New Events

Young Artist Concert Series

Center Stage Strings - An MPulse Institute at the University of Michigan

Center Stage Strings (CSS) – one of SMTD’s MPulse performing arts summer programs for youth – welcomes the public to a series of free...

Pixie and the Partygrass Boys

Presented by The Ark

Heartfelt songwriting, high velocity instrumental excellence, silly outfits, high kicks, and dad jokes...

Ongoing Attractions and Exhibits

Celebrating Pride Month

We are thrilled to announce that Pride Month is being celebrated in the Hatcher Library! See selected historical artifacts from the Joseph...

Debbie Thompson Exhibition

Phytopia: Accessing the Invisible

Debbie Thompson works predominantly in clay and draws inspiration from the natural world, which she frequently references in her work. Her...

Melissa Jones Exhibition

Internal Architecture

Melissa Jones works across multiple mediums, consistently centering the human figure, texture, and elements of the natural world—such as...

Resistance is Fertile: Celebrating 30 Years of Cultivating Change

Resistance Is Fertile honors the founding moment of the Institute for Research on Women & Gender, while speaking to the present. The...

The People’s Bicentennial

This selection of original artifacts documents the work of the Peoples Bicentennial Commission (PBC), which challenged the official,...

Summer Deep Reading on Deep Learning (Transformer Circuits)

Multi-Part Journal Club - Hosted by Matthew James O'Meara, PhD

Matthew O'Meara, PhD and his lab are hosting what we're calling Summer Deep Reading on Deep Learning. This year it will be a...

Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project

From September 2025 through November 2026, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based, artist-run...

Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project

From September 2025 through August 2026, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based, artist-run...

Marianetta Porter: Breath, Fragment, Return

Curated by Juana Williams, this exhibition examines how Marianetta Porter uses everyday objects, fragments, and embodied memory to make...

Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory

The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research...

June 2 - July 30, 2026 T/TH Course - Sampling in Practice

Yajuan Si - Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.

June 2-July 30, 2026, T/TH...

Echoes of the Past: Greektown as Seen by Sam Karres

Explore the personal sketchbooks of Sam Karres, Greek-American painter and artist, as he illustrates the daily life of residents in...