Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Collection Ensemble (October 27, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-10-27T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-27T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Democracy Conversations (featuring the UMMA Dialogue Deck) (October 27, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78250 78250-19998916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

egister for October 13th.

In advance of the Presidential election, UMMA and U-M's Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning created the “Dialogue Deck for Personal and Political Reflection." The Dialogue Deck pairs twelve images from UMMA’s permanent collection with provocative discussion prompts designed to encourage conversation and reflection about US culture and politics. The Dialogue Deck activity is meant to encourage meaningful dialogue and connection with your family, friends, colleagues, and maybe even yourself.

During the month of October, UMMA will host three "Democracy Conversations" via Zoom that feature the Dialogue Deck activity. Participants will be sorted into small breakout groups of 4-5 people and paired with a host who will gently guide the activity and conversation.  Conversations will last one hour, and offer the opportunity for individuals to learn more about the Dialogue Deck activity and engage in conversation with others outside their immediate social circles. 

The Dialogue Deck can be used by anyone as a self-guided discussion tool, and the print version of the deck is available for free at the UMMA Shop.

UMMA's Vote2020 initiative is presented in connection with the U-M Democracy & Debate theme semester. Thanks to our partners at the Penny Stamps School of Art & Design, the Ginsberg Center for Community Service & Learning, the Ann Arbor City Clerk's Office, MUSIC Matters, and the Center for World Performance Studies.

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Other Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:15:49 -0400 2020-10-27T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-27T13:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Monumental Friendship: Chinese Ceramics in the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (October 27, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78958 78958-20162586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Natsu Oyobe, Curator of Asian Art for the University of Michigan Museum of Art, will bring to life the incredible James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection of Chinese ceramics in this talk for the Lieberthal Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Noon Lecture Series. The collection, consisting of bronze wares, Buddhist sculptures, and other East Asian art works, was donated by Plumer's family and friends in memory of the prominent U-M professor of East Asian art. Plumer (1899 – 1960), who served as a “Monument Man” in the occupied Japan of the post-World War II, developed a phenomenal network of scholars, collectors, and artists, and is known for his research of Jian (Tenmoku) and Yue wares and for his teaching at U-M.  In this talk, Dr. Oyobe will highlight the Chinese ceramics in the Plumer Collection, and illuminate his remarkable scholarship and humanism that connected the people of diverse backgrounds from China, Japan, and the US. 

Natsu Oyobe is Curator of Asian Art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Specializing in modern and contemporary Japanese art, she has curated numerous Japanese art exhibitions, including Wrapped in Silk and Gold: A Family Legacy of 20th-Century Japanese Kimono (2010), Turning Point: Japanese Studio Ceramics in the Mid-20th Century (2010), and Mari Katayama (2019). Dr. Oyobe is also involved in cross-cultural projects from a variety of historical periods, including Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930 (2013), Xu Weixin: Monumental Portraits (2016) and Copies and Invention in East Asia (2019). She served as the consulting curator for the Detroit Institute of Arts’ new Japan Gallery (2016 – 2017). Dr. Oyobe earned a PhD in art history from the University of Michigan in 2005.

This event is cosponsored by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.
 

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:15:50 -0400 2020-10-27T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-27T13:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Collection Ensemble (October 28, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071468@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-10-28T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-28T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (October 29, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071469@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-10-29T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
AIGA Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women's Vote Exhibition Panel Discussion (October 29, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78930 78930-20156696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Join us for a virtual panel discussion with designers from the AIGA “Get out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote exhibition at Stamps Gallery. Hear about the ideas behind their poster designs, why they believe it is important to vote, and what the 19th amendment means to them. Panelists will include Stamps School of Art & Design Professors Audrey Bennett and Hannah Smotrich, and Michigan State University Professor Kelly Salchow Macarthur. Panelists will be joined by the U-M Museum of Art Student Engagement Council members Emily Considine and Sarah Jacob who have worked closely with partners across campus to develop voter participation initiatives for U-M students. The discussion will be moderated by Stamps Gallery Outreach and Public Engagement Coordinator Jennifer Junkermeier-Khan and followed by a Q&A. U-M Students, Faculty, and Staff will be able to register to vote, request an absentee ballot, and vote early at UMMA every weekday between Sept. 24 and election day. To find out more visit UMMA Vote2020.

 

Organized by Stamps Gallery in partnership with UMMA.

 

Find out more about the AIGA “Get out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote exhibition here. Read more from the U-M Museum of Art Student Engagement Council on their blog. 

UMMA's Vote2020 initiative is presented in connection with the U-M Democracy & Debate theme semester. Thanks to our partners at the Penny Stamps School of Art & Design, the Ginsberg Center for Community Service & Learning, the Ann Arbor City Clerk's Office, MUSIC Matters, and the Center for World Performance Studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:15:47 -0400 2020-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T13:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Virtual ​Art & Activism: Printing Totes & Posters for a Cause (October 29, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78627 78627-20077942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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As we all look ahead to the November election, and think about the role artists play in activism, we want to get our creative juices flowing and print our own favorite slogan!

Timnet Gedar, PhD student in History, will share some background on the work of Botswana born artist Meleko Mokgosi, whose installation Pan African Pulp, is currently on view at UMMA and includes posters from Pan-African movements founded in Detroit and Africa in the 1960s as well as a few designed by Mokgosi.

Then Michigan-based artist Shayla Johnson will show you how to create a unique poster (or tote bag) featuring your own personal slogan and design. Shayla Johnson is founder and designer of Scarlet Crane Creations, a dedicated micro-batch textile printing house specializing in hand-printed fabrics for home decor products and lifestyle accessories. Unique surface patterns range from free flowing florals to abstract textures in order to produce stylish and sophisticated collections. Scarlet Crane Creations is housed at POST so you’ll have the opportunity to see Shayla’s work space, printing table, and work in process. Shayla also works for UMMA as a Museum Applications Developer.

This event is part of a collaboration between UMMA, the African Graduate Student Association, the African Student Association, and the African Business Council. All are welcome if there is space, but we will prioritize student participants as supplies are limited.

Lead support is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan African Studies Center and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.

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

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:15:45 -0400 2020-10-29T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T21:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Collection Ensemble (October 30, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071470@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 30, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-10-30T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-30T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (October 31, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 31, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-10-31T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-31T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 1, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 1, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-01T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-01T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Dance for Democracy! (November 2, 2020 9:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78932 78932-20156698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 2, 2020 9:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Dance for Democracy will provide the Michigan Community an opportunity to gather on the eve of the 2020 General Election as the culmination of efforts associated with the Big Ten Voting Challenge as part of the Democracy & Debate Theme Semester. Designed for those who have already voted early and for those headed to the polls on November 3rd, Dance for Democracy will bring together students, and other members of the U-M community, for an evening of music and socially-distanced dancing with bands, DJs, PSAs and special guest appearances as we celebrate democratic engagement across the partisan divide. We’re all Wolverines on the (virtual) dance floor. Register. Vote. Dance.

Featured musicians: 
Detroit-based percussionist and DJ Nova Zaii with Kultur Grenade Ann Arbor-based funk/rock band Kektus Ann Arbor-based funk band, Sabbatical Bob Detroit legend Inner City

UMMA's Vote2020 initiative is presented in connection with the U-M Democracy & Debate theme semester. Thanks to our partners at the Penny Stamps School of Art & Design, the Ginsberg Center for Community Service & Learning, the Ann Arbor City Clerk's Office, MUSIC Matters, and the Center for World Performance Studies.

Please contact Michael Gould at gould@umich.edu for all inquiries or questions, including:


Student groups interested in contributing to PSAs and appearances
Units and organizations interested in co-sponsoring
Press/public relations

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Performance Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:15:42 -0500 2020-11-02T21:00:00-05:00 2020-11-02T00:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Collection Ensemble (November 3, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-03T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-03T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 4, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071474@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-04T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-04T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 5, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071475@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 5, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-05T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-05T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 6, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-06T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (November 6, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75951 75951-19627786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Connor Greer [Fiction] and Mary Spooner [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Sat, 07 Nov 2020 00:15:40 -0500 2020-11-06T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Collection Ensemble (November 7, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 7, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-07T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-07T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-08T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-08T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 10, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-10T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 11, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-11T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-11T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 12, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071481@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-12T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Virtual ​Art & Activism: Printing Totes & Posters for a Cause (November 12, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79017 79017-20172568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Thank you for your interest, however, this event is fully subscribed..

​As we all look ahead to the November election, and think about the role artists play in activism, we want to get our creative juices flowing and print our own favorite slogan! 

We will share some background on the work of Botswana born artist Meleko Mokgosi, whose installation Pan African Pulp, is currently on view at UMMA and includes posters from Pan-African movements founded in Detroit and Africa in the 1960s as well as a few designed by Mokgosi. 

Then Michigan-based artist Shayla Johnson will show you how to create a unique poster (or tote bag) featuring your own personal slogan and design. Shayla Johnson is founder and designer of Scarlet Crane Creations, a dedicated micro-batch textile printing house specializing in hand-printed fabrics for home decor products and lifestyle accessories. Unique surface patterns range from free flowing florals to abstract textures in order to produce stylish and sophisticated collections. Scarlet Crane Creations is housed at POST so you’ll have the opportunity to see Shayla’s work space, printing table, and work in process. Shayla also works for UMMA as a Museum Applications Developer.  

This event is part of a collaboration between UMMA, the African Graduate Student Association, the African Student Association, and the Ross Africa Business Club. All are welcome if there is space, but we will prioritize student participants as supplies are limited. 

Lead support is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan African Studies Center and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.

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

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:15:35 -0500 2020-11-12T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T21:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Collection Ensemble (November 13, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071482@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 13, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-13T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-13T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Museum Studies Program, Museums at Noon (November 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79009 79009-20170604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

How do curatorial works and memorial sites simultaneously serve as tools for constructing national identities and as materials in a state’s claim for transnational reputation? How can we frame these questions in the context of post-dictatorial nations and their contested heritage? Looking at the two different cases of Ukraine and Spain, this presentation will unravel the multiplicity of ways in which cultural artifacts and narratives become the very sites for these discussions and crystalize the impact of these often violent legacies.
Co-presentation by Grace Mahoney (PhD candidate, Slavic Languages & Literatures) and Felix Zamora-Gomez (PhD candidate, Romance Languages & Literatures)

Complete details here: http://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/event/museum-narratives-and-transnational-reputations-history-state-legitimacy-and-contested-heritage-in-ukraine-and-spain/

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Presentation Wed, 28 Oct 2020 16:09:02 -0400 2020-11-13T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-13T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum Studies Program Presentation Museums at Noon
Open Office Hours with Director Christina Olsen and Museum Staff (November 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78251 78251-19998917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

These office hours are open for drop-in. Registration is not required..

There’s a lot to talk about. Christina Olsen, director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), wants to hear from you. This fall’s edition of Open Office Hours  will focus on hearing your feedback about UMMA’s Commitment to Anti-Racist Action, what you’d like to see UMMA doing in the midst of the pandemic, and your ideas about the future. Meet Tina and one other member of her team over Zoom for a chance to share your views in an informal and intimate setting. Dates and times as follows:

12-1 pm Friday, October 9

12-1 pm Friday, October 16

12-1 pm Friday, November 13

Zoom discussions will take place on a first-come, first-served basis. Individual discussions can be up to 15 minutes. Participants will queue using Zoom’s  “waiting room” feature if another discussion is already underway. The meeting host will message people in the waiting room to keep them informed on approximate wait times.

To drop-in to Open Office Hours use this link: 



Meeting ID: 969 8100 4915

 

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Other Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:15:34 -0500 2020-11-13T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-13T13:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
(November 13, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78972 78972-20164569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 13, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the African Studies Center.

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Other Thu, 05 Nov 2020 12:15:42 -0500 2020-11-13T17:00:00-05:00 2020-11-13T22:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
(November 14, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78971 78971-20164568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 14, 2020 9:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the African Studies Center.

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Other Thu, 05 Nov 2020 12:15:42 -0500 2020-11-14T09:00:00-05:00 2020-11-14T22:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Virtual Storytime at UMMA (November 14, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78931 78931-20156697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 14, 2020 10:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Dive into fall with pumpkins, apples, and (not so scary) monsters! Join retired AADL storyteller Laura Pershin Raynor and Grace VanderVliet, UMMA's Curator for Museum Teaching and Learning as they team up to sing songs, tell stories, and look at images. Families are invited to participate together. While this event is geared for ages 3-5, older and younger siblings may not be able to resist following along. Throughout, Laura and Grace will offer storytelling tips and conversation starters for families.

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 Sat, 14 Nov 2020 12:15:33 -0500 2020-11-14T10:00:00-05:00 2020-11-14T10:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Museum of Art
Collection Ensemble (November 14, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 14, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-14T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-14T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
(November 15, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79241 79241-20235389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 15, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the African Studies Center.

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Other Sun, 15 Nov 2020 18:15:44 -0500 2020-11-15T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Collection Ensemble (November 15, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 15, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-15T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 17, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-17T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-17T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 18, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-18T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 19, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 19, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-19T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-19T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 20, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 20, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-20T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-20T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
​The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (November 20, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75952 75952-19627787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 20, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Catalina Bode [Fiction] and Chris Crowder [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:15:28 -0500 2020-11-20T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-20T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Collection Ensemble (November 21, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 21, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-21T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-21T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 22, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 22, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-22T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-22T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 24, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-24T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-24T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 25, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071492@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 25, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-25T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-25T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Closed Thanksgiving Day (November 26, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73922 73922-18424543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 26, 2020 9:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

U-M Museum of Natural History is closed for Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, November 26, 2020.

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Other Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:31:27 -0400 2020-11-26T09:00:00-05:00 2020-11-26T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Other
Collection Ensemble (November 26, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071493@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-26T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-26T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 27, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071494@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 27, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-27T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-27T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Closed (November 27, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79265 79265-20262813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 27, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

The U-M Museum of Natural History will be closed on Friday, November 27, 2020.

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Other Mon, 09 Nov 2020 06:54:13 -0500 2020-11-27T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-27T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Other Biological Sciences Building
Collection Ensemble (November 28, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 28, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-28T11:00:00-05:00 2020-11-28T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (November 29, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071496@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 29, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-11-29T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-29T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Visual Aids Day With(out) Art 2020: TRANSMISSIONS, Live Screening (November 30, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79625 79625-20432423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 30, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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December 1 marks World AIDS Day, as well as Day With(out) Art 2020, a yearly event presented by Visual AIDS marking the global impact of HIV/AIDS. Visual AIDS is a New York-based non-profit that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over. This year, Visual AIDS is presenting a series of short films titled TRANSMISSIONS, which will premiere on November 30 at 6pm EST as part of a special online screening event hosted by Visual AIDS. A live Q&A with the commissioned artists will follow the screening. Beginning December 1, the video program will be available to view online at visualaids.org/transmissions.

RSVP here to receive updates about the live event   ​ Then, consider submitting your own art to the SEC blog! You can relate your work to the topic of HIV/AIDS awareness in any way you see fit, but some prompts that you can use:
How does HIV/AIDS awareness and other public health issues affect various groups differently? How does the HIV/AIDS crisis continue internationally today or relate to other current public health issues? How has viewing the films in the TRANSMISSIONS series changed my personal view of HIV/AIDS? How do people reconcile with the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS diagnoses?
Your work can be in any artistic medium — painting, poetry, dance, collage, music, film, creative writing, sculpture, photography and more are all welcome. HOW TO SUBMIT:
Put your work together in an accessible digital file format — .pdf, .jpg, .png, .mov, .mp4, a website or Google Drive link. Send your submissions to ummastudentcouncil@umich.edu with your name and the title of the piece. (Optional) Include a short description of your piece as it relates to HIV/AIDS awareness or the films of TRANSMISSIONS series.
You can submit at any time beforehand, but please have all submissions in by Thursday, December 10th, at 5 pm EST. Any questions? Ask ummastudentcouncil@umich.edu!

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

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Other Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:15:25 -0500 2020-11-30T18:00:00-05:00 2020-11-30T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
CALL FOR ART IN RESPONSE: DAY WITH(OUT) ART FILM SCREENING (December 1, 2020 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79626 79626-20432424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 12:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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December 1 marks World AIDS Day, as well as Day With(out) Art 2020, a yearly event presented by Visual AIDS marking the global impact of HIV/AIDS. Visual AIDS is a New York-based non-profit that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over. This year, Visual AIDS is presenting a series of short films titled TRANSMISSIONS, which, beginning on December 1, is available to view online at visualaids.org/transmissions.

After you watch the films, consider submitting your own art to the SEC blog! You can relate your work to the topic of HIV/AIDS awareness in any way you see fit, but some prompts that you can use:
How does HIV/AIDS awareness and other public health issues affect various groups differently? How does the HIV/AIDS crisis continue internationally today or relate to other current public health issues? How has viewing the films in the TRANSMISSIONS series changed my personal view of HIV/AIDS? How do people reconcile with the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS diagnoses?
Your work can be in any artistic medium — painting, poetry, dance, collage, music, film, creative writing, sculpture, photography and more are all welcome. HOW TO SUBMIT:
Put your work together in an accessible digital file format — .pdf, .jpg, .png, .mov, .mp4, a website or Google Drive link. Send your submissions to ummastudentcouncil@umich.edu with your name and the title of the piece. (Optional) Include a short description of your piece as it relates to HIV/AIDS awareness or the films of TRANSMISSIONS series.
Please have all submissions in by Thursday, December 10th, at 5 pm EST. Any questions? Ask ummastudentcouncil@umich.edu!

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

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Other Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:15:33 -0500 2020-12-01T00:00:00-05:00 2020-12-01T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Collection Ensemble (December 1, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-01T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-01T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 2, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-02T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-02T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
CREES Noon Lecture. Curating Covid: Material and Visual Cultures of the Pandemic (December 2, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79257 79257-20241311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

While there is so far no known cure for Covid and the disease continues to kill thousands daily around the globe, humanity has spent the better part of this year attempting to make do – some by doing their best to protect themselves and their loved ones as they continue to perform the work essential to their survival or deemed essential by society; others, by sheltering in place, reducing the radius of our daily activities, developing new routines. How will we know and remember all this? Who is the chronicler of Covid, who are its curators? What will be the sources, not of the political histories and for future medical research, but for narrating the pandemic as experience, for explaining its everyday reality to future generations?

