Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. That Greece Might Still Be Free (October 22, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84737 84737-21624799@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 22, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Learn about the Greek War of Independence, 19th century European international politics, and the origins of nationalism and the modern nation-state. This exhibit commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, which began with General Alexandros Ypsilantis’ (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης) uprising against the Ottoman rulers in the Danubian Principality of Moldavia during the spring of 1821. https://myumi.ch/wlYoq

The exhibit was curated by students in the Michigan Library Scholars program, William McClelland and Quinn Byington, with Zachary Quint as their librarian mentor.

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Exhibition Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:45:28 -0400 2021-10-22T08:00:00-04:00 2021-10-22T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Exhibition Detail from "The Prince of Moldavia, Michael Soutzos." Colored lithograph by Louis Dupré, 1825.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 22, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654248@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 22, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-22T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
That Greece Might Still Be Free (October 23, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84737 84737-21624800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 23, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Learn about the Greek War of Independence, 19th century European international politics, and the origins of nationalism and the modern nation-state. This exhibit commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, which began with General Alexandros Ypsilantis’ (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης) uprising against the Ottoman rulers in the Danubian Principality of Moldavia during the spring of 1821. https://myumi.ch/wlYoq

The exhibit was curated by students in the Michigan Library Scholars program, William McClelland and Quinn Byington, with Zachary Quint as their librarian mentor.

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Exhibition Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:45:28 -0400 2021-10-23T08:00:00-04:00 2021-10-23T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Exhibition Detail from "The Prince of Moldavia, Michael Soutzos." Colored lithograph by Louis Dupré, 1825.
That Greece Might Still Be Free (October 24, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84737 84737-21624801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 24, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Learn about the Greek War of Independence, 19th century European international politics, and the origins of nationalism and the modern nation-state. This exhibit commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, which began with General Alexandros Ypsilantis’ (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης) uprising against the Ottoman rulers in the Danubian Principality of Moldavia during the spring of 1821. https://myumi.ch/wlYoq

The exhibit was curated by students in the Michigan Library Scholars program, William McClelland and Quinn Byington, with Zachary Quint as their librarian mentor.

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Exhibition Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:45:28 -0400 2021-10-24T08:00:00-04:00 2021-10-24T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Exhibition Detail from "The Prince of Moldavia, Michael Soutzos." Colored lithograph by Louis Dupré, 1825.
That Greece Might Still Be Free (October 25, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84737 84737-21624802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 25, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Learn about the Greek War of Independence, 19th century European international politics, and the origins of nationalism and the modern nation-state. This exhibit commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, which began with General Alexandros Ypsilantis’ (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης) uprising against the Ottoman rulers in the Danubian Principality of Moldavia during the spring of 1821. https://myumi.ch/wlYoq

The exhibit was curated by students in the Michigan Library Scholars program, William McClelland and Quinn Byington, with Zachary Quint as their librarian mentor.

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Exhibition Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:45:28 -0400 2021-10-25T08:00:00-04:00 2021-10-25T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Exhibition Detail from "The Prince of Moldavia, Michael Soutzos." Colored lithograph by Louis Dupré, 1825.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 25, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 25, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-25T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
That Greece Might Still Be Free (October 26, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84737 84737-21624803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Learn about the Greek War of Independence, 19th century European international politics, and the origins of nationalism and the modern nation-state. This exhibit commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, which began with General Alexandros Ypsilantis’ (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης) uprising against the Ottoman rulers in the Danubian Principality of Moldavia during the spring of 1821. https://myumi.ch/wlYoq

The exhibit was curated by students in the Michigan Library Scholars program, William McClelland and Quinn Byington, with Zachary Quint as their librarian mentor.

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Exhibition Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:45:28 -0400 2021-10-26T08:00:00-04:00 2021-10-26T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Exhibition Detail from "The Prince of Moldavia, Michael Soutzos." Colored lithograph by Louis Dupré, 1825.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 26, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654252@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-26T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-26T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
That Greece Might Still Be Free (October 27, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84737 84737-21624804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Learn about the Greek War of Independence, 19th century European international politics, and the origins of nationalism and the modern nation-state. This exhibit commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, which began with General Alexandros Ypsilantis’ (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης) uprising against the Ottoman rulers in the Danubian Principality of Moldavia during the spring of 1821. https://myumi.ch/wlYoq

The exhibit was curated by students in the Michigan Library Scholars program, William McClelland and Quinn Byington, with Zachary Quint as their librarian mentor.

