Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Call for Art (February 17, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60949 60949-14990959@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 12:00am
Location: Tappan Hall
Organized By: Helicon Art & Visual Culture

Helicon is now accepting art submissions for our annual student art publication ! This is a great opportunity to have your creative work published!

ALL MEDIUMS ACCEPTED!
(photographs, paintings, illustrations, sculptures, film, performance, you name it!)

Send your work as a pdf to alicampb@umich.edu & heliconexec@umich.edu and feel free to shoot us an email if you have any questions. (High quality images only please-at least 300 res)

Some of the submissions will be invited to participate in Helicon’s first winter semester pop-up exhibition curated by Helicon members!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEB 20TH

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Exhibition Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:14:15 -0500 2019-02-17T00:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T23:00:00-05:00 Tappan Hall Helicon Art & Visual Culture Exhibition Call for Art Poster
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (February 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2019-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (February 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366533@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2019-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (February 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2019-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (February 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2019-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (February 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2019-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (February 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366283@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2019-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (February 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2019-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (February 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2019-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
Paved with Good Intentions (February 17, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-17T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic (February 17, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59587 59587-14754480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic
January 24, 2019 – March 2, 2019

Stamps Gallery is proud to present The Mighty and the Mythic, a solo exhibition of work by renowned social practice artist Marisa Morán Jahn. For the first time, The Mighty and the Mythic brings together three key projects — CareForce (2012– ongoing), Bibliobandido (2010–ongoing), and MIRROR | MASK (2017–ongoing) — that highlight her deep and meaningful collaborations with low-wage immigrants, caregivers, and youth. Jahn describes her use of play and humor as essential tools that enable her and her collaborators to portray their lives with dignity, critique power, and build momentum within their community. Jahn’s practice is deeply informed by her own experiences growing up as a second-generation immigrant of Chinese and Ecuadorian heritage. For Jahn home was not a fixed place but an adaptation itself. Her varied vocational past as a schoolteacher, caretaker, woodshop cleaner-upper, lumber hauler, community organizer, and now university professor and mother informs the urgency in her work to find common ground between (her-)self and (an-)other, through the concepts of care and empathy. Each of the works in this exhibition highlights her deep engagement with the stories of everyday people, mundane routines, and a desire to build an inclusive society. Marisa Morán Jahn: the Mighty and the Mythic celebrates and acknowledges the daily struggles and minor victories of the 99 percent that make up the spirit of our society in the twenty-first century.

Artwork by Marisa Morán Jahn: The Driver (detail), from MIRROR | MASK series, featuring Darlyne Komukama. 2017, Uganda

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Exhibition Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:15:26 -0500 2019-02-17T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Driver-mirror-mask.jpg
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 12:00pm
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 2019-02-17T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 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
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 17, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58502 58502-14510824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s explores large-scale works of art by Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Nevelson, Sam Gilliam, and Al Loving, within the context of highly-charged debates of the early 1970s about aesthetics, politics, race, and feminism. This exhibition explores the gendered and racialized terms upon which great art was defined and assessed, and the strategy of artists to question the identity and aesthetics of the artist making the art. UMMA docents will help visitors look through the lens of the four artists’ works to explore the aesthetic choices inherent in abstraction as well as the acts of staining, pouring, draping, —or even taking apart the wall itself—within this charged political context.

UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Exhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund

University of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, School of Social Work, Department of Political Science, and Department of Women's Studies

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Presentation Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:08 -0500 2019-02-17T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
UMMA Book Club: The Age of the Internet in Comic Books (February 17, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58526 58526-14510848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In conjunction with the exhibition Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today, UMMA and Vault of Midnight-Ann Arbor partner to present a book club that will read and discuss three comic books that explore some of the extreme possibilities of life in the age of the internet. Books include: The Private Eye (January 20), Snot Girl vol. 1 (February 17), and Bitch Planet vol 1 (March 10). Pick and choose your favorites or come to the whole series. Books will be available for sale at Vault of Midnight. All are invited to read and participate. Please note that these comic books deal with mature material.

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and curated by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, with Jeffrey De Blois, Assistant Curator.

Major support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

​UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors:
Candy and Michael Barasch, University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Ross School of Business, Michigan Medicine, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Individual and Family Foundation Donors:
William Susman and Emily Glasser; The Applebaum Family Compass Fund: Pamela Applebaum and Gaal Karp, Lisa Applebaum; P.J. and Julie Solit; Vicky and Ned Hurley; Ann and Mel Schaffer; Mark and Cecilia Vonderheide; and Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga  

University of Michigan Funding Partners:
School of Information; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Michigan Engineering; Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Institute for the Humanities; Department of History of Art; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Department of American Culture; School of Education; Department of Film, Television, and Media; Digital Studies Program; and Department of Communication Studies
 

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Other Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:17:16 -0500 2019-02-17T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Bonjour Berlin: Margrit Straßburger, German Actress-Chanteuse (February 17, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60410 60410-14875270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 5:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

German actress-chanteuse Margrit Straßburger presents a literary-musical collage about German-Jewish poet, Mascha Kaléko, whose poems capture the atmosphere of Weimar Berlin, as well as the experience of exile, with melancholy, irony and humor.

In German with piano accompaniment by Michelle Papenfuss.

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Performance Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:55:47 -0500 2019-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T19:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Performance Bonjour Berlin
Call for Art (February 18, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60949 60949-14990960@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 12:00am
Location: Tappan Hall
Organized By: Helicon Art & Visual Culture

Helicon is now accepting art submissions for our annual student art publication ! This is a great opportunity to have your creative work published!

ALL MEDIUMS ACCEPTED!
(photographs, paintings, illustrations, sculptures, film, performance, you name it!)

Send your work as a pdf to alicampb@umich.edu & heliconexec@umich.edu and feel free to shoot us an email if you have any questions. (High quality images only please-at least 300 res)

Some of the submissions will be invited to participate in Helicon’s first winter semester pop-up exhibition curated by Helicon members!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEB 20TH

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Exhibition Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:14:15 -0500 2019-02-18T00:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T23:00:00-05:00 Tappan Hall Helicon Art & Visual Culture Exhibition Call for Art Poster
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 18, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-02-18T07:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728469@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366201@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366114@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366618@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366366@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Paved with Good Intentions (February 18, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-18T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Science, Technology, and Society and Digital Studies Forum: Tour and discussion (February 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61224 61224-15054307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today, on view at UMMA from December 15, 2018 to April 7, 2019, examines the radical impact of internet culture on visual art since the invention of the web in 1989. The exhibition presents more than forty works across a variety of media—painting, performance, photography, sculpture, video, and web-based projects. It features work by some of the most important artists working today, including Judith Barry, Juliana Huxtable, Pierre Huyghe, Josh Kline, Laura Owens, Trevor Paglen, Seth Price, Cindy Sherman, Frances Stark, and Martine Syms.

Open galleries from 4-5 p.m. will be hosted by UMMA staff. At 5 p.m. participants will convene for an open discussion about the exhibit. The conversation will begin with a dialogue between the artist Osman Khan (U-M School of Art and Design) and the cultural critic Anna Watkins Fisher (U-M American Culture) facilitated by Jennifer Robertson (Art History and Anthropology). Meet in the exhibition in the A. Alfred Taubman I gallery on floor 2 of the Alumni Memorial Hall wing the the Museum.

