July 26th, 2015

Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas

Lisa Goedert

Ferndale, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles, scribbles,...

Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography

Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF

Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine...

Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood

Timothy Gaewsky

Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from...

Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass

Janet Kelman

Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college, she watched, fascinated, as the glassblower in...

Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls

Nancy Bulkley

Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design, she creates and hand cuts...

Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas

Michael Sheets

The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working...

Gifts of Art presents Traditional & Contemporary Native American Basketry

Kelly Church & Cherish Parrish

Kelly Church and Cherish Parrish are Anishnabe Master black ash basket makers who come from an unbroken line of weavers. They are award...

Textile Trade Ascendancies

This exhibit features cloth samples, photographs, and maps, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from...

The Shape of the Universe

This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe, from Einstein's discovery of space-time, through the...

The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes, Charity Donation Boxes

This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In...

Hana Hamplová: Meditations on Paper

Inspired by a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, Czech photographer Hana Hamplová created a memorable body of work during the 1970s...

Julian Schnabel

Exhibition

Julian Schnabel provides a major entry into work created by the painter celebrated for a visual language that brings together unexpected...

Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters

Exhibition

During World War I, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers, housewives and shipbuilders,...

Sophie Calle: North Pole

Following her mother's death, French conceptual artist Sophie Calle wanted to bury her portrait and jewels on a glacier in the North...

Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin’s Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures

Phase I

An American artist who lives in Rome, Wendy Artin has been working for over a decade on a series of watercolor paintings of ancient Greek...

Things with Wings

A free family event at Matthaei Botanical Gardens that includes the Monarch Watch organization with live butterflies and information on...

other
Other

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Dinosaur Tour!

Free docent-led tours of the dinosaur exhibits every Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. for the first 15 people to sign up. Sign up at the host...

Engaging with Art

Guided Tour

UMMA docents will guide visitors through the galleries on tours as diverse as their interests and areas of expertise. Each docent plans a...

Gallery Tours

Want to learn more about the collections at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology? Join us at the Upjohn Wing entrance on Maynard Street for a...

Planetarium: Exploring New Horizons

This fulldome movie explores the New Horizons spacecraft and its mission to a dwarf planet. It includes the history and the importance of...

Hands-On Demo: Marvelous Mendelian Mutants

Have you ever been curious about genes and inheritance? Gregor Mendel was. Over one hundred years ago, he studied pea plants to develop...

Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in WWI Posters

In Conversation

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

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Songcrafters In-the-Round: Peter Yarrow, John Gorka, Vienna Teng, & Robbie Schaefer

Part of The Ark's 50 Year Fling

Check back soon for more information.

The Ark's 50 Year Fling (3-Day Pass)

The Ark celebrates 50 years!...

performance
Performance

Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives

This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles, one of America's greatest directors of film, theater, radio...

July 27th, 2015

Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas

Lisa Goedert

Ferndale, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles, scribbles,...

Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography

Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF

Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine...

Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood

Timothy Gaewsky

Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from...

Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass

Janet Kelman

Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college, she watched, fascinated, as the glassblower in...

Gifts of Art presents Seeing Music: Acrylic & Watercolor

Deborah L. Hoover

Deborah L. Hoover hopes to achieve what the Swiss artist Paul Klee described as, “making the invisible visible.” The music the musicians...

Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls

Nancy Bulkley

Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design, she creates and hand cuts...

Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas

Michael Sheets

The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working...

Gifts of Art presents The Dinnerware Museum: A Place at the Table

Dinnerware Museum Collection

The Dinnerware Museum, a new museum in Ann Arbor established in 2012, features a collection of thousands of pieces of functional dinnerware...

Gifts of Art presents Traditional & Contemporary Native American Basketry

Kelly Church & Cherish Parrish

Kelly Church and Cherish Parrish are Anishnabe Master black ash basket makers who come from an unbroken line of weavers. They are award...

