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DTSTAMP:20251003T121726
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T103000
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SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Bassoon & Contrabassoon Master Class with Luke Whitehead
DESCRIPTION:Guest artist Luke Whitehead\, principal contrabassoonist of the Philharmonia Orchestra\, London\, presents a master class. Members of the University of Michigan Bassoon Studio will work with Whitehead on repertoire for bassoon and contrabassoon. The class is free and open to the public\, presented with support from the University Musical Society. \n\nGUEST ARTIST BIO\n\nLUKE WHITEHEAD is Principal Contrabassoon with the Philharmonia Orchestra. He has been with the Orchestra since 2011. Luke was born in Thorne\, South Yorkshire. He took up the bassoon aged fifteen\, and studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with (among others) Edward Warren\, Alan Pendlebury\, and Meyrick Alexander\, and for the Contrabassoon\, Nicholas Lander.\n\nLuke has appeared with many orchestras throughout the UK and abroad\, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\, BBC Philharmonic and Scottish Symphony Orchestras\, Mahler Chamber Orchestra\, Hallé\, Northern Sinfonia and Scottish Chamber Orchestra\, as well as working extensively with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of Opera North.
UID:140269-21886857@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140269
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus,Talk,Workshop
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Watkins Lecture Hall
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DTSTAMP:20250714T145951
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Community Engaged Course Design Workshop Information Session
DESCRIPTION:This information session is an opportunity for graduate students to ask questions and learn more about the Community Engaged Course Design Workshop facilitated by staff at Rackham and the Ginsberg Center for Community Service Learning.\n\nThe Community Engaged Course Design Workshop is a semester-long professional development workshop for graduate students from any discipline interested in learning how to design and teach a community engaged learning course for undergraduate students. During the program\, students explore the theoretical foundations\, ethical implications\, and practice of community engaged teaching in order to design a course and syllabus rooted in their field of study for undergraduates to participate in community engaged learning. You can learn more and apply on the program's website.
UID:136446-21878711@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136446
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
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DTSTAMP:20251003T001515
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stacey L. Kirby: The Bureau of Personal Belonging (Ann Arbor Edition)
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: September 27 - November 8\, 2025\nOpening Performances: September 27\, 1-5 p.m.Closing Performances: November 8\, 1-5 p.m.\nStacey L. Kirby’s The Bureau of Personal Belonging is a series of interactive performances set within immersive installations and activated by viewer participation. The work fosters dialogue on identity\, community\, and civil engagement. Through bureaucratic forms\, papers\, postures\, language\, and aesthetics\, audiences are invited to participate in respectful dialogues and playful interactions with the artist. As the 2025 Roman J. Witt Artist-in-Residence\, Kirby spent 12 weeks on campus from January through March of 2025 meeting with students\, faculty\, and staff from the Stamps School and across U-M. Based on these conversations\, Kirby devised a site-specific installation that seeks to amplify the voices of the U-M community\, uphold the value of democratic civic engagement\, and highlight the power of art in building solidarity and mutual respect.\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra.
