Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/day/2018-12-26/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Detroit Community Based Research Program Application Open (December 26, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56557 56557-14435478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 12:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community Based Research Program (DCBRP) is a social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program that places students with community based organizations in full-time research positions. Students work with community organizations on projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more!
https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/students/summer-programs/community-based-research-fellowship.html

Due December 4th by 9AM

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:26:26 -0400 2018-12-26T00:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T23:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCBRP
February 15, 2019-Michigan in Washington Application Deadline (December 26, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55713 55713-13775176@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

MIW application deadline for regular admission Fall 2019 and early admission Winter 2020.

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Other Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:22:26 -0400 2018-12-26T00:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan in Washington Program Other
Big Data Summer Institute - Application Opens (December 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58462 58462-14502405@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Biostatistics

The Big Data Summer Institute is a six-week interdisciplinary training and research program in biostatistics that introduces undergraduate students to the intersection of big data and human health — a rapidly growing field that uses quantitative analysis to help solve scientific problems and improve people’s lives. Drawing from the expertise and experience of outstanding faculty of several departments at the University of Michigan — biostatistics, statistics, and electrical engineering and computer science — the institute exposes undergraduate students to diverse experiences and techniques that distinguishes it from any other undergraduate summer program in biostatistics in the country.

The Big Data Summer Institute is hosted by the University of Michigan School of Public Health. All coursework takes place at the school, on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:16:45 -0500 2018-12-26T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T20:00:00-05:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Biostatistics Conference / Symposium School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (December 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366147@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2018-12-26T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (December 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2018-12-26T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (December 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2018-12-26T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (December 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2018-12-26T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (December 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2018-12-26T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (December 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2018-12-26T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (December 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366396@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2018-12-26T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (December 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2018-12-26T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 26, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-26T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Beautiful Bugs (December 26, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58258 58258-14450672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Beautiful Bugs, the holiday conservatory exhibit at Matthaei, features large-scale graphic representations of butterflies, moths, beetles, and other multi-legged creatures that inhabit the world’s ecosystems. Insects and bugs make up a parallel universe of nature that often goes unnoticed or under-appreciated. Along with the exhibit we're displaying works by local artists and their take on insects. This annual winter/holiday event also features seasonal flowers, decorated trees, family/youth activities, and more. Matthaei Botanical Gardens is closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve. Open New Year's Day 10 am-4:30 pm. Free admission.

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Exhibition Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:16:20 -0500 2018-12-26T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T20:00:00-05:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Exhibition Beautiful Bugs
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (December 26, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2018-12-26T11:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
Painting His Way Home (December 26, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56440 56440-13906069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

*Free and Open to Public*

A self-taught artist who spent 45 years in prison for a crime committed when he was 17 years old, Martin Vargas has participated in the Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners since its inception in 1996. He has created hundreds of pieces of art, one of which was gifted to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during her visit to University of Michigan in 2017.

Earlier this year, Martin came home after more 45 years of incarceration. Join us and celebrate Martin at Detroit Street Filling Station (300 Detroit St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104) as he opens his solo exhibition in Ann Arbor on Oct 17, 2018 (reception at 5:30 p.m.). The exhibition opens through December, 2018 (11 am - 9 pm, Tuesday - Saturday; 10 am - 3 pm on Sunday; Closed on Monday)

This Exhibition is co-sponsored by Detroit Street Filling Station

Image: Painting His Way Home, Martin Vargas, Acrylic, 2017

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Exhibition Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:18:40 -0500 2018-12-26T11:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Painting His Way Home, Martin Vargas, Acrylic
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Linocuts by Meredith Stern (December 26, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58121 58121-14426779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

On December 10, 1948, in the aftermath of the devastation of World War II, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a roadmap to guarantee the rights of every individual everywhere. The complete Declaration is comprised of a Preamble and 30 Articles. In honor of the 60th anniversary of this document, we are exhibiting 14 Articles in the form of illustrated prints by Meredith Stern. These contemporary prints are intended both to make people aware of this rights roadmap and to show its urgent relevance in our contemporary political moment.

Meredith Stern is an artist currently based in Providence, RI, and a member of the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative, a decentralized network of 30 artists committed to social, environmental, and political engagement. Stern created a total of 28 sets of these linocut prints in 2017, of which one is held in the Joseph A. Labadie Collection in the Special Collections Research Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2018-12-26T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T14:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Linocuts