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DTSTAMP:20150331T124407
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Along the Way: Collage on Canvas
DESCRIPTION:Iowa City artist Sara Slee Brown focuses on using images of natural beauty and man-made buildings to create imaginary scenarios that give rise to possibilities outside of everyday experience. Using the computer as her medium\, she digitally combines photographic images and original artwork. She then makes digital prints and layers them onto canvas with acrylic varnish. The resulting surface is more paint than print\, revealing the artist’s hand upon the work. Brown holds a BFA from the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and an MFA in Painting from the University of Iowa School of Art.
UID:22420-1396426@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22420
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
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DTSTAMP:20150331T125645
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Big Painted Stuff: Mixed Media
DESCRIPTION:Karl Laub’s paintings are a mixture of acrylics\, watercolors\, pastels\, molding paste and whatever else he can find to include in his artwork. He has enjoyed working on these larger pieces that have let him experiment with a wider range of colors and techniques and allowed him more room to make a mess. Laub is the Community Development Director for the City of River Rouge and resides in Gibraltar\, Michigan.
UID:22424-1396650@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22424
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150331T125010
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Chasing Fotos – Critters
DESCRIPTION:Lynette Curtiss is an award winning Michigan based artist who has always had a passion for photography. She has used this passion to capture the beauty of many forms of life\, including people\, places\, wildlife and nature. Curtiss holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Lawrence Technological University and a photography certificate from the College of Creative Studies. She continues to expand her knowledge of photography by taking workshops\, leading photography group meet-ups with Ann Arbor Shutterbugs and collaborating with other groups. She is also the volunteer yearbook editor for Parkview Elementary in Novi.
UID:22421-1396482@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22421
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150331T124008
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Evolution of Rock Getting Wheels
DESCRIPTION:Ann Arbor artist Middy Potter has creativity at the center of his life. When composing a sculpture\, he adds a dash of humor\, a bit of whimsy\, and a pinch of wonderment. Self-taught as an artist\, Potter realizes the connection between science and art. His formal training includes a degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering\, a form of art in itself. Texture\, color\, technical challenges and different materials are part of his creations. Materials for Potter's sculptures include wood\, cloth\, 3-D glass mosaic\, stone\, metal\, cast stone and found objects.
UID:22419-1396369@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22419
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150331T130321
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Pearls\, Chains & Silhouettes: Handmade\, Industrial & Digital Jewelry
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on common jewelry motifs and iconic imagery\, Ashley Buchanan individually hand-cuts silhouettes from sheet metal using a traditional jeweler’s saw. She then applies color using an industrial process called powder coating. In select pieces\, Buchanan incorporates digitally scanned photographs made into buttons that she prong sets onto pieces in the form of gemstones. By combining the handmade with the industrial and the digital\, Buchanan pushes the boundaries of jewelry\, producing pieces with a fresh voice that speaks to the past\, present and future of craft while maintaining the seductive quality of jewelry.
UID:22427-1396762@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22427
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150331T130003
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Proof: Encaustic on Wood
DESCRIPTION:As she paints and constructs\, Graceann Warn’s paintings and assemblages use the metaphor of excavation. Her formal education in landscape architecture and classical archaeology assist her as she attempts to unearth an object or solve a mystery. A full time artist since 1985\, Warn now works primarily on wood panels with oils and encaustic\, and much of her work is concerned with the science and mystery of uncovering and covering. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in the collections of Yale University\, Museum of Art and Design\, New York\, NY\,  US Embassies in Nairobi and Sarajevo\, Pew Charitable Trusts and many others.
UID:22426-1396706@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22426
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150331T131356
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Seeing Music: Acrylic & Watercolor
DESCRIPTION:Deborah L. Hoover hopes to achieve what the Swiss artist Paul Klee described as\, “making the invisible visible.” The music the musicians create in her paintings is full of life. Can you hear it? Using vibrant colors in acrylic or watercolor\, Hoover’s paintings inspire a multisensory response. She graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design and currently works in graphic arts and painting.
UID:22428-1396818@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22428
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1.
