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DTSTAMP:20181227T150546
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T053000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T193000
SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:The Climate is Changing: What’s a Planet to Do? OLLI Study Group
DESCRIPTION:Climate change is real\, it’s serious\, and it’s solvable! Through lecture and discussion\, we’ll gain an understanding of where we are\, how we got here\, and what we can do about it. Various experts will take us on a journey exploring this multi-faceted issue. We’ll touch on science\, alternative energies\, human health\, local impacts\, national security\, psychology\, and justice issues. We’ll look at strategies for reducing emissions such as land use\, transportation\, and carbon pricing. Speakers will include volunteers with the non-partisan Citizens’ Climate Education and the Climate Reality Project.\n\nInstructor Barbara Lucas is a journalist with a masters in Environmental Policy and will lead these sessions for those 50 and above.  The Study Group will meet on Tuesdays from 5:30-7:30 p.m. from May 14 through May 21.
UID:58971-14628136@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58971
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,Environment
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20190228T131914
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Bending the Lines: Acrylic on Canvas by Bala Thiagarajan
DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in India\, Bala Thiagarajan has a passion for colors and patterns that are inspired by Indian culture. Her henna-inspired designs as Mandala paintings are an attempt to capture the ephemeral nature of these everyday art forms onto more enduring surfaces. Mandalas are used for facilitating personal growth\, healing\, grounding and transformation. Thiagarajan’s paintings greet viewers with the familiarity of repetitive patterns\, while creating an exciting opportunity to explore texture and geometry. Based in Wood Dale\, Illinois\, Thiagarajan exhibits her work throughout the Midwest and will be participating in the 2019 Ann Arbor South University Art Fair.
UID:61743-15179044@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61743
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Well-being
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
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DTSTAMP:20190228T132437
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi
DESCRIPTION:After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran\, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery\, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures\, patterns\, shapes and colors\, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient\, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free\, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art\, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
UID:61746-15179128@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61746
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20190314T132405
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden
DESCRIPTION:Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design\, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint\, Michigan native\, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA\, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University.
UID:62142-15302263@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62142
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20190516T140334
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider
DESCRIPTION:Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard\, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design\, and she works with cloth\, paint\, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small\, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally\, and her work is in both private and public collections.
UID:61755-15179540@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61755
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,gallery,Health & Wellness,visual arts,Well-being
LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Level 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20190228T133201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss
DESCRIPTION:Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years\, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep\, saturated color in her studio in Evanston\, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest\, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition\, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago.
UID:61751-15179293@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61751
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,visual arts,Well-being
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Lobby - Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20190228T132831
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand
DESCRIPTION:Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing\, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques\, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya\, India\, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal.
UID:61749-15179210@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61749
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,visual arts,Well-being
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery - Floor 1
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DTSTAMP:20190314T133017
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder
DESCRIPTION:Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction\, including a Newbery Award winning book for children\, Step Gently Out\, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program \"Creatures of Light\"\, produced by National Geographic Television\, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves\, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior.
UID:62143-15302345@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62143
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being
LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery, South Lobby - Floor 1
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DTSTAMP:20190314T131932
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of presents Art\, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway
DESCRIPTION:In Juliette Hemingway’s work\, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it\, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing\, autism\, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism\, and for her\, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora\, Colorado.