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Exhibition Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:45:28 -0400 2021-10-27T08:00:00-04:00 2021-10-27T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Exhibition Detail from "The Prince of Moldavia, Michael Soutzos." Colored lithograph by Louis Dupré, 1825.
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (October 27, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657392@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-10-27T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-27T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 27, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-27T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (October 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657352@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-10-27T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-27T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
That Greece Might Still Be Free (October 28, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84737 84737-21624805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Learn about the Greek War of Independence, 19th century European international politics, and the origins of nationalism and the modern nation-state. This exhibit commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, which began with General Alexandros Ypsilantis’ (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης) uprising against the Ottoman rulers in the Danubian Principality of Moldavia during the spring of 1821. https://myumi.ch/wlYoq

The exhibit was curated by students in the Michigan Library Scholars program, William McClelland and Quinn Byington, with Zachary Quint as their librarian mentor.

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Exhibition Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:45:28 -0400 2021-10-28T08:00:00-04:00 2021-10-28T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Exhibition Detail from "The Prince of Moldavia, Michael Soutzos." Colored lithograph by Louis Dupré, 1825.
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (October 28, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657400@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-10-28T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-28T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 28, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-28T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-28T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (October 28, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657360@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 28, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-10-28T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-28T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
That Greece Might Still Be Free (October 29, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84737 84737-21624806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 29, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Learn about the Greek War of Independence, 19th century European international politics, and the origins of nationalism and the modern nation-state. This exhibit commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, which began with General Alexandros Ypsilantis’ (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης) uprising against the Ottoman rulers in the Danubian Principality of Moldavia during the spring of 1821. https://myumi.ch/wlYoq

The exhibit was curated by students in the Michigan Library Scholars program, William McClelland and Quinn Byington, with Zachary Quint as their librarian mentor.

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Exhibition Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:45:28 -0400 2021-10-29T08:00:00-04:00 2021-10-29T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Exhibition Detail from "The Prince of Moldavia, Michael Soutzos." Colored lithograph by Louis Dupré, 1825.
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (October 29, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657408@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 29, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-10-29T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-29T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (October 29, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 29, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-10-29T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
At the Intersection of Time and Culture: Reflections on Researching Ancient Sculpture in the Present-day Louvre (October 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87769 87769-21645835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 29, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

The Louvre Museum is perhaps the most well-known museum in the entire world. To walk its halls and view its art is more than visiting a museum, it’s experiencing history itself. The museum came into existence as a fortress in the 12th century but was transformed into a private gallery for the royal collection in the 17th century, and then finally a public museum during the French Revolution. The collection was greatly expanded under Napoleon, and it was at this time that the Gabii sculptural assemblage entered the Louvre and became the cornerstone of the Roman sculpture collection.

In this talk, I discuss the ancient site of Gabii, the sculptures that once stood there, and their journey at the Louvre. I explore the relationship between present perceptions and ancient praxis, as well as the transformation of our knowledge and approach to ancient art that is still occurring today. By sharing my reflections during my time at the Louvre, I hope to invite others to consider how we all play a part in this transformation by viewing ancient art in the present, setting the stage for future change.

Presented via Zoom webinar - registration required https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C7JuvtX8RiOOPiRZy91G1Q

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Presentation Fri, 08 Oct 2021 12:01:53 -0400 2021-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-29T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum Studies Program Presentation Sculpture at the Louvre
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (October 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 29, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-29T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
That Greece Might Still Be Free (October 30, 2021 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84737 84737-21624807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 30, 2021 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Library

Learn about the Greek War of Independence, 19th century European international politics, and the origins of nationalism and the modern nation-state. This exhibit commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, which began with General Alexandros Ypsilantis’ (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης) uprising against the Ottoman rulers in the Danubian Principality of Moldavia during the spring of 1821. https://myumi.ch/wlYoq

The exhibit was curated by students in the Michigan Library Scholars program, William McClelland and Quinn Byington, with Zachary Quint as their librarian mentor.

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Exhibition Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:45:28 -0400 2021-10-30T08:00:00-04:00 2021-10-30T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Library Exhibition Detail from "The Prince of Moldavia, Michael Soutzos." Colored lithograph by Louis Dupré, 1825.
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (October 30, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657416@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 30, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-10-30T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-30T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (October 30, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657376@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 30, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-10-30T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-30T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (October 31, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 31, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-10-31T10:00:00-04:00 2021-10-31T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (October 31, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657384@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 31, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-10-31T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-31T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 1, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 1, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-01T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-01T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 2, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-02T09:00:00-04:00 2021-11-02T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 2, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654259@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-02T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Special Viewing and Artist/Curator Talk with Shizu Saldamando and Amanda Krugliak (November 2, 2021 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88228 88228-21651518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 6:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*, in the Institute for the Humanities Gallery through December 10.

