Exhibition:Andy Ross Exhibition
2025-04-25 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Detroit) | North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connection Gallery
The pieces here are from a large series of works made over the last several years. In them, Ross explores humor and personal meaning through absurd juxtapositions of pairs of wildly varied images. Each single image is stripped of its original context (be it, for example, a history book, an instruction manual, or a magazine advertisement), placed on a white background like some kind of specimen, and presented afresh with a new “companion image.” These companion images confront, contrast and converse with each other, and thereby build new relationships, narratives, jokes, and contexts.

Andy Ross grew up in Macomb County, and has been making art in various mediums since the 1970s. He received a BFA degree from College for Creative Studies, and an MFA degree from University of Michigan. He has taught photography, art, and web design at colleges in California and Michigan. His photographs and collages have been exhibited in schools, galleries, and museums across the United States.

Exhibition:Angkorian Homecoming
2025-04-25 09:00 - 17:00 | 202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery
Informed by her experience as a refugee, Phung Huynh’s projects explore the complexities of displacement, assimilation, and cultural negotiation among Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees who have resettled in the United States. She creates detailed graphite portraits on pink donut boxes to highlight the stories of Southeast Asians who have survived war trauma and genocide. Huynh’s serigraph prints about Donut Kids foreground intergenerational gaps as well as bridging the refugee parent and American child through the narratives of Cambodian American children who were raised by donut shop owners in California. Huynh’s most recent work of drawings of Cambodian Buddhist statue heads and photographic prints of decapitated statue bodies on fabric addresses the repatriation of looted Cambodian antiquities in the context of challenging the legacy of colonialism, unethical museum practices, and the refugee’s desire to return home. Complete details at https://lsa.umich.edu/humanities/gallery/current-exhibitions/phung-huynh.html.

Exercise / Fitness:Chair Aerobics
2025-04-25 09:00 - 10:00 | Off Campus Location - JCPenney Wing
Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults, however, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free, however, please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are funded strictly through donations. No registration is necessary, simply attend when it fits your schedule. Chair Aerobics classes are carefully structured to include a warm-up, a pre-aerobic stretch, sitting and standing aerobics, strength training, a cooldown, and a final stretch.

Exhibition:Elizabeth Boyd-Hartmann Dizik Exhibition
2025-04-25 09:00 - 17:00 | North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery
This body of work represents a playful exploration of form, color, and scale through the lens of cellular shapes. Inspired by the complex patterns of biological life, the pieces are a celebration of growth, transformation, and the joy of experimentation. The use of non-precious materials, such as wood balls and paint, allowed for a liberating approach to composition and color, while the spherical forms and circular panels evoke the look of petri dishes—symbolizing both scientific curiosity and organic development.
Born in Detroit, Elizabeth is a multidisciplinary artist and mother based in the metro Detroit area, where she works from a studio in her home. With a background in bench jewelry, her earlier work focused on studio jewelry and was represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h in Montreal.
Elizabeth’s work has been exhibited both locally and internationally. She holds a BA in Jewelry Design, with First Class Honours, from Central Saint Martins in London, a BFA from the University of Michigan, and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, where she specialized in Metalsmithing and Architecture. Her diverse practice spans jewelry, sculpture, and installation, blending materials and techniques to explore themes of production, growth, transformation, and organic form.
