Exhibition:Ernestine Ruben at Willow Run
2017-05-02 11:00 - 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Museum of Art
In 2013, artist Ernestine Ruben (BSDEs ’53) photographed the once-famed industrial complex Willow Run in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Designed by her grandfather, Detroit architect Albert Kahn, for the Ford Motor Company, Willow Run was an exemplar of American defense manufacturing because of its efficient mass-production of B-24 Liberators during World War II.

For this exhibition, Ruben overlaid interior views of the now-dormant factory with imagined glimpses into her body’s interior landscape. The resulting compositions seem to breathe energy and light into the stagnant and cavernous spaces of Willow Run and suggest a longing for a productive existence undeterred by mortality for both Willow Run and the artist. Her grandfather’s role in the history of the site underscores Ruben’s personal connection.

The exhibition presents Ruben’s photographs of Willow Run in UMMA’s Photography Gallery and an original film—co-created by Ruben and video artist Seth Bernstein and featuring an original score by award-winning composer Stephen Hartke—in the Museum’s Forum.

Lead support for Ernestine Ruben at Willow Run: Mobilizing Memory is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment.

Exhibition:Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
2017-05-02 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art
Wavefunction, Subsculpture 9, by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, is a kinetic sculpture and interactive installation that plays on the work of mid-century American designers Charles and Ray Eames.

The installation consists of 42 molded plastic chairs (designed by the Eameses in 1948) arranged in a grid and attached to electromechanical pistons. When visitors approach the chairs, a surveillance system detects their presence and the closest chairs lift gently off the ground. The adjacent chairs follow, and a wave movement spreads across the array. The software controlling the pistons is based on fluid dynamics, so as more visitors approach the grid, the chairs—whose iconic curving contours were also generated mathematically— mimic the complex interaction of multiple waves in water.

This performative installation complements the concurrent exhibition Moving Image: Performance, which together constitute the second of three presentations at UMMA drawn from the collection of Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul. The works in this year-long trio of exhibitions represent traditional categories such as portraiture, landscape, and performance that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Wavefunction, Subsculpture 9 is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and Michigan Engineering. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Latina/o Studies.

Exhibition:Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors–Part I: Figuration
2017-05-02 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art
Commemorating the University of Michigan’s 2017 Bicentennial, Victors for Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors celebrates the deep impact of Michigan alumni in the global art world. This two-part exhibition (Part I: Figuration followed by Part II: Abstraction on view July 1– October 29) presents works collected by a diverse group of alumni that represent the breadth of the University and over seventy years of graduating classes. The works themselves are equally diverse, ranging from ancient sculptures to contemporary multimedia works. Part I: Figuration features works by Henri Matisse, Elizabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Mark Tansey, and Mickalene Thomas, among others, and allows visitors to explore the variety of artistic responses and purposes encompassed by the term “figuration”. It also offers an unprecedented opportunity to view art that may have never been publicly displayed otherwise—and most certainly, not all together. For visitors, and especially for future Michigan alumni, Victors for Art illuminates the shared passion for art fostered by the Michigan experience.

This exhibition was organized by Joseph Rosa, Guest Curator, in collaboration with Laura De Becker, Helmut & Candis Stern Associate Curator of African Art, Jennifer Friess, Assistant Curator of Photography, Lehti Mairike Keelman, Assistant Curator of Western Art, and Natsu Oyobe, Curator of Asian Art.

Lead support for Victors for the Arts: Michigan's Alumni Collectors is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, the University of Michigan Health System, the University of Michigan Office of the President, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office.

Other:9/22--Fall 2017 Application Deadline
2017-05-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
The application deadline for Winter 2018 and early-admission Fall 2018. Please apply through M-Compass.

Class / Instruction:Using G Suite Tools For Active Learning and Student Collaboration
2017-05-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery Lab
Find out how other colleagues are using G Suite (formerly, Google Apps) for creative and engaging student projects. Several case studies will be presented that demonstrate effective uses of Google Docs, Sheets and Forms as tools for active learning. Google Sites is another powerful tool that allows the creation of interactive website projects for students to share information and collaborate on documents, videos, and schedules.

Workshop / Seminar:Intercultural Communication
2017-05-02 14:00 - 15:00 | LSA Building - Conference Room 2001
There are many hidden ways in which culture influences behavior. Starting with an understanding of American culture, this session focuses on cultural differences between countries and how “common sense” assumptions we make about others may be flawed.
You will learn to:
- Determine some American cultural values and norms that might differ from other cultures
- Discuss some of the challenges persons from other cultures might face at a US educational institution, as a student or employee
- Identify examples of verbal and nonverbal communication, symbolic meaning, cultural norms and cultural values
You will benefit by:
- Obtaining a general framework for understanding culture
- Increasing self-awareness and improving competency in both inter -and intra-cultural communications

Workshop / Seminar:SPECIAL COSMOLOGY SEMINAR | Can Secret Sterile Neutrino Interactions Reconcile Cosmology and Short-Baseline Anomalies?
2017-05-02 15:00 - 16:00 | Randall Laboratory - 3247
None available

Workshop / Seminar:NextProf Science: Diversifying Academia
2017-05-02 17:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Develop Your Career:
The NextProf Science Workshop is designed to encourage talented scientists and mathematicians with a demonstrated commitment to diversity to consider academia — an exciting and rewarding career. We will help you develop strategies to strengthen your ability to pursue an academic career.

Workshop / Seminar:NextProf Science: Diversifying Academia
2017-05-02 17:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Apply by February 15
Workshop designed to encourage talented scientists and mathematicians with a demonstrated commitment to diversity to consider academia — an exciting and rewarding career. We will help you develop strategies to strengthen your ability to pursue an academic career. Travel, lodging, and meals will be provided.

Sporting Event:Michigan Softball vs. Western Michigan
2017-05-02 18:00 | Off Campus Location
Michigan Softball vs. Western Michigan
