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Art Adventures 10 August 2019 – PM Session
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDesigned for 6- to 9-year-olds, 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 using newly-learned art-making techniques. Materials are provided. Participants will create woven masterpieces inspired by the summer exhibition Way Out West: Celebrating the Gift…
Drawing for Tweens 10 August 2019 – PM Session
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis 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…
NEW! Art Adventures 10 August 2019 – Late PM Session
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDesigned for 6- to 9-year-olds, 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 using newly-learned art-making techniques. Materials are provided. Participants will create woven masterpieces inspired by the summer exhibition Way Out West: Celebrating the Gift…
Family and Friends Sunday: Protecting Our Environment
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesFamily and Friends Sunday: Protecting Our Environment Sunday, 25 August 2019 | 2-5 PM On the final day of Way Out West explore the natural environments depicted with an eye towards protecting them for the future. Meet Alan Weakly, the Director of Herbarium at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, to learn about North Carolina’s native…
Art Adventures – Binary Code Unplugged
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDesigned for 6- to 9-year-olds, 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 using newly-learned art-making techniques. Materials are provided. Participants will create binary code accessories inspired by the Intergalactic Soul: Project Lhaxx installation. Free…
Drawing in the Galleries
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAmanda Hughes leads participants in a creative exploration of a particular object in the Ackland’s collection. For all sessions, bring paper and dry media (crayon, pencils, etc.). All levels are welcome. Free and open to the public. No reservation is necessary.
Art Adventures – Oct. AM Session
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDesigned for 6- to 9-year-olds, 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 using newly-learned art-making techniques. Materials are provided. October's project will be making layered abstract paintings, inspired by James Brooks's piece Bozrah. …
Art Adventures – October PM Session
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDesigned for 6- to 9-year-olds, 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 using newly-learned art-making techniques. Materials are provided. Free for Members, $5 for non-members. Space is limited. RSVP
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
F.A.M. Fun in the Galleries: Picturing Portraiture in “The Outwin”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesVisitors of all ages are invited to explore The Outwin: American Portraiture Today through a variety of hands-on portrait-making activities and take a self-guided tour of portraiture in the Ackland's galleries. The Outwin: American Portraiture Today has been organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The competition and exhibition are made possible by the Virginia…