Ongoing Attractions and Exhibits

Science as Art Contest

The Science Learning Center (SLC) is excited to announce a 2014 Science As Art Contest for currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate...

Gifts of Art presents Back Home in Earth’s Garden: Clay & Fibers

Susan Sutherland Barnes

Susan Sutherland Barnes has been exploring patterns in nature and the combining of clay and fibers for over thirty years. Her early...

Gifts of Art presents Florilegium: Color Photography

Kim Kauffman

Lansing, Michigan artist Kim Kauffman shares her appreciation of the botanical world through photo collages of subjects from gardens. She...

Gifts of Art presents Fusion & Separation: Mixed Media on Panel

Mary Rousseaux

Mary Rousseaux's works appear to be flowing liquid that melds on the surface. The painting materials both fuse and separate, settling...

Gifts of Art presents Migration: Paper, Graphite & Collage

Yoriko Hirose Cronin

Print maker and installation artist Yoriko Hirose Cronin has always been interested in birds: their calls, flight habits, and especially...

Gifts of Art presents Snap Line on Detroit: Ink on Rag Paper

Margi Weir

Margi Weir began making drawings of ink and ink wash about 10 years ago using a technique that she calls snap line. A snap line is the mark...

Gifts of Art presents Snowflake Paper Cuttings

Dr. Thomas L. Clark

Snowflake master Dr. Thomas L. Clark delves into ancient symbolism in exquisite, hand-cut paper creations. A former U-M physician, Clark,...

Gifts of Art presents Textures & Patterns: Ceramics

Mary Ellen Taylor

The compositions in Mary Ellen Taylor's abstract ceramic pieces touch on chaos but maintain clarity through positive and negative...

Sibande On Campus: Exhibit: The wait seems to go on forever (mural, 2008)

Rising young South African artist Mary Sibande constructs elaborate visual narratives to consider race, gender, and class in post-colonial...

“And it was just right”: Food and cooking in children’s literature

These folk tales, adventure stories, cookbooks, advertising pamphlets, and didactic novels from the U-M Library's Janice Bluestein...

Eco-Restoration Workday –Matthaei Botanical Gardens

All invited to help Matthaei staff members remove invasive plants at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Dress for outdoor work. Snacks and tools...

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Community Service

Scales of Contact:

Architecture & Global Infrastructures

Scales of Contact: Architecture & Global Infrastructures, an exhibition of architecture research by Taubman College graduate students,...

50 Shades of Green – A Dynamic Look at the Color of Nature

Using examples from the conservatory’s collection and touching on art, science, psychology, research, environmental issues, and...

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Other

"Performing Still Images: David Claerbout and Matthew Buckingham"

Chinese Now : Contemporary Portraits

The Confucius Institute and Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan host an art exhibition "Chinese...

Exhibit: AfroKilt

AfroKilt explores the connections between Africa and Scotland through textiles – specifically, the role of Anchor thread, an embroidery...