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SUMMARY:Art & Lit: “Visions of Venice” and Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities"
DESCRIPTION:This program is now SOLD OUT. To be added to a waitlist\, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu. Thank you! \n— \nJoin us in reading (or rereading!) Italo Calvino’s 1972 classic novel Invisible Cities\, which features a fictional Marco Polo describing fascinating vignettes of his travels to an aged Kublai Khan. After you’ve read it\, spend time exploring James McNeill Whistler’s captivating 1879 etchings of Venice\, on view June 18-September 12 in the Ackland’s newest exhibition Visions of Venice. \nAs the exhibition comes to a close\, join us on Zoom for a lively virtual art and literature discussion with the Ackland’s Director of Education and Interpretation Carolyn Allmendinger\, UNC Professor Emerita of Art History Mary Pardo\, and UNC Italian Studies & Environmental Humanities Serenella Iovino\, where we’ll discuss the resonances between the novel and artworks. \nGET THE BOOK:\nTicket includes one copy of Invisible Cities and shipment to your home. Please provide your mailing address when you check out. \nJOIN US FOR THE DISCUSSION:\nZoom link is provided with ticket confirmation email. A reminder will also be sent closer to the program date. \nPresented in partnership with Carolina Public Humanities. \n— \nThis program is now SOLD OUT. To be added to a waitlist\, please email acklandRSVP@unc.edu. Thank you!
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/art-lit-visions-of-venice/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Ackland at Fall Arts Pop Up 2021
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Ackland’s art-making station as we welcome Carolina students back to campus alongside Arts Everywhere! \nStop by our table on Thursday\, September 16 or Friday\, September 17 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Davis Library Courtyard. \nPick up materials to make origami shapes inspired by our upcoming exhibition\, Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon\, which opens on October 8\, 2021. \nFold Your Own Lotus Flower\n\n\n\nThe Lotus flower is regarded in many different cultures\, especially in eastern religions\, as a symbol of enlightenment\, self-regeneration\, and rebirth.\nFold (and COLOR) Your Own Dragon Eye at Home\n\n\n\n\nTransform paper into a moveable and colorful dragon eye! You will also need coloring pencils\, markers\, or crayons. \n\n\n\nTest Your Skills with This Intermediate Level Dragon Origami\nIn China\, dragons are regarded as a symbol representing imperial power\, strength\, and good luck. \nLearn more about Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon\n\n\n\n\nJohn D. Rockefeller 3rd (1906–1978)\, the founder of Asia Society\, bequeathed the institution a collection of nearly three hundred works of art\, which he had assembled with his wife\, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller (1909–1992)\, in the decades after World War II. Their collecting was intended for more than personal gratification; they believed in the capacity of art to facilitate cross-cultural dialogue and to positively influence international relations\, with the goal of improving understanding between citizens of the United States and those of Asia. \nThrough the lens of nearly seventy works from that foundational gift\, Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society illuminates the impact and transformation of artistic styles associated with Buddhism and Hinduism — belief systems born in India — as they were transmitted across the continent over hundreds of years. Likewise\, ceramics and metalwork from China\, Japan\, Korea\, Vietnam\, and Thailand — intended to sustain life both in this world and the next — reveal complex networks of artistic exchange\, through trade\, missionary activity\, and political and social change. Great artistic achievements of Asia’s diverse cultures are on view here; their presentation continues the Rockefellers’ vision of sharing extraordinary works of art with audiences in the United States. \nLearn more about getting involved at the Ackland\n\nStudent memberships are free for UNC-Chapel Hill students. Benefits include a discount at the Museum Store\, free and reduced admission to regular programming\, and more!
