Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Moving Image: Portraiture (September 21, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-09-21T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-21T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (September 21, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-09-21T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-21T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Mapping in the Enlightenment: Science, Innovation, and the Public Sphere (September 22, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40535 40535-9675038@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2017 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit uses examples from the Clements Library collection to tell the story of creating, distributing, and using maps during the long 18th century. Enlightenment thinking stimulated the effort to make more accurate maps, encouraged the growth of map collecting and map use by men and women in all social classes, and expanded the role of maps in administration and decision-making throughout Europe and her overseas colonies.

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:21:37 -0400 2017-09-22T10:00:00-04:00 2017-09-22T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Cassini Planisphere
Moving Image: Portraiture (September 22, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194748@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-09-22T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (September 22, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417734@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-09-22T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
History of Art Symposium: Visualizing the Social (September 22, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43391 43391-9754052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2017 5:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This conference explores the powerful engagement with the social in visual art and media, from the aftermath of the Revolutions of 1848 and the Paris Commune of 1871 to the reshaping of the political landscape by the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917—a period whenexperimentation, painting and photography, to imagery in the printed media.

The conference begins on Friday evening with introductory talks on the conference theme. On Saturday presentations by an international panel of distinguished speakers will be complemented by discussion of the broader issues raised by the conference, including the continued relevance of social art history for our contemporary political period and for cultural history more generally.

The featured speakers are Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby (History of Art, University of California Berkeley, author of Extremities: Painting Empire in Post-Revolutionary France, 2002), Steve Edwards (History of Art, Birkbeck University of London, UK, author of The Making of English Photography: Allegories, 2006), André Dombrowski (History of Art and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, University of Pennsylvania, author of Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life, 2013), Marnin Young (Art History, Yeshiva University, author of Realism in the Age of Impressionism: Painting and the Politics of Time, 2015), Andrés Mario Zervigón (Rutgers University, Art History and Center for Cultural Analysis, author of John Heartfield and the Agitated Image: Photography, Persuasion, and the Rise of Avant-Garde Photomontage, 2012), Andrew Hemingway (History of Art, University College London, UK, Emeritus, author of Artists on the Left: American Artists and the Communist Movement, 1926-1956, 2002); Christina Kiaer (Northwestern University, Art History and Slavic Languages and Literature, author of Imagine No Possessions: The Socialist Objects of Russian Constructivism, 2005), and Gail Day (History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds, UK, author of Dialectical Passions: Negation and Postwar Art Theory, 2010)
For more information please visit the History of Art website.

This program is organized by the U-M History of Art Department with support from the Rackham Graduate School Dean's Strategic Initiative Fund, the Departments of English, History, Sociology, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:09:55 -0400 2017-09-22T17:00:00-04:00 2017-09-22T19:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Conference / Symposium umma
Celeste Ng with Douglas Trevor (September 22, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43577 43577-9821445@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Celeste Ng grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Shaker Heights, Ohio, in a family of scientists. She attended Harvard University and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan (now the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan), where she won the Hopwood Award. Her fiction and essays have appeared in One Story, TriQuarterly, Bellevue Literary Review, the Kenyon Review Online, and elsewhere, and she is the recipient of the Pushcart Prize. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and son.

Celeste will be in conversation with Douglas Trevor, Director of the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan

About Little Fires Everywhere:
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned—from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principal is playing by the rules.

Enter Mia Warren- an enigmatic artist and single mother- who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the alluring mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past, and a disregard for the rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.

When the Richardsons’ friends attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town and puts Mia and Mrs. Richardson on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Mrs. Richardson becomes determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs to her own family—and Mia’s.

Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of long-held secrets and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the danger of believing that planning and following the rules can avert disaster, or heartbreak.

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Other Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:35:29 -0400 2017-09-22T19:00:00-04:00 2017-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other
History of Art Symposium: Visualizing the Social (September 23, 2017 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43391 43391-9754053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 23, 2017 9:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This conference explores the powerful engagement with the social in visual art and media, from the aftermath of the Revolutions of 1848 and the Paris Commune of 1871 to the reshaping of the political landscape by the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917—a period whenexperimentation, painting and photography, to imagery in the printed media.

The conference begins on Friday evening with introductory talks on the conference theme. On Saturday presentations by an international panel of distinguished speakers will be complemented by discussion of the broader issues raised by the conference, including the continued relevance of social art history for our contemporary political period and for cultural history more generally.

The featured speakers are Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby (History of Art, University of California Berkeley, author of Extremities: Painting Empire in Post-Revolutionary France, 2002), Steve Edwards (History of Art, Birkbeck University of London, UK, author of The Making of English Photography: Allegories, 2006), André Dombrowski (History of Art and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, University of Pennsylvania, author of Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life, 2013), Marnin Young (Art History, Yeshiva University, author of Realism in the Age of Impressionism: Painting and the Politics of Time, 2015), Andrés Mario Zervigón (Rutgers University, Art History and Center for Cultural Analysis, author of John Heartfield and the Agitated Image: Photography, Persuasion, and the Rise of Avant-Garde Photomontage, 2012), Andrew Hemingway (History of Art, University College London, UK, Emeritus, author of Artists on the Left: American Artists and the Communist Movement, 1926-1956, 2002); Christina Kiaer (Northwestern University, Art History and Slavic Languages and Literature, author of Imagine No Possessions: The Socialist Objects of Russian Constructivism, 2005), and Gail Day (History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds, UK, author of Dialectical Passions: Negation and Postwar Art Theory, 2010)
For more information please visit the History of Art website.

This program is organized by the U-M History of Art Department with support from the Rackham Graduate School Dean's Strategic Initiative Fund, the Departments of English, History, Sociology, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:09:55 -0400 2017-09-23T09:00:00-04:00 2017-09-23T18:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Conference / Symposium umma
Moving Image: Portraiture (September 23, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194749@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 23, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-09-23T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-23T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (September 23, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 23, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-09-23T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-23T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (September 24, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 24, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-09-24T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (September 24, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 24, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-09-24T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Victors for Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors—Part II: Abstraction (September 24, 2017 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43385 43385-9754046@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 24, 2017 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Alumni Collectors celebrates the deep impact of Michigan alumni on the global art world. This exhibition features works collected by a diverse group of alumni and the artworks themselves span 3,500 years of art making. Victors for Art offers visitors an unprecedented opportunity to view art that may have never been publicly displayed otherwise—and most certainly, not together. Presented in two parts—Figuration (February 18-June 11, 2017) and Abstraction (July 1-October 29, 2017), this second part, Abstraction, invites visitors to explore the pleasures of abstraction across a wide range of media, eras, and
genres. UMMA docents will explore the work of artists such as Pablo Picasso,
Alberto Giacometti, Louise Nevelson, Christo, Lorna Simpson, José Parlá, Kenojuak Ashevak, and Do Ho Su, as well as other treasures such as a fifth-century Korean roof end tile, and an Amish quilt.

Lead support for Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan Office of the President, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office.

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:55:20 -0400 2017-09-24T14:00:00-04:00 2017-09-24T15:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Victors for Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors—Part II: Abstraction
Moving Image: Portraiture (September 25, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 25, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-09-25T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (September 25, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 25, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-09-25T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
The Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genetics and Newborn Screening (September 25, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43249 43249-9748036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 25, 2017 6:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Advances in prenatal screening and genetic manipulation have the potential to all but eliminate birth defects and genetic disorders. For example, prenatal genetic testing in Iceland has almost completely erased incidents of down’s syndrome in newborns. This has led to growing concerns over creating designer babies, hyperbole about the potential for a new era of eugenics, and broader questions about whether science is outstripping societal or ethical norms in regards to human genetic diversity.

