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DTSTAMP:20261103T143213
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Nodagwzëwêk gi gdankobthëgnenanêk (our ancestors are heard):
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Matthaei Botanical Gardens for an art exhibit by Justin Johnson Nodagwzëwêk gi gdankobthëgnenanêk (our ancestors are heard): Contemporary Visions in Native American Art.  September 29 - November 15\, 2026.\n\nArtist Bio\n\n“Bozho\, Justin Johnson nde zhnëkas\, Eau Claire ndë wtthbya. Mshiké ndodem minė Bodéwadmi ndaw.” (“Hello\, my name is Justin Johnson\, I come from Eau Claire. My clan is turtle and I am Potawatomi”). \n\nMy name is Justin Johnson\, Native name Thitthishkewé. I’m a visual artist whose work is deeply shaped by my Potawatomi heritage. Raised in Coloma\, Michigan\, my artistic path began in childhood and continued through grade school and high school\, eventually leading to me studying at Kendall College of Art & Design for four years. My art is a reflection of both personal expression and cultural tradition\, honoring the interconnectedness of people\, animals\, land\, and spirit. Guided by intuition\, ancestral knowledge\, and the natural world. I’m always seeking new ways to tell stories through my work. My drawings are inspiration from tribal stories\, culture\, and values that have been passed down through generations. I have collaborated with the Pokagon Band on numerous projects\, including traditional storybooks and illustrations. Aswell as permanent collections at the Pokagon Band Administration Building and the Pokagon Health Services building\, and artwork featured in the Four Winds Casino gift shop. Some other projects and exhibtions that I’ve participated in would be the Native American exhibition at the Krasl Art Center and a featured as the cover artist with a six-page article in PAN-O-PLY magazine. My murals can be found at the Grand Rapids Public Museum\, the Edwardsburg (Cass County District) Library\, and the Buchanan District Library. Currently\, I’m collaborating with Northwestern University on a new mural for their football stadium. Through diverse body of work\, my work continues to share the stories\, values\, and traditions of his heritage with a wide audience.\n\nArtist Statement\n\nMy work is deeply rooted in my culture\, which shapes both my perspective and my creative process. We see ourselves as part of the Earth\, not separate from it—every act\, every gesture\, is an exchange. When we take\, we give. This relationship is woven into the art I make\, which follows the tradition known as Woodlands Style\, or Legendary Style. It’s not the invention of any one person. It has been handed down\, shaped by countless hands and stories over generations. This style is often described as “x-ray” painting. With vivid colors and layered lines\, I try to reveal the inner spirit of animals\, plants\, and people—sometimes physical\, sometimes spiritual. There’s a rhythm to it that still echoes the Great Lakes region: bold\, luminous\, and full of life. Each piece is a story that’s been told and retold\, woven across time\, just like the spirits that guide us. As an artist\, I try to reflect these values in everything I do. Even when we drift from the old ways\, our spirit keeps us connected. My work is a reminder—a visual invitation to reconnect\, to live more intentionally\, and to honor the balance and respect that our traditions teach.
