UM*Events

Gifts of Art presents Right Tool for the Job: Paint &Encaustic on Wood by Valerie Mann (September 30, 2012 8:00am)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 8:00am
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: Taubman Alfred Med. Library
Sponsors: Gifts of Art
Website: http://www.med.umich.edu/goa/exhibits.htm

Valerie Mann has been showing her work professionally throughout the US and in Canada and Germany for 23 years. She grew up on a large family farm in Indiana, went to University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana to earn a BFA in painting, then to MSU to earn an MFA in sculpture. Now working and teaching in Ann Arbor, Mann’s use and study of tools inspired this body of work. Used every day and sometimes taken for granted, tools are indispensable in the making of art. These favorite tools are beautifully designed and well-thought out for their specific job.

Gifts of Art presents French Connections: Polymer Clay Sculpture by Jean-Marc Fontaine (September 30, 2012 8:00am)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 8:00am
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: University Hospitals
Sponsors: Gifts of Art
Website: http://www.med.umich.edu/goa/exhibits.htm

By day, Jean-Marc Fontaine is a molecular biologist, and by night and weekend, he is an artist. He spent his childhood and youth in Normandy, France, and his dream of becoming a scientist grew together with his imagination and passion for oil painting and drawing. After moving to the US in 1998, Fontaine became fascinated with sculpting. This self-taught artist explores funny and familiar subjects, with close attention to details in human anatomy. Viewers will meet French, Belgian, British and American characters. Fontaine hopes that “…these cartoon characters will bring a smile to patients (children and adults, alike).”

Gifts of Art presents Expressions of Light: Photography by Monte Nagler (September 30, 2012 8:00am)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 8:00am
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: Cancer Center
Sponsors: Gifts of Art
Website: http://www.med.umich.edu/goa/exhibits.htm

A driving force in Monte Nagler’s artist quest is to have others see the world in a finer light and to appreciate life a little more. He has the ability to make visible what others can only sense, sharing with viewers the emotional beauty he experiences. Nagler’s photographs, which have won numerous awards, are found in many private and public collections, including the Detroit Institute of Art, the U-M Museum of Art and the Grand Rapids Art Museum. He is also a noted writer, lecturer and teacher of photography and the author of six highly successful photography books.

Gifts of Art presents French Connections: Polymer Clay Sculpture by Jean-Marc Fontaine (September 30, 2012 8:00am)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 8:00am
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery - Main Corridor, Floor 2
Sponsors: Gifts of Art
Website: http://www.med.umich.edu/goa/exhibits.htm

Gifts of Art presents Connections: Linoleum Block Prints by Elizabeth Busey (September 30, 2012 8:00am)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:00:00 EST

Elizabeth Busey has been inspired by global travel to explore the forces that shape our world – growth, pressure, erosion and decay. Through this exploration, she highlights patterns from many disparate perspectives in order to celebrate their universality in the natural world. Her work is created by printing multiple layers of ink onto cotton rag paper, where a single linoleum block is gradually reduced with each color layer. Busey is a primarily self-taught printmaker who produces her work in Bloomington, Indiana on a press made of recycled steel.

Gifts of Art presents Love’s Emotion in Chinese Opera: Photography by Xu, Zengquan (September 30, 2012 8:00am)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 8:00am
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery - Main Lobby, Floor 1
Sponsors: Gifts of Art
Website: http://www.med.umich.edu/goa/exhibits.htm

Traditional kunqu, a genre of classical Chinese theatre, comes alive in the large scale photographs of Xu, Zengquan. The viewer experiences the personalities of the characters and the spirit of the dance, opening a window into traditional Chinese culture and history. Now a local practicing engineer, Xu was born into a family of 10 brothers and sisters, in Jiangsu, China, and discovered his passion for photography in his teens. His work has been published by the Smithsonian Institution. Gifts of Art is pleased to present this exhibition in partnership with the U-M Confucius Institute.

Gifts of Art presents A Study in Nature: Gelatin Silver Prints by Darryl Baird (September 30, 2012 8:00am)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 8:00am
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - North Lobby, Floor 1
Sponsors: Gifts of Art
Website: http://www.med.umich.edu/goa/exhibits.htm

Darryl Baird is Associate Professor of Art at U-M Flint in graphic design and photography. This body of photographic work is a series of highly magnified plant sections offered as homage to natural life cycles and the inherent potential for beauty in mature forms. These images are a means to explore the cycles of all living things and a way to find understanding through the process. For this series, Baird used antique lenses and the now discontinued Polaroid Positive/Negative 55 film. His work is included in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Art, Museum of Fine Art in Houston, Texas and U-M Museum of Art in Ann Arbor.

