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DTSTAMP:20171211T123331
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171231T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T003000
SUMMARY:Other:Last Night at the Museum Gala
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate and honor the last night at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History in the Ruthven Museums Building before we move next door to the new Biological Science Building. \n \nNew Year's Eve\, Sunday\, December 31\, 2017\n9:30 p.m.–1:00 a.m.\n$125 per person ($70 charitable donation)\n\nTicket includes:\nStrolling hors d’oeuvres\nTwo drink tickets + wine & beer bar \nDancing\n“Goodbye Ruthven Building” activities\nMemento\nChampagne toast at midnight\nProceeds will support the Museum's strategic initiatives.  Adults only - 21 and older. Includes valet parking.\n\nThere will also be a FREE Last Day at the Museum family event with special activities to commemorate your personal history with the Museum on Saturday\, December 30\, 2017!
UID:42994-9693634@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42994
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Museum
LOCATION:Ruthven Museums Building
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180601T120009
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T235959
SUMMARY:Community Service:Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge
DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate communication with medical staff to ensure all necessary questions are asked\, taking notes for the patients to reference.  Just 2-3 hours of your time can help patients to attend appointments safely and provide comfort and confidence to them and their family members.  Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one appointment a month for a minimum of nine months.  Must fill out application\, background check\, and attend a two-hour training session. Contact carolcib@umich.edu for the necessary materials and directions to apply!40 Points/SemesterSign-Up Here
UID:43238-12816395@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Jewish Family Services
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180502T120011
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T235959
SUMMARY:Other:Food Distribution with Community Action Network 
DESCRIPTION:Volunteers help distribute food from the truck\, \"shop\" with families\, and clean the community center afterward. Volunteers must complete volunteer application and brief online training. This is a large-scale food pantry in Ann Arbor that supplies food to hungry families. Join us and make a positive difference by helping families select the foods they need to bring back to their families.  Sign-Up Here
UID:42456-12507602@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Bryant Community Center
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171222T122811
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T235900
SUMMARY:Other:New Year's Day (offices closed)
DESCRIPTION:Offices are closed in observance of the New Year's Day holiday.
UID:47823-11015164@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47823
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate Students,Holiday,Michigan Engineering,Staff,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180101T180012
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T235959
SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Sugar Bowl
DESCRIPTION:New Years Eve Weekend Regatta in New Orleans
UID:47843-11151876@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47843
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20170927T201723
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T235900
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled \"Cosmogonic Tattoos\,\" his project uses adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity.
UID:44018-9869294@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44018
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171129T133905
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media
DESCRIPTION:A Japanese native\, now living in Royal Oak\, Michigan\, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in information technology. She is a mixed media artist with cross cultural aesthetics between East and West. Lancour often uses repetitive patterns and processes with natural materials such as paper and fiber.  Her contemplative works transcend cultural differences to address common feelings among many people.
UID:47148-10802000@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47148
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International,Japanese Studies
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171129T140141
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends
DESCRIPTION:As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment\, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings featuring city luminaries past and present on reclaimed materials. The Detroit Music Legend portraits are 6 x 8 foot\, the size of the windows where they will be installed in late 2018 on the Detroit Savings Bank Building\, designed by Albert Kahn at 6438 Woodward Avenue. A muralist\, collagist\, painter and tagger\, Macdonald co-founded City Sculpture\, a nonprofit Detroit art park\, is a board member of Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit\, and has exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Casco Gallery\, Netherlands.
UID:47154-10802337@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47154
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Children,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Music,Social Impact
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171129T134533
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile
DESCRIPTION:Motawi Tileworks was started in Ann Arbor\, Michigan 25 years ago by Nawal Motawi in a small garage. Today\, Motawi tiles are sold in over 300 locations nationwide\, including galleries and the shops in Detroit Institute of Arts and the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. Tiles are made from a porcelain hybrid clay\, a recipe unique to Motawi tiles. The raised lines on each tile require a hand glaze technique to pool the glaze between the lines. Motawi Tileworks has many themed collections\, some based on the work of fine artists such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Charley Harper. You can also see 17 permanent Motawi art tile murals throughout Michigan Medicine.
