Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (February 29, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Allison Svoboda was born in Detroit. A proud Midwesterner, she splits her time between studios in Chicago and Pentwater, Michigan. She is recognized for her ethereal paintings and sculptural installations. Finding the edge between intuitive and deliberate mark making, Svoboda’s work is a meditation on the earth’s last places of quiet and untouched beauty. Challenging the viewer to rethink their responsibility to Mother Earth, her collage works are intricate paintings layered to create sculptural works. These paintings are based on fractal geometry (infinitely unfolding terrains of self-similar shapes like those in living things. In 2015, she received a Hemera fellowship to study Zen and calligraphy in Japan, which continues to influence her work.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:11:44 -0500 2020-02-29T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-29T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (February 29, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In her early career, Linda Erf Swift worked as a teacher and social worker in public schools, and later graduated from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. 12 years into her current work, Swift photographs students in three high schools on Chicago’s Southside: Kenwood Academy, King College Prep (public schools) and University High (private). She asks seniors to bring in a quotation they believe speaks to their identity, and Swift takes their portrait with it on a blackboard behind them. The images challenge viewers to evaluate their assumptions about adolescents by opening a door into what young people really think and aspire to. The students’ choices reveal a youth culture that is wise and artistic, assertive and joyful, discerning and full of possibility.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:35 -0500 2020-02-29T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-29T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (February 29, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this body of work, Detroit artist and U-M alumna Laura Cavanagh explores quiet, intimate spaces. An introvert by nature, “space,” and the preservation of personal space, is immensely important to her. She encounters these spaces both indoors and out, and she employs light and color to capture her emotional state relevant to the space. She works with oil and chalk pastel, a medium that allows her to make tangible those moments that are fleeting and transitory. Cavanagh breaks down architectural elements into bold blocks of color, creating an atmosphere of still quietude, so critical to her creative process.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:14:30 -0500 2020-02-29T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-29T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (February 29, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In 2017 Leslie Sobel, as artist in residence at Kluane National Park in Yukon Territory, Canada, camped on an icefield with a group of climate scientists. The landscape shrines in this exhibit combine her work as an environmental artist with the experience of that pristine, remote, beautiful, and at risk environment. The mixed media boxes – utilizing painting, monotype, photography, resin and encaustic – capture memories of places being altered by climate change. Meant to bring complex ideas and big emotions into a size one can literally hold in one’s hands, the works have charred exteriors and bright colors and metal leaf echoing traditional Tibetan iconography in depicting the beauty and spiritual power of high places.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:25:37 -0500 2020-02-29T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-29T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (February 29, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547141@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Surrealist painter and instructor Greg Potter is based in Franklin, Indiana. After more than 20 years in the service and four tours in the Middle East, he is now pursuing his passion in painting and 3D art. Lightheartedness, quirkiness, and a desire for freedom are his creatures’ main traits as they fly on nests, sail on lakes, or venture into outer space. Looking for autonomy on their way somewhere, his boldly colored animal explorers, tourists, and misfits are uncaring about their surroundings and challenge expectations. They are out of their element due to circumstances beyond their control. One patient shared that for her, Potter’s work symbolized the process of adapting to a diagnosis by transforming into someone stronger and wiser without losing who you really are.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:25:57 -0500 2020-02-29T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-29T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (February 29, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-02-29T11:00:00-05:00 2020-02-29T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Science Forum Demo (February 29, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70939 70939-17758019@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 11:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Take a journey through deep time as we explore a story that has taken millions of years to unfold, and then examine a brand new discovery! Where did life begin? How did the first four-footed land animals emerge? And why do fossil whales have feet? Participants examine the museum’s fossil whales and related species as they learn about the evolutionary processes responsible for the diversity of life on earth. After a brief presentation, visitors can make a cast of a tooth from an ancient whale species called Dorudon and help to construct an evolutionary timeline.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Jan 2020 10:18:04 -0500 2020-02-29T11:00:00-05:00 2020-02-29T11:15:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Science Forum Demos
Paleo Prep Lab Chat (February 29, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69902 69902-17758050@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 11:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Join us at the visible labs in the atriums for a discussion about the science happening inside. All ages welcome. Please check the Welcome Desk for times.

Stop by and chat with an educator in front of the Paleo Prep Lab near the mastodons and learn about the tools and skills needed to prepare and cast fossils for research and display.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 06 Jan 2020 10:29:38 -0500 2020-02-29T11:30:00-05:00 2020-02-29T11:45:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Class / Instruction Biological Sciences Building
Scientist in the Forum (February 29, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69901 69901-17758041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:32:50 -0500 2020-02-29T13:00:00-05:00 2020-02-29T13:15:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Scientists in the Forum, most weekends at 1:00 p.m.
Science Forum Demo (February 29, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70941 70941-17758032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Join us in the Science Forum for 15-20 minute engaging science demonstrations that will help you see the world in a whole new way. Demonstrations are appropriate for visitors ages 5 and above.

Home to 84% of North American surface fresh water, complex ecosystems, and more than 30 million people, the Great Lakes are the backdrop for all life on both of Michigan’s peninsulas. Explore their natural history, current human impact, and the challenges for the future. Can you guess where the oldest fossils are? Or how much of the world’s accessible fresh water the Lakes contain? Join us.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:50:16 -0500 2020-02-29T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-29T15:15:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion UMMNH Science Forum
UMMA Pop Up: Wee Wisdom Women (February 29, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72289 72289-17968250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

The Wee Wisdom Women, named after a street on North Campus, is composed of music students Elena Chambers (violin), Abby Carpenter (voice, guitar), and Tess Lauer (flute) at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. The three of them share a love of traditional Irish/Scottish folk tunes, and they love putting their own spin on these old classics as well as originating their own works. 

For bookings, you can email them at weewisdomwomen@gmail.com 

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Performance Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:17:42 -0500 2020-02-29T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-29T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Biodiversity Lab Chat (February 29, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69903 69903-17758059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Join us at the visible labs in the atriums for a discussion about the science happening inside. All ages welcome. Please check the Welcome Desk for times.

Stop by and chat with an educator in front of the Biodiversity Genomics Lab on the second floor, near the giant pterosaur, to learn about how and why scientists process DNA samples from plants and animals around the world.