This panel of brief presentations aims to prompt our collective thinking about a Covid archive, and how it will be constructed. Presenters from different disciplines and national backgrounds will be asked to share images or objects that bring our pandemic present into focus and allow us to explore together questions for the future: who is collecting what? What are the objects in which our daily experience materializes, and which might speak to the future? Where and how does the pandemic leave its traces in our visual cultures, and (how) do these differ depending on national contexts? The virus itself knows no borders, but can we discern transnational and global patterns in our responses in an increasingly fractured world?

SPEAKERS

Alexandra Arkhipova is senior research fellow and head of the Contemporary Folklore Monitoring Research Group at the School of Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in Moscow, Russia. She is also a professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities and the Russian School of Economics. She is a leading expert on political jokes, rumors, and legends, on the concept of money in traditional society, and on the folklore of protest. Her research group is currently engaged in a multi-year study of “infodemia,” the World Health Organization’s term for the spate of false and potentially dangerous misinformation that flows through and infects the public discourse much like a viral pandemic. Dr. Arkhipova’s book *Dangerous Soviet Things: Urban Legends and Fear in the USSR,* written with Anna Kirzyuk, won the Liberal Mission Foundation’s 2020 Prize for the best analysis of current events.

Sara Blair is Patricia S. Yaeger Collegiate Professor of English at the University of Michigan. Her publications include *How the Other Half Looks: The Lower East Side and the Afterlives of Images*; *Harlem Crossroads: Black Writers and the Photograph in the Twentieth Century*; *Remaking Reality: U.S. Documentary Culture after 1945*, co-edited with Joseph Entin and Franny Nudelman; and *Trauma and Documentary Photography of the FSA*, co-authored with Eric Rosenberg. She has collaborated with curators at the DIA, the International Center of Photography, and the Addison Gallery of American Art, served as consultant to a range of photographic projects and exhibitions, and curated exhibitions at U-M’s Institute for the Humanities and the Middlebury Art Museum. Her current work focuses on the lives of the image as material object and aesthetic form from the advent of photography through the digital era.

Sarah Gensburger is a research professor in social sciences at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). Working at the intersection of memory studies, public policies analysis and micro-history of the Holocaust, she is the author of eight books. The most recent ones are *Memory on my doorstep. Chronicles of the Bataclan Beighborhood (Paris, 2015-2016)*; and *Beyond Memory. Can we really learn from the past?* (co-written with S. Lefranc). For some time now, she has also been developing public history and sociology projects such as the podcast collection "It Happened Here." Starting in April 2020, Gensburger developed the collaborative project "#Windows in Lockdown" in collaboration with Marta Severo, professor of media studies, University Paris Nanterre.

Alexandra M. Lord is chair of the Medicine and Science Division at the National Museum of American History and a curator of the history of medicine. She received her A.B. from Vassar College and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is the recipient of various fellowships, including most recently a Fulbright Fellowship, as well as awards for her book, *Condom Nation: The US Government’s Sex Education Campaign from World War I to the Internet*. She has spoken on the history of medicine in venues ranging from the History Channel to academic conferences, Planned Parenthood, and The PBS Newshour. Between 2016 and 2018, she was president of the National Council on Public History, the nation’s largest public history organization. Currently, she serves on the executive committee of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Landmarks Committee of the National Park Service.

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar at http://myumi.ch/yK555.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:51:03 -0500 2020-12-02T12:00:00-05:00 2020-12-02T13:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Curating COVID
Collection Ensemble (December 3, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071499@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 3, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-03T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-03T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
CultureSource presents "Beyond Images: Representational Justice in the Arts" (December 3, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79563 79563-20382965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 3, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

egister here to participate. .

A conversation with Simone Eccleston, Director of Hip Hop and Contemporary Music at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

What does it take to work toward representational justice? And how do artists and arts workers carry forward this work? Inspired by the Vision & Justice volume of Aperture magazine, join us for an hour-long conversation with Simone Eccleston as we hear her insights and perspective on her role bringing hip hop and contemporary music to one of the largest arts institutions in the nation, and how investment in representation requires infrastructure and imagination for justice.

With responses from Yuval Sharon, Michigan Opera Theatre, Christina Olsen, UMMA (University of Michigan Museum of Art).

Moderated by: Omari Rush, CultureSource

This program is presented by CultureSource of Southeast Michigan with support from MASCO. For information about the online residency "Representational Justice and Hip Hop Culture with Simon Eccleston," please visit www.culturesource.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:15:24 -0500 2020-12-03T13:00:00-05:00 2020-12-03T14:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Collection Ensemble (December 4, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 4, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-04T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-04T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
(December 4, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78973 78973-20164570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 4, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the African Studies Center.

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Other Thu, 05 Nov 2020 12:15:42 -0500 2020-12-04T17:00:00-05:00 2020-12-04T22:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Meet a Scientist (December 5, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79458 79458-20333655@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 5, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

This virtual Zoom event is intended to be conversational with time built in for questions and discussion. From astronomy to zoology, you can choose the topics most interesting to you and/or your family.

You can explore up to 6 topics of most interest to you and/or your family by choosing from various Zoom links. (Links will be available the week of the event. )

Target audiences: families with tweens and teens, adults

Presentations include:

-The circuits of sleep
-Attack incoming! How neurons brace themselves for injury
-How to measure drinking water quality and public perception
-Using stem cells for studying and treating brain diseases
-Eye understand: tools for studying baby psychology
-What are cannabinoids and why should I care? An ongoing exploration of neuropharmacology
-Cells need friends too: how do cells stick together?
-Who does carbon fixation?
-Uncovering the mystery of surface chemistry
-Microbes: good, bad, or in-between?
-Looking inside the brain: designing methods to discover the neuronal circuits underlying behaviors

Scientists are part of the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History's Science Communication Fellows program, aimed at bringing together researchers and the general public. This event is a virtual adaptation of the museum’s in-person Scientist Spotlight events.

Suggested donation $5

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 18 Nov 2020 07:29:19 -0500 2020-12-05T10:00:00-05:00 2020-12-05T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Livestream / Virtual Meet a Scientist Virtual Event
Collection Ensemble (December 5, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071501@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 5, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-05T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-05T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 6, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071502@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 6, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-06T12:00:00-05:00 2020-12-06T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 8, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071503@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-08T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-08T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 9, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071504@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-09T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-09T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 10, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-10T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-10T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 11, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 11, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-11T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-11T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 12, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071507@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 12, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-12T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-12T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Virtual Art Studio: Winter Watercolors (December 12, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78959 78959-20162587@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 12, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=uhlrs88ab&oeidk=a07ehd3wexfde06755a.

For families and students looking to take a break from final exams, join UMMA Programs Assistant and U-M Stamps School of Art & Design Student Emily Considine for a virtual art studio about watercolor, painting winter, and seasonal moods. Learn new painting techniques, take a virtual tour of some of the watercolor pieces in the UMMA collection, and create your own winter-themed watercolor works to show off at home.

Materials needed:
2 sheets of watercolor paper (alternatively, construction or another thick-weight paper) Assorted paint brushes (alternatively, sponges, Q-tips, toothpicks, or a toothbrush) A watercolor palette (you can also make your own at home in advance) Water and a container to hold it, like Tupperware, an empty jar, or a paper plate
Optional materials:
Paper towels Scissors or an X-acto knife Scotch or painter’s tape

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

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 12 Dec 2020 12:15:25 -0500 2020-12-12T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-12T13:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Collection Ensemble (December 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071508@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-13T12:00:00-05:00 2020-12-13T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 15, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071509@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-15T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-15T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 16, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-16T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-16T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 17, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071511@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 17, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-17T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-17T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 18, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071512@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 18, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-18T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 19, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-19T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-19T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071514@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 20, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-20T12:00:00-05:00 2020-12-20T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 22, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-22T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-22T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 23, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-23T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-23T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Closed Christmas Eve (December 24, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73923 73923-18424544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 24, 2020 9:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

U-M Museum of Natural History is closed for Christmas Eve on Thursday, December 24, 2020.

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Other Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:40:40 -0400 2020-12-24T09:00:00-05:00 2020-12-24T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Other
Collection Ensemble (December 24, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 24, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-24T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-24T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Closed Christmas Day (December 25, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73924 73924-18424545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 25, 2020 9:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

U-M Museum of Natural History is closed for Christmas Day on Friday, December 25, 2020.

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Other Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:42:28 -0400 2020-12-25T09:00:00-05:00 2020-12-25T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Other
Collection Ensemble (December 26, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 26, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-26T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-26T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 27, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 27, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-27T12:00:00-05:00 2020-12-27T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 29, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-29T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-29T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Collection Ensemble (December 30, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-30T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-30T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Closed New Year's Eve (December 31, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73925 73925-18424546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 31, 2020 9:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

U-M Museum of Natural History is closed for New Year's Eve on Thursday, December 31, 2020.

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Other Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:44:14 -0400 2020-12-31T09:00:00-05:00 2020-12-31T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Other
Collection Ensemble (December 31, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61790 61790-17071522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 31, 2020 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS, STARTLING WORKS OF ART, PUT IN DIALOG FOR YOU TO DISCOVER 

Collection Ensemble presents the first major reinstallation of UMMA's iconic entry space in over a decade. It exchanges Alumni Memorial Hall's previous focus on European and American painting for a broad mix of American, European, African, and Asian art from across media, sampling the Museum's remarkable, disparate holdings. The installation is organized into thematic and formal vignettes that respond to the concepts and ideas resonating from an extraordinary large-scale photograph of a vacant cathedral by contemporary German artist Candida Höfer. Featuring works of art by numerous famous and not-so-famous artists, many of them artists of color and women—including Charles Alston, Christo, Theaster Gates, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker, and others, Collection Ensemble reimagines the collection not as a fixed entity with one set of meanings to be unearthed, but instead as an active, creative, sometimes startling source of material and ideas, open for debate and interpretation.

Read the exhibition press release here.

JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING AT UMMA AFTER HOURS Tuesday, April 2 7–10 p.m.

Gallery talks, live music, and more! This is a free event, and all are welcome.

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:17:06 -0500 2020-12-31T11:00:00-05:00 2020-12-31T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/cube_2019_03_07_v01_wht_bg.jpg
Closed New Year's Day (January 1, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73926 73926-18424547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 1, 2021 9:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

U-M Museum of Natural History is closed for New Year's Day on Friday, January 1, 2021.

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Other Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:46:01 -0400 2021-01-01T09:00:00-05:00 2021-01-01T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Other
Public Monuments and Our Histories: Reframing the Memories of Our Nation (January 18, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80466 80466-20724373@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 18, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Public monuments, public spaces, and museums shape the shared understanding of our nation’s history. From the removal of Jim Crow-era statues of Confederate leaders in cities across the country to the opening of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, AL, a dramatic shift in our perceptions and ideas about the complex heritage of our monuments and museums has occurred over the last five years. More recently, the country has considered the role of monuments and the narratives they perpetuate with much greater focus and intensity in light of the protest movements for social justice and against systemic racism that swept the nation in the summer of 2020. In honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, join us for an important discussion with four national experts on the power that monuments and public spaces assert in creating our nation’s stories. Mitch Landrieu, former Mayor of New Orleans; Earl Lewis, founding director of University of Michigan’s Center for Social Solutions; and Kristin Hass, Associate Professor of American Culture, will discuss the crucial role practice and policy play today in shaping our nation’s legacies, in a conversation moderated by Christina Olsen, director of the University of Michigan’s Museum of Art.

From the speakers' bios:

Kristin Ann Hass is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Culture and the Faculty Coordinator of the Humanities Collaboratory at the University of Michigan. She has written two books, Sacrificing Soldiers on the National Mall, a study of militarism, race, war memorials and U.S. nationalism and Carried to the Wall: American Memory and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, an exploration of public memorial practices and the legacies of the Vietnam War. She is at work on her next book, Blunt Instruments: A short field guide to a long history of everyday racist infrastructure in the United States. She lectures, teaches, and writes about nationalism, memory, publics, memorialization, militarization, visual culture and material culture studies. She holds a Ph.D. in American studies and has worked in a number of historical museums, including the National Museum of American History. She was also the co-founder and Associate Director of Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life, a national consortium of educators and activists dedicated to campus-community collaborations.

Mitch Landrieu was the 61st Mayor of New Orleans (2010-2018). When he took office, the city was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina and in the midst of the BP Oil Spill.  Under Landrieu's leadership, New Orleans is widely recognized as one of the nation’s great comeback stories.

In 2015, Landrieu was named “Public Official of the Year” by Governing, and in 2016 was voted “America’s top turnaround mayor” in a Politico survey of mayors. He gained national prominence for his powerful decision to take down four Confederate monuments in New Orleans, which also earned him the prestigious John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. In his New York Times best-selling book, In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History, Landrieu recounts his personal journey confronting racism, and tackles the broader history of slavery, race relations, and institutional inequalities that still plague America.

He recently launched the E Pluribus Unum Fund, which will work to bring people together across the South around the issues of race, equity, economic opportunity and violence. Prior to serving as Mayor, Landrieu served two terms as lieutenant governor and 16 years in the state legislature. He also served as President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Noted social historian, award-winning author, and educational leader, Earl Lewis, is the founding director of the University of Michigan Center for Social Solutions. Also the Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies, and public policy, Lewis is president emeritus of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2013-18), one of the premier philanthropies supporting the arts, humanities, and higher education. At Michigan, Lewis and colleagues in the center are addressing four core areas of social concern: diversity and race, slavery and its aftermath, water and security, and the dignity of labor in an automated world. Prior to returning to Michigan and before leading the Mellon Foundation, he served as the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at Emory University as well as the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of History and African American Studies (2004-2012). Lewis was previously on the faculty at the University of Michigan (1989-2004) and the University of California at Berkeley (1984-1989). In addition to professorial roles and titles (Robin D.G. Kelley and Elsa Barkley Brown Collegiate Professor), he served Michigan as Vice Provost and Dean of the Rackham School of Graduate Studies (1998-2004).

As a scholar and leader in higher education and philanthropy, he has examined and addressed critical questions for our society including the role of race in American history, diversity, equity and inclusion, graduate education, humanities scholarship, and universities and their larger communities. A frequent lecturer, he has authored or edited nine books, scores of essays, articles and comments, and along with Robin D.G. Kelley served as general editor of the eleven-volume Young Oxford History of African Americans. He currently partners with Nancy Cantor in editing the Our Compelling Interests book series. That effort, published in partnership with Princeton University Press, investigates how diversity pairs with democracy to enhance the likelihood of shared prosperity. A member of numerous boards of directors or trustees, he was an Obama administration appointee to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, and is outgoing chair of the board of regents at Concordia College-Moorhead, vice chair of the board of the Educational Testing Service, and a past president of the Organization of American Historians.

Christina Olsen is the director of the University of Michigan’s Museum of Art and co-director of the University of Michigan Arts Initiative. Before coming to Michigan she served as the Class of 1956 Director at the Williams College Museum of Art. Olsen has more than 25 years of leadership experience in museums and foundations, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum and Getty Foundation, and the Portland Art Museum. She is a national leader in debates about the changing role of campus art museums and their relationships with the public and campus, and has lectured frequently on the topic. Olsen has curated and produced many exhibitions and programs, including most recently Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s, at the University of Michigan’s Museum of Art. Olsen is on the board of the Association of Art Museum Directors and has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Williams College. She received a BA in history of art, with honors, from the University of Chicago, and an MA and PhD in art history from the University of Pennsylvania.  

This event is a collaboration of UMMA, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and the Democracy & Debate Theme Semester.

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Other Mon, 18 Jan 2021 18:15:44 -0500 2021-01-18T13:00:00-05:00 2021-01-18T14:20:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 20, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 12:00pm
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Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-20T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-20T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 20, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-20T14:00:00-05:00 2021-01-20T15:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 21, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 21, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-21T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-21T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 22, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 22, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (January 22, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75953 75953-19627788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 22, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Kashona Notah [Fiction] and Nathan Kweku John [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:15:41 -0500 2021-01-22T19:00:00-05:00 2021-01-22T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Ayana Evans, Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series: Persona as Social Justice (January 22, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81000 81000-20832756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 22, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Ayana Evans will talk about her trajectory of her work, including her new work of performance art for video "You Better Be Good to Me” (with performances by students from SMTD, the UM Cheer Team, and Detroit artists, and costumes by Dressing Up and Down students). "You Better Be Good to Me” will premiere as part of the program.

Ayana Evans is a NYC based performance artist who grew up on the south side of Chicago. The sensibilities of both locations heavily influence her work with the body, race relations, and gender bias.  Roberta Fallon, co-founder of Artblog, describes Ms. Evans as, “one part Wonder Woman, one part agent provocateur.” And writer Seph Rodney of Hyperallergic and the New York Times wrote: “I have seen [this] artist actually stop traffic on the Bowery in downtown Manhattan in 2016, where, in a floor-length lace gown, a dollar-store tiara and full makeup, she placed a chair in the street to do chair dips.”

Evans began her career as a painter earning her MFA from Tyler School of Art at Temple University and her BA in Visual Arts from Brown University. During the summer of 2016 Evans completed her installment of the residency, "Back in Five Minutes" at El Museo Del Barrio in NYC. The next year she completed a endurance-based 10-hour, citywide performance and 100-person performative dinner party at the Barnes Foundation in 2017 for "A Person of the Crowd,” a major performance art survey featuring artists such as, Marina Abramovic, Tania Bruguera, and William Pope L. in Philadelphia, PA. Her international work includes participation in: FIAP performance festival in Martinique, The Pineapple Show at Tiwani Contemporary in London, and Ghana's Chale Wote festival, which drew 30,000 people. Evans has received numerous fellowships and awards including: Studio Immersion Fellowship Program at EFA’s Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (2018); Artists Alliance Inc (2018); Franklin Furnace Fund for performance art (2017-2018); New York Foundation of the Arts Fellow for Interdisciplinary Arts (2018); and an artist in resident for Art on the Vine at Martha's Vineyard (2019). In addition to her numerous guerilla street performances, Evans has performed at the Queens Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum, Newark Museum, and the Bronx Museum. During 2018 and 2019 Evans had three solo exhibitions with Medium Tings Gallery (Brooklyn), Cuchifritos Gallery (NYC) and the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop with New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) at Governors Island, NY. She has been featured in The New York Times, Bomb Magazine, ArtNet, The Cut, Hyperallergic, and CNN. Evans is currently an adjunct professor at Brown University.

