Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. MUSIC Matters presents Michigan's Got Talent! (February 1, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104185 104185-21808580@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: MUSIC Matters

MUSIC Matters is excited to present our 3rd annual talent show, Michigan’s Got Talent: MM Worldwide! Come see some amazing performances from U-M students at a night filled with unique talents. The talent show is taking place on Wednesday, February 1st at 7:00 p.m. at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Tickets are $7.00 in advance and $10.00 at the door.

We are excited to announce that the event will feature three highly-acclaimed judges: U-M Vice President of Student Life Dr. Martino Harmon, U-M President Santa Ono, and Associate Professor of Music Julie Skadsem!

As an audience member, you will also play a large part in the talent show, as the audience will have the opportunity to vote on their favorite performances. Please reach out to cwohlfie@umich.edu with any questions or comments. See you soon!

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Performance Sat, 28 Jan 2023 10:37:57 -0500 2023-02-01T19:00:00-05:00 2023-02-01T21:00:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre MUSIC Matters Performance Michigan's Got Talent 2023
Select Works By James Charles Morris (February 9, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104713 104713-21809951@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

An exhibition by James Charles Morris will be at Palmer Commons, 4th Floor Atrium, February 13 - March 10.

About the Artist:
James Charles Morris (b. 1984), is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist, who has engaged in the creative visual media practices of photography, collage, painting, and printmaking for 20 years. Morris has used his work to engage in various social conversations addressing themes of race, spirituality, history, mental wellness and community. As a native Detroiter, Morris has always had a fondness for his hometown, which is evident in his work.

Morris’ artistic influence began to manifest at a very early age, as he took found objects from around his home and created new works. However, his familial connections also informed his development. Grandmother, Dell Pryor, a gallerist in the city of Detroit across four decades, exposed James to many emerging and master artists. Some of those names that ultimately influenced and inspired Morris include Adger Cowans, Hugh Grannum, Lester Sloan, Al Loving, Gilda Snowden, Shirley Woodson, Anthony Barboza, and Eric Pryor among others.

In 2008, Morris founded Definitive Style Exclusive (DSE Detroit), a brand that uses an array of visual statements and designs created with a simple yet blunt approach to touch on difficult and controversial topics within our society.

In 2019, Morris began developing an artistic style that combines collage, photo montage, and abstract expressionism. This collage-montage style has led Morris to create a series of figurative works, that have engaged many within the artistic community.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:36:23 -0500 2023-02-09T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-09T09:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition Fannie Never Lied
Black History Month Artist Talk & Exhibit: John Bunkley (February 10, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104450 104450-21809069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 10, 2023 11:30am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: North Quad Programming

North Quad Programming welcomes Detroit native watercolor artist, producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist John Bunkley. Join us to enjoy an artist reception, exhibit, talk and Q&A on Bunkley's mesmerizing journey with watercolors and drawing inspiration from life in Detroit.
Free and open to the public. Lunch will be served.
RSVP is required: https://forms.gle/HRxas8iMdR2h4hka6

11:30 a.m. -12 p.m.: opening reception, lunch
12 - 1:15 p.m.: artist talk
1:15 - 1:30 p.m.: Q&A
1:30 - 2 p.m.: exhibit browsing

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:27:32 -0500 2023-02-10T11:30:00-05:00 2023-02-10T14:00:00-05:00 North Quad North Quad Programming Exhibition Flyer for Black History Month Artist Talk & Exhibit
DigiPaint (February 14, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105080 105080-21810695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Digital Media Commons

Feeling hungry? DigiPaint’s fall semester zine features student artwork surrounding the theme of food!

About DigiPaint

DigiPaint, U of M’s first digital art club, nurtures students throughout their digital painting journey by fostering a sense of community where artists of all levels can grow and form meaningful connections with like-minded individuals. We support each other through social and professional events where students can hone their skills and their careers through workshops, art challenges and critique, casual painting jams and professional networking opportunities.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Feb 2023 19:47:21 -0500 2023-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-14T18:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Digital Media Commons Exhibition DigiPaint Exhibit Poster
With Care (February 16, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104602 104602-21809681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
Nicole Marroquin is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and educator whose practice explores spatial justice and Latinx history. Deeply rooted in community, she cultivates and reaffirms the human connections that ultimately sustain us. Her recent work explores the emergent themes of belonging as seen through the histories of student rebellions in Chicago public schools between 1968 and 1980.

