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Ackland FAM: Make It with Metal
Ackland FAM: Make It with Metal
Explore the dazzling world of art made with metal for March's Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum). Activities marked with an asterisk will be available following Family & Friends Sunday while supplies last! The Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7,…
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Join us for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland's collection with an Ackland Student Guide! Anna Baechtold '23 leads participants in a tour entitled “Memory In Art" with Peaches by Hung Liu and Mounted Standard (Alam) by an unknown artist. Free, no registration needed.
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Yoga in the Galleries
Yoga in the Galleries
Join us for Yoga in the Galleries! The hour-long session is taught by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall. Take a break from your day and explore the world of yoga in the beautiful setting of the Ackland. Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are available, but you are welcome to bring your own. Wear comfortable clothing…
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Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection and Peace, Power & Prestige
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection and Peace, Power & Prestige
Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection and our special exhibition Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa. Advance registration required; space is limited. If you find yourself unable to attend, please email acklandrsvp@unc.edu, so that we may offer the space to others. This program is…
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Guided Tour: Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa
Guided Tour: Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa
Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibition Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa. Advance registration required; space is limited. If you find yourself unable to attend, please email acklandrsvp@unc.edu, so that we may offer the space to others. This program is supported by the…
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Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Join us for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland's collection with an Ackland Student Guide! Jane Durden '24 leads participants in a tour entitled “As Simple as They Look? Geometry and Color in Art" with Arranged by Peter Halley and Golden Diamond by Ilya Bolotowsky. Free, no registration…
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Yoga in the Galleries
Yoga in the Galleries
Join us for Yoga in the Galleries! The hour-long session is taught by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall. Take a break from your day and explore the world of yoga in the beautiful setting of the Ackland. Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are available, but you are welcome to bring your own. Wear comfortable clothing…
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UNC Universe Week: The Art of Science Tour
UNC Universe Week: The Art of Science Tour
Meet in the Ackland's lobby for a guided tour that reveals the interplay between art on view and science! The tour will be 30 minutes in length. The Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7, 2022, masks are optional in our…
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UNC Universe Week: The Art of Science Tour
UNC Universe Week: The Art of Science Tour
Meet in the Ackland's lobby for a guided tour that reveals the interplay between art on view and science! The tour will be 30 minutes in length. The Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7, 2022, masks are optional in our…
Virtual Artist Conversation: Ghost of a Dream
Virtual Artist Conversation: Ghost of a Dream
Please join us for a virtual artist conversation between Ghost of a Dream, the artistic collaboration of Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom, and the Ackland's assistant curator for the collection Lauren Turner. Ghost of a Dream will discuss their commissioned installation for the Ackland, Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution), as well as their…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: Sunsets Dance Party with WXYC
2nd Friday ArtWalk: Sunsets Dance Party with WXYC
Sunsets Dance Party with WXYC A global dance party inspired by Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution), the seven-channel video installation by Ghost of a Dream featuring sunsets captured around the world by artists living through the COVID-19 pandemic. During the April 2nd Friday ArtWalk, all are invited to dance together as WXYC DJs…
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Art Adventures A.M. Session: Fabric Collage
Art Adventures A.M. Session: Fabric Collage
Join us as the Ackland resumes our popular Art Adventures class in person with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be inspired by Christopher Myers' Fish Pieta (2020). Art Adventures sessions provide kids with a guided view of art in the Ackland’s galleries, followed by the opportunity to create take-home treasures in an adjacent art studio…
Drawing for Tweens (AM Session) – April
Drawing for Tweens (AM Session) – April
This program invites 10- to 13-year-olds to look at selected works in the Ackland’s galleries and identify techniques that the artists used to make them. Gallery teachers demonstrate and teach 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…
Art Adventures P.M. Session: Fabric Collage
Art Adventures P.M. Session: Fabric Collage
Join us as the Ackland resumes our popular Art Adventures class in person with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be inspired by Christopher Myers' Fish Pieta (2020). Art Adventures sessions provide kids with a guided view of art in the Ackland’s galleries, followed by the opportunity to create take-home treasures in an adjacent art studio…
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Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Join us for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland's collection with an Ackland Student Guide! Kate Bryan '24 leads participants in a tour entitled “Changing Spaces: History and Music in Art" with Slow Down, Freight Train by Rose Piper and Interior of the Oude Kerk at Amsterdam by Emanuel…
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Yoga in the Galleries
Yoga in the Galleries
