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DTSTAMP:20221021T133434
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:La Pelea/The Fight
DESCRIPTION:About the Exhibition\n*La Pelea/The Fight* is a 46-foot panoramic oil-on-canvas. At the center of the “picture” and surrounded by a jeering crowd\, the viewer becomes literally and conceptually involved as the one who is about to fight and defend themself. Depending on where the viewer is standing in the space\, however\, a different perspective can emerge\, suggesting that even a public\, collective experience is highly subjective.\n\nLike much of Diaz’s work\, *La Pelea/The Fight* brings into question the reliability of the narrator and the complexity of stories\, especially as they pertain to the manipulation of facts and suggestions of criminality by the media and those in positions of power. It is timely in an era defined by polarity and politically driven half-truths and fictions\, and a reminder that it is the necessary tension of a myriad of perspectives that bring us closer to some truth\, rather than the singular view from where we are standing. \n\nAbout the Artist\nBorn in 1977 in Mexico\, Diaz considers image and information\, and how the media and individuals represent stories to a different end. His immersive Panoramic paintings allow for the viewer to be witness\, gaining a different perspective or experience depending on the positioning in relation to the work. His work is so original\, fresh and contemporary\, while at the same time harkening back to the traditions of Mexican muralists like Diego Rivera.
UID:97756-21795060@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/97756
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Latin America,Social Justice,Visual Arts
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20221103T181733
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T090000
SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Tennis vs Big Ten Singles and Doubles Championships
DESCRIPTION:Men's Tennis vs Big Ten Singles and Doubles Championships
UID:101024-21800704@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/101024
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Tennis
LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20221104T181652
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T090000
SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Tennis vs Big Ten Singles and Doubles Championships
DESCRIPTION:Men's Tennis vs Big Ten Singles and Doubles Championships
UID:101060-21800748@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/101060
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Tennis
LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20221128T092511
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CAS Workshop | Modern State and \"Internal\" Colonialism
DESCRIPTION:In parallel to the process of external colonization around the world\, modern state makers simultaneously conquered and colonized people and places within their territorial boundaries by rendering them legible through knowledge production and manageable through force\, coercion\, intimidation\, and\, at times\, reward. Mountains\, deserts\, and valleys that have sustained ecosystems of livelihood beyond the control of\, and often despite\, central administrations became the last bastions of coexistence challenging the expansion of modern state. Scholars such as Harold Wolpe\, Rivera Cusicanqui\, Robert Blauner\, Michael Hechter\, James Scott\, and Uğur Ümit Üngör have applied the theory of internal colonialism to state-making processes in places as far and wide as\, respectively\, South Africa\, Latin America\, North/Black America\, England\, Southeast Asia\, and Turkey. Seemingly provincial yet global in scale\, such a wide-ranging applicability shows that internal colonialism has been as widespread and crucial as external colonization—i.e.\, colonialism *par excellence*—in the making of the modern world. \n\nThis workshop brings together scholars whose works challenge disciplinary boundaries and existing periodizations and who engage creatively with underrepresented themes and groups in different parts of the world. The main objective is to explore different approaches to intercommunal relations and environmental circumstances *before\, during*\, and *after *the absorption of nonstate people and places into a centrally administered modern state. By employing approaches outside state-society\, center-periphery\, and sovereign-subject dichotomies in conversation with one another\, we hope to qualify the metanarratives of collective communal violence that treat ethnic and religious communities as hostile and monolithic entities. The workshop hopes to shed light on the role of the modern state in transforming intercommunal relations and in shaping collective memories.  \n\nTo these ends\, the first panel discusses narratives of cohabitation and state evasion in the imperial and post-imperial settings. The second panel discusses the transformation of ecosystems of coexistence outside direct state control and the ways in which such pasts are remembered. The roundtable brings together both sets of panelists to discuss internal colonialism as a conceptual framework in exploring the processes of modern state-making and its role in transforming people and places\, both in history and memory.  \n\nNovember 4\, 2022 Program\n\n09:30 - 9:45  	Tea/Coffee \n\n9:45 -10:00  	Opening Remarks and Introductions \n		Gottfried Hagen\, University of Michigan\n		Hakem Al-Rustom\, University of Michigan\n		Cevat Dargın\, University of Michigan\n\n10:00 - 11:15 	 Keynote Speaker\n		 Ussama Makdisi\, University of California\, Berkeley\n		\"Coexistence in an Age of Genocide\"\n\n11:15 -11:30  	Break\n\n11:30 - 1:30	Panel I: Cohabitation\, Conflict\, and Internal Colonialism\n		Moderator and commentator: Fatma Müge Göçek\, University of Michigan	 \n\n		Panelist 1: Christopher Gratien\, University of Virginia \n		\"Ahmet Cevdet's Civilizing Mission in Cilicia\"\n\n		Panelist 2: Zozan Pehlivan\, University of Minnesota\n\"The Empire of Priorities: Ottoman State Policies in the Age of Scarcity\"\n\n		Panelist 3: Cevat Dargın\, University of Michigan	 \n		Title: The Kizilbash Kurds' Dangerous Mission: Smuggling Armenian Genocide 				\"The Kizilbash Kurds' Dangerous Mission: Smuggling Armenian Genocide\nSurvivors to Safety During World War I\"\n.   \n1:30 - 2:30  	Lunch\n\n2:30 - 4:30 	Panel II: Transcolonial Existences\, Violence\, and Remembrance  \n	      	Moderator and Commentator: Kathryn Babayan\, University of Michigan\n\n		Panelist 1: Robert Sukiasyan\, Armenian Collection at the Shoah Foundation\n		\"Digital Map of Deportations of Armenians of Sivas/Sepastia Province during \nthe Armenian Genocide\"\n\n		Panelist 2: Hazal Özdemir\, Northwestern University\n\"They Vowed Never to Return: Armenian Transatlantic Mobility and \nDenaturalization at the end of the Ottoman Empire\"\n\n		Panelist 3: Roxana Maria Aras\, University of Michigan\n		\"In Search for Futures Lost: Waqf\, Parish\, and Locality among Rum Orthodox \nin Beirut\"\n\n4:30 - 4:45 	Break\n\n4:45 - 5:30	Roundtable Discussion\n		Moderator: Juan Cole\, University of Michigan\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at vmmourad@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:100764-21800328@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/100764
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:armenia,International
LOCATION:Michigan Union - 2210 ABC (2nd Floor)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20220916T104636
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T110000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Friday through December 2nd for Spanish Coffee Hour! ALL levels and students are welcome!\n\nEnjoy FREE coffee & snacks\, improve & practice your Spanish\, meet student & instructors and get advice on courses!\n\nFor More Information\, please contact Julie Harrell at harrelju@umich.edu.
UID:98879-21797302@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/98879
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Spanish Studies
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - Commons, 4th Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20221103T144239
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Muscovy and the World
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to share this engaging program in honor of Val. This includes papers from distinguished scholars of early modern Russian history\, including Simon Franklin\, Nancy Kollmann\, Elise Wirtschafter\, and Michael Flier\, among a host of others.\n\nWe look forward to bringing together the incredible work of these experts in history\, literature\, and Orthodox theology in honor of Val’s remarkable mentorship\, scholarship\, and collegial generosity\, past\, present\, and future!\n\nWorkshop Schedule:\n\nFriday\, November 4\n1014 Tisch Hall\n\n10:00 am | Welcome Remarks\nRonald Suny (University of Michigan)\, Nancy Kollmann (Stanford University)\n\n10:30 am | Session I\nChair: Michael Flier (Harvard University)\n\n“Incantations for Itinerants: On the Rhetorical Formulae of Petrine Printed Passports”\nSimon Franklin (University of Cambridge)\n\n“The Kielce Portrait of Henry Benedict Stuart”\nRobert Frost (University of Aberdeen)\n\n12:00 pm | Lunch (Provided)\n\n2:00 pm | Session II\nChair: Daniel Rowland (University of Kentucky)\n\n“Between Heroica and Erotica: A Dangerous Liaison of Jason and Medea in Litsevoi Letopisnyi Svod”\nElena Boeck (DePaul University)\n\n“Reframing the Ushakov Tree: Who is Prince Mikhail?”\nMichael Flier (Harvard University)\n\n3:45pm | Session III\nChair: Fedor Maximishin (University of Michigan)\n\n“Mapping Insubordination: Examples from Remezov’s Chorography”\nErika Monahan (The University of New Mexico)\n\n“Creating Bureaucracy to Conquer Distance and Time”\nNancy Kollmann (Stanford University)\n\nSaturday\, November 5\n\n9:00 am | Session IV\nChair: Erika Monahan (The University of New Mexico)\n\n“European Ideas about Same-Sex Desire in Muscovite and Early Modern Russophone Texts”\nNick Mayhew (University of Oxford)\n\n“Perepisyvaia Merkatora\, Ili\, russkie variatsii Kosmografii Gerarda Merkator (perevod 1637 g.)”\nOlga Kosheleva (University of Texas at El Paso)\n\n10:45 am | Session V\nChair: Forrest Holden (University of Michigan)\n\n“‘Though I Married Her Unlawfully’: Prince Semën Shakhovskoi’s Defense of His \nFourth Marriage”\nRussell Martin (Westminster College)\n\n“‘The Air is Full of Evil Spirits’: Demonism and Confessional Polemics in \nSeventeenth-Century Ukraine”\nMaria Grazia Bartolini (University of Milan)\n\n12:15 pm | Lunch (Provided)\n\n1:45 pm | Session VI\nChair: Nancy Kollmann (Stanford University)\n\n“The Penza Raid of 1717 as a Verdict on the Petrine Project in the Steppe”\nBrian Boeck (DePaul University)\n\n“Eisenstein’s Wars: Alexander Nevsky and the Forgery of Memory”\nJoan Neuberger (The University of Texas at Austin)\n\n3:30 pm | Session VII\nChair: Joan Neuberger (The University of Texas at Austin)\n\n“The Blessed Host of the Heavenly Tsar Rides Again: Eerie Echoes of Muscovite \nArchitecture and Iconography in the 2019 Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces”\nDaniel Rowland (University of Kentucky)\n\n“The Memory of the Mongol Invasion in Putin’s Russia”\nKaren Petrone (University of Kentucky)\n\n5:00 pm | Closing Session\nChair: Ronald Suny (University of Michigan)\n\nTo attend virtually\, please register here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpcO2qpzMpE9AKsSnd3NrVCvZMCQRgjzC7#/registration\nNote: this event will consist of in-depth discussions on pre-circulated papers. For access to the papers\, please contact Forrest Holden at wfholden@umich.edu.