UID:137179-21879870@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137179
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250922T113641
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Study Abroad Info Sessions: CGIS Advanced Spanish Program Offerings
DESCRIPTION:Join CGIS Advisor Juliana Mesa to learn more about the Spanish-language programs in Spring/Summer 2026. \n\nThese program offerings are pre-approved by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures (RLL). Students can earn 300- and/or 400-level Spanish credits depending on the program. Please visit the program brochure to learn more about course pre-requisites and other eligibility criteria.\n\nCGIS: Advanced Spanish in Alicante\, Spain\nCGIS: Advanced Spanish in Santiago de Compostela\, Spain\nCGIS: Public Health in Santiago\, Dominican Republic\nCGIS: Spanish in Madrid - 300/300\n\nDATES:\nFriday\, October 24\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Info Session) \nFriday\, November 7\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Info Session)\nThursday\, December 4\, 1:30 - 2:30 pm (Info Session)\nThursday\, January 8\,  10:00 am - 11:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\nTuesday\, January 13\, 10:00 - 11:00 am  (Drop-in Group Advising)
UID:139473-21885589@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139473
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,International Education,Language,Latin America,Pre-Health,Public Health,Romance Languages And Literatures,Sessions,Spain,Spanish,Undergraduate Students
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DTSTAMP:20251001T181517
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Eye of the Storm
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an innovative exhibition and installation organized by the Stamps School’s SEC (Student Exhibition Committee) and composed of work by Stamps students. The SEC aims to create new and exciting opportunities for undergrads to develop their skills in exhibition-making and installations. \nExhibition Statement\nIn the midst of contemporary chaos there is a quieter\, more isolated struggle to find meaning. As we pursue consistency within our own art making practices\, we must nurture our yearnings for a sustainable community. Fleeting connections can be found in the in-betweens of time and space—cooking with others\, commuting\, etc.\nThe Eye of the Storm is an exhibition demonstrating various forms of individual and collective peacemaking and resistance. This show explores the ways we use creative rituals within the private and public spheres: exploring self identity\, advocating for justice\, fostering care for others and social bonding. The selected artworks reflect each artist's way of staying in motion and/or finding calm amidst complicated or difficult times. \nThis exhibition is organized and juried by SEC student curators Hana Ichikawa\, BFA '26 (lead)\; Urvi Joshi\, BA '26\; Elsie Rogers\, BFA '27\; Jacqueline Vinson\, BFA '27\; and Maggie Watson\, BFA '26. \nThe Eye of the Storm will be on display in the Stamps Gallery atrium from October 17 - November 1\, 2025\, and features work by the following Stamps students:\nSage Booth\, BFA '28Rachel DeVeyra\, BFA '26McKenna Finn\, BA '26Reese Ford\, BFA '26Abigail Garcia\, BFA '27Erin Malone\, BFA '27Summer Mansi\, BFA '27Margaret (Mags) McKinney\, BFA '28Ava Muntner\, BFA '27Mia Noel\, BFA '28Eliana Pettigrew\, BFA '26Oliver Lee St Cyr\, BFA '26Jesse Strohauer\, BFA '28
UID:137209-21879954@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137209
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251003T181516
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T110000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Untold Stories\, Part II: A Stamps Faculty Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: September 12 - December 13Opening Reception: September 18\, 6:30-8:30 p.m.\nUntold Stories: Part II is the second in a series of three exhibitions featuring the work of faculty members from the Stamps School of Art &amp\; Design. Organized thematically\, Part II explores timely and resonant themes related to the freedom of expression\, movement\, and civic rights. Drawing on personal narratives and public archives\, the artists offer inspiring ways of storytelling that make latent ideas visible and experiential - expanding the boundaries of their artistic research.\nUntold Stories: Part II is curated by Srimoyee Mitra\, and features work by Stamps faculty Ebitenyefa Baralaye\, Annica Cuppetelli\, Quinn A. Hunter\, Carol Jacobsen\, Andy Kirshner\, Rebekah Modrak\, and Ricky Weaver.
UID:137113-21879733@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137113
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251015T121513
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T110100
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T190000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 1): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project
DESCRIPTION:Phase 1 Opening Reception: September 18\, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.\nFrom September 2025 through August 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:\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA '23) and Erin McKenna (MFA '20)Phase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA '20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA '20)Phase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA '20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA '21)\nPhase 1 Curatorial Statement\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Amelia Burns (entry pillar)Curated by CYNK Studios: Erin McKenna (courtyard pillar)\nArtists Amelia Burns and Erin McKenna reimagine the Division Street pillars through digital collages rooted in memory\, landscape and shared environments. Burns arranges fragments of her own photographs into airy compositions where these pictorial remnants become enshrined by the artist’s vision of the sacred. McKenna draws from the language of quilting\, organizing her photos of mushrooms\, moss and lichen into vibrant geometric patterns which echo Ohio textile traditions. Both artists\, Midwestern women attentive to the nuances of place\, weave personal imagery into collective meaning. Together\, their works create spaces of reverence and connection.