um3detroit

A daylong showcase of research and learning practices advanced in and with Detroit....

Award Winners Exhibit

The Award Winning pieces from the 22nd Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners will be exhibited at the University of Michigan...

Storied Acquisitions: Highlights from the University of Michigan Library Collections

In celebration of the university’s bicentennial, this exhibit showcases treasures from a variety of library collecting areas and explores...

Fridays After 5

Stop in to UMMA on select Friday evenings to enjoy special exhibitions and engaging activities at Fridays After 5! With all of UMMA's...

Eurovision 2017 Watch Party

Join the Slavic & German Departments for a watch party of the final contest of Eurovision 2017! Pizza and drinks will be provided.

Reach: A Stamps Faculty Exhibition

The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design is pleased to announce Reach: A Stamps Faculty Exhibition, on view Tuesday, May...

Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors—Part I: Figuration

Guided Tour

Commemorating the University of Michigan’s 2017 Bicentennial, Victors for Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors celebrates the deep impact...

Cosmogonic Tattoos

Guided Tour

n celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished Stamps School of Art and Design professor Jim...

Exhibition and Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos

Jim Cogswell

In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of...

Breaching Artistic Barriers: Artists in Dialogue in Victors For Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors—Part I: Figuration

In Conversation

Victors For Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors—Part I: Figuration encompasses works of art representing various artistic styles,...

Dr. Corydon L. Ford Artifact Dedication

Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D.

Corydon L. Ford, M.D. joined the University of Michigan faculty as Professor of Anatomy in 1854. Revered by his colleagues, Dr. Ford was...

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Ceremony / Service

Fridays After 5

Stop in to UMMA on select Friday evenings to enjoy special exhibitions and engaging activities at Fridays After 5! With all of UMMA's...

Outside In: A Walking Tour of Cosmogonic Tattoos

with Jim Cogswell

In celebration of the University Bicentennial, Stamps School of Art & Design Professor and artist Jim Cogswell was invited to develop a...

Outside In: A Walking Tour of Cosmogonic Tattoos with Curator Jim Cogswell

Tour begins in UMMA’s exterior courtyard and continues to the installations at the Kelsey Museum. Reception to follow at the Kelsey.

Exhibition Reception - Reach: A Stamps Faculty Exhibition

The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design is pleased to announce Reach: A Stamps Faculty Exhibition, on view Tuesday, May...

Gifts of Art presents Ceramic Houses

Olga Stowers

Olga Stowers was born in Siberia and grew up in Moscow, Russia where she earned her degree in finance. She has always been interested in...

Gifts of Art presents Coloring with the Masters: Art Quilts

Aussome Study Group

For this exhibition, the Aussome Study Group (ASG) picked some of their current favorite artists – MaryAnn Beckwith, Peter Max, Louis...

Gifts of Art presents Fiber Musings

Boisali Biswas

Boisali Biswas is a studio artist working in mixed media fibers, currently residing in West Bloomfield, Michigan. She is originally from...

Gifts of Art presents His Eye Is on the Sparrow: Watercolor

Catherine McClung

Combining a passion for painting and a love of nature, Catherine McClung has shown her work in the Ann Arbor Art Fair since 1980. In both...

Gifts of Art presents Photography Through China

Zengquan Xu

Zengquan Xu is a retired electrical engineer who worked professionally in the local automotive industry. Since his teens, photography has...

Gifts of Art presents Simpli Jessi Handmade Rag Dolls

Jessi Halliday Mesalic

Jessi Halliday Mesalic is an interior designer, artist, illustrator, doll maker, painter, yarn fanatic and lots of other artistic-type...

Gifts of Art presents The Shifting Circus: Drawing & Sculpture

Thom Bohnert

The drawings and sculpture of Flushing, Michigan artist Thom Bohnert range from lyrical to poetic, playing with tension and balance in a...

Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors—Part II: Abstraction

Commemorating the University of Michigan’s 2017 Bicentennial, Victors for Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors celebrates the deep impact...

Gifts of Art presents Big Band & Swing

Depot Town Big Band

Founded in 2011, Depot Town Big Band is a full 17-piece traditional big band playing charts from the 1940s (Glenn Miller) to the present...