Her site-specific installation *With Care*, created for the Institute for the Humanities Gallery, presents the documentary photographs of influential Mexican-born artist, teacher, and friend Diana Solís in visual dialogue with Marroquin’s own creative work which includes ceramic sculptures and printmaking. Solís’s photography reflects over 25 years of transnational Chicana and lesbian organizing primarily in Chicago and Mexico City between 1975 and 1990.

About the Artist
Nicole Marroquin is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and teacher educator whose work explores spatial justice and Latinx history. Marroquin works with youth and communities to decenter dominant narratives and to address displacement and erasure. Her current work explores belonging through histories of student rebellions in Chicago Public Schools from 1968 to 1980. Through research and creative practice, she aims to recover and re-present histories of Black and brown youth and women’s leadership in the struggle for justice in Chicago.

Marroquin has presented her work at the Kochi Biennale, the Annual Conference of the American Association of Research Librarians, University of Maine, New York Archivist Round Table, Jane Addams Hull House Museum, Northwestern University, DePaul Museum of Art, on WLPN Lumpen Radio, Gallery 400, Hyde Park Art Center and more. Her essays are included in the Visual Art Research Journal, Counter-Signals, the Chicago Social Practice History Series, Revista Contratiempo, Where the Future Came From, and Organize Your Own: The Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements. She has been an artist in residence at the Chicago Cultural Center supported by the Propeller Fund at Mana Contemporary, at Watershed, Ragdale, ACRE, Oxbow, and was recently awarded the coveted USA Artist Fellowship, recognizing the most compelling artists working and living in the United States today.

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Exhibition Fri, 10 Feb 2023 13:51:18 -0500 2023-02-16T09:00:00-05:00 2023-02-16T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Image by Nicole Marroquin
"With Care" Opening Reception and Q & A (February 16, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104807 104807-21810291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 16, 2023 6:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
Nicole Marroquin is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and educator whose practice explores spatial justice and Latinx history. Deeply rooted in community, she cultivates and reaffirms the human connections that ultimately sustain us. Her recent work explores the emergent themes of belonging as seen through the histories of student rebellions in Chicago public schools between 1968 and 1980.

Her site-specific installation With Care, created for the Institute for the Humanities Gallery, presents the documentary photographs of influential Mexican-born artist, teacher, and friend Diana Solís in visual dialogue with Marroquin’s own creative work which includes ceramic sculptures and printmaking. Solís’s photography reflects over 25 years of transnational Chicana and lesbian organizing primarily in Chicago and Mexico City between 1975 and 1990.

About the Artist
Nicole Marroquin is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and teacher educator whose work explores spatial justice and Latinx history. Marroquin works with youth and communities to decenter dominant narratives and to address displacement and erasure. Her current work explores belonging through histories of student rebellions in Chicago Public Schools from 1968 to 1980. Through research and creative practice, she aims to recover and re-present histories of Black and brown youth and women’s leadership in the struggle for justice in Chicago.

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Reception / Open House Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:11:12 -0500 2023-02-16T18:30:00-05:00 2023-02-16T20:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Reception / Open House image by Nicole Marroquin
YehRim Lee: Cross-Continental Flux – Artist Talk and Q&A (February 21, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102187 102187-21803660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Free and open to the public. No registration required. .

YehRim Lee’s work explores the contemporary human condition using decorative clay techniques (coiling, sculpting glaze, incising, and layering multiple colors) acquired through traditional training. She grew up in a family of artists who made Korean onggi ware, an iron-glazed brown pottery used for storing and fermenting food. She also studied ceramic making in Jingdezhen, China, the “porcelain city” that produced much of the high-quality blue and white ware for global trade between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries. However, Lee seeks to expose the materiality and the processes hidden by the smooth surfaces and precise decorations of historic porcelain ware. Her work shows how contemporary ceramic artists critically engage the form, the practice, and the history of ceramic art.   In this talk and Q&A, Lee will discuss her journey as a ceramics artist and the challenges of negotiating her multifaceted background and training. Her exhibition, Dopamine Dressing, will be on display at UMMA from December 2022 to August 27, 2023 in the Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery. This exhibition–inspired by the fashion trend that explores ideas that bright colors and astonishing textures can affect chemicals in the brain–responds to this theory by inviting visitors to respond to vibrancy, materiality, and expressive movement in art.    Please join YehRim Lee in the exhibition Dopamine Dressing following her talk.