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:35:40 -0400 2021-11-02T18:30:00-04:00 2021-11-02T20:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion La Erika
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 3, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-03T09:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 3, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-03T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 3, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-03T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657353@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 4, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-04T09:00:00-04:00 2021-11-04T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 4, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-04T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-04T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 4, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654261@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-04T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-04T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657361@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-04T12:00:00-04:00 2021-11-04T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 5, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-05T09:00:00-04:00 2021-11-05T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-05T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-05T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-05T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-05T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657369@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-05T12:00:00-04:00 2021-11-05T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 6, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657417@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 6, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-06T10:00:00-04:00 2021-11-06T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 6, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657377@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 6, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-06T12:00:00-04:00 2021-11-06T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 7, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 7, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-07T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-07T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 7, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657385@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-07T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-07T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 8, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 8, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-08T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-08T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 8, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 8, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-08T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 9, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651526@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-09T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 9, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-09T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Uncovering Exhibitions: Curriculum / Collection 2022 (November 9, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88661 88661-21656581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=uhlrs88ab&oeidk=a07eim6vmjl414212cb.

Conversation and Q&A with David Choberka and Stephanie Hicks

Join us for an exciting, in-depth presentation on the exhibition  Curriculum / Collection 2022. Curated by Andrew W. Mellon Curator for University Learning and Programs David Choberka, this exhibition is created in partnership with University faculty across campus. Curriculum / Collection features works selected for their capacity to provoke engagement with the guiding questions and themes of faculty’s specific courses, while offering their students inspiration for research and art projects in their areas of study. David will be joined in conversation by Stephanie Hicks, Lecturer at the Program on Intergroup Relations at the University of Michigan, and a faculty affiliate of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at U-M. 

This event will focus on interdisciplinary teaching and learning, and how art—specifically, works from UMMA’s collection—deepens students’ understanding and connection to a wide range of topics and disciplines. 

This program will be hosted on Zoom. Please register now to reserve your spot.

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick, and the Eleanor Noyes Crumpacker Endowment Fund.

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Other Tue, 09 Nov 2021 18:16:11 -0500 2021-11-09T17:30:00-05:00 2021-11-09T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 10, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651527@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-10T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 10, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657394@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-10T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-10T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 10, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-10T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657354@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-10T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-10T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 11, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-11T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-11T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 11, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-11T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-11T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 11, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-11T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-11T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 11, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657362@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 11, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-11T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-11T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 12, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-12T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-12T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 12, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-12T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-12T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 12, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-12T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-12T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657370@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 12, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-12T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-12T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 13, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657418@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 13, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-13T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-13T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 13, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657378@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 13, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-13T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-13T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 14, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 14, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-14T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-14T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 14, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657386@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 14, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-14T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-14T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 15, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 15, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-15T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 15, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661676@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 15, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-15T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-15T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 15, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 15, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-15T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Enter the As I See It Drawing Competition! (November 15, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89277 89277-21661671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 15, 2021 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student drawings for our As I See It Drawing Competition! All drawing media are accepted-- pencil, charcoal, comic, digital drawing, watercolor, etc. Share your artistic genius with us and you could win $100! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, November 18 at 10pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:40:34 -0500 2021-11-15T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Drawing Competition
Enter the As I See It Drawing Competition! (November 15, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89277 89277-21661672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 15, 2021 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student drawings for our As I See It Drawing Competition! All drawing media are accepted-- pencil, charcoal, comic, digital drawing, watercolor, etc. Share your artistic genius with us and you could win $100! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, November 18 at 10pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:40:34 -0500 2021-11-15T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Drawing Competition
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 16, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651533@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-16T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 16, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-16T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-16T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 16, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-16T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Enter the As I See It Drawing Competition! (November 16, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89277 89277-21661673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student drawings for our As I See It Drawing Competition! All drawing media are accepted-- pencil, charcoal, comic, digital drawing, watercolor, etc. Share your artistic genius with us and you could win $100! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, November 18 at 10pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:40:34 -0500 2021-11-16T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Drawing Competition
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 17, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-17T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-17T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 17, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-17T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-17T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 17, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-17T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-17T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 17, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-17T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-17T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 17, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657355@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-17T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-17T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Enter the As I See It Drawing Competition! (November 17, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89277 89277-21661674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student drawings for our As I See It Drawing Competition! All drawing media are accepted-- pencil, charcoal, comic, digital drawing, watercolor, etc. Share your artistic genius with us and you could win $100! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, November 18 at 10pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:40:34 -0500 2021-11-17T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-17T16:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Drawing Competition
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 18, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-18T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 18, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-18T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 18, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-18T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 18, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-18T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 18, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657363@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-18T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Enter the As I See It Drawing Competition! (November 18, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89277 89277-21661675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 18, 2021 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student drawings for our As I See It Drawing Competition! All drawing media are accepted-- pencil, charcoal, comic, digital drawing, watercolor, etc. Share your artistic genius with us and you could win $100! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, November 18 at 10pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:40:34 -0500 2021-11-18T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-18T16:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Drawing Competition
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 19, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651536@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 19, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-19T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-19T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 19, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661680@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 19, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-19T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-19T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 19, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 19, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-19T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-19T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 19, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654276@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 19, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-19T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-19T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657371@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-19T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-19T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 20, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 20, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-20T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-20T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 20, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657419@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 20, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-20T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-20T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657379@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 20, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-20T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-20T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 21, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661682@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 21, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-21T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-21T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 21, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 21, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-21T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-21T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 21, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 21, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-21T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-21T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 22, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 22, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-22T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-22T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 22, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661683@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 22, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-22T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-22T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 22, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 22, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-22T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-22T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 23, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-23T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-23T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 23, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-23T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-23T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 23, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-23T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-23T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 24, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-24T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-24T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 24, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661685@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-24T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-24T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 24, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657396@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-24T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-24T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 24, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-24T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-24T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 24, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657356@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-24T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-24T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 25, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 25, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-25T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-25T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 25, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661686@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 25, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-25T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-25T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 25, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 25, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-25T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-25T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 25, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657364@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 25, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-25T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-25T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 26, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 26, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-26T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-26T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 26, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 26, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-26T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-26T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 26, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657412@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 26, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-26T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-26T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 26, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657372@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 26, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-26T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-26T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 27, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 27, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-27T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-27T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 27, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657420@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 27, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-27T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-27T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657380@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 27, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-27T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-27T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 28, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661689@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 28, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-28T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-28T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 28, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 28, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-28T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-28T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (November 28, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 28, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-11-28T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-28T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 29, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 29, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-29T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-29T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 29, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661690@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 29, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-29T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-29T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 29, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 29, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-29T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-29T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (November 30, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-11-30T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-30T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (November 30, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-11-30T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-30T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (November 30, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654287@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-11-30T10:00:00-05:00 2021-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (November 30, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21664521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-11-30T11:00:00-05:00 2021-11-30T12:00:00-05:00 Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (December 1, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-12-01T09:00:00-05:00 2021-12-01T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (December 1, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-12-01T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-01T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (December 1, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657397@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-12-01T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-01T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 1, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-01T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-01T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657357@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-01T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-01T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (December 2, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-12-02T09:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (December 2, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-12-02T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (December 2, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657405@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-12-02T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 2, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-02T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (December 3, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 3, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-12-03T09:00:00-05:00 2021-12-03T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition! (December 3, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89278 89278-21661694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 3, 2021 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student submissions for the As I See It Monologue Competition! Students can submit up to two recorded original monologues along with scripts.