UID:100867-21800456@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/100867
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:European,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,institute for the humanities,Interdisciplinary,International,International Institute,Literature,Slavic Studies,Social Sciences,Sociology,Weiser Center For Europe And Eurasia
LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20221013T110819
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T153000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Nam Center Perspectives on Contemporary Korea Conference 2022 | Korea Around the Table: Food\, Culture\, and Mobility
DESCRIPTION:Full conference details available here: https://myumi.ch/RWn2z\n   \n   This conference is free and open to the public.\n\nRegistration is required to attend virtually: https://myumi.ch/8437R\n   \n   Join us for the 12th annual Perspectives on Contemporary Korea Conference!\n   \n   Food exposes the intricacies and complexities of Korean culture and history. Food is quick and slow\, tradition and innovation\, codification and creativity\, quintessentially local and a booming global industry. Food is social\, whether served at a formal banquet or eaten on the street with friends. Food is lauded for its authenticity but is endlessly crossing borders and taking on new lives. Jjajangmyeon is Chinese food in Korea and Korean food abroad. One can eat sundubu jjigae in Seoul without realizing it was popularized in southern California. A bowl of budae jjigae remembers conflict but offers comfort.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Korea Foundation.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:100181-21799341@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/100181
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Asia,Food,Korea
LOCATION:1027 E. Huron Building
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20220913T121342
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:RC Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:LOUIE PALU\nPHOTOGRAPHS\nOct. 21-Nov. 21\, 2022\n\nLouie Palu is an award-winning documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work has appeared in publications and exhibitions internationally. He is a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and Harry Ransom Center Research Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the recipient of numerous awards including a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Grant (2012) to cover the Mexican Drug War and a Milton Rogovin Fellowship at the Center for Creative Photography.\n\nPalu's work has appeared in numerous books\, and exhibitions and has been published widely including in Der Spiegel\, El Pais\, Le Figaro\, National Geographic\, The Globe and Mail\, The Guardian\, The New York Times\, and The Washington Post. His work is held in numerous collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the National Gallery of Art and has been selected for numerous exhibitions including in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery\, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. His films have been screened at numerous festivals including the Munich and Barcelona Documentary Film Festivals.\n\nThe RC Art Gallery is open Monday-Friday from 10:00 am-5:00 pm.
UID:98650-21797027@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/98650
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Ann Arbor,art,artists,artists and curators,arts,Exhibition,free,Photojournalism
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20221119T063040
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T160000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Siemens | Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
DESCRIPTION:Siemens is a global innovator focusing on digitalization\, electrification and automation for the process and manufacturing industries\,and is a leader in power generation and distribution\, intelligent infrastructure\, and distributed energy systems. For nearly 175 years\, the company has developed technologies that support multiple American industries including manufacturing\, energy\, healthcare\, and infrastructure.\n\nWantto learn more about Siemens? \n\nJoin our Demystifying Siemens - How Our Engineers & Technologists Transform the Everyday\nThursday November 3\, 2022 10:30-11:30 am | Room E 220D\nOur world has changed forever but there is a way forward. Through technology\, we can rebuild and create a more resilient future. Siemens is focused on industry\, infrastructure\, transport\, and healthcare\; creating more resource-efficient factories\, resilientsupply chains\, smarter buildings and grids\, cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare. We create technology withpurpose adding real value for customers. In this session\, you will hear from engineers and technologists across the enterprise on what transforming the everyday looks like in the new normal.\n\nThe Siemens team is looking forward to connecting with SHPE talent. If you didn't register for the event yet\, please do so here: https://www.shpe.org/events/shpe2022.