Join Joselin Linder, author of “The Family Gene”, and Jodyn Platt, assistant professor in the U-M Medical School in a panel discussion about the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetics and newborn screening. The conversation will be moderated by Kayte Spector-Bagdady, assistant professor in the U-M Medical School and chief of the research ethics service in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:18:18 -0400 2017-09-25T18:00:00-04:00 2017-09-25T19:15:00-04:00 Michigan League Information and Technology Services (ITS) Lecture / Discussion Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genetics and Newborn Screening
Moving Image: Portraiture (September 26, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194752@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-09-26T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (September 26, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417738@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-09-26T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Value the Voice: A Storyteller's Lounge (September 26, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44805 44805-9980575@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Comprehensive Studies Program

A new collaboration between the Comprehensive Studies Program and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies helps students to tell it like it is— and to see how it was. Value the Voice is an ongoing series that will feature student voices along with faculty, staff, and alumni, and there will also be what the project creators call “voices of wisdom”— experts who can speak directly to that night’s theme or topic. Join us for Transitions, our first theme of the

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:02:20 -0400 2017-09-26T19:00:00-04:00 2017-09-26T22:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Comprehensive Studies Program Social / Informal Gathering Value the voice flyer
Moving Image: Portraiture (September 27, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194753@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-09-27T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-27T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (September 27, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-09-27T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-27T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (September 28, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 28, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-09-28T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-28T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (September 28, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417740@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 28, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-09-28T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-28T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Mapping in the Enlightenment: Science, Innovation, and the Public Sphere (September 29, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40535 40535-9675039@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2017 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit uses examples from the Clements Library collection to tell the story of creating, distributing, and using maps during the long 18th century. Enlightenment thinking stimulated the effort to make more accurate maps, encouraged the growth of map collecting and map use by men and women in all social classes, and expanded the role of maps in administration and decision-making throughout Europe and her overseas colonies.

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:21:37 -0400 2017-09-29T10:00:00-04:00 2017-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Cassini Planisphere
Moving Image: Portraiture (September 29, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (September 29, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Family Art Studio: LED / 3D (September 30, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43394 43394-9754057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 30, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Free. Registration is required: email umma-program-registration@umich.edu. Please include date and title of program in the subject line of your email. Indicate if you would like to register for the 11 a.m. session or the 2 p.m. session and how many adults and children are in your group.

Create your own project inspired by Random International’s LED-light and motion-sensing dynamic sculpture, Swarm Study / II, featured in UMMA's exhibition Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors—Part II: Abstraction. UMMA docents will lead a tour of the installation in the Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery followed by a hands-on workshop led by local artist Adrian Deva. Designed for families with children ages six and up to experience art together. Parents must accompany children.

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.

Lead support for Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan Office of the President, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:31:12 -0400 2017-09-30T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-30T13:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Family Art Studio
Moving Image: Portraiture (September 30, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 30, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-09-30T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (September 30, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417742@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 30, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-09-30T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Family Art Studio: LED / 3D (September 30, 2017 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43394 43394-9754058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 30, 2017 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Free. Registration is required: email umma-program-registration@umich.edu. Please include date and title of program in the subject line of your email. Indicate if you would like to register for the 11 a.m. session or the 2 p.m. session and how many adults and children are in your group.

Create your own project inspired by Random International’s LED-light and motion-sensing dynamic sculpture, Swarm Study / II, featured in UMMA's exhibition Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors—Part II: Abstraction. UMMA docents will lead a tour of the installation in the Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery followed by a hands-on workshop led by local artist Adrian Deva. Designed for families with children ages six and up to experience art together. Parents must accompany children.

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.

Lead support for Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan Office of the President, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:31:12 -0400 2017-09-30T14:00:00-04:00 2017-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Family Art Studio
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 1, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 1, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-01T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 1, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 1, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-01T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
In Conversation: All wrapped up: Figures of Power in Central and West Africa (October 1, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44953 44953-10015366@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 1, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This program is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please register to secure your place by emailing umma-program-registration@umich.edu. Please include date and title of program in the subject line of your email.

Laura De Becker, exhibition curator and UMMA's Helmut & Candis Stern Associate Curator of African Art, will lead a discussion of the visual elements of so-called "figures of power" from across the African continent on display in the exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa. Interestingly, the term "figures of power" may refer to wooden sculptures - which were seen as containers of powerful spirits and ancestors in their local context - or to living heads of state, who represent the wealth and power of the nation. Both these categories share important characteristics and are treated in similar ways, bringing into question the distinction between person and object, between individual and community.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:13:46 -0400 2017-10-01T15:00:00-04:00 2017-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Power Contained
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 2, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 2, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-02T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 2, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417744@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 2, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-02T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 3, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-03T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-03T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 3, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417745@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-03T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-03T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Faculty Lecture Series (October 3, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44876 44876-10000722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 6:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

The presentation discusses three projects for social change based in Liverpool UK, Johannesburg South Africa, and with Chippewa communities of the Upper Peninsula and Canada. Two of the projects focus on activism against gender-based violence and one explores Black identities in international context. Gonzalez discussed how social activist interventions can manifest as performance-based projects, academic writings, or public scholarship. Community-based activism requires ongoing engagement with partner organizations working for common goals.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please contact Center for World Performance Studies, at 734-936-2777, at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Sep 2017 09:12:30 -0400 2017-10-03T18:00:00-04:00 2017-10-03T19:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Center for World Performance Studies Lecture / Discussion Anita Gonzalez
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 4, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-04T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-04T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 4, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-04T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-04T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 5, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-05T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-05T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 5, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-05T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-05T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Ocean Vuong & David Gates (October 5, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42895 42895-9675075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Poet and essayist OCEAN VUONG is the author of the best-selling, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, winner of the Whiting Award and Thom Gunn Award and named by the New York Times as a Top 10 Book of 2016. A Ruth Lilly fellow from the Poetry Foundation, his other honors include fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, The Elizabeth George Foundation, The Academy of American Poets, and a Pushcart Prize. Vuong's writings have been featured in The Atlantic,The Nation, New Republic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Village Voice, and American Poetry Review,which awarded him the Stanley Kunitz Prize for Younger Poets. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he now lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he serves as an Assistant Professor in the MFA Program for Poets and Writers at Umass-Amherst. He is currently at work on his first novel.

DAVID GATES is an American journalist and novelist. His first novel, Jernigan (1991) about a dysfunctional one-parent family, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1992 and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Gates has published short stories in The New Yorker, Tin House, Newsweek, The New York Times Book Review, Rolling Stone, and The Paris Review. Gates is also a Guggenheim Fellow. Until 2008, he was a senior writer and editor in the Arts section at Newsweek magazine, specializing in articles on books and music. He teaches in the graduate writing program at The University of Montana, as well as at the Bennington Writing Seminars.

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Other Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:55:43 -0400 2017-10-05T17:30:00-04:00 2017-10-05T18:45:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other Ocean Vuong & David Gates
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Ocean Vuong and David Gates, Poetry and Prose Reading (October 5, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44958 44958-10015371@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Poet and essayist Ocean Vuong is the author of the best-selling, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, winner of the Whiting Award and Thom Gunn Award and named by the New York Times as a Top 10 Book of 2016. A Ruth Lilly fellow from the Poetry Foundation, his other honors include fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, The Elizabeth George Foundation, The Academy of American Poets, and a Pushcart Prize. Vuong's writings have been featured in The Atlantic,The Nation, New Republic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Village Voice, and American Poetry Review,which awarded him the Stanley Kunitz Prize for Younger Poets. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he now lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he serves as an Assistant Professor in the MFA Program for Poets and Writers at Umass-Amherst. He is currently at work on his first novel.

