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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…
A Reader’s Guide to “Way Out West”
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States2:00 pm | A Reader’s Guide to Way Out West From Louis L’Amour to Cormac McCarthy, the American West has inspired writers and captivated readers, including Susan Brown, Director of Chapel Hill Public Library. She has wandered through the exhibition and in this lively talk, she will share suggestions for books that pair well with…
“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). …
2nd Friday ArtWalk – Way Out West
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States2nd Friday ArtWalk Friday, August 9, 2019 5:00-6:00 PM | EXPLORE Way Out West during our 2nd Friday ArtWalk evening hours 6:00-7:00 PM | PANEL: Perspectives on Way Out West Elizabeth Broun, Director Emerita of the Smithsonian American Art Museum John Coffey, Deputy Director for Art and Jim and Betty Becher Curator of American and Modern Art…
Art for Lunch: What does Classical art look like?
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThursday, 21 November 2019 | 12:30 PM Art for Lunch: What does Classical art look like? Featuring Hérica Valladares (UNC Classics) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) Join us for an interview-style talk with the Ackland's Elizabeth Manekin and UNC Classics professor Hérica Valladares to hear how her class,…
Special Lecture by Wayne Franits
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPaper Delights: The Peck Collection of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings Join us for a free public talk by distinguished professor Wayne Franits (Syracuse University), specialist in seventeenth century Dutch and Flemish Art. This lecture examines some of the highlights of the exhibition of the incomparable Peck Collection of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings, which is currently on view…
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SOLD OUT: The Soul of the Dutch Golden Age: Art and Literature at the Ackland
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis session is SOLD OUT. -- Carolina Public Humanities is teaming up with the Ackland Art Museum to explore the beauty of the natural world and the dynamic, multifaceted aspects of humanity during the Dutch Golden Age. Join Dana Cowen, Sheldon Peck Curator at the Ackland Art Museum, and Carolyn Allmendinger, Ackland’s Director of Education…
SOLD OUT: The Soul of the Dutch Golden Age: Art and Literature at the Ackland (REPEAT)
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThis program is now SOLD OUT. -- Carolina Public Humanities is teaming up with the Ackland Art Museum to explore the beauty of the natural world and the dynamic, multifaceted aspects of humanity during the Dutch Golden Age. Join Dana Cowen, Sheldon Peck Curator at the Ackland Art Museum, and Carolyn Allmendinger, Ackland’s Director of…
Lecture-Demo with Artist Elizabeth Alexander
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for an unconventional artist talk with Boston-based multimedia artist Elizabeth Alexander. Alexander, whose work Spit Cake (2014) is on view at the Ackland as part of the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership, will talk about her work as she demonstrates the various techniques used to create her delicate cut-porcelain sculptures. Audience members will…
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Artist Talk: Alison Elizabeth Taylor
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us as we welcome Outwin first-prize-winning artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor to the Ackland for an artist talk about her fascinating body of work, which uses a technique she describes as “marquetry hybrid” and can be seen in her prize-winning portrait titled Anthony Cuts under the Williamsburg Bridge, Morning (2020) (right). Alison Elizabeth Taylor depicted…
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