There is no theme for this competition. All monologues must be original content (written by the student submitting the video) and cannot be taken or adapted from an existing work. A script for each video must also be submitted.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the semester. The final date to submit is Friday, December 3 at 10pm. There will also be optional opportunities to perform your monologues in front of a live audience as part of the submission process. Live performances are not required to enter the competition.

The first place winner will receive $100!

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:44:47 -0500 2021-12-03T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-03T11:00:00-05:00 Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Monologue Competition
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (December 3, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657413@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 3, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-12-03T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-03T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 3, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 3, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-03T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-03T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657373@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-03T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Museums at Noon (December 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89348 89348-21662067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

In this session, Cody Thompson and Kendra Phelps will discuss their article, “Preserve a Voucher Specimen! The Critical Need for Integrating Natural History Collections in Infectious Disease Studies,” published in January 2021. With COVID-19 as an example of the failed merger of host-pathogen research with collections-based biodiversity science, the paper reviews past cases of successful integration of museum collections with emerging infectious disease research (e.g., hantaviruses, yellow fever, parasites). The research concludes with recommendations for how public health agencies and the microbiology community can integrate their research efforts with museums using a One Health framework.
Additional details and registration can be found here: http://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/natural-history-collections-and-pandemic-preparedness/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:50:05 -0500 2021-12-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-03T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum Studies Program Lecture / Discussion Cody Thompson and Kendra Phelps
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (December 4, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 4, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-12-04T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-04T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657381@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 4, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-04T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
2021 PCAP Art Auction - December 4th, 2021 (December 4, 2021 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88204 88204-21651368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 4, 2021 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Join us in-person OR online Saturday, December 4th, at the Michigan League - Hussey Room for the Prison Creative Arts Project's 2021 Art Auction.

*Set an alarm!* The Silent Auction will begin online on Thursday, December 2nd at 7:00pm here: https://pcapauction2021.ggo.bid/

This event raises funds to support the *26th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners* (March 22 - April 5, 2022), where 700+ pieces of art created by incarcerated artists will be exhibited at the University of Michigan for public viewing & purchase.

The auction will feature artwork by incarcerated artists, PCAP curators, University of Michigan faculty and local artists.

6:30 pm Cocktail Reception, Silent Auction
7:30 pm Live Auction

This event will be BOTH in-person & virtual.

We will be utilizing mobile-bidding, so have your smartphone handy & charged.
*No smartphone? No problem!* Assistance will be available at the event and desktops can also be used for online participants.

