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2nd Friday ArtWalk: All About the Brain
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States2nd Friday ArtWalk Friday, 8 February | 6-9 PM 6:30 PM: Join us for a gallery talk led by UNC neuroscientists talking about their images featured in The Beautiful Brain. Learn how they produced these images, find out about the importance of imaging in neuroscience today, and talk with them about how they see the…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: Mapping the Mind
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States2nd Friday ArtWalk Friday, 8 March | 6-9 PM 5-6:15 PM: The Beautiful Brain: Forging Connections Between Art and Science. Santiago Ramón y Cajal's discoveries paved the way for remarkable breakthroughs in neuroscience in the early 20th century. Join us for an intriguing discussion exploring questions about the brain, current developments in neuroscience, and the influence…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: Stacey L. Kirby and Lonnie Holley
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States2nd Friday ArtWalk: An Eclectic and Unusual Double Bill Friday, 12 April | 6-10 PM. Free. 6-8 PM: ART& artist Stacey L. Kirby and her team conduct civil presence assessments within her new installation, The Department of Reflection. 8:30-10 PM: Concert and talk with Lonnie Holley. Part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the Department…
2nd Friday ArtWalk – “Way Out West” Curator’s Keynote
FeaturedAckland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesFri, June 14, 2019 | 6:00 PM Way Out West Curator’s Keynote During the 2nd Friday ArtWalk, join us for an illustrated introduction to Way Out West: Celebrating the Gift of the Hugh A. McAllister Jr. Collection by its curator Dana Cowen, Sheldon Peck Curator for European and American Art before 1950. Free and open to the public. RSVP…
2nd Friday ArtWalk: July 2019
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States2nd Friday ArtWalk 12 July 2019 | Open 'til 9 PM Experience Way Out West after hours during the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk. 6-8:30 PM | Art Library Pop Up @ the Ackland View rare and unique items from the Sloane Art Library’s special collections relating to themes in Way Out West Free and open to the…
“The Way Out West: Desert Landscapes” Artist Talk by Michelle Van Parys
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States1 August 2019 | 6 PM "The Way Out West: Desert Landscapes" An Artist Talk by Michelle Van Parys Free and open to the public, RSVP requested below. Presented in connection with Way Out West: Celebrating the Gift of the Hugh A. McAllister, Jr. Collection (on view 14 June - 25 Aug 2019). …
Ackland Film Forum: Blake Edwards, “Victor/Victoria” (1982, US)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesBlake Edwards, Victor/Victoria (1982, US) One of the first mainstream Hollywood films to frankly discuss the complexity of gender and sexuality, Blake Edwards’s Victor/Victoria is a backstage musical that continually calls into question what it means to perform. Set in Paris in the 1930s, Julie Andrews plays the titular role, an actor and singer who…
Ackland Film Forum: Charles Allen, “Sidewalk Stories” (1989, US)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCharles Lane, Sidewalk Stories (1989, US) In this nearly silent homage to Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid (1921), Charles Lane directs and stars in a film about a street artist who unexpectedly becomes the caregiver of a toddler. Set on the streets of lower Manhattan, where Lane’s character is one of many unsheltered people struggling to get…
Acktoberfest: Art, Beer, and Cheese Pairings
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for "Acktoberfest," an evening of art-inspired beer and cheese pairings, plus exhibition tours and still-life drawing stations, all in celebration of our current exhibition Drawn to Life: Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt in the Peck Collection at the Ackland Art Museum. Tasting boards designed by The Cheese Shop (Carrboro, NC) will feature a selection of cheeses…
2nd Friday ArtWalk
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a 2nd Friday filled with Spring experiences! We will have Morgan Moylan of West Queen Studio leading an interactive floral installation. She will be working on the piece between 5-9 p.m.; people are encouraged to come watch, ask questions, and add floral elements to the installation with Morgan's guidance. Admission to the…
Free – $15