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and curated by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, with Jeffrey De Blois, Assistant Curator.

Major support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

​UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors:
Candy and Michael Barasch, University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Ross School of Business, Michigan Medicine, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Individual and Family Foundation Donors:
William Susman and Emily Glasser; The Applebaum Family Compass Fund: Pamela Applebaum and Gaal Karp, Lisa Applebaum; P.J. and Julie Solit; Vicky and Ned Hurley; Ann and Mel Schaffer; Mark and Cecilia Vonderheide; and Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga  

University of Michigan Funding Partners:
School of Information; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Michigan Engineering; Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Institute for the Humanities; Department of History of Art; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Department of American Culture; School of Education; Department of Film, Television, and Media; Digital Studies Program; and Department of Communication Studies
 

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Presentation Thu, 14 Feb 2019 12:17:13 -0500 2019-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
STS Event. Art in the Age of the Internet: Exhibit Tour and Panel Discussion (February 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60884 60884-14981946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

See more about this event on the UMMA website.

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Other Wed, 06 Feb 2019 15:34:03 -0500 2019-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T18:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art Science, Technology & Society Other Museum of Art
Call for Art (February 19, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60949 60949-14990961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 12:00am
Location: Tappan Hall
Organized By: Helicon Art & Visual Culture

Helicon is now accepting art submissions for our annual student art publication ! This is a great opportunity to have your creative work published!

ALL MEDIUMS ACCEPTED!
(photographs, paintings, illustrations, sculptures, film, performance, you name it!)

Send your work as a pdf to alicampb@umich.edu & heliconexec@umich.edu and feel free to shoot us an email if you have any questions. (High quality images only please-at least 300 res)

Some of the submissions will be invited to participate in Helicon’s first winter semester pop-up exhibition curated by Helicon members!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEB 20TH

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Exhibition Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:14:15 -0500 2019-02-19T00:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T23:00:00-05:00 Tappan Hall Helicon Art & Visual Culture Exhibition Call for Art Poster
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 19, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-02-19T07:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728470@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366367@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366451@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366701@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875151@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Paved with Good Intentions (February 19, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-19T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 19, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 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 2019-02-19T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 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
Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic (February 19, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59587 59587-14754481@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic
January 24, 2019 – March 2, 2019

Stamps Gallery is proud to present The Mighty and the Mythic, a solo exhibition of work by renowned social practice artist Marisa Morán Jahn. For the first time, The Mighty and the Mythic brings together three key projects — CareForce (2012– ongoing), Bibliobandido (2010–ongoing), and MIRROR | MASK (2017–ongoing) — that highlight her deep and meaningful collaborations with low-wage immigrants, caregivers, and youth. Jahn describes her use of play and humor as essential tools that enable her and her collaborators to portray their lives with dignity, critique power, and build momentum within their community. Jahn’s practice is deeply informed by her own experiences growing up as a second-generation immigrant of Chinese and Ecuadorian heritage. For Jahn home was not a fixed place but an adaptation itself. Her varied vocational past as a schoolteacher, caretaker, woodshop cleaner-upper, lumber hauler, community organizer, and now university professor and mother informs the urgency in her work to find common ground between (her-)self and (an-)other, through the concepts of care and empathy. Each of the works in this exhibition highlights her deep engagement with the stories of everyday people, mundane routines, and a desire to build an inclusive society. Marisa Morán Jahn: the Mighty and the Mythic celebrates and acknowledges the daily struggles and minor victories of the 99 percent that make up the spirit of our society in the twenty-first century.

Artwork by Marisa Morán Jahn: The Driver (detail), from MIRROR | MASK series, featuring Darlyne Komukama. 2017, Uganda

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Exhibition Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:15:26 -0500 2019-02-19T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Driver-mirror-mask.jpg
The Latinx Library: Cartonera-making Workshops (February 19, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60889 60889-14984181@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Inviting all Latinx students, faculty, and staff: express yourself, share your Latinx pride, and leave your mark on the University of Michigan!

During these two-hour cartonera-making workshops lead by artist and Stamps School of Art & Design MFA candidate Mayela Rodriguez, participants will learn all about the history of this Latin American publishing style, see examples of cartoneras from UM Library’s collection, and make their own exploring the question: what does it mean to be Latinx? The contents of these cartoneras will function like a Latinx reader: they will be a mezcla of original drawings, words, poems, thoughts, etc. with those of Latinx creators currently inspiring the Latinx familia at the University of Michigan. The final cartoneras will be collected and showcased on the Latinx Library, a pop-up exhibition in the lobby of Shapiro Library.

Workshops are completely free and all materials will be provided. There will also be light refreshments.

Full List of Workshop Dates/Times/Locations:

February 19, 2019 - Shapiro PIE Space (6pm-8pm)
March 12, 2019 - Hatcher Library Gallery, 1st Floor (1pm–2pm)
March 21, 2019 - Stamps Gallery, 201 S. Division St. (4pm–6pm)
April 4, 2019 - Art & Architecture Building (Room 2062), North Campus (6pm–8pm)
April 16, 2019 - Hatcher Library Gallery, 1st Floor (6pm–8pm)

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Feb 2019 18:15:45 -0500 2019-02-19T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Workshop / Seminar https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/Cartonera.jpg
Call for Art (February 20, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60949 60949-14990962@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:00am
Location: Tappan Hall
Organized By: Helicon Art & Visual Culture

Helicon is now accepting art submissions for our annual student art publication ! This is a great opportunity to have your creative work published!

ALL MEDIUMS ACCEPTED!
(photographs, paintings, illustrations, sculptures, film, performance, you name it!)

Send your work as a pdf to alicampb@umich.edu & heliconexec@umich.edu and feel free to shoot us an email if you have any questions. (High quality images only please-at least 300 res)

Some of the submissions will be invited to participate in Helicon’s first winter semester pop-up exhibition curated by Helicon members!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEB 20TH

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Exhibition Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:14:15 -0500 2019-02-20T00:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T23:00:00-05:00 Tappan Hall Helicon Art & Visual Culture Exhibition Call for Art Poster
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 20, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-02-20T07:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366203@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366536@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366620@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366452@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875169@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Paved with Good Intentions (February 20, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-20T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 20, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 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 2019-02-20T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 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
Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic (February 20, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59587 59587-14754482@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic
January 24, 2019 – March 2, 2019

Stamps Gallery is proud to present The Mighty and the Mythic, a solo exhibition of work by renowned social practice artist Marisa Morán Jahn. For the first time, The Mighty and the Mythic brings together three key projects — CareForce (2012– ongoing), Bibliobandido (2010–ongoing), and MIRROR | MASK (2017–ongoing) — that highlight her deep and meaningful collaborations with low-wage immigrants, caregivers, and youth. Jahn describes her use of play and humor as essential tools that enable her and her collaborators to portray their lives with dignity, critique power, and build momentum within their community. Jahn’s practice is deeply informed by her own experiences growing up as a second-generation immigrant of Chinese and Ecuadorian heritage. For Jahn home was not a fixed place but an adaptation itself. Her varied vocational past as a schoolteacher, caretaker, woodshop cleaner-upper, lumber hauler, community organizer, and now university professor and mother informs the urgency in her work to find common ground between (her-)self and (an-)other, through the concepts of care and empathy. Each of the works in this exhibition highlights her deep engagement with the stories of everyday people, mundane routines, and a desire to build an inclusive society. Marisa Morán Jahn: the Mighty and the Mythic celebrates and acknowledges the daily struggles and minor victories of the 99 percent that make up the spirit of our society in the twenty-first century.

