A Closer Look at the Ackland Collection

Join Ackland educators for a lively half-hour look at two works of art. These engaging conversational tours offer a closer look at and new perspectives on works on view from the Ackland’s collection.

Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

A Closer Look at the Ackland Collection

Join Ackland educators for a lively half-hour look at two works of art. These engaging conversational tours offer a closer look at and new perspectives on works on view from the Ackland’s collection. 

Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

Last Look at "Past Forward"

Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum [https://ackland.org/exhibition/past-forward-native-american-art-from-gilcrease-museum/] is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Gilcrease Museum. The Ackland’s presentation of this exhibition has be......More

Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum [https://ackland.org/exhibition/past-forward-native-american-art-from-gilcrease-museum/] is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and Gilcrease Museum. The Ackland’s presentation of this exhibition has been made possible by the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, and Jeff and Liesl Wilke ’92 (JD). Exhibition-related public programs are supported by a Spark the Arts Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Additional support for the Ackland’s presentation of Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum is provided by Kerry D. Bird & Ken Gahagan.

Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

Semester Revue: Student Research & Responses to the Collection

Each semester, the Ackland Art Museum works with thousands of UNC-Chapel Hill students through courses and fellowships. The Semester Revue offers a glimpse into the quality and variety of the students’ research, projects, and performances. Come learn about the collectio......More

Each semester, the Ackland Art Museum works with thousands of UNC-Chapel Hill students through courses and fellowships. The Semester Revue offers a glimpse into the quality and variety of the students’ research, projects, and performances. Come learn about the collection and see it anew through their short, dynamic presentations. Light refreshments will be served.  The Ackland Semester Revue is part of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Campus Life Experience program. Scan the QR code at the event for CLE credit.

Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

TOUR: A Closer Look at "A Product of Its Environment"

Join Ackland educators for a lively half-hour look at two works of art. These engaging conversational tours offer a closer look at and new perspectives on works on view in A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024. Free, no RSVP required.

Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

TOUR: A Closer Look at "A Product of Its Environment"

Join Ackland educators for a lively half-hour look at two works of art. These engaging conversational tours offer a closer look at and new perspectives on works on view in A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024. Free, no RSVP required.

Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

TOUR: A Closer Look at "A Product of Its Environment"

Join Ackland educators for a lively half-hour look at two works of art. These engaging conversational tours offer a closer look at and new perspectives on works on view in A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024. Free, no RSVP required.

Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

Curator's Tour of "Arranged: Recent Acquisitions of Modern and Contemporary Paintings"

Join Peter Nisbet, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, for a first guided look at Arranged: Recent Acquisitions of Modern and Contemporary Paintings. Taking its title from a newly acquired work by Peter Halley, Arranged brings together a varied selection of over thi......More

Join Peter Nisbet, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, for a first guided look at Arranged: Recent Acquisitions of Modern and Contemporary Paintings. Taking its title from a newly acquired work by Peter Halley, Arranged brings together a varied selection of over thirty recent acquisitions of modern and contemporary paintings by twenty-two artists. Highlights of the exhibition will include works by UNC-Chapel Hill alums Frank Faulkner, Herb Jackson (with two paintings each), and Mark Brown a powerful group of Color Field works by Jules Olitski and other painters of his generation such as Stanley Boxer, Jack Bush, and Friedel Dzubas and individual paintings by Greg Drasler, Jeff Elrod, Shanequa Gay, John Gibson, Peter Halley, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Val Lewton, Allan McCollum, Beverly McIver, and Philip Taaffe. The Ackland has also collected internationally, and Arranged presents works by Etel Adnan (Lebanon), Esther Mahlangu (South Africa), Pinaree Sanpitak (Thailand), Aníbal Villacis (Ecuador), and John Walker (Great Britain).

Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

Drawing in the Galleries

Join us for our popular Drawing in the Galleries program this month during Studio Saturday! Amanda Hughes leads participants in a creative exploration of a particular object in the Ackland’s collection. Participants all draw from one object using their own gallery-safe ......More

Join us for our popular Drawing in the Galleries program this month during Studio Saturday! Amanda Hughes leads participants in a creative exploration of a particular object in the Ackland’s collection. Participants all draw from one object using their own gallery-safe materials (paper/notebooks and dry media like crayons and pencils), then discuss what they’ve noticed through the process of drawing. All levels are welcome.

Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

Art Adventures (Morning Session)

In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own works of embroidery on burlap currently on view at the Ackland in A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024.    Space is limited pl......More

In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own works of embroidery on burlap currently on view at the Ackland in A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024.    Space is limited please register for a ticket below.

Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

Art Adventures (Afternoon Session)

In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own works of embroidery on burlap currently on view at the Ackland in A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024.    Space is limited pl......More

In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own works of embroidery on burlap currently on view at the Ackland in A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024.    Space is limited please register for a ticket below.

Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

Last Look at "A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024"

Join Lauren Turner, Associate Curator for Contemporary Art and Special Projects, for a final guided look at A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024. The exhibition investigates the idea that physical surroundings, both ancestral and current......More

Join Lauren Turner, Associate Curator for Contemporary Art and Special Projects, for a final guided look at A Product of Its Environment: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2024. The exhibition investigates the idea that physical surroundings, both ancestral and current, influence people’s personal identities just as much as past and present populations correspondingly shape their geographies and landscapes. The participating artists are Mark Anthony Brown Jr., Molly English, Matthew Troyer, and Vera Weinfield, this year’s graduates from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art program.

Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States