Promoting and strengthening the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina
Learn how to sell your work online! Have you wanted to sell reproductions of your work online? Join artist and photographer Ryan Fox for a workshop on ways to sell your work beyond in-person markets and shows. This workshop is for artists who want to sell originals/reproductions via online marketplaces, print on demand sites, &... Read More →
The pandemic was especially hard on arts organizations. While the first 18 months showed that some donors were ready to give when we needed them most, the next 18 months will show you how well you and your organization can continue to cultivate and steward your donors beyond the Zoom screen. Lead by Jackson Cooper,... Read More →
Join us for a virtual Art for Lunch, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin, to discuss how Dr. Antonia Randolph’s class “Black Feminist Thought” utilize selected works of portraiture and self-portraiture by Black artists from the Ackland’s collection to explore the construction of Black feminist identities. The installation features works by Kara Walker,... Read More →
You are invited to the Orange County Human Relations Commissions' Community Book Read. A virtual Zoom event spotlighting Caste-The Origins of Our Discontent, written by Isabel Wilkerson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of The Warmth of Other Suns. Read by Robin Miles, Unabridged. To register: orangecountync.gov/bookread.
Jane Austen & Co. presents the third event in our "Asia & the Regency" series. Horace Walpole's Hieroglyphic Tales are remembered as some of the most surreal literature produced in eighteenth- century England. In this talk, Peter Sabor (McGill University) will explore the depiction of China in English literature through Walpole's stories. Among the many... Read More →
At this free virtual talk Dr. James Ulak will offer thoughts on Sherman Emery Lee’s (1918–2008) powerful influence in directing collecting tastes in Japanese art throughout America. Lee’s advice has benefited countless private and institutional collections — including the Ackland Art Museum — from the immediate post-WWII era, through his distinguished museum career, and well... Read More →
Featuring Gabrielle Berlinger (UNC Department of American Studies) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) Join us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin, to discuss how Dr. Gabrielle Berlinger’s class “Introduction to Folklore” utilizes selections from the Ackland’s collection on view... Read More →
Join us for a virtual conversation between artist Zig Jackson and the Ackland’s Lauren Turner, assistant curator for the collection. Jackson’s photograph Entering Zig’s Indian Reservation, China Basin, San Francisco, CA is featured in the Ackland’s 2021-2022 Close Looks series. In this free virtual conversation, we’ll hear from Jackson about this 1997 work, others in... Read More →
Featuring Laurie Langbauer (UNC Department of English and Comparative Literature) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) Join us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin, to discuss how Dr. Laurie Langbauer’s class “Picture Books” utilizes selections from the Ackland’s collection on... Read More →
Featuring Laurie Langbauer (UNC Department of English and Comparative Literature) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) Join us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin, to discuss how Dr. Laurie Langbauer’s class “Picture Books” utilizes selections from the Ackland’s collection on... Read More →
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