In this special Family & Friends Sunday at the Ackland, presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Way Out West,” consider the physicality of creating art featuring mountains, cliffs, and canyons. Learn about rock climbing in our courtyard with Triangle Rock Club Durham Learn how art and nature intersect and inspire at North Carolina State Parks… Read More →
Pop-Up Exhibition of Artist Books + A Reader’s Guide to “Way Out West”: 2nd Friday ArtWalk at the Ackland
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 →
Family & Friends Sunday: Cartography
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 →
Western Landscapes Concealed And Revealed In New Exhibit Way Out West
Music in the Galleries: Ryan Dial-Stanley
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 →
Way Out West: Celebrating the Gift of the Hugh A. McAllister Jr. Collection
“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 →
OCAC, UNC Humanitites for the Public Good, host symposium, party
UNC-Chapel Hill Ackland Art Museum turns 60, has new exhibit
This Week in the Arts: June 15-21, 2018
#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS NC names its first African-American Poet Laureate to be ambassador for spoken word | News & Observer OdysseyStage Theatre and OdysseyStage Present ‘NC 10 By 10: A Festival Of 10-Minute Plays’ | Broadway World YOUR WEEKEND CALENDAR ART FRANK presents Brumley Forest Travel Journal Session Tomorrow, 9am | Brumley Forest Trails Untitled, 2018 Tomorrow 8am-5pm | John and June Allcott… Read More →
This Week in the Arts: June 9 – 15, 2018
#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS University of North Carolina Students Accuse Administration of Artwashing | Hyperallergic Typewriter to Macbook: technology’s influence on the craft of writing | The News of Orange YOUR WEEKEND CALENDAR ART The Contemporaries 2018 Tonight, 6pm | LIGHT: Art + Design Gayle Stott Lowry Reception Sunday, 12:30pm | Eno Gallery HISTORY Historic Hillsborough Saturday Walking Tours Tomorrow, 11am | Downtown Hillsborough… Read More →