*Want to skip the line?* Pre-register ahead of time here: https://pcapauction2021.ggo.bid/

*Joining us online?* Log in here: https://pcapauction2021.ggo.bid/ & watch LIVE via Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/92389024316

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Reception / Open House Tue, 09 Nov 2021 17:02:24 -0500 2021-12-04T18:30:00-05:00 2021-12-04T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Reception / Open House PCAP 2021 Art Auction - Saturday, December 4th
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (December 5, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 5, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-12-05T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-05T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-05T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (December 6, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 6, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-12-06T09:00:00-05:00 2021-12-06T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 6, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 6, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-06T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-06T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Who Am I? Art Exhibit & Interactive Activity (December 6, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89484 89484-21663284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 6, 2021 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

This semester, we asked UM student artists use art to answer the question “Who Am I?” and we want you to see what your fellow Wolverines created! Come to the Union (outside the Michigan Room) to see the winners of this call for submissions. Art will be displayed during building hours from December 1 - December 17.

On December 6 and December 8, we want to hear from you! Visit the displayed art and take a moment to tell us who YOU are. Giant posterboard and markers will be available for you to express yourself.

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Other Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:42:49 -0500 2021-12-06T15:00:00-05:00 2021-12-06T20:00:00-05:00 Center for Campus Involvement Other Gallery
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (December 7, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-12-07T09:00:00-05:00 2021-12-07T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 7, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-07T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-07T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (December 8, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-12-08T09:00:00-05:00 2021-12-08T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (December 8, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-12-08T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-08T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 8, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-08T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-08T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 8, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-08T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-08T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Who Am I? Art Exhibit & Interactive Activity (December 8, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89484 89484-21663285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

This semester, we asked UM student artists use art to answer the question “Who Am I?” and we want you to see what your fellow Wolverines created! Come to the Union (outside the Michigan Room) to see the winners of this call for submissions. Art will be displayed during building hours from December 1 - December 17.

On December 6 and December 8, we want to hear from you! Visit the displayed art and take a moment to tell us who YOU are. Giant posterboard and markers will be available for you to express yourself.

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Other Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:42:49 -0500 2021-12-08T15:00:00-05:00 2021-12-08T20:00:00-05:00 Center for Campus Involvement Other Gallery
Uncovering Exhibitions: You Are Here (December 8, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89431 89431-21663096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Conversation and Q&A with UMMA Associate Curator of Photography Jennifer Friess

Join us for a virtual presentation on Wednesday, December 8 at 5:30 p.m. EST, as we take a deep-dive into the new, dynamic reinstallation of the Museum’s historic Apse, You Are Here. This special exhibition, curated by UMMA Associate Curator of Photography, Jennifer Friess, celebrates our return to the Museum and opportunities to experience art in person. The works of You Are Here were selected for their ability to evoke feelings of what it means to be truly present upon our return to UMMA. 

During this one-hour event, Friess will take a closer look at a few pieces from the exhibition and discuss how each of these works remind visitors to be present where they are: to look and feel and be at UMMA, in person at the Museum. Guests will have an opportunity to join the discussion through a Q&A.

​This program will be hosted on Zoom. Please register here to reserve your spot.  

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.
 

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Other Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:16:02 -0500 2021-12-08T17:30:00-05:00 2021-12-08T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (December 9, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-12-09T09:00:00-05:00 2021-12-09T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (December 9, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657406@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-12-09T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-09T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 9, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-09T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-09T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657366@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 9, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-09T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-09T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine (December 10, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88229 88229-21651557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 10, 2021 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Los Angeles-based artist Shizu Saldamando was born in 1978 to parents of Mexican-American and Japanese-American descent and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District. Saldamando merges painting and collage, often using origami paper, glitter, or gold leaf in her compositions, many of which are painted on wood or found surfaces. Her modern portraits and innovative methods challenge social constructs pertaining to individual and collective identity within the broader context of the “American Portrait.” Saldamando’s visual biographies, which use her friends, family, and fellow members of the Chicanx creative community in Los Angeles, create new ways of seeing and being seen.

On November 2, 6:30-8pm, Shizu Saldamando talks to curator Amanda Krugliak about Shizu's artistic practice and her exhibition *When This is All Over / Cuando Esto Termine*.

About the artist: Shizu Saldamando is an LA based mixed media artist with an emphasis on portraiture. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and experiments with a broad range of surfaces and materials. Saldamando’s practice employs tattooing, video, painting and drawing on canvas, wood, paper, and cloth. The work functions as homage, as well as documentation, of friends and peers within artistic and musical subcultures around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. She is currently represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles.

Shizu Saldamando is the 2021 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.

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Exhibition Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:34:42 -0400 2021-12-10T09:00:00-05:00 2021-12-10T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition La Erika
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (December 10, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657414@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 10, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-12-10T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-10T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 10, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 10, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-10T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-10T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657374@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 10, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-10T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-10T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Student-Made Video Games Virtual Showcase (December 10, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89369 89369-21662358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 10, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: EECS 494: Introduction to Game Development

Experience 20+ new student-made video games at the EECS 494 + EMU Games Virtual Showcase! Interact with the developers, learn more about Michigan and EMU's game development programs, and vote for your favorite games!

