Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 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 2020-01-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-02T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 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 2020-01-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-02T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547418@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 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 2020-01-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-02T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 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 2020-01-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-02T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547501@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 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 2020-01-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-02T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547335@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 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 2020-01-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-02T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 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 2020-01-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-02T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Sea Monsters (January 2, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310155@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 2, 2020 10:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-02T10:30:00-05:00 2020-01-02T11:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 2, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988247@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 2, 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 2020-01-02T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-02T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Sea Monsters (January 2, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310166@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 2, 2020 11:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-02T11:30:00-05:00 2020-01-02T12:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Old Time Piano (January 2, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70796 70796-17644321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 2, 2020 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Jerry Perrine has performed his music throughout Southeast Michigan for nearly 40 years. In addition to his piano playing, vocals and original compositions, he tells background stories of the classic American piano styles of ragtime, early jazz, blues and boogie-woogie. His concerts span the decades between the 1890s and the 1930s. Perrine is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and through his many years of music, he has been certified as a Choctaw Artist. He has played at the Michigan Jazz Festival and the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, among others. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

Gifts of Art free concert
Thursday, Jan. 2, 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 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:19:19 -0500 2020-01-02T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-02T13:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Jerry Perrine by Lynnette Perrine.
Sea Monsters (January 2, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 2, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-02T12:30:00-05:00 2020-01-02T13:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 2, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310243@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 2, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-02T13:30:00-05:00 2020-01-02T14:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 2, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 2, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-02T14:30:00-05:00 2020-01-02T15:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 2, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 2, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-02T15:30:00-05:00 2020-01-02T16:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 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 2020-01-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-03T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 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 2020-01-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-03T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547166@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 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 2020-01-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-03T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547419@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 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 2020-01-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-03T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547252@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 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 2020-01-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-03T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547502@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 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 2020-01-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-03T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547336@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 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 2020-01-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-03T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 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 2020-01-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-03T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Sea Monsters (January 3, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 3, 2020 10:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-03T10:30:00-05:00 2020-01-03T11:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 3, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988248@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 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 2020-01-03T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-03T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Sea Monsters (January 3, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 3, 2020 11:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-03T11:30:00-05:00 2020-01-03T12:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 3, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 3, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-03T12:30:00-05:00 2020-01-03T13:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 3, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 3, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-03T13:30:00-05:00 2020-01-03T14:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 3, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 3, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-03T14:30:00-05:00 2020-01-03T15:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 3, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 3, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-03T15:30:00-05:00 2020-01-03T16:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 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 2020-01-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-04T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 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 2020-01-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-04T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 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 2020-01-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-04T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547420@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 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 2020-01-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-04T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 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 2020-01-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-04T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547503@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 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 2020-01-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-04T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547337@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 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 2020-01-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-04T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 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 2020-01-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-04T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Sea Monsters (January 4, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 4, 2020 10:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-04T10:30:00-05:00 2020-01-04T11:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 4, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988249@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 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 2020-01-04T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-04T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Sea Monsters (January 4, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 4, 2020 11:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-04T11:30:00-05:00 2020-01-04T12:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 4, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 4, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-04T12:30:00-05:00 2020-01-04T13:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 4, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 4, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-04T13:30:00-05:00 2020-01-04T14:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 4, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 4, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-04T14:30:00-05:00 2020-01-04T15:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 4, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 4, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-04T15:30:00-05:00 2020-01-04T16:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547587@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 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 2020-01-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-05T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 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 2020-01-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-05T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 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 2020-01-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-05T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 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 2020-01-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-05T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 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 2020-01-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-05T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547504@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 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 2020-01-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-05T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547338@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 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 2020-01-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-05T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 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 2020-01-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-05T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
CEW+ Student Family Basketball Outing (January 5, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69640 69640-17374459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 5, 2020 10:30am
Location: Crisler Arena
Organized By: CEW+

Please join us at the U-M vs. MSU women’s basketball game for a free community-building event for nontraditional students and their immediate family (kids, spouses/partners). All CEW+ guests will have reserved seats and brunch served in the beautiful, private Crisler Center Club with views of the court!

