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DTSTAMP:20250122T001735
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Arabic Calligraphy in the Chinese Style
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special session with world renowned artist\, Haji Noor Deen. Begin with a discussion on the history of the script\, his work and techniques. Then\, learn the basics of Arabic Calligraphy in the Chinese Style (ACCS) creating your own piece using the qalam and ink.\n\n\nHajji Noor Deen Hoca is one of the few living masters of Islamic Calligraphy in the world. His work focuses on writing Arabic using a combination of traditional Chinese calligraphic tools and techniques to fuse the Chinese and Arabic visual arts uniquely. Haji Noor Deen is also responsible for the formal codification of the ancient Arabic writing system in the Chinese tradition.\nHe is internationally recognized for his expertise and knowledge and has written several books on Arabic Calligraphy in the Chinese Script. He is currently in the process of producing a Quran written in this script in collaboration with his students. His pieces are featured in museums and art galleries throughout the world\, including the British Museum\, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco\, the National Museum of Scotland\, the University of Michigan and the Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) at Harvard University. He was also awarded the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Center 2016 Islamic Economy Award in the category of Islamic Arts.\nHe has ijazaat (formal certifications) in several scripts of Islamic calligraphy and is part of the isnaad (chain) of Islamic Calligraphers through his teacher\, Hasan Chalabi\, the foremost living master calligrapher in the world.
UID:131551-21868752@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131551
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:China,Global Islamic Studies,Multicultural,Art,Art History,Chinese Studies,Community
LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2210
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DTSTAMP:20241205T090136
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250127T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250127T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Spencer Myer\, piano
DESCRIPTION:Guest artist Spencer Myer\, Professor at Indiana University\, performs a guest recital. Professor Myer will present a program featuring both books of Preludes by Claude Debussy. \n\nLauded for “superb playing” and “poised\, alert musicianship” by the *Boston Globe*\, and labeled “definitely a man to watch” by London’s *The Independent*\, American pianist SPENCER MYER is one of the most respected and sought-after artists on today’s concert stage.\n                        \nSpencer Myer’s orchestral\, recital and chamber music performances have been heard throughout the United States\, Canada\, Europe\, Africa and Asia. He has been soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra\, the Boise\, Dayton\, Rhode Island\, Cape Town\, Johannesburg and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestras\, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston\, the Baton Rouge\, Indianapolis\, Knoxville\, New Haven\, Oma-ha\, Phoenix\, Santa Fe and Tucson Symphony Orchestras\, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra\, Mexico’s Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco and Beijing’s China National Symphony Orchestra\, collaborating with\, among others\, conductors Michael Christie\, Leslie B. Dunner\, Arthur Fagen\, Robert Franz\, Bernhard Gueller\, Jacques Lacombe\, Jahja Ling\, Rossen Milanov\, Timothy Muffitt\, Yannick Nézet-Séguin\, Kev-in Rhodes\, Lucas Richman\, Steven Smith\, Thomas Wilkins and Victor Yampolsky. His 2005 recit-al/orchestral tour of South Africa included a performance of the five piano concerti of Beethoven with the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa\, followed by six return orchestra and recital tours.\n            \nSpencer Myer’s recital appearances have been presented in New York City’s Weill Recital Hall\, 92nd Street Y and Steinway Hall\, Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center and London’s Wigmore Hall\, while many of his performances have been broadcast on WQXR (New York City)\, WHYY (Philadelphia)\, WCLV (Cleveland) and WFMT (Chicago). An in-demand chamber musician\, he has appeared numerous summers at the Lev Aronson Legacy Festival in Dallas with cellists Lynn Harrell\, Ralph Kirshbaum\, Amit Peled and Brian Thornton\, and has enjoyed a recurring partnership for over a decade with the Miami String Quartet at the Kent/Blossom Music Festival.  Other artistic partners have included clarinetist David Shifrin\, sopranos Nicole Cabell\, Martha Guth and Erin Wall\, the Jupiter and Pacifica String Quartets and the Dorian Wind Quintet.\n            \nSpencer Myer’s career was launched with three important prizes: First Prize in the 2004 UNISA Interna-tional Piano Competition in South Africa\, the 2006 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellowship from the Ameri-can Pianists Association and the Gold Medal from the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competi-tion. He is also a laureate of the 2007 William Kapell\, 2005 Cleveland and 2005 Busoni International Piano Competitions. He enjoys an esteemed reputation as a vocal collaborator since winning the 2000 Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition. Mr. Myer was a member of Astral Artists’ performance roster from 2003-2010.\n\nA renowned pedagogue\, Spencer Myer is currently Associate Professor of Piano at the Indiana Uni-versity Jacobs School of Music\, where he received the 2024 Trustees Teaching Award.  Previously\, he has served as a guest faculty at the Oberlin and Baldwin-Wallace Conservatories of Music\, and was a member of the Piano Faculty of Boston’s Longy School of Music of Bard College from 2016 to 2022.  He currently serves on the Board of New York’s Musicians Foundation and Brooklyn Art Song Society.\n            \nSpencer Myer’s debut CD for *harmonia mundi usa* - solo music of Busoni\, Copland\, Debussy and Kohs - was released in the fall of 2007 to critical acclaim by *Fanfare* and *Gramophone* magazines. Mr. Myer has released five recordings on the *Steinway & Sons* label since 2017: Piano Rags of William Bolcom\, three discs with cellist Brian Thornton encompassing cello/piano repertoire of Brahms\, Debus-sy and Schumann\, and most recently Chopin’s Four Impromptus.\n            \nSpencer Myer is a Steinway Artist.\n\nwww.spencermyer.com
UID:129679-21864308@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129679
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Music,North Campus,Free
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
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DTSTAMP:20250120T170337
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250128T080000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:A Prison\, a Prisoner\, and a Prison Guard
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a multimedia exploration of the impact of prisons on countries and communities across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region through the lens of “prison art.” The exhibit delves into the dynamic interplay between incarceration and creative expression to make sense of carceral systems.\n\nBy presenting prison art from various countries in the MENA region\, including Algeria\, Egypt\, Iran\, Iraq\, Lebanon\, Palestine\, Sudan\, Syria\, and Yemen\, this exhibit unfolds as a “journey” into the prison system and demonstrates the ways in which art can be a tool of expression and reconciliation for survivors\, detainees’ families\, and society at large. It promotes drawing parallels between the prison experience in the region and worldwide\, highlights the intentionality of carceral systems\, and expands the conversation to include prison-impacted communities. Viewers are invited to navigate the cross-generational\, human experiences of imprisonment often obscured behind prison walls and within individuals.\n\nCurated by Sumaya Tabbah and Susan Aboeid of The Ḥafathah Collective\, this traveling exhibit was organized by U-M Students Organize for Syria (SOS) in partnership with U-M Library and with support from the U-M Arts Initiative.\n\nPlan to attend the related discussion\, \"Art\, Justice\, and Carcerality: The Role of Creative Expression in the Pursuit of Justice\,\" on February 6.
UID:130114-21865374@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130114
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Art,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - North Lobby
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