Promoting and strengthening the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina
Floraffiti® is an award winning, multi-faceted community engagement project founded by Carter Hubbard. This year, in the project's 7th year running, words are cultivated by community members in Chapel Hill and Carrboro during gatherings in March and planted by volunteer Floragardeners around both towns. Floraffit® is collaborating with Anoo Tree Brod of Wild Mind Improv... Read More →
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 →
Featuring Peter Filene and Bill McAllister Show will run from October 8th-November 10th The October and November exhibit at FRANK will be showcasing the work of members and photographers Peter Filene and Bill McAllister. Please join us to celebrate their extraordinary and creative work, the opening reception will take place on Friday, October 11th, from... Read More →
Galerie Pied-a-Terre is excited to present to you Small Treasures: THE MINIATURE SHOW, featuring paintings and drawings executed in miniature (7”x7” or smaller). Several of these fine North Carolina artists will be present for our opening night reception: Tony Corbitt, Jr., Julyan Davis, John Dempsey, Jr., Matthew Good, David Hewson, Christopher Holt, Charles Kapsner, Janet... Read More →
Belonging - A photographic exploration of the social disparities in the biological sciences Reception: March 13th 2020 (6:00-8:00pm) On Display: March 1st - 31st
This 2nd Friday of December, come up the Graham Street fire escape (with masks on) & join us for a Mystery Meat movie on the roof and (in small groupings, one way flow-> exit out franklin street) Slug Space and My Room together presenting: We Can Help Each Other Be Brave Jon Copes Exhibition Statement:... Read More →
NYC based artist sTo Len is the current artist in residence at LEVEL Retreat, a local residency program in Chapel Hill, NC. During his stay, sTo has collaborated with the Haw River Assembly to convert trash collected from the local watershed into a series of prints and mixed media artworks. Len created special bags for... Read More →
For this very special 2nd Friday ArtWalk, the Ackland has partnered with Melanated Wine and the Underground Collective to curate an evening of wine, food, and local art connecting with and celebrating the Museum’s current exhibition Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South. WINE & FOOD EXPERIENCE by MELANATED WINE Prepare your taste buds... Read More →
This 2nd Friday, the Ackland Art Museum joins in the opening night celebrations of Uproar, a festival of public art taking place throughout Orange County from July 14 – August 12 with sixty artists displaying work across Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. The Lemonade Stand by Allison Coleman | 6-8 p.m. In the spirit of... Read More →
Narratives of climate change often place the issue as an apocalyptic threat to life on Earth, but the tragedy of the climate crisis is also an opportunity to practice anew radically different ways of living – in better relation with the environment and one another – in the here and now. Vanishing/Visible is a visual... Read More →
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