Lecture / Discussion:Agrarian crisis in India : problems and solutions
2016-05-22 16:30 - 18:00 (America/Detroit) | 1040 Dana Building
AID has an annual conference in one of its 40+ US chapters where many keynote speakers are invited from India. This year's conference is in DC Metro chapter from May 28-30. Many of the speakers are available for few weeks before and/or after the conference to visit other chapters. AID Ann Arbor has invited Kiran Kumar Vissa on May 22nd to speak on agrarian crisis in India. Kiran Kumar Vissa works on agricultural and farmers' issues in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states in India. He is a part of Rythu Swarajya Vedika, which is a umbrella organization for various agricultural non-profits in India. Link to bio, News article.

Performance:American Impressionists in Monet Country
2016-05-22 19:00 | Michigan League - Koessler
On Saturday, May 21 at 8 pm, and Sunday May 22 at 7 pm, Rachel Urist’s American Impressionists in Monet Country will be presented at the Michigan League. The event is a theatrical exploration of the artists in Giverny at the turn of the 20th century.

Giverny is a tranquil village, nestled between Paris and Rouen. It was home to Claude Monet, his wife, Alice, and their six children. The shimmering air and pastoral landscapes drew painters from near and far. Giveny attracted so many American painters, that it became known as “the American colony.” Painters who sojourned there included John Singer Sargent, Theodore Robinson, Theodore Butler, Lilla Cabot Perry, and Michigan native, Frederick Frieseke.

This event is the brainchild of writer Rachel Urist and theatre-maker Nancy Heusel. The event is hosted by the Friends of the Michigan League. The presentation features the paintings of Frederick Frieseke, a Michigan-born member of the Giverny community. Urist directs. She and Heusel join the cast.

This reader’s theatre presentation includes live music (Laurel Federbush on harp) and projected images of eighty paintings by many artists. It features a cast of nine actors playing thirty five characters. Performances will take place in the Koessler Room (third floor, Michigan League). A light reception will follow.

Other:CEW offers Funding for Event Co-sponsorship for 2016
2016-05-23 08:00 - 17:00 | Center for the Education of Women
The Center for the Education of Women (CEW) is seeking opportunities to partner with units on campus via its Frances and Sydney Lewis (FSL) Visiting Leaders Fund. This endowment fund brings visiting women leaders to campus who are distinguished scholars and/or practitioners in their fields. Any U-M department, unit or organization (student, staff or faculty) may submit a funding request to CEW via our online Google application form. Requests for event support will be evaluated based on their consistency with the purpose of the FSL Visiting Leaders Fund and should be submitted at least six (6) weeks before the proposed programming. Please note that only those events submitted via the CEW online form will be considered.

DEADLINES:
2016 Winter Semester: December 15, 2015
2016 Fall Semester: August 1, 2016

In addition, CEW can provide promotional support for events by listing on our online calendar. To learn more about how CEW can support your U-M event, please refer to this CEW webpage: http://www.cew.umich.edu/RFP)

Questions about event co-sponsorship may be directed to Janice Reuben, CEW Senior Associate for Programs & Outreach, at 734.764.6005 (reubenjs@umich.edu).

Exhibition:Exhibit: The Many Faces and Figures of the Four Sons in the Passover Haggadah
2016-05-23 08:00 - 17:00 | 202 S. Thayer - Room 2000
The Four Sons of the Passover Haggadah can now be viewed in their many versions at a unique exhibit at the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. The exhibit, featuring 29 Haggadahs from the Irwin M. Alterman Haggadah Collection, will be on display through July. It includes Haggadahs of various shapes and sizes, ancient and modern, and in a number of different languages.

The Alterman collection was acquired by the University of Michigan Library last year with the help of the Frankel Center, and is housed in the Special Collections Library of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. It includes more than 1,800 Haggadahs and is believed to be one of the largest Haggadah collections in the world. The unique compilation belonged to the late Irwin Alterman of West Bloomfield, and was donated by his widow, Marilyn McCall Alterman.

