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SUMMARY:Other:Artwork Pickup: 30th Annual Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Duderstadt Gallery or the PCAP Studio to collect your artwork from the 30th Annual Exhibition. Please bring your receipt or notification letter. \n\nMarch 31 and April 1 artwork pickup is at the Duderstadt Center Gallery. \n\nApril 14\, 16\, and 17 artwork pickup is at the PCAP Studio.\n\nThe PCAP Studio is located in the rear hallway of the Campus Safety Services Building (1239 Kipke Dr)\, located across the parking lot from the Crisler Center. Short-term guest parking is available in the designated \"DPSS Visitor\" spots near the building entrance.\n\n● GPS Tip: Use the physical address (1239 Kipke Dr) for GPS. Searching for the building name may route you to the wrong entrance.\n● Entrance: Enter through the double doors marked \"Division of Public Safety and Security.\"\n● Inside the Building: Walk straight past the main desk toward the door leading to a long hallway. Note: You do not need to check in at the DPSS desk.\n● The Studio: Walk to the very end of the hallway and turn right. The PCAP Studio is immediately on your right in Room 1400.\n\nSponsors\nThe 30th Annual Exhibition is presented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work.
UID:145433-21897347@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145433
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Visual Arts,Art
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
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DTSTAMP:20260401T092040
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260401T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260401T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Sankofa: Honoring the Past to Strengthen Future Democracy (SCOR 2026 Social Justice Symposium)
DESCRIPTION:The Students of Color of Rackham (SCOR) are excited to welcome you to the 2026 Social Justice Symposium: “Sankofa: Honoring the Past to Strengthen Future Democracy.” This event seeks to explore a central question: How can university communities draw upon their histories of activism\, advocacy\, and democratic participation to build a more equitable and inclusive future?Our symposium serves as both a commemoration and a call to action—celebrating the Rackham Graduate School’s 150th anniversary of awarding doctoral degrees while honoring SCOR’s origins in the Black Action Movement (BAM) of the 1970s. Through a combination of panel discussions\, flash talks by faculty-student pairs\, and interactive workshops\, the event will create a space for students\, faculty\, alumni\, and community members to reflect on how movements for racial and social justice have shaped higher education and to envision new strategies for democratic engagement today!Each year\, SCOR is proud to host an annual social justice symposium. This event is a part of SCOR’s legacy and a testament to our commitment of fostering dialogue and awareness surrounding the academic\, social\, and cultural journeys of graduate students of color at the University of Michigan. While the symposium is thoughtfully designed with the needs and experiences of graduate students in focus\, we extend invitations to both undergraduate students and faculty\, recognizing that our experiences are not only unique to us. We understand it is important to garner a supportive community. We seek support from faculty who have navigated similar paths and from other students who resonate with the symposium themes. This is also an opportune time to connect with others who are contemplating their next steps after undergraduate or masters studies. Aligned with our mission\, SCOR welcomes everyone\, irrespective of identities\, religion\, culture or abilities to participate in the symposium\, showcasing the rich diversity and wealth of scholarly talent that Michigan graduate students have to offer. In pursuit of our objectives\, this year's symposium revolves around the theme \"Express Yourself—a vibrant celebration of self-expression.\" Our aim is to cultivate a safe and encouraging space for students to explore creative outlets and illuminate how their multifaceted experiences shape their research\, hobbies\, and other interests in the face of challenging realities.
UID:146596-21899333@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146596
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Great Lakes Room
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DTSTAMP:20260330T120207
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Special Seminar: Perils and Triumphs of Coring Seymour Island\, Antarctica
DESCRIPTION:This special seminar is co-hosted by EEB and UMMP and will be in-person.\n\nThroughout the Late Cretaceous\, massive volcanic eruptions\, called Deccan volcanism\, occurred on India\, spewing carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere. The massive amounts of greenhouse gases associated with Deccan volcanism can be used as an analogue for current and future anthropogenic warming scenarios. In the austral summer of 2026\, a team of 12 sailed to Seymour Island\, Antarctica\, an island that contains phenomenal marine rocks and sediments that were deposited during the time of Deccan volcanism. The team will analyze these microfossils and sediments to determine how marine plankton responded to warming caused by Deccan volcanism to understand how such communities may change under future warming scenarios. This talk will provide insight into the Late Cretaceous world\, the motivation behind the research\, and our journey to and from Seymour Island\, Antarctica.
UID:147211-21900529@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147211
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Museum Of Paleontology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010
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DTSTAMP:20260401T095307
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260401T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260401T110000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Special Seminar: Perils and Triumphs of Coring Seymour Island\, Antarctica
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the Late Cretaceous\, massive volcanic eruptions\, called Deccan volcanism\, occurred on India\, spewing carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere. The massive amounts of greenhouse gases associated with Deccan volcanism can be used as an analogue for current and future anthropogenic warming scenarios. In the austral summer of 2026\, a team of 12 sailed to Seymour Island\, Antarctica\, an island that contains phenomenal marine rocks and sediments that were deposited during the time of Deccan volcanism. The team will analyze these microfossils and sediments to determine how marine plankton responded to warming caused by Deccan volcanism to understand how such communities may change under future warming scenarios. This talk will provide insight into the Late Cretaceous world\, the motivation behind the research\, and our journey to and from Seymour Island\, Antarctica.\n\nThis special seminar is co-hosted by UMMP and EEB and will be in-person.
UID:147205-21900521@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147205
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,Museum Of Paleontology
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010
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DTSTAMP:20260511T181505
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260401T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260401T190000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project
DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through November 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - August 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (September 12 - November 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram
UID:138032-21881319@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260210T143205
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260401T110000
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SUMMARY:Presentation:Larry Cat In Space
DESCRIPTION:Intended for young children\, Larry Cat In Space is a playful\, imaginative cartoon presentation about an inquisitive cat who takes a trip to the Moon. Through Larry's eyes\, we observe his human family\, and his owner Diana. Larry hides in Diana’s suitcase as she travels to her job on the Moon and experiences weightlessness. Once on the Moon\, Larry observes how the Earth looks a lot like the Moon did from his porch back home.\n\nThe state-of-the-art Planetarium & Dome Theater at the U-M Museum of Natural History transports visitors beyond distant stars and back in time from the comfort of reclining seats. Tickets $8. Tickets are available on the day of the show at the Museum Store.
UID:103229-21897115@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/103229
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Natural Sciences,Museum,Family,Children,Astronomy
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History
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DTSTAMP:20260401T181508
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260401T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260401T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:What We Tend: The 2026 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:\n\nWhat We Tend: The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition is on view at the Stamps Gallery from March 20 — April 11\, 2026. The exhibition presents seven artists whose practices unfold through care—care for land\, for bodies\, for memory\, and for one another. Working across ritual\, non-linear time\, and intersectional inquiries into labor and domestic life\, these artists treat familial\, site-specific\, and sociopolitical histories as living structures rather than sealed archives. What We Tend features the work of MFA students River Forest Berry\, Michelle Cieloszczyk\, Zoë Dong\, Fiona Hoffer\, Michael ​“Modius Modi” King Jr.\, Michaela Nichelle\, and Sujay Saple.\n\nJoin us to celebrate the work of MFA graduate students at the Opening Reception on March 20 from 6 — 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served and artists will be present.\n\nPlease note: \n\nThroughout the exhibition\, visitors are encouraged to bring clean and empty aluminum cans to participate in Michaela Nichelle’s installation. \nThe exhibition will be closed to the public on Friday\, April 10.
UID:144188-21894816@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144188
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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