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Other Mon, 06 Jan 2020 10:31:16 -0500 2020-02-29T15:30:00-05:00 2020-02-29T15:45:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Other Biological Sciences Building
Americana Sampler (March 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (March 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547643@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Bae is a multidisciplinary artist based out of New York. Her sculptural works are infused with symbolism and metaphors in the forms of cages, nests and butterflies. All works are made entirely of varying weights and types of paper, including hanji (Korean traditional) and common coffee filters. Representing concepts of time, memory, openness and constraint, the pieces are created with traditional methods, using scissors and simple die-cutting tools; cross-disciplinary techniques, such as weaving and tatting used in fiber arts; and technologies like laser cutting machines. There are two series of paper nests: one created entirely without the use of adhesive, and the other involves tatting with knots. Viewers are encouraged to contemplate, find meaning and ultimately – hope.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:17:01 -0500 2020-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-01T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (March 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Fractured History explores concepts of identity, love, loss and the connection between music, history and civil rights. Aaron Dworkin is a social entrepreneur, author, artist and professor of music. Classically trained in the violin, Dworkin grew up in a diverse household; his adoptive family is Jewish, his biological mother is Irish Catholic, and his biological father is African-American and a Jehovah’s Witness. His passion for inclusion and social justice inspired him to found the Sphinx Organization, which works to help reflect the diversity in the US in orchestras. The digital and mixed media works in this exhibit combine elements of music, diversity, and an evolving aesthetic of the abstract that mirrors a disjunct search for unconditional love.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center, Level 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:03 -0500 2020-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (March 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Luke Song’s Detroit millinery was frequented by the late great Aretha Franklin. Franklin wore her much-discussed Mr. Song hat for her performance at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. Mr. Song Millinery has been in business since 1982, making hats for church, the Kentucky Derby, Ascot, and other special occasions. Hats by Mr. Song Millinery are also on display at the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, several African-American Museums, and the Smithsonian. “So consider yourself a part of history if you decide to wear one." – Pamela Thomas-Graham, “The Best Makers of Couture Millinery in the World”, 8/13/2019.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:03:50 -0500 2020-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-01T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (March 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Allison Svoboda was born in Detroit. A proud Midwesterner, she splits her time between studios in Chicago and Pentwater, Michigan. She is recognized for her ethereal paintings and sculptural installations. Finding the edge between intuitive and deliberate mark making, Svoboda’s work is a meditation on the earth’s last places of quiet and untouched beauty. Challenging the viewer to rethink their responsibility to Mother Earth, her collage works are intricate paintings layered to create sculptural works. These paintings are based on fractal geometry (infinitely unfolding terrains of self-similar shapes like those in living things. In 2015, she received a Hemera fellowship to study Zen and calligraphy in Japan, which continues to influence her work.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:11:44 -0500 2020-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-01T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (March 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In her early career, Linda Erf Swift worked as a teacher and social worker in public schools, and later graduated from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. 12 years into her current work, Swift photographs students in three high schools on Chicago’s Southside: Kenwood Academy, King College Prep (public schools) and University High (private). She asks seniors to bring in a quotation they believe speaks to their identity, and Swift takes their portrait with it on a blackboard behind them. The images challenge viewers to evaluate their assumptions about adolescents by opening a door into what young people really think and aspire to. The students’ choices reveal a youth culture that is wise and artistic, assertive and joyful, discerning and full of possibility.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:35 -0500 2020-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-01T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (March 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this body of work, Detroit artist and U-M alumna Laura Cavanagh explores quiet, intimate spaces. An introvert by nature, “space,” and the preservation of personal space, is immensely important to her. She encounters these spaces both indoors and out, and she employs light and color to capture her emotional state relevant to the space. She works with oil and chalk pastel, a medium that allows her to make tangible those moments that are fleeting and transitory. Cavanagh breaks down architectural elements into bold blocks of color, creating an atmosphere of still quietude, so critical to her creative process.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:14:30 -0500 2020-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-01T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (March 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547394@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In 2017 Leslie Sobel, as artist in residence at Kluane National Park in Yukon Territory, Canada, camped on an icefield with a group of climate scientists. The landscape shrines in this exhibit combine her work as an environmental artist with the experience of that pristine, remote, beautiful, and at risk environment. The mixed media boxes – utilizing painting, monotype, photography, resin and encaustic – capture memories of places being altered by climate change. Meant to bring complex ideas and big emotions into a size one can literally hold in one’s hands, the works have charred exteriors and bright colors and metal leaf echoing traditional Tibetan iconography in depicting the beauty and spiritual power of high places.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:25:37 -0500 2020-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-01T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (March 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547142@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Surrealist painter and instructor Greg Potter is based in Franklin, Indiana. After more than 20 years in the service and four tours in the Middle East, he is now pursuing his passion in painting and 3D art. Lightheartedness, quirkiness, and a desire for freedom are his creatures’ main traits as they fly on nests, sail on lakes, or venture into outer space. Looking for autonomy on their way somewhere, his boldly colored animal explorers, tourists, and misfits are uncaring about their surroundings and challenge expectations. They are out of their element due to circumstances beyond their control. One patient shared that for her, Potter’s work symbolized the process of adapting to a diagnosis by transforming into someone stronger and wiser without losing who you really are.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:25:57 -0500 2020-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-01T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 1, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988298@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 1, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 2020-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Americana Sampler (March 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (March 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Bae is a multidisciplinary artist based out of New York. Her sculptural works are infused with symbolism and metaphors in the forms of cages, nests and butterflies. All works are made entirely of varying weights and types of paper, including hanji (Korean traditional) and common coffee filters. Representing concepts of time, memory, openness and constraint, the pieces are created with traditional methods, using scissors and simple die-cutting tools; cross-disciplinary techniques, such as weaving and tatting used in fiber arts; and technologies like laser cutting machines. There are two series of paper nests: one created entirely without the use of adhesive, and the other involves tatting with knots. Viewers are encouraged to contemplate, find meaning and ultimately – hope.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:17:01 -0500 2020-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (March 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Fractured History explores concepts of identity, love, loss and the connection between music, history and civil rights. Aaron Dworkin is a social entrepreneur, author, artist and professor of music. Classically trained in the violin, Dworkin grew up in a diverse household; his adoptive family is Jewish, his biological mother is Irish Catholic, and his biological father is African-American and a Jehovah’s Witness. His passion for inclusion and social justice inspired him to found the Sphinx Organization, which works to help reflect the diversity in the US in orchestras. The digital and mixed media works in this exhibit combine elements of music, diversity, and an evolving aesthetic of the abstract that mirrors a disjunct search for unconditional love.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center, Level 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:03 -0500 2020-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (March 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Luke Song’s Detroit millinery was frequented by the late great Aretha Franklin. Franklin wore her much-discussed Mr. Song hat for her performance at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. Mr. Song Millinery has been in business since 1982, making hats for church, the Kentucky Derby, Ascot, and other special occasions. Hats by Mr. Song Millinery are also on display at the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, several African-American Museums, and the Smithsonian. “So consider yourself a part of history if you decide to wear one." – Pamela Thomas-Graham, “The Best Makers of Couture Millinery in the World”, 8/13/2019.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:03:50 -0500 2020-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (March 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Allison Svoboda was born in Detroit. A proud Midwesterner, she splits her time between studios in Chicago and Pentwater, Michigan. She is recognized for her ethereal paintings and sculptural installations. Finding the edge between intuitive and deliberate mark making, Svoboda’s work is a meditation on the earth’s last places of quiet and untouched beauty. Challenging the viewer to rethink their responsibility to Mother Earth, her collage works are intricate paintings layered to create sculptural works. These paintings are based on fractal geometry (infinitely unfolding terrains of self-similar shapes like those in living things. In 2015, she received a Hemera fellowship to study Zen and calligraphy in Japan, which continues to influence her work.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:11:44 -0500 2020-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (March 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In her early career, Linda Erf Swift worked as a teacher and social worker in public schools, and later graduated from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. 12 years into her current work, Swift photographs students in three high schools on Chicago’s Southside: Kenwood Academy, King College Prep (public schools) and University High (private). She asks seniors to bring in a quotation they believe speaks to their identity, and Swift takes their portrait with it on a blackboard behind them. The images challenge viewers to evaluate their assumptions about adolescents by opening a door into what young people really think and aspire to. The students’ choices reveal a youth culture that is wise and artistic, assertive and joyful, discerning and full of possibility.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:35 -0500 2020-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (March 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this body of work, Detroit artist and U-M alumna Laura Cavanagh explores quiet, intimate spaces. An introvert by nature, “space,” and the preservation of personal space, is immensely important to her. She encounters these spaces both indoors and out, and she employs light and color to capture her emotional state relevant to the space. She works with oil and chalk pastel, a medium that allows her to make tangible those moments that are fleeting and transitory. Cavanagh breaks down architectural elements into bold blocks of color, creating an atmosphere of still quietude, so critical to her creative process.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:14:30 -0500 2020-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (March 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In 2017 Leslie Sobel, as artist in residence at Kluane National Park in Yukon Territory, Canada, camped on an icefield with a group of climate scientists. The landscape shrines in this exhibit combine her work as an environmental artist with the experience of that pristine, remote, beautiful, and at risk environment. The mixed media boxes – utilizing painting, monotype, photography, resin and encaustic – capture memories of places being altered by climate change. Meant to bring complex ideas and big emotions into a size one can literally hold in one’s hands, the works have charred exteriors and bright colors and metal leaf echoing traditional Tibetan iconography in depicting the beauty and spiritual power of high places.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:25:37 -0500 2020-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (March 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547143@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Surrealist painter and instructor Greg Potter is based in Franklin, Indiana. After more than 20 years in the service and four tours in the Middle East, he is now pursuing his passion in painting and 3D art. Lightheartedness, quirkiness, and a desire for freedom are his creatures’ main traits as they fly on nests, sail on lakes, or venture into outer space. Looking for autonomy on their way somewhere, his boldly colored animal explorers, tourists, and misfits are uncaring about their surroundings and challenge expectations. They are out of their element due to circumstances beyond their control. One patient shared that for her, Potter’s work symbolized the process of adapting to a diagnosis by transforming into someone stronger and wiser without losing who you really are.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:25:57 -0500 2020-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Americana Sampler (March 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (March 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Bae is a multidisciplinary artist based out of New York. Her sculptural works are infused with symbolism and metaphors in the forms of cages, nests and butterflies. All works are made entirely of varying weights and types of paper, including hanji (Korean traditional) and common coffee filters. Representing concepts of time, memory, openness and constraint, the pieces are created with traditional methods, using scissors and simple die-cutting tools; cross-disciplinary techniques, such as weaving and tatting used in fiber arts; and technologies like laser cutting machines. There are two series of paper nests: one created entirely without the use of adhesive, and the other involves tatting with knots. Viewers are encouraged to contemplate, find meaning and ultimately – hope.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:17:01 -0500 2020-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (March 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547752@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Fractured History explores concepts of identity, love, loss and the connection between music, history and civil rights. Aaron Dworkin is a social entrepreneur, author, artist and professor of music. Classically trained in the violin, Dworkin grew up in a diverse household; his adoptive family is Jewish, his biological mother is Irish Catholic, and his biological father is African-American and a Jehovah’s Witness. His passion for inclusion and social justice inspired him to found the Sphinx Organization, which works to help reflect the diversity in the US in orchestras. The digital and mixed media works in this exhibit combine elements of music, diversity, and an evolving aesthetic of the abstract that mirrors a disjunct search for unconditional love.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center, Level 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:03 -0500 2020-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (March 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Luke Song’s Detroit millinery was frequented by the late great Aretha Franklin. Franklin wore her much-discussed Mr. Song hat for her performance at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. Mr. Song Millinery has been in business since 1982, making hats for church, the Kentucky Derby, Ascot, and other special occasions. Hats by Mr. Song Millinery are also on display at the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, several African-American Museums, and the Smithsonian. “So consider yourself a part of history if you decide to wear one." – Pamela Thomas-Graham, “The Best Makers of Couture Millinery in the World”, 8/13/2019.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:03:50 -0500 2020-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (March 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Allison Svoboda was born in Detroit. A proud Midwesterner, she splits her time between studios in Chicago and Pentwater, Michigan. She is recognized for her ethereal paintings and sculptural installations. Finding the edge between intuitive and deliberate mark making, Svoboda’s work is a meditation on the earth’s last places of quiet and untouched beauty. Challenging the viewer to rethink their responsibility to Mother Earth, her collage works are intricate paintings layered to create sculptural works. These paintings are based on fractal geometry (infinitely unfolding terrains of self-similar shapes like those in living things. In 2015, she received a Hemera fellowship to study Zen and calligraphy in Japan, which continues to influence her work.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:11:44 -0500 2020-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (March 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In her early career, Linda Erf Swift worked as a teacher and social worker in public schools, and later graduated from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. 12 years into her current work, Swift photographs students in three high schools on Chicago’s Southside: Kenwood Academy, King College Prep (public schools) and University High (private). She asks seniors to bring in a quotation they believe speaks to their identity, and Swift takes their portrait with it on a blackboard behind them. The images challenge viewers to evaluate their assumptions about adolescents by opening a door into what young people really think and aspire to. The students’ choices reveal a youth culture that is wise and artistic, assertive and joyful, discerning and full of possibility.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:35 -0500 2020-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (March 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this body of work, Detroit artist and U-M alumna Laura Cavanagh explores quiet, intimate spaces. An introvert by nature, “space,” and the preservation of personal space, is immensely important to her. She encounters these spaces both indoors and out, and she employs light and color to capture her emotional state relevant to the space. She works with oil and chalk pastel, a medium that allows her to make tangible those moments that are fleeting and transitory. Cavanagh breaks down architectural elements into bold blocks of color, creating an atmosphere of still quietude, so critical to her creative process.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:14:30 -0500 2020-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (March 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547396@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In 2017 Leslie Sobel, as artist in residence at Kluane National Park in Yukon Territory, Canada, camped on an icefield with a group of climate scientists. The landscape shrines in this exhibit combine her work as an environmental artist with the experience of that pristine, remote, beautiful, and at risk environment. The mixed media boxes – utilizing painting, monotype, photography, resin and encaustic – capture memories of places being altered by climate change. Meant to bring complex ideas and big emotions into a size one can literally hold in one’s hands, the works have charred exteriors and bright colors and metal leaf echoing traditional Tibetan iconography in depicting the beauty and spiritual power of high places.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:25:37 -0500 2020-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (March 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547144@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Surrealist painter and instructor Greg Potter is based in Franklin, Indiana. After more than 20 years in the service and four tours in the Middle East, he is now pursuing his passion in painting and 3D art. Lightheartedness, quirkiness, and a desire for freedom are his creatures’ main traits as they fly on nests, sail on lakes, or venture into outer space. Looking for autonomy on their way somewhere, his boldly colored animal explorers, tourists, and misfits are uncaring about their surroundings and challenge expectations. They are out of their element due to circumstances beyond their control. One patient shared that for her, Potter’s work symbolized the process of adapting to a diagnosis by transforming into someone stronger and wiser without losing who you really are.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:25:57 -0500 2020-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 3, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988299@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-03T11:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Americana Sampler (March 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (March 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Bae is a multidisciplinary artist based out of New York. Her sculptural works are infused with symbolism and metaphors in the forms of cages, nests and butterflies. All works are made entirely of varying weights and types of paper, including hanji (Korean traditional) and common coffee filters. Representing concepts of time, memory, openness and constraint, the pieces are created with traditional methods, using scissors and simple die-cutting tools; cross-disciplinary techniques, such as weaving and tatting used in fiber arts; and technologies like laser cutting machines. There are two series of paper nests: one created entirely without the use of adhesive, and the other involves tatting with knots. Viewers are encouraged to contemplate, find meaning and ultimately – hope.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:17:01 -0500 2020-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (March 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547753@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Fractured History explores concepts of identity, love, loss and the connection between music, history and civil rights. Aaron Dworkin is a social entrepreneur, author, artist and professor of music. Classically trained in the violin, Dworkin grew up in a diverse household; his adoptive family is Jewish, his biological mother is Irish Catholic, and his biological father is African-American and a Jehovah’s Witness. His passion for inclusion and social justice inspired him to found the Sphinx Organization, which works to help reflect the diversity in the US in orchestras. The digital and mixed media works in this exhibit combine elements of music, diversity, and an evolving aesthetic of the abstract that mirrors a disjunct search for unconditional love.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center, Level 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:03 -0500 2020-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (March 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Luke Song’s Detroit millinery was frequented by the late great Aretha Franklin. Franklin wore her much-discussed Mr. Song hat for her performance at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. Mr. Song Millinery has been in business since 1982, making hats for church, the Kentucky Derby, Ascot, and other special occasions. Hats by Mr. Song Millinery are also on display at the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, several African-American Museums, and the Smithsonian. “So consider yourself a part of history if you decide to wear one." – Pamela Thomas-Graham, “The Best Makers of Couture Millinery in the World”, 8/13/2019.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:03:50 -0500 2020-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (March 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Allison Svoboda was born in Detroit. A proud Midwesterner, she splits her time between studios in Chicago and Pentwater, Michigan. She is recognized for her ethereal paintings and sculptural installations. Finding the edge between intuitive and deliberate mark making, Svoboda’s work is a meditation on the earth’s last places of quiet and untouched beauty. Challenging the viewer to rethink their responsibility to Mother Earth, her collage works are intricate paintings layered to create sculptural works. These paintings are based on fractal geometry (infinitely unfolding terrains of self-similar shapes like those in living things. In 2015, she received a Hemera fellowship to study Zen and calligraphy in Japan, which continues to influence her work.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:11:44 -0500 2020-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (March 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In her early career, Linda Erf Swift worked as a teacher and social worker in public schools, and later graduated from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. 12 years into her current work, Swift photographs students in three high schools on Chicago’s Southside: Kenwood Academy, King College Prep (public schools) and University High (private). She asks seniors to bring in a quotation they believe speaks to their identity, and Swift takes their portrait with it on a blackboard behind them. The images challenge viewers to evaluate their assumptions about adolescents by opening a door into what young people really think and aspire to. The students’ choices reveal a youth culture that is wise and artistic, assertive and joyful, discerning and full of possibility.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:35 -0500 2020-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (March 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this body of work, Detroit artist and U-M alumna Laura Cavanagh explores quiet, intimate spaces. An introvert by nature, “space,” and the preservation of personal space, is immensely important to her. She encounters these spaces both indoors and out, and she employs light and color to capture her emotional state relevant to the space. She works with oil and chalk pastel, a medium that allows her to make tangible those moments that are fleeting and transitory. Cavanagh breaks down architectural elements into bold blocks of color, creating an atmosphere of still quietude, so critical to her creative process.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:14:30 -0500 2020-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (March 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547397@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In 2017 Leslie Sobel, as artist in residence at Kluane National Park in Yukon Territory, Canada, camped on an icefield with a group of climate scientists. The landscape shrines in this exhibit combine her work as an environmental artist with the experience of that pristine, remote, beautiful, and at risk environment. The mixed media boxes – utilizing painting, monotype, photography, resin and encaustic – capture memories of places being altered by climate change. Meant to bring complex ideas and big emotions into a size one can literally hold in one’s hands, the works have charred exteriors and bright colors and metal leaf echoing traditional Tibetan iconography in depicting the beauty and spiritual power of high places.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:25:37 -0500 2020-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (March 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Surrealist painter and instructor Greg Potter is based in Franklin, Indiana. After more than 20 years in the service and four tours in the Middle East, he is now pursuing his passion in painting and 3D art. Lightheartedness, quirkiness, and a desire for freedom are his creatures’ main traits as they fly on nests, sail on lakes, or venture into outer space. Looking for autonomy on their way somewhere, his boldly colored animal explorers, tourists, and misfits are uncaring about their surroundings and challenge expectations. They are out of their element due to circumstances beyond their control. One patient shared that for her, Potter’s work symbolized the process of adapting to a diagnosis by transforming into someone stronger and wiser without losing who you really are.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:25:57 -0500 2020-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 4, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-04T11:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Americana Sampler (March 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (March 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Bae is a multidisciplinary artist based out of New York. Her sculptural works are infused with symbolism and metaphors in the forms of cages, nests and butterflies. All works are made entirely of varying weights and types of paper, including hanji (Korean traditional) and common coffee filters. Representing concepts of time, memory, openness and constraint, the pieces are created with traditional methods, using scissors and simple die-cutting tools; cross-disciplinary techniques, such as weaving and tatting used in fiber arts; and technologies like laser cutting machines. There are two series of paper nests: one created entirely without the use of adhesive, and the other involves tatting with knots. Viewers are encouraged to contemplate, find meaning and ultimately – hope.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:17:01 -0500 2020-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (March 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Fractured History explores concepts of identity, love, loss and the connection between music, history and civil rights. Aaron Dworkin is a social entrepreneur, author, artist and professor of music. Classically trained in the violin, Dworkin grew up in a diverse household; his adoptive family is Jewish, his biological mother is Irish Catholic, and his biological father is African-American and a Jehovah’s Witness. His passion for inclusion and social justice inspired him to found the Sphinx Organization, which works to help reflect the diversity in the US in orchestras. The digital and mixed media works in this exhibit combine elements of music, diversity, and an evolving aesthetic of the abstract that mirrors a disjunct search for unconditional love.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center, Level 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:03 -0500 2020-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (March 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Luke Song’s Detroit millinery was frequented by the late great Aretha Franklin. Franklin wore her much-discussed Mr. Song hat for her performance at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. Mr. Song Millinery has been in business since 1982, making hats for church, the Kentucky Derby, Ascot, and other special occasions. Hats by Mr. Song Millinery are also on display at the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, several African-American Museums, and the Smithsonian. “So consider yourself a part of history if you decide to wear one." – Pamela Thomas-Graham, “The Best Makers of Couture Millinery in the World”, 8/13/2019.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:03:50 -0500 2020-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (March 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547481@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Allison Svoboda was born in Detroit. A proud Midwesterner, she splits her time between studios in Chicago and Pentwater, Michigan. She is recognized for her ethereal paintings and sculptural installations. Finding the edge between intuitive and deliberate mark making, Svoboda’s work is a meditation on the earth’s last places of quiet and untouched beauty. Challenging the viewer to rethink their responsibility to Mother Earth, her collage works are intricate paintings layered to create sculptural works. These paintings are based on fractal geometry (infinitely unfolding terrains of self-similar shapes like those in living things. In 2015, she received a Hemera fellowship to study Zen and calligraphy in Japan, which continues to influence her work.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:11:44 -0500 2020-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (March 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547314@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In her early career, Linda Erf Swift worked as a teacher and social worker in public schools, and later graduated from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. 12 years into her current work, Swift photographs students in three high schools on Chicago’s Southside: Kenwood Academy, King College Prep (public schools) and University High (private). She asks seniors to bring in a quotation they believe speaks to their identity, and Swift takes their portrait with it on a blackboard behind them. The images challenge viewers to evaluate their assumptions about adolescents by opening a door into what young people really think and aspire to. The students’ choices reveal a youth culture that is wise and artistic, assertive and joyful, discerning and full of possibility.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:35 -0500 2020-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (March 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this body of work, Detroit artist and U-M alumna Laura Cavanagh explores quiet, intimate spaces. An introvert by nature, “space,” and the preservation of personal space, is immensely important to her. She encounters these spaces both indoors and out, and she employs light and color to capture her emotional state relevant to the space. She works with oil and chalk pastel, a medium that allows her to make tangible those moments that are fleeting and transitory. Cavanagh breaks down architectural elements into bold blocks of color, creating an atmosphere of still quietude, so critical to her creative process.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:14:30 -0500 2020-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (March 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In 2017 Leslie Sobel, as artist in residence at Kluane National Park in Yukon Territory, Canada, camped on an icefield with a group of climate scientists. The landscape shrines in this exhibit combine her work as an environmental artist with the experience of that pristine, remote, beautiful, and at risk environment. The mixed media boxes – utilizing painting, monotype, photography, resin and encaustic – capture memories of places being altered by climate change. Meant to bring complex ideas and big emotions into a size one can literally hold in one’s hands, the works have charred exteriors and bright colors and metal leaf echoing traditional Tibetan iconography in depicting the beauty and spiritual power of high places.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:25:37 -0500 2020-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (March 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547146@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Surrealist painter and instructor Greg Potter is based in Franklin, Indiana. After more than 20 years in the service and four tours in the Middle East, he is now pursuing his passion in painting and 3D art. Lightheartedness, quirkiness, and a desire for freedom are his creatures’ main traits as they fly on nests, sail on lakes, or venture into outer space. Looking for autonomy on their way somewhere, his boldly colored animal explorers, tourists, and misfits are uncaring about their surroundings and challenge expectations. They are out of their element due to circumstances beyond their control. One patient shared that for her, Potter’s work symbolized the process of adapting to a diagnosis by transforming into someone stronger and wiser without losing who you really are.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:25:57 -0500 2020-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 5, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988301@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Gifts of Art presents Women Leading Jazz (March 5, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73048 73048-18131840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Trumpeter Ingrid Racine casts aside stylistic, generational and geographic boundaries in pursuit of her own authentic sound as an improviser and composer. Steeped in the traditions of early jazz and Detroit hard bop, she also melds rock, hip hop and aesthetic influences from across the globe to arrive at her unique voice. Racine received a BFA in Jazz Studies and MM in Improvisation from U-M, and has performed with James Dapogny, Ellen Rowe's Momentum Project, Detroit-based Straight Ahead, NOMO, Ramona Collins, and Wendell Harrison, among others. For this concert, she will be joined by Paul Keller (bass), and Rick Roe (piano). Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

