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DTSTAMP:20180601T120009
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T235959
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:43238-12816546@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:20180601T180009
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T235959
SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Gill Coed National Championship
DESCRIPTION:Split into two 18 boat fleets\, the top 9 from each fleet will qualify for the Finals.  These final 18 teams will sail May 31-June 1 for the College Sailing/Gill Coed National Championship title.  36 qualifiers competing for the Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy
UID:51982-12818966@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51982
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
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DTSTAMP:20180517T110442
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T235900
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Teach Out Series: Civil Rights in the Trump Era
DESCRIPTION:What does “civil rights” mean in the Trump era?  How and why is the category evolving? This Teach-Out focuses on the civil rights aspects of two current debates--health care and the President’s seven-country travel ban--looking at politics\, protest\, and law. To understand these better\, you will learn about foundational civil rights history dating back to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). You will also hear the perspectives of scholars in law\, sociology\, and political science\, as well as civil rights advocates\, who will all discuss how civil rights are defended and contested\, often growing and contracting in response to other demands and debates. This Teach-Out ends with a call to action for you: How will you participate as our nation defines our rights?\n\nThe Teach-Out will address the following questions:\n\nCivil Rights generally:\n- What does “civil rights” mean? How has the category been understood both in the past and present?\n\nHealthcare:\n- In what way is healthcare reform a civil rights demand?  \n- In what way does the civil rights “frame” fail to fit healthcare policy?\n\nImmigration:\n- Why did the 19th-century Supreme Court declare immigration a constitutional-law-free zone? \n- How are courts--including the Supreme Court--analyzing the President’s seven-country travel ban?\n\n\nA Teach-Out is:\n\n-an event – it takes place over a fixed\, short period of time\n\n-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world\n\n-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals\n\n-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people\n\nThe University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community\, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems\, events\, and phenomena most important to society.\n\nTeach-Outs are short learning experiences\, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come\, join the conversation!\n\nFind new opportunities at teach-out.org.
UID:52393-12660526@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52393
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Law,Lecture,Politics
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180223T162642
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Beauty Meets My Mess: Mixed Media Collage
DESCRIPTION:Re Kielar was born in Chicago’s little Italy neighborhood with her grandparents upstairs and aunt and uncle across the courtyard. Her world was very Italian\, and when she walked outside\, she felt like she was leaving one country and entering another. Ever since she was a child\, she has loved paint and texture and seen beauty in the most unlikely places. Her artwork expresses human emotion through drawing in ink with rough papers\, old book pages\, metal embellishments and natural objects. Each abstract collage is coupled with her poetry\, so each piece is a walk into her soul. She hopes that by sharing that which is broken\, we can find healing spaces that knit our hearts together.
UID:50430-11736834@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50430
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1
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DTSTAMP:20180223T161510
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Being There: Acrylic on Canvas
DESCRIPTION:John Dempsey’s large scale paintings bring together different environments – factories\, religious spaces\, government facilities\, public areas and landscapes – into single compositions. He visually chronicles and explores the complex combinations of environments that we collage together from memory everyday as we form impressions of the places we go. These paintings from the Glare Series present a variety of environments together\, all at once\, in order to visually chronicle and explore this complex circumstance of place. Dempsey’s studio is in Flint\, and he currently is an Instructor at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.
UID:50426-11736582@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50426
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Flint,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
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DTSTAMP:20180223T162055
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ducks to Dresses: Paper Possibilities
DESCRIPTION:Originally from New York\, Aimee Lee works in Cleveland and is an artist\, papermaker\, Fulbright Scholar\, author and the leading hanji (Korean paper) researcher and practitioner in the US. Fusing contemporary fashion ideas with traditional clothing\, Lee connects past and present through everyday dress creations in paper. The hanji techniques she uses include natural dyeing and waxing\, texturing for supple or stiff surfaces\, slicing and spinning into thread\, and tearing strips to cord. Her paper ducks are inspired by Korean wedding ducks – known for fertility and mating for life – and are built without an armature\; the hollow bodies are woven like baskets.
UID:50429-11736750@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50429
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Asia,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:20180223T160739
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Figures in Bronze
DESCRIPTION:Figures in Bronze showcases 30 years of Richard Light’s human and animal sculptures\, from 1987 to 2017. Look for giraffes\, birds\, women of industry\, and a portrait bust of a young Einstein\, a commission made for the Albert Einstein Memorial at the Collège de France in Paris. Light\, a fine art bronze sculptor and park designer\, has garnered prizes in the US and Europe including the Prix de France from the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français\, the largest art show in France. His studio is located in the Park Trades Center in downtown Kalamazoo\, Michigan.
