Way Out West
Events

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…
Family and Friends Sunday: June 2019
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesFamily and Friends Sunday: Cartography 23 June 2019 | 2-5 PM Learn about how maps served the artists of Way Out West. Listen to stories about exploration chosen by Chapel Hill Public Library children’s librarians See maps of the U.S. and meet cartography expert Renee Bosman from UNC Libraries Watch the first of three selections from…

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). …

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…

Music in the Galleries: Vintage Country Music
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMusic in the Galleries 18 Aug 2019 | 2 PM Vintage Country Music by Brian and Mary Lewis, with Nancy Bierman (bass). Brian & Mary Lewis have performed together for more than 35 years, and have performed with Nancy Bierman for about the last ten. While singly they are veterans of multiple groups in genres…