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Sea Monsters

Planetarium & Dome Theater

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast,...

Ongoing Attractions and Exhibits

Applications Open for Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program

DCERP

UROP's Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program ( DCERP) will be accepting applications for Summer 2020 through December 3rd! DCERP...

Big Data Summer Institute in Biostatistics

Application is open

The application is open for the Big Data Summer Institute in Biostatistics (SIBS) program....

UROP - Sophomore Applications Open

Attention: 2020-2021 Rising Sophomores

UROP is now accepting sophomore applications for the 2020-2021 Academic year. Are you interested in conducting undergraduate research? Apply...

UROP Summer Research Fellowship Deadline Extended

Extended Deadline Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 at 5pm

Extended Deadline Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 at 5pm...

Cages, Nests & Butterflies

Anne Bae

Anne Bae is a multidisciplinary artist based out of New York. Her sculptural works are infused with symbolism and metaphors in the forms of...

Envisioning Religion in Hamtramck

Michigan artist Razi Jafri leads University of Michigan students on a photographic experience of Hamtramck, the first American...

Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas

Aaron Dworkin

Fractured History explores concepts of identity, love, loss and the connection between music, history and civil rights. Aaron Dworkin is a...

Hats & Fascinators

Mr. Song Millinery

Luke Song’s Detroit millinery was frequented by the late great Aretha Franklin. Franklin wore her much-discussed Mr. Song hat for her...

Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media

Allison Svoboda

Allison Svoboda was born in Detroit. A proud Midwesterner, she splits her time between studios in Chicago and Pentwater, Michigan. She is...

High School Photo Project

Linda Erf Swift

In her early career, Linda Erf Swift worked as a teacher and social worker in public schools, and later graduated from the School of the Art...

Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel

Laura Cavanagh

In this body of work, Detroit artist and U-M alumna Laura Cavanagh explores quiet, intimate spaces. An introvert by nature, “space,” and...

Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate

Leslie Sobel

In 2017 Leslie Sobel, as artist in residence at Kluane National Park in Yukon Territory, Canada, camped on an icefield with a group of...

UROP Peer Facilitator Applications Open

UROP Peer Facilitators serve as a liaison and program guide for UROP students. In this capacity, Peer Facilitators support prospective UROP...

Whimsical Worlds

Greg Potter

Surrealist painter and instructor Greg Potter is based in Franklin, Indiana. After more than 20 years in the service and four tours in the...

Exhibition | Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile: El-Kurru, Sudan

Ancient graffiti provide a unique glimpse into the lives of individuals in antiquity. Religious devotion in ancient Kush (a region located...

Student Grant Proposal 2020: College of Engineering - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The College of Engineering is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity created to further our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...

Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with...

Abstraction, Color, and Politics:

The 1960s and 1970s

In the midst of the political and cultural upheavals of the 60s and 70s, artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship...

Collection Ensemble

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial...

Copies and Invention in East Asia

Far from being frowned upon as uncreative, in China, Korea, and Japan, copying has long been considered a valuable practice. Through works...

Mari Katayama

Japanese artist Mari Katayama (born 1987) features her own body in a provocative series of works combining photography, sculpture, and...

Reflections: An Ordinary Day

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the...

Take Your Pick: Collecting Found Photographs

Come help build our collection of “ordinary” American 20th-century photographs....

Sea Monsters

Planetarium & Dome Theater

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast,...

Sea Monsters

Planetarium & Dome Theater

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast,...

MIW Application Deadline-February 14, 2020

Regular admission deadline for Fall 2020 and early admission Winter 2021.

Sea Monsters

Planetarium & Dome Theater

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast,...

Sea Monsters

Planetarium & Dome Theater

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast,...

Sea Monsters

Planetarium & Dome Theater

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast,...

Sky Tonight

Planetarium & Dome Theater

Star talks will examine the night sky with its slowly changing constellations, bright planets, and a short journey to visit far-away...

Sky Tonight

Planetarium & Dome Theater

Star talks will examine the night sky with its slowly changing constellations, bright planets, and a short journey to visit far-away...