David Gates is an American journalist and novelist. His first novel, Jernigan (1991) about a dysfunctional one-parent family, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1992 and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Gates has published short stories in The New Yorker, Tin House, Newsweek, The New York Times Book Review, Rolling Stone, and The Paris Review. Gates is also a Guggenheim Fellow. Until 2008, he was a senior writer and editor in the Arts section at Newsweek magazine, specializing in articles on books and music. He teaches in the graduate writing program at The University of Montana, as well as at the Bennington Writing Seminars
UMMA is pleased to be the site for the Zell Visiting Writers Series, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (AB ’64, LLDHon ’13).

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Presentation Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:13:48 -0400 2017-10-05T17:30:00-04:00 2017-10-05T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation UMMA Reading
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Ocean Vuong and David Gates, Book Signing (October 5, 2017 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44960 44960-10015373@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2017 6:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Poet and essayist Ocean Vuong is the author of the best-selling, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, winner of the Whiting Award and Thom Gunn Award and named by the New York Times as a Top 10 Book of 2016. A Ruth Lilly fellow from the Poetry Foundation, his other honors include fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, The Elizabeth George Foundation, The Academy of American Poets, and a Pushcart Prize. Vuong's writings have been featured in The Atlantic,The Nation, New Republic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Village Voice, and American Poetry Review,which awarded him the Stanley Kunitz Prize for Younger Poets. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he now lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he serves as an Assistant Professor in the MFA Program for Poets and Writers at Umass-Amherst. He is currently at work on his first novel.

David Gates is an American journalist and novelist. His first novel, Jernigan (1991) about a dysfunctional one-parent family, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1992 and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Gates has published short stories in The New Yorker, Tin House, Newsweek, The New York Times Book Review, Rolling Stone, and The Paris Review. Gates is also a Guggenheim Fellow. Until 2008, he was a senior writer and editor in the Arts section at Newsweek magazine, specializing in articles on books and music. He teaches in the graduate writing program at The University of Montana, as well as at the Bennington Writing Seminars
UMMA is pleased to be the site for the Zell Visiting Writers Series, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (AB ’64, LLDHon ’13).

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Reception / Open House Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:14:28 -0400 2017-10-05T18:30:00-04:00 2017-10-05T19:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Reception / Open House UMMA Reading
Mapping in the Enlightenment: Science, Innovation, and the Public Sphere (October 6, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40535 40535-9675040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2017 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit uses examples from the Clements Library collection to tell the story of creating, distributing, and using maps during the long 18th century. Enlightenment thinking stimulated the effort to make more accurate maps, encouraged the growth of map collecting and map use by men and women in all social classes, and expanded the role of maps in administration and decision-making throughout Europe and her overseas colonies.

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:21:37 -0400 2017-10-06T10:00:00-04:00 2017-10-06T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Cassini Planisphere
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 6, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-06T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-06T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 6, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417748@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-06T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-06T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 7, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 7, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-07T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 7, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417749@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 7, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-07T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 8, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 8, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-08T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 8, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 8, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-08T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
The Staring Eyes: Engaging with Art (October 8, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44961 44961-10015375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 8, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA docents will guide visitors through the galleries on tours as diverse as their interests and areas of expertise. Each docent plans a theme and includes a variety of styles and media to illuminate his or her ideas. Themes may be repeated but each docent's approach and choice of objects is unique.

This week's theme is "The Staring Eyes." Although we visit art museums to look at art, sometimes it looks back at us. During this tour, we will explore some of this art and discover who or what is looking back at us and why.

Engaging with Art tours are generously supported by the Berkowitz Family Endowed Fund.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:43:22 -0400 2017-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 2017-10-08T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Engaging with Art
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa Guided Tour (October 8, 2017 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44962 44962-10015376@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 8, 2017 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that signaled status and safely contained the power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. UMMA docents will explore the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi and demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:50:03 -0400 2017-10-08T14:00:00-04:00 2017-10-08T15:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Power Contained
Jeffrey Eugenides w/Claire Vaye Watkins (October 8, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43578 43578-9821446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 8, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Literati is thrilled to welcome Jeffrey Eugenides to Ann Arbor in support of the Pulitzer Prize winning author's first short story collection, Fresh Complaint. Following the reading, Jeffrey will be joined by Guggenheim award winning author and Helen Zell Writers' Program faculty member Claire Vaye Watkins. A Q&A and signing will follow.

Jeffrey Eugenides's bestselling novels have shown him to be an astute observer of the crises of adolescence, self-discovery, family love, and what it means to be American in our times. The stories in Fresh Complaint explore equally rich--and intriguing--territory. Ranging from the bitingly reproductive antics of "Baster" to the dreamy, moving account of a young travelers search for enlightenment in "Air Mail" (selected by Annie Proulx for Best American Short Stories), this collection presents characters in the midst of personal and national emergencies. We meet a failed poet who, envious of other peoples wealth during the real-estate bubble, becomes an embezzler; a clavichordist whose dreams of art founder under the obligations of marriage and fatherhood; and, in "Fresh Complaint," a high school student whose wish to escape the strictures of her immigrant family lead her to a drastic decision that upends the life of a middle-aged British physicist. Narratively compelling, beautifully written, and packed with a density of ideas despite their fluid grace, these stories chart the development and maturation of a major American writer.

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Other Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:37:41 -0400 2017-10-08T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-08T20:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other Michigan Union
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 9, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 9, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-09T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 9, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 9, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-09T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 10, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-10T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-10T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 10, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417752@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-10T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-10T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Story Lab Kickoff (October 10, 2017 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41057 41057-10161389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 6:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

Have you ever wondered what stories your classmates have to tell? Everyone comes to U-M with a unique past—a unique story—but so often that story is lost once core classes begin and career searches kick into high gear. We are changing that.

The Sanger Leadership Center and the Ross Design + Business Club invite you join us for the Story Lab Kickoff.

You’ll hear powerful stories from your classmates and also hear from Marcus Collins, Ross alumni and professor. We will also highlight how you can perfect your own story through our retreats this year. Who knows—it could be YOU in the spotlight at a future Story Lab event!

Space is limited—RSVP today!

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Performance Tue, 03 Oct 2017 08:04:43 -0400 2017-10-10T18:30:00-04:00 2017-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Performance Story Lab Logo
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 11, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-11T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 11, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417753@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-11T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Mohsin Hamid: EXIT WEST (October 11, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45307 45307-10152987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Mohsin Hamid is the author of four novels, Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, and Exit West, and a book of essays, Discontent and Its Civilizations.

His writing has been featured on bestseller lists, adapted for the cinema, twice shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, selected as winner or finalist of more than twenty-five awards, and translated into over thirty-five languages.

Born in Lahore, he has spent about half his life there and much of the rest in London, New York, and California.

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Other Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:39:16 -0400 2017-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 2017-10-11T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other Mohsin Hamid
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 12, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 12, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-12T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-12T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 12, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 12, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-12T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-12T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Mapping in the Enlightenment: Science, Innovation, and the Public Sphere (October 13, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40535 40535-9675041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 13, 2017 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit uses examples from the Clements Library collection to tell the story of creating, distributing, and using maps during the long 18th century. Enlightenment thinking stimulated the effort to make more accurate maps, encouraged the growth of map collecting and map use by men and women in all social classes, and expanded the role of maps in administration and decision-making throughout Europe and her overseas colonies.