UID:62140-15302180@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/62140
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Visual Arts,Well-being
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery, Main Corridor - Floor 2
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DTSTAMP:20190614T140151
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:she was here\, once
DESCRIPTION:The mobility and displacement of the Black body\, from port to holding cell\, to ward and out\, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially\, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain\, otherness\, power and triumph\, \"she was here\, once\" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.\n\nIn summer 2018\, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond\, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement\, sound\, and solidarity\, eight Black women and girls\, wearing large needle felted wool masks\, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond\, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).\n\nThe multi-layered piece has produced a short film\, mini documentary\, photography\, and performance masks\, on display in her solo exhibition\, \"she was here\, once\" in Lane Hall.\n\nLane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.\n\nAccessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall\, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.\n\nContact Heidi Bennett\, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.\n\nCosponsors: Department of Women's Studies\, Stamps School of Art & Design\, Department of English\, Art History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, Center for the Education of Women+
UID:59501-14875163@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59501
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,Art,Diversity,Exhibition,Film,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts,Women's Studies
LOCATION:Lane Hall - Gallery (1st floor)
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DTSTAMP:20190426T150827
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T230000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:True to Life: Film Director Nancy Savoca’s Quest for Authenticity
DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker Nancy Savoca aims to be as authentic as possible. Her films are brilliant\, intimate portraits that explore the weight of social institutions and social injustice placed upon the shoulders of her characters. Her lead characters\, typically women\, must balance their needs with those of others in order to find their true voice. This U-M student-curated exhibit is the result of a semester-long course devoted to her films and career.\n\nSavoca contributed her papers — spanning her career as a director\, producer\, and screenwriter — to the Screens Arts Mavericks & Makers collection at the U-M Library. Her archive represents nearly three decades of indie filmmaking\, and includes notes\, notebooks\, photos\, and script drafts.\n\nSee the symposium schedule for Character Driven: Exploring the Career and Archives of Nancy Savoca: https://www.lib.umich.edu/announcements/symposium-celebrates-filmmaker-nancy-savoca
UID:63404-15669560@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63404
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film,Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100)
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DTSTAMP:20190308T100300
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency
DESCRIPTION:\"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency\,\" by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin\, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home\, privacy\, and safety.\n\nThe exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery\, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication\, luxury\, and modernism.\n\nIn a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet\, for Martin and Muñoz\,  \"Blind House\" serves as \"a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy.\" Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk
UID:58928-15710574@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58928
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Economics,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20190508T105014
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Ancient Color
DESCRIPTION:The Roman world was a colorful place. Although we often associate the Romans with white marble statues\, these statues — as well as Roman homes\, clothing\, and art — were vibrant with color. This exhibition examines colors in the ancient Roman world\, how these colors were produced\, where they were found\, what the Romans thought about them\, and how we study them today. We hope that visitors will think about what different colors mean to them\, and how these meanings compare to the roles of colors in the ancient Roman world.\n\nCurators: Catherine Person and Caroline Roberts\n\nView the online exhibition: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/ancient-color/
UID:59301-14728374@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59301
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Classical Studies,Exhibition,Museum
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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DTSTAMP:20181230T140705
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T113000
SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Basics of Retirement Investing
DESCRIPTION:The class will focus on the basics of investments including stocks\, bonds\, mutual funds and more. You will learn your personal risk tolerance and apply it to an asset allocation model. We will demystify the markets and learn how to create and re-balance a portfolio. Your facilitator is John Sepp\, a veteran of the securities industry.\nThis Study Group is for those 50 and over and will meet Tuesdays\, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.\, May 14 - May 28.
UID:59019-14653042@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59019
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Business,Economics,Lifelong Learning,Retirement
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20181223T132634
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T113000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Fall and Rise of Income Inequality in the United States
DESCRIPTION:Charles L. Ballard is an author and award-winning Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. He has been a consultant to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, the U.S. Department of Agriculture\, and numerous other government agencies and research institutions\, both in the United States and abroad. He has received a number of National Science Foundation grants and outstanding teaching awards.\n\nIncome inequality in the United States decreased dramatically between 1928 and 1944. This “Great Convergence” was driven primarily by changes in public policies. Many of these relatively egalitarian policies were reduced or reversed in the 1970s and 1980s.  Largely as a result of these policy reversals\, income inequality has increased dramatically during the “Great Divergence” of the last 40 years. Professor Ballard will discuss the economics and politics behind these changes.\n\nThis is the ninth in OLLI’S distinguished lecture series for 2018-19. A total of ten lectures will be presented covering a variety of topics. The next lecture will be June 11\, 2019. The topic will be: The Constitution at the Border:  When Immigration Policy and Constitutional Norms Clash.
UID:58942-14594966@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58942
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Income Inequality,Lifelong Learning,Retirement
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20181220T094515
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T113000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CIES Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
DESCRIPTION:The Council for International Exchange of Scholars\, on behalf of the U.S. State Department\, administers the “Core Fulbright Scholar Program\,” which annually makes available fellowships in about 125 countries to over 500 U.S. scholars and professionals from a wide variety of academic and professional fields. These prestigious grants are a major source of funding for lecturing or conducting research abroad.\n\nAlthough the U-M International Institute does not administer any aspect of this competition or these awards\, we have been trained by CIES and are able to provide comprehensive information\, instructions\, editorial assistance\, review criteria tailored to each application\, and professional advice on how best to structure an application for this particular competition. Information sessions are offered monthly and no registration is required.