UID:50422-11736330@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50422
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
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DTSTAMP:20180223T161025
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Group Ceramics Show
DESCRIPTION:This group show will feature the work of faculty\, staff and students from the Washtenaw Community College (WCC) Ceramics Program. Artists range in ages from 17-87. Many different styles and approaches to ceramic art will be on display\, including ceramic sculpture and functional ceramics. Curated by WCC Instructor I.B. Remsen\, all of the pieces in this show are personal favorites of the participating artists.
UID:50424-11736498@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50424
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1
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DTSTAMP:20180223T161746
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Mokuhanga: Landscape Woodblock Prints
DESCRIPTION:Mary Brodbeck studied Japanese woodblock printmaking (mokuhanga) in Tokyo with Yoshisuke Funasaka. Her landscape prints – made from impressions on paper from carved and inked woodblocks – have received critical acclaim in both Japan and the US\; the Autumn\, Sleeping Bear Dunes series is in the permanent collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Brodbeck applies principles of Japanese aesthetics\, including subtlety\, austerity and naturalness\, to her art practice in Kalamazoo\, Michigan. Many people have felt a strong sense of place in her work. Still more connect with the sense of calm\, contemplation and deep reflection that place can evoke.
UID:50428-11736666@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50428
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Japanese Studies
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180223T160906
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents On Blue: Photographic Meditations
DESCRIPTION:Loosely based on the concept of the early 20th century group f64\, the f8collective is composed of female contemporary Chicago photographers who all happen to have strong family ties to Michigan. The group of images on exhibit is from a project called On Blue: A Meditation. Blue is… tranquil pools of clear water\; languid clouds drifting in azure skies\; mood indigo\; cobalt glass\; cerulean blue eyes\; sapphire cornflowers\; poignant music\, emotion and sentiment. Blue is a rare color in nature\, yet found in the largest things such as sea\, lake and sky\, as well as some of the smallest: sapphires\, forget-me-nots and delicate tropical butterflies.
UID:50423-11736414@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50423
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1
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DTSTAMP:20180223T160534
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Timeless Instants: Still Life Photographs
DESCRIPTION:Originally from Kansas City\, Tina West discovered photography while studying sculpture. She sees her photographs more as paintings\, and her still lifes have powerful cast shadows and frequent light play. Influenced by Gerhardt Richter and surrealism\, West’s images communicate a sense of being\, connecting not only the objects in the photographs\, but also the viewer and the photograph. She draws inspiration from the objects in her vast collection of unique treasures\, and she speaks to their unreserved timelessness with maturity and wonder. All of the images in this exhibit were created using instant film in a 4x5 view camera.
UID:50411-11736235@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50411
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,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:20180424T102440
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T200000
SUMMARY:Other:Nichols Arboretum  Peony Garden in Bloom
DESCRIPTION:The largest collection of heirloom peonies in North America\, located on the University of Michigan campus. Nearly 10\,000 blooms appear in shades of white\, pink\, and red at peak. The garden began in 1922 with a donation of peonies from alumnus W.E. Upjohn. Some of the plants are still growing in the same place they were planted nearly 100 years ago. Garden blooms approximately Memorial Day through mid-June\; bloom time approximate\; check our dedicated website for regular updates: peony.mbgna.umich.edu.
UID:52078-12415768@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52078
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Environment,Gardening,Outdoors
LOCATION:Nichols Arboretum
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180328T154138
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Seven Fantasy Classics for Children
DESCRIPTION:Students in Lisa Makman’s English 313 course\, Children’s Literature and the Invention of Modern Childhood\, curated this exhibit of classic stories for children. The exhibit focuses on seven classic stories: Aladdin\, Alice in Wonderland\, Cinderella\, Hansel and Gretel\, the Little Mermaid\, Little Red Riding Hood\, and Peter Pan. Drawing on the rich collection of children’s literature in the Special Collections Research Center\, the books range from late nineteenth century editions to contemporary pop-up books. By showcasing different takes on each story\, the exhibit explores the variation in how these tales are told and illustrated.