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150310T132434
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Dinnerware Museum: A Place at the Table
DESCRIPTION:The Dinnerware Museum\, a new museum in Ann Arbor established in 2012\, features a collection of thousands of pieces of functional dinnerware from all over the world along with fine art referencing dinnerware created from ceramic\, metal\, glass\, paper\, plastic and more. This exhibition highlights portions of eight memorable place settings of American tableware dating from the 1930s to the present\, including sets designed by the leading 20th century designers Eva Zeisel\, Russel Wright\, Glidden Parker\, and Don Schreckengost as well as new dinnerware by contemporary artist Julia Galloway in 2014.
UID:21151-1335840@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21151
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2
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DTSTAMP:20150331T122533
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Transitions: Watercolor on Paper
DESCRIPTION:The current work of Ann Arbor based artist Maria Ruggiero focuses on the large and small events in daily life through the genre of still life. She creates complex compositions of objects and other elements that reflect aspects of her experiences\, with an emphasis on those that relate to the development of her young son. Pattern\, decoration\, and the juxtaposition of objects with flat images are consistent elements in Ruggiero's paintings\, as is her interest in light quality and color. She holds a BFA in Studio Art from Michigan State University\, an MFA in Painting from Kent State University in Ohio\, and she is Professor of Art at Eastern Michigan University.
UID:22415-1396313@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22415
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20141218T105602
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Re-Imaging Gender - A Juried Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Our understandings of gender have shifted dramatically in recent decades. No longer is gender a matter of an immutable binary\, or a set of predetermined preferences and predilections. This exhibition--the first of its kind--both celebrates and interrogates the visual aspects of the re- imaging of gender.\n\nRe-imaging Gender features the work of 15 promising artists who take on one of the most important challenges facing contemporary art: how to render the modern spectrum of gender\, going beyond the simple male/female binary to include a wide variety of identities and sexualities.\n\nThe Re-imaging artists\, MFA students enrolled at Michigan and CIC universities (Big 10\, plus Chicago)\, responded to an IRWG-issued Call for Art. The result is an exhibition of 17 works in a variety of media\, including photography\, paint\, lithograph\, mixed media\, and video\, which reflect new understandings of gender.\n\nThe exhibit will be displayed at the Lane Hall Gallery\, a space shared by IRWG and the U-M Department of Women’s Studies\, from January 15 - June 26\, 2015.
UID:20407-1287694@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20407
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Literary Arts,Visual Arts,Women's Studies
LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery space on first floor
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DTSTAMP:20150512T100037
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T235900
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Textile Trade Ascendancies
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features cloth samples\, photographs\, and maps\, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from 16th century trading with Portugal to the present\, when the Nigerian textile trade is dominated by imports from China. Curated by Elisha P. Renne\, U-M professor in Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies.
UID:22816-1412241@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22816
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:History,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150505T101537
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T164500
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Drawdown Vietnam\, April – May 1975
DESCRIPTION: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 advancing North Vietnamese Army\, the United States military evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese civilians to ships nearby.\n\nIn the midst of the chaos\, two smaller rescues took place – Operation Babylift\, in which more than three thousand children and babies were airlifted to safety\, and the rescue of the S.S. Mayaguez\, whose ship and crew were captured by forces of the new Cambodian Khmer Rouge government less than two weeks following the fall of Saigon.\n\nThe unfolding of these events are chronicled in two lobby displays at the Gerald Ford Presidential Library – complete with artifacts\, photographs\, documents and personal stories of those involved.\n\nThe exhibit is free to Library visitors\, and will be on display through September\, 2015. \n\nPlease note that the Library is NOT open on weekends or Federal holidays. Library hours are Monday – Friday  8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
UID:22785-1411362@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22785
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cambodia,Indochina,Operation Babylift,Saigon,Vietnam
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150226T125946
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T103000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Dr. Richard Alley
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Richard Alley\, Professor of Geosciences\, Pennsylvania State University\, “Good\, Bad and Maybe: Communicating Scientific Near-Certainties and Deep-Uncertainties to a Non-Scientific Audience\,” Friday May 15\, 9:00-10:30am\, Rackham Amphitheater
UID:21862-1365878@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21862