During the Fall 2020 semester, Evans created a new work of performance art for video as part of the Stamps School’s Witt Visiting Artist program. A video of the performance "You Better Be Good to Me,” will premiere as part of the program.

Notice of uncensored content: In accordance with the University of Michigan’s Standard Practice Guidelines on “Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression,” the Penny Stamps Speaker Series does not censor our speakers or their content. The content provided is intended for adult audiences and does not reflect the views of the University of Michigan or Detroit Public Television.

 

Supported by the U-M Arts Initiative. This talk is part of the 2021 U-M Reverend Martin Luther King Junior Symposium. The Penny Stamps 2020-2021 Distinguished Speaker Series is brought to you with the support of our streaming partners, Detroit Public Television and PBS Books.

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Performance Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:15:43 -0500 2021-01-22T20:00:00-05:00 2021-01-22T21:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 23, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 23, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 24, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 24, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 25, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 25, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Ayana Evans, Live discussion and Q&A: Is Acceptance the Future of Art? (January 25, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81001 81001-20832757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 25, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Join Ayana Evans, described as “one part Wonder Woman, one part agent provocateur” (Roberta Fallon, co-founder of Artblog) for a live, virtual discussion with Reginald Jackson, Director of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan and scholar of critical race theory’s relationship to gender.

In conjunction with her presentation as part of the Penny Stamps Speaker Series premiering January 22, Ayana Evans will talk with Reginald Jackson about her work, a body of performances that comments on the effort she must put in to be taken seriously as a Black woman – often with humor and impromptu community-creation. They will also discuss issues facing art-makers today: her mid-career shift to performance, and the potential for art to promote self acceptance and wider acceptance of all selves.

 

The Future of Art Series is hosted by the U-M Arts Initiative as part of a two-year startup phase. 
 






 

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Performance Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:15:46 -0500 2021-01-25T17:30:00-05:00 2021-01-25T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 26, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-26T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-26T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 28, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 28, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 29, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Our National Marine Sanctuaries, Protecting America's Underwater Treasures: (January 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80998 80998-20830797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 29, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

Stephanie Gandulla, Maritime Archaeologist and Research Coordinator at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, will explore some of the nation’s best-preserved shipwrecks in the Great lakes and describe how the Sanctuary was designated and became part of the Michigan History Center’s statewide system of museums and historic sites.

Register via Zoom here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2EaxIke3RficoM9yHzHk2A

Additional details here: https://myumi.ch/WwmWZ

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:39:56 -0500 2021-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-29T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum Studies Program Livestream / Virtual Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 30, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 30, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (January 31, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 31, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 1, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-02T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-02T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-03T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 4, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 4, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-04T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-04T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 5, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Student Q&A with Jaume Plensa (February 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81002 81002-20832758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Internationally celebrated Spanish artist Jaume Plensa is one of the world’s foremost sculptors in the public realm. His monumental sculpture Behind the Walls was recently installed outside the front doors of the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Register to join this conversation with Mr. Plensa, Christina Olsen, Director of UMMA, and a Q&A with U-M students.

This program is for U-M students. Students who register will receive a link and password see the as-yet-unreleased documentary Jaume Plensa: Can You Hear Me? in advance of the February 5 Q&A. 

This program will be recorded and shared via webcast following public screening of the new documentary, Jaume Plensa: Can You Hear Me?, on Friday, February 19, at 8 p.m.

 

Programs featuring Jaume Plensa are presented in partnership with the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series. Behind the Walls is a Museum purchase made possible by the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family. 

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:15:58 -0500 2021-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-05T13:15:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Virtual open house - Museum Studies Program prospective students (February 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80651 80651-20769623@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

Are you a UM student who is interested in museums, collections, or heritage sites? If so, consider applying for the graduate certificate in museum studies for Fall 2021. Attend our prospective student virtual open house on February 5 at noon to find out more! Information about the program, application details, and the open house can be found here:
http://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/graduate-program/

Zoom meeting ID 948 5441 6425 / passcode 584834

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 12 Jan 2021 13:32:08 -0500 2021-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum Studies Program Livestream / Virtual Museum visitors
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (February 5, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75954 75954-19627789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 5, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Laurie Thomas [Fiction] and Ayokunle Falomo [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:15:57 -0500 2021-02-05T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-05T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 6, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 6, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-06T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-06T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 7, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 7, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 8, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 8, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
The Future of Art "Art and Activism: Designing the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia" (February 8, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81591 81591-20929543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 8, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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The University of Virginia—designed by Thomas Jefferson and now recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site—was built and maintained by 4,000 or more enslaved men, women, and children. UVA’s powerful new Memorial to Enslaved Laborers honors the lives, labors, and resistance of the enslaved people who lived and worked at UVA at some point between 1817 and 1865.

This interview with members of the memorial’s design team will explore the history, form, and process behind the creation of the memorial. Panelists: Mabel Wilson, Meejin Yoon, Eric Höweler, and Eto Otitigbe, with U-M's Kristin Hass as interviewer. 

~   Eric Höweler, AIA, LEED AP,  is an associate professor in architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he teaches lecture courses and design studios with a focus on building technologies/integration. He is a co-founding principal of  Höweler + Yoon Architecture LLP, a research-driven, multidisciplinary design studio working between architecture, art, and media. HYA has a reputation for work that is technologically and formally innovative, and deeply informed by human experience, and a sensitivity to tectonics. 

Eto Otitigbe is a polymedia artist whose interdisciplinary practice investigates the intersections of race, power, and technology. With history as the foundation for exploration, Otitigbe sets alternative narratives into motion; creating spaces for people to experience a unique mixture of concepts. Otitigbe lives and works in Brooklyn, NY where is an Assistant Professor and Head of Sculpture in the Art Department of Brooklyn College.

Mabel O. Wilson is the Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, a professor in African American and African diasporic studies, director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies, and co-director of the Global Africa Lab at Columbia University. She is trained in architecture and American studies, two fields that inform her work. Through her transdisciplinary practice Studio &, Wilson makes visible and legible the ways that anti-black racism shapes the built environment along with the ways that blackness creates spaces of imagination, refusal, and desire. 

J. Meejin Yoon, AIA FAAR, is an architect, designer, and educator, whose projects and research investigate the intersections between architecture, technology, and the public realm. Prior to joining the faculty at AAP, Yoon was at MIT for 17 years and served as the head of the Department of Architecture from 2014–18. Yoon is cofounding principal of Höweler and Yoon Architecture. 

Kristin Hass is associate professor of American culture and faculty coordinator for the Humanities Collaboratory at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Carried to the Wall: American Memory and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1998) and Sacrificing Soldiers on the National Mall (2013). Her fields of study include visual culture, material culture, museum studies, memory, and 20th-century cultural history.

This is the first in a series of annual Art and Activism lectures as part of High Stakes Art, a project designed to enhance exhibitions and programming at the Institute for the Humanities Gallery. High Stakes Art and this lecture are made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Presented by the Institute for the Humanities and the U-M Arts Initiative.

The Future of Art Series is hosted by the U-M Arts Initiative as part of a two-year startup phase. 

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:16:07 -0500 2021-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-08T17:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-09T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-09T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 11, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 11, 2021 12:00pm
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The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-11T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-11T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Tour and Themes of “No, not even for a picture” online exhibit (February 11, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81663 81663-20941448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In this online presentation, Lindsey Willow Smith and Veronica Cook Williamson will provide an introductory glimpse into the Clements’ new online exhibit: 'No, not even for Picture': Re-Examining the Native Midwest and Tribes’ Relations to the History of Photography. This exhibit seeks to re-historicize and re-humanize the contexts, subjects, and circumstances leading to the production of the Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. Using examples from the exhibit to speak about their motivations and goals as co-curators, the two will touch on themes of photography as a tool of settler colonialism, photographic assertions of sovereignty and agency, and raise questions about (in)visibility and voice. They will also discuss how the transition to remote work affected the exhibit design and their approaches.

Register for the link to join at http://myumi.ch/ovD4P

Explore the exhibit at http://clements.umich.edu/pohrt

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:17:16 -0500 2021-02-11T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-11T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Unidentified Ojibwa men at White Earth Indian Reservation, Minnesota.
How We Do, a discussion & workshop with artist Chitra Ganesh (February 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80789 80789-20793300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 12, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Chitra Ganesh, a Brooklyn-based contemporary artist of South Asian origin, creates installations, comics, animation, sculpture, and mixed media works on paper. Her process often engages historical and mythic texts as inspiration and points of departure to create new representations of culture, femininity, sexuality, and power, and to bring queer femme perspectives typically absent from canons of literature and art. 

How does Ganesh employ research to approach these large ideas, identities, and histories in her research and creative process? Join this discussion + workshop to learn directly from Ganesh about her artistic practice, and to apply a little of her approach to your own creative projects (whether they be artistic, conceptual, entrepreneurial, or otherwise). Browse her website and Instagram.

During the workshop

Participants are invited to think of something that inspires them and/or they have questions about:

- a film - a book, poem, comic or graphic novel, or other form of writing - a common historical narrative - a person (past or present) - something from Tik Tok - a meme - a video

Through discussion, writing, doodling, drawing, and other exercises, this workshop will offer the space to explore and expand the ways in which creative projects can offer critiques of society, ideas about history and identity, and new imaginings of what is possible.

Sultana’s Dream and recent work

Recently acquired by UMMA and featured in the upcoming exhibition Oh honey...A queer reading of the collection, Ganesh’s series of prints Sultana’s Dream takes its inspiration from a 1905 text by the same name written by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, a trailblazer for women's rights in South Asia. In Ganesh's words, Sultana’s Dream is a moving blueprint for an urban utopia that centers concepts such as collective knowledge production, fair governance, radical farming, scientific inquiry, safe space for refugees, and a work-life balance that includes down time and dreaming, all with women--as thinkers, leaders, rebels, and visionaries--at the helm. A video installation titled How We Do accompanied two exhibitions of Sultana’s Dream in New York and Bangladesh. In the installation, Ganesh mixed how-to videos and media reports found online with clips she solicited from friends and members of her broader queer and trans communities, seeking to build a body of collective knowledge and skill-sharing techniques, which she proposes are an essential aspect of an equitable future.

In her most recent work, A city will tell you her secrets if you ask, this year’s QUEERPOWER public art installation at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art in NYC, Ganesh celebrates queer, trans, and BIPOC histories of downtown Manhattan while commemorating the deaths of trans people murdered in 2020 and LGBTQ activists lost to COVID. 

Related events

Chitra Ganesh: On Utopia and Dissent. Friday, March 12, 8 p.m.  presented by UMMA and the Penny Stamps Speaker Series

Chitra Ganesh programs are organized in partnership with the Penny Stamps Speaker Series and the Spectrum Center in conjunction with the upcoming UMMA exhibition Oh honey...a queer reading of the collection. 

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

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:16:06 -0500 2021-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-12T13:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 12, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
COVID-19 Vaccines: Science Close to Home (February 13, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81404 81404-20893763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 13, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

The number of deaths in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to reach 500,000 sometime in February 2021. Newly-developed vaccines offer hope of conquering this rapidly spreading disease, but success is not assured. Access to and acceptance of vaccines varies widely across the country and here in Michigan. Join us for a panel discussion to learn about the science behind COVID-19 vaccines, their likelihood to protect against the more contagious COVID-19 variants, the reasons behind vaccine “hesitancy,” and Michigan Medicine's efforts to build trust with people who are wary of vaccination.

The program will be moderated by Charles Wilson, MSW, Community Health Promotion Supervisor, Washtenaw County Health Department.

Free virtual event

Panelists and Topics
Associate Professor Emily T. Martin, Ph.D., a molecular epidemiologist in the University of Michigan School of Public Health, will compare the three types of COVID-19 vaccines and discuss their effectiveness.

Nina Masters, Ph.D., recently completed her doctoral degree in Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. She studies the impact of clustered non-vaccination on outbreak risk, and the evolution of vaccine hesitancy.

T. Anthony Denton, J.D., M.H.A., Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Michigan Medicine, will discuss U-M’s COVID-19 outreach to Michiganders, including communities of color.

The annual Farrand Lecture was established in honor of William R. Farrand (1931-2011), director of the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History from July 1993 to June 2000. The William R. Farrand Public Lecture Endowment was created on the occasion of his retirement. The lecture was renamed the William R. Farrand Memorial Lecture following Bill’s death in 2011. Now in its 21st year, Farrand lectures have covered topics ranging from the challenges of sending humans to Mars to dinosaur-eating snakes.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:00:24 -0500 2021-02-13T10:00:00-05:00 2021-02-13T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Livestream / Virtual COVID-19 Vaccines: Science Close to Home
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 13, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 13, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-13T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-13T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
To/From: UMMA Love Poems (February 14, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81525 81525-20905717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 14, 2021 12:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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During the week of Feb 14, if you write UMMA a love poem and send it to our Instagram DM's; we'll respond with a custom love poem about you. Whether it's a haiku, a sonnet, or a piece of freeverse prose that bucks the rules of language, write whatever your heart desires and feel that love in return when our curators and staff draft a poem inspired by you!    Follow @UMMAMuseum on Instagram and send your poem to us as a message to enter: https://www.instagram.com/ummamuseum/   xoxo, UMMA   p.s. We believe in spreading the love, so we may share all of or a portion of your submitted poem publicly.  

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Other Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:16:27 -0500 2021-02-14T00:00:00-05:00 2021-02-14T00:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 14, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 14, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
UMMA Jukebox (February 15, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81337 81337-20887794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 15, 2021 12:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Welcome to UMMA Jukebox! A community collaborative playlist in conjunction with our two newest works on display!

Do you listen to music while you study? When you go about your chores? Does certain music help you focus more while others help you relax? Dig into these two new works, Sophie/Elsie and Behind the Walls, with some accompanying music contributed by UMMA staff and the greater UM community. You can listen to the Spotify playlists to help you reflect on these art works and perhaps view them in a different perspective. For example, how do you feel about Sophie/Elsie when listening to classical music, say Stravinsky, versus "Like a Girl" by Lizzo? 

If looking at these works makes you think of a song, contribute to our growing playlist by following this link.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:15:49 -0500 2021-02-15T00:00:00-05:00 2021-02-15T23:55:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Museum of Art
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 15, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 15, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th (February 15, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81007 81007-20832793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 15, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

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Meeting Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:06:38 -0500 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Group Chat: Who Run the World? (Girls) (February 15, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81449 81449-20895778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 15, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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In honor of the first woman Vice President, Kamala Harris, join curator Laura De Becker for a tour of three works in UMMA's collection that depict and celebrate strong women.

This is one of five themed tours offered as part of UMMA + Chill during the month of February. Each theme will be accompanied by a customized beverage suggestion created by local mixologists. Availability is first-come first serve and may be full. Click here to see all of the Group Chat events.

Registration opens on February 3 at 9am. You may invite as many friends and family members to join as you'd like, but please have your list of guests ready to provide upon registration. We need their names and email addresses to send them their private log-in information. 

A list of beverage ingredients for each tour will be provided in advance so you can acquire items prior to your scheduled tour. 

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Presentation Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:16:23 -0500 2021-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 2021-02-15T19:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Cold Weather, Hot Takes: Cooking Through the Pandemic  with David Tamarkin, Digital Director of Epicurious (February 17, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81592 81592-20929544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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For many, the Covid-19 pandemic has meant getting deeply reacquainted with our kitchens and  pushing the limits of home cooking creativity. David Tamarkin, Digital Director of Epicurious and author of Cook90: The 30-Day Plan for Faster, Healthier, Happier Meals, is an outspoken champion of home cooking and launched "Cooking Through It" on Epi as a response to the pandemic. Tamarkin will reflect on how food media has responded to the pandemic, share tips on how to keep home cooking fun and fresh as we soldier on, explore the intersection of home cooking and sustainability, and dish on all the hot (and not-so-hot) pandemic food trends. Hosted by Jim Leija, UMMA Deputy Director for Public Experience and Learning.  

Tamarkin joined Epicurious as its chief editor in 2015. His words and recipes have appeared in publications such as Bon Appetit, Healthyish, Gourmet, Cooking Light, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Food Network Magazine, The Guardian, Wine & Spirits, Time Out New York, and Time Out Chicago, where for many years he was the food editor. David is the creator of COOK90 and the author of COOK90: The 30-Day Plan for Faster, Healthier, Happier Meals, which the New York Times called "excellent." He's also the co-author of More Mexican Every Day and the publisher of the short-lived, experimental cooking magazine Middlewest. Find him on twitter @DavidTamarkin.  

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Other Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:16:25 -0500 2021-02-17T12:30:00-05:00 2021-02-17T13:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Colonial Archives and Decolonial Museology (February 17, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81903 81903-20988906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

This panel will consider collections relating to Native American past, present and future. Panelists will discuss decolonizing museum practices, settler-colonialism visually presented in postcards of Native American people, and projects at the UM Matthaei Botanical Garden that have deep connections to indigenous culture and agriculture.

Details and registration information here: http://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/event/colonial-archives-and-decolonial-museology-panel-1/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:55:51 -0500 2021-02-17T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-17T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum Studies Program Lecture / Discussion Museum Studies panel discussions
EEB Virtual Seminar: 3-D visualization and CT scanning at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (February 18, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81470 81470-20895798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 18, 2021 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Join us on Zoom

Image credit: Ramon Nagesan

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:17:30 -0500 2021-02-18T15:00:00-05:00 2021-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar CT scan of an armadillo, right and left lateral views with left view having transparent carapace
The Adjacent Possible (February 18, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81593 81593-20929545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 18, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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The Adjacent Possible mixes music performance, storytelling, and technology that converts the audience into an orchestra. The project culminates in the recording of an orchestral piece - the first and last ever to be performed. No musical experience required. We don’t use your video or audio so there is no need to get dressed up for us :-)

You will want to have:
A laptop or desktop (the experience is not yet available on mobile) Headphones: the best you have. You will not need a microphone A solid internet connection… with Zoom installed
...and a quiet place to get lost together.

This event is hosted by the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would assist your full participation in this event, please please email Briannon Cierpilowski: briannon@umich.edu, to share your accommodation requirements.

UMMA performances of The Adjacent Possible are in conjunction with the current exclusive series being presented by CSUF Grand Central Art Center.

More information available at .

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Performance Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:16:28 -0500 2021-02-18T20:00:00-05:00 2021-02-18T21:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Colonial Archives and Decolonial Museology (February 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81912 81912-20988918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

The panel engages with UM’s Philippine Collections, which include everything from papers of US colonial officers in the Philippines to thousands of photographs, from funerary objects in the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology to type specimens in the Museum of Zoology and plants in the Herbarium.