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:21:37 -0400 2017-10-13T10:00:00-04:00 2017-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Cassini Planisphere
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 13, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 13, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-13T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-13T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 13, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 13, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-13T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-13T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 14, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 14, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-14T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 14, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 14, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-14T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 15, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 15, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-15T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-15T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 15, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 15, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-15T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-15T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 16, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 16, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-16T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-16T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 16, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 16, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-16T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-16T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 17, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-17T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-17T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 17, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-17T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-17T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Douglas Trevor's "The Book of Wonders" (October 17, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43581 43581-9821449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Praise for “The Book of Wonders”



“The stories in this masterly collection are peopled with characters who are made to confront their frustrated ambitions, their existential misgivings, and their physical and moral shortcomings in deftly controlled narratives which are, by turns, darkly humorous, teasingly satirical and wickedly erudite. Extraordinary in their range of subject matter, from riffs on Greek mythology to bang up to the minute dystopias, these stories leave the reader with much to ponder and admire.”

Colm Tóibín, author of House of Names





“The Book of Wonders is aptly titled. These are richly inventive and deftly executed stories that brim with life—unpredictable, lyric, energetic, ‘storytelling’ at its finest. Doug Trevor is intrigued by the vicissitudes of ‘character’ and his stories touch upon moral, intellectual, spiritual issues that engage us all.”

Joyce Carol Oates

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Other Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:42:39 -0400 2017-10-17T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-17T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-18T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-18T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 19, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-19T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 19, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-19T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Open Mic / Poetry Slam (October 19, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45620 45620-10240177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 19, 2017 6:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

The Undergraduate English Association (UEA) is hosting it's kickoff to what will be a monthly event! Contact svkama@umich.edu if you would like to participate or simply show up at the event!

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Performance Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:52:13 -0400 2017-10-19T18:00:00-04:00 2017-10-19T20:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Performance
Mapping in the Enlightenment: Science, Innovation, and the Public Sphere (October 20, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40535 40535-9675042@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2017 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit uses examples from the Clements Library collection to tell the story of creating, distributing, and using maps during the long 18th century. Enlightenment thinking stimulated the effort to make more accurate maps, encouraged the growth of map collecting and map use by men and women in all social classes, and expanded the role of maps in administration and decision-making throughout Europe and her overseas colonies.

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:21:37 -0400 2017-10-20T10:00:00-04:00 2017-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Cassini Planisphere
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 20, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-20T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 20, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-20T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Kristin Nelson, Jeffrey Henebury & Jonathan Holland (October 20, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45195 45195-10107458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Mark Webster Reading Series

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

This week's reading features Kristin Nelson, Jeffrey Henebury, and Jonathan Holland.

Kristin Nelson is a fellow of the strangest mind in the world. She delights in masques and revels sometimes altogether.

Jeff Henebury is a fiction writer. A Massachusetts native and Minnesotan transplant currently studying at the University of Michigan, he hopes to visit every M-state at least once.

Jon Holland has split his life between the Midwest and South. Recently graduated from Indiana University, he has facilitated art and writing groups in community centers, transitional houses, and a jail. He is currently grateful for his partner, his two three-legged cats (Wallace and Wallace Jr.), his garden, and for all of this.

Visit umma.umich.edu/events to learn more!

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Presentation Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:10:58 -0400 2017-10-20T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-20T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Mark Webster Reading Series Presentation Webster Reading
Mark Webster Reading Series (October 20, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44982 44982-10038425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

This week's reading features Kristin Nelson, Jeffrey Henebury, and Jonathan Holland.

Kristin Nelson is a fellow of the strangest mind in the world. She delights in masques and revels sometimes altogether.

Jeff Henebury is a fiction writer. A Massachusetts native and Minnesotan transplant currently studying at the University of Michigan, he hopes to visit every M-state at least once.

Jon Holland has split his life between the Midwest and South. Recently graduated from Indiana University, he has facilitated art and writing groups in community centers, transitional houses, and a jail. He is currently grateful for his partner, his two three-legged cats (Wallace and Wallace Jr.), his garden, and for all of this.

Visit umma.umich.edu/events to learn more!

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Presentation Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:59:37 -0400 2017-10-20T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-20T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation UMMA Reading
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 21, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-21T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 21, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-21T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Storytime at the Museum (October 21, 2017 11:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/44984 44984-10041301@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:15am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Storytime at the Museum promotes art enjoyment for our youngest patrons. Children ages three to six are invited to join in on some children’s fun, hear a story, and do a short activity responding to the art on display. Parents must accompany children. Siblings are welcome to join the group. Meet in front of the UMMA Store.

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

Visit umma.umich.edu/events

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Presentation Sun, 24 Sep 2017 18:05:23 -0400 2017-10-21T11:15:00-04:00 2017-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 22, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 22, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-22T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 22, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 22, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-22T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 23, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 23, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-23T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-23T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 23, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 23, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-23T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-23T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 24, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-24T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 24, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-24T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 25, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-25T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 25, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-25T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Oregon Trail Video Q&A with Don Rawitsch + Video Game Music Lecture with Matthew Thompson (October 25, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45689 45689-10254231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 7:00pm
Location: BBB
Organized By: EECS 494: Introduction to Game Development

Join EECS 494 for a Q&A with the creator of the famous "Oregon Trail" educational game, Don Rawitsch!

Then, enjoy a fantastic lecture on video game music from PAT 305 Professor Matthew Thompson!

7:00 - 8:00pm : Oregon Trail Q&A with Don Rawitsch
8:00 - 9:00pm : Video Game Music lecture by Professor Matthew Thompson

This event is open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:31:29 -0400 2017-10-25T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-25T21:00:00-04:00 BBB EECS 494: Introduction to Game Development Lecture / Discussion Event Image
Deadline to Submit Your Story for Lost in Translation Event (October 26, 2017 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45903 45903-10321783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 26, 2017 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Do you have a memorable story to share about a global experience you've had? Submit your story for the "Lost in Translation: Stories of Global Experiences" event, part of the U-M International Career Pathways Series! This event is similar to The Moth, where true stories are told live around a specific theme. U-M staff, faculty, and students from all U-M schools, colleges, and units are invited to submit their stories and come together for the event itself on November 16th at 7pm (https://events.umich.edu/event/45350). The deadline to submit your story is October 26th!

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Other Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:54:03 -0400 2017-10-26T00:00:00-04:00 2017-10-26T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Programs in Engineering Other Submit Your Story
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 26, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-26T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 26, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-26T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Monica Youn & Joyce Carol Oates (October 26, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42901 42901-9675078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 26, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Monica Youn is the author of three books of poetry: Blackacre (Graywolf Press, 2016); Barter(Graywolf Press, 2003); and Ignatz (Four Way Books, 2010), which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and the New York Times Magazine, and she has been awarded fellowships from the Library of Congress and Stanford University, among other awards. A former attorney, she now teaches poetry at Princeton University and at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. She previously taught at Bennington College, Columbia University, and at the Sarah Lawrence College MFA Program. Youn’s poetry has been described as “interested in the intersection between the beauty we want in life, and the darkness that often serves as an invisible barrier for it,” with her background in law allowing her to “probe and navigate these gray areas gently, using an economy of language that both cuts to the heart of the matter and reveals nuanced layers of caution, lust, and desperation.”