Event Schedule:
10:30am: Doors Open, Private Club
11:00am: Brunch, Private Club
11:30am: Welcome Remarks
12:00pm: Tip-Off, Group Seats
Half-Time: Sweet Treats & Prize Drawing, Private Club

RSVP by Friday, December 20, 2019, to secure your spot.
eventbrite.com/e/2020-cew-student-family-basketball-outing-tickets-82866627313

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Sporting Event Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:24:32 -0500 2020-01-05T10:30:00-05:00 2020-01-05T14:00:00-05:00 Crisler Arena CEW+ Sporting Event CEW+ Basketball Outing Flyer
Sea Monsters (January 5, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 5, 2020 10:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-05T10:30:00-05:00 2020-01-05T11:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 5, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310169@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 5, 2020 11:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-05T11:30:00-05:00 2020-01-05T12:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 5, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 5, 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 2020-01-05T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-05T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Sea Monsters (January 5, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 5, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-05T12:30:00-05:00 2020-01-05T13:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 5, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 5, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-05T13:30:00-05:00 2020-01-05T14:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 5, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310257@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 5, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-05T14:30:00-05:00 2020-01-05T15:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Sea Monsters (January 5, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69347 69347-17310268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 5, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas.

Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. This show interweaves ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation. This is a pre-programmed show and does not include a live star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0500 2020-01-05T15:30:00-05:00 2020-01-05T16:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation Biological Sciences Building
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 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 2020-01-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-06T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 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 2020-01-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-06T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547169@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 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 2020-01-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-06T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 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 2020-01-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-06T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 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 2020-01-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-06T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 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 2020-01-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-06T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547339@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 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 2020-01-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-06T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 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 2020-01-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-06T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 7, 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 2020-01-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-07T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 7, 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 2020-01-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-07T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547170@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 7, 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 2020-01-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-07T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 7, 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 2020-01-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-07T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 7, 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 2020-01-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-07T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 7, 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 2020-01-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-07T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 7, 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 2020-01-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-07T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 7, 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 2020-01-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-07T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 7, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 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 2020-01-07T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-07T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547590@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 8, 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 2020-01-08T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-08T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 8, 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 2020-01-08T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-08T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 8, 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 2020-01-08T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-08T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 8, 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 2020-01-08T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-08T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547257@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 8, 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 2020-01-08T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-08T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547507@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 8, 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 2020-01-08T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-08T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547341@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 8, 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 2020-01-08T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-08T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 8, 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 2020-01-08T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-08T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 8, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988252@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 8, 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 2020-01-08T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-08T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547591@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 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 2020-01-09T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 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 2020-01-09T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 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 2020-01-09T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 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 2020-01-09T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 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 2020-01-09T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547508@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 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 2020-01-09T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547342@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 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 2020-01-09T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 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 2020-01-09T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 9, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 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 2020-01-09T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Bluegrass Music (January 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70797 70797-17644322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Huron Ridge is a bluegrass duo consisting of Willie Carter on acoustic guitar and vocals and Chris Dawson on mandolin and vocals. They play a mix of original and traditional bluegrass songs. Their sound moves the listener to the Appalachian Mountains, and their blended vocal harmonies are a throwback to old time brother duos. While they love and honor the traditional sound, they also bring a fresh and original interpretation to the music. The duo has recently performed at bluegrass festivals, local music venues, and on bluegrass radio shows. Look for live stream video on Gifts of Art Facebook.