Gifts of Art free concert
Thursday, March 5, 2020, 12:00-1:00 pm
University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Performance Tue, 18 Feb 2020 15:31:59 -0500 2020-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Ingrid Racine by Ellen Molina
Americana Sampler (March 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (March 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547648@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Bae is a multidisciplinary artist based out of New York. Her sculptural works are infused with symbolism and metaphors in the forms of cages, nests and butterflies. All works are made entirely of varying weights and types of paper, including hanji (Korean traditional) and common coffee filters. Representing concepts of time, memory, openness and constraint, the pieces are created with traditional methods, using scissors and simple die-cutting tools; cross-disciplinary techniques, such as weaving and tatting used in fiber arts; and technologies like laser cutting machines. There are two series of paper nests: one created entirely without the use of adhesive, and the other involves tatting with knots. Viewers are encouraged to contemplate, find meaning and ultimately – hope.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:17:01 -0500 2020-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (March 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Fractured History explores concepts of identity, love, loss and the connection between music, history and civil rights. Aaron Dworkin is a social entrepreneur, author, artist and professor of music. Classically trained in the violin, Dworkin grew up in a diverse household; his adoptive family is Jewish, his biological mother is Irish Catholic, and his biological father is African-American and a Jehovah’s Witness. His passion for inclusion and social justice inspired him to found the Sphinx Organization, which works to help reflect the diversity in the US in orchestras. The digital and mixed media works in this exhibit combine elements of music, diversity, and an evolving aesthetic of the abstract that mirrors a disjunct search for unconditional love.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center, Level 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:03 -0500 2020-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (March 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Luke Song’s Detroit millinery was frequented by the late great Aretha Franklin. Franklin wore her much-discussed Mr. Song hat for her performance at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. Mr. Song Millinery has been in business since 1982, making hats for church, the Kentucky Derby, Ascot, and other special occasions. Hats by Mr. Song Millinery are also on display at the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, several African-American Museums, and the Smithsonian. “So consider yourself a part of history if you decide to wear one." – Pamela Thomas-Graham, “The Best Makers of Couture Millinery in the World”, 8/13/2019.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:03:50 -0500 2020-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (March 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547482@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Allison Svoboda was born in Detroit. A proud Midwesterner, she splits her time between studios in Chicago and Pentwater, Michigan. She is recognized for her ethereal paintings and sculptural installations. Finding the edge between intuitive and deliberate mark making, Svoboda’s work is a meditation on the earth’s last places of quiet and untouched beauty. Challenging the viewer to rethink their responsibility to Mother Earth, her collage works are intricate paintings layered to create sculptural works. These paintings are based on fractal geometry (infinitely unfolding terrains of self-similar shapes like those in living things. In 2015, she received a Hemera fellowship to study Zen and calligraphy in Japan, which continues to influence her work.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:11:44 -0500 2020-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (March 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547315@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In her early career, Linda Erf Swift worked as a teacher and social worker in public schools, and later graduated from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. 12 years into her current work, Swift photographs students in three high schools on Chicago’s Southside: Kenwood Academy, King College Prep (public schools) and University High (private). She asks seniors to bring in a quotation they believe speaks to their identity, and Swift takes their portrait with it on a blackboard behind them. The images challenge viewers to evaluate their assumptions about adolescents by opening a door into what young people really think and aspire to. The students’ choices reveal a youth culture that is wise and artistic, assertive and joyful, discerning and full of possibility.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:23:35 -0500 2020-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (March 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this body of work, Detroit artist and U-M alumna Laura Cavanagh explores quiet, intimate spaces. An introvert by nature, “space,” and the preservation of personal space, is immensely important to her. She encounters these spaces both indoors and out, and she employs light and color to capture her emotional state relevant to the space. She works with oil and chalk pastel, a medium that allows her to make tangible those moments that are fleeting and transitory. Cavanagh breaks down architectural elements into bold blocks of color, creating an atmosphere of still quietude, so critical to her creative process.

Gifts of Art Gallery – University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:14:30 -0500 2020-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (March 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547399@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In 2017 Leslie Sobel, as artist in residence at Kluane National Park in Yukon Territory, Canada, camped on an icefield with a group of climate scientists. The landscape shrines in this exhibit combine her work as an environmental artist with the experience of that pristine, remote, beautiful, and at risk environment. The mixed media boxes – utilizing painting, monotype, photography, resin and encaustic – capture memories of places being altered by climate change. Meant to bring complex ideas and big emotions into a size one can literally hold in one’s hands, the works have charred exteriors and bright colors and metal leaf echoing traditional Tibetan iconography in depicting the beauty and spiritual power of high places.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:25:37 -0500 2020-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (March 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547147@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Surrealist painter and instructor Greg Potter is based in Franklin, Indiana. After more than 20 years in the service and four tours in the Middle East, he is now pursuing his passion in painting and 3D art. Lightheartedness, quirkiness, and a desire for freedom are his creatures’ main traits as they fly on nests, sail on lakes, or venture into outer space. Looking for autonomy on their way somewhere, his boldly colored animal explorers, tourists, and misfits are uncaring about their surroundings and challenge expectations. They are out of their element due to circumstances beyond their control. One patient shared that for her, Potter’s work symbolized the process of adapting to a diagnosis by transforming into someone stronger and wiser without losing who you really are.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
On display December 16, 2019-March 6, 2020
Open daily from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:25:57 -0500 2020-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 6, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988302@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-06T11:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Americana Sampler (March 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 7, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Family Art Studio: Community Creations (March 7, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70544 70544-17604937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 7, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Families with children ages six and up are invited to look, learn, and create together in this hands-on workshop inspired by the UMMA exhibition Cullen Washington, Jr.: The Public Square.  Visit the exhibition—the compositions are soaring monumental collages exploring the idea of the public square as the heart of the artistic, spiritual, and political life of the city —and create an original art work. Led by local artist and long-time UMMA docent Susan Clinthorne.