Artwork by Marisa Morán Jahn: The Driver (detail), from MIRROR | MASK series, featuring Darlyne Komukama. 2017, Uganda

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Exhibition Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:15:26 -0500 2019-02-20T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Driver-mirror-mask.jpg
Opening Events, 24th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (February 20, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61445 61445-15106035@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Celebrate the opening day of the 24th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners. Gallery opens at 10:00 AM. Sales begin at 6:00 PM. Opening Reception begins at 7:00 PM, with a performance by University of Michigan Chamber Choir and members of Exigence, guest speakers from the University of Michigan, the Michigan Department of Corrections, and artists from previous exhibitions.

Presented with support from U-M Residential College, U-M School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, U-M Stamps School of Art and Design, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and Art for Justice Fund, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

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Reception / Open House Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:22:32 -0500 2019-02-20T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T20:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Prison Creative Arts Project, The Reception / Open House 24th Annual Exhibition of Art PCAP
U-M Spectrum Center Presents: Dialoguing with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (February 20, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58527 58527-14510849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (she/they) is a queer disabled nonbinary femme writer and cultural worker of Burger/Tamil Sri Lankan and Irish/Roma ascent. Leah's work has been widely published and anthologized, most recently in The Deaf Poets Society, Glitter and Grit, and Octavia's Brood, including work in the anthologies Dear Sister, Persistence: Still Butch and Femme, and Visible: A Femmethology, among others. A VONA fellow, she holds an MFA from Mills College. In 2010, she was named one of the Feminist Press' 40 Feminists Under 40 Shaping the Future, and she is a 2013 Autostraddle Hot 105 member.

Join Leah and the Spectrum Center for a conversation on the intersection of queerness, race, and disability in today's society. Leah will treat us with her latest work on the aforementioned topics and bring us to her own world. 

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is part of a series of keynote speakers Spectrum Center is hosting on campus covering radical queer advocacy and activism work in collaboration with several departments and student organizations at University of Michigan. 

This program is presented by the U-M Spectrum Center, and co-sponsored by Trotter Multicultural Center, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Center for Campus Involvement (CCI), University Housing Diversity and Inclusion, Institute for the Humanities, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Michigan Community Scholars Program, LSA Residential College, School of Social Work DEI, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

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Presentation Thu, 03 Jan 2019 18:16:10 -0500 2019-02-20T18:30:00-05:00 2019-02-20T19:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 21, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-02-21T07:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366369@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366287@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875187@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Paved with Good Intentions (February 21, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-21T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 21, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 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 2019-02-21T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 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
Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic (February 21, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59587 59587-14754483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic
January 24, 2019 – March 2, 2019

Stamps Gallery is proud to present The Mighty and the Mythic, a solo exhibition of work by renowned social practice artist Marisa Morán Jahn. For the first time, The Mighty and the Mythic brings together three key projects — CareForce (2012– ongoing), Bibliobandido (2010–ongoing), and MIRROR | MASK (2017–ongoing) — that highlight her deep and meaningful collaborations with low-wage immigrants, caregivers, and youth. Jahn describes her use of play and humor as essential tools that enable her and her collaborators to portray their lives with dignity, critique power, and build momentum within their community. Jahn’s practice is deeply informed by her own experiences growing up as a second-generation immigrant of Chinese and Ecuadorian heritage. For Jahn home was not a fixed place but an adaptation itself. Her varied vocational past as a schoolteacher, caretaker, woodshop cleaner-upper, lumber hauler, community organizer, and now university professor and mother informs the urgency in her work to find common ground between (her-)self and (an-)other, through the concepts of care and empathy. Each of the works in this exhibition highlights her deep engagement with the stories of everyday people, mundane routines, and a desire to build an inclusive society. Marisa Morán Jahn: the Mighty and the Mythic celebrates and acknowledges the daily struggles and minor victories of the 99 percent that make up the spirit of our society in the twenty-first century.

Artwork by Marisa Morán Jahn: The Driver (detail), from MIRROR | MASK series, featuring Darlyne Komukama. 2017, Uganda

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Exhibition Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:15:26 -0500 2019-02-21T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Driver-mirror-mask.jpg
Art Exhibition Opening: Householdments (February 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61105 61105-15034013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Join us for the opening of John DeHoog's Exhibition, Householdments.
Thursday, February 21, 4-6pm.
John will give an artist talk and Q&A at 4:30pm.
Light refreshments will be served.

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:47:40 -0500 2019-02-21T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition DeHoog work
Clyde Petersen Alternate Realities, Intentional Histories and Queer Survival: Building Your own Worl (February 21, 2019 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58875 58875-14569983@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Clyde Petersen is a Seattle-based artist working in film, animation, music, installation, and spectacle. A proud member of the transgender and queer communities in Seattle, Petersen’s work explores identity and narrative form. Petersen’s autobiographical stop-motion animated feature film Torrey Pines, a queer punk coming-of-age tale, premiered in October 2016 and toured the world with a live score. Petersen is also the leader of Your Heart Breaks, an internationally touring queercore punk band founded in 1998, and the host of the internet film series Boating with Clyde. His work has been featured around the world in museums, galleries, and other venues. Petersen is currently working on two new feature films and has a solo exhibition at the Bellevue Arts Museum titled Merch and Destroy, featuring a life-size Ford Econoline van built entirely out of cardboard and a series of fantasy guitars.

Presented with support from the Ann Arbor Film Festival and the Institute for the Humanities.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:24:02 -0500 2019-02-21T17:10:00-05:00 2019-02-21T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/petersen.jpg
Queer Paint No Pour (February 21, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61117 61117-15036267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Please help us celebrate Black History Month with Queer Paint No Pour on Thursday, February 21 from 6:00 – 8:30 PM at Trotter Multicultural Center, featuring the work of artist Mickalene Thomas. This event is brought to you by the Trotter Multicultural Center and Spectrum Center Programming Board.

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Other Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:01:09 -0500 2019-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T20:30:00-05:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Spectrum Center Other Poster
Stories Never Told: Yemen’s Crises & Renaissance (February 21, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58788 58788-14559366@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Stories Never Told is a traveling display curated by local Yemeni-American social entrepreneur Hanan Ali Yahya. The display visually narrates the artistic renaissance born out of Yemen’s crises. It will pilot at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn in February 2019 and travel through Michigan, parts of the United States, and beyond. The gallery will feature the visual art, short films, poetry, writing and productions of Yemeni artists residing in Yemen and the diaspora.

The display will be open from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, and there will be a film showing and talkback at 7:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public, with a $5 suggested donation. All proceeds will go to The Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation. An RSVP is required at: http://arabamericanmuseum.org/Arab-Film-Series.

Sponsored by U-M's Global Islamic Studies Center and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum.

