​Synthesize: Art & Technology

Synthesize: Art & Technology is collaboration between UMMA and the Ann Arbor Hand’s-On Museum that invites teens to explore the...

Family Art Studio: Inspired by Africa

Free. Registration is required: email umma-program-registration@umich.edu. Please include date and title of program in the subject line of...

Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection

"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection" showcases the master...

Guided Tour - GLOSS: Modeling Beauty

Focusing on the prominent role of women as the subject of photography, GLOSS: Modeling Beauty explores the shifting ideals of female beauty...

Meet Me at UMMA: A Museum Arts Experience for Persons with Mild Memory Loss and Their Care Partners

To register for this program, email kmpeil@alz.org or call the local Alzheimer’s Association 800.272.3900 at any time. For more...

In Focus: Sam Nhlengethwa

Sam Nhlengethwa, a contemporary artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa, is a prolific artist who has worked in a range of media,...

Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Efficient & Satisfying Use of Small Living Spaces

Trade Show

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 8 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art &...

Graduate Student Workshop: Connoisseurship in Researching Japanese Early-modern Painting

This workshop requires an advanced reading level of Japanese. Please register to participate. Due to the venue, only ten participants can be...

DNA Origami Exhibit Opening Reception

Presented as part of the LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester, "Michigan Horizons"

The Biophysics department is hosting a special exhibit showcasing images of unusual nanoscopic scale objects designed by students through...

Exhibit Opening: The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet

Join exhibit curators Sigrid Cordell and Juli McLoone for a short talk introducing the exhibit The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet followed...

Curatorial Dilemmas: Representing Africa at UMMA with Christa Clarke

A series of talks by leading curators and thinkers in African art will launch a reimagining process for the forthcoming reinstallation of...

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 7th Annual Shirley Verrett Award

The Woman of Color in the Academy Project (WOCAP) is currently seeking nominations for the annual Shirley Verrett Award. The award is...

Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece

Since the 1980s, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as...

Engaging With Art

UMMA docents will guide visitors through the galleries on tours as diverse as their interests and areas of expertise. Each docent plans a...

Guided Tour - Cosmogonic Tattoos

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished Stamps School of Art and Design professor...

An Accidental Photographer: Seoul 1969

Pop-Up Exhibition by Margaret Condon Taylor

As a Peace Corps volunteer in Seoul in 1969, U-M alumna Margaret Condon Taylor (PhD psychology) photographed the changing scenes of ordinary...

Michigan Engineering Design Expo

Michigan Engineering Students

See how Michigan Engineering students are designing solutions to our world's challenges....

Fridays After 5

Stop in to UMMA on select Friday evenings to enjoy special exhibitions and engaging activities at Fridays After 5! With all of UMMA's...

Guided Tour - Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and...

In Conversation: The Lure of Line

This program is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please register to secure your place by emailing...

New at UMMA: Paul Rand

Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, pioneering art director and graphic designer Paul Rand (1914–1996) was celebrated for...

Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter

Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s strange, hyperreal yet sentimental sculptures are often rooted in her speculative visualizations of...

Guided Tour - Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection

This exhibition of drawings by Henri Matisse showcases the mastery of draftsmanship by two of the most significant artists of the twentieth...

Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media

Hiroko Lancour

A Japanese native, now living in Royal Oak, Michigan, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in...

Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends

Nicole Macdonald

As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings...

Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile

Motawi Tileworks

Motawi Tileworks was started in Ann Arbor, Michigan 25 years ago by Nawal Motawi in a small garage. Today, Motawi tiles are sold in over 300...

Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics

Jean-Marc Fontaine

Jean-Marc Fontaine, a French scientist and artist who earned his Ph.D. from University of Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, presents a unique...

Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits

John Pappas

Based out of Chelsea, Michigan, John Pappas believes that if you can imagine a fun idea making sense, you should make it. He applies this to...

Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture

Joan Painter-Jones

Starting with watercolor, Joan Painter-Jones’ work kept building out farther and farther until it became sculpture. Brought up in a...

Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum

Desiree Warren

Desiree Warren’s current body of work is a journey using one shape (the orzo) to create a multitude of layers that evoke landscapes and...

Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography

Daniel Sidoli

Born and raised in Flint, Michigan, Daniel Sidoli has always had the creative itch. It led him to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a...

Enter the As I See It Photography Competition!

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos of your favorite U-M campus architecture for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two...

EXHIBITION ON VIEW: 2016 BOOTH FELLOW MEGAN PETERS (M.ARCH. '16), "THE IMAGE OF HAVANA"

2016 Booth Fellowship recipient Megan Peters (M.Arch. '16) explores through images the dichotomy between Havana, Cuba's dual...

EXHIBITION ON VIEW: CLOUD/BANK

Cloud/Bank is a temporary installation designed for Exhibit Columbus, a 2017 exhibition and conference in Columbus, Indiana, by Architecture...

Everyday Activism

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EXHIBITION RECEPTION: CLOUD/BANK

Join for a reception to celebrate the Cloud/Bank exhibition....

open house
Reception / Open House

Engaging With Art

UMMA docents will guide visitors through the galleries on tours as diverse as their interests and areas of expertise. Each docent plans a...

Guided Tour - GLOSS: Modeling Beauty

Focusing on the prominent role of women as the subject of photography, GLOSS: Modeling Beauty explores the shifting ideals of female beauty...

Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work

Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work honors the creative work and careers of all Stamps School alumni, creates an aspirational...

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An Exhibition by Ebony Patterson

Note: Ebony Patterson Stamps lecture takes place Feb 1, 5pm, at the Michigan Theater, immediately followed at 6pm by artist reception at the...

EXHIBITION ON VIEW: CONCEPTS OF DOMESTICITY FROM JAPAN

In the spring of 2017, a group of U of M architecture students visited the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Osaka, tracing the historical...

Seeking Henri: Matisse Through the Eyes of Ellsworth Kelly

This program is free and open to the public. Seating is first come first served....

Family Art Studio: The Line Comes Alive

Free. Registration is required: email umma-program-registration@umich.edu. Please include date and title of program in the subject line of...

Guided Tour - Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection

This exhibition of drawings by Henri Matisse showcases the mastery of draftsmanship by two of the most significant artists of the twentieth...

Between Past and Future: Wang Qingsong 1999-2006

Presented by WANG Qingsong, Artist

Curated by ZHANG Fang, this art exhibition will include six of WANG Qingsong’s representative photo works that depict the traumatic...

Everyday Activism: Reception and Exhibit Opening

Part of the 2018 U-M Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Symposia, the Everyday Activism Exhibit will feature photographs, posters and...

Science as Art Contest Submission Deadline

Arts at Michigan, ArtsEngine and the Science Learning Center invite you to submit artwork to the 2020 Science as Art exhibition. University...

Celebrate People's History

Celebrate People’s History...

Suzy Lake

Suzy Lake was born and raised in Detroit. Following the social and political unrest of the 1960’s Lake emigrated to Montreal in 1968,...

Exhibition Reception: Suzy Lake

Suzy Lake was born and raised in Detroit. Following the social and political unrest of the 1960’s Lake emigrated to Montreal in 1968,...