Gifts of Art presents 25th Anniversary Employee Art Exhibition (September 30, 2012 8:00am)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 8:00am
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - South Lobby, Floor 1
Sponsors: Gifts of Art
Website: http://www.med.umich.edu/goa/exhibits.htm

This year, Gifts of Art celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Employee Art Exhibition! This eagerly anticipated annual event showcases the exceptional talent and creativity of the people who work at the University of Michigan Health System, and for the first time this year, family members too! There are ribbon awards for Best in Category and Best in Show, and a People's Choice award will be determined by the votes of visitors to the exhibit. Winners will be announced at the Artist Reception and Award Ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 from 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the exhibition gallery, which will be hosted by Dr. Ora H. Pescovitz, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs.

Translating Homer: from Papyri to Alexander Pope (September 30, 2012 8:30am)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:30:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 8:30am
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room
Sponsors: University Library
Website: http://www.lib.umich.edu/audbon-room/events/translationexhibit

The exhibit "Translating Homer: from Papyri to Alexander Pope" includes papyri and early printed books illustrating how the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems originally composed in the oral tradition, were first written down, edited, and eventually translated into the main European languages. This journey of transmission and interpretation throughout the centuries ends with the first editions of Alexander Pope’s renderings of the poems. Visitors to the exhibit will hear a series of readings from the poems in the original Greek and in several other languages, including Latin, English, Dutch, and Spanish. The exhibit is part of the LSA Fall 2012 theme semester, Translation.

Architecture+Adaptation: Designing for Hypercomplexity (September 30, 2012 9:00am)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 9:00am
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: School of Social Work Building - 1644
Sponsors: Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Website: www.ii.umich.edu/cseas

Call 734-764-0352 for exhibit availability.

Beautiful Michigan (September 30, 2012 9:00am)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 9:00am
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: Michigan Union - Art Lounge
Sponsors: Center for Campus Involvement
Website: campusinvolvement.umich.edu

Visit the Michigan Union Art Lounge to see this art exhibit featuring landscape oil on canvas paintings from some of the most beautiful places in Michigan. Exhibit: “Beautiful Michigan” - Landscape Paintings, Oil on Canvas Artist: Anil Dhir Artist Statement: For a painter, Michigan offers one of the most beautiful landscapes, whether here in Ann Arbor, up-north or anywhere else. These paintings are my attempt to capture some of the Michigan beauty. I believe that a great painting is a like a beautifully composed piece of music. My wish is to create a painting with a simple aim of honestly capturing the very essence of what I saw, and be able to make the viewer feel what I felt. (To read the full artist statement, please visit campusinvolvement.umich.edu, it is also posted with the exhibit.) The exhibit will be displayed until Friday, October 5th. All pieces in the exhibit are for sale. Please contact the Center for Campus Involvement (uminvolvement@umich.edu) if you are interested in purchasing art from this exhibit. Please note: The Center for Campus Involvement (CCI) provides opportunities for student and professional artists to display work suitable for a general audience. CCI hosting an artist’s work does not mean we endorse the artist’s point of view; we recognize the free speech rights of our exhibitors.

Dance on Screen Exhibition (September 30, 2012 12:00pm)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 12:00pm
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: Off Campus Location - Work Gallery - 306 S. State Street, Ann Arbor
Sponsors: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Website: http://www.music.umich.edu/

Thurnau Prof. of Dance Peter Sparling’s screendance installation, Clonal Renderings will be shown as part of: I know you’re there, but who am I?: Explorations of Identity and Place. This juried exhibition explores the intersection of identity and place. How does place shape identity? How does identity shape the places we choose to inhabit? Gallery hours 12PM-7PM

Art as Experience (September 30, 2012 1:00pm)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 1:00pm
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: Museum of Art
Sponsors: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
Website: http://www.umma.umich.edu/

UMMA's award-winning docents will guide visitors to experience art through active looking at selected highlights of the collections. These general tours provide a good introduction to the collection and to strategies for looking at art through lively and engaging conversation.

Travel Through Maps and Narrative: An Exhibition on Travel and Tourism (September 30, 2012 1:00pm)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 1:00pm
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, Second Floor
Sponsors: University Library
Website: http://www.lib.umich.edu/hatcher-graduate-library/events/travel

Travel, an essential activity of human societies, has evolved into an industry with social, economic and environmental impacts. From pilgrimage and exploration to trade and tourism, advances in transportation have enabled new types of travel and created new places, some existing solely for the vacationer. This exhibition highlights changes in travel including information on early pilgrimages, exploration narratives, the grand tour of Europe, women travellers, World’s Fairs, the birth of the family vacation and specialized tourism using maps and narratives from the Library collections.

Michigan Atheist Sunday Social (September 30, 2012 1:30pm)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:30:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 1:30pm
Event Type: Social / Informal Gathering
Location: Off Campus Location - State Street Starbucks
Sponsors: Secular Student Alliance
Website: http://www.facebook.com/MichiganSSA

The Secular Student Alliance will be meeting in the basement of the State Street Starbucks to hang out, drink coffee and socialize. Come join us!