Additional details and registration information here: http://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/event/colonial-archives-and-decolonial-museology-panel-2/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:44:23 -0500 2021-02-19T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-19T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum Studies Program Lecture / Discussion Museum Studies panel discussions
Critical Conversations presents: Archives with Hadji Bakara, Jennifer Friess, Patricia Garcia, June Howard, and John Whittier-Ferguson (February 19, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81075 81075-20842635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 19, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Come join UMMA Associate Curator of Photography Jennifer Friess along with U-M faculty and graduate students for this lunchtime discussion.

Critical Conversations is an interdepartmental lunchtime discussion series that invites University of Michigan faculty and occasionally visitors to present flash talks about their current research as related to a broad theme.

Organized by the English Department Associate Chair’s office, Critical Conversations aims to build community among faculty and graduate students by creating an informal space to think through questions that matter.

Additional support for Critical Conversations has generously been provided by Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshops, including the Transnational Contemporary Literature Workshop and the Exploring Historical Legacies and Memory Workshop, and departmental units including American Culture, Afroamerican and African Studies, Comparative Literature, History of Art, Film Television and Media, Judaic Studies, and Women’s Studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:16:25 -0500 2021-02-19T12:30:00-05:00 2021-02-19T14:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Outdoor Tour: Behind the Walls and Sophie / Elsie (February 19, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81333 81333-20887790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 19, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Meet UMMA’s newest faces! Jaume Plensa’s Behind the Walls and Mary Sibande’s Sophie / Elsie provide a visible public presence at a time when in-person engagement with the arts and indoor events are limited. Explore these sculptures with museum guides, who will be standing outside the Frankel Family Wing (weather permitting) to answer questions and provide context for these riveting and intriguing works. 

This is an outdoor activity and all are welcome. Please wear a mask and follow COVID safety protocol. Entrance to the Museum building is restricted.

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Presentation Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:16:25 -0500 2021-02-19T14:00:00-05:00 2021-02-19T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Group Chat: Let's Celebrate! Everyday Photographs from the Before Times (February 19, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81445 81445-20895774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 19, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Remember celebrating together? Taking cheeky photos with friends and awkward photographs with family to commemorate personal milestones is a significant part of how we gather. Join curator Jennifer Friess for a virtual tour (unironically, from her home via Zoom) of twentieth-century amateur photographs picturing parties, gatherings, and celebrations from UMMA’s collection. We will explore the special moments that bring us together and the role of photography in making memories.

This is one of five themed tours offered as part of UMMA + Chill during the month of February. Each theme will be accompanied by a customized beverage suggestion created by local mixologists. Availability is first-come first serve and may be full. Click here to see all of the Group Chat events.

Registration opens on February 3 at 9am. You may invite as many friends and family members to join as you'd like, but please have your list of guests ready to provide upon registration. We need their names and email addresses to send them their private log-in information. 

A list of beverage ingredients for each tour will be provided in advance so you can acquire items prior to your scheduled tour. 

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Presentation Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:16:23 -0500 2021-02-19T18:00:00-05:00 2021-02-19T19:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Group Chat: Caustic + Bitters (February 19, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81447 81447-20895776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 19, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Artists integrate humour in their works of art in ways that can be twisted, dark, political, silly, nonsensical, weird and dry. In this tour, you will join Isabelle Marie Anne Gillet, UMMA’s Stenn Fellow in Public and Digital Humanities and Museum Pedagogy, to explore and discuss how artists use humor as a tool to undermine the superficial meaning of what is depicted and subvert or even confuse expectations. We might even laugh.

This is one of five themed tours offered as part of UMMA + Chill during the month of February. Each theme will be accompanied by a customized beverage suggestion created by local mixologists. Availability is first-come first serve and may be full. Click here to see all of the Group Chat events.

Registration opens on February 3 at 9am. You may invite as many friends and family members to join as you'd like, but please have your list of guests ready to provide upon registration. We need their names and email addresses to send them their private log-in information. 

A list of beverage ingredients for each tour will be provided in advance so you can acquire items prior to your scheduled tour.   

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Presentation Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:16:23 -0500 2021-02-19T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-19T19:45:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Jaume Plensa: Can You Hear Me? (February 19, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81221 81221-20873995@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 19, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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“Can You Hear Me?” is a documentary film that follows internationally celebrated Spanish artist Jaume Plensa for a year and a half, offering audiences an unfiltered look into his artistic process. Directed by Pedro Ballesteros, the film presents Plensa’s story across seven chapters, moving between moments from the studio and the production of some of Plensa’s most ambitious public projects, including the recent large-scale works installed at Rockefeller Center and Hudson Yards in New York. 

Plensa is one of the world’s foremost sculptors in the public realm with award-winning projects spanning the globe in such cities as Calgary, Chicago, San Diego, Montréal, London, Paris, Dubai, Bangkok, Shanghai, and Tokyo.  His monumental sculpture Behind the Walls was recently installed outside the front doors of the University of Michigan Museum of Art. 

Most well known in the U.S. for his iconic Crown Fountain (2000-2005) at Millenium Park in Chicago, the artist has spent the last 35 years producing a multifaceted body of sculpture that speaks to the capacity and beauty of humanity, often bringing people together through the activation of public spaces. Conventional sculptural materials like glass, steel, and bronze blend with unconventional media such as water, light and sound to create hybrid works of intricate energy, psychological weight, and symbolic richness.

The winner of many national and international awards including the Honorary Doctorate from Univeristat Aut’onoma de Barcelona in 2018 and the 2013 Velazquez Prize awarded by the Spanish Cultural Ministry, Jaume Plensa has had solo museum exhibitions at the MACBA: Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid Spain; MAMC–Musée d’art moderne et contemporain Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France; Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Brühl, Germany; The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio; Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire, England; and Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas. He lives and works in Barcelona.

A screening of the documentary will be followed with a conversation between the artist and Christina Olsen, Director of UMMA, and U-M students. The documentary will be available for a 3 week limited engagement through special arrangement with the filmmaker. 

Notice of uncensored content: In accordance with the University of Michigan’s Standard Practice Guidelines on “Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression,” the Penny Stamps Speaker Series does not censor our speakers or their content. The content provided is intended for adult audiences and does not reflect the views of the University of Michigan or Detroit Public Television.  

Behind the Walls is a University of Michigan Museum of Art purchase made possible by the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:16:21 -0500 2021-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 2021-02-19T21:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Outdoor Tour: Behind the Walls and Sophie / Elsie (February 20, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81339 81339-20887796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 20, 2021 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Meet UMMA’s newest faces! Jaume Plensa’s Behind the Walls and Mary Sibande’s Sophie / Elsie provide a visible public presence at a time when in-person engagement with the arts and indoor events are limited. Explore these sculptures with museum guides, who will be standing outside the Frankel Family Wing (weather permitting) to answer questions and provide context for these riveting and intriguing works. 

Reminder: Only U-M community members (students, staff, and faculty holding an MCard) are allowed inside the museum building during open hours.

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Presentation Thu, 28 Jan 2021 06:15:48 -0500 2021-02-20T11:00:00-05:00 2021-02-20T12:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Group Chat: Who Run the World? (Girls) (February 20, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81450 81450-20895779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 20, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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In honor of the first woman Vice President, Kamala Harris, join curator Laura De Becker for a tour of three works in UMMA's collection that depict and celebrate strong women.

This is one of five themed tours offered as part of UMMA + Chill during the month of February. Each theme will be accompanied by a customized beverage suggestion created by local mixologists. 

Availability for this event is first-come first serve and may be full. Click here to check availability of this and other Group Chat events.

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Presentation Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:16:25 -0500 2021-02-20T18:00:00-05:00 2021-02-20T19:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Group Chat: From Edo to Tokyo: Then and Now (February 20, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81451 81451-20895780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 20, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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 All eyes are on Tokyo for year 2021! Can the Olympics and Paralympics finally happen without a live audience? Don't worry even if you cannot visit the world's coolest city just yet. UMMA curator and Tokyo native Natsu Oyobe will take you to a tour of Tokyo through historical and modern prints featured in UMMA's Gallery of Japanese Art.

This is one of five themed tours offered as part of UMMA + Chill during the month of February. Each theme will be accompanied by a customized beverage suggestion created by local mixologists. 

Availability for this event is first-come first serve and may be full. Click here to check availability of this and other Group Chat events.

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Presentation Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:16:26 -0500 2021-02-20T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-20T20:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
The Adjacent Possible (February 21, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81594 81594-20929546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 21, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

ebruary 18, 8 p.m. EST.

The Adjacent Possible mixes music performance, storytelling, and technology that converts the audience into an orchestra. The project culminates in the recording of an orchestral piece - the first and last ever to be performed. No musical experience required. We don’t use your video or audio so there is no need to get dressed up for us :-)

You will want to have:
A laptop or desktop (the experience is not yet available on mobile) Headphones: the best you have. You will not need a microphone A solid internet connection… with Zoom installed
...and a quiet place to get lost together.

This event is hosted by the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would assist your full participation in this event, please please email Briannon Cierpilowski: briannon@umich.edu, to share your accommodation requirements.

UMMA performances of The Adjacent Possible are in conjunction with the current exclusive series being presented by CSUF Grand Central Art Center.

More information available at .

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Performance Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:16:25 -0500 2021-02-21T13:00:00-05:00 2021-02-21T14:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Outdoor Tour: Behind the Walls and Sophie / Elsie (February 21, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81332 81332-20887789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 21, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Meet UMMA’s newest faces! Jaume Plensa’s Behind the Walls and Mary Sibande’s Sophie / Elsie provide a visible public presence at a time when in-person engagement with the arts and indoor events are limited. Explore these sculptures with museum guides, who will be standing outside the Frankel Family Wing (weather permitting) to answer questions and provide context for these riveting and intriguing works. 

This is an outdoor activity and all are welcome. Please wear a mask and follow COVID safety protocol. Entrance to the Museum building is restricted.

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Presentation Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:16:22 -0500 2021-02-21T14:00:00-05:00 2021-02-21T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Group Chat: From Edo to Tokyo: Then and Now (February 21, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81452 81452-20895781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 21, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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 All eyes are on Tokyo for year 2021! Can the Olympics and Paralympics finally happen without a live audience? Don't worry even if you cannot visit the world's coolest city just yet. UMMA curator and Tokyo native Natsu Oyobe will take you to a tour of Tokyo through historical and modern prints featured in UMMA's Gallery of Japanese Art.

This is one of five themed tours offered as part of UMMA + Chill during the month of February. Each theme will be accompanied by a customized beverage suggestion created by local mixologists. 

Availability for this event is first-come first serve and may be full. Click here to check availability of this and other Group Chat events.

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Presentation Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:16:21 -0500 2021-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 2021-02-21T19:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Cold Weather Hot Takes: We Heard Ann Arbor Used To Be Cooler (February 22, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81523 81523-20905715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 22, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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This program takes place on Zoom. Please register to receive the link.

Jacob Gorski from the Ann Arbor District Library and Sean Kramer from UMMA chat about their discoveries while digging into Ann Arbor’s queer history for their respective projects, the AADL podcast, The Gayest Generation, and the UMMA exhibition, Oh, honey… A queer reading of the collection. Jacob, a transplant from Saginaw, Michigan, and Sean, a native of middle-of-nowhere Kansas, have both lived in Ann Arbor for several years now and both had expectations about what they heard was a hip, artsy college town where coffee shops, bookstores, bars, and restaurants abound. They’ll discuss their earliest encounters with Ann Arbor—from walking to the food co-op to Google searching “gay bar near me”—and how their perceptions have changed over the years just as the city has. Audience members are invited to share their own hot takes on Ann Arbor’s past and present.

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Other Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:16:22 -0500 2021-02-22T12:30:00-05:00 2021-02-22T13:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Future of Art Institutions: Rebuild or Repair? (February 22, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81750 81750-20951371@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 22, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Arts institutions, such as museums, were founded on colonialist ideas – white Europeans collected the rest of the world during their conquests and travels, establishing places to promote one set of cultural ideals at the expense of others. Though they have reexamined their origins, shifting their missions toward education and visitor experience, museums and other arts institutions carry the baggage of their historic trajectory. For our arts institutions to be truly useful to future audiences, our panelists ask, can we rethink and repair these institutions to make them more relevant? Or, should we knock them all down and rebuild new institutions?

Moderated by Tina Olsen, Director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

Panelists:

Maurita Poole is director and curator of the museum at Clark Atlanta University, an HBCU, whose collection focuses on Black artists of the mid-20th century. Her PhD from Emory University is in anthropology; she has worked as a curator at Williams College Museum of Art, The Walters Art Museum, The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, and Spelman College Museum of Fine Art.

Terence Washington is program director at NXTHVN, a model to advance the careers of artists and curators of color through mentorship and professional development. He worked in the Education Department at the National Gallery of Art after receiving his master’s degree in art history from Williams College.

Anya Sirota is Associate Professor of Architecture Associate Dean of Academic Initiatives at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Through her design firm, Akoaki, she explores the intersection of design and social enterprise to rethink the urban landscape. She received her Master in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

The Future of Art Series is hosted by the U-M Arts Initiative as part of a two-year startup phase.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:16:20 -0500 2021-02-22T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-22T17:10:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Future of Art Institutions: Repair or Rebuild? (February 22, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81575 81575-20927563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 22, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts Initiative

Arts institutions, such as museums, were founded on colonialist ideas – white Europeans collected the rest of the world during their conquests and travels, establishing places to promote one set of cultural ideals at the expense of others. Though many have reexamined their history and practices, shifting their missions toward education and visitor experience, museums and other arts institutions carry the baggage of these historic origins. For our arts institutions to matter and fulfill their mission to BiPOC and future publics can we rethink and repair them? Or, should we knock them all down and rebuild new institutions? Or something in between? Our panel considers these questions in a wide-ranging discussion on the future of art institutions.

Moderated by Christina Olsen, Director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art; with Maurita Poole, Director and curator of the museum at Clark Atlanta University; Terence Washington, Program Director at NXTHVN, a model to advance the careers of artists and curators of color through mentorship and professional development; and Anya Sirota, Associate Dean of Academic Initiatives at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Monday, February 22, 4:00-5:10.

Register to receive Zoom information:
https://umich.formstack.com/forms/feb22_futureofart

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:52:23 -0500 2021-02-22T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-22T17:10:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts Initiative Lecture / Discussion Maurita Poole, Terence Washington, Anya Sirota
Mindfulness in the Museum (February 24, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81526 81526-20905718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Have you ever wished you could have a more meaningful connection with art at UMMA? In this virtual experience, we will explore a more contemplative approach to looking at art with a variety of guided mindfulness practices. As we rest our attention on our breath, the body and heart relax while the mind quiets. We can experience what’s before with more spaciousness and also learn to trust our own experience. Led by meditation teacher and UMMA docent Laura Seligman. Beginner and experienced meditators welcome.

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Presentation Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:15:59 -0500 2021-02-24T11:00:00-05:00 2021-02-24T12:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Maps as Text, Subtext, and Hypertext: “Bending Lines,” a digital exhibition on persuasive maps (February 24, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81465 81465-20895793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join historical geographer Garrett Dash Nelson from the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library for a discussion about representation, reality, and the visualization of geographic information in the new exhibition "Bending Lines: Maps and Data from Distortion to Deception." Dr. Nelson will discuss not only the content of the exhibition itself but also the challenges and opportunities associated with creating digital exhibitions of historic printed material. Participants are encouraged to view the online exhibit in advance.

Dr. Nelson will be joined by Clements Library Curator of Graphic Materials Clayton Lewis, and Adjunct Assistant Curator of Maps Mary Pedley.

This event is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan William L. Clements Library and The American Historical Print Collectors Society.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:05:07 -0500 2021-02-24T16:00:00-05:00 2021-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual “Newsmap… Monday, December 27, 1943” from the Leventhal Map & Education Center
Cold Weather Hot Takes: The Faculty of Laughter (February 25, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81524 81524-20905716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 25, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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UMMA’s collection includes a silkscreen by Paul Rand titled Joseph Addison Poser-Laughter. Let’s use a line from Addison—“Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter”—as a runway, of sorts, for some poetic flights. Our description of the Rand silkscreen compares its central figure to Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat. Let’s write and share a few poems in the tradition of Lewis Carroll.

We especially have Carroll’s “Mad Gardener’s Song” form in mind, an example of which goes like this: “He thought he saw an Argument / That proved he was the Pope: / He looked again, and found it was / A Bar of Mottled Soap. / ‘A fact so dread,’ he faintly said, / ‘Extinguishes all hope!’”

These poems are easy to write, and great fun to hear out loud.

 

Cody Walker directs the U-M English Department’s Undergraduate Creative Writing Program and co-directs the Bear River Writers’ Conference. He’s the author of three poetry collections, including The Self-Styled No-Child (Waywiser Press, 2016). His work appears in The New York Times Magazine, Slate, and The Best American Poetry. 

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Other Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:16:00 -0500 2021-02-25T13:00:00-05:00 2021-02-25T13:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
POSTPONED: EEB Virtual Seminar: Harnessing natural history collections to assess species limits in the Melanesian avifauna (February 25, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79786 79786-20493915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 25, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

We will announce a new date in the near future.

Join us on Zoom

Image: B. Benz 2008

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:06:03 -0500 2021-02-25T15:00:00-05:00 2021-02-25T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Bird on forest floor under nest with acorns and other collected items
Stump UMMA: LIVE (February 25, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81338 81338-20887795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 25, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Join us as UMMA takes the hit TikTok series Stump Me, live onto Zoom. Pose a prompt, any prompt, and Isabel Engel (University Learning and Programs Specialist) and Dave Choberka (Andrew W. Mellon Curator for University Learning and Programs) will find artwork in UMMA's collection to go with it. Stump us!

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:15:59 -0500 2021-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2021-02-25T19:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Museum of Art
Treasures of Religious Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts (February 25, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82040 82040-21012672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 25, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

Professor Emerita Shelley Perlove, History of Art (UM-Dearborn), will give a Zoom lecture on February 25, 2021, at 7 PM. Her talk, “Treasures of Religious Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts,” is sponsored by the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies (MCECS), the Department of Middle East Studies, and the Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program of the University of Michigan.