More about the artist: YehRim Lee was born in Seoul, Korea. She earned her BFA in ceramics from Korea National University of Cultural Heritage (2013). In 2014, she continued her studies at the California State University Long Beach as Post-Baccalaureate in Ceramic Arts (2014-2015). She received her MFA in Ceramic Art at Alfred University (2017). She has shown in exhibitions nationally and internationally. Lee was the visiting resident artist at the University of Georgia in the ceramics department (2017-2018), the University of the Arts (2018-2019), and the Clay Studio in Philadelphia (2018-2020). Recent shows include the Korean International Ceramic Bienniale 2019 and A Dead Reckoning, Pensacola Museum of Art (2021). Most recently shewas a long-term resident at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana 

This program is presented in partnership with the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series.  

Support for Lee's residency at U-M and Cross-Continental Flux is provided by the Nam Center for Korean Studies, the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, and the Stamps School of Art & Design Roman J. Witt Residency Program. Special thanks to Professor Susan Crowell (Stamps School of Art & Design and Residential College) for partnering with UMMA on this artist residency. 


Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the William C. Weese, M.D. Endowment for Ceramic Arts, the U–M Office of the Provost, and the Nam Center for Korean Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the U-M Department of History of Art and the U-M Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:15:30 -0500 2023-02-21T17:30:00-05:00 2023-02-21T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Shigaraki: Contemporary Artists on an Ancient Tradition – Zoom Gallery Talk hosted by Joan B Mirviss LTD (February 23, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104998 104998-21810551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 23, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nNCOZ1X4ThKQJEeN2HtfVw.

Known for its distinctive clay and beautiful natural ash glazes, Shigaraki ware is one of Japan’s celebrated ceramic traditions. As one of Japan’s Six Ancient Kiln sites, Shigaraki has long produced functional vessels with a characteristic rustic appearance in warm, earthy tones. This enormously appealing tradition found a new audience with American artists and collectors in the past few decades, thereby expanding our idea of Shigaraki-yaki’s possibilities. Curator Natsu Oyobe shares this remarkable crossover story, which is the subject of her current exhibition, “Clay as Soft Power.” She will be joined by two featured artists who will offer key insights into their process of working in this fascinating medium: Shiga-based Ōtani Shirō, a leader in wood-fired ceramics and designated an Intangible Cultural Asset, and American artist Peter Callas, whose originality has pushed the field in new directions and has been twice awarded the Pollock-Krasner Fellowship. Together, they provide an extraordinarily modern view of Shigaraki ware in the 21st century. 

Eminent ceramics scholar Louise Cort, who wrote the book on the subject, will provide additional unique insights drawn from her long study of and experience in the field.   Panelists: Peter Callas, artist Ōtani Shiro, artist Natsu Oyobe, Curator of Asian Art, UMMA and with Louise Cort, Curator Emerita of Ceramics, Freer | Sackler, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC moderated by Joan Mirviss

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the U-M Office of the Provost, the Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, and the U-M Center for Japanese Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the Japan Foundation, James M. Trapp, Nancy and Joe Keithley, and the William C. Weese, M.D. Endowment for Ceramic Arts.  

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Other Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:15:30 -0500 2023-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 2023-02-23T19:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Seeds to Seedlings (March 4, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105693 105693-21812700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Spring is right around the corner and that means it’s time to start thinking about gardening and seeds. Explore the lifecycle of a plant from flower to fruit to seed. Learn what’s needed to get seeds to sprout and choose seeds from a selection of flowers, herbs, and veggies to pot up and take home and watch grow!

Recommended for children 5-12

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Recreational / Games Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:44:55 -0500 2023-03-04T10:00:00-05:00 2023-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Recreational / Games An image with a blue background, featuring a green graphic of a budding plant, says the following, "Seeds to Seedlings, March 4th, 10 Am, $8)
Guided Tour of the U-M Clements Library (March 10, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105790 105790-21812952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 10, 2023 4:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join us for a guided tour to learn more about the Clements' early American history collections. Highlights include viewing of Benjamin West's iconic painting "Death of General Wolfe," a Revolutionary War-era trunk that once housed General Gage's papers and more!

