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Gifts of Art presents Salsa!

Los Gatos

Pete Siers, drummer and leader of the renowned Latin jazz combo Los Gatos, is a powerful, intensely physical and dynamic player on timbales,...

Backyard Habitats

Children and their parents invited to take a hike in Nichols Arboretum to the riverfront landing and test water quality, search for aquatic...

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UMSN Second Career Information Session

This information session is dedicated to prospective second career students to learn more about the School of Nursing's BSN program,...

Noam Chomsky: “Language Use and Design: conflicts and their significance”

Renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky lectures at the 2013 Linguistics Institute, a national event that brings hundreds of linguistics scholars...

Taj Mahal

You could call Taj Mahal a blues singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, ethnomusicologist, children's music artist,...

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...

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,...

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,...

“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....

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...