The presentation focuses upon the diverse and ever-changing interpretations of Christ and his mother Mary from the 13th through the 17th c. in Italy, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Selected works will be discussed in terms of their meaning and cultural context, including Catholic and Protestant controversies. Also of interest are the varied techniques in wood, marble, gold, and paint, as well as issues of museum display. In many cases an attempt will be made to “reconstruct” the original functions of these works created for ecclesiastical and domestic settings.

Registration is required: https://forms.gle/3L1yGa7JF2GCxdiA7
*We recommend registration at least two days before the event, although registration will remain open until the night of the event.*

Additional information is available on the MCECS website: https://mcecs.org/christian-art-at-the-dia/

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:26:19 -0500 2021-02-25T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-25T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Middle East Studies Livestream / Virtual Treasures of Religious Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Outdoor Tour: Behind the Walls and Sophie / Elsie (February 26, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81334 81334-20887791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 26, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Meet UMMA’s newest faces! Jaume Plensa’s Behind the Walls and Mary Sibande’s Sophie / Elsie provide a visible public presence at a time when in-person engagement with the arts and indoor events are limited. Explore these sculptures with museum guides, who will be standing outside the Frankel Family Wing (weather permitting) to answer questions and provide context for these riveting and intriguing works. 

This is an outdoor activity and all are welcome. Please wear a mask and follow COVID safety protocol. Entrance to the Museum building is restricted.

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Presentation Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:15:57 -0500 2021-02-26T14:00:00-05:00 2021-02-26T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Group Chat: Let's Celebrate! Everyday Photographs from the Before Times (February 26, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81446 81446-20895775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 26, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Remember celebrating together? Taking cheeky photos with friends and awkward photographs with family to commemorate personal milestones is a significant part of how we gather. Join curator Jennifer Friess for a virtual tour (unironically, from her home via Zoom) of twentieth-century amateur photographs picturing parties, gatherings, and celebrations from UMMA’s collection. We will explore the special moments that bring us together and the role of photography in making memories.

This is one of five themed tours offered as part of UMMA + Chill during the month of February. Each theme will be accompanied by a customized beverage suggestion created by local mixologists. 

Availability for this event is first-come first serve and may be full. Click here to check availability of this and other Group Chat events.

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Presentation Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:15:59 -0500 2021-02-26T18:00:00-05:00 2021-02-26T19:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Group Chat: We Contain Multitudes and Exist in Multiverses: Articulations of Blackness, Black Life, and Black History in UMMA's Collections (February 26, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81443 81443-20895772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 26, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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When Alisha B. Wormsley created the phrase, “There Are Black People in the Future,” she boldly articulated an “archive of information, histories, and myths that [continued] despite the apocalyptic narrative of Black American culture.”  Join Ozi Uduma, Assistant Curator of Global Contemporary Art, on this tour that looks at how Black artists within UMMA’s collection have used their craft to articulate identity, reflect on Black life globally, examine the stories we fail to tell, and reimagine a new future.

This is one of five themed tours offered as part of UMMA + Chill during the month of February. Each theme will be accompanied by a customized beverage suggestion created by local mixologists.

Availability for this event is first-come first serve and may be full. Click here to check availability of this and other Group Chat events.  

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Presentation Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:15:58 -0500 2021-02-26T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-26T20:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (February 26, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75955 75955-19627790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 26, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Kelsey Wiora [Fiction] and Catherine Valdez [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:15:57 -0500 2021-02-26T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-26T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Outdoor Tour: Behind the Walls and Sophie / Elsie (February 27, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81335 81335-20887792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 27, 2021 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Meet UMMA’s newest faces! Jaume Plensa’s Behind the Walls and Mary Sibande’s Sophie / Elsie provide a visible public presence at a time when in-person engagement with the arts and indoor events are limited. Explore these sculptures with museum guides, who will be standing outside the Frankel Family Wing (weather permitting) to answer questions and provide context for these riveting and intriguing works. 

This is an outdoor activity and all are welcome. Please wear a mask and follow COVID safety protocol. Entrance to the Museum building is restricted.

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Presentation Sat, 27 Feb 2021 12:16:13 -0500 2021-02-27T11:00:00-05:00 2021-02-27T12:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
ZooMoon Luminary Making Workshop (February 27, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81003 81003-20832759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 27, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Please join us for an afternoon of fun and creativity online at UMMA!

Mark Tucker, Founder and Creative Director of FestiFools and FoolMoon, is unleashing a new online artmaking workshop just for you! Learn to make a ZooMoon Luminary Sculpture. These cool illuminated sculptures will light up your world! Come join us on Zoom and meet new friends, get creative, laugh, and let your inner artist beast roam free!    No experience necessary. Ideal for ages 10-110. Younger kids with adult supervision are also welcome.

Supplies needed (all should be available at ACE Barnes Hardware on W. Stadium Blvd):
17-20 gauge steel wire Wire cutters Elmer’s White Glue 1-2” wide brush Tissue paper (white or colored) ½” wide fiberglass tape 2” wide clear packing tape LED lights (puck or string lights) Batteries Pencil/paper (for drawing out design)
Mark Tucker is the originator and Founder of FestiFools and FoolMoon, two annual large-scale public art events held in downtown Ann Arbor, and Co-Founder of WonderFool Productions, the non-profit producers of FestiFools, FoolMoon and YpsiGlow.  Mark also helped launch YES (Ypsilanti Experimental Space) in downtown Ypsilanti, and he serves as Art Director for the Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts where he develops and designs innovative arts programming and has the pleasure of teaching art classes for non-art majors at the University of Michigan.    Tucker’s current creative work revolves around community collaborations making large-scale public art sculptures, theater sets, and unique outdoor spectacles celebrating the Arts as a catalyst for creative community engagement. 

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

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 27 Feb 2021 18:16:11 -0500 2021-02-27T13:00:00-05:00 2021-02-27T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Group Chat: Caustic + Bitters (February 27, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82135 82135-21038695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 27, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Artists integrate humour in their works of art in ways that can be twisted, dark, political, silly, nonsensical, weird and dry. In this tour, you will join Isabelle Marie Anne Gillet, UMMA’s Stenn Fellow in Public and Digital Humanities and Museum Pedagogy, to explore and discuss how artists use humor as a tool to undermine the superficial meaning of what is depicted and subvert or even confuse expectations. We might even laugh.

This is one of five themed tours offered as part of UMMA + Chill during the month of February. Each theme will be accompanied by a customized beverage suggestion created by local mixologists. 

Availability for this event is first-come first serve and may be full. Click here to check availability of this and other Group Chat events.

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Presentation Sat, 27 Feb 2021 18:16:13 -0500 2021-02-27T17:30:00-05:00 2021-02-27T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Group Chat: We Contain Multitudes and Exist in Multiverses: Articulations of Blackness, Black Life, and Black History in UMMA's Collections (February 27, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81444 81444-20895773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 27, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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When Alisha B. Wormsley created the phrase, “There Are Black People in the Future,” she boldly articulated an “archive of information, histories, and myths that [continued] despite the apocalyptic narrative of Black American culture.”  Join Ozi Uduma, Assistant Curator of Global Contemporary Art, on this tour that looks at how Black artists within UMMA’s collection have used their craft to articulate identity, reflect on Black life globally, examine the stories we fail to tell, and reimagine a new future.

This is one of five themed tours offered as part of UMMA + Chill during the month of February. Each theme will be accompanied by a customized beverage suggestion created by local mixologists.

Availability for this event is first-come first serve and may be full. Click here to check availability of this and other Group Chat events.  

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Presentation Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:15:53 -0500 2021-02-27T18:00:00-05:00 2021-02-27T19:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Group Chat: Caustic + Bitters (February 27, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81448 81448-20895777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 27, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Artists integrate humour in their works of art in ways that can be twisted, dark, political, silly, nonsensical, weird and dry. In this tour, you will join Isabelle Marie Anne Gillet, UMMA’s Stenn Fellow in Public and Digital Humanities and Museum Pedagogy, to explore and discuss how artists use humor as a tool to undermine the superficial meaning of what is depicted and subvert or even confuse expectations. We might even laugh.

This is one of five themed tours offered as part of UMMA + Chill during the month of February. Each theme will be accompanied by a customized beverage suggestion created by local mixologists. 

Availability for this event is first-come first serve and may be full. Click here to check availability of this and other Group Chat events.

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Presentation Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:15:53 -0500 2021-02-27T19:00:00-05:00 2021-02-27T20:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Outdoor Tour: Behind the Walls and Sophie / Elsie (February 28, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81336 81336-20887793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 28, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Meet UMMA’s newest faces! Jaume Plensa’s Behind the Walls and Mary Sibande’s Sophie / Elsie provide a visible public presence at a time when in-person engagement with the arts and indoor events are limited. Explore these sculptures with museum guides, who will be standing outside the Frankel Family Wing (weather permitting) to answer questions and provide context for these riveting and intriguing works. 

This is an outdoor activity and all are welcome. Please wear a mask and follow COVID safety protocol. Entrance to the Museum building is restricted.

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Presentation Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:15:53 -0500 2021-02-28T14:00:00-05:00 2021-02-28T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Early Career Scientists Symposium | Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation (March 5, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81353 81353-20887833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

A virtual symposium held on five consecutive Fridays beginning March 5, 2021.

REGISTRATION required for Zoom entry. Registrants will receive the Zoom link and passcode via email. See links this page to register and for more information.

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1 pm Welcome and introduction: Cody Thompson

1:05 pm Opening remarks: Dan Rabosky

1:15 pm Keynote presentation: Rob Guralnick, Associate Curator, Biodiversity Informatics, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida

Talk title: Sizing up new uses of natural history collections for ecogeography and global change biology

2 pm Panel discussion: Rob Guralnick and Dan Rabosky

Abstract
Body size is a key integrator trait because it influences nearly all aspects of organismal biology. It has strong relationships with fitness, and is influenced by a number of biotic and abiotic factors, while also potentially functionally and structurally constrained. Given its central importance, body size has long been studied by ecologists and evolutionary biologists, including burgeoning interest in size change as a key response to global changes such as human predation and global warming. In this talk, I show the power of natural history collections to inform about long-standing and new questions about body size change broadly over space and time. I will first describe efforts to compile and share millions of measurements that have routinely been taken by field vertebrate biologists, utilizing a growing informatics toolkit and semantic web approaches to make those available. I then provide four case studies, two focused on examining a classical ecogeographical rule, Bergmann’s Rule. The first case study takes an initial look at this rule across 1000s of vertebrate species. The second focuses on a narrower subset but examines multiple climate predictors, not just temperature, and asks if species climate niche determines intraspecific body size change. The third case study asks if we can use natural history collections to understand body size changes over the recent past and due to climatic factors and human population changes, focusing on a case study on deer mice across North America. Finally, I showcase the potential to look over very broad evolutionary time, and understand shape and size change of butterfly wings, again using the power of natural history collections, showcasing vastly different evolutionary rates for fore- and hindwing shape and size. I close noting the importance of building the infrastructure to support the concept of the extended specimen, as a transformational next step in facilitating novel use of natural history collections.​

Read more, including about the speakers and their talks, on the ECSS website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/

REGISTER: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/home/register/

Illustration: John Megahan. Image credits: Eric LoPresti, John Megahan, Timothy James, Linda Garcia

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 05 Mar 2021 07:27:44 -0500 2021-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Illustration of museum drawers opened and boxes on top containing the following: shell, plant, grasshopper, mushroom, snake, skull and owl.
Terribly Close: Polish Vernacular Artists Face the Holocaust (March 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82401 82401-21092284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

Can inanimate objects store and communicate traumatic memory that cannot be directly expressed? This talk examines 'folk art' made by non-professional Polish artists – many of them village laborers – documenting the German Nazi occupation of Poland and the Holocaust. Made largely in the 1960s and 70s, these objects are uncanny: at times deeply moving, at others grotesque, they can also be disturbing for the ways they impose Catholic idioms on Jewish suffering, or upend accepted roles of victim, perpetrator, and bystander.

Zoom webinar - please register here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6-Sy-1p-TFaoBD7VbWgcMA

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Presentation Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:03:59 -0500 2021-03-10T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-10T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Museum Studies Program Presentation Slawomir Kosiniak, Untitled, ca. 1948, Ethnographic Museum in Krakow, photo by Wojciech Wilczyk
Early Career Scientists Symposium: Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation (March 12, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81359 81359-20887834@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

A virtual symposium held on five consecutive Fridays beginning March 5, 2021.

REGISTRATION required for Zoom entry. Registrants will receive the Zoom link and passcode via email. See links this page to register and for more information.

Session II (Moderator: Taylor West)

1 pm Jocelyn Colella

1:30 pm Kelly Speer

2 pm Panel discussion: Jocelyn Colella and Kelly Speer

Jocelyn Colella
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences Department, Hubbard Genome Sciences Center, University of New Hampshire

Talk title: Connecting next-generation museum collections to public health

Abstract
Natural history collections are recognized repositories of molecular data, critical for measuring change through time. Historically, technology has had limited access the molecular secrets of aged specimens; however, high-throughput short-read sequencing has recently enhanced our ability to interrogate historical archives. Although specimen-derived DNA is not often amenable to long-read sequencing, creative reduced-representation genomic approaches that circumvent issues of DNA quality (e.g., RADsequ, exome capture) have catalyzed the field of museomics. New linked-read sequencing approaches (e.g., 10X Genomics) further enhance our ability to generate quality de novo genome assemblies from degraded specimens. These methods geographically connect short-reads in genome-space, creating assemblies with greater completeness and contiguity relative to shot-gun only assemblies. New technologies and the expanding availability quality reference assemblies from across the tree of life, increasingly enable comparative and population genomic studies that leverage the temporal depth and geographic breadth of museum archives. We use population-level genomic sampling across multiple species of Peromyscus (deer mice), a well-represented taxon in natural history collections, to identify genetic mechanisms of dehydration-tolerance. Desert-adapted deer mice may never drink water or urinate during their lifetime, yet they remain behaviorally and cognitively intact under extreme dehydration. In contrast, there are millions of dehydration-related deaths in humans each year. Identification of the genes and regulatory regions involved in desert adaptation in other mammals will help identify candidate loci for potential gene therapies in humans. A strong link between museums and public-health will bolster funding for these critical repositories and expand molecular applications. As the primary consumers of cryogenic tissue resources, it is the responsibility of the molecular biology community to contribute to the growth and maintenance of collections through the active contribution of biological resources via fieldwork or the incorporation of long-term specimen preservation costs into grant applications.

Kelly Speer
Biodiversity Genomics and George E. Burch Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genomics, Smithsonian Institute of Conservation Biology, National Zoological Park and Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History

Talk title: Determining drivers of symbiont evolution in a multi-tier hierarchical system

Abstract
The use of natural history specimens is continually reimagined beyond the original intent with which they were collected. Recently, natural history specimens have been used to examine change in host-associated microbial communities through time in response to environmental change. Leveraging the inherent nestedness of host-parasite-microbiome assemblages to minimize sources of variation, I examine how the microbiomes of insect parasites change across space, time and environments, and assess the implications of these changes for pathogen prevalence. I focus on the bacterial microbiome of bat flies (Streblidae and Nycteribiidae), which are obligate, blood-feeding ectoparasites of bats, that vector pathogens to their hosts. I find that bat fly microbiomes are extremely specific to the species of fly they occupy regardless of abiotic factors. However, habitat fragmentation, time and geographic space also contribute to variation in the microbiome of bat flies. This variation is not correlated with prevalence of two arthropod-vectored pathogens of bats, but possibly strain-level occurrence. As greater interaction between humans and wildlife leads to increased zoonotic disease events, it is imperative to explore natural history collections as untapped sources of information about the progression of pathogen spread and corresponding wildlife microbiome change.

Read more, including about the speakers and their talks, on the ECSS website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/

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Illustration: John Megahan. Image credits: Eric LoPresti, John Megahan, Timothy James, Linda Garcia

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:08:39 -0500 2021-03-12T13:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Illustration of museum drawers opened and boxes on top containing the following: shell, plant, grasshopper, mushroom, snake, skull and owl.
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (March 12, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75956 75956-19627791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Matthew Wamser [Fiction] and Dur e Aziz Amna [Fiction]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:15:49 -0500 2021-03-12T19:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
2021 Doris Sloan Memorial Program Chitra Ganesh: On Utopia and Dissent (March 12, 2021 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80790 80790-20793301@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 8:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Chitra Ganesh (b. 1975, Brooklyn, NY) is an artist living and working in Brooklyn. For the past 20 years, Ganesh's drawing-based practice has shed light on narrative representations of femininity, sexuality, and power typically absent from canons of literature and art. Ganesh’s installations, comics, animation, sculpture, and mixed media works on paper often take historical and mythic texts as inspiration and points of departure to complicate received ideas of iconic female forms. Her studies in literature, semiotics, and social theory have been critical to a steady engagement with narrative and deconstruction that animates her work. Her work has been widely exhibited in the United States, Europe, and Asia, with solo exhibitions at MoMA P.S.1, The Warhol Museum, Göteborgs Konsthall, Brooklyn Museum, Rubin Museum, Kitchen, and most recently, A city will share her secrets if you know how to ask, the 4th Annual QUEERPOWER Facade Commission at the Leslie Lohman Museum in New York City. (currently on view through October 2021). 

Her work Sultana’s Dream was recently acquired by the University of Michigan Museum of Art and will be featured in the upcoming exhibition Oh, honey… A queer reading of the collection in fall 2021. Learn more about Sultana’s Dream in UMMA’s online presentation of the exhibition. 

Her work has also been exhibited in group exhibitions across the United States, including at The Walker Art Center, MN; The Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; The Queens Museum of Art, NY; The Asia Society, NY; The Bronx  Museum, NY, The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX; the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, CA; the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA; and the Boca Raton Museum of Art, LA, among others. Ganesh’s work has also been widely exhibited across Europe and Asia, including at the Hayward Gallery, London, Saatchi Museum, London; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Italy; Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Spain; the ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe; Göteborgs Konsthall, Sweden; Kunstalle Exnergrasse, Vienna, Arthotek Kunstverein, Göttingen; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai; the Gwangju Contemporary Arts Centre, Korea; Parasite, Hong Kong, the Bhau Daji Lad and Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai; Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and the Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi; The Kochi-Muzuris Biennale, India, & the Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh among others.

Ganesh's works are held in prominent public collections including The Museum of Modern Art, The Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Berkeley Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum, among others. She has received numerous awards, including  the New York Foundation for the Arts; Art Matters Foundation; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; the Joan Mitchell Foundation; and the Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University, Pollock Krasner Foundation, and most recently the Anonymous was a Woman Award in 2020. She received her B.A. from Brown University and her M.F.A. from Columbia University.

