Note: This is a sidebar to release No. 533

CHAPEL HILL -- The following events, all free and open to the public, will accompany the exhibition "Plum, Pine, and Bamboo: Seasonal and Spiritual Paths in Japanese Art," Oct. 19-Jan. 4 at the Ackland Art Museum of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Events will be in the museum or next door at the Hanes Art Center. Both buildings are on South Columbia Street near Franklin Street. Paid parking is available in the Swain lot off Cameron Avenue.

• Oct. 19, lecture by Sondra Castile, chief East Asian art conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 3 p.m., Hanes Art Center Auditorium. Exhibit opening reception, 3-5 p.m., the Ackland.
  
  
• Nov. 3-8, "Aesthetics of Nirvana: Truth, Beauty and Enlightenment in Japanese Buddhism," a conference at the Ackland and other campus locations, with films, poetry, calligraphy and more. For a schedule, visit http://www.unc.edu/~bardsley/nirvana/.
  
  
• Nov. 9, Family Fun Tour: Learn more about Japanese screens and scrolls, touch some traditional materials used to make them and explore some of the subjects and symbols involved. Recommended for 5- to 12-year olds. 2 p.m., the Ackland.
  
  
• Nov. 16, "Metamorphosis of a Theme: Chinese Birds and Flowers in Japanese Ink Painting," lecture by Dr. Barbara Ford, curator of Japanese art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 3 p.m., Hanes Art Center Auditorium.
  
  
• Nov. 19, "Conservation of the Ackland's Birds and Flowers Screen," talk by Lyn Koehnline, conservator at the Ackland, in the exhibition gallery. 12:15 p.m.
  
  
• Nov. 26, "Plum, Pine and Bamboo" gallery talk with Kendal Korach Parker, guest curator. 12:15 p.m., the Ackland.
  
  
• Nov. 28, "Experiencing Japan," activities including origami, calligraphy, storytelling and a Japanese tea demonstration. Refreshments served. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Ackland.
  
  
• Dec. 10, "Dragons, Art and Buddhist Conceptions of Nature," lecture by Dr. Norris Brock Johnson, UNC anthropology professor, on nature and religion in Japan. 12:15 p.m.
  

The Ackland opens 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free. For more information, call 919-843-1611 (recorded information), 919-966-5736 (museum office), 919-962-0837 (TTY) or visit the Web site at www.ackland.org.

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Contact: Maria Gloeggler, Ackland Director of Communications, 843-3675
News Services Contact: L.J. Toler, 962-8589