Join Peter Nisbet (deputy director for curatorial affairs) and Carolyn Allmendinger (director of education and interpretation) for an intimate and conversational close looking session with the Ackland’s small but growing… Read More →
Ackland Art Museum
5th Annual Bullhorn Fest
The 5th Annual Bullhorn Fest celebrates Durham, North Carolina-area music, art, and community on October 18, 2025 at Shadowbox Studio, 2200 Dominion St., Durham, NC from 1pm-9:30pm. A few highlights… Read More →
A Closer Look at One Work of Art: “Color Triumphant”
Join us at the Ackland Art Museum! Look closely and carefully at a single work of art in “Color Triumphant: Modern Art from the Collection of Julian and Josie Robertson”… Read More →
Ackland Art Adventures
In this art-inspired, hands-on art-making class for six- to nine-year-olds, participants will create their own artwork inspired by the art in the Ackland’s collection. Space is limited; registration required. Free… Read More →
Artist Conversation: Radical Ceramicists in North Carolina
Join us for a lively artist conversation exploring themes of experimentation, materiality, and process in the work of North Carolina-based ceramic artists Jessica Dupuis (UNC-Pembroke; MFA ’10), Hitomi Shibata (Studio… Read More →