UID:154500-21917865@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154500
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Art
LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens
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DTSTAMP:20261005T085204
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Online Workshop - Designing a Mixed Methods Research Project Workshop
DESCRIPTION:📣 Designing a Mixed Methods Research Project Workshop \n📅 November 11–13\, 2026 | Live online\n\nDeveloping\, conducting\, or revising a mixed methods study? Join us for three days of interactive learning\, expert consultation\, and peer feedback.\n\nStrengthen your proposal\, study\, or manuscript while exploring:\n\n- Research questions and conceptual frameworks  \n- Mixed methods designs and integration strategies  \n- Joint displays  \n- Validity in mixed methods research  \n- Writing and publishing mixed methods journal articles  \n\nKeynote Speaker: Dr. John Creswell\, co-founder of the Mixed Methods Program and recipient of the American Psychological Association Division 5’s 2025 Distinguished Contributions in Mixed Methods Award.\n\nWorkshop Lead: Dr. Tim Guetterman\, Associate Director of the Mixed Methods Program and Associate Professor in the University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine.\n\nDesigned for researchers\, faculty\, and students with a foundational understanding of qualitative and quantitative methods.\n\n🔗 Learn more and register today: https://www.mixedmethods.org/fall-2026-mixed-methods-design-workshop.html
UID:153253-21915534@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153253
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Workshop,Training,Research,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Online,Graduate Students,Graduate and Professional Students,Dissertation
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20261019T155949
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Special Exhibition | Ancient Abstractions: Roman Visual Trends Beyond Naturalism
DESCRIPTION:The lifelike naturalistic bodies of Greek and Roman sculpture have been a source of wonder since the Renaissance. Indeed\, the Italian Renaissance artist Vasari identified the ancient world as the time “when sculpture rose to its greatest height.” But close likenesses of the natural world are not the only visual products of the ancient past. This exhibition traces alternative visual trends in the ancient Roman world that today would be considered examples of abstraction. It focuses on monuments and motifs long pushed to the margins of our accounts of ancient art. Oversize arrangements of interlocking shapes pulsate in bold block colors from tombs\, temples\, and homes\; stylized animals flicker into view\, only to collapse once more into bright geometric arrangements\; and artists adopt experimental shorthands for the depiction of space across media. Anticipating recent interests in color and form\, the visual trends of antiquity emerge as far more varied than has long been told.\n\n*Ancient Abstractions is on view from November 5\, 2026\, through February 28\, 2027\, during regular museum hours (Tuesday–Friday\, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM\, and Saturday–Sunday\, 11:00 AM–4:00 PM\; closed Mondays and university holidays.*
UID:153842-21916444@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153842
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ancient Rome,collections,archaeology,art,Art History,cultural heritage,Exhibition,Faculty,Free,history,Mediterranean,museum,Research,roman empire,visual arts
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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DTSTAMP:20261109T122112
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T113000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Life Coaching Circles
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual Coaching Cirlces!  Each coaching session will provide 8-10 staff members with an opportunity to interact informally with a Student Life Unit Director (or leader) around a leadership topic of interest to them. These are informal conversations (rather than workshops or presentations) between staff and these leaders who have experience with and willingness to share their wisdom around these topics.Staff are asked to register for no more than one coaching circle a semester. Space is very limited\, register today!
UID:152716-21914476@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152716
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:2320 Ruthven
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DTSTAMP:20261027T132809
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T150000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Engineering Career Cafe featuring Steelhead Technologies
DESCRIPTION:Steelhead Technologies is hosting a Career Cafe event to recruit for open positions. Meet with company representatives in a casual setting to explore different career paths\, learn about various employment opportunities\, and when appropriate\, present yourself as a candidate for open positions.\n\nStudents may drop in throughout the event to speak with company representatives\, pre-registration is not needed for this event.\n\nView more information in Career Forge or Career Fair Plus.\n\nThis is a College of Engineering event.