Join us for Yoga in the Galleries! The hour-long session is taught by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall. Take a break from your day and explore the world of yoga in the beautiful setting of the Ackland. Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are available, but you are welcome to bring your own. Wear comfortable clothing…
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Virtual Art for Lunch: John Bechtold
Virtual Art for Lunch: John Bechtold
Join us for a virtual Art for Lunch, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin, to discuss how John Bechtold's class Visualizing War in Contemporary American Culture utilizes different media to explore the social and political consequences of war. Bring your lunch – and questions of your own – for this lively, conversational program.…
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Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Join us for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland's collection with an Ackland Student Guide! Sammy Quiroz-Gutierrez '22 leads participants in a tour entitled “A Woman’s Place?: Women’s Public and Private Personas" with Self-Portrait as Dirty Princess by Julie Heffernan and Squat Lekythos: Women at Their Toilette by an unidentified…
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Yoga in the Galleries
Yoga in the Galleries
Join us for Yoga in the Galleries! The hour-long session is taught by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall. Take a break from your day and explore the world of yoga in the beautiful setting of the Ackland. Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are available, but you are welcome to bring your own. Wear comfortable clothing…
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Exhibition Opening for “Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022”
Exhibition Opening for “Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022”
All are invited to an exhibition opening celebration for Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022. Join us from 7-8:30 p.m., with remarks by exhibition curator Laura Ritchie at 7:30 p.m. In Myth & Memory, five artists interrogate practices of history-making and history-keeping at the individual, institutional, and systemic level. Originating in personal narrative, each artist…
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Curator-Led Tour for “Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas”
Curator-Led Tour for “Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas”
Join John Bowles, associate professor of African American art in the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Art and Art History and faculty affiliate of the Institute for African American Research, as we walk through Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas. The exhibition features more than 40 paintings, prints, book and magazine illustrations, drawings, and…
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Animation Workshop with Stella Rosalie Rosen
Animation Workshop with Stella Rosalie Rosen
Join Stella Rosalie Rosen, 2022 MFA candidate whose work is featured in Myth & Memory, for a special hands-on workshop on Index Card Animation! In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of 2D frame animation on paper using pencils and index cards. After a short lecture, a demonstration, and a few screenings of animated…
Artist-Led Tour of “Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022”
Artist-Led Tour of “Myth & Memory: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2022”
Join the 2022 Master of Fine Arts students for a special walk-through! This tour will be led by all five MFA candidates and introduced by exhibition curator Laura Ritchie. Through the work of five artists, Myth & Memory imagines a future in which the margins become the center. Drawing from personal narrative, each of the…
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Ackland FAM: Fishes and Dishes, Plates and Plants
Ackland FAM: Fishes and Dishes, Plates and Plants
Join the Ackland as Ackland F.A.M. (Families at the Museum) focus on Clare Leighton, an American who was known for her engravings, and her piece, Whaling, seen on the right. We will be considering the variety of ways that humans depict and interact with their environments by looking closely at Leighton's Whaling, featured in the…
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Join us for a half-hour close look at two objects on one theme from the Ackland's collection with an Ackland Student Guide! Imani Edwards '22 leads participants in a tour entitled “Loco-motion: Movement in Art" with Slow Down, Freight Train by Rose Piper and Untitled by Mel Kendrick. Free, no registration needed.
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Yoga in the Galleries
Yoga in the Galleries
Join us for Yoga in the Galleries! The hour-long session is taught by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall. Take a break from your day and explore the world of yoga in the beautiful setting of the Ackland. Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are available, but you are welcome to bring your own. Wear comfortable clothing…
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Reading Day Donuts
Reading Day Donuts
Sign up for your FREE Ackland Student Membership to attend Reading Day Donuts! Ackland Student members are invited to the Ackland Art Museum for a relaxing morning study break on the front terrace with free donuts and coffee! View works by UNC-Chapel Hill’s Class of 2022 Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art candidates: Raj…
Guided Tour: Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas
Guided Tour: Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas
Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibition Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas. Advance registration required; space is limited. The Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7, 2022, masks are…
Semester Revue: Student Research & Responses to the Collection
Semester Revue: Student Research & Responses to the Collection
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. 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…
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Guided Tour: Ackland Collection and Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas
Guided Tour: Ackland Collection and Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas
Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection and our special exhibition Modern Black Culture: The Art of Aaron Douglas. Advance registration required; space is limited. The Ackland Art Museum is operating under the guidelines of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of March 7,…
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