Parents must accompany children. We cannot guarantee your spot if you arrive more than 15 minutes late.

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick, Candy and Michael Barasch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of History of Art, School of Education, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, School of Social Work, and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. 

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

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 08 Jan 2020 18:16:59 -0500 2020-03-07T11:00:00-05:00 2020-03-07T13:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 7, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988303@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 7, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-07T11:00:00-05:00 2020-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
UMMA Pop Up: Nadim Azzam (March 7, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72290 72290-17968251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 7, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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Performance Wed, 05 Feb 2020 18:17:40 -0500 2020-03-07T13:00:00-05:00 2020-03-07T14:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Family Art Studio: Community Creations (March 7, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70545 70545-17604938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 7, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Families with children ages six and up are invited to look, learn, and create together in this hands-on workshop inspired by the UMMA exhibition Cullen Washington, Jr.: The Public Square.  Visit the exhibition—the compositions are soaring monumental collages exploring the idea of the public square as the heart of the artistic, spiritual, and political life of the city —and create an original art work. Led by local artist and long-time UMMA docent Susan Clinthorne.

Parents must accompany children. We cannot guarantee your spot if you arrive more than 15 minutes late.

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick, Candy and Michael Barasch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of History of Art, School of Education, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, School of Social Work, and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. 

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

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 08 Jan 2020 18:16:59 -0500 2020-03-07T14:00:00-05:00 2020-03-07T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Americana Sampler (March 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 8, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-08T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-08T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988304@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-08T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
The Power Family Program for Inuit Art Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 8, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70155 70155-17540895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 8, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Our second exhibition on Inuit art explores the serene expressions of day-to-day activities found in mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints and sculptures. Donors inspired by the Power gift and the development of a Power Program for Inuit Art at UMMA contributed to this exhibition with diffuse offerings to incorporate into our holdings, or with loans to expand our conversations. 

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Presentation Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:17:06 -0500 2020-03-08T14:00:00-04:00 2020-03-08T15:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Americana Sampler (March 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-09T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547799@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-10T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 10, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988305@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-10T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Americana Sampler (March 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-11T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 11, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988306@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-11T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Americana Sampler (March 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-12T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 12, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-12T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Cancelled: Gifts of Art presents St. Patrick’s Day Concert (March 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73049 73049-18131841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This event has been cancelled.

The Big Fun Trio has been playing dances around the Midwest since 2012, ranging from Toronto to Columbus, and many points in between. The trio is composed of Marty Somberg, one of the best Irish fiddlers around who has hosted the Sunday night Irish music session at Conor O’Neill’s pub in Ann Arbor for 17 years; Brad Battey, one of the region’s most sought after contra fiddlers; and Myron Grant on guitar, harmonica, vocals. To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, they’ll be playing mostly Irish tunes, but may include a New England contra tune, Old Time, Swing, Texas Swing, or an original tune or two. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

Gifts of Art free concert
Thursday, March 12, 2020, 12:00-1:00 pm
University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Performance Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:16:42 -0400 2020-03-12T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Big Fun Trio by Don Thyken
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (March 12, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-03-12T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-12T21:00:00-04:00 Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
Americana Sampler (March 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-13T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 13, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-13T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Americana Sampler (March 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-14T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 14, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 14, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-14T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
UMMA Pop Up: Karissa Bone (March 14, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73786 73786-18315758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 14, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Writing in her own genre, Karissa Bone introduces music with the bop-factor of Pop, the soul of R&B, and the unexpected element of pinpointed introspective lyrics. Hailing from Saginaw, MI, her style is influenced by Motown, Classic Rock, and everything in life that goes sideways. Her airy, yet powerful voice melts together with her soul-twisting lyrics to make every song a memorable journey. Whether she’s with a full band, string section, at a grand piano, or playing solo with her electric guitar, Bone’s live shows are full of energy and belonging. With short comedic breaks, she seamlessly covers topics from heartbreak to nostalgia, to the modern age of technology. Her artistry truly shows through– when she sings, you stop and listen. 

In 2019, while studying at the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Bone paid her dues in Ann Arbor, where she's performed at the famed Blind Pig, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, and the Canterbury House. She currently studies songwriting at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. 

You can find her on Instagram @itskarissabone 

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Performance Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:17:16 -0400 2020-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-14T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Saturday Sampler Tour | Read and Look: "G is for Gladiator" (March 14, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69485 69485-17327222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 14, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

“A is for Archaeologist. Archaeologists uncover clues to life in Ancient Rome, revealing buried treasures: frescos, rings, a vase, and a comb.”

Join us for a kid-friendly tour of the Roman exhibits at the Kelsey Museum! We begin by reading aloud some highlights from "G is for Gladiator," written by Debbie and Michael Shoulders and illustrated by Victor Juhasz. Then we explore the galleries to find artifacts pictured in the book like brightly colored frescoes, mosaics, jewelry, coins, and toys. During the tour, replica artifacts will be available for kids to touch and learn from. Take home a scavenger hunt and a merels game board for further discovery! This tour is great for our younger visitors, ages 4–8. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Saturday Sampler tours are free and open to all visitors. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this tour, please contact the education office (734-647-4167) at least two weeks in advance. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Other Thu, 14 Nov 2019 15:10:38 -0500 2020-03-14T14:00:00-04:00 2020-03-14T15:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Other G is for Gladiator cover
Americana Sampler (March 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 15, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-15T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 15, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 15, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Americana Sampler (March 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 16, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-16T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-17T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-17T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 17, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-17T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-17T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Americana Sampler (March 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 18, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-18T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Acrylic & Mixed Media Mandalas (March 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73893 73893-18392772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Over the course of Charles L. Gilchrist’s 50+ year career, he has worked in photography, graphic design, print making, drawing, mixed media, painting, filmmaking, fabric design and teaching. He is collected by patrons around the globe and is best known for his acrylic painted Mandalas, totem animals, and Sacred Geometry workshops on YouTube. At the age of 80, Gilchrist is still going strong with numerous projects, the most noted of which is his collaboration with Gabriel J. Cavazos, founder of ARCOTU (Architecture of the Universe) Bio Design Engineers, an architectural/engineering firm that bases all their design projects on Sacred Geometry principles.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:03:00 -0400 2020-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Starfish by Charles L. Gilchrist, photograph by the artist
Americana Sampler (March 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Birds Fly In: Oil Painting (March 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73892 73892-18390594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Birds first flew onto Ellie Harold's canvases in 2016, appearing to her as intuitive messengers of hope and healing for troubled times. She paints intuitively to music, spontaneously, with no plan in mind and with as little thought as possible. She sees the first marks of black calligraphy as the hint of a language revealing bird wisdom hidden beneath successive layers of color. She paints the white layer last, unifying all of the elements in the painting. Harold uses not only a brush, but also fingers, squeegee and oil sticks to capture the fleeting nature of birds. An ordained Unity minister, Harold aims for this series to inspire the discovery of inner solutions to difficult issues that have so far eluded resolution by ordinary means.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:16 -0400 2020-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Violet Evolution by Ellie Harold, photograph by Steve Loveless
Flora Series: Woven Wire Sculpture (March 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73894 73894-18392852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Mondro is an artist and a professor in the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. In this body of work, she reflects on how time spent in nature has inspired new personal discoveries and intellectual curiosity, while serving as a positive distraction from recent experiences with grief and sadness. Drawing from these insights, Mondro crocheted and stitched fine wire to create intricate woven sculptures reminiscent of seeds, pods and other organic forms. Focusing on the wonderfully complex construction of these forms, Mondro mimics nature’s ability to be structurally strong while delicate in appearance to invite deeper exploration.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:06:52 -0400 2020-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Works from the Flora Series by Anne Mondro, photograph by the artist.
Gouache Paintings (March 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73888 73888-18390278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Jaye Schlesinger is a full time painter living and working in Ann Arbor. Her work includes realist oil paintings of common everyday objects and abstracted subjects portrayed in gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper. This recent body of work evolved from years of photographing rooftops, playgrounds, houses and aerial views, and digitally manipulating them to create colorful and quirky compositions. The scenes are not intended to be specific locales, but rather to celebrate the color, shape, rhythm and structure found in our daily environment. Gouache is a medium which requires slow and careful application and reflects the artist’s view of painting as a meditative pursuit.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:52:54 -0400 2020-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Some City #7 by Jaye Schlesinger, photograph by the artist
Migrations: Fiber Notes from the Journey (March 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73895 73895-18392931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Migration has profoundly affected the life and perspective of the Michigan-based fiber artist, Martina Celerin. Celerin’s family emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1968 as political refugees escaping Soviet rule. Both a molecular geneticist and artist, her artistic medium is a sophisticated blend of highly dimensional weaving, crochet, needle felting, and other fiber-based techniques that incorporates everyday reclaimed and recycled materials to help tell a story. The pieces on exhibit are drawn from a larger body of work that translates the extraordinary challenges of modern-day human migration and notes the parallel phenomena in animals.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:09:51 -0400 2020-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Spelling Bees by Martina Celerin, photo by the artist.
Nature’s Dance (March 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73890 73890-18390436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Birmingham Society of Women Painters are from the surrounding metro Detroit area. With over 50 members, they exhibit a diverse approach to painting including watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed mediums. Their subject matter and technique is also quite vast. Abstraction, realism and even photorealism is all produced by this dynamic organization. As a group they are committed to the highest standard of creative expression, to furthering the interests and development of individual members through collective activities, and to maintaining a tradition of promoting art education.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:02:49 -0400 2020-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Cone Village by Chris Trombley, photograph by Roland Trombley.
Sculptural Dinnerware (March 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73891 73891-18390515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Presented by the International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Sculptural Dinnerware features a selection of artwork from the museum’s permanent collection. This exhibition features sculptural artwork that will make the viewer stop and look, including an abstract knife, fork and spoon set created from clay; European wire scribble sculpture; beautiful pouring vessels created by noted designer Russel Wright; and “Frog Fruit Loops” by California Funk artist David Gilhooly. Visitors can see porcelain plates with Mozart’s “Magic Flute;” green frogs in faux cereal; an Art Deco car-shaped teapot from the 1930s; and Mid-Century Modern luncheon snack sets.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:13:36 -0400 2020-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition American Modern water pitchers, 1939-59 by Russel Wright, photograph courtesy of Margaret Carney.
What We Hold, What Holds Us: Homes & Vessels (March 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73889 73889-18390357@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Although Candace Compton Pappas is recognized primarily as a painter, this series of constructed homes and vessels represents an important facet of her life as an artist. Over the years, she has collected, saved, garbage-rescued, and gathered objects that capture her attention. A firm believer that there is no such thing as garbage, and a great observer of nature’s cycle of creating and breaking down, she has constructed numerous cement vessels to hold all these objects that proliferate the studio. These finds, the vessels that hold them, and the totems that pay tribute to them, all keep her company, inspire her, and keep her calm in her temple-like studio in the woods outside of Chelsea, Michigan.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:57:41 -0400 2020-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Two House Totems surrounding small Totem by Candace Compton Pappas, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 19, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-19T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Cancelled: Gifts of Art presents Classical Violin & Piano (March 19, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73051 73051-18131843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This event has been cancelled.

This performance is a part of the U-M Community Outreach Performance Series, an engaged-learning initiative of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD). With assistance from SMTD faculty and staff, students are prepared with expert skills, instilled with passionate enthusiasm, and emboldened to challenge and inspire the world through the power of the performing arts. Violinist and masters of music student Tiffany Wilkins will present works by Mendelssohn, Brahms and more. Naki Kripfgans will provide piano accompaniment.