Gifts of Art free concert
Thursday, Jan. 9, 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 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:19:01 -0500 2020-01-09T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T13:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Huron Ridge by Biji George.
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 10, 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 2020-01-10T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-10T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 10, 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 2020-01-10T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-10T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 10, 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 2020-01-10T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-10T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 10, 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 2020-01-10T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-10T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547259@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 10, 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 2020-01-10T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-10T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547509@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 10, 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 2020-01-10T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-10T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547343@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 10, 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 2020-01-10T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-10T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 10, 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 2020-01-10T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-10T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 10, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 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 2020-01-10T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-10T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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 2020-01-11T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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 2020-01-11T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547174@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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 2020-01-11T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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 2020-01-11T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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 2020-01-11T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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 2020-01-11T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547344@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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 2020-01-11T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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 2020-01-11T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
A Teenager's Guide to the Galaxy (January 11, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70944 70944-17758132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 2020 10:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Written by teenagers, this unique cosmic experience takes you on a dynamic journey across the universe and through time.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:12:04 -0500 2020-01-11T10:30:00-05:00 2020-01-11T12:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation A Teenager's Guide to the Galaxy
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 11, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 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 2020-01-11T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Science Forum Demo: How to Become a Fossil (January 11, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69899 69899-17482964@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 2020 11:00am
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.

Explore how fossils form and what parts of animals can become fossilized! How old are the earliest fossils? How old does something have to be before it is considered a fossil? You’ll touch some real fossils, learn the different types of fossil evidence, and discover what is necessary to become a fossil. Finally, we’ll discuss what kinds of things fossils can tell us, and how fossil casts are made in the museum!

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:44:32 -0500 2020-01-11T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T11:20:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Storytime at the Museum: Korea (January 11, 2020 11:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68745 68745-17147133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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.

Please note: there will be video recording at this event. If you do not wish to participate, talk with an UMMA staff member on-site.

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, 19 Dec 2019 18:16:41 -0500 2020-01-11T11:15:00-05:00 2020-01-11T12:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Museum of Art
Paleo Prep Lab Chat (January 11, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69902 69902-17482982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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 2020-01-11T11:30:00-05:00 2020-01-11T11:45:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Class / Instruction Biological Sciences Building
Scientist in the Forum (January 11, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69901 69901-17482976@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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 2020-01-11T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T13:15:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Scientists in the Forum, most weekends at 1:00 p.m.
A Winter Dweller's Celebration (January 11, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69494 69494-17327231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

“A Winter Dweller’s Celebration” is reminiscent of the French fur-trading days of Old Michigan, when the hardy voyageurs wintered in settlements telling stories, singing songs, and dancing. Bring a smile, hoot and holler, or just clap along. There’s something for everyone … and don’t forget yer dancin’ shoes!

Genot “Winter Elk” Picor has performed throughout Michigan from Bedford to Ironwood and from Niles to Sault Ste. Marie as a storyteller, musician, and folklorist. He is a listed performer in the Touring Directory of the Michigan Arts and Humanities Council.

This event is free and open to all visitors. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please call the Kelsey at 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 16:12:12 -0500 2020-01-11T14:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T15:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Other Genot Picor
Science Forum Demo- Life: How do we find it? (January 11, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69900 69900-17482970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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.

Discover how scientists search for life on other planets. Explore the field of astrobiology and re-evaluate your definition of life. Observe a re-creation of an experiment from the Mars Viking Lander expedition, and learn about what kinds of planets might support life.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:49:17 -0500 2020-01-11T15:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T15:20:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Biodiversity Lab Chat (January 11, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69903 69903-17482988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 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 2020-01-11T15:30:00-05:00 2020-01-11T15:45:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Other Biological Sciences Building
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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 2020-01-12T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-12T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547701@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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 2020-01-12T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-12T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547175@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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 2020-01-12T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-12T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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 2020-01-12T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-12T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547261@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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 2020-01-12T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-12T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547511@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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 2020-01-12T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-12T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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 2020-01-12T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-12T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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 2020-01-12T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-12T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
A Teenager's Guide to the Galaxy (January 12, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70944 70944-17758135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 2020 10:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Written by teenagers, this unique cosmic experience takes you on a dynamic journey across the universe and through time.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:12:04 -0500 2020-01-12T10:30:00-05:00 2020-01-12T11:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation A Teenager's Guide to the Galaxy
Science Forum Demo: How to Become a Fossil (January 12, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69899 69899-17482967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 2020 11:00am
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.