Textile Trade Ascendancies

This exhibit features cloth samples, photographs, and maps, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from...

Drawdown Vietnam, April – May 1975

America’s long involvement in the war in Vietnam and Indochina drew to a close in April - May 1975. As the city of Saigon fell to the...

Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas

2015 Stamps School of Art & Design Alumni Exhibition

“Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas” is the theme for the 2015 Stamps Alumni Exhibition, juried by Tom Berding (Associate Professor of...

The Artistry of Timothy Orikri

With the summer art exhibition season in full swing, the University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present “The Artistry of...

The Shape of the Universe

This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe, from Einstein's discovery of space-time, through the...

Student Research: Spatial Projects

Join us as two student researchers, Isaac Levine and Nate Marrufo, share their methods and preliminary results in real-time tracking people...

The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes, Charity Donation Boxes

This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In...

Through the Magnifying Glass: A Short History of the Microscope

This exhibit displays a selection of books from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that contain extraordinary illustrations of animals...

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Go Figure

View paintings, drawings and sculpture by Stamps School of Art & Design Professor Emeritus Ted Ramsay and his wife (and alum) Marcia...

Planetarium: The Little Star That Could

Little Star, an average yellow star, searches for planets of his own to protect and warm. Along the way, he meets other stars, learns what...

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Planetarium: Exploring New Horizons

This fulldome movie explores the New Horizons spacecraft and its mission to a dwarf planet. It includes the history and the importance of...

Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives

This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles, one of America's greatest directors of film, theater, radio...

July 28th, 2015

Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas

Lisa Goedert

Ferndale, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles, scribbles,...

Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography

Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF

Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine...

Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood

Timothy Gaewsky

Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from...

Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass

Janet Kelman

Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college, she watched, fascinated, as the glassblower in...

Gifts of Art presents Seeing Music: Acrylic & Watercolor

Deborah L. Hoover

Deborah L. Hoover hopes to achieve what the Swiss artist Paul Klee described as, “making the invisible visible.” The music the musicians...

Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls

Nancy Bulkley

Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design, she creates and hand cuts...

Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas

Michael Sheets

The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working...

Gifts of Art presents The Dinnerware Museum: A Place at the Table

Dinnerware Museum Collection

The Dinnerware Museum, a new museum in Ann Arbor established in 2012, features a collection of thousands of pieces of functional dinnerware...

Gifts of Art presents Traditional & Contemporary Native American Basketry

Kelly Church & Cherish Parrish

Kelly Church and Cherish Parrish are Anishnabe Master black ash basket makers who come from an unbroken line of weavers. They are award...

Textile Trade Ascendancies

This exhibit features cloth samples, photographs, and maps, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from...

Drawdown Vietnam, April – May 1975

America’s long involvement in the war in Vietnam and Indochina drew to a close in April - May 1975. As the city of Saigon fell to the...

Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas

2015 Stamps School of Art & Design Alumni Exhibition

“Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas” is the theme for the 2015 Stamps Alumni Exhibition, juried by Tom Berding (Associate Professor of...

The Artistry of Timothy Orikri

With the summer art exhibition season in full swing, the University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present “The Artistry of...

The Shape of the Universe

This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe, from Einstein's discovery of space-time, through the...

The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes, Charity Donation Boxes

This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In...

Through the Magnifying Glass: A Short History of the Microscope

This exhibit displays a selection of books from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that contain extraordinary illustrations of animals...

Hana Hamplová: Meditations on Paper

Inspired by a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, Czech photographer Hana Hamplová created a memorable body of work during the 1970s...

Julian Schnabel

Exhibition

Julian Schnabel provides a major entry into work created by the painter celebrated for a visual language that brings together unexpected...

Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters

Exhibition

During World War I, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers, housewives and shipbuilders,...

Sophie Calle: North Pole

Following her mother's death, French conceptual artist Sophie Calle wanted to bury her portrait and jewels on a glacier in the North...

