We invite you to browse panels about the scripts of ancient Egypt, indigenous languages of Central and South America, languages of Southeast Asia, and more – including the English language and language used in graffiti and comics.

This exhibit highlights the possibilities for exploration and discovery within the library’s collections, which are impressive on many levels. The sheer number of materials, including more than 8.5 million volumes in locations all over campus, and access to millions of digital books, journals and images, makes it one of the largest university library systems in the United States. The collection encompasses ancient documents written on papyrus, electronic journals reporting on the latest advances in science and medicine, and materials from nearly every period, culture, and way of thought in between.

Photo Competition Rules and Criteria

Criteria for entries: -must be a two dimensional image -submitted as a jpeg, gif, or pdf file -resoultion must be at least 300 dpi -image must depict or represent any or all parts of North Campus -Short description of the content and how it represents North Campus

examples of entry:

photograph, photograph/mixed media (2D), photoshop etc..

How to submit entries: -deadline for submission: March 5, 2012 by 11:59pm EST -One entry per person. Up to 3 images per entry, they shall be judged together.

-Submit entries to: NorthCampusPhoto@gmail.com

-add as a jpeg, gif, or pdf file attachment -include Submission Form with entry

Judging Process: The winners shall be selected by a diverse panel of judges. The judges shall select “Honorable Mention” pieces first. Then, from the “Honorable Mention” pool, the judges will select first, second, and third place winners.

Winners/ Prizes: Winners will be notified via email. All Honorable Mention Pieces will be up for display in the Duderstadt connector from March 12 - 16.

Prizes will be as follows:

First Place: $300

Second Place $150

Third Place $75

Honorable Mention will receive a small gift

North Campus

Face of Our Time examines more than 100 works by five photographers—Jacob Aue Sobol, Jim Goldberg, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Schwartz, and Richard Misrach—who operate within what Walker Evans referred to as the "documentary style." Sharing an interest in making pictures that capture what the world looks like, they observe the sometimes volatile civil and political transformations facing society and look reflectively at contemporary culture, recording history as it unfolds slowly over time. Aue Sobol's gentle and sculptural pictures reveal the hardships of life in the Arctic; Goldberg's multilayered series includes fragmented narratives from the migration of illegal immigrants from Africa to Europe; Muholi commemorates and celebrates the histories and struggles that black lesbians face in her native South Africa; Schwartz reveals the overlapping narratives between the Silk Route's ancient history and the military and economic power struggles that it faces today; and the Richard Misrach photographs, from his recently published book, Destroy This Memory, are an informal, yet personal collection of pictures taken in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy in New Orleans.

Face of Our Time: Jacob Aue Sobol, Jim Goldberg, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Schwartz, Richard Misrach is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Generous support is provided by Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council.

Face of Our Time at UMMA is made possible in part by the Lois Zenkel Photographic Exhibitions Fund, the University of Michigan Health System, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

Image caption: Jim Goldberg, Making Fire, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2008; chromogenic print; 30 in. x 40 in. (76.2 cm x 101.6 cm); Collection SFMOMA, purchase through a gift of Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson; © Jim Goldberg

Preeminent American sculptor Mark di Suvero (b. 1933) is best known for his dynamic and monumental works made of industrial steel and salvaged materials that populate museum grounds, landscapes, and urban environments around the world. In addition to countless exhibitions and awards, in March 2011 di Suvero was honored with the National Medal of the Arts by President Obama in a White House ceremony. This exhibition, organized by UMMA and on view exclusively in Ann Arbor, features approximately 15 of di Suvero's rarely exhibited smaller scale pieces, or tabletops, from the 1950s to the present. The tabletops are not maquettes of larger-scale works but an expressionistic and engaging genre all their own, an outlet for exploring ideas relating to the calligraphic nature of form, balance, proportion, and movement. Drawing from numerous private collections as well as the artist's studio, the exhibition offers the opportunity to experience this intimate work in the Museum's ground level, glass-walled Irving Stenn, Jr, Family Project Gallery, adjacent to the two di Suvero outdoor steel sculptures on the Museum's grounds–Orion (2006) and Shang (1984–85).

This exhibition is made possible in part by the Office of the President of the University of Michigan, the University of Michigan Health System, and Laura Lynch and Hugh McPherson.

This is the first part of a two-part exhibition introducing exciting, recently acquired works from UMMA's collections gifted to the museum during the past five years. Recent Acquisitions: Curator's Choice, Part I presents a first look at artworks, mostly prints, drawings, and photographs by artists as diverse as Annie Leibovitz, Edward Steichen, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Carole McNamara, Senior Curator of Western Art, chose works that focus on some of the enduring and compelling themes that have occupied artists in Europe and America. One is the preoccupation with the human form as an expression of ideas, feelings, and sensations. This selection begins with the tradition of the academic nude study and progresses to embrace different genres, from both secular and religious contexts. Another selection-landscapes and cityscapes-are each opportunities for artists to speak to our relationship to the natural world-both in how we experience landscape as well as how we construct our own urban environments.

This exhibition is made possible in part by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.