UID:154153-21917292@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154153
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Career,Undergraduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Graduate Students
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - 2nd Floor
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DTSTAMP:20261109T123221
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T113000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:University Career Center Clothes Closet + Photo Booth for Student Caregivers
DESCRIPTION:As part of U-M’s Student Caregiver Appreciation Week\, the University Career Center is reserving a block of time for student caregivers to come 1) shop the UCC Clothes Closet for FREE business casual and business formal attire and 2) get a professional headshot taken with our self-service photo booth.The UCC Clothes Closet will be open from 10:30-11:30am for this event\; the photo booth for professional headshots is reserved from 10:15am-11:45am. All headshot sessions take approximately 15minutes. Please use this Google Spreadsheet to sign up for a time: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fPmE8eVzCZkdbZsr9gkaRxcg1JFfE4t5BpL9sw5cBuo/edit?usp=sharingIf you have small children\, feel free to bringthem along if that makes it easier for you to take advantage of this opportunity!This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a largernumber of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event withinHandshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event and see more details\, please go to this webpage: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/2054461/share_preview We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\,please indicate your accommodation requirements via the link below\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program to ensure sufficient time forarranging your requested accommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos at jmgaydos@umich.edu. Accessibility accommodation form: https://forms.gle/FmFn35ZLxJ8kvPfSA #UCC#studentcaregiverweek2026
UID:154282-21917504@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154282
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, University Career Center office, 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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DTSTAMP:20261012T121522
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project
DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through December 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Southeast Michigan-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 11 - December 11) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 3 \n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Abhishek Narula (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Nathan Byrne (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nAbhishek Narula\, Compressions \nCompressions is an installation comprised of 416 industrial-grade zip ties\, cinched around the entry pillar of the Stamps Gallery. The pillar measures roughly 110 inches in circumference\, requiring two ties per row to wrap around it\, resulting in 208 rows. The humble zip tie\, typically used to hang and bind other material\, is relegated to its functional properties rendering it unprepossessing and easily dismissed. The zip tie in this installation\, instead serves as an object of aesthetic possibility\, pulling it out of its usual background role to become the work itself. The resulting composition is a proposal to dwell\, to slow down\, and to simply see the pillar.\n\nAbhishek Narula is an artist\, designer\, and educator who works across sculpture\, installation\, sound\, and video. His practice takes the form of interventions\, working with what is already present. He reorients and disrupts objects and sites in order to open up formal possibilities and poetic experiences within the familiar. He is influenced by physical and digital infrastructural systems that sustain modern life and culture. His work treats this ambience itself as raw material for aesthetic inquiry\, exploring themes of labor\, precarity\, temporality and the sublime. Narula earned his MFA in Studio Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and his MS/BS in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His work has been exhibited at national and international venues such as the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology\, Science Gallery Detroit\, Speculum Artium Media Festival in Slovenia\, New Media Caucus (NMC)\, WaveFarm\, The Boulder Public Library\, The Hyde Park Art Center\, Sector 2337 Art Gallery & Printing Press\, Tangible Embedded Interaction (TEI)\, International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA)\, among others. He is a Robotics Systems Designer and Lecturer in the Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\nNathan Byrne\, Equally To Be Loved\nEqually To Be Loved is an image / object scaled to and installed upon the courtyard pillar of Stamps Gallery. The image is of a spontaneous sculpture made in 2017 during the first day of an artist residency at the Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program. The sculpture was constructed in a storage container studio using 14 discrete objects that were in his studio upon entry. For Byrne\, this work embodies the energy and spirit of a studio at the start of a particularly fecund period of making. This work speaks to the artist’s interest in embodied experience of space\, archival and site responsiveness\, as well as his ongoing engagement with found materials. Byrne considers this project to be a far-flung sequel to his MFA thesis exhibition Equally Empty\, which was shown at Stamps Gallery in 2021. Equally To Be Loved is the second line of the Buddhist mantra from which both titles are derived.\n\nNathan Byrne is an artist / educator / curator currently based in Detroit\, MI. Through spatial and archive responsive projects\, he reimagines\, and explores within frameworks such as language\, the passage of time\, and contemplation. Intrigued by the potential of conveying phenomenal\, transformative\, and emotive states through materiality\, process\, and placement\, he negotiates the pliability of the viewer’s encounters with objects and environments. Byrne holds an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and a BA in Studio Art and Art History from San Francisco State University. He has been a Lecturer at Stamps School of Art & Design since the Fall of 2022. His work is exhibited widely nationally and he is a recipient of the VSC Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded numerous artist residencies including Anderson Ranch Arts Center\, I-Park\, KHN Center for the Arts\, Prairie Ronde\, Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program\, and Rockland Woods. Website / Instagram
UID:138033-21881362@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138033
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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