The Ackland Art Museum is located on the edge of the University of North Carolina at 101 S. Columbia St. The museum has more than 17,000 works of art in its collection from European masterworks to modern photography. All work is available for students and community members to view.
Other exhibits include European masterworks, twentieth-century and contemporary art, African art and North Carolina pottery. There are between 10 and 12 changing exhibits every year. Originally built in 1958, the building has undergone two major renovations but remains in its original building.
In addition to exhibits, the Ackland hosts some educational programs such as Art & Literature in the Galleries and drawing classes in the museum. Admission is free. Visit the museum website at ackland.org for more information.
The Ackland Art Museum holds the largest Asian art collection in the Southeastern part of the United States, which is set to become even larger soon. On Friday, the Ackland Art Museum will unveil its Lotus Moon and Nandina Staff exhibit, which features about 50 pieces from two Japanese artists prominent in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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The Ackland Art Museum holds the largest Asian art collection in the Southeastern part of the United States, which is set to become even larger soon. On Friday, the Ackland Art Museum will unveil its Lotus Moon and Nandina Staff exhibit, which features about 50 pieces from two Japanese artists prominent in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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The Ackland continues to explore opportunities through its Peck Collection website, which hosts a growing body of scholarly work dedicated mostly to 134 different Dutch and Flemish drawings from the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Community members will soon be able to see drawings of renowned Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn right on UNC's campus. Beginning Sept. 23, visitors to the Ackland Art Museum can view the new exhibit “Drawn to Life: Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt in the Peck Collection at the Ackland Art Museum.”
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The Ackland Art Museum installed a new interactive art piece, or "spatial gesture," on its terrace that features magenta arches and iridescent glass– inviting Chapel Hill community members to stop and look. The eye-catching art features several arches that extend from the ground and frame reflective panels that change color based on light and movement. The Urban Conga, a design studio based in Brooklyn, N.Y., created the installation, called pARC, as an open-ended space for the Chapel Hill community. It was installed on June 18 and will remain there until July 2024.
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From January 10 to March 20, Ackland Upstairs is hosting installations created by UNC faculty members to compliment their courses. Courses include "First Year Seminar: North Carolina Black Feminisms," "Introduction to Fiction Writing," "Picture That: History of Photography from Tintypes to Instagram" and "Research Methods in Film Studies: Histories of Moviegoing."
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The Ackland Art Museum is hosting a global cult cinema-themed Film Forum at the Varsity Theatre this month. Films include “The Man Who Saved the World," “The Big Boss,” “Tears of the Black Tiger” and “Om Shanti Om.”
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The museum is planning many public events and programs in relation to the exhibit ranging from hands-on art-making events to metalworking demonstrations and scholarly lectures.
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Artists from as far as Connecticut traveled to Hillsborough to display artwork depicting landscapes and landmarks in Orange County for the fifth annual Paint it Orange Plein Air Paint-Out and Wet Paint Sale, which was held from Nov. 3 to Nov. 5.
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On Oct. 8, the traveling "Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon" art exhibit made its way to UNC's Ackland Art Museum. The exhibit, which will travel to a total of five museums, includes pieces from a variety of time periods and cultures across Asia, including Cambodia, Vietnam, India and more.
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As a first-year student, it can be difficult to occupy your weekends since you won’t be very familiar with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area yet. Here are some fun ways to spend your days off.
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In media ranging from pencil and oil on canvas to fluorescent light and projected video, the selected works of the students illustrate that, in the words of Audre Lorde, the personal is political.
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With a piece of sarcophagus, a pocket watch, and a portrait of an unidentified sex worker called “Peaches,” a student tour guide at the Ackland can create a conversation about telling time through art.
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While in-person theater performances have been on hold due to COVID-19, arts groups across campus have figured out how to manage a largely virtual performing arts landscape.
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This was the first visiting lecture of the semester and the Department of Art and Art History plan to host more throughout the year. Enriched in history, the Art Department’s Visiting Artist Series hopes to get master's of fine arts students thinking about how can art be reflected through different mediums.
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“I think in general, community produced projects have been on the rise,” Michelle Fikrig, a graduate student studying art and art history, said. “Chalk walks are rising in popularity as ways to show off the creativity of community members in a low-cost, low stakes setting.”
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With the Ackland Art Museum reopening on Jan. 27, visitors will soon be able to see works in-person such as "holding space for nobility," a memorial to Breonna Taylor.
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Although 2020 has presented many challenges, several UNC arts community members feel that the changes imposed by the pandemic have increased connectivity and meaning in the art world.
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"Holding Space for Nobility: A Memorial for Breonna Taylor," created by multimedia artist Shanequa Gay, is on display virtually at the Ackland Art Museum. Gay said she believes this commission is bound to spark some uncomfortable yet necessary conversations.
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read at the Ackland Art Museum will highlight LGBTQ+ perspectives in their virtual community reading programs this month.
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The Ackland Art Museum closed its doors to in-person visitors in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This weekend, the Ackland held its first Virtual Friends and Family Sunday, featuring a live storytime, art-making and artist spotlight videos.
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