This display will have two showings, one in Dearborn at the Arab American National Museum on February 21st and one in Ann Arbor at Weiser Hall on February 22nd. Please ensure you RSVP to whichever showing you plan to attend by navigating the events tab on the GISC website.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:40:52 -0400 2019-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Exhibition Stories Never Told
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 22, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-02-22T07:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (February 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2019-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (February 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2019-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (February 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366118@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2019-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (February 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2019-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (February 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366370@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2019-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (February 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2019-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (February 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2019-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (February 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2019-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
Paved with Good Intentions (February 22, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-22T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Art Exhibit: Householdments (February 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033968@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-02-22T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 22, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452960@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 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 2019-02-22T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 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
Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic (February 22, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59587 59587-14754484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic
January 24, 2019 – March 2, 2019

Stamps Gallery is proud to present The Mighty and the Mythic, a solo exhibition of work by renowned social practice artist Marisa Morán Jahn. For the first time, The Mighty and the Mythic brings together three key projects — CareForce (2012– ongoing), Bibliobandido (2010–ongoing), and MIRROR | MASK (2017–ongoing) — that highlight her deep and meaningful collaborations with low-wage immigrants, caregivers, and youth. Jahn describes her use of play and humor as essential tools that enable her and her collaborators to portray their lives with dignity, critique power, and build momentum within their community. Jahn’s practice is deeply informed by her own experiences growing up as a second-generation immigrant of Chinese and Ecuadorian heritage. For Jahn home was not a fixed place but an adaptation itself. Her varied vocational past as a schoolteacher, caretaker, woodshop cleaner-upper, lumber hauler, community organizer, and now university professor and mother informs the urgency in her work to find common ground between (her-)self and (an-)other, through the concepts of care and empathy. Each of the works in this exhibition highlights her deep engagement with the stories of everyday people, mundane routines, and a desire to build an inclusive society. Marisa Morán Jahn: the Mighty and the Mythic celebrates and acknowledges the daily struggles and minor victories of the 99 percent that make up the spirit of our society in the twenty-first century.

Artwork by Marisa Morán Jahn: The Driver (detail), from MIRROR | MASK series, featuring Darlyne Komukama. 2017, Uganda

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Exhibition Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:15:26 -0500 2019-02-22T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Driver-mirror-mask.jpg
In Conversation: Artist David Opdyke with writer Lawrence Weschler (February 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59598 59598-14754551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

2019 Efroymson Emerging Artist David Opdyke and writer Lawrence Weschler discuss Opdyke's current exhibition, Paved with Good Intentions, and the relationship between culture, politics, the environment and art in a contemporary landscape fraught with disorder and turmoil.

WIN ONE OF DAVID OPDYKE'S MICHIGAN POSTCARDS! Come to the event and you'll automatically be entered to win one of 10 vintage Michigan postcards painted on/modified by David Opdyke. Must be present to win.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For twenty years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

About Lawrence Weschler:
Lawrence Weschler was for over twenty years (1981-2002) a staff writer at "The New Yorker," where his work shuttled between political tragedies and cultural comedies. He is director emeritus of the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU, where he was director from 2001-2013. His nearly twenty books of political and cultural reportage include "Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees" (on Robert Irwin); "Mr Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder" (on the Museum of Jurassic Technology); "Vermeer in Bosnia"; "Everything that Rises: A Book of Convergences"; "Domestic Scenes: The Art of Ramiro Gomez"; and forthcoming this summer, "And How Are You, Doctor Sacks," a biographical memoir of his friendship with the late neurologist Oliver Sacks. For more: www.lawrenceweschler.com

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:34:36 -0500 2019-02-22T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T14:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Paved with Good Intentions
she was here, once (February 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875134@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-22T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Short Student Tours (February 22, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58552 58552-14510874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents explore love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, and other ideas in these short & sweet 15-minute peeks at the UMMA collection. ​Meet at the UMMA Store.

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Presentation Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:17:17 -0500 2019-02-22T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T15:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Short Student Tours (February 22, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58551 58551-14510873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents explore love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, and other ideas in these short & sweet 15-minute peeks at the UMMA collection. ​Meet at the UMMA Store.

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Presentation Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:17:17 -0500 2019-02-22T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-22T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Seeing Heritage Algorithms: Artist Talk & Reception (February 22, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58876 58876-14569984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Stamps Professors Audrey Bennett and Ron Eglash with Stamps students discuss the project Seeing Heritage Algorithms. Immediately following the talk, please join for the exhibition opening reception. Light refreshments will be served.

Seeing Heritage Algorithms is an exhibition of artwork by area youth using computational quilting software designed by Stamps Professors Audrey Bennett and Ron Eglash. The artwork on view generates from a community-based STEAM workshop led by an interdisciplinary team of University of Michigan students. In the workshop, youth explore African-American, Native, and Appalachian textile traditions, creatively use these “heritage algorithms” to make their virtual designs on the screen, and physically render their creations as quilt blocks using an appliqué technique.

This exhibition is supported by the National Science Foundation.

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seeing-heritage-algorithms-artist-talk-reception-tickets-54776969390

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:15:47 -0500 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/SHA_exhibition.jpg
Stories Never Told: Yemen’s Crises & Renaissance (February 22, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58863 58863-14567902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Stories Never Told is a traveling display curated by local Yemeni-American social entrepreneur Hanan Ali Yahya. The display visually narrates the artistic renaissance born out of Yemen’s crises. It will pilot at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn in February 2019 and travel through Michigan, parts of the United States, and beyond. The gallery will feature the visual art, short films, poetry, writing and productions of Yemeni artists residing in Yemen and the diaspora.

Doors will open at 6:00 PM, and there will be a film showing and talkback at 7:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public, however, an RSVP is required at: https://goo.gl/forms/7lwjMHo4wHb23AFc2.

Sponsored by U-M's Global Islamic Studies Center and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

This display will have two showings, one in Dearborn at the Arab American National Museum on February 21st and one in Ann Arbor at Weiser Hall on February 22nd. Please ensure you RSVP to whichever showing you plan to attend by navigating the events tab on the GISC website.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:52:45 -0500 2019-02-22T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T22:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Exhibition Stories Never Told
Mark Webster Reading Series (February 22, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58528 58528-14510850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. We encourage you to bring your friends—a Webster reading makes for an enjoyable and enlightening Friday evening.

This week's reading features Rachel Cross and Eirill Falck.

Rachel Cross is a writer from the Midwest. Her fiction has appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly, Fugue, Day One, and elsewhere. You can find her online at rcross.net.

Eirill Falck, is a writer from Oslo, Norway.

