Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ann Arbor Street Paintings: Oil on Panel
2017-03-05 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1
Carlye Crisler, a well known Ann Arbor artist of en plein air (outdoor) painting, is originally from the Bucktown district of Chicago. Her goal is to paint an environment or neighborhood by showing activities, people and lighting at a particular time of day, capturing an extended sense of place. In this collection of en plein air oil paintings, Crisler has taken on complicated places with many textures and divisions of space. She embraces ambiguity with shapes of buildings broken by shadow and parts of them hidden by other things barely determined. In addition to a painter of urban landscapes, Crisler also is a costumer, figurative portrait painter and metal sculptor.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Art & Healing: American Indian Textiles & Beads
2017-03-05 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
Suzanne L. Cross, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University and member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, is a shawl maker and beadwork artist. She created this body of work to increase awareness and emphasize cardiac health for American Indian women by informing, supporting, and encouraging self-care and the value of changing life ways. Shawls are symbols of womanhood and are of significance to many American Indian tribal cultures. Now-a-day traditional female dancers complete their regalia by carrying the shawl over their left arm which is closest to the heart, and the fringe sways to the heartbeat rhythm of the drum.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Dr. Snowflake Retrospective: Recreation, Holidays & Beyond
2017-03-05 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
As a part of the University of Michigan bicentennial celebration, this year’s exhibition of Dr. Thomas L. Clark’s exquisite, hand-cut paper creations has a historical perspective. Clark, a former U-M physician, began making pictorial paper snowflakes in 1984, and his first exhibit of these intricate works was at the University of Michigan Rackham Building in 1987, entitled A Hundred Holiday Snowflakes. Works from that show as well as from his first exhibit at the University Hospital in 1988 (including dinosaurs, clowns and patriotic themes) are on display in this retrospective exhibit. The annual free snowflake making workshop will be held on Thursday, January 5 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. in the Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Native Alaskan Baskets & Carvings with Photographs from the Gold Rush
2017-03-05 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
These historic baskets by unknown Yup'ik Eskimo and Athabascan Indian artists in Alaska date to approximately 1910 and are from the collection of Virginia Simson Nelson, Professor Emerita of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, U-M Medical School. Nelson’s paternal grandparents, Simon and Frances Horwitz Simson, as well as Simon’s brothers Abraham and Ben, owned and operated the Surprise General Store in Nome, Alaska from 1905-1917. Some of the traded goods from the American Indian tribes of the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta comprise this collection. With the baskets are historic photographs, also from unknown photographers, of Yup'ik Eskimo and Athabascan Indians from that time.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Natural Healing: Fiber Art
2017-03-05 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
Since the dawn of history, humans have used plants and animals to cure the sick, heal wounds, and promote health. This group of fiber artists challenged themselves to represent one or more of these concepts in a representational or abstract way. They are all members of Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., an international organization that promotes fiber as a fine art form. It serves to educate the public about the history of quilts and their significance in contemporary art.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Steel Sculpture
2017-03-05 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
In the year 2000, Tim Shoemaker found a niche and started doing business as Eclipse Mobile Welding. On some days you can find him on the road welding and repairing construction equipment, on other days he will be in his shop creating steel sculpture. Shoemaker’s inspiration is spontaneous and seemingly random, and his interests range from wildlife to guitars. He uses hand tools to cut, hammer, bend, grind and weld his sculptures to life, giving them movement and character.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Symbols in a Dream: Mixed Media Assemblage
2017-03-05 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
John Gutoskey’s mandalas are assemblages made from a variety of commonly found objects including game pieces, gum wrapper chain, American bricks, pop bottle caps and more. Mandala is a Sanskrit word that means “circle,” and they are found in many religious and spiritual traditions. In Hindu and Buddhist sacred art, they can be teaching tools, aids in focus or meditation, used to establish sacred space, and more. Gutoskey has a MFA from the University of Michigan, and he is an artist, designer and collector with a background in theater, fashion design, therapeutic bodywork, meditation, printmaking and assemblage.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Toy Robots Past & Present
2017-03-05 08:00 - 17:00 | Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2
Elaine Reed has been collecting toy robots for over 30 years. As a painter herself, she appreciates the artistic design & futuristic ideas that robots awaken in people. As a child, television programs like Lost in Space, The Jetsons & Star Trek inspired Reed to dream large and wish for a real robot of her own. Although she doesn’t own any real live robots, some of her best friends are robots. At the University of Michigan Health System, Reed works as a Bedside Artist for the Gifts of Art program and as an artist at the Turner Senior Resource Center. She also volunteers at 826 Michigan in Ann Arbor writing about robots.