Visit https://494showcase.com Friday evening (the 10th) to participate!

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Exhibition Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:18:17 -0500 2021-12-10T19:00:00-05:00 2021-12-10T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location EECS 494: Introduction to Game Development Exhibition EECS 494 Showcase Event
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (December 11, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 11, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-12-11T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-11T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 11, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657382@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 11, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-11T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-11T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan (December 12, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88762 88762-21657430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 12, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

This exhibt runs through December 12, 2021.

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan invites us to consider these qualities of art, while also grappling with the carceral system and the many ways it affects the lives of all of us.

Currently there are approximately 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and in Michigan, there are roughly 33,000 residents currently serving time in the prison system. Working together with a coalition of more than a dozen organizations and Michigan State University units and departments, Free Your Mind explores the inner worlds of incarcerated individuals and the fundamental issues that shape conversations around incarceration today. The exhibition centers on four key topics of inquiry: Michigan’s length of sentencing and overcrowding in prisons; the impact of incarceration on women; youth incarceration; and the dangers of COVID-19.

The exhibition features artists, poets, and storytellers of great achievement. The majority of these artists are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Their works on view invite us to consider the role art-making plays in prisons as a liberating force, and offer unique perspectives on the experience of incarceration. The works also invite us to approach the subject of incarceration with an open mind. Free Your Mind aims to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for those directly impacted by incarceration and an understanding that their growth as individuals is linked to the greater health of the society we all live in, together.

Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and curated by Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Janie Paul, Senior Curator and Cofounder, Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:58:45 -0500 2021-12-12T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-12T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657390@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 12, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-12T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-12T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 13, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 13, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-13T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 14, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654301@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-14T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-14T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 15, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654302@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-15T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-15T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 15, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657359@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-15T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-15T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 16, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654303@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 16, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-16T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-16T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 16, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657367@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 16, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-16T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-16T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 17, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654304@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 17, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-17T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-17T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 17, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 17, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-17T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-17T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 18, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657383@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 18, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-18T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-18T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition (December 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88761 88761-21657391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition features the work of artists in the Linkage Project, a program of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) that affirms the creativity of adults who have returned from incarceration. The artists previously exhibited their work at PCAP's Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners at the University of Michigan. For some, this exhibition at the MSU Broad Art Lab is the first opportunity to show their work since regaining their freedom. Art-making has helped these artists during the dark years of their incarceration, and we hope the exhibition inspires visitors to learn more about how to support formerly incarcerated people reconnecting with their communities.

Martín Vargas, artist and curator of this exhibition, invites visitors and supporters to not only connect with the artists through their work, but also during select Art Lab studio hours, which will feature several of the artists working in person.

Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition is organized by the Linkage Project of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan in partnership with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The exhibition is curated by Martín Vargas, Vanessa Mayesky, Scott Tompkins, Nico Slowik, Kimiko Uyeda, and Jenna VanFleteren.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:21:37 -0400 2021-12-19T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-19T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Connections, New Beginnings: Artists in Transition installation view at the MSU Broad Art Lab, 2021. Photo: Zoe Kissel/MSU Broad.
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 20, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 20, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-20T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-20T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 21, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-21T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-21T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 22, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-22T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-22T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility at the University of Michigan (December 23, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88484 88484-21654310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 23, 2021 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This exhibit focuses on the concept of Ujima (collective work and responsibility in Swahili) as it pertains to activism on the campus of the University of Michigan over the years. By seeing how collective actions can lead to powerful movements, the exhibit presents a chronological display demonstrating the importance of calling for change. 
The majority of photos and articles originate from campus resources, including the Bentley Historical Library, the Michigan Daily's archives and other original materials. 
UJIMA is dedicated to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Michigan who envisioned and exemplified the principle of Ujima to bring about a more equitable and inclusive university through their thoughts and actions. 
There is also a virtual audio/visual tour of the exhibit which can be accessed at:myumi.ch/7ZQn0

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Exhibition Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:52:01 -0400 2021-12-23T10:00:00-05:00 2021-12-23T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition UJIMA: Collective Work and Responsibility
Prisons and Politics in America (January 7, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89866 89866-21672199@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 7, 2022 9:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit examines the political reasons for why people are imprisoned: for speaking out, for writing, for violating repressive laws, framed because of their color or politics, for stealing from the rich, for refusing the military draft, for whistleblowing, for attempting to overthrow the government, for standing up for a belief, or for walking over a forbidden line.

The items focus on maintaining one's humanity behind bars, promoting political causes, and offering solidarity in support of prisoners.

The groups and individuals whose stories are featured in the Labadie Collection share one thing in common: fighting to make a better world. In the process, many of them have been arrested, brutalized, censored, deported, imprisoned, or executed. Some were innocent victims of violent police or discriminatory policies.

The U-M Library’s Joseph A. Labadie Collection documents the history of social protest movements and marginalized political communities from the nineteenth century to the present. Established in 1911, it is the oldest and largest public archive of its kind in the world.