\nAmelia Burns: GODSPROMISESRISINGHIGHGODSPROMISESRISINGHIGH contains fragments of photographs I have made over years in various locations in the United States. Each fragment holds personal meaning for me. The exalted pieces of environments float together and create a visual smorgasbord of symbols\, denoting a capitalist world\, filled with tender moments and connections\, where all objects are made holy.\nErin McKenna: Mushroom TrailMushroom Trail reimagines the Ohio Star quilt block through a collage of photographs of mushrooms\, lichen\, and moss gathered during walks in my Appalachian forest home. I created small blocks of repeating patterns to build texture and color. Inspired by the Barn Quilt Trail\, the work honors Ohio’s yard art traditions. Like other local expressions\, from chainsaw-carved bears to the front porch goose\, it fosters a shared sense of pride of place\, and community.\nArtist Statements/Bios\nAmelia BurnsThrough my travels across nearly every U.S. state\, I document not only the natural world but also its entanglement with human influence. My work speaks to the loneliness\, humor\, beauty\, pain\, and joy that coexist within these spaces. The landscapes I create—whether photographic or collage-based—are imbued with a visceral connection to the physical environments I’ve passed through. They are a reprocessing of the cultural detritus that surrounds me\, transforming fragments into vignettes that explore both the darkness and resilience of humanity.\nAt its core\, my work explores the underworld of human experience\, grappling with the visceral tension between authenticity and artifice in contemporary Americana. It reflects the disgusting horror of capitalism\, the mysticism of my Irish Catholic upbringing\, and the profound solitude that fuels my process. The resulting images are landscapes of seeking\, filled with the pain\, glory\, and quiet resistance of life.\nAmelia Burns is a photographer\, collage artist\, curator and educator exploring the cultural and physical landscapes of the U.S.\, capturing the nuances of shared environments. She earned her BFA in Photography from Pratt Institute in 2005 and later completed her MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2023. Website / Instagram\nErin McKenna Erin McKenna is an interdisciplinary artist with a background in sculpture. Her practice embraces humor\, playful misuse\, and celebration as strategies to dismantle stereotypes and complicate binaries of construction and embellishment. With a feminist lens\, she explores the space where necessity meets excess\, highlighting the subversive potential of both. Her sculptures often pair gritty building materials with tactile fabrics\, generating tension between utility and ornament. Growing up in a perpetually unfinished home—a place of sawdust\, chop saws\, and improvisation—instilled in her a respect for visible labor\, inventive problem-solving\, and imperfection. Her process follows personal rules:\nno hierarchy of materialssubvert expected usecomplicate binaries\, stereotypes and associationsmisuse\, misapplyallow for variable arrangementsrepeat\, reiterate\, reuseconsider the subversive possibilities of the excessive\, fantastic\, and necessaryalways let the labor be visible\nMcKenna earned her BFA from Columbus College of Art &amp\; Design in 2012 and later completed her MFA at Stamps School of Art &amp\; Design at the University of Michigan. She recently moved back to the forest she calls home in Southeastern Ohio\, where she serves as Exhibitions Director at The Dairy Barn Arts Center\, hunts for mushrooms with her toddler\, and makes quilts. Website / Instagram
UID:138031-21881246@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138031
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250930T110826
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T113000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EHour: Shyanne Telfer
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to rethink what innovation really looks like in the real world! Shyanne Telfer is the VP of Product at Throne Labs\, the company breaking barriers\, headlines\, and stigmas by redesigning America’s public bathrooms with smart tech and human-first design. Their mission? Accessibility\, dignity\, and cleaner\, safer solutions for everyone.\n\nShe’s led the charge from early prototype to nationwide impact\, supercharging growth by over 19\,000%\, scaling across multiple states\, earning a Technical.ly Product of the Year nomination\, and inspiring massive buzz in national media. Her playbook? Data-driven strategy\, design thinking\, radical inclusivity\, and putting users (and communities) first.\n\nCurious about how tech and entrepreneurship can actually solve problems we all face? Want to see how design\, operations\, and culture come together for social impact and real business growth? You’ll hear honest startup stories\, innovation wins (and setbacks!)\, and get behind-the-scenes glimpses at a mission-driven company that’s turning a “public restroom crisis” into a social and business opportunity.\n\nAll students\, all majors\, and every experience level are invited. This is for problem-solvers\, product nerds\, aspiring founders\, and anyone ready to create positive change.\n\nFriday\, October 24 | 11:30 AM | Stamps Auditorium\, North Campus
UID:140061-21886557@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140061
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Design Thinking,Entrepreneur,Entrepreneurship,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lecture,Networking,Social Impact,Startup,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium
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