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Guest Recital: Trudy Kane, flute

part of the Anatomy of Sound Workshop. with Tim Carey, piano PROGRAM: Burton - Sonatina; Gieseking - Sonatine; Fauré - Sonata in A...

Helping the Humble Butterfly

What can we do to address the decline in butterfly populations? Brenda Dziedzic of the Southeast Michigan Butterfly Association offers a...

lecture discussion
Lecture / Discussion

Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express

For most of his life, San Francisco has been Chuck Prophet's muse...or more accurately, his drug of choice. "It can suck you...

Ongoing Attractions and Exhibits

Gifts of Art presents Blue World/Green World: Fiber Art

Fiber Artists Coalition

Member artists of the Fiber Artists Coalition employ a variety of innovative materials and techniques in the creation of fiber art. The work...

Gifts of Art presents K-12 Group Show

Ann Arbor Public Schools Students

This exhibition presents artwork by K-12th grade students in Ann Arbor Public Schools from the 2013-14 school year. Finished pieces from...

Gifts of Art presents Michigan Ridges & Valleys: Acrylic on Canvas

Rachael Van Dyke

Rachael Van Dyke is eager to search for shapes of color and light that fall on the planes of the ridges and valleys of the land. These...

Gifts of Art presents Panoramic Delights of Leelanau: Color Photography

Ken Scott

Having raised his two children near the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Ken Scott has found much inspiration there. A self-taught...

Gifts of Art presents Paperweights & Studio Glass

UM-Dearborn Permanent Art Collection

The American studio glass movement started in 1962 with glass workshops held at the Toledo Museum of Art. The workshops, taught by Harvey...

Gifts of Art presents Robots are People: Found Object Assemblage

Cre Fuller

Cre Fuller lives and works in Ypsilanti Michigan where he collects random scraps of metal and old kitchen appliances to turn into his one of...

Sayles Pitch: John Sayles, Author, Auteur, Independent

This student-researched exhibit features photographs, storyboards, scripts, props, and more from the archives of the American maverick...

Netherlandic Treasures Exhibit

Featuring some of the earliest, rarest, most beautiful, or most unusual Dutch and Flemish books and manuscripts held by the University of...

Exhibition: Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3 / Contemporary Native North American Art from the Northeast and Southeast

Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3 explores the work of contemporary artists of Native North American origin working in both...

Three Michigan Architects: Part 2–Robert Metcalf

Robert Metcalf’s domestic and commercial buildings represent some of the most important and recognizable modern architecture in Michigan....

Detroit Observatory Viewing Night

weather permitting!

This is your chance to look through the 1857 Fitz refractor....