UID:58843-14567879@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58843
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Fulbright,Funding,International
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 306
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20190211T121701
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T123000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MORE Mentoring Plan Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This workshop helps to enhance the mentoring relationship between the student and research faculty mentor/advisor. During the workshop\, students and faculty will have the opportunity to develop a Mentoring Plan\, a two-way agreement about goals\, needs\, and expectations\; it is co-written by the student and research faculty mentor/advisor. It is an excellent way to establish and support mentor-mentee relationships.\nBecause this program aims to enhance the mentoring relationship\, mentors and students are expected to attend the workshop together. If a faculty member has attended a MORE workshop for faculty in the past\, and is familiar with the MORE mentoring plan template\, they may choose to attend the last portion of the workshop only (plan to arrive at 11:50 a.m.). Lunch is provided. This workshop has an optional informal meeting time to finish working on the mentoring plan from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m.\nPre-registration is required of both the faculty and student at myumi.ch/LB5xQ.
UID:61063-15027190@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/61063
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20180815T103906
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\nLead 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.
UID:53718-13452813@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/53718
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Museum of Art
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20190510T121534
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Abstraction\, Color\, and Politics in the Early 1970s
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\nUMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:\n\nLead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, and College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts\n\nExhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund\n\nUniversity of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender\, School of Social Work\, Department of Political Science\, and Department of Women's Studies
UID:58562-14511157@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58562
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Politics,UMMA
LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery II
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20190306T181635
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmogonic Tattoos
DESCRIPTION:EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY\n \nIn celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project\, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative\, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge\, memory\, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture\, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2\, 2018 and UMMA through June 2\, 2019.\n \n#CosmogonicTattoos\n\nLead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.\n 
UID:58558-14510939@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58558
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Art,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Commons
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DTSTAMP:20190405T121617
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T220000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Oshima Tsumugi Kimono
DESCRIPTION:Fashioned in the Amami islands of Japan\, Oshima Tsumugi silk has long been admired for its understated beauty\, incredible softness\, and comfortable year-round lightness. The rich fabric is created through a remarkable and  laborious process: from pattern design and cotton-thread binding\, to over 100 rounds of plant and mud dyeing and weaving. This series of steps may take up to one year. Despite the high production values and complexities\, Oshima Tsumugi kimono can be worn only for non-ceremonial occasions\, since woven fabric is considered to be a less elevated technique than paint-dyed fabric.\n \nThis special installation introduces UMMA audiences to one of the ten exceptional Oshima Tsumugi kimono recently donated to the Museum by Kazuko Miyake. Thanks to Mrs. Miyake and her older sister\, Shizuko Iwata\, who previously gifted her kimono and other formal garment collection\, UMMA holds more than 300 traditional Japanese ensembles.\n\nThis kimono was recently gifted to UMMA by Ms. Kazuko Miyake.
