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Twilights on the Terrace: Warm Evenings and Watercolors
Twilights on the Terrace: Warm Evenings and Watercolors
Enjoy a warm summer evening downtown with art-inspired crafts -- and local craft beer -- at this month's Twilight on the Terrace! Craft Beer and Art-Inspired CraftsSee Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks, then pick up a paintbrush and experiment with watercolor on the Ackland's Terrace while enjoying a local beer and snacks from Craftboro Brewing. Share…
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Drawing for Tweens
Drawing for Tweens
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 A.M. Session: Animal Amulets
Art Adventures A.M. Session: Animal Amulets
Join us as the Ackland resumes our popular Art Adventures class in person with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be inspired by works in the Ackland's permanent collection. 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 Adventures P.M. Session: Animal Amulets
Art Adventures P.M. Session: Animal Amulets
Join us as the Ackland resumes our popular Art Adventures class in person with instructor Allison Tierney! We will be inspired by works in the Ackland's permanent collection. 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…
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WOW Sip n’ Vision: A Night at the Museum
WOW Sip n’ Vision: A Night at the Museum
An immersive exploration of Ackland Art Museum after-hours, exclusive to UNC students. Create your own art while exploring this campus treasure, and the treasures found within. RSVP on Heellife! https://heellife.unc.edu/event/8110264
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Ackland F.A.M.: Food and Art
In late August, explore our F.A.M. (Families at the Museum) theme connecting food and art! Pick up a F.A.M. art kit to use at the Museum or at home, search for hidden food in works on view in the galleries, and be sure to check out Houseguests: American Art from the Art Bridges Collection Loan…
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Hanes Visiting Artist Talk: Alexis Rockman
Hanes Visiting Artist Talk: Alexis Rockman
Join us for an artist talk with Alexis Rockman, part of the UNC Art & Art History Department's Hanes Visiting Artist series. The talk is presented in connection with the Ackland Art Museum's current exhibition Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks. Free and open to the public. The talk will be held in the Hanes Art Center Auditorium,…
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Ackland Film Forum: Ang Lee, “Life of Pi” (2012, US)
Ackland Film Forum: Ang Lee, “Life of Pi” (2012, US)
Join us for the first film in the Ackland Film Forum's Fall 2022 series "Art and Artifice"! Ang Lee, Life Of Pi (2012, US) With a special introduction by Whitney Crothers Dilley, author of The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of the Screen. A wild and improbable tale of a sixteen-year-old boy, Pi…
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