Special Events 2025
This spring and summer we’re presenting a range of events that highlight our growing community partnerships and explore new ways to harness the tools of the humanities! From an interactive learning-making-tasting experience for adults and kids at the Carrboro ArtsCenter, to author talks with our friends at Flyleaf Books, and an art and literature “double feature” at the Ackland Art Museum, we hope you’ll come out to learn and play with us! REGISTER NOW
For a more detailed description of each event, click on the title below:
- Art & Incarceration: Artist Talk & Panel Discussion with Sherrill Roland in collaboration with Ackland Art Museum | Sunday, January 26 | 2 PM | FREE
- Roland will explore artistic expression and the American carceral system, using his piece Processing Systems: Bonding as a jumping off point.
- Roland will explore artistic expression and the American carceral system, using his piece Processing Systems: Bonding as a jumping off point.
- Night Sky with Exit Wounds: Adapting the Words of Ocean Vuong in collaboration with Carolina Performing Arts | Wednesday, January 29 | 5:30 PM | FREE
- An evening of discussion of Vuong’s work as well as the operatic adaptation-in-progress.
- Author Talk: The Violent World of Broadus Miller in collaboration with the Flyleaf Books | Thursday, February 27 | 5:30 PM | FREE
- Discuss the violence-wracked world of the early 20th century in the Carolinas, the stormy race relations of the time, and the legacy that lingers into the present.
- DIRT. Art and Life Beneath Our Feet. in collaboration with the Carrboro ArtsCenter | Thursday, March 6 | 5:30 PM | $50, Kids 5-17 FREE
- An unconventional learning-making-tasting exploration as we dig into dirt to find poetry, history, art, and nourishment.
- The 8th Annual E. Maynard Adams Symposium | April 4 (5:30–8:00 pm) & April 5 (10:00 am–12:30 pm) | FREE
- Love, Beauty, Interpretation: Other Ways of Knowing? featuring Alexander Nehamas, Princeton University
- Art and Literature at the Ackland Museum: Triple Take & All the Beauty in the World | Friday, May 2 | 3 pm | $40
- Discussing of All the Beauty in the World in the context of the Ackland’s current exhibit, Triple Take: Dialogues with the Terra Collection–in–Residence.
SUMMER 2025
- Art of the Islamic World | Thursday, May 22 | 3 PM – 5 PM | FREE
- A presentation introducing audiences to Islamic art followed by a hands-on Turkish paper marbling workshop.