UID:58566-14511705@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58566
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA
LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20190429T181530
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T220000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION:EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS\, DISASTERS\, CONSUMPTION\, LOSS\, AND JUSTICE\n \nThe World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene\, a much-debated term used to define a new geological epoch shaped by human activity. Structured around ecological issues\, the exhibition presents photography\, video\, and sculpture that address subjects and themes related to raw materials\, disasters\, consumption\, loss\, and justice. More than thirty-five international artists\, including Sammy Baloji\, Liu Bolin\, Dana Levy\, Mary Mattingly\, Pedro Neves Marques\, Gabriel Orozco\, Trevor Paglen\, and Thomas Struth\, respond to dire global and local circumstances with resistance and imagination—sustaining an openness\, wonder\, and curiosity about the world to come.\n \nRead the exhibition press release here.\n \n  \n\nThe World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith\, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, UF Office of the Provost\, National Endowment for the Arts\, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation\, Ken and Laura Berns\, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman\, Ken and Linda  McGurn\, Susan Milbrath\, an anonymous foundation\, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere\, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn\, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters\, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment\, Harn Program Endowment\, and the Harn Annual Fund.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch\, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. \n 
UID:59263-14721804@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/59263
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,International,Museum,Social,UMMA
LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I
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DTSTAMP:20190514T181530
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing
DESCRIPTION:AN EXHIBITION ABOUT THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE ACTION IN TWO CITIES\n \nIn The Bloodstained Shirt (2018)\, Chinese artist Wang Qingsong restages in Highland Park\, Michigan\, an iconic 1959 drawing by Wang Shikuo of peasants rising up against a cruel landlord and triumphantly reclaiming their right to the land. Wang’s projects are usually located in China\, but while visiting southeast Michigan he was struck by the similarities between the effects of inequitable real estate development on local communities in Detroit\, Highland Park\, and his native Beijing. His large-scale photograph\, set in an abandoned factory building in Highland Park and featuring more than seventy volunteers\, collapses two moments in history to present a vivid reminder of the human consequences of the ruthless pursuit of profit and the power of collective action. The exhibition includes works created in collaboration with area residents that give voice to their concerns and their hopes for transformation and renewal.\n \nThis project\, which bridges between Detroit\, Michigan\, and Beijing\, China\, resonates with UMMA's mission to engage in conversation about local and global issues. UMMA is pleased to present this art project in which the participation of UM faculty members\, students\, and Detroit's community members has been critical.\n \n Watch the Chinese Contemporary Art: Curation\, Collection\, and Connection Symposium here.\n\nLead support for Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation\, the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan\, the University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies\, and the Herbert W. and  Susan L. Johe Endowment.
UID:58564-14511501@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/58564
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Faculty,History,Museum,symposium,UMMA
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery
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DTSTAMP:20190507T133126
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Foundations of Modern Physics Workshop
DESCRIPTION:11:30 AM: AJ Kuhr\, \"On the explanatory (in?)adequacy of lattice QCD\"\n12:20 PM: Lunch (catered)\n01:10 PM: Dave Baker\, \"On symmetries\"\n02:15 PM: Anthony Della Pella\, \"Partition functions in Stat Mech and Comp Sci\"\n03:05 PM: Coffee break\n03:25 PM: Gabriele Carcassi\, \"On the role of math in scientific theories\"\n04:15 PM: Josh Hunt\, \"Modern methods for scattering amplitudes\"
UID:63498-15757453@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63498
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Philosophy,Physics
LOCATION:Mason Hall - 1448
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DTSTAMP:20190513T155453
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T150000
SUMMARY:Presentation:PhD Defense: Alexander Englesbe
DESCRIPTION:Title: Charge Dynamics in Femtosecond Laser Filaments\n\nCo-Chair: Prof. Karl Krushelnick\nCo-Chair: Dr. Andreas Schmitt-Sody\n\nAbstract: When a high intensity\, ultrashort laser pulse propagates in the atmosphere\, it drives competing intensity-dependent effects that simultaneously try to collapse and defocus the beam. The balance of these effects leads to a transversely confined\, high intensity structure called a filament that can persist for long distances. The self-focusing effect is counterbalanced by ionization of the air\, and the resulting plasma channel has many interesting and poorly understood properties. One of these is the ability of the plasma to generate and radiate short pulses of microwaves.\nMicrowave frequencies lie in the range of 1-300 GHz. Radiation of this type from plasmas generated by laser filamentation has not been studied closely before. The nanosecond timescale of the current density variation which causes the observed emission is much slower than that of known charged particle motions in the plasma. The experiments described in the dissertation make substantial progress toward explaining the microwave generation mechanism. They show that large scale longitudinal changes in the current density on the order of the plasma size are reflected in the frequency spectrum of the radiation.\nThe frequency range of the short-duration microwave pulses is large enough that it was necessary to develop a new measurement technique in order to characterize their frequency spectrum. It relies on absolute calibration of a microwave receiver over many adjacent frequency bands\, so that measurements made in each band can be presented as a continuous spectrum. It is then applied to several laser produced plasmas in atmosphere over a frequency range of 2-70 GHz.\nThe dependence of the microwave radiation on the electron-neutral collision rate is investigated by changing the air pressure. Its dependence on the average electron energy is examined by comparing the radiation resulting from air plasmas generated at different laser wavelengths in the mid-infrared versus the near-infrared. The plasma due to a laser pulse composed the fundamental wavelength and its second harmonic is shown to enhance or suppress the microwave radiation depending on the relative phase of the laser harmonics. Finally\, the microwave field strength can be optimized by iteratively changing the transverse laser intensity profile in the focal region using a deformable mirror whose shape is controlled with a genetic algorithm.\nThe sensitivity of the microwave radiation to the conditions of the laser-plasma interaction indicates that it might be employed as new non- perturbing diagnostic for filament plasmas. This has been a longstanding challenge in the field\, because plasmas resulting from filamentation are relatively diffuse\, cold\, and typically have submillimeter diameters. Determination of the low electron densities and temperatures by conventional means is typically intractable. The microwave measurements may contribute a solution that would enable a deeper understanding of the evolution of the filament plasma.
