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Arts and Humanities

Ackland Art museum

The art of giving

A donation of three paintings worth $12.1 million will transform the Ackland Art Museum’s permanent collection of post-war and contemporary art.

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  • Ole Worm, Museum Wormianum (Leiden: Elsevir, 1655)

    The gift of wonder: Rare book collection coming to Carolina

    Distinguished alumna Florence Fearrington has donated a rare book collection worth $6.2 million to the University Libraries. The collection includes 1,900 rare books, most on the subject of natural history.

  • Students posing for a photo in front of PlayMakers Theater.

    Storytelling and service

    First-year Master of Fine Arts students in Gwendolyn Schwinke’s spring voice and speech class used their acting skills for good to produce an online album of international folk tales for UNC Children’s Hospital.

  • Catya McMullen with Jenna Worsham.

    Helping hungry kids

    The Homebound Project, an online theater initiative co-founded by Carolina alumna and playwright Catya McMullen, is raising money to help feed children affected by the coronavirus pandemic.