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Science
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheater
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150217T124704
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Listen Up! Hear What’s Important\, Ignore the Rest
DESCRIPTION:We are constantly bombarded by noise that makes real listening increasingly difficult. This leads to missing important information\, frustration\, and alienation from others. This workshop will help you take control of your listening environment so you can be a better listener.\n\nYou will learn to:\n\nRecognize the importance of silence within a conversation\nDistinguish between verbal noise and true content\nIdentify your own personal listening bad habits\nPractice listening for key words within a conversation\nConstruct questions to assist you in listening more fully to others\nDetermine when listening is most difficult for you\n\nYou will benefit by:\n\nIncreasing your ability to listen well\nImproving your overall performance at work and home\nConnecting more fully with others\nDecreasing the noise in your life that prevents you from listening well.\n\nAudience:\n\nAnyone who wants to maximize their listening skills and improve interpersonal relations\n\nProgram Note: \n\nThis new course is a combination of the content from Say What? Improving Your Listening Skills and Advanced Listening Skills\n\nSchedule Selection(s) Competencies: BI CO CO QS
UID:21647-1357952@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21647
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Career,Networking,Workshop
LOCATION:Administrative Services Building - HRD
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150408T094612
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Ramiro Gomez: Cut-Outs
DESCRIPTION:Artist Ramiro Gomez’s life-sized cardboard cutouts\, paintings\, and constructions bring attention to those who toil behind the familiar scenes of luxury and affluence in America.\n\nLA based\, he often focuses on the Hispanic work force in Beverly Hills—the nannies\, and gardeners\, housekeepers\, and pool cleaners.\n\nIn 2014\, he spent several weeks as an artist in residence with the U-M Institute for the Humanities\, mounting his works across the Diag\, changing our everyday landscape on campus. One installation depicted migrant workers in the field\, incorporating cardboard vegetable boxes foraged from the dumpsters behind dorm cafeterias. Another illustrated a groundskeeper tending to fall leaves.\n\nFor his current exhibition\, Gomez will create a room-sized installation of his cutouts in the Institute for the Humanities gallery.\n\nAlthough his works contemplate issues of race and cultural identity\, they more philosophically explore delineations and disconnects between people\, the have and have-nots\, the visible and invisible. His articulated figures are performative\, capturing the rhythm and gesture of the service industry\, their endless repetitions that keep things running. Almost naïve in materiality and process\, his constructions are measured and deliberate actions of inclusion.\n\nSeeing a Gomez figure propped on a manicured lawn—or in a Hockney painting\, or pasted in a luxury goods magazine ad—permanently changes the picture\, and our narratives about wealth and prosperity in our society.\n-Amanda Krugliak\, Institute for the Humanities curator
UID:22529-1401988@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22529
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Multicultural,Visual Arts
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities, Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150313T140540
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Shape of the Universe
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit traces the history of our evolving understanding of the Universe\, from Einstein's discovery of space-time\, through the development of theories explaining the Big Bang and cosmic expansion\, up to cutting-edge research on gravity waves being conducted by U-M mathematician Lydia Bieri. This exhibit will include interactives\, video\, beautiful NASA photographs\, and artwork by local high school students.
UID:21954-1372946@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21954
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Exhibition,Science
LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150311T150909
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T163000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Under the Influence: Youth Artists in the D
DESCRIPTION:Highlighting student created art from the Detroit School of Arts (DSA)\, “Young Artists in the D” is a visual exhibition influenced by the works of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Under the guidance of DSA teacher and designer Sheryl Heading\, students will showcase their talents through various artistic mediums.\n\nOpen to the general public\, an opening reception for this exhibition is scheduled for Saturday\, April 25 from 1-3 p.m. and includes complimentary admission\, parking and light refreshments.\n\nThe exhibit may be accessed 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.\, Monday-Thursday\, and 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.\, Fridays and Saturdays.\n\n“Young Arts in the D” is one of fifty-two community events in Metro-Detroit held to complement the exhibit\, “Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit\,” running from March 15 – July 12 at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
UID:22033-1377834@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22033
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Detroit Center - Monts Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150517T180007
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T235959
SUMMARY:Sporting Event:NCSA World Series
DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Club Softball team is competing in Columbus\, GA at the NCSA World Series.