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Go Figure

View paintings, drawings and sculpture by Stamps School of Art & Design Professor Emeritus Ted Ramsay and his wife (and alum) Marcia...

Planetarium: The Little Star That Could

Little Star, an average yellow star, searches for planets of his own to protect and warm. Along the way, he meets other stars, learns what...

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Planetarium: Exploring New Horizons

This fulldome movie explores the New Horizons spacecraft and its mission to a dwarf planet. It includes the history and the importance of...

Foot Golf Social Event

The game of all games, FOOT GOLF!IHSO invites you to come out with family and friends and bring your competitive edge to Georgetown Country...

other
Other

Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives

This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles, one of America's greatest directors of film, theater, radio...

July 29th, 2015

Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas

Lisa Goedert

Ferndale, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles, scribbles,...

Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography

Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF

Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine...

Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood

Timothy Gaewsky

Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from...

Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass

Janet Kelman

Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college, she watched, fascinated, as the glassblower in...

Gifts of Art presents Seeing Music: Acrylic & Watercolor

Deborah L. Hoover

Deborah L. Hoover hopes to achieve what the Swiss artist Paul Klee described as, “making the invisible visible.” The music the musicians...

Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls

Nancy Bulkley

Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design, she creates and hand cuts...

Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas

Michael Sheets

The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working...

Gifts of Art presents The Dinnerware Museum: A Place at the Table

Dinnerware Museum Collection

The Dinnerware Museum, a new museum in Ann Arbor established in 2012, features a collection of thousands of pieces of functional dinnerware...

Gifts of Art presents Traditional & Contemporary Native American Basketry

Kelly Church & Cherish Parrish

Kelly Church and Cherish Parrish are Anishnabe Master black ash basket makers who come from an unbroken line of weavers. They are award...

Textile Trade Ascendancies

This exhibit features cloth samples, photographs, and maps, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from...

LPD Summer 2015 Special Event

Lean Inside with Jay Pryor

Most of us have beliefs that hold us back from achieving all our goals or that impede our success. By empowering women to identify and...

Drawdown Vietnam, April – May 1975

America’s long involvement in the war in Vietnam and Indochina drew to a close in April - May 1975. As the city of Saigon fell to the...

Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas

2015 Stamps School of Art & Design Alumni Exhibition

“Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas” is the theme for the 2015 Stamps Alumni Exhibition, juried by Tom Berding (Associate Professor of...

The Artistry of Timothy Orikri

With the summer art exhibition season in full swing, the University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present “The Artistry of...

The Shape of the Universe

This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe, from Einstein's discovery of space-time, through the...

Incredible Edibles at Matthaei Botanical Gardens

Children and their parents invited to discover what vegetables and fruits are in season, explore the parts of plants that we eat, and make a...

workshop seminar
Workshop / Seminar

The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes, Charity Donation Boxes

This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In...

Through the Magnifying Glass: A Short History of the Microscope

This exhibit displays a selection of books from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that contain extraordinary illustrations of animals...

Hana Hamplová: Meditations on Paper

Inspired by a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, Czech photographer Hana Hamplová created a memorable body of work during the 1970s...

Julian Schnabel

Exhibition

Julian Schnabel provides a major entry into work created by the painter celebrated for a visual language that brings together unexpected...

Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters

Exhibition

During World War I, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers, housewives and shipbuilders,...

Sophie Calle: North Pole

Following her mother's death, French conceptual artist Sophie Calle wanted to bury her portrait and jewels on a glacier in the North...

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Go Figure

View paintings, drawings and sculpture by Stamps School of Art & Design Professor Emeritus Ted Ramsay and his wife (and alum) Marcia...

Planetarium: The Little Star That Could

Little Star, an average yellow star, searches for planets of his own to protect and warm. Along the way, he meets other stars, learns what...

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Planetarium: Exploring New Horizons

This fulldome movie explores the New Horizons spacecraft and its mission to a dwarf planet. It includes the history and the importance of...