UID:51471-12112546@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51471
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,Library,Literature
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20190716T142755
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Dissertation Defense: Outlier Identification in Spatio-Temporal Processes
DESCRIPTION:This dissertation answers some of the engineering and statistical challenges arising in spatio-temporal data from Internet traffic\, electricity grids and climate models. It begins with methodological contributions to the problem of anomaly detection in communication networks. Using electricity consumption patterns and grid topology for University of Michigan campus\, the well known spatial prediction method: kriging has been adapted for identification of false data injections into the system.\nEvents like Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)\, Botnet/Malware attacks\, Credit card frauds etc. call for methods which can identify unusual behavior in Internet file transfer system. Since storing information on the entire network is infeasible\, hashing techniques which produce summary statistics for the network have been used. Owing to the rather heavy tailed nature of traffic payloads\, extreme value theory (EVT) based techniques have been developed for identification of volumetric attacks from the summary statistics. These methods based on EVT require the estimation of the tail index of a heavy tailed distribution. The traditional estimators (Hill (1975) for the tail index tend to be biased in the presence of outliers. To circumvent this issue\, a trimmed version of the classic Hill estimator has been proposed and studied xiii from a theoretical perspective. For the Pareto domain of attraction\, the optimality and asymptotic normality of the estimator has been  established. Additionally\, a data driven strategy to detect the number of extreme outliers in heavy tailed data has also been presented. The dissertation concludes with the statistical formulation of m-year return levels of extreme climatic events (heat/cold waves). The Generalized Pareto distribution (GPD) serves as good fit for modeling peaks over threshold of a distribution. Allowing the parameters of the GPD to vary as a function of covariates such as time of the year\, El-Ni˜no and location in the US\, extremes of the areal impact of heat waves have been well modeled and inferred.
UID:52460-12786066@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52460
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Dissertation
LOCATION:West Hall - Room 438
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180411T131344
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Quaker Oats Makes a Movie: A Scrumdiddlyumptious Wonka Adventure
DESCRIPTION:​Quaker Oats forged a new path in the entertainment industry by jointly marketing consumer packaged goods and a major motion picture in 1971\, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Having never made a motion picture before\, their foray into the filmmaking industry was unexpected and unprecedented. The company saw this film as an opportunity to essentially make a feature-length commercial for their new line of Wonka candy products.\n\nStudents in Matthew Solomon's class\, SAC 355: Authorship and the Archive\, culled though hundreds of production documents related to the film to curate an exhibit that tells a little known behind-the-scenes story about one of the most beloved films.
UID:51870-12274472@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51870
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180130T152923
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exercising the Eye: The Gertrude Kasle Collection
DESCRIPTION:Gallery hours are 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday and 12–5 p.m. Sunday\; galleries are closed on Mondays.\n\nThis exhibition celebrates Gertrude Kasle (1917–2016)\, a key figure in the formation of Detroit’s contemporary art community in the 1960s and 70s. A pioneering female gallerist\, Kasle provided midwest audiences with a venue in which to experience avant-garde art from centers like New York City\, while also supporting and exhibiting regional artists. Featuring a collection of paintings\, works on paper\, and sculptures from the height of the Abstract Expressionist movement through the early twenty-first century\, 'Exercising the Eye' speaks to the relationships Kasle fostered with local\, national\, and international artists and her appreciation for artistic expression and experimentation. Critical voices from the last fifty years include Philip Guston\, Jane Hammond\, Grace Hartigan\, Jasper Johns\, Michele Oka Doner\, and Robert Rauschenberg. The exhibition offers visitors a unique opportunity to explore a dynamic moment in Detroit’s cultural history and insight into Kasle’s love of looking and learning.\n\nLead support for 'Exercising the Eye: The Gertrude Kasle Collection' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, and the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.
UID:49505-11465039@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49505
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Expressionism,Multicultural,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180430T103232
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T210000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Humanize the Numbers Exhibit at Detroit Street Filling Station
DESCRIPTION:April 19-July 1\, 2018\n-Free and Open to public-\nThis exhibit showcases photographic works created by people incarcerated at Thumb Correctional Facility in collaboration with University of Michigan students. The opening reception on April 19 at 5pm features students and PCAP faculty Isaac Wingfield who worked with prisoners at Thumb on the exhibits and will be there to share their experiences.