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Exhibition Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:30:30 -0500 2022-01-07T09:00:00-05:00 2022-01-07T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Pinback buttons from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection, Special Collections Research Center.
Curriculum / Collection 2021 (January 7, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84302 84302-21621078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 7, 2022 10:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In Curriculum / Collection, an incredible variety of University of Michigan courses take material form. Collected for each course are objects that address the nature of reality, imagination, and vision in relation to politics, social action, science, mathematics and more. 

Working in collaboration with University faculty, the works in this exhibition were selected for their capacity to provoke engagement with the guiding questions and themes of their specific courses, while also offering students material and inspiration for research projects in their areas of study. The exhibition demonstrates some of the diverse and creative ways art plays a central role in learning across the disciplines. It also asks us to consider what we can learn from art objects across an infinite variety of specialties and subject matter.

Here you’ll be able to explore the collections designed for each course, dive into the works themselves, and hear from the professors and students about how they are engaging with art and objects in new ways. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something surprising along the way, too.

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick, the Eleanor Noyes Crumpacker Endowment Fund, and P.J. and Julie Solit.

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Exhibition Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:16:14 -0500 2022-01-07T10:00:00-05:00 2022-01-07T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition <p>Shigeo Fukuda, <em>Victory (Reproduction)</em>, 1976, screenprint on paper. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of the DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion, 2017/2.86</p>
Prisons and Politics in America (January 8, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89866 89866-21672200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 8, 2022 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit examines the political reasons for why people are imprisoned: for speaking out, for writing, for violating repressive laws, framed because of their color or politics, for stealing from the rich, for refusing the military draft, for whistleblowing, for attempting to overthrow the government, for standing up for a belief, or for walking over a forbidden line.

The items focus on maintaining one's humanity behind bars, promoting political causes, and offering solidarity in support of prisoners.

The groups and individuals whose stories are featured in the Labadie Collection share one thing in common: fighting to make a better world. In the process, many of them have been arrested, brutalized, censored, deported, imprisoned, or executed. Some were innocent victims of violent police or discriminatory policies.

The U-M Library’s Joseph A. Labadie Collection documents the history of social protest movements and marginalized political communities from the nineteenth century to the present. Established in 1911, it is the oldest and largest public archive of its kind in the world.

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Exhibition Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:30:30 -0500 2022-01-08T10:00:00-05:00 2022-01-08T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Pinback buttons from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection, Special Collections Research Center.
Prisons and Politics in America (January 9, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89866 89866-21672201@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 9, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit examines the political reasons for why people are imprisoned: for speaking out, for writing, for violating repressive laws, framed because of their color or politics, for stealing from the rich, for refusing the military draft, for whistleblowing, for attempting to overthrow the government, for standing up for a belief, or for walking over a forbidden line.

The items focus on maintaining one's humanity behind bars, promoting political causes, and offering solidarity in support of prisoners.

The groups and individuals whose stories are featured in the Labadie Collection share one thing in common: fighting to make a better world. In the process, many of them have been arrested, brutalized, censored, deported, imprisoned, or executed. Some were innocent victims of violent police or discriminatory policies.

The U-M Library’s Joseph A. Labadie Collection documents the history of social protest movements and marginalized political communities from the nineteenth century to the present. Established in 1911, it is the oldest and largest public archive of its kind in the world.

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Exhibition Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:30:30 -0500 2022-01-09T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-09T17:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Pinback buttons from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection, Special Collections Research Center.
Prisons and Politics in America (January 10, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89866 89866-21672202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 10, 2022 9:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit examines the political reasons for why people are imprisoned: for speaking out, for writing, for violating repressive laws, framed because of their color or politics, for stealing from the rich, for refusing the military draft, for whistleblowing, for attempting to overthrow the government, for standing up for a belief, or for walking over a forbidden line.

The items focus on maintaining one's humanity behind bars, promoting political causes, and offering solidarity in support of prisoners.

The groups and individuals whose stories are featured in the Labadie Collection share one thing in common: fighting to make a better world. In the process, many of them have been arrested, brutalized, censored, deported, imprisoned, or executed. Some were innocent victims of violent police or discriminatory policies.

The U-M Library’s Joseph A. Labadie Collection documents the history of social protest movements and marginalized political communities from the nineteenth century to the present. Established in 1911, it is the oldest and largest public archive of its kind in the world.

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Exhibition Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:30:30 -0500 2022-01-10T09:00:00-05:00 2022-01-10T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Pinback buttons from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection, Special Collections Research Center.
Prisons and Politics in America (January 11, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89866 89866-21672203@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 9:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit examines the political reasons for why people are imprisoned: for speaking out, for writing, for violating repressive laws, framed because of their color or politics, for stealing from the rich, for refusing the military draft, for whistleblowing, for attempting to overthrow the government, for standing up for a belief, or for walking over a forbidden line.