UID:22784-1413293@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22784
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:South Commons Softball Complex
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150331T090526
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Jewish Tradition of Tsedakah as Exemplified in Pushkes\, Charity Donation Boxes
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit features an eclectic selection of Pushkes (פּושקעס) – the common Yiddish moniker for charity/donation boxes. In Judaism\, dispensing of charity is not simply a monetary transaction. Rather\, the act is a beautiful exemplar of an individual’s conscious choice to help another person\, while also acknowledging the transience of material wealth and paying one’s good fortunes forward.\n\nThese Pushkes function as vessels that anonymize the donations within\, stressing that the act of giving should not be done for acknowledgement. Instead\, giving should signify a gesture of honest good will. Furthermore\, the amalgam of wealth inside these boxes is comprised of the materiality and benevolence of an entire community.\n\nצדקה תציל ממװת\nTsedakah tatsil mi-mavet\nCharity Saves from Death\n     — 156b\, Tractate Shabes\, Babylonian Talmud\n\nAll items on display were donated by Constance Harris and are on loan from the Jewish Heritage Collection Dedicated to Mark and Dave Harris\, Special Collections Library\, University of Michigan Library—except where otherwise noted.
UID:22410-1395995@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22410
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Jewish Studies,Library
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150406T161023
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Through the Magnifying Glass: A Short History of the Microscope
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit displays a selection of books from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that contain extraordinary illustrations of animals and plants as they were originally seen through the lenses of early microscopes. Also included are three eighteenth-century microscopes and a series of images taken by modern microscopes.\n\nOn display Monday through Friday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
UID:22502-1400808@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22502
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,History,Library,Science
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Exhibit Space
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150430T121921
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T113000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Special UM Structure Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Richard Henderson\, Ph.D.\, a pioneer in the field of electron microscopy of biological molecules\, will deliver a special UM Structure Seminar lecture May 15. \n\nA reception will immediately follow the event in the Life Sciences Institute Library. \n\nFree and open to the public.
UID:22773-1409528@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22773
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,Lecture,Medicine,Science
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20141201T143728
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flip Your Field: Objects from the Collection
DESCRIPTION:For the third installation of the Flip Your Field series\, UMMA invites Georgios Skiniotis\, Professor of Biological Chemistry at U-M’s Life Sciences Institute and Medical School\, to curate an exhibition from the Museum’s collection of three-dimensional objects.\n 	As a scientist\, Skiniotis creates three-dimensional models of cellular components by combining their magnified shadows or projections viewed from different perspectives. This type of study inevitably raises questions regarding the cognition of the objects around us—how\, in the absence of perspective\, are we to read elements like color\, contrast variation\, and depth of field in the dark outlines of objects? How do we make the cognitive connection between a two-dimensional shadow and the three-dimensional object that casts it? How many two-dimensional projections are needed for us to understand what we are looking at\, and at what level of detail?\nThis exhibition poses such questions by juxtaposing three-dimensional objects from the Museum’s collection with two-dimensional projections created by Skiniotis using a similar process with which he creates models of cellular components. The presentation aims to provide a glimpse of the impressions of the selected works from varied directions through interplay with their own projections and our minds.\nThe UMMA Flip Your Field series asks noted University of Michigan faculty members to consider artwork outside their field of specialization in order to guest curate an exhibition using works from UMMA's renowned collection. The UMMA Flip Your Field series is generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
UID:20123-1348315@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20123
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Biology,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Information and Technology,Media,Medicine,Museum,Research,Science,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150207T184109
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Hana Hamplová: Meditations on Paper
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by a story by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal\, Czech photographer Hana Hamplová created a memorable body of work during the 1970s based on how important paper and the written word are to civilization—including how easily writings and\, consequently knowledge\, can be lost.  This exhibition\, consisting of 19 photographs from UMMA’s collection\, was inspired by the presence of the Frank Gehry chair made of cardboard in UMMA’s Design Gallery\, and of and the need to address how artists from different cultures (present-day America and communist Czechoslovakia) view a commodity as common as paper.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment.  Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Center for European Studies\, Center for Russian\, East European and Eurasian Studies\, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.