UID:52095-12418652@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52095
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Free,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180419T152624
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance
DESCRIPTION:Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings\, sculptures\, dioramas\, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism\, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins\, who was the model for Duchamp's final\, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya\, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys\, among others\, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings\, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.\n\nLead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
UID:52025-12362827@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52025
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Film,Media,Multicultural,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art - ME
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180419T152624
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance
DESCRIPTION:Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings\, sculptures\, dioramas\, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism\, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins\, who was the model for Duchamp's final\, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya\, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys\, among others\, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings\, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.\n\nLead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
UID:52025-12362844@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52025
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Film,Media,Multicultural,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180502T121513
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materials On Hand: The Art of Ellen Wilt
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Srimoyee Mitra with the assistance of James Barker and Jennifer Junkermeier\, Materials On Hand: The Art of Ellen Wilt is a retrospective exhibition that pays homage to and celebrates fifty years of Ellen Wilt’s expansive art practice. Born and raised in Pittsburgh\, Wilt has lived and worked in Ann Arbor since 1949 and completed two degrees (BFA\, ‘69 and MA\, ‘70) at the University of Michigan. She is an important figure in Ann Arbor’s art community\, who has consistently worked at fostering a vibrant arts community as an artist and educator in the Academy and beyond. She was an art professor for 17 years (1969-85) at the Eastern Michigan University. During this time she also organized and facilitated numerous community-engaged projects that empowered first-time and emerging artists to show their work. It was not until she retired and was well into her 70s that she turned her focus to her own art practice. Her work was duly recognized with numerous awards from the Michigan Water Color Society\, Washtenaw Council for the Arts\, and the Holland Friends of Art between 1984 and 1993.\n\nFor the first time in the last three decades\, Materials On Hand: The Art of Ellen Wilt brings together over 40 carefully selected works from personal and private collections that highlight Wilt’s artistic contributions in Southeastern Michigan. Her intuitive and playful bricolage way of working reveals the scope of her achievement and her specific interest in the Michigan region and its landscape. She has developed multiple bodies of work that feature domestic objects from teapots to chairs while also reckoning with iconic architectural tropes of bridges and tunnels which are ongoing motifs in her work. Wilt continually experiments and explores new ways of working in a variety of two dimensional mediums including\, oil\, acrylic and watercolor. Since the 1970s she has incorporated collage into her practice using whatever materials she has available to her. These range from butcher paper\, aluminum foil\, and tissue to balsa wood\, toothpicks and other found objects. She creates mixed media paintings\, cut outs\, rubbings and installations that reimagine the agency of mundane objects and invite viewers to look again.\n\nExhibition Dates: Thursday\, May 31 - Sunday\, September 9\, 2018\nExhibition Reception: Thursday\, May 31\, 2018 from 6-8 pm \nA conversation with Ellen Wilt: June 9\, 2018 from 2-3 pm
UID:52089-12418601@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/52089
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180308T135541
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript
DESCRIPTION:Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers\, hymns\, biblical stories\, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days\, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today\, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment\, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month\, and Aquarius\, the zodiac sign for January\, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous\, gilded surface\, accentuated by the use of bright colors\, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence. \n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.
UID:50849-11884921@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50849
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Culture,Exhibition,Literature,Museum,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector
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DTSTAMP:20180412T145124
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa
DESCRIPTION:Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa\, its history\, culture\, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous\,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded\, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity\, and constructions of African identity more broadly\, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.\n\nLead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.
UID:51906-12285970@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51906
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Africa,Art,Culture,Exhibition,Multicultural,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Jan and David Brandon Family Bridge
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DTSTAMP:20180510T095513
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T200000
SUMMARY:Performance:Al Bettis
DESCRIPTION:Some label him as acoustic soul\, others as indie folk\, but what all can agree on is the undeniable gifting that's displayed once Al Bettis hits the stage. His style is soothing yet polished \,which makes it hard to believe he began singing and writing music at age 30.  \"I felt a call to begin to write music but I was confused because I'd never done that before. When I said\, 'I can't play an instrument\, Lord\,' He said\, 'Get a guitar...' and here we are today!\" Al says. Originating from Detroit\, Al Bettis has opened for such artists as Valerie June (at The Ark last summer)\, Dwele\, and Leon Timbo. He has also been featured at the acclaimed Ford Arts\, Beats and Eats\, Detroit River Days\, Radio One\, The Michigan State Fair\, and the Meridian Winter Blast\, to name a few\, and he cites He cites artists like Ed Sheeran\, Leon Timbo\, Passenger\, City and Colour\, and Jason Mraz among his list of musical influences.
UID:51913-12285991@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51913
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:The Ark
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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