UID:47151-10802085@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47151
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171129T135516
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics
DESCRIPTION:Jean-Marc Fontaine\, a French scientist and artist who earned his Ph.D. from University of Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris\, presents a unique set of ceramic works inspired from 10th-8th century BC to the present day. The style varies from simple\, traditional forms to elaborate\, one-of-a-kind creations. Featuring rustic antique surfaces\, warm colors and highly individualized textures\, his work also occasionally takes whimsical forms. He also plays the accordion. Fontaine is a research scientist at the U-M Medical School in biochemistry.
UID:47153-10802253@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47153
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Classical Studies,Culture,European,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171218T153927
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits
DESCRIPTION:Based out of Chelsea\, Michigan\, John Pappas believes that if you can imagine a fun idea making sense\, you should make it. He applies this to both his graphic design and fine art. With so much to see and ruminate on in life\, Pappas keeps his hands busy by putting pen to paper. This body of work consists of portraits drawn with ink on a variety of surfaces including paper\, basswood and aspen panels in an offbeat pen and ink style that leans heavily on pointillism and crosshatching. The subjects range from athletes to musicians to personal friends.
UID:47155-10802421@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47155
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Athletics,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171129T140926
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture
DESCRIPTION:Starting with watercolor\, Joan Painter-Jones’ work kept building out farther and farther until it became sculpture. Brought up in a household where money was tight\, she doesn’t like to waste anything and is captivated by old scraps of things with peeling paint and rusty metal – especially broken things that have a story to tell. She usually starts out with an interesting piece of wood and builds on it\, often painting on it and adding collage\, all while developing an emotional connection to it. Working in her quiet Milan\, Michigan backyard art loft “playground\,” she has no message to preach with her work\, just her own personal wish for peace and justice.
UID:47156-10802505@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47156
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171129T134925
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum
DESCRIPTION:Desiree Warren’s current body of work is a journey using one shape (the orzo) to create a multitude of layers that evoke landscapes and organic assimilations. Growing up in the country in Kansas\, she had wide open spaces to explore\, as well as many of her family’s dilapidated farm buildings and overgrown pasture lands. At the University of Kansas\, she began working with street sign material and has continued to incorporate aluminum and vinyl in her work. Part of this series is included in the 2017 Women to Watch: Metals exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City\, Missouri\, where she lives and works.
UID:47152-10802169@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47152
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171129T141252
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography
DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in Flint\, Michigan\, Daniel Sidoli has always had the creative itch. It led him to the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas and a BA degree in Fine Arts. With this body of work\, his intent is to capture images that illustrate the unique landscape that erosion sculpts over time. His goal with photography is to be artistic yet convey truth. He wants the subject to inspire the audience and leave a lasting impression: to elicit an emotional response. Each image represents moments in time and of journeys traveled\, both figuratively and literally\, since he is involved in every step of the process as he sees each piece to completion.
UID:47157-10802589@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47157
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171219T092204
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T100000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Enter the As I See It Photography Competition!
DESCRIPTION:Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos of your favorite U-M campus architecture for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken of buildings on campus and you could win great prizes\, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday\, January 18 at 10pm.
UID:47767-11012485@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47767
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Competition,Exhibition,Photography,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Michigan Union
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20180101T213319
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:EXHIBITION ON VIEW: 2016 BOOTH FELLOW MEGAN PETERS (M.ARCH. '16)\, \"THE IMAGE OF HAVANA\"
DESCRIPTION:2016 Booth Fellowship recipient Megan Peters (M.Arch. '16) explores through images the dichotomy between Havana\, Cuba's dual identities.\n\nCity #1: The Aesthetic Image\nClassic cars\, crumbling architecture\, fat cigars\, dark rum\, and despotic leaders.  These are the images that Havana evokes to an outsider.  Analyzing the effects of the external gaze\, aesthetics\, distance\, and the role of photography\, these images reveal a city that has become more real in its fantastical image than in its reality.\n\nCity #2: The Embodied Image\nThe images found within Havana tell complex stories of patriotism\, propaganda\, self-expression\, and cultural identity.  They are powerful in ways that either command their audience into deference or empower the questioning of the status quo.  Try as a government might to muffle and censor free speech\, Cuban-authored images persist and find a way to prevail using calculated and clever means\; revealing a city that is actively pursuing an identity of its own creation.\n\nPeters will present on her research funded by the Booth Fellowship on December 6 at noon in the Art & Architecture Auditorium. An exhibition opening reception will immediately follow in the college gallery. \n\nExhibition on View December 6 - January 5 in the college gallery.\n\nFor more information on Peters’ proposal\, previous winners and eligibility for application\, please visit the George G. Booth Traveling Fellowship page.