Gifts of Art free concert
Thursday, March 19, 2020, 12:00-1:00 pm
University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Performance Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:17:15 -0400 2020-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Tiffany Wilkins
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Jenny Zhang, Fiction Reading (March 19, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70551 70551-17604944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Jenny Zhang’s story collection, Sour Heart (Lenny, 2017), centers on immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China and Taiwan for the constant struggle of life at the poverty line in 1990s New York City. It examines the many ways that family and history can weigh us down and also lift us up. From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother’s role in the Cultural Revolution to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends and she begins, to the girl discovering the power of her body to inspire and destroy, these seven stories illuminate the complex and messy inner lives of girls struggling to define themselves.

Zhang is also the author of the poetry collection Dear Jenny, We Are All Find. Her second collection of poetry, My Baby First Birthday, is forthcoming from Tin House. She is the recipient of the Pen/Bingham Award for Debut Fiction and the LA Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.   

This event is free and open to the public. Onsite book sales will be provided by Literati Bookstore.

UMMA is pleased to be the site for the  Zell Visiting Writers Series, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (AB ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Series webpage.

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. The building, event space, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum, accessible via the stairs, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3, 4, 5, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks), and a lactation room (Room 13W, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom, or Room 108B, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services are available upon request; please email asbates@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event. 
 
U-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St., Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St., Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave., Ann Arbor) is five blocks away, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.

 
 

 

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Presentation Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:17:06 -0400 2020-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-19T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (March 19, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-03-19T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-19T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
Acrylic & Mixed Media Mandalas (March 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73893 73893-18392773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Over the course of Charles L. Gilchrist’s 50+ year career, he has worked in photography, graphic design, print making, drawing, mixed media, painting, filmmaking, fabric design and teaching. He is collected by patrons around the globe and is best known for his acrylic painted Mandalas, totem animals, and Sacred Geometry workshops on YouTube. At the age of 80, Gilchrist is still going strong with numerous projects, the most noted of which is his collaboration with Gabriel J. Cavazos, founder of ARCOTU (Architecture of the Universe) Bio Design Engineers, an architectural/engineering firm that bases all their design projects on Sacred Geometry principles.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:03:00 -0400 2020-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Starfish by Charles L. Gilchrist, photograph by the artist
Americana Sampler (March 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Birds Fly In: Oil Painting (March 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73892 73892-18390595@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Birds first flew onto Ellie Harold's canvases in 2016, appearing to her as intuitive messengers of hope and healing for troubled times. She paints intuitively to music, spontaneously, with no plan in mind and with as little thought as possible. She sees the first marks of black calligraphy as the hint of a language revealing bird wisdom hidden beneath successive layers of color. She paints the white layer last, unifying all of the elements in the painting. Harold uses not only a brush, but also fingers, squeegee and oil sticks to capture the fleeting nature of birds. An ordained Unity minister, Harold aims for this series to inspire the discovery of inner solutions to difficult issues that have so far eluded resolution by ordinary means.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:16 -0400 2020-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Violet Evolution by Ellie Harold, photograph by Steve Loveless
Flora Series: Woven Wire Sculpture (March 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73894 73894-18392853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Mondro is an artist and a professor in the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. In this body of work, she reflects on how time spent in nature has inspired new personal discoveries and intellectual curiosity, while serving as a positive distraction from recent experiences with grief and sadness. Drawing from these insights, Mondro crocheted and stitched fine wire to create intricate woven sculptures reminiscent of seeds, pods and other organic forms. Focusing on the wonderfully complex construction of these forms, Mondro mimics nature’s ability to be structurally strong while delicate in appearance to invite deeper exploration.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:06:52 -0400 2020-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Works from the Flora Series by Anne Mondro, photograph by the artist.
Gouache Paintings (March 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73888 73888-18390279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Jaye Schlesinger is a full time painter living and working in Ann Arbor. Her work includes realist oil paintings of common everyday objects and abstracted subjects portrayed in gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper. This recent body of work evolved from years of photographing rooftops, playgrounds, houses and aerial views, and digitally manipulating them to create colorful and quirky compositions. The scenes are not intended to be specific locales, but rather to celebrate the color, shape, rhythm and structure found in our daily environment. Gouache is a medium which requires slow and careful application and reflects the artist’s view of painting as a meditative pursuit.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:52:54 -0400 2020-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Some City #7 by Jaye Schlesinger, photograph by the artist
Migrations: Fiber Notes from the Journey (March 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73895 73895-18392932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Migration has profoundly affected the life and perspective of the Michigan-based fiber artist, Martina Celerin. Celerin’s family emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1968 as political refugees escaping Soviet rule. Both a molecular geneticist and artist, her artistic medium is a sophisticated blend of highly dimensional weaving, crochet, needle felting, and other fiber-based techniques that incorporates everyday reclaimed and recycled materials to help tell a story. The pieces on exhibit are drawn from a larger body of work that translates the extraordinary challenges of modern-day human migration and notes the parallel phenomena in animals.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:09:51 -0400 2020-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Spelling Bees by Martina Celerin, photo by the artist.
Nature’s Dance (March 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73890 73890-18390437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Birmingham Society of Women Painters are from the surrounding metro Detroit area. With over 50 members, they exhibit a diverse approach to painting including watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed mediums. Their subject matter and technique is also quite vast. Abstraction, realism and even photorealism is all produced by this dynamic organization. As a group they are committed to the highest standard of creative expression, to furthering the interests and development of individual members through collective activities, and to maintaining a tradition of promoting art education.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:02:49 -0400 2020-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Cone Village by Chris Trombley, photograph by Roland Trombley.
Sculptural Dinnerware (March 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73891 73891-18390516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Presented by the International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Sculptural Dinnerware features a selection of artwork from the museum’s permanent collection. This exhibition features sculptural artwork that will make the viewer stop and look, including an abstract knife, fork and spoon set created from clay; European wire scribble sculpture; beautiful pouring vessels created by noted designer Russel Wright; and “Frog Fruit Loops” by California Funk artist David Gilhooly. Visitors can see porcelain plates with Mozart’s “Magic Flute;” green frogs in faux cereal; an Art Deco car-shaped teapot from the 1930s; and Mid-Century Modern luncheon snack sets.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:13:36 -0400 2020-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition American Modern water pitchers, 1939-59 by Russel Wright, photograph courtesy of Margaret Carney.
What We Hold, What Holds Us: Homes & Vessels (March 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73889 73889-18390358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Although Candace Compton Pappas is recognized primarily as a painter, this series of constructed homes and vessels represents an important facet of her life as an artist. Over the years, she has collected, saved, garbage-rescued, and gathered objects that capture her attention. A firm believer that there is no such thing as garbage, and a great observer of nature’s cycle of creating and breaking down, she has constructed numerous cement vessels to hold all these objects that proliferate the studio. These finds, the vessels that hold them, and the totems that pay tribute to them, all keep her company, inspire her, and keep her calm in her temple-like studio in the woods outside of Chelsea, Michigan.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:57:41 -0400 2020-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Two House Totems surrounding small Totem by Candace Compton Pappas, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 20, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988314@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-20T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Acrylic & Mixed Media Mandalas (March 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73893 73893-18392774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Over the course of Charles L. Gilchrist’s 50+ year career, he has worked in photography, graphic design, print making, drawing, mixed media, painting, filmmaking, fabric design and teaching. He is collected by patrons around the globe and is best known for his acrylic painted Mandalas, totem animals, and Sacred Geometry workshops on YouTube. At the age of 80, Gilchrist is still going strong with numerous projects, the most noted of which is his collaboration with Gabriel J. Cavazos, founder of ARCOTU (Architecture of the Universe) Bio Design Engineers, an architectural/engineering firm that bases all their design projects on Sacred Geometry principles.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:03:00 -0400 2020-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Starfish by Charles L. Gilchrist, photograph by the artist
Americana Sampler (March 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Birds Fly In: Oil Painting (March 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73892 73892-18390596@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Birds first flew onto Ellie Harold's canvases in 2016, appearing to her as intuitive messengers of hope and healing for troubled times. She paints intuitively to music, spontaneously, with no plan in mind and with as little thought as possible. She sees the first marks of black calligraphy as the hint of a language revealing bird wisdom hidden beneath successive layers of color. She paints the white layer last, unifying all of the elements in the painting. Harold uses not only a brush, but also fingers, squeegee and oil sticks to capture the fleeting nature of birds. An ordained Unity minister, Harold aims for this series to inspire the discovery of inner solutions to difficult issues that have so far eluded resolution by ordinary means.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:16 -0400 2020-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Violet Evolution by Ellie Harold, photograph by Steve Loveless
Flora Series: Woven Wire Sculpture (March 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73894 73894-18392854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Mondro is an artist and a professor in the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. In this body of work, she reflects on how time spent in nature has inspired new personal discoveries and intellectual curiosity, while serving as a positive distraction from recent experiences with grief and sadness. Drawing from these insights, Mondro crocheted and stitched fine wire to create intricate woven sculptures reminiscent of seeds, pods and other organic forms. Focusing on the wonderfully complex construction of these forms, Mondro mimics nature’s ability to be structurally strong while delicate in appearance to invite deeper exploration.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:06:52 -0400 2020-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Works from the Flora Series by Anne Mondro, photograph by the artist.
Gouache Paintings (March 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73888 73888-18390280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Jaye Schlesinger is a full time painter living and working in Ann Arbor. Her work includes realist oil paintings of common everyday objects and abstracted subjects portrayed in gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper. This recent body of work evolved from years of photographing rooftops, playgrounds, houses and aerial views, and digitally manipulating them to create colorful and quirky compositions. The scenes are not intended to be specific locales, but rather to celebrate the color, shape, rhythm and structure found in our daily environment. Gouache is a medium which requires slow and careful application and reflects the artist’s view of painting as a meditative pursuit.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:52:54 -0400 2020-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Some City #7 by Jaye Schlesinger, photograph by the artist
Migrations: Fiber Notes from the Journey (March 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73895 73895-18392933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Migration has profoundly affected the life and perspective of the Michigan-based fiber artist, Martina Celerin. Celerin’s family emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1968 as political refugees escaping Soviet rule. Both a molecular geneticist and artist, her artistic medium is a sophisticated blend of highly dimensional weaving, crochet, needle felting, and other fiber-based techniques that incorporates everyday reclaimed and recycled materials to help tell a story. The pieces on exhibit are drawn from a larger body of work that translates the extraordinary challenges of modern-day human migration and notes the parallel phenomena in animals.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:09:51 -0400 2020-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Spelling Bees by Martina Celerin, photo by the artist.
Nature’s Dance (March 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73890 73890-18390438@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Birmingham Society of Women Painters are from the surrounding metro Detroit area. With over 50 members, they exhibit a diverse approach to painting including watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed mediums. Their subject matter and technique is also quite vast. Abstraction, realism and even photorealism is all produced by this dynamic organization. As a group they are committed to the highest standard of creative expression, to furthering the interests and development of individual members through collective activities, and to maintaining a tradition of promoting art education.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:02:49 -0400 2020-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Cone Village by Chris Trombley, photograph by Roland Trombley.
Sculptural Dinnerware (March 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73891 73891-18390517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Presented by the International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Sculptural Dinnerware features a selection of artwork from the museum’s permanent collection. This exhibition features sculptural artwork that will make the viewer stop and look, including an abstract knife, fork and spoon set created from clay; European wire scribble sculpture; beautiful pouring vessels created by noted designer Russel Wright; and “Frog Fruit Loops” by California Funk artist David Gilhooly. Visitors can see porcelain plates with Mozart’s “Magic Flute;” green frogs in faux cereal; an Art Deco car-shaped teapot from the 1930s; and Mid-Century Modern luncheon snack sets.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:13:36 -0400 2020-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition American Modern water pitchers, 1939-59 by Russel Wright, photograph courtesy of Margaret Carney.
What We Hold, What Holds Us: Homes & Vessels (March 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73889 73889-18390359@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Although Candace Compton Pappas is recognized primarily as a painter, this series of constructed homes and vessels represents an important facet of her life as an artist. Over the years, she has collected, saved, garbage-rescued, and gathered objects that capture her attention. A firm believer that there is no such thing as garbage, and a great observer of nature’s cycle of creating and breaking down, she has constructed numerous cement vessels to hold all these objects that proliferate the studio. These finds, the vessels that hold them, and the totems that pay tribute to them, all keep her company, inspire her, and keep her calm in her temple-like studio in the woods outside of Chelsea, Michigan.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:57:41 -0400 2020-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Two House Totems surrounding small Totem by Candace Compton Pappas, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 21, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988315@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 21, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-21T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Storytime at the Museum: Canada (March 21, 2020 11:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70553 70553-17604946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 21, 2020 11:15am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Storytime at the Museum promotes art enjoyment for our youngest patrons. Join us as we travel around the world and look at art from different countries. We read a story in the galleries and include a fun, age-appropriate, hands-on activity related to it. Parents must accompany children. Siblings are welcome to join the group. Meet in front of the UMMA Shop.