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Presentation Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:17:05 -0500 2019-02-22T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 23, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-02-23T07:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (February 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366206@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2019-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (February 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2019-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (February 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366119@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2019-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (February 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366623@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2019-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (February 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366371@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2019-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (February 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2019-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (February 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2019-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (February 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2019-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
Paved with Good Intentions (February 23, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-23T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Make Giant Puppets for FestiFools! (February 23, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60757 60757-14963890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 10:00am
Location: Campus Safety Services Building
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Join UM students, staff and faculty interested in helping out with the creation of giant puppets for this year's FestiFools event. Come to the FestiFools studio any Saturday to help bring these puppet creations to life just in time for our 13th Annual FestiFools extravaganza (held on Sunday, April 7th, from 4-5pm/Main Street Ann Arbor). To reserve your studio time (Saturdays AM 10-1pm, or PM 1-4pm) email heathmd@umich.edu

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Community Service Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:10:08 -0500 2019-02-23T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T13:00:00-05:00 Campus Safety Services Building Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Community Service FestiFools (photo by Myra Klarman)
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 23, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 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 2019-02-23T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 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
Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic (February 23, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59587 59587-14754485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic
January 24, 2019 – March 2, 2019

Stamps Gallery is proud to present The Mighty and the Mythic, a solo exhibition of work by renowned social practice artist Marisa Morán Jahn. For the first time, The Mighty and the Mythic brings together three key projects — CareForce (2012– ongoing), Bibliobandido (2010–ongoing), and MIRROR | MASK (2017–ongoing) — that highlight her deep and meaningful collaborations with low-wage immigrants, caregivers, and youth. Jahn describes her use of play and humor as essential tools that enable her and her collaborators to portray their lives with dignity, critique power, and build momentum within their community. Jahn’s practice is deeply informed by her own experiences growing up as a second-generation immigrant of Chinese and Ecuadorian heritage. For Jahn home was not a fixed place but an adaptation itself. Her varied vocational past as a schoolteacher, caretaker, woodshop cleaner-upper, lumber hauler, community organizer, and now university professor and mother informs the urgency in her work to find common ground between (her-)self and (an-)other, through the concepts of care and empathy. Each of the works in this exhibition highlights her deep engagement with the stories of everyday people, mundane routines, and a desire to build an inclusive society. Marisa Morán Jahn: the Mighty and the Mythic celebrates and acknowledges the daily struggles and minor victories of the 99 percent that make up the spirit of our society in the twenty-first century.

Artwork by Marisa Morán Jahn: The Driver (detail), from MIRROR | MASK series, featuring Darlyne Komukama. 2017, Uganda

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Exhibition Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:15:26 -0500 2019-02-23T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Driver-mirror-mask.jpg
Storytime at the Museum (February 23, 2019 11:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58529 58529-14510851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 11:15am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Storytime at the Museum promotes art enjoyment for our youngest patrons. We read a story in the galleries and include a fun, age-appropriate, hands-on activity related to it. Children ages three to six are invited to join Storytime. Parents must accompany children. Siblings are welcome to join the group. Meet in front of the UMMA Store.

Storytime is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 03 Jan 2019 18:16:11 -0500 2019-02-23T11:15:00-05:00 2019-02-23T12:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Museum of Art
Drawing in the Galleries (February 23, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58553 58553-14510875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents or other facilitators will be on hand to provide free sketching materials and facilitate your experience of looking and drawing. Beginners welcome! Meet at the UMMA Store.

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:16:17 -0500 2019-02-23T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T14:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Make Giant Puppets for FestiFools! (February 23, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60757 60757-14963880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Campus Safety Services Building
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Join UM students, staff and faculty interested in helping out with the creation of giant puppets for this year's FestiFools event. Come to the FestiFools studio any Saturday to help bring these puppet creations to life just in time for our 13th Annual FestiFools extravaganza (held on Sunday, April 7th, from 4-5pm/Main Street Ann Arbor). To reserve your studio time (Saturdays AM 10-1pm, or PM 1-4pm) email heathmd@umich.edu

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Community Service Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:10:08 -0500 2019-02-23T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T16:00:00-05:00 Campus Safety Services Building Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Community Service FestiFools (photo by Myra Klarman)
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 24, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-02-24T07:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (February 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366207@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2019-02-24T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (February 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2019-02-24T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (February 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366120@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2019-02-24T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (February 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366624@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2019-02-24T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (February 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366372@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2019-02-24T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (February 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2019-02-24T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (February 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2019-02-24T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (February 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2019-02-24T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
Paved with Good Intentions (February 24, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-24T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic (February 24, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59587 59587-14754486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic
January 24, 2019 – March 2, 2019

Stamps Gallery is proud to present The Mighty and the Mythic, a solo exhibition of work by renowned social practice artist Marisa Morán Jahn. For the first time, The Mighty and the Mythic brings together three key projects — CareForce (2012– ongoing), Bibliobandido (2010–ongoing), and MIRROR | MASK (2017–ongoing) — that highlight her deep and meaningful collaborations with low-wage immigrants, caregivers, and youth. Jahn describes her use of play and humor as essential tools that enable her and her collaborators to portray their lives with dignity, critique power, and build momentum within their community. Jahn’s practice is deeply informed by her own experiences growing up as a second-generation immigrant of Chinese and Ecuadorian heritage. For Jahn home was not a fixed place but an adaptation itself. Her varied vocational past as a schoolteacher, caretaker, woodshop cleaner-upper, lumber hauler, community organizer, and now university professor and mother informs the urgency in her work to find common ground between (her-)self and (an-)other, through the concepts of care and empathy. Each of the works in this exhibition highlights her deep engagement with the stories of everyday people, mundane routines, and a desire to build an inclusive society. Marisa Morán Jahn: the Mighty and the Mythic celebrates and acknowledges the daily struggles and minor victories of the 99 percent that make up the spirit of our society in the twenty-first century.

Artwork by Marisa Morán Jahn: The Driver (detail), from MIRROR | MASK series, featuring Darlyne Komukama. 2017, Uganda

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Exhibition Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:15:26 -0500 2019-02-24T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Driver-mirror-mask.jpg
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452748@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 12:00pm
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 2019-02-24T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 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
Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today (February 24, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58504 58504-14510826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

The internet has changed every aspect of contemporary life—from how we interact with each other to how we work and play. Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today, examines the radical impact of internet culture on visual art since the invention of the web in 1989. Join UMMA docents as they explore the more than forty works across a variety of media—painting, performance, photography, sculpture, video, and web-based projects—in this exciting exhibition.

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and curated by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, with Jeffrey De Blois, Assistant Curator.

Major support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

​UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors:
Candy and Michael Barasch, University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Ross School of Business, Michigan Medicine, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Individual and Family Foundation Donors:
William Susman and Emily Glasser; The Applebaum Family Compass Fund: Pamela Applebaum and Gaal Karp, Lisa Applebaum; P.J. and Julie Solit; Vicky and Ned Hurley; Ann and Mel Schaffer; Mark and Cecilia Vonderheide; and Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga  

University of Michigan Funding Partners:
School of Information; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Michigan Engineering; Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Institute for the Humanities; Department of History of Art; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Department of American Culture; School of Education; Department of Film, Television, and Media; Digital Studies Program; and Department of Communication Studies
 

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Presentation Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:17:16 -0500 2019-02-24T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
UMMA Pop Up: Nadim Azzam feat. Jacob LaChance on Saxophone (February 24, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60700 60700-14939413@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Singer-songwriter Nadim Azzam will be performing his unique blend of acoustic blues, pop, and hip-hop. Nadim's catchy and conscious lyrics paired with his melodic rapping have earned him the stage at Top of the Park, Sonic Lunch, and Buttermilk Jamboree this year, as well as a national tour with Matisyahu. He will be joined by saxophonist, Jacob LaChance. 