UID:47943-11151992@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47943
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Exhibition
LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - Taubman College Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20170911T104401
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T163000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sacred Plants - Holiday Conservatory Exhibit at Matthaei
DESCRIPTION:Focusing on plants in the conservatory collection at Matthaei Botanical Gardens\,Sacred Plants explores how these plants figure in myth\, lore\, and ritual for cultures around the world. The exhibit also features seasonal flowers\, decorated trees\, kids activities\, and more.  Free admission. Note: Closed Christmas Eve\, Christmas\, and New Year’s Eve. Open New Year’s day.
UID:44125-9886182@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44125
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Multicultural,Nature
LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171219T093213
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T120000
SUMMARY:Meeting:Become an Arts Ambassador!
DESCRIPTION:Arts at Michigan is looking for enthusiastic\, outgoing\, and friendly students who are living in a Residence Hall or living community (fraternity or sorority house\, co-op\, etc.) and have an interest in the arts that they want to share! Arts Ambassadors are unpaid volunteers who serve within their living communities as a resource for arts opportunities on campus. As an Arts Ambassador you'll help promote arts events and activities\, learn about local arts organizations\, meet local artists\, and have a small programming budget to organize things like film screenings\, craft nights\, gallery walks\, etc. for your living community! You'll attend monthly meetings and collaborate with other Arts Ambassadors to get the U-M community engaged in the arts! The application deadline for Winter 2018 is January 20.
UID:47771-11012518@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47771
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Culture,Dance,Film,Literature,Music,Theater,Visual Arts,Volunteer
LOCATION:Student Activities Building
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20170724T201257
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gloss: Modeling Beauty
DESCRIPTION:Focusing on the prominent role of women as the subject of photography\, GLOSS: Modeling Beauty explores the shifting ideals of female beauty that pervade European and American visual culture from the 1920s to today. The exhibition features images of sleek and poised female models and celebrities destined for the glossy pages of fashion magazines and catalogs by leading photographers such as Edward Steichen\, Philippe Halsman\, Helmut Newton\, Andy Warhol\, and Guy Bourdin. Outside of commercial advertising practice\, documentary photographers Elliott Erwitt\, Joel Meyerowitz\, and Ralph Gibson portray candid images of fashionable women on city streets and mannequins in shop windows\, resulting in intriguing juxtapositions of haute couture and everyday life. And\nartists James Van Der Zee\, Eduardo Paolozzi\, and Nikki S. Lee employ the visual strategies of traditional fashion photography\, while offering alternative narratives to mainstream notions of female beauty.\n\nLead support for Gloss: Modeling Beauty is provided by Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
UID:41652-9417964@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41652
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171106T140104
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection
DESCRIPTION:\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" showcases the master draftsmanship of two of the most significant artists of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015). Curated by Kelly in 2014\, the exhibition speaks to his admiration for Matisse\, as well as to the centrality of drawing in both artists’ practices. To accompany the forty-five rarely exhibited works by Matisse made in the first half of the 20th century\, which reveal his process and range of creativity as a draftsman\, Kelly selected nine of his own lithographic drawings that derive from his time in France during the 1960s\, when the American artist studied Matisse’s sketches and studies of nature and human figures. Together\, the works by Matisse and Kelly form a thought-provoking\, visually striking artistic dialogue\, allowing viewers to experience one artist through the eyes of another and to immerse themselves in the pleasures of close looking.\n                                                                                                                                                                        \n\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in collaboration with The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation.\n\nThis exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Additional support provided by the JFM Foundation and Mrs. Donald M. Cox.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the Department of the History of Art.
UID:46544-10546859@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46544
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180116T132347
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Paul Rand
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the second half of the twentieth century\, pioneering art director and graphic designer Paul Rand (1914–1996) was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC\, IBM\, UPS\, and Westinghouse. Rand considered the designer’s task to be the symbolic communication of a company’s character. This recent acquisition presentation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign. The design is a rebus\, or visual puzzle\, wherein Rand cleverly transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. The whimsical use of symbols encourages viewers to interpret—or think—in order to comprehend the company’s intended message that it values “insight\,” “industriousness\,” and “motivation.” The poster is part of a larger recent gift of archival Paul Rand objects donated to UMMA by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo—professor in the U-M Stamps School of Art and Design and published scholar on Paul Rand—and Maria Phillips.\n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo.