Sporting Event:Michigan Water Polo vs. No. 6 UC Irvine
2017-03-05 08:00 | Off Campus Location
Michigan Water Polo vs. No. 6 UC Irvine

Exhibition:Symposium: Ambiguous Territory: Architecture, Landscape, and the Postnatural
2017-03-05 09:00 - 18:00 | Art and Architecture Building
Free and open to the public
Ambiguous Territory: Architecture, Landscape, and the Postnatural is a symposium and concurrent exhibition that situates contemporary discourses and practices of architecture and landscape within the context of the Postnatural; the era of climate change, the Anthropocene, and altered ecologies. The symposium asks: In a time when humans have been fundamentally displaced from their presumed place of privilege, philosophically as well as experientially, should the disciplines of architecture and landscape architecture consider displacing themselves as well, in order to establish new affiliations and avail new ways to approach contemporary questions of design in relation to the environment?
By bringing designers and scholars from these fields together the symposium and exhibition will highlight projects and ideas that are engaged with these issues from a variety of perspectives, ranging from scale and experience to questions of matter. Participants will present research and work that use tactics of mediation to understand, imagine, interrupt, and invent artifacts that exist at the large spatial and slow temporal scale of the Anthropocene.
Ambiguous Territory will present design ideas and proposals from architects, artists, and landscape architects whose work challenges their disciplinary boundaries and long-held anthropocentric orientation and redefines the relationship between built and natural environments in an era of ecological anxiety.
Chairs:
Kathy Velikov, Associate Professor at the University of Michigan and principal of RVTR
Cathryn Dwyre, Visiting Associate Professor at Pratt institute School of Architecture and partner at pneumastudio
Chris Perry, Associate Professor at Rensselaer Architecture and partner at pneumastudio
David Salomon, Assistant Professor of Art History at Ithaca College.
Keynotes:
Liam Young, urbanist, designer and futurist; founder of the futures think tank Tomorrows Thoughts Today (tomorrowsthoughtstoday.com); the ‘Unknown Fields Division’ (unknownfieldsdivision.com) at the Architectural Association in London, and the ‘Fiction and Entertainment’ program at SciArc
David Gissen, author, historian, and Professor of Architecture and Visual and Critical Studies at the California College of the Arts and co-director of the Experimental History Project (http://davidgissen.org/)
For a full list of speakers and bios, please visit the Ambiguous Territory symposium web page.
Ambiguous Territory Symposium Schedule
All events in Taubman College Commons unless otherwise noted
Thursday October 5th
5:00pm
Ambiguous Territory Exhibition Reception
(Taubman College Gallery)
6:00pm
Keynote Lecture: Liam Young
(Art + Architecture Auditorium)

Friday October 6th (all events occuring in The Commons)
9:00am
Coffee
9:30am
Welcome: Dean Jonathan Massey
Introductory Remarks: Associate Dean of Research and Creative Practice Geoffrey Thün
Symposium Introduction: Kathy Velikov
10:00am
Atmospheric Mediations Panel
Introduction: Kathy Velikov
Speaker 1: Christopher Hight
Speaker 2: Lydia Kallipoliti
Speaker 3: Sean Lally
Respondent: Meredith Miller
Roundtable Discussion
12:00pm
Lunch Break (lunch not provided)
1:00pm
Biologic Mediations Panel
Introduction: David Salomon
Speaker 1: Jennifer Peeples
Speaker 2: Linsdey french
Speaker 3: Ricardo de Ostos
Respondent: Ellie Abrons
Roundtable Discussion
3:00pm
Coffee Break
3:30pm
Geologic Mediations Panel
Introduction: Cathryn Dwyre and Chris Perry
Speaker 1: Alessandra Ponte
Speaker 2: Bradley Cantrell
Speaker 3: Rania Ghosn and El Hadi Jazairy
Respondent: Mark Lindquist
Roundtable Discussion
5:30pm
Break
6:00pm
Keynote Lecture: David Gissen
Ambiguous Territory Exhibition
September 27th – October 18th 2017
University of Michigan Taubman College Gallery
December 2018 – January 2019
Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York