Lead support for Oh, honey...A queer reading of the collection is provided by Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.

Notice of uncensored content: In accordance with the University of Michigan’s Standard Practice Guidelines on “Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression,” the Penny Stamps Speaker Series does not censor our speakers or their content. The content provided is intended for adult audiences and does not reflect the views of the University of Michigan or Detroit Public Television.  

The 2021 Doris Sloan Memorial Program is presented in partnership with the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series. Established through the generosity of Dr. Herbert Sloan, this annual program honors one of the Museum’s most ardent friends and supporters, Doris Sloan, a long-time UMMA docent.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:15:49 -0500 2021-03-12T20:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T21:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Early Career Scientists Symposium: Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation (March 19, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81368 81368-20887846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

A virtual symposium held on five consecutive Fridays beginning March 5, 2021.

REGISTRATION required for Zoom entry. Registrants will receive the Zoom link and passcode via email. See links this page to register and for more information.

Session III (Moderator: Ben Nicholas)

1 pm Alexis Mychajliw

1:30 pm Daniel Park

2 pm Alex White

2:30 pm Panel discussion: Alexis Mychajliw, Daniel Park, Alex White

Alexis Mychajliw
Research Associate, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
Assistant Professor, Middlebury College

Talk title: Conflicts in context: natural history collections as archives of human-carnivore interactions through time

Abstract
Human-wildlife conflict in both rural and urban areas is a persistent threat to the continued existence of many predators. Historically, mammalian carnivores have faced severe range contractions, but, in some places, they are naturally re-expanding or being reintroduced, accompanied by a range of political dilemmas and public misconceptions. In combination with traditional conservation studies of extant populations, I provide historic and pre-European baselines to anticipate these dilemmas and distinguish between novel behaviors versus the return of normal, pre-contraction variation. Museum collections (natural history, archaeological, and paleontological can provide unexpected spaces for policy-relevant dialogues among stakeholders and be at the center of interdisciplinary working groups including ecologists, paleontologists, historians, practitioners and social scientists. Employing a diverse range of geochemical, morphological and archival techniques in a conservation paleobiology framework, I have used museum collections to reframe public discourse on the reintroduction of grizzly bears to California, discover the first successful case of North American “Pleistocene rewilding” for carnivores from the 1930s, and evaluate how culturally important Japanese red foxes have responded to urbanization with attendant disease-transmission consequences. Given the cultural biases present in historical narratives of carnivore conflict, museum specimens provide an irreplaceable mechanism for separating perception from reality to guide real-world policy decisions, and museum exhibits themselves can be vehicles for communicating this new understanding.

Daniel Park
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

Talk title: Herbarium collections reveal wide variation in plant phenological responses to climate

Abstract
Changes in phenology–the timing of life history events–are among the most dramatic biological responses to climate change. Herbarium specimens represent snapshots of phenology (i.e. flowering and fruiting) at a specific place and time, and have tremendous promise to increase the spatial, temporal and taxonomic resolution of phenological data. However, difficulties in extracting useful information from specimens efficiently have limited efforts to apply collections-based approaches to large-scale phenological research. Here we present two contrasting approaches for this purpose; crowdsourcing and machine learning; and discuss the promises and opportunities of applying specimen-derived data to phenological research. Using these approaches, we examined tens of thousands of specimens and uncovered substantial and unexpected variation in phenological sensitivity across species ranges. We also observe patterns of temporal convergence among closely related species when they co-occur. These results suggest that phenological responses to climate change will be heterogeneous within communities and across regions, with large amounts of regional variability driven by local adaptation, phenotypic plasticity and differences in species assemblages. We thus demonstrate the utility of natural history collections in revealing large-scale patterns within assemblages and across continents that ultimately can improve forecasts of climatic change impacts on the structure and function of ecosystems.

Alex White
Machine Learning Postdoctoral Fellow, Data Science Lab, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Talk title: Biogeography of fern shapes as revealed by deep learning

Abstract
With digitized herbarium specimens and associated metadata accumulating rapidly in open access repositories, we are now able to exploit data-hungry computer vision techniques in order to evaluate fundamental questions in plant evolution. High among the list of unknowns are the roles that ecological factors and morphological similarity play in mediating biogeographic patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity. Here, I integrate deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) into a biogeographic study of morphological, taxonomic, and phylogenetic diversity in ferns and lycophytes. I show how CNNs and digitized specimens can be used to extract quantitative estimates of morphospace occupation, and I use these techniques to evaluate diversity-disparity relationships within ferns across latitudes. I also discuss how CNNs can be used to overcome logistical obstacles arising from modern specimen based workflows involving millions of images.

Read more, including about the speakers and their talks, on the ECSS website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:09:27 -0500 2021-03-19T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Illustration of museum drawers opened and boxes on top containing the following: shell, plant, grasshopper, mushroom, snake, skull and owl.
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (March 19, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75957 75957-19627792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 19, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Anna Majeski [Fiction] and Nadia Mota [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:15:41 -0400 2021-03-19T19:00:00-04:00 2021-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Meet a Scientist (March 20, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82039 82039-21012671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 20, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Meet University of Michigan scientists and learn more about their cutting-edge research in this series of short, interactive presentations.
This virtual Zoom event is intended to be conversational with time built in for questions and discussion.
Saturday, March 20, 2021
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Free (Donations appreciated)

Presentations include topics in neurology, environmental engineering, psychology, chemistry, physics, evolutionary biology, and more!
Scientists are part of the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History's Science Communication Fellows program, aimed at bringing together researchers and the general public. This event is a virtual adaptation of the museum’s in-person Scientist Spotlight events.

For more information email ummnh.info@umich.edu.

Suggested donation $5 per person.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:17:53 -0500 2021-03-20T10:00:00-04:00 2021-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Livestream / Virtual Meet a Scientist Virtual Event
Cute Cute Kokeshi! A Conversation with artist Takatoshi Hayashi and UMMA curator Natsu Oyobe (March 22, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82794 82794-21179562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 22, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Takatoshi Hayashi is a kokeshi maker who lives and works in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. After his home city was devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, Hayashi started making kokeshi that are based on forms of traditional kokeshi--a wooden doll of a round face and slender body made by lathe--infusing them with imaginative designs drawn from pop culture. His kokeshi brand "Ishinomaki Kokeshi" is dubbed as "kawaii" ("cute") and attracts many Japanese and international fans. In this intimate conversation, Hayashi and UMMA's Curator of Asian Art, Natsu Oyobe, will talk about the history of kokeshi, its regional differences using UMMA's traditional kokeshi collection, and how his creation relates to the tradition and the memories of the earthquake.

Also look for the Tree Tree Ishinomaki Pop-up at the UMMA Shop!  The UMMA Shop will feature a selection of Takotoshi Hayashi’s signature kokeshi designs available for sale beginning late March 2021.  

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:15:40 -0400 2021-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 2021-03-22T19:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Monuments of Resilience: A Virtual Tour of Sites of Enslavement (March 25, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82619 82619-21145771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 25, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

In this live Zoom event for the U-M community, Joseph McGill, founder and director of the Slave Dwelling Project, conducts a virtual tour of the slave cabins and burial ground at Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina. Following the tour, McGill will lead a group conversation about American slavery and its legacy today.

Learn more about Joseph and the Slave Dwelling Project at http://slavedwellingproject.org

Open to U-M students, staff, faculty, and those with U-M login credentials

Co-sponsored by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Departments of Afroamerican and African Studies, and Anthropology

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:53:40 -0500 2021-03-25T16:30:00-04:00 2021-03-25T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Livestream / Virtual Event Flyer
Interdisciplinary Partnerships and Community Collaborations in Museum Practice – Two Perspectives (March 26, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83123 83123-21274900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

Christina DiFabio and Shannon Ness, PhD candidates from the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology, will share their museum studies internship experiences. Christina will discuss interdisciplinary partnerships at the Art Institute of Chicago, and Shannon will examine community collaborations at a heritage center in El Kurro, Sudan.

Online via Zoom (Meeting ID: 910 0130 8478 / Passcode: 617448)

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 23 Mar 2021 09:20:48 -0400 2021-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum Studies Program Lecture / Discussion Art Institute of Chicago and heritage center at El Kurro, Sudan
Early Career Scientists Symposium: Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation (March 26, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81362 81362-20887842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

A virtual symposium held on five consecutive Fridays beginning March 5, 2021.

REGISTRATION required for Zoom entry. Registrants will receive the Zoom link and passcode via email. See links this page to register and for more information.

Session IV (Moderator: Teresa Pegan)

1 pm Eric LoPresti

1:30 pm Laurel Yohe

2 pm Panel discussion: Eric LoPresti and Laurel Yohe

Eric LoPresti, Postdoctoral Researcher, Michigan State University

Talk title: Plants and the materials that stick to them: an ecological and evolutionary investigation

Abstract
A pressed plant specimen in an herbarium has long been the source of morphological, chemical, genetic and other sorts of data on the plant. However, that physical specimen
also includes incidental collections of other material which can inform conclusions about the plant’s ecology and interactions. My research uses collections of sticky plants to study plant interactions by examining material that sticks to the plant during its lifetime; I have found sand, dead bugs, bird feathers and ash on the surfaces of plant specimens. My recent work has demonstrated that certain substances–biological or not–stuck to plants mediate both simple and complex interactions with both arthropods and mammals, resulting in major fitness implications for the plant. However, the ubiquity of these interactions is unknown. My research links the ecological functioning of sticky plant interactions with the breadth and evolutionary history of stickiness. I will detail ecological interactions of stickiness, broad patterns of stickiness across the plant phylogeny, as well as in more detail across a single clade of plants endemic to western North America.

Laurel Yohe
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University

Talk title: Morphological and developmental basis of olfactory evolution: evidence from museum-collected iodine-stained bat specimens and embryos

Abstract
The sense of smell is essential for finding food in animals, but whether olfaction has evolved in relation to diet is not understood. Animals that more heavily rely on smell should have increased olfactory tissue than those that rely on other senses, yet this assumption is rarely tested. I investigated whether smell was associated with diet in a group of neotropical leaf-nosed bats known for their dietary diversity. Using iodine-stained museum specimens of both adult and embryo bats, I quantified the olfactory epithelium of nasal turbinate bones in species with divergent diets. Embryo specimens were obtained from museum-deposited adult females unknown to be pregnant during accession, providing a wealth of new specimens unbeknownst to science. I tested whether plant-visiting have more well-developed olfactory epithelium compared to animal-feeding bats. I discovered: [1] two of the five turbinate bones have increased epithelium in plant-visiting bats; and [2] development of turbinates remains simple earlier in ontogeny, but the two bones with increased epithelium develop at very late stages in plant-visiting bats. This discovery suggests olfactory adaptation in plant-visiting bats, and the accompanying morphology occurs at late developmental stages, supporting the notion that natural selection acts upon phenotypes appearing later in ontogeny.

Read more, including about the speakers and their talks, on the ECSS website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/

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Illustration: John Megahan. Image credits: Eric LoPresti, John Megahan, Timothy James, Linda Garcia

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:11:29 -0500 2021-03-26T13:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Illustration of museum drawers opened and boxes on top containing the following: shell, plant, grasshopper, mushroom, snake, skull and owl.
Art and Artificial Intelligence (March 26, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83134 83134-21276893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Join us for a faculty panel featuring Curriculum/Collection instructors Matias del Campo (Architecture 509 Space, Time, and Artificial Intelligence), Ivo Dinov (Health Sciences 650 Data Science and Predictive Analytics), and Maegan Fairchild (Philosophy 298 Metaphysics: Art and Ontology) as we discuss issues of art, authorship, and creation, as machine learning, or “artificial intelligence,” processes are increasingly applied to the art world. If an algorithm produces a composite portrait based on the work of thousands of artists, who is the “artist”? And how is this challenging our traditional understandings of creation? We’ll talk about these questions and more, with time for Q&A. The panel will be moderated by Kathleen Creel (Stanford, philosopher of machine learning). 

 

This event is in conjunction with the UMMA exhibition Curriculum/Collection, now available to experience online. 

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:15:40 -0400 2021-03-26T15:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City (March 26, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79797 79797-20499786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Join us on this dynamic virtual tour as the DIA celebrates the Detroit designers who shaped the American automobile, bringing 12 coupes and sedans inside the museum. The exhibit will highlight the artistry and influence of Detroit car designers working between 1950 and the present day.

The cars, four from each of the Big Three American automakers, include experimental show cars created for display and iconic production models sold to the mass market, displayed with design drawings and photographs.

A selection of paintings and sculptures will highlight the conversation between the American art world and the car culture from the 1950s to the present day.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the virtual tour will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:37:10 -0500 2021-03-26T15:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Out of Town
​Ayoinmotion = Music to move you! (March 26, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82756 82756-21173592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Wind down your week with the funky afrobeats of Ayoinmotion and chat about his music, his time at U-M, and his activism on important issues like #BLM and #EndSARS.

Pulsating  Afrobeats, hip-hop, spoken-word, a hard-driving band, and dancers make Ayoinmotion in concert a captivating experience. Essence magazine said the Nigeria-born performer and U-M alumni creates “unforgettable music that leaves a lasting impression on any audience.” He has made his name opening for such superstars as Davido, Teni The Entertainer and Talib Kweli, electrifying audiences at the Apollo Theater, collaborating with Apple, headlining Carnegie Hall's Neighborhood Concerts and was recently spotlighted by the GRAMMYs. A powerful artist passionately committed to social justice & activism, Ayoinmotion reflects his inspiring life story into a unique, adventurous, and vibrant sound. 

Live Q&A with Ayoinmotion at 4:30 p.m. followed by his performance.

This event will be livestreamed on YouTube. If you would like to receive a reminder, please register here.

This program is organized and presented by the African Graduate Student Association and UMMA with support from the African Studies Center.

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

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Performance Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:15:40 -0400 2021-03-26T16:30:00-04:00 2021-03-26T18:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Early Career Scientists Symposium: Natural History Collections: Drivers of Innovation (April 2, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81373 81373-20887848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 2, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

A virtual symposium held on five consecutive Fridays beginning March 5, 2021.

REGISTRATION required for Zoom entry. Registrants will receive the Zoom link and passcode via email. See links this page to register and for more information.

Session V (Moderator: Brad Ruhfel)

1 pm Welcome and introduction: Brad Ruhfel

1:05 pm Closing remarks: Hernán López-Fernández

1:15 pm Keynote presentation: Pamela Soltis

2 pm Panel discussion: Pamela Soltis, Hernán López-Fernández

Abstract
Emerging cyberinfrastructure and new data sources provide unparalleled opportunities for mobilizing and integrating massive amounts of information from organismal biology, ecology, genetics, climatology and other disciplines. Key among these data sources is the rapidly growing volume of digitized specimen records from natural history collections. The world’s herbaria house an estimated 400,000,000 specimens, and as the number of online records – currently at ~60,000,000 – continues to grow, these data provide excellent information on species distributions, changes in distributions over time, phenology and a host of traits. Integration of information from specimen records with phylogenies, climate data and other resources enables new questions to be addressed while also providing new perspectives on longstanding questions in ecology and evolutionary biology. Although challenges to linking heterogeneous data remain, new advances are enabling the use of herbarium and other museum data in novel ways. Through a series of case studies, I will illustrate some of the many uses to which herbarium specimen data are currently being applied as well as some of the resources being developed to enable their use. These case studies link and analyze specimen data and related heterogeneous data sources to address a range of evolutionary and ecological problems.

Read more, including about the speakers and their talks, on the ECSS website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/

REGISTER: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/home/register/

Illustration: John Megahan. Image credits: Eric LoPresti, John Megahan, Timothy James, Linda Garcia

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:12:50 -0500 2021-04-02T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-02T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Illustration of museum drawers opened and boxes on top containing the following: shell, plant, grasshopper, mushroom, snake, skull and owl.
Cathartic Submissions ArtBoard (April 6, 2021 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83566 83566-21430592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 12:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Have a thought you always wanted to get out? Do you want to anonymously write it down, rip it up, and have the leftovers be re-glued into a community art piece? These submissions will be open until April 18th, and the final product will be displayed in the Earl V. Moore Building and shared virtually on SCARBO.DIGITAL.

You can enter your anonymous submission here, or at either one of our in-person locations:

University of Michigan Museum of Art  – Forum Entrance | Café Entrance  525 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Earl V. Moore Building (SMTD) – “Bus Stop” Entrance  1100 Baits Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Cathartic Submissions is a part of the Politics & Your Mental Health informational campaign, aiming to provide information and a community dialogue around political polarization and its effects on mental health.   

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:15:18 -0400 2021-04-06T00:00:00-04:00 2021-04-06T00:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (April 9, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75958 75958-19627793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Lauren Morrow [Fiction] and David Freeman [Poetry]. 

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Fri, 09 Apr 2021 18:15:28 -0400 2021-04-09T19:00:00-04:00 2021-04-09T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
2021 David Noel Freedman Seminar (April 13, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/82892 82892-21211375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

This seminar will provide an opportunity for students to learn from Dr. Davidson in a smaller setting and ask questions about issues related to colonialism, museum collecting, and the Bible.

Please register here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctcuCsqDgvGdAwbZXvzSl20icACdwirItc


Objects form the critical deposits of museums and archives. This becomes obviously true in the case of biblical museums and archives that desperately rely upon material remains to bring the Bible to life. These archives have been central to Biblical Studies and the maintenance of the Bible as a product of imperial modernity. The Bible as a text and archive plays a critical role in the production and maintenance of the narratives of racial capitalism, a central aspect of Western modernity. By examining the language and ephemera of contemporary readers, who have been racialized by imperial logics that produce Bible translations and narrativize objects in archives, this presentation situates the geography of contemporary racialized readers as the site from which to develop an archive of the Bible. Local geographies, both the specific geography of the context of the Bible and the geography of a modern reader, are seen as productive challenges to the universalizing myths of modernity. Greater attention to contextual languages and experiences offer opportunities to unmask the cultural and geographical boundedness of stories, objects, and lives that form the core deposit of the Bible.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:59:36 -0500 2021-04-13T10:00:00-04:00 2021-04-13T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion 2021 David Noel Freedman Seminar
2021 David Noel Freedman Lecture (April 14, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80657 80657-20769635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

Objects form the critical deposits of museums and archives. This becomes obviously true in the case of biblical museums and archives that desperately rely upon material remains to bring the Bible to life. These archives have been central to Biblical Studies and the maintenance of the Bible as a product of imperial modernity. The Bible as a text and archive plays a critical role in the production and maintenance of the narratives of racial capitalism, a central aspect of Western modernity. By examining the language and ephemera of contemporary readers, who have been racialized by imperial logics that produce Bible translations and narrativize objects in archives, this presentation situates the geography of contemporary racialized readers as the site from which to develop an archive of the Bible. Local geographies, both the specific geography of the context of the Bible and the geography of a modern reader, are seen as productive challenges to the universalizing myths of modernity. Greater attention to contextual languages and experiences offer opportunities to unmask the cultural and geographical boundedness of stories, objects, and lives that form the core deposit of the Bible.

