rt and Literature

ART & LITERATURE IN THE GALLERIES

June 17, 18 | July 15, 16 | August 19, 20

Summer months will see Art & Literature in the Galleries continue on June 17 and 18, July 15 and 16, and August 19 and 20. This series focuses on two exhibitions, Sage in the Bamboo Grove: The Legacy of Sherman E. Lee and Aldwyth: Work v. / Work n. - Collage and Assemblage 1991-2009.

Evening discussions are held in the Ackland galleries on Wednesdays, and co-facilitated by Ackland educator Leslie Balkany and a UNC-Chapel Hill faculty member. Afternoon discussions, facilitated by Ackland educator Leslie Balkany, are held in the galleries on Thursdays.

To register, contact Leslie Balkany at 919-962-3342, lbalkany@email.unc.edu.

Many thanks to the Bull's Head Bookshop on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill, which offers a 20% discount on all selected books. Admission is free to Ackland members, high school students, and UNC students who present a One Card. There is a $5 charge per discussion for non-members.

  • Li Po and Tu Fu, poetry selected and translated by Arthur Cooper
    June 17
    7:00-8:30 PM
    Co-facilitated by Wei-Cheng Lin, Assistant Professor of Art History
  • Li Po and Tu Fu, poetry selected and translated by Arthur Cooper
    June 18
    3:30-5:00 PM
    Facilitated by Leslie Balkany, Museum Educator.
  • Special Topics in Calamity Physics, by Marisha Pessl
    July 15
    7:00-8:30 PM
    Co-facilitated by Suzanne Gulledge, Clinical Professor in the School of Education.
  • Special Topics in Calamity Physics, by Marisha Pessl
    July 16
    3:30-5:00 PM
    Facilitated by Leslie Balkany, Museum Educator
  • The Tale of Genji, by Lady Murasaki Shikibo, translated and abridged by Edward G. Seidensticker
    August 19
    7:00-8:30 PM
    Co-facilitated by Jan Bardsley, Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies.
  • The Tale of Genji, by Lady Murasaki Shikibo, translated and abridged by Edward G. Seidensticker
    August 20
    3:30-5:00 PM
    Facilitated by Leslie Balkany, Museum Educator
  • T. M. Cleland, American: Cover of The Colophon (detail); woodcut. Burton Emmett Collection

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