David Schottenfeld Keynote Lecture

"How epidemiology has improved population health and will continue to do so"

The School of Public Health Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology invites you to join us as we celebrate 50 Years of Education Excellence...

Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives

This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles, one of America's greatest directors of film, theater, radio...

July 30th, 2015

Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas

Lisa Goedert

Ferndale, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles, scribbles,...

Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography

Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF

Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine...

Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood

Timothy Gaewsky

Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from...

Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass

Janet Kelman

Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college, she watched, fascinated, as the glassblower in...

Gifts of Art presents Seeing Music: Acrylic & Watercolor

Deborah L. Hoover

Deborah L. Hoover hopes to achieve what the Swiss artist Paul Klee described as, “making the invisible visible.” The music the musicians...

Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls

Nancy Bulkley

Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design, she creates and hand cuts...

Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas

Michael Sheets

The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working...

Gifts of Art presents The Dinnerware Museum: A Place at the Table

Dinnerware Museum Collection

The Dinnerware Museum, a new museum in Ann Arbor established in 2012, features a collection of thousands of pieces of functional dinnerware...

Gifts of Art presents Traditional & Contemporary Native American Basketry

Kelly Church & Cherish Parrish

Kelly Church and Cherish Parrish are Anishnabe Master black ash basket makers who come from an unbroken line of weavers. They are award...

Textile Trade Ascendancies

This exhibit features cloth samples, photographs, and maps, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from...

Drawdown Vietnam, April – May 1975

America’s long involvement in the war in Vietnam and Indochina drew to a close in April - May 1975. As the city of Saigon fell to the...

Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas

2015 Stamps School of Art & Design Alumni Exhibition

“Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas” is the theme for the 2015 Stamps Alumni Exhibition, juried by Tom Berding (Associate Professor of...

The Artistry of Timothy Orikri

With the summer art exhibition season in full swing, the University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present “The Artistry of...

The Shape of the Universe

This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe, from Einstein's discovery of space-time, through the...

The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes, Charity Donation Boxes

This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In...

Through the Magnifying Glass: A Short History of the Microscope

This exhibit displays a selection of books from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that contain extraordinary illustrations of animals...

Hana Hamplová: Meditations on Paper

Inspired by a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, Czech photographer Hana Hamplová created a memorable body of work during the 1970s...

Julian Schnabel

Exhibition

Julian Schnabel provides a major entry into work created by the painter celebrated for a visual language that brings together unexpected...

Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters

Exhibition

During World War I, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers, housewives and shipbuilders,...

Sophie Calle: North Pole

Following her mother's death, French conceptual artist Sophie Calle wanted to bury her portrait and jewels on a glacier in the North...

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Gifts of Art presents Rockabilly, Blues, Swing & Rock

George Bedard & the Kingpins

George Bedard is a supremely talented guitar player and a longtime fixture in the Ann Arbor roots music scene. He’s been blowing the roof...

Go Figure

View paintings, drawings and sculpture by Stamps School of Art & Design Professor Emeritus Ted Ramsay and his wife (and alum) Marcia...

Planetarium: The Little Star That Could

Little Star, an average yellow star, searches for planets of his own to protect and warm. Along the way, he meets other stars, learns what...

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Planetarium: Exploring New Horizons

This fulldome movie explores the New Horizons spacecraft and its mission to a dwarf planet. It includes the history and the importance of...

Free Exercise Classes

Free U-Move Fitness Classes in 3275 CCRB

Try a free class hosted by U-Move Fitness....

Biological Software Weekly Meeting

If you're interested in participating in a competition, learning computer programming, and/or creating genetic research software tools,...

meeting
Meeting

David Cook

Much has happened since David Cook won the seventh season of American Idol in 2008 and subsequently made chart history with a...

Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives

This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles, one of America's greatest directors of film, theater, radio...