The tiny dramas that comprise Robert Wilson's Video 50 contain aspects of his hallmark aesthetic: surreal or dream-like imagery, the absence of a linear narrative, the conflation of seemingly unrelated characters and micro-stories, and a mesmerizingly slow pace. Video 50 consists of a randomly arranged set of 30-second "episodes," a few of which feature notable French personalities of the 1970s-perfumier Hélène Rochas stares down a mugger, culture minister Michel Guy struggles to open a dresser drawer-and Wilson thought of these as miniature portraits or character studies. The creator and director of aggressively experimental theater, Wilson first came to prominence with works from the mid-1970s such as The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin (1973) and Einstein on the Beach (1976). These lavish, unusually long productions broke and then redefined every convention of theater. In Video 50 his shorter time-based portraits explore the intersection of narrative and still-life, seductively dissolving the distance between viewer and subject.

Fridays, January 27–March 16, 2012 Instructor: Heather Accurso $10 one-time drop-in fee (cash only), materials included Pre-register for all 8 classes: $72 UMMA and AAAC members and UM students / $80 non-members, materials included. Register online at annarborartcenter.org. Pick up materials at the information desk.

Fridays through March 16, 2012. This drop-in gallery class offers an opportunity to be more than an observer at the Museum. With the guidance of the instructor, learn to observe the works in the UMMA collections; experiment with proportion, perspective, line quality, value, composition, and personal style. No experience necessary; all are welcome!

Learn stress reduction techniques including deep muscle relaxation, mental imagery and mindfulness, deep breathing and supportive “self-talk.” Come once or many times. Wear comfortable clothes.

Come join us any time between 1:00 and 5:00 PM for PSIP application review.

This session is only for current PSIP participants.

Fridays, January 27–March 16 Instructor: Heather Accurso $170 UMMA and AAAC members and UM students / $188 non-members Advance registration required by Friday, January 20. Register online at annarborartcenter.org.

Fridays through March 16, 2012. Learn how to mix colored pencil through layering and blending. Create abstract compositions, draw sumptuous fruit and vegetable still life arrangements, and use photographs or works from the UMMA collections as sources for inspiration and content. Develop a visual and verbal grasp of color theory while simultaneously pursuing an expressive personal style. Students bring their own materials. Supply list provided upon registration.

A new style of hybrid Cuban music has developed since the 1990s, drawing not only on Cuban and international instrumental styles but also on vocal techniques, timbres, and articulations drawn from non-Cuban artists and, increasingly, iconic Cuban voices. This talk explores how such ventriloquisms have become central to the "voluptuousness of meaning" (Barthes 1997) of contemporary Cuban popular song.

University Dance Company. Dance #1 by guest choreographer Lucinda Childs along with new dances from faculty members Bill DeYoung, Peter Sparling and Robin Wilson. Tickets available at the League Ticket Office, 734-764-2538.

Michael Haithcock, conductor; Allen Amos, graduate conductor; Alex Akin, Ali Gordon, Katherine Thomas, Chelsea Wilson, soprano soloists. Everything created starts with an idea, a “point of departure.” Mozart created a serenade within a serenade as a way of proving his point to an Emperor. Vincent Persichetti wrote a modern divertimento using Mozart’s model as a point of reference. U-M alum Sydney Hodkinson borrowed a famous melody by Gesualdo to illuminate how the familiar can be recreated without losing its starting point. Roshanne Etezady, also a U-M alum, describes four different modes of travel in her work Points of Departure as a metaphor for different characters and their points in life. The Symphony Band welcomes a cast of soloists from U-M’s fabulous Musical Theatre Department. Pre-concert lecture with Roshanne Etezady, Sydney Hodkinson, and Michael Haithcock at 7:15 in the Lower Lobby. PROGRAM: Mozart - Selections from Serenade No. 10, “Gran Partita"; Persichetti - Divertimento; Hodkinson - Duae Cantatae Breves; Etezady - Points of Departure for Soprano Soloists and Band

CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS

Hip Hop Congress will host its 8th Annual Midwest Summit sponsored by the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs. The Summit partners with Detroit’s 5E Gallery and a number of youth education and college access programs like the Center for Educational Outreach, the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiative’s Gear Up Program, Ann Arbor’s Neutral Zone youth center, and Ann Arbor Public Schools’ Rising Scholars Program. The summit brings together a diverse group of individuals and encourages participants to educate themselves on social issues, organize action, and recognize how hip hop can be used to create positive change.

Scheduled guests include Big K.R.I.T., Narcicyst, Maimouna Youssef, OneBeLo, Tree City, The Foundation All-Stars, and more. Tickets cost $15 and are available at the Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO). Doors open at 8pm.

PROGRAM: West - All the Dark Paris Lights; McCrary - 4th Quarter Blowout; Hearsay; Bricusse/Ornadel - If I Ruled the World; McCrary - Nope, Just Sparta; Cortés -Cielito Lindo

MTango is a student organization dedicated to spreading the joy of Argentine tango in the University of Michigan community and beyond. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding teachers at affordable prices, and we look for instructors who are not only excellent dancers and experienced teachers but are also articulate and personable people. We also host social dance parties and share our talents through performances. MTango offers a popular intensive beginner's series in Argentine tango (no partner or experience required), as well as classes for more advanced dancers. It's a great way to meet people, listen to awesome music, relax, share a few dances, and have lots of fun!