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Presented By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Feel Good Fridays at UMMA

Whole Museum

Free and open to the public. No advance registration required..

It’s Finally Friday and You Deserve To Feel Good

Open late with something to discover around every corner – join your neighbors at Feel Good Friday and experience the restorative power of a fun Friday night surrounded by art, music, and culture. 

Free and open to the public. 

November is Feel Good Frybread This month’s Feel Good Friday is a collaboration between the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs’ Native American Heritage Month Committee, U-M’s Native American Student Association, and UMMA.

Featuring: 

Globally recognized dancer and activist Notorious Cree. James Jones is Nehiyaw (Cree) from Tall Cree First Nation in Treaty 8 Territory in Northern Alberta, Canada. Known as Notorious Cree across Instagram and TikTok, James uses his voice to educate and spread awareness on the issues impacting Indigenous communities across the globe. As a traditional hoop and powwow dancer, performance artist, youth workshop facilitator and public speaker, James inspires future generations by reclaiming his culture and encouraging others to do the same. Notable performances include the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2014 and 2022 Juno awards, 2015 Pan Am Games, Coachella and was a previous contestant on SYTYCD Canada.

celebrates northern Michigan’s Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. This powerful collection of paintings and texts—shines a light on the story of the Burt Lake Band and centers Indigenous people.

All Galleries open!

SAVE THE DATE: the next UMMA Feel Good Friday will be February 10, 2023

Feel Good Frybread is organized by the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs’ Native American Heritage Month Committee, the Native American Student Association and UMMA with support from the U-M Rackham Graduate School, Arts Initiative, the Center for World Performance Studies, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and the U-M and Ann Arbor District Libraries.

Media sponsor: Michigan Radio  

Special thanks to the Cheboiganing (Burt Lake) Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Margaret Noodin, and Richard A. Wiles, for their consultation on the State Historical Marker text; to Margaret Noodin and Michael Zimmerman, Jr. for translating the gallery texts into Anishinaabemowin; to James Horton and Fritz Swanson for generously producing the letterpress broadsides; to colleagues at the U-M Biological Station, U-M Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, U-M Clements Library, and U-M Clark Map Library. For more information on the Cheboiganing (Burt Lake) Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians visit BurtLakeBand.org. 

Lead support for Future Cache is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick, and the U-M Office of the Provost.

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