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Pest and Pathogens in Beekeeping

An in-depth look at bee pests and how integrated pest management (IPM) practices can help reduce pests’ negative impact on a colony....

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Bill Staines

Now in his fifth decade of performing, Bill Staines tells heartfelt stories in song of places he's been and people he's met....

Senior Recital: Austin Hoeltzel, baritone

PROGRAM: Niles - The Rovin’ Gambler; Gambler don’t you lose your place; The Gambling Song of the Big Sandy River; The Gambler’s Wife;...

Ongoing Attractions and Exhibits

Gifts of Art Call for Entries 2013-2014

Gifts of Art is currently accepting proposals for our Aug 2013-Aug 2014 exhibit year! As one of the first and most comprehensive arts in...

Gifts of Art Call for Entries 2013-2014 has been extended to May 31, 2013.

Gifts of Art is currently accepting proposals for our Aug 2013-Aug 2014 exhibit year. As one of the first and most comprehensive arts in...

Birthing Reproductive Justice: 150 Years of Images and Ideas

Reproductive Justice -- the right to have children, not have children, and parent our children in healthy and safe environments -- is a...

Gifts of Art presents Behind the Veil: Monoprint & Mixed Media

Casey Blanchard

Casey Blanchard is a monoprint and mixed media artist living in Vermont. During her travels, Blanchard considers no found object too grand...

Gifts of Art presents Birdpants: Mixed Media

Missy Orge

Missy Orge creates work that is evocative of scientific curiosities and mounted butterflies, with a humor that sneaks up and inspires a much...

Gifts of Art presents Covered: A Collection of Artists' Books

U-M Book Arts Students

When viewing contemporary artist's books, we find alternative bindings and printing methods that often change the form of the...

Gifts of Art presents Mediterraneo: Watercolor

Kay Cassill

Widely traveled artist Kay Cassill looks for the unusual and the most ordinary views to save in her sketchbook and camera. In her studio,...

Gifts of Art presents Newspaper Diary: Color Photography

Joanne Leonard

For Joanne Leonard, preserving newspaper clippings is something of an urgent task since future generations may know only digital versions of...

Gifts of Art presents Paperweights & Studio Glass

UM-Dearborn Permanent Art Collection

The American studio glass movement started in 1962 with glass workshops held at the Toledo Museum of Art. The workshops, taught by Harvey...

Gifts of Art presents Pursuit of Happiness: Acrylic on Canvas

Adrienne Kaplan

Ann Arbor based Adrienne Kaplan explores the American search for happiness by choosing a day at the beach. Her goal is to transmit this...

Gifts of Art presents Visions of Serenity: Multi Media Group Show

Athena Art Society

One of the oldest women's professional art organizations in the country, the Athena Art Society began in 1903 at the Toledo Museum of...

Northern Michigan Landscapes Exhibit

Artist: Rachael Van Dyke

Visit the Pierpont Commons Wall Gallery located just outside of the Commons Cafe to see this beautiful exhibit!...

The Many Hats of Robert Altman: A Life in Cinema

This exhibit draws on the riches of the University of Michigan’s Robert Altman archive, including examples of his novel approach to...

El Otro Lado/The Other Side

El Otro Lado/The Other Side: Struggles for Racial Justice and its Opposition, presented In collaboration with the LSA Winter 2013 Theme...

“Kelsey Contemporaries: Kayla Romberger and Alisha Wessler”

Alisha Wessler’s “Compass” is from the exhibit “Kelsey Contemporaries: Kayla Romberger and Alisha Wessler,” open 9 a.m.-4 p.m....

Enriching Scholarship 2013

brought to you by the Teaching and Technology Collaborative

Enriching Scholarship is a highly-regarded series of FREE seminars and workshops for all faculty and instructors interested in integrating...

Language Comes After Artist: The Work of Lynne Avadenka

Lynne Avadenka is the 2013 Jill S. Harris Visiting Artist at the Institute for the Humanities. An established book artist from Detroit who...

Race: Are we so different?

People are different. Throughout history, these differences have been a source of community strength and personal identity. They have also...

Cultural History and Heritage of India–OLLI Study Group (50+)

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at U-M

We will study cultural history and heritage of India through lectures and discussions. Indian civilization dates back five thousand years...

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Florencia Pita/FP mod

Organized by the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Florencia Pita/FP mod explores the provocations and intersections of digital...

Young Chung “Solo Exhibition, [The Passerby #3, His Island]

Young Chung “Solo Exhibition, [The Passerby #3, His Island], noon-6 p.m., Duderstadt Center Gallery

A Short History of Nearly Everything--OLLI Study Group (50+)

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at U-M

This popular class will be held again to describe how science informs us about our world. We will read and discuss the title book by Bill...

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Camera Club in the Digital Age–OLLI Study Group (50+)

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at U-M

Are you shooting, printing and e-mailing photos? Do you want to do more of it and do it better? Members of this group share photos, albums,...

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Recent Acquisitions: Building on the Clements Collections

The Clements Library never stops adding to its collections of primary source material. Already one of the finest American history research...

Intermediate Spanish–OLLI Study Group (50+)

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at U-M

Here is a chance to review the Spanish that you may have studied in the past. You will be able to improve your ability to speak, read and...

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Pesha's Journey: From Rabbi's Daughter to Radical Feminist

A Story in Letters and Photos

“Pesha's Journey” tells the story, in pictures and words, of Pesha–a Jewish woman born into an orthodox Palestine family who...