Other:The Accolades Awards- Nominations open
2017-03-05 10:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!
The Accolades Awards were started in 2014 to recognize U-M student organizations for their outstanding achievements in the arts each year, and for their leadership in the university's vibrant arts community.

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of disciplines, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 15- March 31, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.
Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

Exhibition:Constructing Gender
2017-03-05 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art
Ask U-M students, alumni, or fans what symbolizes the University of Michigan, and you’ll likely hear the Big House, the Diag, along with the Michigan Union and the Michigan League. Since they officially opened in 1919 and 1929, respectively, the Union and League have been destinations for generations of Wolverines yet few know the rich history of the buildings’ origins or about the architects who brought them both to life: brothers and U-M alums Irving K. and Allen Pond.

The exhibition, organized in celebration of the University of Michigan’s bicentennial in 2017, illuminates the architecture and bustling student life of these iconic buildings using original drawings, renderings, photographs, color studies, and even dance cards from the Bentley Historical Library, which serves as the University of Michigan archives. These fascinating documents reveal how the buildings were conceived, constructed, and first occupied by students and alumni. Guest curated by Nancy Bartlett of the Bentley Historical Library, the exhibition reveals how the Ponds meticulously conceived and constructed the two clubs—one for men, one for women—by weaving ideas about gender and society into the very fabric of the buildings themselves.

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment.

Exhibition:Ernestine Ruben at Willow Run
2017-03-05 11:00 - 17:00 | 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.

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.

Exhibition:Moving Image: Landscape
2017-03-05 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art
Moving Image: Landscape explores traditional notions of landscape through four very different time-based works by artists Jim Campbell, Antti Laitinen, Joanie Lemercier, and Rick Silva.

Campbell’s recent body of work, including Seal Rock, presents pixilated images of landscapes created with grids of LEDs. The low-resolution LEDs create a tension between representation and abstraction, provoking viewers to interpret visual information on their own. In the three-channel video It’s My Island Laitinen builds his own island in the Baltic Sea by dragging two hundred sand bags into the water over a period of three months. The work explores ideas of nationality, citizenship, and identity as the artist creates his own single-citizen micro-nation. Lemercier’s computer-generated print Landforms uses patterns of black dots and projected light to create the illusion of three-dimensionality and movement when seen from a distance. The effects are more realistic than a still image, but still unsettlingly artificial. Silva’s Render Garden explores the digitized landscape, including remix and glitch aesthetics, through software that endlessly generates new plant combinations.

Throughout the next year UMMA will present a series of exhibitions drawn from the Borusan Contemporary Art Collection in Istanbul. The Borusan’s thirty-year-old collection includes significant works across a variety of genres, and since 2011 it has focused on media arts. The works exhibited here address formal concerns such as abstraction and color, and conceptual topics such as identity or ecological issues; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.
Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund,
the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

Exhibition:Protecting Wisdom: Tibetan Book Covers from the MacLean Collection
2017-03-05 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art
Protecting Wisdom: Tibetan Book Covers from the MacLean Collection is the first major exhibition to examine the subject of Tibetan book covers. For Tibetan Buddhists, books are a divine presence in which the Buddha lives and reveals himself, and they are venerated and handled with the utmost respect. The exhibition features 33 book covers dating from the eleventh to the eighteenth century that represent the glorious iconographic array and non-figural decoration typical of these sacred items. The majority of covers in the exhibition are Tibetan Buddhist, but the exhibition also includes a rare Bon-religion cover and two covers from Mongolia, as well as an important pair of covers produced circa 1411 for the Chinese Ming emperor Yongle. Protecting Wisdom presents a stunning visual display that illuminates a virtually unknown type of art, one that will charm and intrigue both those familiar and unfamiliar with Tibetan art.
