Calendar of Events
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| 1 event, –  Celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year (celebrated on February 12, 2021) with a storytime, UNC-Chapel Hill's very own Flying Silk dance troupe, and a closer look at works on display at the Ackland! Each month, the Ackland hosts a free program for families, kids, and the young at heart featuring hands-on art activities, live performances,… | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, Virtual Event –  Virtual Event Featuring Daniel Sherman (UNC Department of Art and Art History) 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 to discuss how Sherman's classes "Art, War, and Revolution" and "Modernism II, The Arts in Europe"… Free | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, Virtual Event –  Virtual Event The Ackland Student Guides are teaming up to take their tours virtual! Join us select Wednesdays at 5 p.m. on Zoom for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland's collection. This week: Karly Smith (Senior) and Cameron Ward (Senior) look the theme of "stillness" with Judith Nutt's East Africa… Free | 0 events, | 1 event, Virtual Event –  Virtual Event Join us for a conversation between artist Renée Stout and the Ackland's Lauren Turner, assistant curator for the collection. Stout's work Ogun (1995) is part of the Museum's permanent collection and will be featured in the digital Close Looks project. In this free public conversation, we'll revisit Ogun twenty-five years on, using the work to… Free | 2 events, Virtual Event –  Virtual Event Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be looking at the work of Mark Hewitt. 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… Free – $5 Virtual Event – Virtual Event Join us as the Ackland takes our popular Art Adventures class online with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be looking at the work of Mark Hewitt. 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… Free – $5 |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, Virtual Event –  Virtual Event Join us for the second film in the Ackland Film Forum's spring series on Global Queer Cinema: Happy Together (Wong Kar Wai, 1997). The series is a collaboration with the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, and features a selection of four international films presented in connection… Free | 1 event, Virtual Event –  Virtual Event 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. On March 17, we'll look at Renée Stout's piece, Ogun. Registration is limited. After RSVPing,… Free | 1 event, Virtual Event –  Virtual Event Join collectors of modern and contemporary art JK Brown and Eric Diefenbach in a lively conversation with Ackland Director Katie Ziglar and Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Peter Nisbet. Brown and Diefenbach are currently lending works from their personal collection by internationally-renowned contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama to the Ackland's exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape… Free | 1 event, Virtual Event –  Virtual Event 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! We will be looking at Louise Bourgeois's Crouching Spider and the bronze Mother and Child. This program will be… Free | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, Virtual Event –  Virtual Event Featuring Patricia Sawin (UNC Department of 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 to discuss how Sawin's class "Introduction to Folklore" utilizes selections from the Ackland’s collection of North Carolina pottery… Free Virtual Event – Virtual Event The Ackland Student Guides are teaming up to take their tours virtual! Join us select Wednesdays at 5 p.m. on Zoom for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland's collection. This week: Niki Suchy (Senior; Double Major in Media & Journalism and Contemporary European Studies, Minor in Art History)… Free | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 1 event, – Explore the Tar Heel State through pottery and postcards! Get a closer look at works from the Ackland and Wilson Library's Special Collections. Both pottery and postcards can be functional, aesthetically pleasing, and fun to make! Each can also inform us about the past- what North Carolina used to look like or how objects have… | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, Virtual Event – Virtual Event The Ackland Student Guides are teaming up to take their tours virtual! Join us select Wednesdays at 5 p.m. on Zoom for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland's collection. This week: Madeline Nelson (Sophomore; Latin Major, Entrepreneurship Minor) and Robert Rhinehart (Senior) look the theme of "portraiture and… Free | 1 event, –  What to Expect · Ackland staff will regularly sanitize high touch surfaces, including the doors and restrooms. · Ackland staff will wear masks and perform transactions from behind a Plexiglas shield. · Using timed ticketing, visitation to the museum will be limited so that visitors have space to safely enjoy our exhibitions. · Tickets are… Free | 1 event, – What to Expect · Ackland staff will regularly sanitize high touch surfaces, including the doors and restrooms. · Ackland staff will wear masks and perform transactions from behind a Plexiglas shield. · Using timed ticketing, visitation to the museum will be limited so that visitors have space to safely enjoy our exhibitions. · Tickets are… Free | 1 event, – What to Expect · Ackland staff will regularly sanitize high touch surfaces, including the doors and restrooms. · Ackland staff will wear masks and perform transactions from behind a Plexiglas shield. · Using timed ticketing, visitation to the museum will be limited so that visitors have space to safely enjoy our exhibitions. · Tickets are… Free |