Explore how fossils form and what parts of animals can become fossilized! How old are the earliest fossils? How old does something have to be before it is considered a fossil? You’ll touch some real fossils, learn the different types of fossil evidence, and discover what is necessary to become a fossil. Finally, we’ll discuss what kinds of things fossils can tell us, and how fossil casts are made in the museum!

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:44:32 -0500 2020-01-12T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-12T11:20:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Paleo Prep Lab Chat (January 12, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69902 69902-17482985@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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 2020-01-12T11:30:00-05:00 2020-01-12T11:45:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Class / Instruction Biological Sciences Building
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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 2020-01-12T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-12T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Scientist in the Forum (January 12, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69901 69901-17482979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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 2020-01-12T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-12T13:15:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Scientists in the Forum, most weekends at 1:00 p.m.
Science Forum Demo- Life: How do we find it? (January 12, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69900 69900-17482973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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.

Discover how scientists search for life on other planets. Explore the field of astrobiology and re-evaluate your definition of life. Observe a re-creation of an experiment from the Mars Viking Lander expedition, and learn about what kinds of planets might support life.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:49:17 -0500 2020-01-12T15:00:00-05:00 2020-01-12T15:20:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Biodiversity Lab Chat (January 12, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69903 69903-17482991@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 12, 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 2020-01-12T15:30:00-05:00 2020-01-12T15:45:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Other Biological Sciences Building
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547595@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 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 2020-01-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-13T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 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 2020-01-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-13T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547176@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 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 2020-01-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-13T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 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 2020-01-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-13T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 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 2020-01-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-13T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547512@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 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 2020-01-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-13T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547346@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 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 2020-01-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-13T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 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 2020-01-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-13T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547596@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 14, 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 2020-01-14T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-14T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 14, 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 2020-01-14T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-14T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 14, 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 2020-01-14T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-14T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 14, 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 2020-01-14T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-14T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547263@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 14, 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 2020-01-14T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-14T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 14, 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 2020-01-14T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-14T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 14, 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 2020-01-14T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-14T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 14, 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 2020-01-14T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-14T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 14, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988257@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 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 2020-01-14T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-14T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 15, 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 2020-01-15T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-15T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 15, 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 2020-01-15T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-15T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547178@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 15, 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 2020-01-15T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-15T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 15, 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 2020-01-15T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-15T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547264@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 15, 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 2020-01-15T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-15T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547514@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 15, 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 2020-01-15T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-15T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547348@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 15, 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 2020-01-15T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-15T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 15, 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 2020-01-15T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-15T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 15, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 15, 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 2020-01-15T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-15T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 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 2020-01-16T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 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 2020-01-16T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 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 2020-01-16T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 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 2020-01-16T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 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 2020-01-16T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 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 2020-01-16T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547349@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 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 2020-01-16T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 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 2020-01-16T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 16, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988259@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 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 2020-01-16T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Celebrating MLK (January 16, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70798 70798-17644323@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 2020 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday, the Grosse Ile Quartet presents a program in honor of his life and legacy. All with extensive experience in solo and orchestral performance and teaching, the Grosse Ile Quartet (GIQ) is comprised of Carole Scott, flute; Nancy Gruits, oboe; Lisa Dills, clarinet; and Heather Hartwick-Gladden, bassoon. Since their founding in 2016, this quartet is constantly coming up with new and interactive ways to present their arrangements of music from a variety of genres: traditional folk music, movie themes, classical music and pop.