Photo courtesy of Luna Archey

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Aging in America: Oil Portraits
2016-05-23 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
This show is a series of oil portraits by New Jersey based artist Janet Boltax of individuals who are 90 years of age and over. They are accompanied by excerpts of interviews with each person about their life and how they are coping with the aging process. Boltax is primarily a portrait painter who also does printmaking and mixed media. She teaches portrait painting, color theory and composition at the Montclair Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, and also works as a copy writer.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Among the Lost & Found: Collage on Panel
2016-05-23 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
In his work, David Criner transforms twentieth century collage material in pursuit of an image that celebrates the present moment. The antiquated "pop" sensibility imbued by his sourced matter is countered by gestural, spontaneous mark making, creating compositions that manage to reference the past while also feeling timeless. Criner works out of Chicago, and teaches at Northeastern Illinois University.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents K-12 Group Show
2016-05-23 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1
Ann Arbor Public Schools has a comprehensive, nationally recognized K-12 arts education program that encourages experience in a variety of media and subject matter. They also explore artistic historical and cultural connections. Finished pieces from students in all grades will be on display in both 2D and 3D. A variety of media and styles are represented including drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, photography and jewelry.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Light Begins at 40: A Detroit Photographer Looks Back
2016-05-23 08:00 - 17:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1
In a world beset with problems and heartache, for this retrospective, Philip Dattilo shares photographs of cheer, amusement and inspiration. A professional photographer since the 1970s, Dattilo searched through 40 years of his personal photographs as well as those for medical, architectural and industrial clients (including U-M). The search uncovered a gold mine of happy memories, suggesting “Life can sometimes be good.” His work includes the photo booklet Enjoy Detroit, It’s Your City, a family photographic portrait for President Gerald Ford, and work on display in the permanent collection of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Recent Work: Ceramics
2016-05-23 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1
Jeri Hollister draws inspiration from her experience growing up in rural Michigan and her time as a student at the University Michigan studying art history and ceramics. She employs traditional ceramics tools and building techniques to create her horse sculptures allowing the process to be evident in the finished work.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Surface & Structure: Jewelry & Metals
2016-05-23 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
Kristine Bolhuis is an independent jewelry maker working out of her studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her recent work has focused on lightweight metal constructions that move, flex and collapse. She creates her work at the bench where it is conceived of and constructed from start to finish. She feels her process is one of exploration and discovery, and it is full of surprises.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Swimming Upstream: Quilts
2016-05-23 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
Self-taught textile artist, author and curator Bonnie J. Smith lives and works in San Jose, California. She attended Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Campus (IUPUI); and Indiana Central College; and has taken Master Dyeing Classes at Dartmouth College. Smith received the 2015 NICHE Award for design, and her textile work was selected for exhibition in the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland (2016). Swimming Upstream tells her personal journey with an injury that placed her temporarily in a wheel chair, to finally finding the courage to start creating art and living life again.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Works by Belle Kogan: First Female Industrial Designer
2016-05-23 08:00 - 17:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2
This exhibition presents industrially-produced art pottery pieces designed by Belle Kogan (1902–2000), for Red Wing Potteries in Red Wing, Minnesota. Kogan is considered the first prominent female industrial designer in the United States, a founder of the profession, and one of the 20th century's most significant designers. Her design aesthetic was heavily influenced by the geometric and streamlined shapes of Art Deco. Belle Kogan Associates, her New York–based studio, was the first American female-led design firm. Her contracts with Red Wing Potteries produced over 400 different art pottery shapes from the late 1930s to the early 1960s, as well as several dinnerware and kitchenware lines. Belle Kogan and her firm designed products not only in ceramics but also clocks and small appliances, glassware, and pieces in silver, plastics, wrought iron and wood.

Exhibition:Intersections/Connections
2016-05-23 08:00 - 23:59 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor
This International Studies exhibit focuses on materials from across the world, including many nations and cultures. Rather than displaying each area separately, the exhibit concentrates on the connections and intersections among disparate regions.

Exhibition:Extreme Time
2016-05-23 09:00 - 17:00 | Ruthven Museums Building
Think you know all about time? What about things that happen in femtoseconds or eons? Time in the natural world is so extreme, you can’t even perceive most of its scale unaided. You’ll be amazed by the types of time you can explore in our new exhibit, and learn more about everyday time and how we measure it, too! The exhibit is open!

Workshop / Seminar:Fitting General Linear and Mixed-Effects (Multilevel) Models in SPSS®
2016-05-23 09:00 - 10:00 | Modern Languages Building - 2001A
This three-half-days’ workshop is designed to provide experienced SPSS users with hands-on exposure to more advanced modeling techniques in SPSS, using IBM SPSS for Windows. The workshop will cover the following topics at a moderate pace: General Linear Models, Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Linear Mixed (Multilevel) Models, and Generalized Linear Mixed Models. Participants will be able to work in small groups or individually on practice exercises, and there will also be time for an open discussion of participant issues with fitting models in SPSS.
