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SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of…
SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of…
SUSPENDED: Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Ackland Art Museum has suspended this program until further notice as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website. Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of…
Ackland Film Forum: Ang Lee, “Life of Pi” (2012, US)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin 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…
Ackland F.A.M.: Dutch Drawingfest
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAn all-ages celebration of drawing to mark the opening weekend of the Ackland's newest exhibition, Drawn to Life: Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt in the Peck Collection at the Ackland Art Museum. Events include: The Living Line: watch as animator Stella Rosalie Rosen, MFA '22, brings pieces from Drawn to Life into conversation…
Musical Performance: Dutch Keyboard and Viol Music
Chapel of the Cross 304 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us at Chapel of the Cross (304 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill) for a special performance of music from the Dutch Golden Age, presented in connection with the Ackland's current exhibition Drawn to Life: Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt in the Peck Collection at the Ackland Art Museum. Joseph Causby (organ, harpsichord),…
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…
Drawing for Tweens
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis program invites ten- to thirteen-year-olds to look at selected works in the Ackland’s current exhibition Drawn to Life 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…
Free – $5
Art Adventures (Morning Session)
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIn this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will collage and screen print their own artworks inspired John Bigger's Lotus Portal. 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.
Free – $5
Ackland Art Museum at the UNC Science Expo
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin the Ackland Art Museum at the UNC Science Expo, hosted by the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center! Find us at our booth for hands-on art-making activities inspired by STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) objectives. Explore the connections between creativity and science through interactive crafts! Afterward, take a short walk over to the…