Curator Tour | Cosmogonic Tattoos

Jim Cogswell

Tour of the special exhibition at the Kelsey Museum.

Family Art Studio: Printmaking and Beyond

Free. Registration is required: email umma-program-registration@umich.edu. Please include date and title of program in the subject line of...

In Conversation: Abstract Expressions in Modern & Contemporary Art in Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors—Part II: Abstraction

This program is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please register to secure your place by emailing...

BioArtography Booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair

East University Booth #102

BioArtography will be in Booth #102 on East University (near intersection of E. University/Willard) at Ann Arbor’s South University Art...

Fridays After 5

Art Fair Edition Featuring Naked Ace

Stop in to UMMA on select Friday evenings to enjoy special exhibitions and engaging activities at Fridays After 5! With all of UMMA's...

Exhibition Reception - 2017 Alumni Exhibition

Each year, our Alumni exhibition offers an opportunity for Stamps graduates from across the country and internationally to share their...

Enter the As I See It Literary Competition!

Arts at Michigan is seeking student literary works for the As I See It Literary Competition! Tell us about your University of Michigan...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Color

The colors of the ancient world were not only pragmatic, based on the natural materials at hand, but also highly symbolic. This tour will...

Picturing Buildings: Photographers and Architecture, 1855–1985

Guided Tour

Featuring a selection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs from the Museum’s collection, Picturing Buildings illuminates the...

In Conversation: Mobilizing Memory at Willow Run

This program is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please register to secure your place by emailing...

II Photo Exhibit. David Turnley: Eyes on the World

The photographs in this collection were donated to the International Institute in 2012 as part of a symposium focused on international human rights.

David Turnley is considered by many to be one of the best documentary photographers working today. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, two World...

Reverberations of Rebellion: 1967 in Detroit and Ann Arbor

The 1967 Detroit rebellion was a pivotal event in the history of the Motor City. While Ann Arbor may seem far removed from Detroit, the...

Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and...

Curator Tour | Cosmogonic Tattoos

Jim Cogswell

Tour of the special exhibition at the Kelsey Museum.

Ernestine Ruben at Willow Run: Mobilizing Memory

Guided Tour

In 2013, artist Ernestine Ruben (BSDEs ’53) photographed the once-famed industrial complex Willow Run in Washtenaw County, Michigan....

ON EQUAL TERMS: gender & solidarity

Susan Eisenberg, CEW 2016 Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist Speaks on Virtual Exhibit

This is a FREE lunch time brown bag session, so please feel free to bring your lunch! Light refreshments will also be provided....

Gloss: Modeling Beauty

Focusing on the prominent role of women as the subject of photography, GLOSS: Modeling Beauty explores the shifting ideals of female beauty...

Guided Tour

Victors for Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors—Part II: Abstraction

Commemorating the University of Michigan’s 2017 Bicentennial, Victors for Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors celebrates the deep impact...

Artscapade!

UMMA and Arts at Michigan celebrate Welcome Week by introducing new University of Michigan students to the wide array of possibilities for...

Guided Tour Cosmogonic Tattoos

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished Stamps School of Art and Design professor...

Forever Unfinished: Making and Remaking a Public University

The University of Michigan was founded in 1817 as a public institution, a concept for which there were few models. What makes a university...

Possession, pop-up exhibition by Jaye Schlesinger

Possession evolved in response to Ann Arbor artist Jaye Schlesinger’s interest in mindfulness and minimalism and the role they play in...

Waiting for the Extraordinary installation by Mark Dion

About the installation: As part of the Institute for the Humanities 2017-18 Year of Archives and Futures, and in celebration of the U-M...

Exhibition on view: A Place in the Shade: Selected Projects by Charles Correa

Exhibition on view September 7 - 22...

An UMMA + Kelsey Dialogue: Transmissions across the Gap: 'Cosmogonic Tattoos' with Artist Jim Cogswell

Artist Jim Cogswell will explore his work in 'Cosmogonic Tattoos', a visually stunning and rhythmic procession of vivid, but...

The Unfinished Conversation: Encoding/Decoding

On view from September 8-October 14, 2017 in the Stamps Gallery (201 S. Division St., Ann Arbor), The Unfinished Conversation:...