Gifts of Art free concert
Thursday, Jan. 16, 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 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:28:27 -0500 2020-01-16T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T13:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of the Grosse Ile Quartet by Carey Crays.
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547599@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 17, 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 2020-01-17T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-17T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 17, 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 2020-01-17T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-17T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547180@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 17, 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 2020-01-17T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-17T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547433@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 17, 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 2020-01-17T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-17T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 17, 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 2020-01-17T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-17T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 17, 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 2020-01-17T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-17T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547350@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 17, 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 2020-01-17T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-17T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 17, 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 2020-01-17T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-17T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 17, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 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 2020-01-17T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-17T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547600@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 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 2020-01-18T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.
Fractured History: Digital Art on Canvas (January 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70212 70212-17547707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 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 2020-01-18T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Diana’s Trumpet by Aaron Dworkin.
Hats & Fascinators (January 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70196 70196-17547181@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 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 2020-01-18T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Contessa by Mr. Song Millinery, photograph by Moza.
Healing Power of Nature: Mixed Media (January 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70205 70205-17547434@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 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 2020-01-18T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition by Allison Svoboda, photograph by the artist
High School Photo Project (January 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70202 70202-17547267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 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 2020-01-18T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Noelle by Linda Erf Swift.
Personal Space: Oil & Chalk Pastel (January 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70207 70207-17547517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 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 2020-01-18T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Is It Really Over? by Laura Cavanagh, photograph by the artist.
Shrines & Reliquaries: Memorializing Climate (January 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70204 70204-17547351@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 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 2020-01-18T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Sheep Mountain and Kluane Lake by Leslie Sobel, photograph by the artist.
Whimsical Worlds (January 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70195 70195-17547099@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 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 2020-01-18T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T20:00:00-05:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Flying Penguins with Ugly Sweaters by Gregory Potter, photograph by the artist.
A Teenager's Guide to the Galaxy (January 18, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70944 70944-17758133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 2020 10:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History

Written by teenagers, this unique cosmic experience takes you on a dynamic journey across the universe and through time.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

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Presentation Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:12:04 -0500 2020-01-18T10:30:00-05:00 2020-01-18T12:30:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Planetarium & Dome Theater at the Museum of Natural History Presentation A Teenager's Guide to the Galaxy
Reflections: An Ordinary Day (January 18, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68062 68062-16988261@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 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 2020-01-18T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/FriendVisits.jpg
Science Forum Demo: How to Become a Fossil (January 18, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69899 69899-17482965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 2020 11:00am
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.

Explore how fossils form and what parts of animals can become fossilized! How old are the earliest fossils? How old does something have to be before it is considered a fossil? You’ll touch some real fossils, learn the different types of fossil evidence, and discover what is necessary to become a fossil. Finally, we’ll discuss what kinds of things fossils can tell us, and how fossil casts are made in the museum!

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:44:32 -0500 2020-01-18T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T11:20:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Paleo Prep Lab Chat (January 18, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69902 69902-17482983@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 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 2020-01-18T11:30:00-05:00 2020-01-18T11:45:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Class / Instruction Biological Sciences Building
Scientist in the Forum (January 18, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69901 69901-17482977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 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 2020-01-18T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T13:15:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Scientists in the Forum, most weekends at 1:00 p.m.
UMMA Pop Up: Falomo & Dunlap (January 18, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71179 71179-17785579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Ayokunle Falomo and Samuel Dunlap are students at the University of Michigan pursuing graduate and undergraduate degrees, respectively. Over the past few months, they have been working to combine poetry and musical performance in unique ways. Their performance will feature original poems by Falomo, and musical compositions and improvisations by Dunlap on the trumpet. 

Follow either Ayokunle and Samuel on Facebook for more information.

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Performance Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:17:12 -0500 2020-01-18T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T14:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Science Forum Demo- Life: How do we find it? (January 18, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69900 69900-17482971@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 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.

Discover how scientists search for life on other planets. Explore the field of astrobiology and re-evaluate your definition of life. Observe a re-creation of an experiment from the Mars Viking Lander expedition, and learn about what kinds of planets might support life.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:49:17 -0500 2020-01-18T15:00:00-05:00 2020-01-18T15:20:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Biodiversity Lab Chat (January 18, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69903 69903-17482989@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 18, 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 2020-01-18T15:30:00-05:00 2020-01-18T15:45:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Other Biological Sciences Building
Cages, Nests & Butterflies (January 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70210 70210-17547601@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 19, 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 2020-01-19T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-19T20:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Unhidden Frame by Anne Bae, photograph by the artist.