoon session on our NEW DATE, April 29: https://events.ackland.org/event/art-adventures-042625pm/
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In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the art on view in Triple Take: Dialogues with the Terra Collection-in-Residence.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-04-26 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the art on view in Triple Take: Dialogues with the Terra Collection-in-Residence.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-04-26 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-05-03 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the art on view in Phantom Limb: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2025.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-05-03 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-06-07 10:30 - 12:00
This event is sold-out. Please see the Ackland events calendar to explore other opportunities.

In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the art on view in Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-06-07 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-07-12 10:30 - 12:00
This event is SOLD OUT.

In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the art in the Ackland’s collection.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-07-12 13:00 - 14:30

Art Adventures (Morning Session)
2025-09-20 10:30 - 12:00
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the art on view in Color Triumphant: Modern Art from the Collection of Julian and Josie Robertson.
Space is limited; registration required. Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above; $5 per child for all others.

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)
2025-09-20 13:00 - 14:30