UID:97604-21794797@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/97604
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20220906T144545
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T110000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Seminar Series: Xiaoou Li\, Assistant Professor\, School of Statistics\, University of Minnesota
DESCRIPTION:Xiaoou Li is an Assistant Professor in the School of Statistics at the University of Minnesota. Her interests include sequential analysis and adaptive design\, rare event analysis and importance sampling\, latent variable models\, graphical models\, and psychometrics. \n\nhttp://users.stat.umn.edu/~lixx1766/
UID:98145-21795644@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/98145
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:seminar
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20220928T105518
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T143000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Story Lab Fall Retreats
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT \nStory Lab develops executive-level presence and communication skills through storytelling workshops and events. To be an effective leader — at work\, in the community\, or in your personal life — you must be able to communicate with impact. Often this means telling stories that are meaningful to you and others\, and doing so in the rich language and expressive style of a seasoned storyteller. If you can craft and deliver an effective story\, you will be better able to convey your value to recruiters\, inspire and motivate classmates and colleagues\, and influence your audience. At Story Lab\, you’ll find an immersive experience and an opportunity to hone your skills in a safe and supportive environment.\n\nDATES\nNov 3 | 4:30-9 PM OR Nov 4 | 10 AM-2:30 PM\nDevelop your storytelling abilities.\nApply between 10/3-10/21.\n\nPARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS\nStudents with a strong interest in building storytelling abilities and leadership development. Any level student at any school is welcome.\n\nVisit our webpage to learn more!
UID:99430-21798196@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/99430
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Storytelling,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Workshop
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20221007T085411
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T110000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Structural insights into the mitochondrial B12 trafficking pathway
DESCRIPTION:University of Michigan\, Banerjee Lab
UID:98743-21797134@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/98743
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
LOCATION:Life Sciences Institute - Library
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20221002T001637
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Sweetland Write-Together
DESCRIPTION:Write-Together sessions provide structure\, accountability\, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage\, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these sessions\, participants can meet in-person or access a Zoom link and a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a ten-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.\nFor Virtual participants: Join via Zoom | Access the shared Google doc\nWe want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time\, preferably one week\, to arrange for your requested accommodations or an effective alternative.
UID:99646-21798500@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/99646
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate Students
LOCATION:North Quad
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20221021T091233
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T130000
SUMMARY:Meeting:Write-Together
DESCRIPTION:Write-Together sessions provide structure\, accountability\, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage\, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these sessions\, participants can meet in-person or access a Zoom link and a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.\n\nSupported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.
UID:97717-21795008@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/97717
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,graduate students,write,writers,writing
LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20221219T181506
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20221104T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint Is Family In Three Acts
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Stamps Gallery in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum\, Michigan State University\, and the Flint Institute of Arts.\n“No matter how dark a situation may be\, a camera can extract the light and turn a negative into a positive. In creating Flint Is Family In Three Acts\, I see the role of photographs as empowering and enacting visible change: in Act I\, the photographs bear witness and reclaim history\; in Act II\, the photographs reveal a hidden narrative\; in Act III\, the photographs are a catalyst for obtaining resources.”\n—LaToya Ruby Frazier \nFlint Is Family In Three Acts is a multi-part exhibition by renowned artist LaToya Ruby Frazier. For five years\, Frazier researched and collaborated with two poets\, activists\, mothers and residents of Flint\, Michigan\, Shea Cobb and Amber Hasan\, as they endured one of the most devastating ecological crises in U.S. history. Resulting in a monumental oeuvre of photographs\, video\, and texts Frazier developed Flint Is Family In Three Acts (2016-2021) to advocate for access to clean and safe drinking water for all regardless of race\, religion and economic status. The series records stories of surviving and thriving\, especially within racialized and marginalized neighborhoods in Flint\, to ensure that they remained visible in national debates concerning environmental justice. Drawing inspiration from the urgency in Frazier’s work\, which also sheds light on building equitable and inclusive futures\, Stamps Gallery\, part of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art &amp\; Design at the University of Michigan\, initiated a partnership with the Flint Institute of Arts and the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University to bring this important exhibition together for the first time in Michigan. As co-presenters of this landmark exhibition\, our goal is to offer a creative pedagogical platform that reaches broader audiences across Michigan and beyond - Flint is Family: Act I (2016-2017) will take place at the Flint Institute of Arts\, Act II (2017-2019) at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum\, and Act III (2019) at Stamps Gallery. The exhibition served as a catalyst to bring three disparate institutions together to deepen our understanding of individual and institutional agency in advocating for equity\, transparency and environmental justice in our respective communities\, while also highlighting the role of the artist as an agent for enacting positive social change.\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\, Tracee Glab\, and Steven L. Bridges with the assistance of Jennifer Junkermeier-Khan\, Rachel Winter\, and Rachael Holstege.
UID:95590-21790401@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95590
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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