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-at-fall-arts-pop-up-2021/2021-09-16/
LOCATION:Davis Library Courtyard\, Chapel Hill\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs
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SUMMARY:Ackland at Fall Arts Pop Up 2021
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Ackland’s art-making station as we welcome Carolina students back to campus alongside Arts Everywhere! \nStop by our table on Thursday\, September 16 or Friday\, September 17 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Davis Library Courtyard. \nPick up materials to make origami shapes inspired by our upcoming exhibition\, Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon\, which opens on October 8\, 2021. \nFold Your Own Lotus Flower\n\n\n\nThe Lotus flower is regarded in many different cultures\, especially in eastern religions\, as a symbol of enlightenment\, self-regeneration\, and rebirth.\nFold (and COLOR) Your Own Dragon Eye at Home\n\n\n\n\nTransform paper into a moveable and colorful dragon eye! You will also need coloring pencils\, markers\, or crayons. \n\n\n\nTest Your Skills with This Intermediate Level Dragon Origami\nIn China\, dragons are regarded as a symbol representing imperial power\, strength\, and good luck. \nLearn more about Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon\n\n\n\n\nJohn D. Rockefeller 3rd (1906–1978)\, the founder of Asia Society\, bequeathed the institution a collection of nearly three hundred works of art\, which he had assembled with his wife\, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller (1909–1992)\, in the decades after World War II. Their collecting was intended for more than personal gratification; they believed in the capacity of art to facilitate cross-cultural dialogue and to positively influence international relations\, with the goal of improving understanding between citizens of the United States and those of Asia. \nThrough the lens of nearly seventy works from that foundational gift\, Buddha and Shiva\, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society illuminates the impact and transformation of artistic styles associated with Buddhism and Hinduism — belief systems born in India — as they were transmitted across the continent over hundreds of years. Likewise\, ceramics and metalwork from China\, Japan\, Korea\, Vietnam\, and Thailand — intended to sustain life both in this world and the next — reveal complex networks of artistic exchange\, through trade\, missionary activity\, and political and social change. Great artistic achievements of Asia’s diverse cultures are on view here; their presentation continues the Rockefellers’ vision of sharing extraordinary works of art with audiences in the United States. \nLearn more about getting involved at the Ackland\n\nStudent memberships are free for UNC-Chapel Hill students. Benefits include a discount at the Museum Store\, free and reduced admission to regular programming\, and more!
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-at-fall-arts-pop-up-2021/2021-09-17/
LOCATION:Davis Library Courtyard\, Chapel Hill\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs
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SUMMARY:Artist Conversation: Christopher Myers
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual conversation between artist Christopher Myers and the Ackland’s Lauren Turner\, assistant curator for the collection. Myers’s work Fish Pieta (2020)(seen at right) is a new acquisition in the Museum’s permanent collection and is featured in the 2021-2022 Close Looks series. In this free Zoom webinar\, we’ll hear from Myers about this recently-acquired work and how it fits into his larger body of work exploring global cultural exchange. \nGet free tickets to this virtual webinar below! Registered participants will receive a Zoom link in the email provided. \n— \nChristopher Myers is an artist and writer who lives in New York. While he is widely acclaimed for his work with literature for young people\, he is also an accomplished fine artist who has lectured and exhibited internationally. He writes\, “I’ve been asking the question lately\, ‘What does it mean to be an artist whose work is rooted in the experience of global cultural exchange?” \nMore than the simple small-world market-driven exchanges that mark some artists\, whose practices are rooted in the anthropological or outsourcing models of cultural exchange\, he is interested in the aesthetic bridges that have been built organically across cultures\, classes\, and geographies\, and has been creating work in those in-between spaces for years. His practice can be divided into two categories\, work by his own hands that lives in the syncretic\, the hybrid\, and the improvised\, and collaborations with artisans from around the globe\, extending the conversation of cultural movement across continents and artistic milieus. \nHe has worked with traditional shadow puppet makers in Jogjakarta\, silversmiths in Khartoum\, conceptual video artists in Vietnam\, young musicians in New Orleans\, woodcarvers in Accra\, weavers in Luxor and many other artists\, who he sees as all being part of one large conversation about the movement of culture\, and the ways that languages are borrowed globally\, traded from South to South\, in order to address the specific local concerns of people that have been thrust into contexts that range far beyond their locality. \nFrom https://www.kalyban.com/ \n— \nLive closed captioning will be provided for this event.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/christopher-myers/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Programs,Talks,Virtual
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