One of the most prolific American writers of the 20th century, Joyce Carol Oates counts historical biographies, depictions of working class families, and magical realist Gothic fiction among her oeuvre. She often depicts hardships and violence in American towns, and has received both critical and popular acclaim in her 50-year career. Oates is the author of over 70 books, including the novels them (1969), winner of the National Book Award; Bellefleur (1980); You Must Remember This (1987); Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart (1990); We Were the Mulvaneys (1996); Blonde (2000), winner of the National Book Award; The Gravedigger’s Daughter (2007); and The Accursed (2013). Her short stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Harper’s, and have been widely anthologized. In an interview for the Paris Review, she says: “I try to write books that can be read in one way by a literal-minded reader, and in quite another way by a reader alert to symbolic abbreviation and parodistic elements. And yet, it's the same book—or nearly. A trompe l'oeil, a work of ‘as if.’”

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Other Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:42:57 -0400 2017-10-26T17:30:00-04:00 2017-10-26T18:45:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other Monica Youn & Joyce Carol Oates
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Monica Youn and Joyce Carol Oates, Poetry and Prose Reading (October 26, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44989 44989-10041306@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Monica Youn is the author of three books of poetry: Blackacre (Graywolf Press, 2016); Barter(Graywolf Press, 2003); and Ignatz (Four Way Books, 2010), which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and the New York Times Magazine, and she has been awarded fellowships from the Library of Congress and Stanford University, among other awards. A former attorney, she now teaches poetry at Princeton University and at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. She previously taught at Bennington College, Columbia University, and at the Sarah Lawrence College MFA Program. Youn’s poetry has been described as “interested in the intersection between the beauty we want in life, and the darkness that often serves as an invisible barrier for it,” with her background in law allowing her to “probe and navigate these gray areas gently, using an economy of language that both cuts to the heart of the matter and reveals nuanced layers of caution, lust, and desperation.”

One of the most prolific American writers of the 20th century, Joyce Carol Oates counts historical biographies, depictions of working class families, and magical realist Gothic fiction among her oeuvre. She often depicts hardships and violence in American towns, and has received both critical and popular acclaim in her 50-year career. Oates is the author of over 70 books, including the novels them (1969), winner of the National Book Award; Bellefleur (1980); You Must Remember This (1987); Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart (1990); We Were the Mulvaneys (1996); Blonde (2000), winner of the National Book Award; The Gravedigger’s Daughter (2007); and The Accursed (2013). Her short stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Harper’s, and have been widely anthologized. In an interview for the Paris Review, she says: “I try to write books that can be read in one way by a literal-minded reader, and in quite another way by a reader alert to symbolic abbreviation and parodistic elements. And yet, it's the same book—or nearly. A trompe l'oeil, a work of ‘as if.’”
UMMA is pleased to be the site for the Zell Visiting Writers Series, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (AB ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Series webpage.

Visit umma.umich.edu to learn more!

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Presentation Sun, 24 Sep 2017 18:27:17 -0400 2017-10-26T18:00:00-04:00 2017-10-26T19:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Mapping in the Enlightenment: Science, Innovation, and the Public Sphere (October 27, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/40535 40535-9675043@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2017 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit uses examples from the Clements Library collection to tell the story of creating, distributing, and using maps during the long 18th century. Enlightenment thinking stimulated the effort to make more accurate maps, encouraged the growth of map collecting and map use by men and women in all social classes, and expanded the role of maps in administration and decision-making throughout Europe and her overseas colonies.

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:21:37 -0400 2017-10-27T10:00:00-04:00 2017-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Cassini Planisphere
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 27, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-27T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-27T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 27, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-27T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-27T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 28, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 28, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-28T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-28T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 28, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 28, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-28T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-28T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Samantha Bares, Katarina Bishop & David Wade (October 28, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47367 47367-10880018@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 28, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

First-year MFA Poetry & Fiction Reading

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Other Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:52:17 -0500 2017-10-28T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-28T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 29, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 29, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-29T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 29, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 29, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-29T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Victors for Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors—Part II: Abstraction (October 29, 2017 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43385 43385-10041310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 29, 2017 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Alumni Collectors celebrates the deep impact of Michigan alumni on the global art world. This exhibition features works collected by a diverse group of alumni and the artworks themselves span 3,500 years of art making. Victors for Art offers visitors an unprecedented opportunity to view art that may have never been publicly displayed otherwise—and most certainly, not together. Presented in two parts—Figuration (February 18-June 11, 2017) and Abstraction (July 1-October 29, 2017), this second part, Abstraction, invites visitors to explore the pleasures of abstraction across a wide range of media, eras, and
genres. UMMA docents will explore the work of artists such as Pablo Picasso,
Alberto Giacometti, Louise Nevelson, Christo, Lorna Simpson, José Parlá, Kenojuak Ashevak, and Do Ho Su, as well as other treasures such as a fifth-century Korean roof end tile, and an Amish quilt.

Lead support for Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan Office of the President, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office.

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:55:20 -0400 2017-10-29T14:00:00-04:00 2017-10-29T15:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Victors for Art: Michigan’s Alumni Collectors—Part II: Abstraction
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 30, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 30, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-30T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-30T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 30, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 30, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-30T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-30T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (October 31, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-10-31T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-31T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (October 31, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-10-31T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-31T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 1, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-01T11:00:00-04:00 2017-11-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 1, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-01T11:00:00-04:00 2017-11-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 2, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 2, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-02T11:00:00-04:00 2017-11-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 2, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 2, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-02T11:00:00-04:00 2017-11-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 3, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-03T11:00:00-04:00 2017-11-03T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 3, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-03T11:00:00-04:00 2017-11-03T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
The Sounds & Stories of Michigan (November 3, 2017 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46313 46313-10432705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 6:30pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Michigan, which is now the name of a state and a lake, means “the great sea.” Come learn the basics about the language of this area and practice saying a few phrases. We’ll also talk about the importance of storytelling and learn the names of several animals and characters of the region including the “ogwiingwa’aage” (wolverine) and “mishi-bizhiw” (underwater panther).

Margaret Noodin is co-creator of Ojibwe.net which was started with Alphonse Pitawanakwat at the University of Michigan. Aambe bi izhaan! Come join us!

FREE FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED.

This event is a part of Native American Heritage Month which is celebrated throughout the month of November. For a full list of events, please visit MESA's website.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 30 Oct 2017 11:00:26 -0400 2017-11-03T18:30:00-04:00 2017-11-03T20:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Social / Informal Gathering Mason Hall
Mark Webster Reading Series (November 3, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46033 46033-10356033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

This week's reading features Michelle Cheever and Colin Walker.

Michelle Cheever is a writer from Boston, Massachusetts. Her writing has appeared in The Huffington Post, The Advocate, PANK, The Austin Review, and Armchair/Shotgun, among others. She has a collection of stories with Wilde Press out of Emerson College.

Colin Walker is not a renaissance man; he's a renaissance, man. He is originally from the Pacific Northwest, and, coincidentally, a poet.

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Presentation Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:17:43 -0400 2017-11-03T19:00:00-04:00 2017-11-03T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation umma reading
Michelle Cheever & Colin Walker (November 3, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45187 45187-10107450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Mark Webster Reading Series

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

This week's reading features Michelle Cheever and Colin Walker.

Michelle Cheever is a writer from Boston, Massachusetts. Her writing has appeared in The Huffington Post, The Advocate, PANK, The Austin Review, and Armchair/Shotgun, among others. She has a collection of stories with Wilde Press out of Emerson College.