NPHC Openhouse (September 30, 2012 2:00pm)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 2:00pm
Event Type: Reception / Open House
Location: Michigan Union - Anderson Room
Sponsors: Office of Greek Life
Website: greeklife.umich.edu

Learn about about all the fraternities and sororities that are members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

Gallery Tour: African Art and the Shape of Time (September 30, 2012 2:00pm)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 2:00pm
Event Type: Exhibition
Location: Museum of Art
Sponsors: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
Website: http://www.umma.umich.edu/

African art is often interpreted in Western analytical frameworks as expressions of timeless myths and rituals, interrupted only by the colonial encounter. African Art and the Shape of Time complicates such conventional views by exploring material forms of diverse concepts of temporality, history, and memory. Join UMMA Docents as they discuss the thirty works from UMMA, other museums, and private collections.

Michigan Chamber Players (September 30, 2012 4:00pm)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 4:00pm
Event Type: Performance
Location: Moore Building (Music, Theatre, and Dance) - Britton Recital Hall
Sponsors: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Website: http://www.music.umich.edu/

PROGRAM: Stucky - Sonate en forme de preludes; Meyerbeer - Hirtenlied; Schubert - Der Musensohn; An den Mond; Im Frühling; Ganymed; Clearfield - Three Songs for Oboe and Double Bass, after poems by Pablo Neruda; Brahms - Sonata No. 2 for Clarinet and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 120; Kirshner - selections from Liberty’s Secret: The 100% All-American Musical

Masters Recital: Kipp Cortez, organ (September 30, 2012 4:00pm)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 4:00pm
Event Type: Performance
Location: Hill Auditorium
Sponsors: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Website: http://www.music.umich.edu/

Part of the 52nd Conference on Organ Music. PROGRAM: Sowerby - Carillon; Duruflé - Prélude, adagio et choral varié sur le theme du Veni Creator’ op. 4; Messiaen - Les Corps Glorieux; Howells - Rhapsody in D-flat Major, op. 17, no. 1; Dupré - Variations sur un vieux Noël

Peter Yarrow (September 30, 2012 7:30pm)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:30:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 7:30pm
Event Type: Performance
Location: Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI
Sponsors: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)
Website: https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?e=1b1ffb0cf350ffe518f1c51bcd905153&t=tix

An icon of American folk music Peter Yarrow co-wrote "Puff, the Magic Dragon," and by any measure he's one of America's most beloved folk singers. With Peter, Paul & Mary in the 1960s and beyond, he was part of a group that changed the world of music. He's been active in changing the wider world as well, and he has never slowed down since the birth of Peter, Paul & Mary during the Kennedy administration. In 1969 he was one of the organizers of the antiwar March on Washington. In support of the rights of Jews in the former Soviet Union he wrote them anthem "Don't Let the Light Go Out." In 2000 he founded Operation Respect, a set of school and camp curricula designed to promote a culture of tolerance and respect. Peter's recent appeareances have emphasized music as a shared message and an antidote to mean-spiritedness and intolerance.

Ingrid Michaelson Fall Acoustic Tour (September 30, 2012 7:30pm)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:30:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 7:30pm
Event Type: Performance
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Sponsors: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)
Website: https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?e=a6d4cdd5329e8d023233df50b3147f99&t=tix

Ingrid in a stripped-down acoustic setting Staten Island, New York songstress Ingrid Michaelson started out singing mellow, moody, often very funny folk-pop confections like "The Way I Am" ("I'd buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair"). "I like obvious, catchy songs, but done in a non-obvious way," she told Paste, which was among the first to note the tremendous buzz around this songwriter, and recommended her to fans of Regina Spektor, Feist, and Tina Fey. Ingrid's success mushroomed, and lately her songs have been all over the soundtracks of hit television series like "Grey's Anatomy," "One Tree Hill," and more. As a composer of pure infectious melody Ingrid is still second to none, but with her fifth album, "Human Again," she pushed herself harder as both a vocalist and writer. Now Ingrid comes to the Power Center (121 Fletcher, Ann Arbor) with an acoustic quartet, putting her voice and songs front and center, in a show that marks the maturing of one of today's generation's favorite artists.

Carillon Recital (September 30, 2012 7:30pm)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:30:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 7:30pm
Event Type: Performance
Location: School of Music, Theater and Dance
Sponsors: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Website: http://www.music.umich.edu/

Part of the 52nd Conference on Organ Music

Guest Recital: Dave Wagner, organ (September 30, 2012 8:00pm)

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:00:00 EST

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Time: 8:00pm
Event Type: Performance
Location: Hill Auditorium
Sponsors: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Website: http://www.music.umich.edu/

Part of the 52nd Conference on Organ Music. Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. PROGRAM: Mathias - Processional; De Grigny - Versets on Veni Creator Spiritus; Bach - Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582; Guilmant - Sonata no. 1, op. 42; Mathias - Recessional, op. 96, no. 4