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The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are proud to present artwork by North Carolina artist Cher Shaffer at the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough, NC. “Art from the Holler by Cher Shaffer” is a new selection of unique creations by one of our state’s best-loved self-taught artists. The show is on display... Read More →
Local seamstress Sally Barker has created fabric pictures for the blind to touch/see, but you don't have to be blind to enjoy them. Come and see and touch them before they leave to become part of the Art Institute of Chicago’s permanent collection. The show runs May 22 through June 9, with a reception Sunday,... Read More →
Nine local artists from Wake, Orange, Chatham, Person, and Durham Counties team up to show their art at the Frank Community Gallery in the University Place, 201 S. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill, from June 10 to June 17. The artists working in several mediums will demonstrate, and work on their own projects daily from 10... Read More →
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are hosting a summer exhibit and sale of folk art at the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough, NC. “Outsider Art in the Visitors Center” is a diverse collection of art from nine self-taught artists. The show is on display now through August 29, 2019, inside the... Read More →
"Way Out West: Celebrating the Gift of the Hugh A. McAllister Jr. Collection" marks the transformational bequest of over twenty examples of art related to the American West and Southwest to the Ackland Art Museum. Displayed together with artworks already in the Museum’s own permanent collection, the exhibition features nearly eighty works spanning over 150... Read More →
Join Ryan Dial-Stanley, a member of the Lumbee Tribe and a well-known flutist, performing artist, and educator, for a concert at the Ackland Art Museum, presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Way Out West." Dial-Stanley has traveled across the state of North Carolina presenting programs on the history and culture of the Lumbee Tribe. In... Read More →
Local artists join with the Town of Hillsborough and the Hillsborough Garden Club in celebrating National Pollinator Week. Kevin Flynn Bell, Beverly Currence, Debi Drew, Phillip Howard, David Knox, Ray LaMantia, Judith Maier, Pat Merriman, Jacqueline Rimmler, Sam Williams, Darlene Wells and Barbara Younger share pollinator-inspired art. The show runs June 14 through July 7,... Read More →
Come to the Ackland to learn about how maps served the artists of the new exhibition "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 PBS’ "National... Read More →
Come to the Ackland Art Museum for a lunchtime guided tour of the exhibition "Way Out West," at 1:30 PM on June 28; July 5, 18 & 24; and August 16, 21, 22, and 23. Free. "Way Out West: Celebrating the Gift of the Hugh A. McAllister Jr. Collection" marks the transformational bequest of over... Read More →
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