Please register here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d4hdv79nRRO1MpB0zbNDCQ

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:25:37 -0500 2021-04-14T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-14T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Middle East Studies Livestream / Virtual 2021 David Noel Freedman Lecture
Nji Kchi-Nshinaabe’baniik Gdish-Chigemi Wi (We Do This for the Ancestors): The Basics of NAGPRA (April 16, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83684 83684-21454206@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 16, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Native American Studies

Panelists:
William Johnson - Ziibiwing Center of Anishinaabe Culture & Lifeways, Interim Director
Veronica Pasfield - Bay Mills Indian Community NAGPRA Designee
Amadeaus Scott - UMMAA NAGPRA Collections Manager

Register here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_agbr9WzoQaGnCxSfAc_YQQ

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA) created a federal legal process for the return of Native American human remains and cultural items to Native American Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations. However, the work that museums and tribes complete together can also be used as an opportunity to create good and lasting relationships that extend beyond NAGPRA.

How can museum best practices and traditional tribal knowledge work together in mutually beneficial ways? How can transparency and mutual respect forge productive relationships between tribes and museums? How can future collaborations emerge as a result of the personal and professional relationships that are developed?

The panelists will provide a basic overview of NAGPRA compliance through a consideration of both the tribal and museum sides of the process. They will also draw from practical experience to show how indigenous knowledge and teachings can help inform and improve professional methods of care and an understanding of the best practices of museums.

Sponsors:
UM College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts
UM Office of Government Relations
UM Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
UM Office of Research
UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
UM Museum Studies Program
UM Department of American Culture
UM Native American Studies Program
Native American and Indigenous Studies Interdisciplinary Group

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:43:24 -0400 2021-04-16T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-16T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Native American Studies Lecture / Discussion Poster
NEW Presents Centering Justice: Unbuilding Racism (May 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83884 83884-21589562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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NEW's Centering Justice Series is a monthly gathering space, which centers the wisdom of leaders of color as we imagine new ways of being, leading, and change-making in our community. This session, Unbuilding Racism, will feature Ozi Uduma, UMMA's Assistant Curator of Global Contemporary Art, alongside designers and artists Deanna Van Buren (Designing Justice + Designing Spaces) and Linette Lao (Invisible Engines). Together, these visionary leaders will offer glimpses of their work, as part of a conversation about space, place and belonging, and how their personal experiences have moved them to unbuild racism. The session will conclude with an interactive activity - a chance to engage with our change-makers around the ideas sparked. All are welcome. Register now to reserve your spot!

This program is organized by NEW in partnership with UMMA. For more information about Centering Justice, visit www.new.org

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 May 2021 12:15:15 -0400 2021-05-05T12:00:00-04:00 2021-05-05T13:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Celebrating Chinese Ceramic Arts & the Weese Collection (May 12, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83894 83894-21603216@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Celebrating the William C. Weese Collection of Chinese Ceramics and the creation of the Weese Program in Ceramic Art, made possible through the extraordinary generosity of William C. Weese MD (BS ‘65). The Weese Collection includes more than 1,000 ceramics and decorative arts from China’s Neolithic period through the Ming and Qing dynasties, with pieces dating from as early as 3000 BCE through to the mid 19th century.

This event will feature Natsu Oyobe, UMMA Curator for Asian Art, in conversation with William C. Weese in a vibrant discussion about ceramic arts, including a preview of a fall exhibition of Asian ceramic arts, highlights of the Weese Collection, and Dr. Weese’s collecting interest and practice.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 May 2021 18:15:17 -0400 2021-05-12T19:00:00-04:00 2021-05-12T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Unearthing Tulsa: 100 Years Later, a conversation with Brent Staples, Fred Conrad, and Scott Ellsworth (May 17, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83757 83757-21493279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 17, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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Maybe you’ve heard of the Tulsa Race Massacre. It was one of the most horrific examples of white supremacist terrorism in the history of the United States and knowledge of the event was actively suppressed for over fifty years. From May 31 to June 1, 1921, the Massacre saw the murder of hundreds of Black residents of the Greenwood neighborhood—a bustling and vibrant community known then as Black Wall Street—and more than one-thousand homes and businesses burned to the ground.

As we approach the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, we invite you to revisit a moment in 1999 when the New York Times Magazine published Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Brent Staples' article "Unearthing a Riot," which was the most significant national media coverage of the event at the time. Portraits of survivors made by renowned photojournalist and U-M alumnus Fred Conrad accompanied this important essay. In this program, Staples and Conrad will be joined by U-M professor, best-selling author, and historian Scott Ellsworth, author of newly published book The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice, who will facilitate a conversation that will expand our understanding of what has been involved in making the history of Tulsa more visible and, by extension, illuminating the ever-present reality of racial terror and the resiliency of Black communities in our country.

Also featuring an introduction by Matthew Countryman, chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and a Q&A facilitated by Jennifer Friess, UMMA associate curator of photography.

This program will be livestreamed on YouTube at 4 p.m. on May 17. No registration required.   Brent Staples, an editorial writer for The New York Times, was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. He is the author of the memoir Parallel Time and holds a Phd in Psychology from The University of Chicago.

Fred Conrad is a photographer specializing in photojournalism and portraiture. He holds his BFA in Photography from the University of Michigan and has made photographs for prestigious and far reaching news organizations such as Sygma, Time Magazine, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Ms. Magazine and The New York Times. 

Born and raised in Tulsa, Scott Ellsworth has been writing about the Tulsa race massacre for forty-five years. His forthcoming book, The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice, will be published on May 18, 2021. Ellsworth teaches in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan.

The Ground Breaking: an American City and its Search for Justice​ will be available for sale through the UMMA Shop (please call 734-647-0521), Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, and Blackstone Bookstore in Ypsilanti. It will also be available through the Ann Arbor District Library. 

For more information, visit umma.umich.edu/unearthing-tulsa.

This program is presented by UMMA as part of our ongoing commitment to anti-racist action, and organized in collaboration with the Museum’s longtime partner professor Scott Ellsworth and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies with support from Wallace House, the Penny Stamps School of Art & Design, the Ann Arbor District Library, Blackstone Bookstore, and Literati Bookstore.

Visit Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism for a current exhibition that also takes up untold stories of the historical erasure of Black Americans and explores photography’s role in making visible people and histories that have been actively suppressed. 

 

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Other Mon, 17 May 2021 18:15:13 -0400 2021-05-17T16:00:00-04:00 2021-05-17T17:20:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Mindfulness in the Museum (May 21, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83891 83891-21597365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 21, 2021 10:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=uhlrs88ab&oeidk=a07ehwrxos4f0d29912.

Have you ever wished you could have a more meaningful connection with art at UMMA? In this virtual experience, we will explore a more contemplative approach to looking at art with a variety of guided mindfulness practices. As we rest our attention on our breath, the body and heart relax while the mind quiets. We can experience what’s before with more spaciousness and also learn to trust our own experience. Led by meditation teacher and UMMA docent Laura Seligman. Beginner and experienced meditators welcome. The May sessions of Mindfulness at the Museum are presented by UMMA, in partnership with MHealth and University Human Resources, in honor of Mental Health Month. This year, it's more important than ever to find ways to nurture and sustain meaningful connections. If you could benefit from talking to someone, support is available year-round for all faculty and staff. Looking for support for students? Check out the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offices for students: CAPS Ann Arbor, CAPS Dearborn, CAPS Flint.

 

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Presentation Fri, 21 May 2021 12:15:14 -0400 2021-05-21T10:00:00-04:00 2021-05-21T11:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Mindfulness in the Museum (May 24, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/83892 83892-21597366@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 24, 2021 10:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=uhlrs88ab&oeidk=a07ehwryeqv9f461cc1.

Have you ever wished you could have a more meaningful connection with art at UMMA? In this virtual experience, we will explore a more contemplative approach to looking at art with a variety of guided mindfulness practices. As we rest our attention on our breath, the body and heart relax while the mind quiets. We can experience what’s before with more spaciousness and also learn to trust our own experience. Led by meditation teacher and UMMA docent Laura Seligman. Beginner and experienced meditators welcome. The May sessions of Mindfulness at the Museum are presented by UMMA, in partnership with MHealth and University Human Resources, in honor of Mental Health Month. This year, it's more important than ever to find ways to nurture and sustain meaningful connections. If you could benefit from talking to someone, support is available year-round for all faculty and staff. Looking for support for students? Check out the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offices for students: CAPS Ann Arbor, CAPS Dearborn, CAPS Flint.

 

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Presentation Mon, 24 May 2021 12:15:14 -0400 2021-05-24T10:00:00-04:00 2021-05-24T11:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Curator’s Choice: Provenance Research and Repatriation to African Communities (May 24, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84092 84092-21619989@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 24, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/provenance-research-and-repatriation-to-african-communities-tickets-152584595633.

Repatriation, provenance, and collaboration with community partners are among the pressing issues facing museums with collections of African objects. These conversations have entered public discourse through discussions of the objects looted from Benin City in 1897. Yet, questions of African collections extend beyond the Benin case. Each collection has its own specific histories and presents unique challenges for museum professionals. 

Join this program organized by the Fowler Museum at UCLA that features curators from the Fowler, New Orleans Museum of Art, and University of Michigan Museum of Art for presentations and a panel discussion about current approaches and examples of work happening in museums today. The program will be moderated by Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie.

This program is generously supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Laura De Becker is the Interim Chief Curator and the Helmut and Candis Stern Curator of African Art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). A specialist in Central African art, she joined UMMA after a fellowship at Wits Art Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa. De Becker has been working for many years with a team to reinstall UMMA’s permanent African collection, which will double the footprint of the African gallery and has prompted a separate project grappling with issues of restitution entitled, Wish You Were Here. 

Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba is the Francois Billion Richardson curator of African art at the New Orleans Museum of Art. He received his doctorate in Art History from the University of Florida, Gainesville, and specializes in the visual cultures of shrines, having contributed articles and book chapters on the topic to various publications. He also writes on the museum and the politics of acquisition. 

Carlee S. Forbes is the Mellon Curatorial Fellow at the Fowler Museum, where she researches the African objects donated by the Wellcome Trust in 1965. Forbes received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has worked with the Ackland Art Museum, the North Carolina Museum of Art, and the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Her research focuses on art produced during the colonial period in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, museum and collecting histories, and issues of provenance. 

Erica P. Jones is Curator of African Arts at the Fowler Museum. She received her Ph.D. in Art History from UCLA. Since joining the Fowler Museum in 2015, Jones has organized several exhibitions. In 2018, she curated a solo exhibition of Botswana-born painter Meleko Mokgosi, Bread, Butter, and Power, and authored the accompanying publication. Her 2019 exhibition, On Display in the Walled City: Nigeria at the British Empire Exhibition, 1924–1925, directly relates to the research conducted by the Fowler’s Mellon team. 

Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie is Professor of African and African Diaspora Arts in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses on modern and contemporary African art, cultural informatics, and the arts and cultural patrimony of Africa and the African diaspora in the age of globalization. He is the author of Ben Enwonwu: The Making of An African Modernist (2008), Making History: African Collectors and the Canon of African Art (2011), and founder-editor of Critical Interventions: Journal of African Art History and Visual Culture. 

 

This program is organized and presented by the Fowler Museum at UCLA.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 May 2021 18:15:14 -0400 2021-05-24T14:00:00-04:00 2021-05-24T15:15:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Closed Memorial Day (May 31, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81863 81863-20982948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 31, 2021 9:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

U-M Museum of Natural History is closed for Memorial Day on Monday, May 31, 2021.

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Other Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:09:28 -0500 2021-05-31T09:00:00-04:00 2021-05-31T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Other
U-M 2021 Juneteenth Symposium: Articulations of Blackness, Black Life, and Black History in University of Michigan Museum of Arts’s Collections with Ozi Uduma (June 16, 2021 10:25am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84254 84254-21620818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 10:25am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://rackham.umich.edu/juneteenth-symposium/.

Join Ozi Uduma, assistant curator of global contemporary art at UMMA, for this special virtual tour on the occasion of U-M’s inaugural campus-wide Juneteenth Symposium. The Symposium will explore the theme of “Celebrating Black Joy, Hope, and Healing.” A partnership between U-M and the Ann Arbor Branch of the NAACP, this Juneteenth observance aims to celebrate and recognize the liberation of all Black people from slavery, made official by the emancipation on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas. Juneteenth is also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day. It is celebrated throughout the nation and as a state holiday in Michigan. It is also officially observed in Ann Arbor.

Ozi Uduma is the assistant curator of global contemporary art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). Uduma is a graduate of the University of Michigan. She was born and raised in Detroit and is of Nigerian descent. Uduma is the curator of the exhibition Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism (opening fall 2021) and the co-curator of We Write to You About Africa (opening fall 2021). Uduma’s art interest mostly focuses on modern and contemporary Black artists.

The 2021 U-M Juneteenth Symposium will run June 14-18. For more information, click here. 

The U-M Juneteenth Symposium is organized by Rackham’s Strategic Action Lead Team, the NAACP Ann Arbor Branch, Association of Black Social Work Students, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and the Center for Social Solutions, in collaboration with Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the CEW+ Women of Color Task Force.

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Presentation Wed, 16 Jun 2021 12:15:21 -0400 2021-06-16T10:25:00-04:00 2021-06-16T11:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Virtual Family Art Studio: Kusudama (June 17, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84061 84061-21619782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 17, 2021 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=uhlrs88ab&oeidk=a07ehzg2zu940354d93.

In this special program for Ann Arbor Japan Week, join College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alum Maiya Yu for a tutorial on making Japanese kusudama — paper models typically created by sewing or gluing together multiple identical origami units. While you learn about the kusudama process with Maiya, you will also have the opportunity to explore some of the artwork in UMMA's collection with Student Programs Assistant Emily Considine. This event is open for all ages, though each project will increase in difficulty. Projects later in the program may require a level of dexterity difficult for small children to achieve on their own.

Materials We highly encourage you to have your paper prepared ahead of time. 

You will need:
2 sets of 6 squares of paper (recommend 6 inch squares) (12 squares total) 1 set of 12 squares of paper (recommend 4 inch squares) (60 squares total) 12 sets of 6 squares of paper (recommend 3 inch squares) (72 squares total) A glue stick or other relatively fast drying glue or glue dots (or make your own glue at home)
You can cut your own paper following these tips or you can buy pre-cut paper. This multi-pack has enough paper for at least 8 participants in all of the recommended sizes.

Recommended paper types:
Printer paper Magazine paper Origami paper Notebook paper
We do not recommend:
Cardstock Construction paper Cardboard

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

Ann Arbor Japan Week is organized by the U-M Center for Japanese Studies. For information about the full line up of activities, please visit the CJS website.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:15:18 -0400 2021-06-17T11:00:00-04:00 2021-06-17T13:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Theater in Quarantine (June 21, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84062 84062-21619783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 21, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9cnNfbie_4MmQPE8BDIbxm8wqpWIlz6F5yeE2zqNC9GuRHg/viewform.

Tune in for a mind-blowing exploration of the live theatrical experience in the digital space from one of the most creative artistic endeavors to emerge from the pandemic. Stuck in his East Village apartment, Joshua William Gelb discovered his closet to be a unique and creative performance space. Called “Virtuosic” by Jesse Green in the New York Times, who wrote, “The closet has produced some of the new medium’s most imaginative work.”

Theater in Quarantine (TiQ) is a performance laboratory dedicated to the exploration of the live theatrical experience in the digital space. Developed  by Founder/Co-Creative Director Gelb and Co-Creative Director Katie Rose McLaughlin, TiQ has created and live streamed over 25 new, original works of performance. TiQ has worked with an array of remote collaborators (including Raja Feather Kelly, Heather Christian, Karen Olivo, and Underground Railroad Game’s Scott R. Sheppard); and partnered with The Invisible Dog, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club, CultureHub and Theater Mitu.

In their first year, TiQ has been established as one of the most consistent makers of digital performance, having been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vulture, on NPR’s All Things Considered; and reached audiences across the globe. Helen Shaw in Vulture wrote that the closet “makes confinement a virtue, a prompt to imagination.”

A2SF is thrilled to commission a new piece in which TiQ will partner with musician Ki5 who will perform live from the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) while TiQ performs simultaneously over a live stream from New York City.

About Ki5: Vocalist, songwriter, and producer Kyler Wilkins from Ann Arbor, Michigan has been performing as Ki5 using nothing but a loop station and a simple effects unit since 2017. His vibrant composition style – influenced by his time in a cappella groups – explores every crevice of the human voice meshed with beatboxing and delivers familiar genres such as R&B, pop, and soul to name a few. His honest, empathetic, and freeing style has been influenced by Reggie Watts, and Bon Iver.

NPR’s All Songs Considered says this about Ki5’s 2019 live-looping performance of “Honey” off his first EP Looking for the Sun: “Like honey, [his] falsetto is sweet; the layers of loops are sticky and soothing, building to a celebratory bridge, then melting back down to calming waves.”

Leading up to summer 2021, Ki5 has been focused on studio recording and collaborating with fellow artists around the U.S. and Canada to expand upon his vocal-driven style and push himself into new, intriguing territory involving more instrumentation. Recent songs such as “Sunny Days (Remix),” “Made of Stars,” and “Show Me Freedom” are expressions of his musical and personal growth and he hopes his practice of empathy is on display at every performance.

TiQ’s full archive can be found and streamed anytime on their YouTube channel at youtube.com/theaterinquarantine.

TiQ will premiere on Youtube on June 21 at 7pm & 9pm EDT. The performance will be livestreamed from UMMA.