UID:63605-15808604@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63605
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Energy,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
LOCATION:Cooley Building - 2906 Baer Room
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DTSTAMP:20190514T123951
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T183000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:CoE Graduate Student Canoe/Kayak Social Outing
DESCRIPTION:***FREE for CoE Graduate Students***\n\nRegistration is required by 7/12\, at https://forms.gle/zBCtWXW7NHyb3ZHg8. \nAs this is a social event\, and we want to accommodate as many students as possible\, you must register in pairs!\n\nGraduate students and their families are invited to enjoy a pleasant 1-1/2 hour (3.7 miles) float through the city of Ann Arbor\, beginning in Argo Park and ending in Gallup Park. Throughout this trip paddlers will encounter an abundance of wildlife in a natural setting as you paddle through the UM Arboretum and other beautiful river parks. The maximum capacity per canoe is 2 adults and up to 2 children (their combined weight needs to be under 100 pounds\, and they have to be older than 1 year). Two person kayaks are also available. \n\nFree busing will be provided\, leaving from Pierpont Commons:\nLeave at 2:30\, return at 5:15\nLeave at 3:30\, return at 6:15\n\nFor those who drive themselves\, you must arrive at Argo Park \nbetween 2:00-3:45\, and your boat needs to be returned by 7:00.  A shuttle will return you to Argo Park at the end.\n\nSponsored by the CoE Office of Student Affairs.
UID:63617-15816689@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63617
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Engineering,Graduate and Professional Students,Michigan Engineering,Social
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20190509T155754
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T163000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Special Data Visualization Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Scientific research can be a slow and laborious process. The absolute final step in the process is to then communicate your exciting scientific findings to other scientists both in and outside of your field. Yet it is sometimes at this final step where the least amount of time is spent. In this interactive 90-min workshop\, I will give a basic introduction to making scientific figures using Adobe Illustrator and Blender3D. I will go over the basics of these software\, how they treat objects\, and the useful hotkeys for speeding up workflow. In the first hour\, I will introduce Illustrator and cover topics like workflow\; importing external plots/figures\; creating patterns (i.e. schematic atomic lattices)\; and creating 3D structures. In the last half-hour I will give a brief introduction to Blender\, a powerful (and free) open-source software for rendering 3D objects. I will go over the basics of how Blender treats objects/structures\, lighting\, and rendering a scene.\n\n**All are welcome\, but it is strongly recommended that participants bring laptops with Adobe Illustrator CC (or at least CS6) and Blender3D pre-installed so that you can follow along with the demos.**
UID:63524-15775923@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63524
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Natural Sciences,Physics,Workshop
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
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DTSTAMP:20190513T095804
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T170000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Brendan Harley\, Sc.D. - BME Guest Speaker
DESCRIPTION:Advances in the fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine require biomaterials that instruct\, rather than simply permit\, a desired cellular response. A major challenge to progress in our field is the striking cellular and structural heterogeneity of the tissues in our bodies\, which can be hierarchical\, graded\, and heterogeneous over multiple length and time scales. Prof. Harley’s research program is developing approaches to pattern biomaterials at the structural and biomolecular levels to replicate these heterogeneities in order to instruct desired cell behaviors. These efforts seek to provide new insight regarding the degree of biomaterial complexity required to investigate processes related to development\, disease\, and regeneration. I will describe a collagen biomaterial under development to address barriers preventing regeneration of musculoskeletal tissues such as orthopedic insertions and craniomaxillofacial bones. Here we are using bioinspired design motifs to create composite biomaterials able to improve cell bioactivity and mechanical competence in order to address mechanistic and translational challenges. I will subsequently describe development of a gelatin hydrogel system as well as microfluidic forming techniques to create libraries of optically-translucent hydrogels containing overlapping patterns of cell\, matrix\, and biomolecule cues. We are using this platform to explore the coordinated impact of structural\, biomolecular\, and metabolic cues on niche-mediated regulation of hematopoietic stem cell fate as well as invasion and therapeutic resistance in glioblastoma\, the most common and lethal form of brain cancer. I will highlight work that employs these platforms to regulate processes such as self-renewal vs. quiescence\; signaling and remodeling of artificial perivascular environments\; as well as invasion and therapeutic resistance.\n\nBrendan Harley\, Sc.D. \nDept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering\nCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology\nUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\nbharley@illinois.edu | www.harleylab.org