Registration: http://myumi.ch/Aw9Zb

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Tours Mon, 06 Mar 2023 11:42:26 -0500 2023-03-10T16:00:00-05:00 2023-03-10T17:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Tours North Entrance of the Clements Library
UN/EARTH (March 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 17, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-03-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-03-17T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Clements and Kahn: Influencing architecture and the archives (March 19, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105793 105793-21812956@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 19, 2023 2:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The Clements Library and the Albert Kahn Foundation invite you to attend an event to celebrate the Clements centennial. Join us for behind-the-scenes tours, viewing of the student-curated exhibit: Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America, Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation pop-up exhibit including the unveiling of a new panel celebrating the Kahn-designed Clements Library. Register early as space is limited. Free and open to the public.

Registration: https://myumi.ch/1AEXy

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Exhibition Mon, 06 Mar 2023 11:43:50 -0500 2023-03-19T14:00:00-04:00 2023-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition William Clements Library
27th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons (March 21, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101627 101627-21809808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

The *27th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons* showcases the hard work and talents of artists incarcerated in Michigan prisons.

The work is by men and women from all 25 state prisons in both the upper and the lower peninsulas: 24 men’s prisons and 1 women’s prison.

This year there are 645 works in two and three dimensions, including portraits, tattoo imagery, landscapes, fantasy, and wildlife as well as images about incarceration and visions that are entirely new.

We invite you to enjoy the work and, if you like, make a purchase. All proceeds, minus necessary taxes and fees, go directly to the artists.

After March 21st, gallery hours for the exhibit are:
Sunday–Monday: 12:00 PM–6:00 PM
Tuesday–Saturday: 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Presented with support from U-M Residential College and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council

*The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) greatly values inclusion and access for all. Live captioning will be available at all events surrounding the exhibition. We are pleased to provide additional reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please contact Sarah Unrath at saraheve@umich or 734.615.5643 if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet requested accommodations.*

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:55:38 -0500 2023-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 2023-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Daniel Teribery, "Even in the Dark, There's Beauty"
Opening Celebration Ceremony (March 21, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104652 104652-21809779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Kick-off the grand opening of the *27th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons*!

Gallery & sales open at 5:00 PM with reception.
Celebration Ceremony begins at 6:30 PM.

Featuring guest speakers from the University of Michigan, the Michigan Department of Corrections, and artists from previous exhibitions.
It's a powerful evening!

Presented with support from U-M Residential College & Michigan Arts and Culture Council.

*The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) greatly values inclusion and access for all. Live captioning will be available at all events surrounding the exhibition. We are pleased to provide additional reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please contact Sarah Unrath at saraheve@umich or 734.615.5643 if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet requested accommodations.*

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Reception / Open House Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:54:20 -0500 2023-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 2023-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Prison Creative Arts Project, The Reception / Open House Even in the Dark, There’s Beauty, Daniel Teribery, Acrylic, 2021
Canada's Longest Running Prison Theatre Company: Insights from Kate Rubin, Theatre Artist's Work with William Head on Stage (March 23, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104581 104581-21809646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Residential College

Join us on March 23rd at 7:00 PM in the Duderstadt Center Basement for an informative and engaging keynote speech with Kate Rubin, an experienced and accomplished theatre artist known for her dynamic leadership and collaborative approach.

She has been working with William Head on Stage (WHoS) for the past 17 years, the longest-standing prison theatre company in Canada. WHoS is one of the theatre companies highlighted in Ashley Lucas’s book Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration (Methuen Drama 2021).

Kate will share her distinct perspective on the impact that this work has had on the men, the audiences, the institution, and herself as a facilitator. She will delve into the creative process that she and her colleagues have developed over the years and discuss the challenges and successes of this work.

Don't miss this opportunity to gain insight into the world of prison theatre and its ability to foster specific skills, establish connections, cultivate empathy and understanding, and promote personal growth and expression. Discover this innovative prison theatre company run by the men themselves.

Presented with support from the Prison Creative Arts Project, U-M Residential College, and Center for World Performance Studies.

*The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) greatly values inclusion and access for all. Live captioning will be available at all events surrounding the exhibition. We are pleased to provide additional reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please contact Sarah Unrath at saraheve@umich or 734.615.5643 if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet requested accommodations.*

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Presentation Wed, 08 Mar 2023 23:33:06 -0500 2023-03-23T19:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T20:30:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Residential College Presentation Kate Rubin, Theatre Artist and Consultant