Colin Walker is not a renaissance man; he's a renaissance, man. He is originally from the Pacific Northwest, and, coincidentally, a poet.

Visit umma.umich.edu/events to learn more!

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Presentation Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:07:18 -0400 2017-11-03T19:00:00-04:00 2017-11-03T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Mark Webster Reading Series Presentation Webster Reading
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 4, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-04T11:00:00-04:00 2017-11-04T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 4, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-04T11:00:00-04:00 2017-11-04T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 5, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-05T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-05T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 5, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-05T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-05T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 6, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-06T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-06T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 6, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-06T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-06T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Veterans Week - Korean War Veteran/Prisoner of War discussion and questions (November 6, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45815 45815-10307569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Veteran and Military Services

Called the “Forgotten War” the Korean War was in between WWII and Vietnam. The Korean War lasted from 1950 to 1954. It claimed over 1.2 million civilian and military casualties.
Come here Robert Fletcher talk about his experiences as an African-American before, during and after the Korean war. He will also talk about his 3 years as a prisoner of war in a Chinese prison camp.
Come here "Fletch" talk about his experiences and how the Korean War has shaped his life.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:39:27 -0400 2017-11-06T13:00:00-05:00 2017-11-06T14:00:00-05:00 Michigan Union Veteran and Military Services Lecture / Discussion Korean War Memorial at Night
Social Class Voices: Student Stories from the University of Michigan Bicentennial (November 6, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45749 45749-10273917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2017 5:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Join us as students read essays from the book!

In Social Class Voices: Student Stories from the University of Michigan Bicentennial (Edited by Dwight Lang and Aubrey Schiavone, October 2017 - Michigan Publishing) U-M undergraduates and recent alumni-born to the working poor, working, middle, upper-middle, and upper-classes-examine the effects of social class on their families, their K-12 school experiences, as well as their undergraduate years in Ann Arbor. We hear about insecurities and challenges of growing up in poverty, increasing tensions of being born to the working and middle classes, and comforting certainties of upper-middle and upper class lives. Anthology contributors will be reading portions of their essays highlighting critical social class experiences.

A question/answer period will follow the readings.

More information: Dwight Lang, dwlang@umich.edu

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Presentation Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:23:59 -0400 2017-11-06T17:00:00-05:00 2017-11-06T19:00:00-05:00 Michigan Union The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Presentation Event flyer
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 7, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-07T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-07T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 7, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-07T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-07T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Value the Voice: Mistakes that Made Me Better (November 7, 2017 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46037 46037-10356041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 7:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of educational entertainment known to mankind. From the West African tradition of the Griot to modern day Moth events, storytelling environments have served as a means to pass along history, shape culture, share helpful lessons, and establish a sense of belonging and community.

The U-M Comprehensive Studies Program and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies invite you to explore themes related to campus life, coming of age, and learning and growing, at this series of Moth Style Storyteller Lounge events. The theme for November's event will be Mistakes that Made Me Better, stories of lessons learned the hard way. Storytellers include students, faculty and staff, and Voices of Wisdom (alums or community members).​

Future Value the Voice programs:
Tuesday, January 30 - Nobody Told Me, stories of things people wish they would have known before the started a new semester;
Tuesday, March 27 - Triumph, stories of overcoming challenges in the college environment.

Light food and refreshments will be served beginning at 7 p.m. in the UMMA Commons. The Storytelling begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Helmut Stern Auditorium on the Lower Level.

For more information, please contact Keith Jason at mrjason@umich.edu or 734-764-9128

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Presentation Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:34:37 -0400 2017-11-07T19:30:00-05:00 2017-11-07T21:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation umma
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 8, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-08T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-08T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 8, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-08T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-08T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 9, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-09T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 9, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-09T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Mark Doty & Fernanda Eberstadt (November 9, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42902 42902-9821439@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Since the publication of his first volume of verse, Turtle, Swan, in 1987, MARK DOTY has been recognized as one of the most accomplished poets in America. Hailed for his elegant, intelligent verse, Doty has often been compared to James Merrill, Walt Whitman and C.P. Cavafy. His syntactically complex and aesthetically profound free verse poems, odes to urban gay life, and quietly brutal elegies to his lover, Wally Roberts, have been hailed as some of the most original and arresting poetry written today. The recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, Doty has also won a number of prestigious literary awards, including the Whiting Writer’s Award, the T. S. Eliot Prize, the National Poetry Series, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for first nonfiction, and the National Book Award for Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems (2008). A long-time resident of Provincetown, Massachusetts, Doty teaches at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Described by John Updike as an “ambitious, resourceful novelist,” FERNANDA EBERSTADT is the author of Low Tide, Isaac and His devils, When the Sons of Heaven Meet the Daughters of the Earth, The Furies, and Rat. The New York Times Book Review praised Rat as “shrewd and sensuous,” hailing “Eberstadt's preoccupation with "the footloose life of the wilfully dispossessed" and writes that "in her novels, idealists and fast trackers wrestle with thorny problems of love and social identity." In 1998, Eberstadt went to live on a vineyard in the French Pyrenees, outside the city of Perpignan. She became friends with a family of French gypsy musicians. Her first work of non-fiction, Little Money Street—In Search of Gypsies and Their Music in the South of France, which portrays that friendship, was released by Knopf in March 2006. Eberstadt also writes extensively for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair.

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Other Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:23:40 -0400 2017-11-09T17:30:00-05:00 2017-11-09T19:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other Mark Doty & Fernanda Eberstadt
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Mark Doty and Fernanda Eberstadt, Poetry and Prose (November 9, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46039 46039-10356042@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Since the publication of his first volume of verse, Turtle, Swan, in 1987, Mark Doty has been recognized as one of the most accomplished poets in America. Hailed for his elegant, intelligent verse, Doty has often been compared to James Merrill, Walt Whitman and C.P. Cavafy. His syntactically complex and aesthetically profound free verse poems, odes to urban gay life, and quietly brutal elegies to his lover, Wally Roberts, have been hailed as some of the most original and arresting poetry written today. The recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, Doty has also won a number of prestigious literary awards, including the Whiting Writer’s Award, the T. S. Eliot Prize, the National Poetry Series, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for first nonfiction, and the National Book Award for Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems (2008). A long-time resident of Provincetown, Massachusetts, Doty teaches at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Described by John Updike as an “ambitious, resourceful novelist,” Fernanda Eberstadt is the author of Low Tide, Isaac and His devils, When the Sons of Heaven Meet the Daughters of the Earth, The Furies, and Rat. The New York Times Book Review praised Rat as “shrewd and sensuous,” hailing “Eberstadt's preoccupation with "the footloose life of the wilfully dispossessed" and writes that "in her novels, idealists and fast trackers wrestle with thorny problems of love and social identity." In 1998, Eberstadt went to live on a vineyard in the French Pyrenees, outside the city of Perpignan. She became friends with a family of French gypsy musicians. Her first work of non-fiction, Little Money Street—In Search of Gypsies and Their Music in the South of France, which portrays that friendship, was released by Knopf in March 2006. Eberstadt also writes extensively for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:37:18 -0400 2017-11-09T17:30:00-05:00 2017-11-09T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion umma reading
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 10, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-10T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 10, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-10T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 11, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 11, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-11T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-11T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 11, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 11, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-11T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-11T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Storytime at the Museum (November 11, 2017 11:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46040 46040-10356043@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 11, 2017 11:15am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Storytime at the Museum promotes art enjoyment for our youngest patrons. Children ages three to six are invited to join in on some children’s fun, hear a story, and do a short activity responding to the art on display. Parents must accompany children. Siblings are welcome to join the group. Meet in front of the UMMA Store.

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

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:40:45 -0400 2017-11-11T11:15:00-05:00 2017-11-11T12:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering storytime at the museum
Eirill Falck, Lorenzo Javier Diaz-Cruz, Thea Chacamaty & Pemi Aguda (November 11, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47369 47369-10880020@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 11, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

MFA First-Year poetry and prose readings

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Other Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:57:19 -0500 2017-11-11T19:00:00-05:00 2017-11-11T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 12, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194799@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 12, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-12T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-12T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 12, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 12, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-12T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-12T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Fall Feast (November 12, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46329 46329-10455494@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 12, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Come celebrate Native American Heritage Month with the Native American Student Association! At this annual event, Fall Feast welcomes the winter with traditional Native American food such as Indian tacos, fry bread, corn soup, wild rice casserole, and more! There will be round dancing, fun activities and games, and good company. All are welcome!

FREE FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED.

This event is a part of Native American Heritage Month which is celebrated throughout the month of November. For a full list of events, please visit MESA's website.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:47:12 -0500 2017-11-12T17:30:00-05:00 2017-11-12T19:30:00-05:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Social / Informal Gathering fall leaves backdrop with event details
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 13, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 13, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-13T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-13T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 13, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 13, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-13T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-13T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 14, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-14T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-14T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 14, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-14T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-14T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 15, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-15T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 15, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-15T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 16, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 16, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-16T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 16, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 16, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-16T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Lost in Translation (November 16, 2017 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45350 45350-10164212@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 16, 2017 6:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Join U-M students, faculty, and staff in this live storytelling event! Audience members will get to listen to storytellers share their international experiences around the theme of "Lost in Translation". This event is similar to “The Moth” in which true stories are told in a live setting. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to attend: https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/lost-in-translation/.

This event is part of the International Career Pathways (ICP) Series. See the ICP website for additional sessions: (http://internationalcenter.umich.edu/swt/work/um-based-programs/icp/)

Celebrating International Education Week #MGoIEW

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Performance Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:56:29 -0400 2017-11-16T18:30:00-05:00 2017-11-16T21:00:00-05:00 North Quad International Programs in Engineering Performance lost in translation
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 17, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-17T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-17T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 17, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-17T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-17T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Stories From the Spectrum: Non-Binary Experiences (November 17, 2017 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46355 46355-10464034@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2017 4:30pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Please join us for a unique panel where folx will have the opportunity to hear stories and lived narratives directly from individuals in the non-binary/genderqueer/agender community. Refreshments will be served.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:41:39 -0400 2017-11-17T16:30:00-05:00 2017-11-17T18:00:00-05:00 Michigan Union Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion A flyer with a rainbow background explaining the details of this event
Native American Heritage Month Keynote Speaker (November 17, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46450 46450-10489786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2017 6:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Join us in welcoming our keynote speaker, Matika Wilbur, for Native American Heritage Month! Matika Wilbur, an acclaimed photographer from the Tulalip and Swinomish tribes (Washington), is the creator and director of Project 562 and the only Native American photographer and social documentarian to be welcomed into each of the 562+ Native American sovereign territories in the United States. For the past four years, Wilbur has collaborated with scores of tribes to share the images and truths of Native American Peoples.

Join us for an evening of discussion as Wilbur presents "19 Lessons from Indian Roads"; providing remarkable insights into contemporary Native American life, driving the conversation forward to encourage U.S. citizens to evolve beyond the appropriation and neglect of indigenous images and traditions through a new model of awareness, with honest photographic representation and direct narratives of America's first people.

Wilbur says, "I believe the viewers will experience great understanding and connection with these remarkable people, just as they have enlightened and inspired me. By exposing the astonishing variety of the Indian presence and reality, we will build cultural bridges, abandon stereotypes, and renew and inspire our national legacy.”

This event is a part of Native American Heritage Month which is celebrated throughout the month of November. For a full list of events, please visit MESA's website.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:45:52 -0500 2017-11-17T18:00:00-05:00 2017-11-17T19:30:00-05:00 Michigan Union Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Lecture / Discussion image of matika with a camera and event details
Christina Kim & Chelsea Welsh (November 17, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45188 45188-10107451@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Mark Webster Reading Series

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

This week's reading features Christina Kim and Chelsea Welsh.

Christina Kim is a writer from Los Angeles.

Chelsea Welsh is an artist from Walbridge, Ohio. She received a BFA in 2-Dimensional Studies from Bowling Green State University in 2009, and an MFA in photography from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2013. Before moving to Michigan, she spent the last six years as a live-in supervisor of a transitional group home for adults with mental illness.

Visit umma.umich.edu/events to learn more!

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Presentation Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:07:00 -0400 2017-11-17T19:00:00-05:00 2017-11-17T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art Mark Webster Reading Series Presentation Webster Reading
Mark Webster Reading Series (November 17, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46048 46048-10356052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

This week's reading features Christina Kim and Chelsea Welsh.

Christina Kim is a writer from Los Angeles.

Chelsea is an artist from Walbridge, Ohio. She received a BFA in 2-Dimensional Studies from Bowling Green State University in 2009, and an MFA in photography from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2013. Before moving to Michigan, she spent the last six years as a live-in supervisor of a transitional group home for adults with mental illnesses.

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Presentation Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:04:50 -0400 2017-11-17T19:00:00-05:00 2017-11-17T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation umma reading
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 18, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-18T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 18, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-18T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 19, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 19, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-19T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-19T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 19, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 19, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-19T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-19T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 20, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 20, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-20T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-20T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 20, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 20, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-20T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-20T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 21, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-21T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-21T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 21, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-21T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-21T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 22, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-22T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-22T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 22, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-22T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-22T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 23, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 23, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-23T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-23T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 23, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 23, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-23T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-23T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 24, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 24, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-24T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-24T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 24, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 24, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-24T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-24T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 25, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 25, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-25T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-25T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 25, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 25, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-25T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-25T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Moving Image: Portraiture (November 26, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41372 41372-9194813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 26, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Moving Image: Portraiture presents a contemporary spin on traditional notions of portraiture. In the video Towards An Architect, Hannu Karjalainen portrays a fictional architect who is experiencing the response of people living in the structures he designed. Daniel Rozin’s Mirror No. 10 is driven by software, written by the artist, that generates a real-time reflection of the environment the screen is displayed in—specifically a live sketch of the viewer approaching the frame. Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) is an algorithmic work by Marina Zurkow that depicts the passage of time on the moors of Northeast England.

Moving Image: Portraiture is the third of three exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, which since 2011 has been focused on media arts. The works in this series address both formal concerns and conceptual topics; many represent traditional categories such as portraiture and landscape that find new resonance when explored through the strategies of dynamic technology.

Lead support for Moving Image: Portraiture is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:42:42 -0500 2017-11-26T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-26T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Moving Image: Portraiture
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 26, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417799@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 26, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-26T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-26T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 27, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 27, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-27T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-27T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Talking Circle (November 27, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46330 46330-10455495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 27, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Join us to learn about the history and relationship between the University of Michigan and the Native American community. All are welcome to learn and to share knowledge.

FREE donuts (from Dom's!) and coffee will be provided.

