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Ackland Film Forum: “The Last Forest” (Luiz Bolognesi, Brazil, 2021)

Varsity Theater

Join us for the next screening in the Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2023 series Do Something: Responding to Climate Change presented by UNC Film Studies and the Ackland Art Museum. “The Last Forest” (Luiz Bolognesi, Brazil, 2021) Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m. Free Tickets at the Varsity Theatre Introduction by Dr.... Read More →

Free

2nd Friday ArtWalk at the Ackland: Wine, Food, and Local Art

Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 →

$25

2nd Friday ArtWalk: Allison Coleman’s Lemonade Stand Project

Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 →

Free

2nd Friday ArtWalk: Student Edition!

Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Curious about what UNC-Chapel Hill's campus art museum offers? Join the Ackland for an evening highlighting the ways students at Carolina can get involved at the Museum. The Ackland will be open until 9 p.m. for tonight’s 2nd Friday ArtWalk. With information on the various resources available to students at the Ackland, an opportunity to... Read More →

Free

Artist Talk: Amalia Pica

Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join the Ackland Art Museum for an artist talk with Amalia Pica, internationally renowned London-based Argentinian artist whose major commissioned installation Drawn to Explain has just been completed at the Craige Parking Deck on UNC’s campus. Pica will discuss how this very large-scale, multifaceted work fits within her broader body of work, which often explores... Read More →

Free

Lecture-Demonstration with Maura Garcia and Mark Gabriel Little

Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join choreographer/dancer Maura Garcia and composer/musician Mark Gabriel Little for an interactive lecture-demonstration that extends the creative experience of their commissioned immersive performance Step This Way, which will be performed on Friday, November 10, 2023 from 7-9 p.m. during the 2nd Friday ArtWalk. On Sunday, November 12, Dancer-musician duo Garcia and Little will return to... Read More →

Free

F.A.M. Fun in the Galleries: Picturing Portraiture in “The Outwin”

Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Visitors of all ages are invited to explore The Outwin: American Portraiture Today through a variety of hands-on portrait-making activities and a scavenger hunt in the galleries. The Outwin: American Portraiture Today has been organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The competition and exhibition are made possible by the Virginia Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition... Read More →

Free

Recurring

Holiday Arts Market

The Ackland’s Holiday Arts Market, presented in partnership with Downtown Chapel Hill (https://downtownchapelhill.com/), will be held Friday, December 8 from 5-9 p.m. during the 2nd Friday ArtWalk and Saturday, December 9 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Purchase handmade holiday gifts both Friday and Saturday. Come for the gifts and enjoy music from Chapel Hill... Read More →

Recurring

Holiday Arts Market

The Ackland’s Holiday Arts Market, presented in partnership with Downtown Chapel Hill (https://downtownchapelhill.com/), will be held Friday, December 8 from 5-9 p.m. during the 2nd Friday ArtWalk and Saturday, December 9 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Purchase handmade holiday gifts both Friday and Saturday. Come for the gifts and enjoy music from Chapel Hill... Read More →

2nd Friday ArtWalk: Sustainable Strut

Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The UNC Undergraduate Student Government’s Department of Environmental Affairs is bringing the Sustainable Strut to the Ackland Art Museum this year! The Sustainable Strut is a student-based fashion show that showcases clothing that has been cultivated sustainably and ethically. The show will feature a large group of student fashion organizations and designers. The mission is... Read More →

Free