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

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:17:04 -0400 2020-03-21T11:15:00-04:00 2020-03-21T12:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Museum of Art
Acrylic & Mixed Media Mandalas (March 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73893 73893-18392775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Over the course of Charles L. Gilchrist’s 50+ year career, he has worked in photography, graphic design, print making, drawing, mixed media, painting, filmmaking, fabric design and teaching. He is collected by patrons around the globe and is best known for his acrylic painted Mandalas, totem animals, and Sacred Geometry workshops on YouTube. At the age of 80, Gilchrist is still going strong with numerous projects, the most noted of which is his collaboration with Gabriel J. Cavazos, founder of ARCOTU (Architecture of the Universe) Bio Design Engineers, an architectural/engineering firm that bases all their design projects on Sacred Geometry principles.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:03:00 -0400 2020-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Starfish by Charles L. Gilchrist, photograph by the artist
Americana Sampler (March 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Birds Fly In: Oil Painting (March 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73892 73892-18390597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Birds first flew onto Ellie Harold's canvases in 2016, appearing to her as intuitive messengers of hope and healing for troubled times. She paints intuitively to music, spontaneously, with no plan in mind and with as little thought as possible. She sees the first marks of black calligraphy as the hint of a language revealing bird wisdom hidden beneath successive layers of color. She paints the white layer last, unifying all of the elements in the painting. Harold uses not only a brush, but also fingers, squeegee and oil sticks to capture the fleeting nature of birds. An ordained Unity minister, Harold aims for this series to inspire the discovery of inner solutions to difficult issues that have so far eluded resolution by ordinary means.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:16 -0400 2020-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Violet Evolution by Ellie Harold, photograph by Steve Loveless
Flora Series: Woven Wire Sculpture (March 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73894 73894-18392855@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Mondro is an artist and a professor in the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. In this body of work, she reflects on how time spent in nature has inspired new personal discoveries and intellectual curiosity, while serving as a positive distraction from recent experiences with grief and sadness. Drawing from these insights, Mondro crocheted and stitched fine wire to create intricate woven sculptures reminiscent of seeds, pods and other organic forms. Focusing on the wonderfully complex construction of these forms, Mondro mimics nature’s ability to be structurally strong while delicate in appearance to invite deeper exploration.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:06:52 -0400 2020-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Works from the Flora Series by Anne Mondro, photograph by the artist.
Gouache Paintings (March 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73888 73888-18390281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Jaye Schlesinger is a full time painter living and working in Ann Arbor. Her work includes realist oil paintings of common everyday objects and abstracted subjects portrayed in gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper. This recent body of work evolved from years of photographing rooftops, playgrounds, houses and aerial views, and digitally manipulating them to create colorful and quirky compositions. The scenes are not intended to be specific locales, but rather to celebrate the color, shape, rhythm and structure found in our daily environment. Gouache is a medium which requires slow and careful application and reflects the artist’s view of painting as a meditative pursuit.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:52:54 -0400 2020-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Some City #7 by Jaye Schlesinger, photograph by the artist
Migrations: Fiber Notes from the Journey (March 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73895 73895-18392934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Migration has profoundly affected the life and perspective of the Michigan-based fiber artist, Martina Celerin. Celerin’s family emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1968 as political refugees escaping Soviet rule. Both a molecular geneticist and artist, her artistic medium is a sophisticated blend of highly dimensional weaving, crochet, needle felting, and other fiber-based techniques that incorporates everyday reclaimed and recycled materials to help tell a story. The pieces on exhibit are drawn from a larger body of work that translates the extraordinary challenges of modern-day human migration and notes the parallel phenomena in animals.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:09:51 -0400 2020-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Spelling Bees by Martina Celerin, photo by the artist.
Nature’s Dance (March 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73890 73890-18390439@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Birmingham Society of Women Painters are from the surrounding metro Detroit area. With over 50 members, they exhibit a diverse approach to painting including watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed mediums. Their subject matter and technique is also quite vast. Abstraction, realism and even photorealism is all produced by this dynamic organization. As a group they are committed to the highest standard of creative expression, to furthering the interests and development of individual members through collective activities, and to maintaining a tradition of promoting art education.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:02:49 -0400 2020-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Cone Village by Chris Trombley, photograph by Roland Trombley.
Sculptural Dinnerware (March 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73891 73891-18390518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Presented by the International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Sculptural Dinnerware features a selection of artwork from the museum’s permanent collection. This exhibition features sculptural artwork that will make the viewer stop and look, including an abstract knife, fork and spoon set created from clay; European wire scribble sculpture; beautiful pouring vessels created by noted designer Russel Wright; and “Frog Fruit Loops” by California Funk artist David Gilhooly. Visitors can see porcelain plates with Mozart’s “Magic Flute;” green frogs in faux cereal; an Art Deco car-shaped teapot from the 1930s; and Mid-Century Modern luncheon snack sets.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:13:36 -0400 2020-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition American Modern water pitchers, 1939-59 by Russel Wright, photograph courtesy of Margaret Carney.
What We Hold, What Holds Us: Homes & Vessels (March 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73889 73889-18390360@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Although Candace Compton Pappas is recognized primarily as a painter, this series of constructed homes and vessels represents an important facet of her life as an artist. Over the years, she has collected, saved, garbage-rescued, and gathered objects that capture her attention. A firm believer that there is no such thing as garbage, and a great observer of nature’s cycle of creating and breaking down, she has constructed numerous cement vessels to hold all these objects that proliferate the studio. These finds, the vessels that hold them, and the totems that pay tribute to them, all keep her company, inspire her, and keep her calm in her temple-like studio in the woods outside of Chelsea, Michigan.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:57:41 -0400 2020-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Two House Totems surrounding small Totem by Candace Compton Pappas, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 22, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988316@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-22T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
UMMA Pop Up: Jacob Warren - Solo Bass (March 22, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71629 71629-17846974@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Jacob Warren is a multi-style bassist originally from Ann Arbor, MI. Jacob's background and interests include a wide variety of acoustic styles, such as classical, traditional and contemporary folk, jazz, bluegrass, newgrass, Swedish, and many others. He obtained his Bachelor's in Music Performance at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. He also holds a Masters of Music in Improvisation and Chamber Music from the University of Michigan. This program will feature an eclectic mix of solo double bass arrangements from many different genres.

You can find him on Instagram and Facebook.