 

Theater in Quarantine is presented by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

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Performance Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:15:19 -0400 2021-06-21T19:00:00-04:00 2021-06-21T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Theater in Quarantine (June 21, 2021 9:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84063 84063-21619784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 21, 2021 9:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9cnNfbie_4MmQPE8BDIbxm8wqpWIlz6F5yeE2zqNC9GuRHg/viewform.

Tune in for a mind-blowing exploration of the live theatrical experience in the digital space from one of the most creative artistic endeavors to emerge from the pandemic. Stuck in his East Village apartment, Joshua William Gelb discovered his closet to be a unique and creative performance space. Called “Virtuosic” by Jesse Green in the New York Times, who wrote, “The closet has produced some of the new medium’s most imaginative work.”

Theater in Quarantine (TiQ) is a performance laboratory dedicated to the exploration of the live theatrical experience in the digital space. Developed  by Founder/Co-Creative Director Gelb and Co-Creative Director Katie Rose McLaughlin, TiQ has created and live streamed over 25 new, original works of performance. TiQ has worked with an array of remote collaborators (including Raja Feather Kelly, Heather Christian, Karen Olivo, and Underground Railroad Game’s Scott R. Sheppard); and partnered with The Invisible Dog, LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club, CultureHub and Theater Mitu.

In their first year, TiQ has been established as one of the most consistent makers of digital performance, having been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vulture, on NPR’s All Things Considered; and reached audiences across the globe. Helen Shaw in Vulture wrote that the closet “makes confinement a virtue, a prompt to imagination.”

A2SF is thrilled to commission a new piece in which TiQ will partner with musician Ki5 who will perform live from the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) while TiQ performs simultaneously over a live stream from New York City.

About Ki5: Vocalist, songwriter, and producer Kyler Wilkins from Ann Arbor, Michigan has been performing as Ki5 using nothing but a loop station and a simple effects unit since 2017. His vibrant composition style – influenced by his time in a cappella groups – explores every crevice of the human voice meshed with beatboxing and delivers familiar genres such as R&B, pop, and soul to name a few. His honest, empathetic, and freeing style has been influenced by Reggie Watts, and Bon Iver.

NPR’s All Songs Considered says this about Ki5’s 2019 live-looping performance of “Honey” off his first EP Looking for the Sun: “Like honey, [his] falsetto is sweet; the layers of loops are sticky and soothing, building to a celebratory bridge, then melting back down to calming waves.”

Leading up to summer 2021, Ki5 has been focused on studio recording and collaborating with fellow artists around the U.S. and Canada to expand upon his vocal-driven style and push himself into new, intriguing territory involving more instrumentation. Recent songs such as “Sunny Days (Remix),” “Made of Stars,” and “Show Me Freedom” are expressions of his musical and personal growth and he hopes his practice of empathy is on display at every performance.

TiQ’s full archive can be found and streamed anytime on their YouTube channel at youtube.com/theaterinquarantine.

TiQ will premiere on Youtube on June 21 at 7pm & 9pm EDT. The performance will be livestreamed from UMMA.



 

Theater in Quarantine is presented by the Ann Arbor Summer Festival in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

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Performance Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:15:18 -0400 2021-06-21T21:00:00-04:00 2021-06-21T22:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Closed Independence Day (July 4, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/81861 81861-20982946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 4, 2021 9:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

U-M Museum of Natural History is closed for Independence Day on Sunday, July 4, 2021.

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Other Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:06:02 -0500 2021-07-04T09:00:00-04:00 2021-07-04T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Other
A THOUSAND WAYS (PART ONE): A PHONE CALL by 600 HIGHWAYMEN (July 13, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84141 84141-21620446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://a2sf.ticketleap.com/a-thousand-ways/.

This summer, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival and UMMA present 600 Highwaymen’s A THOUSAND WAYS, a new, multi-part work that offers enthralling social interactions that deliver us from isolation and toward togetherness.

A Thousand Ways is a three-part performance in which you are the actor and you are the audience. Your words, actions, gestures, silence, thoughts, and willingness are the tools. You need no training. You are the expert. 

Obie Award-winning theater makers, 600 HIGHWAYMEN, known for exhilarating performances that challenge the very definition of theater, have created a quietly radical response to this new world with A Thousand Ways. It is a chance at being heard, a brave moment to show up. 

This is an invitation. Will you attend?

Part One: A Phone Call – On a simple phone call, you and another audience member – nameless strangers to one another – follow a carefully crafted set of directives. Over the course of the journey, a portrait of each other emerges through fleeting moments of exposure and the simple sound of an unseen voice.

Learn more by reading the Frequently Asked Questions below.

CREDITS A Thousand Ways by 600 HIGHWAYMEN written & created by Abigail Browde & Michael Silverstone

Executive Producer: Thomas O. Kriegsmann / ArKtype Line Producer: Cynthia J. Tong Dramaturg & Project Design: Andrew Kircher Part One: A Phone Call Sound Design: Stanley Mathabane

This production was commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, Stanford Live at Stanford University, Festival Theaterformen, and The Public Theater, and was originally commissioned and co-conceived by Temple Contemporary at Temple University. Part One: A Phone Call was developed in partnership with On the Boards production and technical teams. Original support for the production was provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia.

FAQs Due to the unique nature of this performance, please read all the important information below before purchasing tickets.

This experience cannot take place without you. This is an experience for two people – just you and another ticket holder. The other person is counting on your attendance. If you do not attend, the experience cannot take place.

How does it work? 24 hours before, we will send you a phone number to call at your scheduled performance time. Please call this number at your scheduled performance time.

Can I attend the experience with another member of my household? This ticket is for one person only. Members of the same household must have their own ticket and separate devices to join the event.

Where should I call from? Your place of current residence, in a quiet indoor space with a strong telephone signal, and by yourself.

What kind of phone do I need? Any phone will work. All that matters is that it’s charged, cordless, and gets good reception.

Can I use headphones or speakerphone? Corded headphones are fine. Bluetooth/wireless headphones are not recommended. Please do not use speakerphones.

I’m calling from another country, what should I do? Please reach out to the box office at boxoffice@a2sf.org, and we’ll give you a local phone number.

What else do I need to know? Due to the intimate nature of this experience, we cannot accommodate late arrivals.

$10 / $5 for students with the code STUDENTATW For ages 16+  

A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call is co-presented with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival.

Michigan Radio is the Exclusive Media Partner of "A Thousand Ways: Part 1 (A Phone Call)"

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Performance Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:15:26 -0400 2021-07-13T17:30:00-04:00 2021-07-13T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
A THOUSAND WAYS (PART ONE): A PHONE CALL by 600 HIGHWAYMEN (July 13, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84142 84142-21620447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://a2sf.ticketleap.com/a-thousand-ways/.

This summer, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival and UMMA present 600 Highwaymen’s A THOUSAND WAYS, a new, multi-part work that offers enthralling social interactions that deliver us from isolation and toward togetherness.

A Thousand Ways is a three-part performance in which you are the actor and you are the audience. Your words, actions, gestures, silence, thoughts, and willingness are the tools. You need no training. You are the expert. 

Obie Award-winning theater makers, 600 HIGHWAYMEN, known for exhilarating performances that challenge the very definition of theater, have created a quietly radical response to this new world with A Thousand Ways. It is a chance at being heard, a brave moment to show up. 

This is an invitation. Will you attend?

Part One: A Phone Call – On a simple phone call, you and another audience member – nameless strangers to one another – follow a carefully crafted set of directives. Over the course of the journey, a portrait of each other emerges through fleeting moments of exposure and the simple sound of an unseen voice.

Learn more by reading the Frequently Asked Questions below.

CREDITS A Thousand Ways by 600 HIGHWAYMEN written & created by Abigail Browde & Michael Silverstone

Executive Producer: Thomas O. Kriegsmann / ArKtype Line Producer: Cynthia J. Tong Dramaturg & Project Design: Andrew Kircher Part One: A Phone Call Sound Design: Stanley Mathabane

This production was commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, Stanford Live at Stanford University, Festival Theaterformen, and The Public Theater, and was originally commissioned and co-conceived by Temple Contemporary at Temple University. Part One: A Phone Call was developed in partnership with On the Boards production and technical teams. Original support for the production was provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia.

FAQs Due to the unique nature of this performance, please read all the important information below before purchasing tickets.

This experience cannot take place without you. This is an experience for two people – just you and another ticket holder. The other person is counting on your attendance. If you do not attend, the experience cannot take place.

How does it work? 24 hours before, we will send you a phone number to call at your scheduled performance time. Please call this number at your scheduled performance time.

Can I attend the experience with another member of my household? This ticket is for one person only. Members of the same household must have their own ticket and separate devices to join the event.

Where should I call from? Your place of current residence, in a quiet indoor space with a strong telephone signal, and by yourself.

What kind of phone do I need? Any phone will work. All that matters is that it’s charged, cordless, and gets good reception.

Can I use headphones or speakerphone? Corded headphones are fine. Bluetooth/wireless headphones are not recommended. Please do not use speakerphones.

I’m calling from another country, what should I do? Please reach out to the box office at boxoffice@a2sf.org, and we’ll give you a local phone number.

What else do I need to know? Due to the intimate nature of this experience, we cannot accommodate late arrivals.

$10 / $5 for students with the code STUDENTATW For ages 16+  

A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call is co-presented with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival.

Michigan Radio is the Exclusive Media Partner of "A Thousand Ways: Part 1 (A Phone Call)"

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Performance Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:15:26 -0400 2021-07-13T19:00:00-04:00 2021-07-13T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
A THOUSAND WAYS (PART ONE): A PHONE CALL by 600 HIGHWAYMEN (July 13, 2021 8:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84143 84143-21620448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 8:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://a2sf.ticketleap.com/a-thousand-ways/.

This summer, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival and UMMA present 600 Highwaymen’s A THOUSAND WAYS, a new, multi-part work that offers enthralling social interactions that deliver us from isolation and toward togetherness.

A Thousand Ways is a three-part performance in which you are the actor and you are the audience. Your words, actions, gestures, silence, thoughts, and willingness are the tools. You need no training. You are the expert. 

Obie Award-winning theater makers, 600 HIGHWAYMEN, known for exhilarating performances that challenge the very definition of theater, have created a quietly radical response to this new world with A Thousand Ways. It is a chance at being heard, a brave moment to show up. 

This is an invitation. Will you attend?

Part One: A Phone Call – On a simple phone call, you and another audience member – nameless strangers to one another – follow a carefully crafted set of directives. Over the course of the journey, a portrait of each other emerges through fleeting moments of exposure and the simple sound of an unseen voice.

Learn more by reading the Frequently Asked Questions below.

CREDITS A Thousand Ways by 600 HIGHWAYMEN written & created by Abigail Browde & Michael Silverstone

Executive Producer: Thomas O. Kriegsmann / ArKtype Line Producer: Cynthia J. Tong Dramaturg & Project Design: Andrew Kircher Part One: A Phone Call Sound Design: Stanley Mathabane

This production was commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, Stanford Live at Stanford University, Festival Theaterformen, and The Public Theater, and was originally commissioned and co-conceived by Temple Contemporary at Temple University. Part One: A Phone Call was developed in partnership with On the Boards production and technical teams. Original support for the production was provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia.

FAQs Due to the unique nature of this performance, please read all the important information below before purchasing tickets.

This experience cannot take place without you. This is an experience for two people – just you and another ticket holder. The other person is counting on your attendance. If you do not attend, the experience cannot take place.

How does it work? 24 hours before, we will send you a phone number to call at your scheduled performance time. Please call this number at your scheduled performance time.

Can I attend the experience with another member of my household? This ticket is for one person only. Members of the same household must have their own ticket and separate devices to join the event.

Where should I call from? Your place of current residence, in a quiet indoor space with a strong telephone signal, and by yourself.

What kind of phone do I need? Any phone will work. All that matters is that it’s charged, cordless, and gets good reception.

Can I use headphones or speakerphone? Corded headphones are fine. Bluetooth/wireless headphones are not recommended. Please do not use speakerphones.

I’m calling from another country, what should I do? Please reach out to the box office at boxoffice@a2sf.org, and we’ll give you a local phone number.

What else do I need to know? Due to the intimate nature of this experience, we cannot accommodate late arrivals.

$10 / $5 for students with the code STUDENTATW For ages 16+  

A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call is co-presented with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival.

Michigan Radio is the Exclusive Media Partner of "A Thousand Ways: Part 1 (A Phone Call)"

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Performance Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:15:19 -0400 2021-07-13T20:30:00-04:00 2021-07-13T21:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
A THOUSAND WAYS (PART ONE): A PHONE CALL by 600 HIGHWAYMEN (July 14, 2021 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84144 84144-21620449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://a2sf.ticketleap.com/a-thousand-ways/.

This summer, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival and UMMA present 600 Highwaymen’s A THOUSAND WAYS, a new, multi-part work that offers enthralling social interactions that deliver us from isolation and toward togetherness.

A Thousand Ways is a three-part performance in which you are the actor and you are the audience. Your words, actions, gestures, silence, thoughts, and willingness are the tools. You need no training. You are the expert. 

Obie Award-winning theater makers, 600 HIGHWAYMEN, known for exhilarating performances that challenge the very definition of theater, have created a quietly radical response to this new world with A Thousand Ways. It is a chance at being heard, a brave moment to show up. 

This is an invitation. Will you attend?

Part One: A Phone Call – On a simple phone call, you and another audience member – nameless strangers to one another – follow a carefully crafted set of directives. Over the course of the journey, a portrait of each other emerges through fleeting moments of exposure and the simple sound of an unseen voice.

Learn more by reading the Frequently Asked Questions below.

CREDITS A Thousand Ways by 600 HIGHWAYMEN written & created by Abigail Browde & Michael Silverstone

Executive Producer: Thomas O. Kriegsmann / ArKtype Line Producer: Cynthia J. Tong Dramaturg & Project Design: Andrew Kircher Part One: A Phone Call Sound Design: Stanley Mathabane

This production was commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, Stanford Live at Stanford University, Festival Theaterformen, and The Public Theater, and was originally commissioned and co-conceived by Temple Contemporary at Temple University. Part One: A Phone Call was developed in partnership with On the Boards production and technical teams. Original support for the production was provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia.

FAQs Due to the unique nature of this performance, please read all the important information below before purchasing tickets.

This experience cannot take place without you. This is an experience for two people – just you and another ticket holder. The other person is counting on your attendance. If you do not attend, the experience cannot take place.

How does it work? 24 hours before, we will send you a phone number to call at your scheduled performance time. Please call this number at your scheduled performance time.

Can I attend the experience with another member of my household? This ticket is for one person only. Members of the same household must have their own ticket and separate devices to join the event.

Where should I call from? Your place of current residence, in a quiet indoor space with a strong telephone signal, and by yourself.

What kind of phone do I need? Any phone will work. All that matters is that it’s charged, cordless, and gets good reception.

Can I use headphones or speakerphone? Corded headphones are fine. Bluetooth/wireless headphones are not recommended. Please do not use speakerphones.

I’m calling from another country, what should I do? Please reach out to the box office at boxoffice@a2sf.org, and we’ll give you a local phone number.

What else do I need to know? Due to the intimate nature of this experience, we cannot accommodate late arrivals.

$10 / $5 for students with the code STUDENTATW For ages 16+  

A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call is co-presented with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival.

Michigan Radio is the Exclusive Media Partner of "A Thousand Ways: Part 1 (A Phone Call)"

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Performance Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:15:19 -0400 2021-07-14T17:30:00-04:00 2021-07-14T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
A THOUSAND WAYS (PART ONE): A PHONE CALL by 600 HIGHWAYMEN (July 14, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84145 84145-21620450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://a2sf.ticketleap.com/a-thousand-ways/.

This summer, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival and UMMA present 600 Highwaymen’s A THOUSAND WAYS, a new, multi-part work that offers enthralling social interactions that deliver us from isolation and toward togetherness.

A Thousand Ways is a three-part performance in which you are the actor and you are the audience. Your words, actions, gestures, silence, thoughts, and willingness are the tools. You need no training. You are the expert. 

Obie Award-winning theater makers, 600 HIGHWAYMEN, known for exhilarating performances that challenge the very definition of theater, have created a quietly radical response to this new world with A Thousand Ways. It is a chance at being heard, a brave moment to show up. 

This is an invitation. Will you attend?

Part One: A Phone Call – On a simple phone call, you and another audience member – nameless strangers to one another – follow a carefully crafted set of directives. Over the course of the journey, a portrait of each other emerges through fleeting moments of exposure and the simple sound of an unseen voice.

Learn more by reading the Frequently Asked Questions below.

CREDITS A Thousand Ways by 600 HIGHWAYMEN written & created by Abigail Browde & Michael Silverstone

Executive Producer: Thomas O. Kriegsmann / ArKtype Line Producer: Cynthia J. Tong Dramaturg & Project Design: Andrew Kircher Part One: A Phone Call Sound Design: Stanley Mathabane

This production was commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, Stanford Live at Stanford University, Festival Theaterformen, and The Public Theater, and was originally commissioned and co-conceived by Temple Contemporary at Temple University. Part One: A Phone Call was developed in partnership with On the Boards production and technical teams. Original support for the production was provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia.

FAQs Due to the unique nature of this performance, please read all the important information below before purchasing tickets.

This experience cannot take place without you. This is an experience for two people – just you and another ticket holder. The other person is counting on your attendance. If you do not attend, the experience cannot take place.

How does it work? 24 hours before, we will send you a phone number to call at your scheduled performance time. Please call this number at your scheduled performance time.

Can I attend the experience with another member of my household? This ticket is for one person only. Members of the same household must have their own ticket and separate devices to join the event.

Where should I call from? Your place of current residence, in a quiet indoor space with a strong telephone signal, and by yourself.

What kind of phone do I need? Any phone will work. All that matters is that it’s charged, cordless, and gets good reception.

Can I use headphones or speakerphone? Corded headphones are fine. Bluetooth/wireless headphones are not recommended. Please do not use speakerphones.

I’m calling from another country, what should I do? Please reach out to the box office at boxoffice@a2sf.org, and we’ll give you a local phone number.

What else do I need to know? Due to the intimate nature of this experience, we cannot accommodate late arrivals.

$10 / $5 for students with the code STUDENTATW For ages 16+  

A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call is co-presented with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival.

Michigan Radio is the Exclusive Media Partner of "A Thousand Ways: Part 1 (A Phone Call)"

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Performance Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:15:19 -0400 2021-07-14T19:00:00-04:00 2021-07-14T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art