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Performance Sat, 23 Feb 2019 18:16:58 -0500 2019-02-24T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 25, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-02-25T07:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366121@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366373@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Paved with Good Intentions (February 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-25T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Art Exhibit: Householdments (February 25, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033971@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-02-25T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
David Adjaye: Output (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58878 58878-14569986@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Note: this event has been rescheduled for Monday, February 25, 6:00 pm / Michigan Theater, 603 E Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Sir David Adjaye is recognized as one of the leading architects of his generation. A British-based architect of Ghanaian descent, Adjaye garnered international acclaim for his globally-inspired designs, his innovative use of materials and light, and his reputation as an architect with an artist’s sensibility and vision. Together with his studio Adjaye Associates, he has collaborated with artists such as Chris Ofili and Olafur Eliasson and created a diverse portfolio of projects including exhibition design, temporary pavilions, private homes, public buildings, and art centers. In January 2006, the Whitechapel Gallery in London hosted the studio’s first exhibition, David Adjaye: Making Public Buildings, which toured to The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY, SCAD Museum of Art, Georgia, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Adjaye is the author of David Adjaye Houses: Recycling, Reconfiguring, Rebuilding (Thames & Hudson, 2005) and the recipient of the Design Miami/ Designer of the Year Award (2011). He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2007 and was knighted in 2017 for services to architecture.

Co-presented with the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, with additional support from Knoll.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Feb 2019 18:15:45 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/adjaye.jpg
Exhibit Opening & Reception: "she was here, once" (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60755 60755-14961658@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Join artist Nastassja Swift to celebrate the official opening of her solo exhibition, "she was here, once," in the Lane Hall Gallery.

This reception is presented in collaboration with the Narrating Black Girls' Lives Conference. Book sales and signing with keynote speaker, Dr. Saidiya Hartman will also take place during this reception.

about the exhibition:
The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us. Consisting of wearable fiber sculptures, mixed media installation and film, the exhibition traces the ancestral footsteps of the Black woman in Richmond, Virginia. Nastassja creates an immersive environment shaped from history, story and experience.

project background:
In summer 2018, Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative project that analyzes the history of the black female body in Richmond, and navigates the stories and identities of the women before us, the stories of the present, and how they affect our tomorrows. Through a communal workshop and collaborative public performance, Nastassja engaged black female residents of varying ages, within Richmond communities, in a project infused with dance, sound and visual narrative that took place in Shockoe Bottom and Jackson Ward. Eight women and girls, dressed in white garments, wore a large, needle felted white wool mask and traveled by foot from the Trail of Enslaved Africans, and ended on Leigh Street in the Jackson Ward neighborhood.

The project has produced a mini documentary and short film. Both films are on display in the University of Michigan's Lane Hall Gallery until August 2, 2019.

about the artist:
Nastassja Swift is a Virginia artist holding a Bachelors degree of Fine Art from Virginia Commonwealth University with a major in Painting & Printmaking and a minor in Craft & Material Studies. She is the owner and artist of D for Dolls, an online collection of handmade needle felted figures. Outside of being a doll maker, she works with paint, print, performance and fiber within her studio practice. Nastassja’s work is currently on display in a group exhibition at The Colored Girls Museum, and her solo exhibition at Harmony Hall Arts Center. She has participated in several national and international residences and exhibitions, including her solo exhibit in Doha, Qatar, and fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center and MASS MoCA. www.nastassjaswift.com

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Reception / Open House Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:41:34 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Reception / Open House photo of a group of women wearing masks
T-shirt Upcycle! (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61413 61413-15099325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Student Activities Building
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

You know all those free t-shirts you've got laying around? The Arts Ambassadors have some great ideas on how you can upcycle those shirts into something new! Grab a Passport to the Arts and one of those t-shirts off the floor and come on over to SAB Room 1221! Please RSVP as Going so we know how many students to expect.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:52:45 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 Student Activities Building Arts at Michigan Workshop / Seminar T-shirt Upcycle
Taubman College presents: Sir David Adjaye OBE (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59533 59533-14748092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Sir David Adjaye OBE is recognized as a leading architect of his generation. Adjaye was born in Tanzania to Ghanaian parents and his influences range from contemporary art, music and science to African art forms and the civic life of cities. In 1994, he set up his first office, where his ingenious use of materials and his sculptural ability established him as an architect with an artist’s sensibility and vision. He reformed his studio as Adjaye Associates in 2000. The firm now has offices in London, New York and Accra with projects in the US, UK, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. His largest project to date, the $540 million Smithsonian Institute National Museum of African American History and Culture, opened on the National Mall in Washington DC in fall of 2016 and was named Cultural Event of the Year by the New York Times.

Other prominent completed work include the Idea Stores in London (2005), which were credited with pioneering a new approach to library services, the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO (2010), the Sugar Hill mixed-use social housing scheme in Harlem, New York (2015); and the Aishti Foundation retail and art complex in Beirut (2015). Prominent ongoing projects include a new home for the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, a new headquarters building for the International Finance Corporation in Dakar, and the just-announced National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in London.

In 2017, Adjaye was recently knighted by Her Majesty the Queen for services to Architecture, following the previous award of an OBE in 2007. The same year, he was recognized as one of the 100 most influential people of the year by TIME magazine. He has additionally received the Design Miami/ Artist of the Year title in 2011, the Wall Street Journal Innovator Award in 2013 and the 2016 Panerai London Design Medal from the London Design Festival.

Adjaye is known for his frequent collaborations with contemporary artists on installations and exhibitions. Most notably, he designed the 56th Venice Art Biennale with curator Okwui Enwezor (2015). The Upper Room, featuring thirteen paintings by Chris Ofili (2002), is now part of the permanent collection of Tate Britain. Further examples include Within Reach, a second installation with Ofili in the British pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2003) and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art for the 21st Century Pavilion that was designed to show Your Black Horizon, a projection work by Olafur Eliasson, at the 2005 Venice Biennale.

Adjaye has held distinguished professorships at the Harvard, Princeton and Yale universities. He has also taught at the Royal College of Art, where he had previously studied, and at the Architectural Association School in London. The material from his ten-year study of the capital cities of Africa was exhibited as Urban Africa at London’s Design Museum (2010) and published as Adjaye Africa Architecture (Thames & Hudson, 2011). He was the artistic director of GEO-graphics: A map of art practices in Africa, past and present, a major exhibition at the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (2010). In 2015, a comprehensive retrospective exhibition of his work to date launched at Haus der Kunst in Munich and the Art Institute of Chicago, and was subsequently shown at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow.

In partnership with the Penny Stamps Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:27:40 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Sir David Adjaye OBE
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 26, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-02-26T07:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366374@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Paved with Good Intentions (February 26, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-26T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Art Exhibit: Householdments (February 26, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-02-26T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 26, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 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 2019-02-26T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 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
Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic (February 26, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59587 59587-14754487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic
January 24, 2019 – March 2, 2019

Stamps Gallery is proud to present The Mighty and the Mythic, a solo exhibition of work by renowned social practice artist Marisa Morán Jahn. For the first time, The Mighty and the Mythic brings together three key projects — CareForce (2012– ongoing), Bibliobandido (2010–ongoing), and MIRROR | MASK (2017–ongoing) — that highlight her deep and meaningful collaborations with low-wage immigrants, caregivers, and youth. Jahn describes her use of play and humor as essential tools that enable her and her collaborators to portray their lives with dignity, critique power, and build momentum within their community. Jahn’s practice is deeply informed by her own experiences growing up as a second-generation immigrant of Chinese and Ecuadorian heritage. For Jahn home was not a fixed place but an adaptation itself. Her varied vocational past as a schoolteacher, caretaker, woodshop cleaner-upper, lumber hauler, community organizer, and now university professor and mother informs the urgency in her work to find common ground between (her-)self and (an-)other, through the concepts of care and empathy. Each of the works in this exhibition highlights her deep engagement with the stories of everyday people, mundane routines, and a desire to build an inclusive society. Marisa Morán Jahn: the Mighty and the Mythic celebrates and acknowledges the daily struggles and minor victories of the 99 percent that make up the spirit of our society in the twenty-first century.