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Performance Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:17:10 -0400 2020-03-22T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Acrylic & Mixed Media Mandalas (March 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73893 73893-18392776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Over the course of Charles L. Gilchrist’s 50+ year career, he has worked in photography, graphic design, print making, drawing, mixed media, painting, filmmaking, fabric design and teaching. He is collected by patrons around the globe and is best known for his acrylic painted Mandalas, totem animals, and Sacred Geometry workshops on YouTube. At the age of 80, Gilchrist is still going strong with numerous projects, the most noted of which is his collaboration with Gabriel J. Cavazos, founder of ARCOTU (Architecture of the Universe) Bio Design Engineers, an architectural/engineering firm that bases all their design projects on Sacred Geometry principles.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:03:00 -0400 2020-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Starfish by Charles L. Gilchrist, photograph by the artist
Americana Sampler (March 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Birds Fly In: Oil Painting (March 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73892 73892-18390598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Birds first flew onto Ellie Harold's canvases in 2016, appearing to her as intuitive messengers of hope and healing for troubled times. She paints intuitively to music, spontaneously, with no plan in mind and with as little thought as possible. She sees the first marks of black calligraphy as the hint of a language revealing bird wisdom hidden beneath successive layers of color. She paints the white layer last, unifying all of the elements in the painting. Harold uses not only a brush, but also fingers, squeegee and oil sticks to capture the fleeting nature of birds. An ordained Unity minister, Harold aims for this series to inspire the discovery of inner solutions to difficult issues that have so far eluded resolution by ordinary means.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:16 -0400 2020-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Violet Evolution by Ellie Harold, photograph by Steve Loveless
Flora Series: Woven Wire Sculpture (March 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73894 73894-18392856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Mondro is an artist and a professor in the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. In this body of work, she reflects on how time spent in nature has inspired new personal discoveries and intellectual curiosity, while serving as a positive distraction from recent experiences with grief and sadness. Drawing from these insights, Mondro crocheted and stitched fine wire to create intricate woven sculptures reminiscent of seeds, pods and other organic forms. Focusing on the wonderfully complex construction of these forms, Mondro mimics nature’s ability to be structurally strong while delicate in appearance to invite deeper exploration.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:06:52 -0400 2020-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Works from the Flora Series by Anne Mondro, photograph by the artist.
Gouache Paintings (March 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73888 73888-18390282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Jaye Schlesinger is a full time painter living and working in Ann Arbor. Her work includes realist oil paintings of common everyday objects and abstracted subjects portrayed in gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper. This recent body of work evolved from years of photographing rooftops, playgrounds, houses and aerial views, and digitally manipulating them to create colorful and quirky compositions. The scenes are not intended to be specific locales, but rather to celebrate the color, shape, rhythm and structure found in our daily environment. Gouache is a medium which requires slow and careful application and reflects the artist’s view of painting as a meditative pursuit.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:52:54 -0400 2020-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Some City #7 by Jaye Schlesinger, photograph by the artist
Migrations: Fiber Notes from the Journey (March 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73895 73895-18392935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Migration has profoundly affected the life and perspective of the Michigan-based fiber artist, Martina Celerin. Celerin’s family emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1968 as political refugees escaping Soviet rule. Both a molecular geneticist and artist, her artistic medium is a sophisticated blend of highly dimensional weaving, crochet, needle felting, and other fiber-based techniques that incorporates everyday reclaimed and recycled materials to help tell a story. The pieces on exhibit are drawn from a larger body of work that translates the extraordinary challenges of modern-day human migration and notes the parallel phenomena in animals.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:09:51 -0400 2020-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Spelling Bees by Martina Celerin, photo by the artist.
Nature’s Dance (March 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73890 73890-18390440@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Birmingham Society of Women Painters are from the surrounding metro Detroit area. With over 50 members, they exhibit a diverse approach to painting including watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed mediums. Their subject matter and technique is also quite vast. Abstraction, realism and even photorealism is all produced by this dynamic organization. As a group they are committed to the highest standard of creative expression, to furthering the interests and development of individual members through collective activities, and to maintaining a tradition of promoting art education.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:02:49 -0400 2020-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Cone Village by Chris Trombley, photograph by Roland Trombley.
Sculptural Dinnerware (March 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73891 73891-18390519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Presented by the International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Sculptural Dinnerware features a selection of artwork from the museum’s permanent collection. This exhibition features sculptural artwork that will make the viewer stop and look, including an abstract knife, fork and spoon set created from clay; European wire scribble sculpture; beautiful pouring vessels created by noted designer Russel Wright; and “Frog Fruit Loops” by California Funk artist David Gilhooly. Visitors can see porcelain plates with Mozart’s “Magic Flute;” green frogs in faux cereal; an Art Deco car-shaped teapot from the 1930s; and Mid-Century Modern luncheon snack sets.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:13:36 -0400 2020-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition American Modern water pitchers, 1939-59 by Russel Wright, photograph courtesy of Margaret Carney.
What We Hold, What Holds Us: Homes & Vessels (March 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73889 73889-18390361@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Although Candace Compton Pappas is recognized primarily as a painter, this series of constructed homes and vessels represents an important facet of her life as an artist. Over the years, she has collected, saved, garbage-rescued, and gathered objects that capture her attention. A firm believer that there is no such thing as garbage, and a great observer of nature’s cycle of creating and breaking down, she has constructed numerous cement vessels to hold all these objects that proliferate the studio. These finds, the vessels that hold them, and the totems that pay tribute to them, all keep her company, inspire her, and keep her calm in her temple-like studio in the woods outside of Chelsea, Michigan.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:57:41 -0400 2020-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Two House Totems surrounding small Totem by Candace Compton Pappas, photograph by the artist.
Acrylic & Mixed Media Mandalas (March 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73893 73893-18392777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Over the course of Charles L. Gilchrist’s 50+ year career, he has worked in photography, graphic design, print making, drawing, mixed media, painting, filmmaking, fabric design and teaching. He is collected by patrons around the globe and is best known for his acrylic painted Mandalas, totem animals, and Sacred Geometry workshops on YouTube. At the age of 80, Gilchrist is still going strong with numerous projects, the most noted of which is his collaboration with Gabriel J. Cavazos, founder of ARCOTU (Architecture of the Universe) Bio Design Engineers, an architectural/engineering firm that bases all their design projects on Sacred Geometry principles.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:03:00 -0400 2020-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Starfish by Charles L. Gilchrist, photograph by the artist
Americana Sampler (March 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Birds Fly In: Oil Painting (March 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73892 73892-18390599@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Birds first flew onto Ellie Harold's canvases in 2016, appearing to her as intuitive messengers of hope and healing for troubled times. She paints intuitively to music, spontaneously, with no plan in mind and with as little thought as possible. She sees the first marks of black calligraphy as the hint of a language revealing bird wisdom hidden beneath successive layers of color. She paints the white layer last, unifying all of the elements in the painting. Harold uses not only a brush, but also fingers, squeegee and oil sticks to capture the fleeting nature of birds. An ordained Unity minister, Harold aims for this series to inspire the discovery of inner solutions to difficult issues that have so far eluded resolution by ordinary means.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:16 -0400 2020-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Violet Evolution by Ellie Harold, photograph by Steve Loveless
Flora Series: Woven Wire Sculpture (March 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73894 73894-18392857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Mondro is an artist and a professor in the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. In this body of work, she reflects on how time spent in nature has inspired new personal discoveries and intellectual curiosity, while serving as a positive distraction from recent experiences with grief and sadness. Drawing from these insights, Mondro crocheted and stitched fine wire to create intricate woven sculptures reminiscent of seeds, pods and other organic forms. Focusing on the wonderfully complex construction of these forms, Mondro mimics nature’s ability to be structurally strong while delicate in appearance to invite deeper exploration.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:06:52 -0400 2020-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Works from the Flora Series by Anne Mondro, photograph by the artist.
Gouache Paintings (March 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73888 73888-18390283@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Jaye Schlesinger is a full time painter living and working in Ann Arbor. Her work includes realist oil paintings of common everyday objects and abstracted subjects portrayed in gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper. This recent body of work evolved from years of photographing rooftops, playgrounds, houses and aerial views, and digitally manipulating them to create colorful and quirky compositions. The scenes are not intended to be specific locales, but rather to celebrate the color, shape, rhythm and structure found in our daily environment. Gouache is a medium which requires slow and careful application and reflects the artist’s view of painting as a meditative pursuit.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:52:54 -0400 2020-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Some City #7 by Jaye Schlesinger, photograph by the artist
Migrations: Fiber Notes from the Journey (March 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73895 73895-18392936@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Migration has profoundly affected the life and perspective of the Michigan-based fiber artist, Martina Celerin. Celerin’s family emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1968 as political refugees escaping Soviet rule. Both a molecular geneticist and artist, her artistic medium is a sophisticated blend of highly dimensional weaving, crochet, needle felting, and other fiber-based techniques that incorporates everyday reclaimed and recycled materials to help tell a story. The pieces on exhibit are drawn from a larger body of work that translates the extraordinary challenges of modern-day human migration and notes the parallel phenomena in animals.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:09:51 -0400 2020-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Spelling Bees by Martina Celerin, photo by the artist.
Nature’s Dance (March 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73890 73890-18390441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Birmingham Society of Women Painters are from the surrounding metro Detroit area. With over 50 members, they exhibit a diverse approach to painting including watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed mediums. Their subject matter and technique is also quite vast. Abstraction, realism and even photorealism is all produced by this dynamic organization. As a group they are committed to the highest standard of creative expression, to furthering the interests and development of individual members through collective activities, and to maintaining a tradition of promoting art education.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:02:49 -0400 2020-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Cone Village by Chris Trombley, photograph by Roland Trombley.
Sculptural Dinnerware (March 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73891 73891-18390520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Presented by the International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Sculptural Dinnerware features a selection of artwork from the museum’s permanent collection. This exhibition features sculptural artwork that will make the viewer stop and look, including an abstract knife, fork and spoon set created from clay; European wire scribble sculpture; beautiful pouring vessels created by noted designer Russel Wright; and “Frog Fruit Loops” by California Funk artist David Gilhooly. Visitors can see porcelain plates with Mozart’s “Magic Flute;” green frogs in faux cereal; an Art Deco car-shaped teapot from the 1930s; and Mid-Century Modern luncheon snack sets.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:13:36 -0400 2020-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition American Modern water pitchers, 1939-59 by Russel Wright, photograph courtesy of Margaret Carney.
What We Hold, What Holds Us: Homes & Vessels (March 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73889 73889-18390362@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Although Candace Compton Pappas is recognized primarily as a painter, this series of constructed homes and vessels represents an important facet of her life as an artist. Over the years, she has collected, saved, garbage-rescued, and gathered objects that capture her attention. A firm believer that there is no such thing as garbage, and a great observer of nature’s cycle of creating and breaking down, she has constructed numerous cement vessels to hold all these objects that proliferate the studio. These finds, the vessels that hold them, and the totems that pay tribute to them, all keep her company, inspire her, and keep her calm in her temple-like studio in the woods outside of Chelsea, Michigan.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:57:41 -0400 2020-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Two House Totems surrounding small Totem by Candace Compton Pappas, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 24, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988317@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-24T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Acrylic & Mixed Media Mandalas (March 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73893 73893-18392778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Over the course of Charles L. Gilchrist’s 50+ year career, he has worked in photography, graphic design, print making, drawing, mixed media, painting, filmmaking, fabric design and teaching. He is collected by patrons around the globe and is best known for his acrylic painted Mandalas, totem animals, and Sacred Geometry workshops on YouTube. At the age of 80, Gilchrist is still going strong with numerous projects, the most noted of which is his collaboration with Gabriel J. Cavazos, founder of ARCOTU (Architecture of the Universe) Bio Design Engineers, an architectural/engineering firm that bases all their design projects on Sacred Geometry principles.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:03:00 -0400 2020-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Starfish by Charles L. Gilchrist, photograph by the artist
Americana Sampler (March 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Birds Fly In: Oil Painting (March 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73892 73892-18390600@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Birds first flew onto Ellie Harold's canvases in 2016, appearing to her as intuitive messengers of hope and healing for troubled times. She paints intuitively to music, spontaneously, with no plan in mind and with as little thought as possible. She sees the first marks of black calligraphy as the hint of a language revealing bird wisdom hidden beneath successive layers of color. She paints the white layer last, unifying all of the elements in the painting. Harold uses not only a brush, but also fingers, squeegee and oil sticks to capture the fleeting nature of birds. An ordained Unity minister, Harold aims for this series to inspire the discovery of inner solutions to difficult issues that have so far eluded resolution by ordinary means.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:16 -0400 2020-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Violet Evolution by Ellie Harold, photograph by Steve Loveless
Flora Series: Woven Wire Sculpture (March 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73894 73894-18392858@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Mondro is an artist and a professor in the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. In this body of work, she reflects on how time spent in nature has inspired new personal discoveries and intellectual curiosity, while serving as a positive distraction from recent experiences with grief and sadness. Drawing from these insights, Mondro crocheted and stitched fine wire to create intricate woven sculptures reminiscent of seeds, pods and other organic forms. Focusing on the wonderfully complex construction of these forms, Mondro mimics nature’s ability to be structurally strong while delicate in appearance to invite deeper exploration.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:06:52 -0400 2020-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Works from the Flora Series by Anne Mondro, photograph by the artist.
Gouache Paintings (March 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73888 73888-18390284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Jaye Schlesinger is a full time painter living and working in Ann Arbor. Her work includes realist oil paintings of common everyday objects and abstracted subjects portrayed in gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper. This recent body of work evolved from years of photographing rooftops, playgrounds, houses and aerial views, and digitally manipulating them to create colorful and quirky compositions. The scenes are not intended to be specific locales, but rather to celebrate the color, shape, rhythm and structure found in our daily environment. Gouache is a medium which requires slow and careful application and reflects the artist’s view of painting as a meditative pursuit.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:52:54 -0400 2020-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Some City #7 by Jaye Schlesinger, photograph by the artist
Migrations: Fiber Notes from the Journey (March 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73895 73895-18392937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Migration has profoundly affected the life and perspective of the Michigan-based fiber artist, Martina Celerin. Celerin’s family emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1968 as political refugees escaping Soviet rule. Both a molecular geneticist and artist, her artistic medium is a sophisticated blend of highly dimensional weaving, crochet, needle felting, and other fiber-based techniques that incorporates everyday reclaimed and recycled materials to help tell a story. The pieces on exhibit are drawn from a larger body of work that translates the extraordinary challenges of modern-day human migration and notes the parallel phenomena in animals.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:09:51 -0400 2020-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Spelling Bees by Martina Celerin, photo by the artist.
Nature’s Dance (March 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73890 73890-18390442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Birmingham Society of Women Painters are from the surrounding metro Detroit area. With over 50 members, they exhibit a diverse approach to painting including watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed mediums. Their subject matter and technique is also quite vast. Abstraction, realism and even photorealism is all produced by this dynamic organization. As a group they are committed to the highest standard of creative expression, to furthering the interests and development of individual members through collective activities, and to maintaining a tradition of promoting art education.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:02:49 -0400 2020-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Cone Village by Chris Trombley, photograph by Roland Trombley.
Sculptural Dinnerware (March 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73891 73891-18390521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Presented by the International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Sculptural Dinnerware features a selection of artwork from the museum’s permanent collection. This exhibition features sculptural artwork that will make the viewer stop and look, including an abstract knife, fork and spoon set created from clay; European wire scribble sculpture; beautiful pouring vessels created by noted designer Russel Wright; and “Frog Fruit Loops” by California Funk artist David Gilhooly. Visitors can see porcelain plates with Mozart’s “Magic Flute;” green frogs in faux cereal; an Art Deco car-shaped teapot from the 1930s; and Mid-Century Modern luncheon snack sets.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:13:36 -0400 2020-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition American Modern water pitchers, 1939-59 by Russel Wright, photograph courtesy of Margaret Carney.
What We Hold, What Holds Us: Homes & Vessels (March 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73889 73889-18390363@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Although Candace Compton Pappas is recognized primarily as a painter, this series of constructed homes and vessels represents an important facet of her life as an artist. Over the years, she has collected, saved, garbage-rescued, and gathered objects that capture her attention. A firm believer that there is no such thing as garbage, and a great observer of nature’s cycle of creating and breaking down, she has constructed numerous cement vessels to hold all these objects that proliferate the studio. These finds, the vessels that hold them, and the totems that pay tribute to them, all keep her company, inspire her, and keep her calm in her temple-like studio in the woods outside of Chelsea, Michigan.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:57:41 -0400 2020-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Two House Totems surrounding small Totem by Candace Compton Pappas, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 25, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-25T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Acrylic & Mixed Media Mandalas (March 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73893 73893-18392779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Over the course of Charles L. Gilchrist’s 50+ year career, he has worked in photography, graphic design, print making, drawing, mixed media, painting, filmmaking, fabric design and teaching. He is collected by patrons around the globe and is best known for his acrylic painted Mandalas, totem animals, and Sacred Geometry workshops on YouTube. At the age of 80, Gilchrist is still going strong with numerous projects, the most noted of which is his collaboration with Gabriel J. Cavazos, founder of ARCOTU (Architecture of the Universe) Bio Design Engineers, an architectural/engineering firm that bases all their design projects on Sacred Geometry principles.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:03:00 -0400 2020-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Starfish by Charles L. Gilchrist, photograph by the artist
Americana Sampler (March 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Birds Fly In: Oil Painting (March 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73892 73892-18390601@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Birds first flew onto Ellie Harold's canvases in 2016, appearing to her as intuitive messengers of hope and healing for troubled times. She paints intuitively to music, spontaneously, with no plan in mind and with as little thought as possible. She sees the first marks of black calligraphy as the hint of a language revealing bird wisdom hidden beneath successive layers of color. She paints the white layer last, unifying all of the elements in the painting. Harold uses not only a brush, but also fingers, squeegee and oil sticks to capture the fleeting nature of birds. An ordained Unity minister, Harold aims for this series to inspire the discovery of inner solutions to difficult issues that have so far eluded resolution by ordinary means.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:16 -0400 2020-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Violet Evolution by Ellie Harold, photograph by Steve Loveless
Flora Series: Woven Wire Sculpture (March 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73894 73894-18392859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Mondro is an artist and a professor in the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. In this body of work, she reflects on how time spent in nature has inspired new personal discoveries and intellectual curiosity, while serving as a positive distraction from recent experiences with grief and sadness. Drawing from these insights, Mondro crocheted and stitched fine wire to create intricate woven sculptures reminiscent of seeds, pods and other organic forms. Focusing on the wonderfully complex construction of these forms, Mondro mimics nature’s ability to be structurally strong while delicate in appearance to invite deeper exploration.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:06:52 -0400 2020-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Works from the Flora Series by Anne Mondro, photograph by the artist.
Gouache Paintings (March 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73888 73888-18390285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Jaye Schlesinger is a full time painter living and working in Ann Arbor. Her work includes realist oil paintings of common everyday objects and abstracted subjects portrayed in gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper. This recent body of work evolved from years of photographing rooftops, playgrounds, houses and aerial views, and digitally manipulating them to create colorful and quirky compositions. The scenes are not intended to be specific locales, but rather to celebrate the color, shape, rhythm and structure found in our daily environment. Gouache is a medium which requires slow and careful application and reflects the artist’s view of painting as a meditative pursuit.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:52:54 -0400 2020-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Some City #7 by Jaye Schlesinger, photograph by the artist
Migrations: Fiber Notes from the Journey (March 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73895 73895-18392938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Migration has profoundly affected the life and perspective of the Michigan-based fiber artist, Martina Celerin. Celerin’s family emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1968 as political refugees escaping Soviet rule. Both a molecular geneticist and artist, her artistic medium is a sophisticated blend of highly dimensional weaving, crochet, needle felting, and other fiber-based techniques that incorporates everyday reclaimed and recycled materials to help tell a story. The pieces on exhibit are drawn from a larger body of work that translates the extraordinary challenges of modern-day human migration and notes the parallel phenomena in animals.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:09:51 -0400 2020-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Spelling Bees by Martina Celerin, photo by the artist.
Nature’s Dance (March 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73890 73890-18390443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Birmingham Society of Women Painters are from the surrounding metro Detroit area. With over 50 members, they exhibit a diverse approach to painting including watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed mediums. Their subject matter and technique is also quite vast. Abstraction, realism and even photorealism is all produced by this dynamic organization. As a group they are committed to the highest standard of creative expression, to furthering the interests and development of individual members through collective activities, and to maintaining a tradition of promoting art education.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:02:49 -0400 2020-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Cone Village by Chris Trombley, photograph by Roland Trombley.
Sculptural Dinnerware (March 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73891 73891-18390522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Presented by the International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Sculptural Dinnerware features a selection of artwork from the museum’s permanent collection. This exhibition features sculptural artwork that will make the viewer stop and look, including an abstract knife, fork and spoon set created from clay; European wire scribble sculpture; beautiful pouring vessels created by noted designer Russel Wright; and “Frog Fruit Loops” by California Funk artist David Gilhooly. Visitors can see porcelain plates with Mozart’s “Magic Flute;” green frogs in faux cereal; an Art Deco car-shaped teapot from the 1930s; and Mid-Century Modern luncheon snack sets.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:13:36 -0400 2020-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition American Modern water pitchers, 1939-59 by Russel Wright, photograph courtesy of Margaret Carney.
What We Hold, What Holds Us: Homes & Vessels (March 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73889 73889-18390364@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Although Candace Compton Pappas is recognized primarily as a painter, this series of constructed homes and vessels represents an important facet of her life as an artist. Over the years, she has collected, saved, garbage-rescued, and gathered objects that capture her attention. A firm believer that there is no such thing as garbage, and a great observer of nature’s cycle of creating and breaking down, she has constructed numerous cement vessels to hold all these objects that proliferate the studio. These finds, the vessels that hold them, and the totems that pay tribute to them, all keep her company, inspire her, and keep her calm in her temple-like studio in the woods outside of Chelsea, Michigan.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:57:41 -0400 2020-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Two House Totems surrounding small Totem by Candace Compton Pappas, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 26, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-26T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Cancelled: Gifts of Art presents Chamber Music (March 26, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73052 73052-18131844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

