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Aug. 19, 2005 -- No. 364 |
Ackland Art Museum expands hours,
joins Chapel Hill-Carrboro Art Walk
By MARIA BLEIER
Ackland Art Museum
CHAPEL HILL -- Beginning Sept. 9, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Ackland Art Museum will open its doors until 9 p.m. on the second Friday of every month as part of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro 2nd Friday Art Walk.
"We are excited about this opportunity to make the Ackland available to the community after-hours," said Jerry Bolas, museum director. "We have long wished to have an open evening and to be a part of the Art Walk. Thanks to a generous sponsorship by the Ackland Art Museum Guild this year, we are able to offer access to the museum at night."
To kick off its participation in the Art Walk, "Art after Dark" at the Ackland will host a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of museum founder William Hayes Ackland on Sept. 9. Festivities will include birthday cake and live jazz music.
Participants at the Ackland’s "Art after Dark" can expect refreshments, live music and occasional special programs when they visit the museum, in addition to opportunities for quiet viewing and self-guided museum tours and activities.
"The guild strives to help the Ackland enrich the art experience for the Chapel Hill community," said Maribeth Robb, guild president. " ‘Art after Dark’ offers a perfect venue for accomplishing that goal. We invite neighbors, students and Triangle visitors to add the Ackland to their entertainment calendar and join us on the second Friday of each month."
The Ackland, on South Columbia Street near Franklin Street, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Admission is free to the public. For more information, call (919) 843-1611 (recorded information), (919) 966-5736 (museum office) or (919) 962-0837 (TTY) or visit the Web site at www.ackland.org. For program details, call (919) 843-3676.
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Image URL and description:
CAPTION: Henri Rousseau, French, 1844-1910: "View of the Ile De La Cite, Paris," 1890s?; oil on canvas. Ackland Fund, purchased in honor of Joseph C. Sloane, Alumni distinguished professor and first director of the Ackland Art Museum. Ackland Art Museum, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Ackland Art Museum contact: Maria Bleier, (919) 843-3675 or maria_bleier@unc.edu
