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| 2 events, –  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,… –  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. | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, –  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… Free | 1 event, –  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… Free | 0 events, |
| 1 event, – 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… | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,  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… | 1 event, – 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… Free | 3 events, –  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… Free – $5 –  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… Free – $5 – 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… Free – $5 |
| 1 event, – 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… | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 1 event, – 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… | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, –  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… Free |
| 2 events, –  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… – 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. | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |