Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Zafos Xagoraris - The Speaker: American Protests 1960s and Today (September 15, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53347 53347-13349490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 15, 2018 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

The Speaker, an interactive installation by artist Zafos Xagoraris, is an exploration of student protests from the 1960s to present in Ann Arbor and across the United States. This installation will be on view live for one day only, in the U-M Museum of Art’s Stenn Gallery and on UMMA’s front plaza on Saturday, September 15 from 11 am to 8 pm. Xagoraris is a 2018 Witt Artist in Residence at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design. Documentation of Xagoraris’ installation will be included in the upcoming exhibition Have We Met? Dialogues on Memory and Desire, on view at Stamps Gallery (201 S. Division Street) from September 21-November 18, 2018.

Combining archival material sourced from the Bentley Historical Library at U-M with an interactive “soapbox,” visitors to this installation are able to experience protest moments of the past and communicate their own messages of dissent in the present. The project aims to recognize the resurgence of student protests in creating social discourse today and draws a connection to the past.

In his audio and text archival explorations, Xagoraris illustrates the role of documentation of the 1960s protest movements — New Left, Free Speech Movement, Students for a Democratic Society — in sustaining a vital connection between protesters working in disparate cities, separated by the sprawling geography of our nation.

Xagoraris states: “Through documentation of iconic moments of the 1960s protests, we see photos of People’s Park and Arnold Kaufman and the teach-ins at the University of Michigan. Together, these events create one complicated but unique series of relatable moments, influencing each other and depicting a past era but also projecting an image of the future.”

In addition to Xagoraris’ archival exploration, The Speaker visitors will find an interactive “soapbox,” complete with AV equipment designed to project the speaker’s voice outside of the museum and display a green-screen image of the visitor making an address from atop a 1964 Ford Thunderbird parked on the museum plaza — a historical nod to the famous image of Mario Savio during a Free Speech Movement protest in Berkeley.

The Speaker was created with the collaboration of Tom Bray, Chrisstina Hamilton, Katerina Stefanidaki, and the students of the Identity Politics course taught by professors Marianetta Porter and Irina Aristarkhova at the Stamps School of Art & Design. This interactive installation is presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

Zafos Xagoraris is a Witt Artist in Residence at Stamps School of Art & Design and a Professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts.  His work consists of drawings, participatory events and public sound installations. He has participated in exhibitions such as documenta 14, Kassel and Athens, Manifesta 7, Rovereto, the 4th Athens Biennial, the 1st Bienal Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia, the 1st Thessaloniki Biennale and the 27th Sao Paulo Bienal. 

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Exhibition Fri, 07 Sep 2018 12:15:38 -0400 2018-09-15T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-15T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/zafos-speaker.jpg
UMMA Pop Up: Solo with Ryan Schildcrout (September 16, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53769 53769-13459402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Ryan Schildcrout is a jazz pianist and saxophonist from Metro Detroit. His style of solo piano playing takes on standards from swing to pop, working to bring jazz into the modern age.

Find Ryan on Facebook @ryansethmusic.

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Performance Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:01:44 -0400 2018-09-16T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-16T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
In Conversation: Between Windows and Mirrors (September 16, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53770 53770-13459404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This program is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please visit our website to register.

Photographs are often referred to as “reflections of life” or “windows on the world.” Yet, photographers often seek to elide or distort clear views of the visual world. Join John Cantú, arts writer, and Jennifer Friess, UMMA Assistant Curator of Photography, for a conversation in the exhibition as they discuss issues of realism in photography in the exhibition "See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography." Together with the audience, they will explore a selection of images in depth—parsing the visual possibilities of images that employ windows and mirrors.

Lead support for "See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography" is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment.

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Presentation Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:07:54 -0400 2018-09-16T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-16T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation See Through
Animal Friends: Ceramic Sculpture (September 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53529 53529-13398931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Marcia Polenberg loves animals, each with its own unique personality, intelligence and expressive range of emotions. Using terra-cotta sculpture clay, Polenberg hand builds her ceramic animals, seemingly bringing them to life. The face of each one-of-a-kind work of art expresses happiness, surprise, mischief, or a free spirit. Every sculpture is glazed and fired many times, building up a rich, textured colored surface. Holding an MFA from the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design in ceramics and sculpture and a BA from the City University of New York in painting, Polenberg widely exhibits her creative works in several media: ceramics, paint, graphite and pastel.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 08:44:25 -0400 2018-09-17T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Pink Piglet by Marcia Polenberg, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Celebrating Science & Art (September 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53532 53532-13399177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The brilliantly colored images in this exhibit were taken in the course of scientific research, and are beautiful in their detail, form and symmetry. For each one, an accompanying explanation describes its significance. The subjects of the images are cells, tissues and organs, from a wide variety of biological sources (plants, worms, fruit flies, fish, mice and yes, even human brain). The colors are added by investigators, to allow them to see the otherwise transparent tissues. By looking at these microscopic images, you will learn about research into normal embryonic development as well as cutting-edge investigations into diseases such as basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disease, epilepsy and cancer.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:00:04 -0400 2018-09-17T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Rose Garden by U-M BioArtography. High resolution version available upon request.
Innovations in Ornament (September 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53533 53533-13399259@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This group show of jewelry and ornaments includes the work of Roger Martin, who tackled the subject of a raven by relying on planes and shadow lines to imbue the surfaces of the bird with personality. Another one of the seven artists, Lorraine Kolasa, picked up the old fashioned art of tatting, then cast tiny pieces of her handmade lace into sterling silver jewelry. Michael Nashef, who spent half his life in war-torn Lebanon, has created a series of innovative vessels and brooches. Other artists included in this exhibit are Kim Cridler, Roger Smith, Renee Zettle-Sterling and Ruth Taubman, whose unmatched exuberance of color and 36 years of work and business innovation, place her jewelry firmly on the national stage.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:03:18 -0400 2018-09-17T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Functional Resilience – Brooches by Michael Nashef, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Michigan Medicine Employee Art Exhibition (September 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53530 53530-13399013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Each year Gifts of Art presents an exhibition of artwork by Michigan Medicine faculty, staff, students, volunteers and family members. It showcases the exceptional talent, creativity and accomplishments of artists in the extensive (~26,000) Michigan Medicine community. There are artist juried ribbon awards for Best in Category, Best in Show, and a People's Choice award determined by ballots in the on-site voting box. Winners will be announced at the Award Ceremony & Reception held in the exhibit gallery, date TBA. For more information, please visit: www.med.umich.edu/goa/employee.htm.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 08:47:50 -0400 2018-09-17T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of the 2017 winning piece in Color Photography, Butterfly up Close by Lynda Mitgutsch. High resolution version available upon request.
Organic Fiction: Acrylic on Canvas (September 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53531 53531-13399095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Hava Gurevich’s colorful abstractions feature botanical, aquatic and microscopic motifs as she explores repeating patterns in nature. Blending images from the real world and her imagination, Organic Fiction celebrates nature in all its beauty, chaos and complexity. Hava Gurevich received a BFA in photography from U-M and an MFA in painting from Illinois State University. Her creative process begins with photographs and sketches of details in nature, such as tree branches, ice patterns, twisted vines, and delicate spring blossoms. These drawings contribute to her personal vocabulary of shapes and gestures, and she often digitally combines them with older paintings to become starting points of new works.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 08:51:54 -0400 2018-09-17T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Prisoner’s Dilemma (detail) by Hava Gurevich, photograph by Jeff Kravitz. High resolution version available upon request.
Pacific Underwater Photography (September 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53534 53534-13399341@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

A passionate diver for more than 22 years, Lucy S. Wu is a self-taught artist. She started with film photography and now works in digital. This exhibit displays her friends of the sea and the stunning colors and patterns of the underwater world. Her “aquarium” is the Pacific Ocean along the southeastern Asian coastline from Australia north to the Philippines, as well as Micronesia and the Galapagos Islands. Her goal is to show the beauty and character of the life she encounters, with the hope that her photography will inspire ocean conservation. Wu grew up in Ann Arbor and is now based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 09:11:51 -0400 2018-09-17T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T17:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Peekaboo — Anemonefish, taken in Papua New Guinea by Lucy S. Wu. High resolution version available upon request.
Strokes of a Reed Pen: Arabic Calligraphy (September 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53528 53528-13398849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dr. Nihad Dukhan’s modern Arabic calligraphy designs have a cross-cultural and personal form. He also creates classical designs using natural ink on ahar paper and acrylic on canvas, with pure gold and gouache color geometric and vegetal ornamentations. A native of Gaza, Palestine, Dukhan is now based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and is a professor of mechanical engineering at University of Detroit Mercy. He received his master’s degrees in Arabic/Islamic calligraphy in Istanbul and the US after 15+ years of study. As a master of this time honored art tradition, he hopes to reach across cultural barriers and provide messages of oneness and shared values.

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Exhibition Wed, 08 Aug 2018 08:40:33 -0400 2018-09-17T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Earth by Nihad Dukhan, Ph.D., photograph by Dave Pemberton. High resolution version available upon request.
Exhibit Celebration for Unique Perspectives: Maps from Tokugawa & Meiji Japan (September 20, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53960 53960-13504393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Come and celebrate the exhibit, Unique Perspectives: Maps from the Tokugawa and Meiji Japan. Step into the world of Tokugawa Japan and join us as we explore the country under the rule of the Shogun and after the Meiji Restoration. Featuring road maps, including the Tokaido Road, and the Edo Kiriezu. Join us as we step back in time to visit 18th and 19th century Japan.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:45:12 -0400 2018-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Reception / Open House Unique Perspectives poster
Exhibition Reception: Have We Met? Dialogues on Memory and Desire (September 21, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53583 53583-13412200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Celebrate the work of artists and designers featured in Have We Met?. Live DJ, refreshments and performance titled Activating the Prussian Blue (Ping Pong/Parlor) Table, Buster Simpson, 2018.

Have We Met: Dialogues on Memory and Desire draws inspiration from Ann Arbor’s legacy of social movements (Anti-War Movement, Civil Rights Movements) and experimental art practices (The Once Group) from the late-1950s to the 1970s as its point of departure. It brings together archival materials and reproductions from the University of Michigan’s Labadie Collection and the Bentley Library in conjunction with radical artworks by diverse, multi-generational artists and designers whose works are deeply influenced by the ideas of freedom and self-determination; re-writing the canonical accounts of history; and building contemporary culture and solidarity through collective action.

At a time when the idea of citizenship in the United States is being deeply challenged and redefined through horrific occurrences of gun violence and police brutality towards racialized and queer civilians and refugees, this exhibition asks what role art institutions can play in building inclusive and vibrant creative spaces the 21st Century. Have We Met? Dialogues on Memory and Desire retraces and learns from models of collectivity and organizing mobilized by artists, designers, and cultural producers in the past and present as a lens to understand the contemporary moment and re-imagine the future.  It explores the complex relationships and at times overlapping and contested concerns between contemporary art, design, and social justice that continually influence and inform one another.

Artists: Rudolf Baranik, Stephanie Dinkins, Emory Douglas, Brendan Fernandes, Chitra Ganesh, Carole Harris, Maren Hassinger, Al Loving, Josh MacPhee, Native Art Department International, Michele Oka Doner, Yoko Ono, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Martha Rosler, Buster Simpson, Gregory Sholette, Leni Sinclair, Stephanie Syjuco, Graem Whyte, and Zafos Xagoraris.

Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opening-reception-have-we-met-dialogues-on-memory-and-desire-tickets-49847845247

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Reception / Open House Tue, 04 Sep 2018 18:15:38 -0400 2018-09-21T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Reception / Open House https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/have-we-met-horiz.jpg
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (September 22, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:39:06 -0400 2018-09-22T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam, Situation VI—Pisces 4, ca. 1972, polypropylene painted multiform. Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund. Courtesy of Joseph Goddu Fine Arts, Inc., New York. © Sam Gilliam
LOOK 101: Seeing Art in an Instagram World (September 24, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53901 53901-13478718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 1:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Note: Seating is limited and pre-registration is required. Lunch will be served. Register at: http://myumi.ch/LqeD0

Geared toward undergraduate students and focusing on the current exhibitions at the Institute for the Humanities, this contemporary series of discussions offers a fresh take on the basics of looking and evaluating art in the gallery and how it’s organized, making the connection from the traditional “white cube gallery” to iGen visual worlds like Facebook and Instagram. Today: How to look at the art of Esmaa Mohamoud with Institute for the Humanities curator Amanda Krugliak.

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:32:16 -0400 2018-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T14:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion One of the Boys
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (September 26, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2018-09-26T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund