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Arts for All Fair
Arts for All Fair
Are you ready to jumpstart an amazing new year? Looking for new inspiration in 2023? Join us for a campus arts fair and discover some of the creative organizations and activities at UNC! Meet new friends, learn how to become an Ackland member, and enjoy the galleries into the evening. The Ackland is open late, until 9 p.m., every second Friday…
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Tour: Curator’s Introduction to Good Object / Bad Object
Tour: Curator’s Introduction to Good Object / Bad Object
Join Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Peter Nisbet for a guided look at the Ackland Art Museum's newest exhibition Good Object / Bad Object (on view January 20 – April 2, 2023). Learn how these "misbehaving" objects flout expectations while continuing a lineage of contemporary sculpture that pushes back against traditional "object-on-a-pedestal" conventions. Artists in…
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Drawing in the Galleries
Drawing in the Galleries
Join us as we resume our popular Drawing in the Galleries program this month during Studio Saturday! Amanda Hughes leads participants in a creative exploration of a particular object in the Ackland’s collection. Participants all draw from one object using their own gallery-safe materials (paper/notebooks and dry media like crayons and pencils), then discuss what…
Art Adventures (Morning Session)
Art Adventures (Morning Session)
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own masterpieces inspired by works of art at the Ackland. Classes are led by instructor Allison Tierney. Cost: $5; Free for Ackland Members at the Household Level and above. Register below. Each session limited to ten participants.
Drawing for Tweens
Drawing for Tweens
This program invites ten- to thirteen-year-olds to look at selected works in the Ackland’s collection and identify techniques that the artists used to make them. Gallery teacher Daniel Hammer demonstrates and teaches participants technical skills, which they can then apply to their own artistic creations. A mix of drawing from works on display and creating…
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Ackland Film Forum: Beasts of the Southern Wild (early screening)
Ackland Film Forum: Beasts of the Southern Wild (early screening)
Join us for the first screening in the Ackland Film Forum's Spring 2023 series "Do Something: Responding to Climate Change" presented by UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art Museum. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Behn Zeitlin, 2012) Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m. (early screening) FREE TICKET REQUIRED (below) Introduction…
Ackland Film Forum: Beasts of the Southern Wild (late screening)
Ackland Film Forum: Beasts of the Southern Wild (late screening)
Join us for the first screening in the Ackland Film Forum's Spring 2023 series "Do Something: Responding to Climate Change" presented by UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art Museum. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Behn Zeitlin, 2012) Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street | 9:15 p.m. (late screening) FREE TICKET REQUIRED (below) Introduction…
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Tour: One Work Wednesday
Tour: One Work Wednesday
Participate in a 30-minute guided conversational tour as we look closely at works on view at the Ackland. On Wednesday afternoons, we'll look in-depth at a single work of art. Find the full schedule of tours and topics here. Register for a free ticket to the tour below.
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Tour: Thematic Thursday
Tour: Thematic Thursday
Participate in a 30-minute guided conversational tour as we look closely at works on view at the Ackland. On Thursday afternoons, we'll look at a handful of objects that are linked by one theme. Find the full schedule of tours and topics here. Register for a free ticket to the tour below.
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Tour: Friday Favorites
Tour: Friday Favorites
Participate in a 30-minute guided conversational tour as we look closely at works on view at the Ackland. On Friday afternoons, we'll look at a selection of our guide's favorite works on view. This Friday we will explore the special exhibition Good Object / Bad Object. Find the full schedule of tours and topics here.…
Tour: Curator’s Introduction to Good Object / Bad Object
Tour: Curator’s Introduction to Good Object / Bad Object
Join Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Peter Nisbet for a guided look at the Ackland Art Museum's newest exhibition Good Object / Bad Object (on view January 20 – April 2, 2023). Learn how these "misbehaving" objects flout expectations while continuing a lineage of contemporary sculpture that pushes back against traditional "object-on-a-pedestal" conventions. Artists in…
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Tour: One Work Wednesday
Tour: One Work Wednesday
Participate in a 30-minute guided conversational tour as we look closely at works on view at the Ackland. On Wednesday afternoons, we'll look in-depth at a single work of art. Find the full schedule of tours and topics here. Register for a free ticket to the tour below.
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Tour: Thematic Thursday
Tour: Thematic Thursday
Participate in a 30-minute guided conversational tour as we look closely at works on view at the Ackland. On Thursday afternoons, we'll look at a handful of objects that are linked by one theme. Today’s tour will include works in our current exhibition Good Object / Bad Object. Find the full schedule of tours and…
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Artist Workshop with Sheila Gallagher
Artist Workshop with Sheila Gallagher
ART-MAKING WORKSHOP This hands-on art-making workshop will be led by Boston-based artist Sheila Gallagher. Gallagher will lead participants in a collective hands-on art-making project that uses some of the processes of her plastic landscape paintings like her work Plastic Lila (right), which is currently on view at the Ackland. We'll create pieces of a plastic…
Tour: Friday Favorites
Tour: Friday Favorites
Participate in a 30-minute guided conversational tour as we look closely at works on view at the Ackland. On Friday afternoons, we’ll look at a selection of our guide’s favorite works on view. Find the full schedule of tours and topics here. Register for a free ticket to the tour below.
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