UID:46548-10547093@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46548
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171106T142603
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter
DESCRIPTION:Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s strange\, hyperreal yet sentimental sculptures are often rooted in her speculative visualizations of future species—beings transformed by\, or even created by\, developments in genetic engineering and technology.  On view at UMMA\, \"The Comforter\" presents the likeness of a young girl whose appearance suggests a rare genetic condition causing excessive hair across her face and body. In her lap she tenderly cradles an udder-shaped\, eyeless creature—a possible reference to current experiments in genetically altered milk-producing animals. The encounter staged by the sculpture\, though curious and unexplained\, appears to be one of innocence and intimacy\, and suggests the potential for emotional connection between a diversity of beings. This theme is a common one for Piccinini\, whose work incorporates (often obliquely) ideas and questions about the ethical implications of scientific progress and the conflicts in our culture between the natural and the man-made.\n\nLead support for \"Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
UID:46549-10547214@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46549
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20171106T140510
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece
DESCRIPTION:Since the 1980s\, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as scrap metal\, garbage\, taxidermy\, and sex toys. When light is directed at these assemblages\, they project shadows that are exceptionally accurate and intricate representations of other things entirely.\n\n\"The Masterpiece\" (2014) is a shadow self-portrait of the artists created from metal casts of dead vermin they collected and welded together into a ball. From afar the casts appear to be a stunning abstract silver sculpture\; on closer inspection the disturbing menagerie of creatures emerges\, only to change form again—as a shadow on the wall—into a precise and elegant image that is astonishingly different from the objects that create it.\n\nLead support for \"Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece\" is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the Richard and Janet Miller Fund.
UID:46545-10546938@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46545
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Media,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20180101T221313
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180101T190000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:EXHIBITION ON VIEW: CLOUD/BANK
DESCRIPTION:Cloud/Bank is a temporary installation designed for Exhibit Columbus\, a 2017 exhibition and conference in Columbus\, Indiana\, by Architecture Lecturer Michael (Mick) Kennedy and a team of Taubman College M.Arch. students: Bob Allsop\, Sophie Anstreicher\, Scott Chriss\, Chiao-Chun Chung\, Julia Dallas\, Kelly Gregory\, Karl Heckman\, Rachael Henry\, Troy Huckendubler\, Onur Kamburoglu\, Panquat Kyesmu\, Jenny Lee\, Sarah Munchow\, Kelsey Reynolds\, Dan Smith\, Tyler Whitney\, Paco Wu\, Shujie Xie\, Jon Yates\, and Yunsen Zhong. The project’s goal is to embody and communicate the historic legacy of the distributed networks of design and fabrication of both industry and agriculture in the Great Lakes / Midwest Region.\n\nCloud/Bank features advanced manufacturing techniques in architectural design that are unique to Taubman College. The students worked on parts of the project at the College’s FABLab. The project leverages a robotic fabrication technique developed by Assistant Professor and FabLab Director Wes McGee. The process utilizes a six-axis industrial robot augmented with a servo-controlled wire bending system to form three-dimensional shapes out of standardized steel rods.\n\nU-M is one of five universities selected to participate in Exhibit Columbus\, along with Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning\; The Ohio State University Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture\; University of Cincinnati School of Architecture and Interior Design\; and the University of Kentucky College of Design\, School of Architecture. Each university received $10\,000 to support the cost of materials\, fabrication and installation of the project.\n\nExhibit Columbus is an annual exploration of architecture\, art\, design\, and community in Columbus\, Indiana. This year's exhibition included outdoor installations by five Miller Prize-winning architecture firms\, five international design studios\, and six Midwestern architecture and design schools. In Columbus\, Cloud/Bank was located near Central Middle School\, designed by Perkins + Will\, and Lincoln Signature Academy\, designed by Gunnar Birkerts & Associates. Following the exhibition in Columbus\, Cloud/Bank will be on view in the Liberty Research Annex Gallery through February 11\, 2018.
UID:47944-11151997@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47944
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Exhibition
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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