Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider

Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design, and she...

Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss

Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years, and the lush feel of her...

Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand

Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She...

Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder

Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction, including a Newbery...

Gifts of presents Art, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway

In Juliette Hemingway’s work, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside...

24th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners

March 20 - April 3, 2019...

Exhibition Opening Discussion | Investigating Ancient Color

Hilary Becker, Gregory Smith, Mark Abbe, and Christina Biscula

Join us in a panel discussion about the study of pigments and dyes in the ancient world with archaeologist Hilary Becker (State University...

Local Learning at Literati: The Six Senses of Buddhism

Buddhist experiences can engage six senses: taste, touch, sight, sound, smell, and thought. In this evening presentation that ranges from...

Family Day | Ancient Color

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Artist Panel

Artists from previous Prison Creative Arts Project exhibitions share their stories and answer questions about life as a prison artist in...

In Conversation: The Evidence of Things Unseen, Sam Gilliam and Al Loving Then and Now

The works in the UMMA exhibition Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s explore intersections of social justice, race and...

Surrendurance: Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing, Volume 11, Ann Arbor Reading

Hear selections from the 11th edition of the Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing, read by family and friends of contributing...

Beyond the Boom Gate: Orana Arts in Australian Prisons

Macquarie Correctional Centre, based in Wellington New South Wales (NSW), is Australia’s first pilot of a new model of imprisonment,...

LACS Event. Hostile Terrain: Exploring Border Security and Migration in 2019

Pop-UP Exhibition (3/27-28); Film-screening (3/28); and Roundtable (3/29) about America's Humanitarian Crisis at the Southern Border, organized by Jason De Leon, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan

Hostile Terrain is a Pop-UP Exhibition about America's Humanitarian Crisis at the Southern Border. This participatory political art...

Keynote: “Beyond Solidarity: Dignity, Power, and the Politics of Knowledge Production,” Alan Gómez

“Beyond Solidarity” traces a genealogy of rebel care work. Without imposing a future, what political, cultural and social questions...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Special Exhibition: Ancient Color

Join us on a tour through the Kelsey Museum special exhibition "Ancient Color." Learn how the Romans acquired, made, and used...

The Age of the Internet in Comic Books: Book Club Tour

On the occasion of the exhibition Art in the Age of the Internet, UMMA and Vault of Midnight-Ann Arbor have partnered up to form...

The Six Senses of Buddhism

Art museums generally give primacy to the sense of sight. Religious and ritual objects, on the other hand, stimulate an array of...

Online Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Healthy Kids / Active Tech

Online Trade Show

Take part in this nationally renowned course by reviewing the products developed by 6 teams of students from the Stamps School of Art &...

Artwork Pickup

Pickup for artwork purchased during the exhibition. Please bring your receipt or your letter from PCAP. Volunteers will be available to help...

ISR Expo

Projects and Programs

You are invited to the Institute for Social Research EXPO:...

Public tour: Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing with Fang Zhang

Fang Zhang, Hughes Fellow at the U-M Liberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and wife of the artist Wang Qingsong, will lead a public...

Patchwork

Showcasing Women's Expression

A series of women-centered performances, monologues, poems, songs, and dances showcasing expression and highlighting student-written work as...

Chinese Contemporary Art: Exhibition, Collection and Criticism

Presented during the UMMA exhibition Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing (February 2 - May 26, 2019), this symposium celebrates three decades of...

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today

The internet has changed every aspect of contemporary life—from how we interact with each other to how we work and play. Art in the Age of...

FestiFools

Save the Date!...

2019 Mental Health Monologues

Mental Health Monologues is an annual performance presented by Active Minds in which UM students and alumni share their personal stories and...

RC Student Invitational Art Exhibition Opening

Featuring student work from RC Studio Arts courses

Join our student artists for the opening reception of their end of semester invitational art show....

Finding the Strength to Heal

Finding the Strength to Heal: A Journey of Rebuilding Amongst Violence...

2019 Stamps Senior Show

The 2019 Stamps Senior Show features work in a range of media by graduating BA, BFA, and Interarts students at U-M’s Penny W. Stamps...

Performance: ManosBuckius Cooperative, “The MBC @ The Library”

The ManosBuckius Cooperative presents MBC@The Library, a performance illuminating libraries of the past, present, and future. Performers’...

Opening Reception: 2019 Stamps Senior Show

4:30–6:30 pm at Stamps Gallery (201 S. Division St.)...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Special Exhibition: Ancient Color

Join us on a tour through the Kelsey Museum special exhibition "Ancient Color." Learn how the Romans acquired, made, and used...

Living Arts Interdisciplinary Project Symposium

Living Arts is about sharing ideas and approaches to creating in an interdisciplinary environment. Through collaboration with guest artists,...

rEVOLUTION: Making Art for Change

Join SAPAC's Survivor Empowerment and Ally Support (SEAS) program for an art show to promote healing and awareness surrounding sexual...

The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq

In celebration of UMMA’s new Power Family Program for Inuit Art, the Museum presents a special exhibition of two incredible, intertwining...

New at UMMA: Oshima Tsumugi Kimono

Fashioned in the Amami islands of Japan, Oshima Tsumugi silk has long been admired for its understated beauty, incredible softness, and...

Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s

Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s explores large-scale works of art by Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Nevelson, Sam Gilliam,...

Imprint: The World to Come A youth response to the exhibition at UMMA

UMMA is working with the Neutral Zone to bring young minds, talents, and interpretations to the table in response to UMMA's exhibition...

The Six Senses of Buddhism

Art museums generally give primacy to the sense of sight. Religious and ritual objects, on the other hand, stimulate an array of...

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene

EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS, DISASTERS, CONSUMPTION, LOSS, AND JUSTICE...

Things I Like Most About the Clements Library

Brian L. Dunnigan Retrospective Exhibit

The Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. During a 23-year career with the Clements, Brian Dunnigan has served as...

Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s

Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s explores large-scale works of art by Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Nevelson, Sam Gilliam,...

Curator Tour | Ancient Color

Cathy Person and Caroline Roberts

Join exhibition co-curators Cathy Person and Caroline Roberts on a tour of the special exhibition "Ancient Color." They'll...

Art, Ideas, & Politics: Ninth Street Women with author Mary Gabriel

Author Mary Gabriel's recent book Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen...

True to Life: Film Director Nancy Savoca’s Quest for Authenticity

Filmmaker Nancy Savoca aims to be as authentic as possible. Her films are brilliant, intimate portraits that explore the weight of social...

UMMA Book Club: Art, Ideas, & Politics

The Art, Ideas, & Politics Book Club is a partnership between UMMA and Literati Bookstore in connection with UMMA's...

Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with...

The Six Senses of Tea: Demonstration of Chanoyu

On the occasion of the UMMA exhibition The Six Sense of Buddhism, please join us for a Japanese tea ceremony at UMMA. Tea was valued for...

In Conversation: The Six Senses of Buddhism

Buddhist practices engage the senses. Incense wafts through the air: smell. Sculptures and paintings dazzle your eyes: sight. The ringing of...