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SUMMARY:NEA Big Read at the Ackland: Full List of Programs
DESCRIPTION:An 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. \nNEA 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 NEA Big Read at the Ackland has been organized in partnership with the Chapel Hill Public Library and Carolina Public Humanities at UNC-Chapel Hill. \nThe programming will kick off with a free conversational program with the author Stephanie Burt in conversation with Jacob Lau (Women’s and Gender Studies\, UNC-Chapel Hill) on Wednesday\, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Following the kick-off event\, the Ackland and its partners will host six book discussions of Burt’s Advice from the Lights with discussion facilitators from our community and three Drag Storytimes featuring local performers. The NEA Big Read at the Ackland is presented in connection with an ongoing installation of art by LGBTQ artists at the Ackland and several related programs\, including a “Queer Cinema” virtual film series and artist talks. \n\n\n\n\nNEA Big Read Events at the Ackland\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nOPENING EVENT \nWednesday\, October 21\, 2020 | 7:30 p.m. EST\nVirtual Kick-Off Event with Author Stephanie Burt\nIn conversation with Jacob Lau\nRegistration required at ackland.org\n\nBOOK DISCUSSIONS \nVirtual Book Discussions | October through December\nFree and includes copy of Advice from the Lights\nRegistration limited and required at ackland.org \nFriday\, October 23 | 3:30-5 p.m. EST \nThursday\, November 5 | 7-8:30 p.m. EST \nFriday\, November 6 | 3:30-5 p.m. EST \nThursday\, December 3  | 7-8:30 p.m. EST \nFriday\, December 4 | 3:30-5 p.m. EST\n\nDRAG STORYTIMES \nSundays in October: 11\, 18\, 25 | 2:30 p.m. EST\nVirtual story time with local drag performers \nFree; Registration required at ackland.org. \nNEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/nea-big-read-at-the-ackland/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances,Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201106T120000
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SUMMARY:Odd Couples: Objects in Conversation
DESCRIPTION: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! \nThis program will be held virtually\, via Zoom. Registered participants will receive a link to join the program in a separate email. \nRegistration is limited. RSVP below!
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/odd-couples-1/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T220000
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "In The Family" Watch Party and Panel
DESCRIPTION: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 filmmaker. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion with the filmmaker and area scholars. \nThe second film in our Queer Cinema series will be In the Family (Patrick Wang\, 2011\, 169 minutes). The Independent Spirit Award-nominated debut of acclaimed filmmaker Patrick Wang (A Bread Factory\, The Grief of Others)\, In The Family is a heartfelt story woven around child custody\, two-Dad families\, loss\, interracial relations\, the American South\, and the nature of what it means to be in a family\, all explored with ambitious and rewarding nuance. \nTuesday\, November 10\, 2020\nIn the Family Watch Party and Panel \nLinks to both the streaming film (available Nov 6-12) and panel are provided with registration. Register here. \n6 p.m.\nWatch In the Family along with filmmaker Patrick Wang and share your thoughts and questions for the filmmaker on Twitter. #AcklandFilmForum \n9 p.m.\nFollowing the watch party\, join director Patrick Wang\, Heidi Kim (English and Comparative Literature and Director of the Asian American Center\, UNC-Chapel Hill)\, and Martin Louis Johnson (English and Comparative Literature\, UNC-Chapel Hill) for a virtual post-film discussion. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Asian American Center at UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC University Libraries.\n \nThe Ackland Film Forum series on Queer Cinema is sponsored in part by the Laughing Gull Foundation.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/in-the-family-watch-party-panel/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201111T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201111T174500
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SUMMARY:Close Looks at Cocktail Hour: Willie Cole
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOn November 11\, we’ll look at Willie Cole’s Saphire. Registration is limited. RSVP below! \nAfter RSVPing\, you will receive a separate email with the Zoom link before the virtual tour. \nPlease email acklandRSVP@unc.edu if you have any questions! \nClose Looks at Cocktail Hour is sponsored in part by the Laughing Gull Foundation.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/close-looks-at-cocktail-hour-willie-cole/
LOCATION:101 South Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Tours,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Artist Conversation with Shanequa Gay
DESCRIPTION:This event has now passed. Watch a recording of the talk below! \nJoin us for a conversation between artist Shanequa Gay and Lauren Turner\, the Ackland’s assistant curator for the collection. They will discuss Gay’s commissioned installation holding space for nobility: a memorial for Breonna Taylor\, which is now on view in the Ackland’s ART& gallery. \nholding space for nobility: a memorial for Breonna Taylor is a site-specific installation that features monumental chimeric figures rendered in oil and acrylic. Gay merges Breonna Taylor’s likeness with deer and zebra features in a technique of juxtaposition that she employs throughout her artmaking practice. The resulting hybrid guardians incorporate multiple characteristics of the natural world to facilitate healing and empowerment. An altar-like display of vintage Tiara black glassware and salt water transforms the gallery into a space for collective mourning while the monochromatic installation starkly reminds viewers that Taylor’s death resulted from forces that shape the lives of countless Black Americans. \nShanequa Gay\, an Atlanta native\, has exhibited at the Zuckerman Museum (Kennesaw\, GA)\, the Hammonds House Museum (Atlanta\, GA)\, the Hayti Heritage Center (Durham\, NC)\, the McColl Center for Art + Innovation (Charlotte\, NC)\, and the Chattanooga African American Museum (Chattanooga\, TN). For more information about her work\, please go to www.shanequagay.com. \nThis installation and related programming have been made possible by the generous support of James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach.\n\nRecording of our “Artist Conversation with Shanequa Gay” held Friday\, Nov 13\, 2020. Also available on the Ackland’s YouTube channel.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/shanequa-gay/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:2nd Friday ArtWalk,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T130000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art for Lunch: The "Can We Talk About Race?" Initiative
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Diana Dayal and Bria Godley (UNC School of Medicine) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) \nDuring this virtual Art for Lunch\, the conversation will focus on the “Can We Talk About Race?” initiative of the Ackland and UNC’s School of Medicine\, as well as the associated Object Lessons installation currently on view at the Museum. The initiative\, now in its third year\, uses artwork made by contemporary Black artists as a catalyst to discuss race and racial inequity in medicine. \nBring your lunch–and questions of your own–for this lively\, conversational program. \nFree\, register here via Zoom. \n  \n 
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/virtual-art-for-lunch-111820/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art for Lunch,Talks,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Odd Couples: Objects in Conversation
DESCRIPTION: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! \nThis program will be held virtually\, via Zoom. Registered participants will receive a link to join the program in a separate email. \nRegistration is limited. RSVP below!
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/odd-couples-2/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks,Virtual
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