The items focus on maintaining one's humanity behind bars, promoting political causes, and offering solidarity in support of prisoners.

The groups and individuals whose stories are featured in the Labadie Collection share one thing in common: fighting to make a better world. In the process, many of them have been arrested, brutalized, censored, deported, imprisoned, or executed. Some were innocent victims of violent police or discriminatory policies.

The U-M Library’s Joseph A. Labadie Collection documents the history of social protest movements and marginalized political communities from the nineteenth century to the present. Established in 1911, it is the oldest and largest public archive of its kind in the world.

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Exhibition Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:30:30 -0500 2022-01-11T09:00:00-05:00 2022-01-11T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Pinback buttons from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection, Special Collections Research Center.
Prisons and Politics in America (January 12, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89866 89866-21672204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 9:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit examines the political reasons for why people are imprisoned: for speaking out, for writing, for violating repressive laws, framed because of their color or politics, for stealing from the rich, for refusing the military draft, for whistleblowing, for attempting to overthrow the government, for standing up for a belief, or for walking over a forbidden line.

The items focus on maintaining one's humanity behind bars, promoting political causes, and offering solidarity in support of prisoners.

The groups and individuals whose stories are featured in the Labadie Collection share one thing in common: fighting to make a better world. In the process, many of them have been arrested, brutalized, censored, deported, imprisoned, or executed. Some were innocent victims of violent police or discriminatory policies.

The U-M Library’s Joseph A. Labadie Collection documents the history of social protest movements and marginalized political communities from the nineteenth century to the present. Established in 1911, it is the oldest and largest public archive of its kind in the world.

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Exhibition Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:30:30 -0500 2022-01-12T09:00:00-05:00 2022-01-12T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Pinback buttons from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection, Special Collections Research Center.
Beautiful By Night (January 13, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90020 90020-21667473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 13, 2022 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Artist James Hosking lived in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood from 2010 to 2018, during which time he developed the *Beautiful By Night* photo series and documentary film. The work is about the veteran drag performers at Aunt Charlie’s Lounge, a small bar that has had an outsized influence on San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ community for more than twenty years. Sadly, it is now the last gay bar in the area. The project captures the performers Donna Personna, Olivia Hart, and Collette LeGrande as they transform at home, backstage, and onstage. It is a candid exploration of aging, identity, and labor.

Special Evening Viewing with James Hosking in Conversation with Curator Amanda Krugliak with pop-up performances by *Beautiful By Night *protagonists Olivia Hart and Donna Personna Thursday, January 13, 6:45pm-8pm.

For complete details, visit https://lsa.umich.edu/humanities/gallery/current-exhibitions/james-hosking.html.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Dec 2021 15:24:02 -0500 2022-01-13T09:00:00-05:00 2022-01-13T20:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Donna Personna by James Hosking
Prisons and Politics in America (January 13, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89866 89866-21672205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 13, 2022 9:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit examines the political reasons for why people are imprisoned: for speaking out, for writing, for violating repressive laws, framed because of their color or politics, for stealing from the rich, for refusing the military draft, for whistleblowing, for attempting to overthrow the government, for standing up for a belief, or for walking over a forbidden line.

The items focus on maintaining one's humanity behind bars, promoting political causes, and offering solidarity in support of prisoners.

The groups and individuals whose stories are featured in the Labadie Collection share one thing in common: fighting to make a better world. In the process, many of them have been arrested, brutalized, censored, deported, imprisoned, or executed. Some were innocent victims of violent police or discriminatory policies.

The U-M Library’s Joseph A. Labadie Collection documents the history of social protest movements and marginalized political communities from the nineteenth century to the present. Established in 1911, it is the oldest and largest public archive of its kind in the world.

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Exhibition Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:30:30 -0500 2022-01-13T09:00:00-05:00 2022-01-13T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Pinback buttons from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection, Special Collections Research Center.
"Beautiful By Night" Special Evening Viewing with James Hosking in Conversation with Curator Amanda Krugliak (January 13, 2022 6:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90022 90022-21667513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 13, 2022 6:45pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us for a Special Evening Viewing with James Hosking in Conversation with Curator Amanda Krugliak.

About the exhibition: Artist James Hosking lived in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood from 2010 to 2018, during which time he developed the *Beautiful By Night *photo series and documentary film. The work is about the veteran drag performers at Aunt Charlie’s Lounge, a small bar that has had an outsized influence on San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ community for more than twenty years. Sadly, it is now the last gay bar in the area. The project captures the performers Donna Personna, Olivia Hart, and Collette LeGrande as they transform at home, backstage, and onstage. It is a candid exploration of aging, identity, and labor.

Complete details at https://lsa.umich.edu/humanities/gallery/current-exhibitions/james-hosking.html.

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Reception / Open House Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:07:15 -0500 2022-01-13T18:45:00-05:00 2022-01-13T20:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Reception / Open House Donna Personna by James Hosking