UID:63582-15806527@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63582
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:biomedical engineering,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering
LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 2203
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DTSTAMP:20190416T105139
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T210000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:\"Why Trade Matters\" - Speaker event
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Ambassador Carla A. Hills discusses today’s trade issues. \nOver the last two centuries trade has grown remarkably\, completely transforming the global economy. Today trade is a fundamental part of economic activity everywhere\, yet there is an elevation in trade tensions. \n\nTrade partnership are changing. Ambassador Hills will describe the mounting uncertainty regarding the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement\, as well as the nation’s plans to negotiate trade deals with the European Union\, the United Kingdom\, Japan\, and China. She will also reflect on imposed tariffs and the threat of additional ones. \n\nCarla Hills\, former U.S. Trade Representative serving under George H.W. Bush\, also served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Ford Administration. Currently she is Chair and Chief Executive of Hills & Company\, advising on investment\, trade\, and risks abroad. \n\nFree Admission. Free Parking. Reception follows program.
UID:63177-15585197@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63177
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economy,Politics,Tariffs,Trade
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library
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DTSTAMP:20190313T181530
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library
DESCRIPTION:A multi-venue exhibition of site-specific installations\, performances\, interventions\, and events by University of Michigan faculty\, staff\, and students\, Bookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is curated by Guna Nadarajan\, dean of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan\, in partnership with the University of Michigan Library. The exhibition will be located in several locations within Shapiro Undergraduate Library\, Hatcher Graduate Library\, and the Art\, Architecture & Engineering Library. \n\nThe continued proliferation of digital formats and systems for the embodiment\, distribution\, and delivery of knowledge increasingly displace the book as form. As a result\, the spacial limitations of libraries are challenged. The value of the book and the function of the library demand cultural attention. In this moment\, we ask ourselves: what is the future of the library? What is the future of the book? This exhibition seeks to instigate and showcase creative responses to the challenges to the book and the library in the forms we have inherited as well as to project ways of reimagining futures for/of books and libraries.\n\nBookmarks: Speculating the Futures of the Book and Library is supported by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, the University of Michigan Library\, the University of Michigan Office for Research (UMOR)\, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.\n\n 
UID:60521-14903650@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60521
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Library
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20190502T112030
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T211500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190514T224500
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Fonotune: An Electric Fairytale
DESCRIPTION:In another time and place\, where people barely communicate and an impending apocalypse is in the air\, lone drifter Mono makes an odyssey to experience mysterious rock star Blitz’s final cosmic performance out in the Big White Nothing\, a desert surrounding the city. Here\, people escape from reality\, and each other\, through music. A constant companion in their headphones is Radio\, nihilistic DJ of radio station FONOTUNE\, playing his own joyous soundtrack to destruction! On his journey\, Mono shares fleeting connections with a gang of strangers: Teen-hooker Stereo\, lo-fi cowboy Analog\, and the sassy Bubblegum. Their paths finally collide in an audiovisual showdown with the mythical musician many thought dead or long-gone.\n\nMore details about the film on the IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2570500/
UID:63470-15716752@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/63470
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Film,Japanese Studies
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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