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Computer Showcase

Whether it's tech to play with during the summer or gear you need next fall, you'll find great prices on laptops, tablets,...

“Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930”

This exhibit is organized by the U-M Museum of Art (UMMA) in collaboration with The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York....

Tangle

Tangle is a huge, messy, fun, interactive elastic weaving event created live by children and their families. It’s part spectacular visual...

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Brendan James

Born in New Hampshire, Brendan James cut his artistic eyeteeth in New York and is now based in Los Angeles. His piano-based songwriting...

Preservation Hall Jazz Band with New Orleans Bingo! Show

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band derives its name from Preservation Hall, the venerable music venue located in the heart of New Orleans’...

Ongoing Attractions and Exhibits

Art Glass

Bill Poceta

Bill Poceta is one of the leading studio glass artists working today. He creates one-of-a-kind blown glass vessels that resonate with both...

Botanicals & Still Lifes: Watercolor Paintings

Carol J. Evert

Carol J. Evert's vibrant watercolor paintings depict suspended moments of beauty and grace within our often frenetic world. Bold...

Dimension: Fiber Constructions

Diane Núñez

Southfield, Michigan based artist Diane Núñez blends her knowledge of landscape architecture with fiber to create three-dimensional...

Fields of Flowers: Oil Paintings

Kathleen Eaton

Kathleen (Kay) Eaton is a portrait, figurative, landscape and still life artist, working mainly in oils on linen, canvas and board. Her work...

From the Window Seat: Color Photography

Kip Kriigel

Kip Kriigel is an avid photographer who believes that interesting photographs can be found in everyday common places, where most people...

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 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...

Gourds & Baskets: Mixed Media

Karen Fenwick

Bloomfield Hills based artist and educator Karen Fenwick incorporates nature's wonderful array of gem stones, agates, fossils, plant...

Sooziedoozie Hand Painted Fiber Dolls

Susie McColgan

Susie McColgan's love of textiles, fine art and whimsical illustration comes to life with the Sooziedoozie Dolls she created in 2012 at...

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...

On the Road: Celebrating 100 Years of the Lincoln Highway

"On the Road: Celebrating 100 Years of the Lincoln Highway" uses rich visual resources – including vintage postcards, maps, and...

Back to School Sale

Computer Showcase

Whether it's tech to play with during the summer or gear you need next fall, you'll find great prices on laptops, tablets,...

Retaining Identity Art Exhibition

Matthaei Botanical Gardens is the venue for this special show of art created by older adults with memory loss and art students working in a...

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...

Tangle

Tangle is a huge, messy, fun, interactive elastic weaving event created live by children and their families. It’s part spectacular visual...

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Top of the Park Rackham Stage shows and films

July 2: 7 p.m. Jerry Mack & The Terraplanes, 8:30 p.m. Measured Chaos, Film: 10 p.m., "Big."...

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