to 5 p.m., families can grab an activity kit and take a summery scavenger hunt through the galleries. On Sunday, July 24, the museum is hosting ' Ackland F.A.M.: Play at the pARC'. where attendees can make their own pARC-inspired iridescent suncatchers, relax with friends and family and explore the museum's galleries. The Ackland Art Museum is hosting a sunset celebration at the pARC this Friday at 5 p.m. 'So through our work, we see play as a tool to bring people together within the public space.' “We really focus on sparking community interaction and social activity through open-ended play,' Swanson said. The goal of the installation is to attract passersby to the museum to view, relax, laugh and - most importantly - play. “Within the space, we tried to create multiple tools that people could kind of use to create, inspire and really learn and listen to each other and really become this communal space,” Swanson said.Īccording to The Urban Conga's website, the art should invite people off the street and into the museum and University. Ryan Swanson, who serves as The Urban Conga studio’s founder and creative director, mirrored Coleman's desire for the installation to foster community. “We're taking art off the pedestal and giving people the opportunity to interact in the way that they would want to,” Coleman said.Ĭoleman said she hopes the piece will be used by visitors and help them create new relationships with people who they don't normally interact with. She said her team tried to work together to mesh the concepts of both the arches and seating elements with the shadow play.

An artist and architect, she has been there since its start in 2013. Maeghann Coleman is a designer on the Urban Conga team and helped create the installation. It was installed on June 18 and will remain there until July 2024.

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. White platforms at each end of the arches allow visitors to sit, perform, eat or just talk with friends. When backlit by red, green and blue lights, the panels capture shadows of those standing in front of them.

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 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.

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