Focus on the Peck Collection
Focus on the Peck Collection will be on view at the Ackland Art Museum until Oct. 8. Photo courtesy of Emily Bowles.
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Focus on the Peck Collection will be on view at the Ackland Art Museum until Oct. 8. Photo courtesy of Emily Bowles.
Construction is taking place near the Hanes Art Center and Ackland Art Museum on UNC Chapel Hill's campus.
Pianos echoing in the quad, students spinning on contraptions in front of the Ackland Art Museum, muralists bringing life to the walls of the town. These were the sights and sounds of last school year's Arts Everywhere Day.
The art world can seem very exclusive and impervious.
"I think we are in a period of growth," said Ackland Art Museum Director Katie Ziglar in an interview with the Daily Tar Heel.
The Ackland Art Museum received its largest donation to date from Massachusetts couple Sheldon and Leena Peck in January 2017. The gift, valued at $25 million, includes approximately $17 million in donated artwork and $8 million in cash. Staff writer Tiffani Gibbs asked Katie Ziglar, museum director, about what the museum will do with the money.
The new "Time Will Tell" exhibit at the Ackland opened Thursday. The exhibit features art from MFA Students at the university.
A new exhibit at the Ackland Art Museum combines the works of seven master of fine arts students at UNC to explore the concept of time.
The first installment of the 134-piece "Focus on the Peck Collection Exhibit" donated by Sheldon and Leena Peck is currently displayed at the Ackland Art Museum.
The Focus on the Peck Collection at the Ackland Art Museum — on display from March 29 to June 4 — is the first public display of the Sheldon and Leena Peck collection donated in January.
Arts Everywhere Day, an initiative sponsored by Chancellor Carol Folt, is bringing live music, puppets and even a pendulum created by the Physics and Math Departments to campus today.
The sidewalk in front of Ackland Art Museum is officially back open, producing a general sigh of relief from all who were inconvenienced by the detour over the past few months.
Katie Ziglar, the director of the Ackland Art Museum, stands in front of "Remembering Sarah Lockett," by Ronald Lockett. This artwork was made possible by contributions by the NEA
President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget proposal drains all funding from the National Endowment for the Arts — while increasing defense spending by $54 billion.
First year dramatic art and journalism major Amy Cockerham (left) and first year psychology major Madison Robertson spin on one of the new structures outside Davis library.
An exhibition of brightly colored kinetic sculptures have popped up around campus, giving students a new way to interact with art.
Night parking rates were approved, plans for new athletics facilities were proposed and a potted tree was knocked over during the first day of Board of Trustees meetings.
Anthony Sharp stands next to artwork at the CEF office - he is currently organizing an art show with the office to be featured in the Ackland and Campus Y in April.
Good morning!
The Ackland Art Museum is closing for 13 days for construction.