UID:21358-1349061@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21358
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20150207T183355
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:HE: The Hergott Shepard Photography Collection
DESCRIPTION:For more than 25 years\, Los Angeles-based collectors Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard have built a world-class collection of contemporary art that is focused on men and male identity as its subject matter. This exhibition features works from their vast holdings in photography. Guest curator Mario Codognato examines the lives of men in contemporary Western societies—with all their contradictions—through themes of competition and solidarity\, confrontation with identity\, and diverse explorations of the body and sexuality (as both sign and experience). Together\, these thematic groups form a fictional\, somewhat idealized\, tale in 13 chapters\, inviting viewers to reflect upon their own stories as well.\n\nDrawing upon the Hergott Shepard collection as well as select works gifted by the collectors to the Hammer Museum at UCLA\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)\, and the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles (MOCA)\, the exhibition will include more than 60 works by some of the most important names in late 20th and early 21st century art\, including Doug Aitken\, John Baldessari\, Matthew Barney\, Rineke Dijkstra\, Gilbert and George\, Nan Goldin\, Robert Mapplethorpe\, Catherine Opie\, Herb Ritts\, Thomas Ruff\, Andres Serrano\, and Wolfgang Tillmans.\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Health System. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice Provost for Equity\, Inclusion\, and Academic Affairs\, Department of the History of Art\, Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, Institute for the Humanities\, and Residential College\, and the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund.
UID:21357-1348923@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21357
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,LGBT,Multicultural,Museum,Social,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art
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DTSTAMP:20150323T153554
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters
DESCRIPTION:During World War I\, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers\, housewives and shipbuilders\, “old-stock Americans” and immigrants to the cause. Propaganda\, commodity\, and art came together in WWI posters. This exhibition presents rarely displayed WWI posters from UMMA’s collection.\nThe focus of the exhibition is posters directed at coal miners. These works explore the larger themes of supporting the war effort and Americanism. Coal mining communities were microcosms for the social and economic pressures when the United States entered the Great War in 1917. Coal was a central resource for the war\, yet the immigrant workforce was considered unreliable because of increasingly frequent workers’ strikes. Posters also addressed anxieties about the definition of American culture and its readiness for war.\nMarking the centennial of the Great War (1914-1919)\, the presentation of WWI posters of the UMMA collection includes some of the lesser-known works by America’s most famous poster artists. From iconic Gibson-girl type illustrations to multilingual posters in Polish\, Italian\, and German\, these posters present war-time American ideals. Works by famed designers James Montgomery Flagg\, the designer of the Uncle Sam “I Want You” poster\, and Howard Christy are featured alongside works by illustrators like J.C. Leyendecker and the acclaimed painter and printmaker Henry Reuterdahl.
UID:22267-1389579@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22267
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Culture,Discussion,Exhibition,Free,History,Language,Lifelong Learning,Museum,Politics,Research,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art
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DTSTAMP:20150323T152350
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sophie Calle: North Pole
DESCRIPTION:Following her mother's death\, French conceptual artist Sophie Calle wanted to bury her portrait and jewels on a glacier in the North Pole\, a place her mother had always dreamed of seeing. This multifaceted installation\, consisting of video\, photographs\, and a light box\, documents moments of Calle's journey to fulfill her mother's unrealized dream.\n\nNorth Pole / Pôle nord also includes three porcelain plaques on which Calle has inscribed a story about her voyage. The following text is an excerpt:\n\n\"I waited to reach the northernmost point on the trip in order to go ashore and bury my mother's jewels. L.\, my cabin-mate on the boat\, suggested that if the weather was not permitting\, I could still flush the ring down the toilet. The prospect would have made my mother laugh. But on Thursday October 2\, 2008\, the weather was fine. I ventured onto the glacier\, chose a beautiful stone and buried the portrait\, the necklace and the diamond. Now my mother has gone to the Arctic North. Will climate change carry her out to sea as far as the Pole? Will she be dragged down the valley towards the ice cap? Will she stay on that shore\, a marker of the Northern Glacier’s existence in the Holocene period?\"\n\nThe creative process that drives North Pole is characteristic of Calle's practice: she not only shares a story drawn from her own life\, but uses that moment to inspire further artistic exploration. Following a set of self-established behavioral instructions\, she transforms her daily life with a series of performative actions\, usually executed as a combination of texts and photographs. The result is a poignant reconsideration of the parameters of public versus private life\, through a body of work grounded in compelling\, and often very intimate\, personal investigation.\n\nThis exhibition is made possible in part by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund.
UID:22265-1389469@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22265
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Discussion,Exhibition,Family,Free,Language,Lifelong Learning,Museum,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art
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DTSTAMP:20150108T124313
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T130000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Dance of the Neurons: The Art of Neuroscience
DESCRIPTION:Beautiful full-color images of microscopic cell structures combine delicate art with cutting-edge science.  The images were selected from the BioArtography project of the U-M Center for Organogenesis (www.BioArtography.com) in support of the  Museum of Natural History's winter term programming on brain science.  The public is invited to an exhibition opening reception on Friday\, February 6 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm.