Artwork by Marisa Morán Jahn: The Driver (detail), from MIRROR | MASK series, featuring Darlyne Komukama. 2017, Uganda

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Exhibition Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:15:26 -0500 2019-02-26T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Driver-mirror-mask.jpg
RESCHEDULED: Bibliobandido Bookmaking Workshop with 826michigan (February 26, 2019 4:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58733 58733-14546902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 4:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Join 826michigan volunteers, students, and families at Stamps Gallery to create small books filled with original stories during this Bibliobandido bookmaking workshop. Stories will be shared aloud in order to satiate the hunger of legendary bandit and story-eater Bibliobandido. Light refreshments will be provided.

826michigan is a non-profit after school tutoring program that inspires school-aged students to write confidently and skillfully with the help of adult volunteers in their communities.

Recommended for ages 8-18.

Image: bookmaking workshop at the Sugar Hill Museum, 2017.

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bibliobandido-bookmaking-workshop-with-826michigan-tickets-54776551139

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:15:49 -0500 2019-02-26T16:45:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Workshop / Seminar https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/Michael-Palma-Mir-for-SHCMAS-Bibliobandido-042.jpg
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 27, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-02-27T07:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875170@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Paved with Good Intentions (February 27, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-15045285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-27T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Art Exhibit: Householdments (February 27, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-02-27T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (February 27, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-02-27T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 27, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452855@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 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 2019-02-27T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 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
Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic (February 27, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59587 59587-14754488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic
January 24, 2019 – March 2, 2019

Stamps Gallery is proud to present The Mighty and the Mythic, a solo exhibition of work by renowned social practice artist Marisa Morán Jahn. For the first time, The Mighty and the Mythic brings together three key projects — CareForce (2012– ongoing), Bibliobandido (2010–ongoing), and MIRROR | MASK (2017–ongoing) — that highlight her deep and meaningful collaborations with low-wage immigrants, caregivers, and youth. Jahn describes her use of play and humor as essential tools that enable her and her collaborators to portray their lives with dignity, critique power, and build momentum within their community. Jahn’s practice is deeply informed by her own experiences growing up as a second-generation immigrant of Chinese and Ecuadorian heritage. For Jahn home was not a fixed place but an adaptation itself. Her varied vocational past as a schoolteacher, caretaker, woodshop cleaner-upper, lumber hauler, community organizer, and now university professor and mother informs the urgency in her work to find common ground between (her-)self and (an-)other, through the concepts of care and empathy. Each of the works in this exhibition highlights her deep engagement with the stories of everyday people, mundane routines, and a desire to build an inclusive society. Marisa Morán Jahn: the Mighty and the Mythic celebrates and acknowledges the daily struggles and minor victories of the 99 percent that make up the spirit of our society in the twenty-first century.

Artwork by Marisa Morán Jahn: The Driver (detail), from MIRROR | MASK series, featuring Darlyne Komukama. 2017, Uganda

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Exhibition Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:15:26 -0500 2019-02-27T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Driver-mirror-mask.jpg
Membership Meeting (February 27, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58174 58174-14435446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 6:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

PCAP has weekly creative arts (mainly Creative Writing, Theatre, Visual Art, and Music) workshops in a variety of facilities in and around Washtenaw, Wayne and Jackson Counties, facilitated by both University of Michigan students and members of the community. This meeting will be a membership meeting with guests/ and or activities, and small/large group check-ins. Membership Meetings are mandatory if you have a workshop.

PCAP membership meetings offer peer support for workshop facilitators, planning time for committees, and a group discussion or activity for all members. If you are interested in joining PCAP, attend a meeting or email Mary Heinen, mheinen@umich.edu.

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Meeting Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:53:48 -0500 2019-02-27T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T20:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Prison Creative Arts Project, The Meeting East Quadrangle
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 28, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-02-28T07:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents FABRICations: Fiber Art (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57881 57881-14366211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ann L. Rebele names this body of work FABRICations as she creates almost all of her own fabrics. Using plain white untreated cotton and/or sheer silk organza fabrics, she paints, draws, dyes, and/or prints on the fabric. Rebele incorporates layers and three-dimensional effects into her fabric designs. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she studied design at Ohio State University.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:16:13 -0500 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Madame Butterflies by Ann L. Rebele, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Fragile Geometries: Metal Sculpture & Jewelry (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57888 57888-14366544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Dennis Nahabetian’s metal sculptures captivate the viewer with their exquisite detail and refined beauty. Combining a masterful use of metal and textile techniques, Nahabetian carefully constructs objects that simultaneously harness light while projecting complex linear shadows. A native of Michigan, Nahabetian received his BFA from Eastern Michigan University and MFA form Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He currently lives and has his studio in Orchard Park, New York, near Buffalo. Nahabetian has work in many public and private collections and has exhibited at a variety of venues for over 25 years.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:47:14 -0500 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Vessel #80 (temple) by Dennis Nahabetian, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Image Vessels: Blown Glass (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57879 57879-14366124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sculptor Herb Babcock creates both monumental and human-scale work using metal, glass and stone. In the early years of the American Studio Glass Movement (1974-1984) Babcock’s sculptural and painterly expression utilized the vessel format. By layering color — both mass and line — between gathers of clear, molten glass, the full compositions are viewed through the vessel as three-dimensional. Babcock is Professor Emeritus, College for Creative Studies. He was Section Chair of the Glass Department where he taught for 40 years. He lives in Ann Arbor and built a new studio near U-M north campus in 2016.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:18 -0500 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Image Vessel #15332 by Herb Babcock, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Impressions in Pastel (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57890 57890-14366628@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Sharon Will’s commitment to painting is to capture the simple, everyday beauty around her in her native Michigan and beyond. She is passionate about painting plein air (outdoors) whenever possible, as she feels the direct observation from life is the best teacher to truly see the subtleties of light and color in nature. Working on sanded paper, her process begins with a pastel and alcohol/mineral spirits under-painting wash to establish value and color. Soft pastel is applied in layers, often in contrasting color and temperatures for vibrancy. Over her 35-year career in painting, Will has won numerous national awards. She also operates a custom framing business from her home/studio in Washington Township and teaches occasional workshops.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:50:55 -0500 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Emerald Wave by Sharon Will, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Mystery Train: Oil on Linen (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57885 57885-14366376@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Gregg Chadwick grew up with the rails of America in his blood. His grandfather Arthur Desch stoked coal in steam engines before becoming a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. At family gatherings in Chadwick’s grandparent’s home, his aunts and cousins played music to the rhythms of the trains outside. From Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, to arts writers and directors Greil Marcus and Jim Jarmusch, the enduring mythos of America and its legacy has been wrapped up in the blues notes of the song “Mystery Train”. Chadwick’s current series of paintings, Mystery Train, is steeped in the powerful echoes of those machine days.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:31:15 -0500 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Between Worlds (Chicago) by Gregg Chadwick, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Steeped in Whimsy: Ceramic Teapots (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57883 57883-14366294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This exhibition features a selection of Elena Weissman’s hand-built ceramic teapots created over the last two decades. The teapots are playful interpretations of many everyday objects. In addition to ceramics and photography, Weismann works in paper arts, book making, fused glass, beads, mosaics, metalwork and painting. Her photography can be seen in several professional buildings in the Detroit metropolitan area, as well as in many personal collections. In addition to participating in art exhibits and juried art shows, she has also created commissioned works in glass mosaics as well as a number of large custom ceramic tile art installations.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:26:31 -0500 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Gas Pump Teapot by Elena Weissman, photograph by George Hixson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Storytelling with Photo Fusion & Encaustic (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57886 57886-14366460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Ruth Crowe graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with a degree in Art Education. She served in the US Army and was a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer and collegiate softball coach. In 2014, in her Ann Arbor backyard studio, Crowe began her current work with encaustics and image transfer processes. She creates her multi-media works by combining personal and vintage photography with wax on wood. In addition to exhibiting her work in Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, Crowe also shows at the Water Street Gallery in Douglas, Michigan. In 2018, Crowe presented her work at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Original.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:37:17 -0500 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Stella Finds Her Strength by Ruth Crowe, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Willow Run & the Home Front During WWII (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57892 57892-14366710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Yankee Air Museum dedicates itself to educating individuals about the history of US military aviation. Located at the historic Willow Run Airport, just east of Ann Arbor, where over 8,600 B-24 Liberator Bomber aircraft were produced during World War II, the Yankee Air Museum seeks to keep the history of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ alive. The Willow Run Bomber Plant is home to ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ the iconic symbol of the thousands of women who poured into industrial factories to help the war effort during WWII. This exhibition features unique artifacts from the US home-front, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and local WWII aviators from Ann Arbor.