This event has been cancelled.

This ensemble is made up of principal players and members of the U-M Life Sciences Orchestra (LSO), a program of Gifts of Art at Michigan Medicine that provides performance opportunities for the faculty, staff, students, scientists, volunteers and alumni in medical, health science and life science disciplines at the university. The piece they will play is the Beethoven Septet in E-flat major (op. 20), written for a "mini-orchestra" of strings and winds. This challenging music, displaying the virtuosity of both wind and string players, gives the audience a taste of what to expect at the LSO's next concert on Sat., April 11 at 8:00 p.m.

Gifts of Art free concert
Thursday, March 26, 2020, 12:00-1:00 pm
University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Performance Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:17:55 -0400 2020-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of LSO music director Tal Benatar
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (March 26, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-03-26T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-26T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
Acrylic & Mixed Media Mandalas (March 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73893 73893-18392780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Over the course of Charles L. Gilchrist’s 50+ year career, he has worked in photography, graphic design, print making, drawing, mixed media, painting, filmmaking, fabric design and teaching. He is collected by patrons around the globe and is best known for his acrylic painted Mandalas, totem animals, and Sacred Geometry workshops on YouTube. At the age of 80, Gilchrist is still going strong with numerous projects, the most noted of which is his collaboration with Gabriel J. Cavazos, founder of ARCOTU (Architecture of the Universe) Bio Design Engineers, an architectural/engineering firm that bases all their design projects on Sacred Geometry principles.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:03:00 -0400 2020-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Starfish by Charles L. Gilchrist, photograph by the artist
Americana Sampler (March 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Birds Fly In: Oil Painting (March 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73892 73892-18390602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Birds first flew onto Ellie Harold's canvases in 2016, appearing to her as intuitive messengers of hope and healing for troubled times. She paints intuitively to music, spontaneously, with no plan in mind and with as little thought as possible. She sees the first marks of black calligraphy as the hint of a language revealing bird wisdom hidden beneath successive layers of color. She paints the white layer last, unifying all of the elements in the painting. Harold uses not only a brush, but also fingers, squeegee and oil sticks to capture the fleeting nature of birds. An ordained Unity minister, Harold aims for this series to inspire the discovery of inner solutions to difficult issues that have so far eluded resolution by ordinary means.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:16 -0400 2020-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Violet Evolution by Ellie Harold, photograph by Steve Loveless
Flora Series: Woven Wire Sculpture (March 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73894 73894-18392860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Anne Mondro is an artist and a professor in the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. In this body of work, she reflects on how time spent in nature has inspired new personal discoveries and intellectual curiosity, while serving as a positive distraction from recent experiences with grief and sadness. Drawing from these insights, Mondro crocheted and stitched fine wire to create intricate woven sculptures reminiscent of seeds, pods and other organic forms. Focusing on the wonderfully complex construction of these forms, Mondro mimics nature’s ability to be structurally strong while delicate in appearance to invite deeper exploration.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:06:52 -0400 2020-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Works from the Flora Series by Anne Mondro, photograph by the artist.
Gouache Paintings (March 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73888 73888-18390286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Jaye Schlesinger is a full time painter living and working in Ann Arbor. Her work includes realist oil paintings of common everyday objects and abstracted subjects portrayed in gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper. This recent body of work evolved from years of photographing rooftops, playgrounds, houses and aerial views, and digitally manipulating them to create colorful and quirky compositions. The scenes are not intended to be specific locales, but rather to celebrate the color, shape, rhythm and structure found in our daily environment. Gouache is a medium which requires slow and careful application and reflects the artist’s view of painting as a meditative pursuit.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:52:54 -0400 2020-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Some City #7 by Jaye Schlesinger, photograph by the artist
Migrations: Fiber Notes from the Journey (March 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73895 73895-18392939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Migration has profoundly affected the life and perspective of the Michigan-based fiber artist, Martina Celerin. Celerin’s family emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1968 as political refugees escaping Soviet rule. Both a molecular geneticist and artist, her artistic medium is a sophisticated blend of highly dimensional weaving, crochet, needle felting, and other fiber-based techniques that incorporates everyday reclaimed and recycled materials to help tell a story. The pieces on exhibit are drawn from a larger body of work that translates the extraordinary challenges of modern-day human migration and notes the parallel phenomena in animals.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:09:51 -0400 2020-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Spelling Bees by Martina Celerin, photo by the artist.
Nature’s Dance (March 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73890 73890-18390444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Birmingham Society of Women Painters are from the surrounding metro Detroit area. With over 50 members, they exhibit a diverse approach to painting including watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed mediums. Their subject matter and technique is also quite vast. Abstraction, realism and even photorealism is all produced by this dynamic organization. As a group they are committed to the highest standard of creative expression, to furthering the interests and development of individual members through collective activities, and to maintaining a tradition of promoting art education.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:02:49 -0400 2020-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Cone Village by Chris Trombley, photograph by Roland Trombley.
Sculptural Dinnerware (March 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73891 73891-18390523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Presented by the International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Sculptural Dinnerware features a selection of artwork from the museum’s permanent collection. This exhibition features sculptural artwork that will make the viewer stop and look, including an abstract knife, fork and spoon set created from clay; European wire scribble sculpture; beautiful pouring vessels created by noted designer Russel Wright; and “Frog Fruit Loops” by California Funk artist David Gilhooly. Visitors can see porcelain plates with Mozart’s “Magic Flute;” green frogs in faux cereal; an Art Deco car-shaped teapot from the 1930s; and Mid-Century Modern luncheon snack sets.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:13:36 -0400 2020-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition American Modern water pitchers, 1939-59 by Russel Wright, photograph courtesy of Margaret Carney.
What We Hold, What Holds Us: Homes & Vessels (March 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73889 73889-18390365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Although Candace Compton Pappas is recognized primarily as a painter, this series of constructed homes and vessels represents an important facet of her life as an artist. Over the years, she has collected, saved, garbage-rescued, and gathered objects that capture her attention. A firm believer that there is no such thing as garbage, and a great observer of nature’s cycle of creating and breaking down, she has constructed numerous cement vessels to hold all these objects that proliferate the studio. These finds, the vessels that hold them, and the totems that pay tribute to them, all keep her company, inspire her, and keep her calm in her temple-like studio in the woods outside of Chelsea, Michigan.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:57:41 -0400 2020-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Two House Totems surrounding small Totem by Candace Compton Pappas, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (March 27, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA’s second exhibition of Inuit art derived from the Power Family’s generous promised gift to the Museum in 2018 explores the relationship between the artist and the representation of everyday experiences. Through a selection of mid-century to contemporary Inuit prints, drawings, and sculptures that portray seemingly ordinary reflections of daily life along with daydreaming meditations, the exhibition bridges the mundane and the fantastic. Together, these artworks present a distinct imagery and a visual poetry culled from the day-to-day reality of life in the far polar north. The perspectives range from soaring gazes at the horizon to glimpses of commonplace social interactions. These contemplations reveal intimate connections among the artists, their communities, and their locale—a specific place and time composed of icy regions and vast seas and tundras. Reflections: An Ordinary Day takes visitors on a lyrical journey of the myriad spaces and routines within an Arctic landscape.

This exhibition is made possible by the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

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Exhibition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:16:33 -0500 2020-03-27T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Acrylic & Mixed Media Mandalas (March 28, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73893 73893-18392781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 28, 2020 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Over the course of Charles L. Gilchrist’s 50+ year career, he has worked in photography, graphic design, print making, drawing, mixed media, painting, filmmaking, fabric design and teaching. He is collected by patrons around the globe and is best known for his acrylic painted Mandalas, totem animals, and Sacred Geometry workshops on YouTube. At the age of 80, Gilchrist is still going strong with numerous projects, the most noted of which is his collaboration with Gabriel J. Cavazos, founder of ARCOTU (Architecture of the Universe) Bio Design Engineers, an architectural/engineering firm that bases all their design projects on Sacred Geometry principles.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:03:00 -0400 2020-03-28T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-28T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Starfish by Charles L. Gilchrist, photograph by the artist
Americana Sampler (March 28, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 28, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-28T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.