UID:20702-1313132@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20702
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Science
LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building
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DTSTAMP:20141208T162258
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T190000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Photo 51: Is Corruption in Russia’s DNA?
DESCRIPTION:This photography exhibit by Misha Friedman attempts to capture the pervasive culture of corruption in Russia. Friedman explains the photo collection in a New York Times op-ed\, writing\, “Corruption in Russia is so pervasive that the whole society accepts the unacceptable as normal\, as the only way of survival\, as the way things ‘just are.’”\n\nMisha Friedman was born in Moldova\, which at the time was part of the Soviet Union. He immigrated to the United States in 1991\, when he was 14\, and currently lives in New York. Friedman has a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s in Russian and Post-Soviet studies. He will visit U-M on February 10 to give a lecture at the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies titled\, “Informed Storytelling: Beyond the Facts.”\n\nThe project was made possible with a grant from the Institute of Modern Russia. University of Michigan sponsors for the Work Gallery exhibit are the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies\; Center for Russian\, East European\, & Eurasian Studies\; and Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.\n\nFor hours and location\, visit the Work Gallery website at stamps.umich.edu/exhibitions/work_ann_arbor.
UID:20274-1278999@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/20274
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:photography,russia
LOCATION:Work Gallery 306 South State Street
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DTSTAMP:20150218T095417
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T203000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Fourth Annual Sankofa Film Series
DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Detroit Center is proud to present the fourth annual Sankofa Film Series\, beginning Friday\, February 20 at 6 p.m.\n\nBest known for its inspirational and thought-provoking documentaries\, the 2015 Sankofa Film Series will showcase six extraordinary films featuring Alice Walker\, Raz Baaba Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts\, Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou.\n\nAll films begin at 6 p.m. (end times vary) and include complimentary admission\, parking and light refreshments for all guests. Following each screening\, a guest speaker will lead a brief discussion on the selected documentary.\n\nFor more information about this event\, please contact the Detroit Center: (313) 593-3584 or detroitcenter@umich.edu\n\n\nSANKOFA FILM SERIES SCHEDULE\n\nFriday\, February 20\, 2015\nFilms:\n- Alice Walker: A Stitch in Time\n- Alice Walker: Everyday Use\nTime: 6-8:30 p.m.\nGuest Speaker(s): Textile Artist\, Carole Harris and Quilters Hilda Vest\, Pat Millender\n\nFriday\, March 13\, 2015\nFilm: Raz Baaba Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts: Portraits of a Revolutionary Artist\nTime: 6-9 p.m.\n\nFriday\, April 24\, 2015\nFilms:\n- Langston Hughes: His Life and Times\n- Langston Hughes: Salvation\nTime: 6-8:30 p.m.   \nGuest Speaker(s): Writer\, Abba Elethea (James W. Thompson)                                      \n\nFriday\, May 15\, 2015\nFilm: Maya Angelou: Creativity with Bill Moyers\nTime: 6-8:30 p.m.\n\nABOUT\nAlice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet. Born on February 9\, 1944\, in Eatonton\, Georgia\, Walker worked as a teacher\, lecturer and social worker throughout her career. She took part in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement\, which inspired her first collection of poetry\, “Once\,” which was published in 1968. Walker also won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel\, \"The Color Purple.”\n\nRaz Baaba Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts is one of America’s most inspirational revolutionary artists and activists. A Detroit native born in 1941\, he was a prominent force in the Black Labor Movement of the 1960s. Pitts\, a founding member and former President of the Michigan chapter of the National Conference of Artists\, has been voted Metro Times Artist of the Year. He has also been an Artist in Residence for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.\n\nLangston Hughes (1902-1967) was an American poet\, novelist\, playwright and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the literary art form known as \"jazz poetry.\" He was also a pioneer in the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s. He published his first poem in 1921\, and his first book of poetry\, “The Weary Blues\,” in 1926. He went on to write numerous works of poetry\, plays and books\, including his first published novel\, “Not Without Laughter\,” in 1929. Outside of his literary work\, Hughes also wrote a popular column for the Chicago Defender.\n\nMaya Angelou (1928-2014) was an author\, poet and civil rights activist. Born in St. Louis\, Missouri\, Angelou is best known for her 1969 memoir\, \"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'\" the first non-fiction best seller by an African-American woman. In 1971\, she published \"Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die\,\" a collection of poetry that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. In 1993\, she recited one of her most famous poems\, \"On the Pulse of Morning\" at President Bill Clinton's first inauguration. Angelou received several honors throughout her life\, including two NAACP Image Awards for outstanding literary work. As an activist\, Angelou was viewed as a respected spokesperson for African American and women's rights.