July 31st, 2015

Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas

Lisa Goedert

Ferndale, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles, scribbles,...

Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography

Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF

Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine...

Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood

Timothy Gaewsky

Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from...

Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass

Janet Kelman

Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college, she watched, fascinated, as the glassblower in...

Gifts of Art presents Seeing Music: Acrylic & Watercolor

Deborah L. Hoover

Deborah L. Hoover hopes to achieve what the Swiss artist Paul Klee described as, “making the invisible visible.” The music the musicians...

Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls

Nancy Bulkley

Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design, she creates and hand cuts...

Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas

Michael Sheets

The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working...

Gifts of Art presents The Dinnerware Museum: A Place at the Table

Dinnerware Museum Collection

The Dinnerware Museum, a new museum in Ann Arbor established in 2012, features a collection of thousands of pieces of functional dinnerware...

Gifts of Art presents Traditional & Contemporary Native American Basketry

Kelly Church & Cherish Parrish

Kelly Church and Cherish Parrish are Anishnabe Master black ash basket makers who come from an unbroken line of weavers. They are award...

Textile Trade Ascendancies

This exhibit features cloth samples, photographs, and maps, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from...

Drawdown Vietnam, April – May 1975

America’s long involvement in the war in Vietnam and Indochina drew to a close in April - May 1975. As the city of Saigon fell to the...

Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas

2015 Stamps School of Art & Design Alumni Exhibition

“Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas” is the theme for the 2015 Stamps Alumni Exhibition, juried by Tom Berding (Associate Professor of...

The Artistry of Timothy Orikri

With the summer art exhibition season in full swing, the University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present “The Artistry of...

The Shape of the Universe

This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe, from Einstein's discovery of space-time, through the...

The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes, Charity Donation Boxes

This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In...

Through the Magnifying Glass: A Short History of the Microscope

This exhibit displays a selection of books from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that contain extraordinary illustrations of animals...

Hana Hamplová: Meditations on Paper

Inspired by a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, Czech photographer Hana Hamplová created a memorable body of work during the 1970s...

Julian Schnabel

Exhibition

Julian Schnabel provides a major entry into work created by the painter celebrated for a visual language that brings together unexpected...

Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters

Exhibition

During World War I, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers, housewives and shipbuilders,...

Sophie Calle: North Pole

Following her mother's death, French conceptual artist Sophie Calle wanted to bury her portrait and jewels on a glacier in the North...

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Go Figure

View paintings, drawings and sculpture by Stamps School of Art & Design Professor Emeritus Ted Ramsay and his wife (and alum) Marcia...

Planetarium: The Little Star That Could

Little Star, an average yellow star, searches for planets of his own to protect and warm. Along the way, he meets other stars, learns what...

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Jack Cichon's Retirement Reception

Join us as we honor Jack Cichon, Urology Chief Department Administrator, upon his retirement after 22 years of dedicated service!

open house
Reception / Open House

Planetarium: Exploring New Horizons

This fulldome movie explores the New Horizons spacecraft and its mission to a dwarf planet. It includes the history and the importance of...

Coffee Hour

The Coffee Hours offered in the summer are designed to welcome new international students, scholars and families and introduce them to...

Bujinkan Midwest Tai Kai 2015

The Bujinkan Dojo at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is proud to host the eighth annual Bujinkan Midwest Taikai; an annual gathering of...

conference
Conference / Symposium

Livingston Taylor

Livingston Taylor picked up his first guitar at age 13, beginning a 40-year career that has encompassed performance, songwriting, and...

Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives

This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles, one of America's greatest directors of film, theater, radio...

August 1st, 2015

Bujinkan Midwest Tai Kai 2015

The Bujinkan Dojo at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is proud to host the eighth annual Bujinkan Midwest Taikai; an annual gathering of...

conference
Conference / Symposium

Gifts of Art presents A Calming Force: Acrylic on Canvas

Lisa Goedert

Ferndale, Michigan based artist Lisa Goedert is inspired by patterns found in nature. She works spontaneously using circles, scribbles,...

