Promoting and strengthening the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina
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 →
This three-day class is for students who want an intense, concentrated weekend of writing. Join us for twelve hours of coursework, which we will spend on craft talks and writing exercises covering the basics of fiction; workshopping your own stories; reading the masters; and revising your work. (Redbud is currently offering a 40% discount using... Read More →
Workshop leader Jacqueline Rimmler will share a variety of collage techniques, and will demonstrate steps for creating a successful collage from a template or from a photo or imagined image. Two templates (one for a pair of sheep, and one for a bunny -- see images above) will be provided for participants to make their... 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 →
This session of coffee and donuts at FRANK will be led by Carroll Lassiter. Please join us from 10-11am in the gallery to Lassiter speak about her North Carolina landscape paintings. She will demonstrate how she prepares her surface and composes a painting layer by layer. Enjoy coffee and donuts. Class is free.
Please join us in FRANK Gallery for an artist talk led by two of the artists in the July featured show, Mary Stone Lamb and Jim Oleson. Mary's current work in the gallery is a collection of encaustic pieces with a socially conscious and yet whimsical meaning. Also, while having honed his skills as a... Read More →
In the FRANK community gallery, from July 3-27th, please come and see the exhibit, "Kaleidoscope: Art of the Triangle" presented by Arts for Life. This exhibit showcases the work of pediatric patients from Duke Children's Hospital and the opening reception will be on July 12th from 6-8pm. Event is free.
Experience Way Out West after hours during the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk. The Museum will stay open until 9 PM. 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 6:00 PM | A Reader’s... Read More →
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