UID:21676-1358611@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21676
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Detroit,Discussion,Festival,Film,Writing
LOCATION:Detroit Center
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DTSTAMP:20150423T151033
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T203000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sankofa Film Series - Maya Angelou: Creativity with Bill Moyers
DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Detroit Center concludes the fourth annual Sankofa Film Series featuring the inspirational poet and civil rights activist\, Maya Angelou.\n\nThe film\, “Maya Angelou: Creativity with Bill Moyers\,” begins at 6 p.m. on Friday\, May 15 and includes complimentary admission\, parking and light refreshments.\n\nAs part of a multi-artist series\, journalist Bill Moyers interviews author\, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou in this documentary series. Through an exploration of various creative inputs\, Moyer discusses influences and inspirations with the famous author\, while discovering unique outlets for her creative impulses.
UID:22739-1407911@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22739
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,Culture,Detroit,Film,Visual Arts,Writing
LOCATION:Detroit Center - Ann Arbor Room
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DTSTAMP:20150327T153542
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T190000
SUMMARY:Performance:Mary Poppins
DESCRIPTION:One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way: as a practically perfect musical!\n\nBased on the books by P.L. Travers and the classic Walt Disney film\, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins have delighted Broadway audiences for over 2\,500 performances and received nominations for nine Olivier and seven TONY Awards\, including Best Musical.\n\nThe jack-of-all trades\, Bert\, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense\, she must teach the family how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures\, but Jane and Michael aren't the only ones she has a profound effect upon. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that \"Anything can happen if you let it.\"\n\nMary Poppins is an enchanting mixture of irresistible story\, unforgettable songs\, breathtaking dance numbers\, and astonishing things happening on stage! Mary Poppins will be “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and fabulous fun for the whole family!
UID:22377-1393316@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22377
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Theater
LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts
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DTSTAMP:20150409T170630
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T230000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Orson Welles: Beyond the Canon and into the Archives
DESCRIPTION:This student-researched exhibit—marking the centenary of Orson Welles\, one of America's greatest directors of film\, theater\, radio and television—highlights letters\, photographs\, scripts\, and production materials culled from the University of Michigan Library's extensive Orson Welles archives.\n\nOriginal items are on display in the Audubon Room\, which is open Mon-Fri 8:30am-7pm\, Sat 10am-6pm\, Sun 2-7pm.
UID:22554-1402683@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/22554
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) & Audubon Room
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DTSTAMP:20150409T102249
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150515T200000
SUMMARY:Performance:PigPen Theatre Co.
DESCRIPTION:\"Acoustic guitar\, accordion\, harmonies and enough Brit-folk melodies to make Mumford & Sons jealous\"—American Songwriter ... \"A Redmoon spectacle multiplied by a Decemberists concert.\"—Time Out Chicago ... PigPen Theatre Co. was one of the breakout acts of the 2014 Ann Arbor Folk Festival. They began creating their unique brand of music\, film\, and theatre as freshmen at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 2008. Their debut indie-folk album\, “Bremen”\, was featured by American Songwriter and was named the number-ten album of the year in The Huffington Post’s2012 Grammy preview. They were also the first group to win the NYC Fringe Festival’s top honor for a play two years in a row in 2010 and 2011\, and produced several original plays off-Broadway\, earning them critic’s picks from The New York Times\, Time Out New York\, New York Magazine and more— ranking them among the top ten theatrical events of both 2011 and 2012. PigPen Theatre Co. comes to Michigan with a much-awaited new release! The California–North Carolina Americana collaboration Goodnight\, Texas opens.
UID:21290-1343114@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/21290
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Music,The Ark
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI
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