Gifts of Art presents An International Celebration of Aging: Color Photography

Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF

Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine is an international exhibiting artist and geriatrician in New York City with an interest in art as applied to medicine...

Gifts of Art presents In Living Color: Painting on Wood

Timothy Gaewsky

Timothy Gaewsky is a painter and mixed media artist working out of Toledo, Ohio. His current paintings use visual aesthetics drawn from...

Gifts of Art presents Seafans & Fused Glass

Janet Kelman

Janet Kelman began her love affair with glass in 1970. While studying chemistry in college, she watched, fascinated, as the glassblower in...

Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Flowers: Plates & Bowls

Nancy Bulkley

Nancy Bulkley throws forms on the potter's wheel almost as a canvas for her designs. For her surface design, she creates and hand cuts...

Gifts of Art presents Stones Series: Painting on Canvas

Michael Sheets

The paintings that comprise Stones Series by Michael Sheets had their genesis in a vacation he took on the shores of Lake Superior. Working...

Gifts of Art presents Traditional & Contemporary Native American Basketry

Kelly Church & Cherish Parrish

Kelly Church and Cherish Parrish are Anishnabe Master black ash basket makers who come from an unbroken line of weavers. They are award...

Textile Trade Ascendancies

This exhibit features cloth samples, photographs, and maps, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from...

Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas

2015 Stamps School of Art & Design Alumni Exhibition

“Puzzles, Riddles, and Enigmas” is the theme for the 2015 Stamps Alumni Exhibition, juried by Tom Berding (Associate Professor of...

The Artistry of Timothy Orikri

With the summer art exhibition season in full swing, the University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present “The Artistry of...

The Shape of the Universe

This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe, from Einstein's discovery of space-time, through the...

Pain Medication Take-Back Day

Prescription drug abuse is one of the fastest growing trends among our young teens today and is the second most abused substance behind...

The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes, Charity Donation Boxes

This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In...

Hana Hamplová: Meditations on Paper

Inspired by a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, Czech photographer Hana Hamplová created a memorable body of work during the 1970s...

Hands-On Demo: Making a Good Impression

Explore how fossils are created during this hands-on demonstration! What parts of animals become fossilized? How old are the earliest...

Julian Schnabel

Exhibition

Julian Schnabel provides a major entry into work created by the painter celebrated for a visual language that brings together unexpected...

Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters

Exhibition

During World War I, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers, housewives and shipbuilders,...

Sophie Calle: North Pole

Following her mother's death, French conceptual artist Sophie Calle wanted to bury her portrait and jewels on a glacier in the North...

Storytime at the Museum

Children ages four to seven are invited to hear a story in the galleries. Stories will be followed by a short activity responding to the art...

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Planetarium: Waiting Far Away

A short, relaxing fulldome movie about far away places in the Universe and our imaginations, followed by a live star talk.

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Dinosaur Tour!

Free docent-led tours of the dinosaur exhibits every Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. for the first 15 people to sign up. Sign up at the host...

Saturday Sampler Tours

Join us for thematic tours of the Kelsey Museum created by Kelsey Museum Docent Corps. Tours start at 2PM and are free and open to the...

Planetarium: My Universe

Planetarium presenters often accumulate a number of favorite things to share with audiences. They range from the current night sky, to...

Hands-On Demo: Making a Good Impression

Explore how fossils are created during this hands-on demonstration! What parts of animals become fossilized? How old are the earliest...

Planetarium: Star Talk: The Sky Tonight

Bright stars, constellations, planets, and telescopic objects in the current night sky are discussed in this live "star talk."...

Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives

This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles, one of America's greatest directors of film, theater, radio...

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi

Hot Pstromi bandleader and founder Yale Strom was a pioneer among revivalists in conducting extensive field research in Central and Eastern...