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:57:22 -0500 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Willow Run banner, courtesy of Yankee Air Museum. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875188@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Art Exhibit: Householdments (February 28, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033974@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-02-28T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (February 28, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-02-28T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 28, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 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 2019-02-28T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 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
Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic (February 28, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59587 59587-14754489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Marisa Morán Jahn: The Mighty and the Mythic
January 24, 2019 – March 2, 2019

Stamps Gallery is proud to present The Mighty and the Mythic, a solo exhibition of work by renowned social practice artist Marisa Morán Jahn. For the first time, The Mighty and the Mythic brings together three key projects — CareForce (2012– ongoing), Bibliobandido (2010–ongoing), and MIRROR | MASK (2017–ongoing) — that highlight her deep and meaningful collaborations with low-wage immigrants, caregivers, and youth. Jahn describes her use of play and humor as essential tools that enable her and her collaborators to portray their lives with dignity, critique power, and build momentum within their community. Jahn’s practice is deeply informed by her own experiences growing up as a second-generation immigrant of Chinese and Ecuadorian heritage. For Jahn home was not a fixed place but an adaptation itself. Her varied vocational past as a schoolteacher, caretaker, woodshop cleaner-upper, lumber hauler, community organizer, and now university professor and mother informs the urgency in her work to find common ground between (her-)self and (an-)other, through the concepts of care and empathy. Each of the works in this exhibition highlights her deep engagement with the stories of everyday people, mundane routines, and a desire to build an inclusive society. Marisa Morán Jahn: the Mighty and the Mythic celebrates and acknowledges the daily struggles and minor victories of the 99 percent that make up the spirit of our society in the twenty-first century.

Artwork by Marisa Morán Jahn: The Driver (detail), from MIRROR | MASK series, featuring Darlyne Komukama. 2017, Uganda

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Exhibition Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:15:26 -0500 2019-02-28T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/exhibitions/Driver-mirror-mask.jpg
Public Talk: Phil Tinari, Director and CEO, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art (February 28, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60956 60956-14993222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Phil Tinari is the Director and CEO of Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), a leading Chinese independent institution of contemporary art in Beijing. At this talk, Tinari will discuss Chinese art and its global context, with reference to his work at UCCA, as well as curatorial projects at the Guggenheim and SFMOMA. Since 2011, Tinari has led UCCA's transformation from a founder-driven, private museum into China’s leading independent, international institution of contemporary art, culminating in 2017 with a restructuring that has brought the institution, originally known as the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, into the patronage of a new group of mainly Chinese trustees. During Tinari’s tenure, UCCA has become known for both its artistic program and its operational model. It has mounted more than seventy exhibitions and a wide range of public programs, bringing artistic voices both established and emerging, Chinese and international, to a growing audience of nearly a million visitors each year.

Prior to joining UCCA, Tinari launched LEAP, an internationally distributed, bilingual magazine of contemporary art published by the Modern Media Group, in 2009. A widely published writer and critic, he is a contributing editor of Artforum, and was founding editor of that magazine’s Chinese edition in 2007. He was co-curator, with Alexandra Munroe and Hou Hanru, of the 2017 exhibition Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, now on view at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and opening in November at SFMOMA. In 2016 he was named a fellow of the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on U.S.- China Relations. Fluent in Mandarin and based in Beijing since 2001, Tinari holds degrees from Duke and Harvard, and is currently completing a doctorate in art history at Oxford.

 

This talk is co-presented by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, the Confucius Institute, and UMMA, and coincides with the UMMA exhibition Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing (February 2 - May 26, 2019).

Lead support for Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan, the University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, and the Herbert W. and  Susan L. Johe Endowment.

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Presentation Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:16:42 -0500 2019-02-28T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T19:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Public talk: Philip Tinari on Chinese Art and its Global Context (February 28, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60767 60767-14963910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Phil Tinari is the Director and CEO of Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), a leading Chinese independent institution of contemporary art in Beijing. At this talk, Tinari will discuss Chinese art and its global context, with reference to his work at UCCA, as well as curatorial projects at the Guggenheim and SFMOMA.

Since 2011, Tinari has led its transformation from a founder-driven private museum into China’s leading independent, international institution of contemporary art, culminating in 2017 with a restructuring that has brought the institution, originally known as the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, into the patronage of a new group of mainly Chinese trustees. During Tinari’s tenure, UCCA has become known for both its artistic program and its operational model. It has mounted more than seventy exhibitions and a wide range of public programs, bringing artistic voices established and emerging, Chinese and international, to a growing audience of nearly a million visitors each year.

Prior to joining UCCA, Tinari launched LEAP, an internationally distributed, bilingual magazine of contemporary art published by the Modern Media Group, in 2009. A widely published writer and critic, he is a contributing editor of Artforum, and was founding editor of that magazine’s Chinese edition in 2007. He was co-curator, with Alexandra Munroe and Hou Hanru, of the 2017 exhibition “Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, now on view at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and opening in November at SFMOMA. In 2016 he was named a fellow of the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on U.S.- China Relations. Fluent in Mandarin and based in Beijing since 2001, Tinari holds degrees from Duke and Harvard, and is currently completing a doctorate in art history at Oxford.

This talk is co-presented by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, the Confucius Institute, and UMMA.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Feb 2019 18:15:46 -0500 2019-02-28T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/PT_portrait1.jpg
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 1, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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