This event is a part of Native American Heritage Month which is celebrated throughout the month of November. For a full list of events, please visit MESA's website.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 03 Nov 2017 10:50:49 -0400 2017-11-27T17:30:00-05:00 2017-11-27T19:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Social / Informal Gathering an image of donuts with event details
Live Streaming-- "March" Keynote Address (November 27, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46444 46444-10489761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 27, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science will live stream the event featuring Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell.

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Other Fri, 03 Nov 2017 09:15:52 -0400 2017-11-27T19:00:00-05:00 2017-11-27T21:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Other Haven Hall
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 28, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-28T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-28T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
CWPS Graduate Student Capstone Presentations (November 28, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46662 46662-10578197@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 6:00pm
Location: School of Education
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Free & open to the public, light refreshments provided.

Session One
November 28, 6-9pm
Room 2202 (Prechter Lab), School of Education
610 E. University


Ellen Myers
Facebook and Indonesian Youth Culture: Identity Performance in the Digital World

Indonesia is a country that has consistently ranked within the top five users of Facebook in the world for several years The culture surrounding social networking is a new concept for the social sciences to tackle. While there are some commonalities throughout the world concerning this topic, there also exists a unique set of challenges, benefits, and implications that are culturally specific. From wall posts to statuses, the agency that Facebook and other social networking sites allows people to have over what, when, and how they perform their identities can provide useful insight into functionalities of online activities within this platform. In the context of the performance of identity in everyday life, Ellen's lecture will explore her summer research study on young adult Facebook users in Indonesia as a means of examining the various ways in which people are utilizing the growing digital ecology as a platform from which they perform their identities.


Fabiola Torralba
Mexico Negro: Culture, Identity and Politics of Afro Mexicanos

This presentation will highlight some of the cultural workers, artists and organizers of the Afro Mexican movement in the Costa Chica. Through stories featuring the local leadership of Guerrero and Oaxaca, this presentation will share diverse perspectives that reveal the complexity of Afro Mexican identity, culture and politics.


Alyssa Wells
"This is My Family": Toward an Understanding of the Culture of Drum and Bugle Corps

In this presentation, Alyssa explores the creation of close relationships among drum and bugle corps members. Her research with the Tokushima Indigoes Senior Drum and Bugle Corps (Tokushima, Japan) and the Jubal Drum and Bugle Corps (Dordrecht, Holland) allows her to ask the question of how cultural practices and the norms of a particular society influence the creation of relationships among drum and bugle corps members.


Laura-Ann Jacobs
Talking Lei

Talking Lei is a performance-based storytelling installation centered around flowers. The installation features a community of women talking story while creating lei kūpeʻe (wrist lei) in the wili (wrapping) style and includes a gallery of autoethnographic work by LA Jacobs. This project explores the process of lei making as a metaphor for the embodiment of the connectedness of storytelling in physical space.​

Session Two
December 5, 6-9pm
Cady Room, Stearns Buidling
2005 Baits Dr.

Kiran Bhumber
"Phulkari"

This presentation will be on an interactive multimedia performance called Phulkari, which involves wearable electronic textiles, dance, music and visuals. This interdisciplinary project aims to envelop South Asian cultural identity, tradition, and memory within the present digital realm. The electronic textile, Phulkari, is based on a technique of weaving practiced by women in Punjabi villages -- one that is passed down from mother to daughter and from bride to new village. Inscribed in the practice are processes of cultural change and continuity, the transmission of memory, and nostalgia.

AJ Covey
Perspectives on Teaching and Learning World Music

How can educators account for the radical shift in cultural context when teaching a foreign musical tradition in the Western conservatory, and how can students get the most out of learning world music? AJ will draw on his experiences abroad as student and ethnographer in India and Indonesia as well as his time teaching world music as a GSI in the School of Music. Theatre and Dance.

Sydney Schiff
What is Brazilian Zouk?

Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian Zouk is a partnered social dance that is practiced in local communities and international congresses all over the world. This summer, Sydney set out on an exploratory ethnographic research project to identify international influences on the dance movement and culture in Canada and Europe. Unexpectedly, she learned as much about herself as she did about basic steps, virtuosic movements, dance floor etiquette, and stroopwaffles.

Adam Shead
The Present is Present: Amsterdam

Adam Shead will present and live score a thirty minute documentary he has developed in attempt to showcase concepts of cultural memory, political activism through Improvisation, the relationship of Improvisation and composition, and consciousness within the creative Improv community of Amsterdam, NL.

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Presentation Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:49:34 -0500 2017-11-28T18:00:00-05:00 2017-11-28T21:00:00-05:00 School of Education Center for World Performance Studies Presentation Fabiola in Mexico
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 29, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-29T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-29T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (November 30, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-11-30T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-30T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 1, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 1, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-12-01T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-01T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 2, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 2, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-12-02T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-02T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Will Brewbaker, Talin Tahajian, Gerardo Samano & Justin Balog (December 2, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47370 47370-10880022@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 2, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

MFA First-Year poetry and prose readings

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Other Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:59:10 -0500 2017-12-02T19:00:00-05:00 2017-12-02T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 3, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 3, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-12-03T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-03T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 4, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 4, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-12-04T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-04T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 5, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that not only signaled their extraordinary status, but were also intended to safely contain the great power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated through the addition of charged materials. Textiles, animal skin, metal, and beads allowed the lifeless wooden carvings to be activated by local spiritual leaders in order to communicate with the realm of the ancestors and spirits. This exhibition explores the parallels between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi. Drawing on works from UMMA’s collection and several loans, the exhibition demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures in Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Exhibition Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:58:14 -0400 2017-12-05T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-05T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Ross Diaries (December 5, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41058 41058-8916660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

Ross Diaries is an intimate gathering where students from across the business school and beyond will share powerful and compelling stories about events and experiences that have shaped their lives. The storytellers at Ross Diaries attended a comprehensive storytelling workshop to craft their stories and hone their skills—now they are looking for an audience!

All are welcome to attend and hear powerful stories from U-M students.

Ross Diaries
5:30-7:00 PM
Robertson Auditorium at Michigan Ross
701 Tappan Ave., Ann Arbor

This program is offered as part of our Story Lab series.

Space is limited—RSVP on our website!

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Performance Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:29:58 -0500 2017-12-05T17:30:00-05:00 2017-12-05T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Performance Story Lab logo
CWPS Graduate Student Capstone Presentations (December 5, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46662 46662-10578198@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 6:00pm
Location: Stearns Building
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Free & open to the public, light refreshments provided.

Session One
November 28, 6-9pm
Room 2202 (Prechter Lab), School of Education
610 E. University


Ellen Myers
Facebook and Indonesian Youth Culture: Identity Performance in the Digital World

Indonesia is a country that has consistently ranked within the top five users of Facebook in the world for several years The culture surrounding social networking is a new concept for the social sciences to tackle. While there are some commonalities throughout the world concerning this topic, there also exists a unique set of challenges, benefits, and implications that are culturally specific. From wall posts to statuses, the agency that Facebook and other social networking sites allows people to have over what, when, and how they perform their identities can provide useful insight into functionalities of online activities within this platform. In the context of the performance of identity in everyday life, Ellen's lecture will explore her summer research study on young adult Facebook users in Indonesia as a means of examining the various ways in which people are utilizing the growing digital ecology as a platform from which they perform their identities.


Fabiola Torralba
Mexico Negro: Culture, Identity and Politics of Afro Mexicanos

This presentation will highlight some of the cultural workers, artists and organizers of the Afro Mexican movement in the Costa Chica. Through stories featuring the local leadership of Guerrero and Oaxaca, this presentation will share diverse perspectives that reveal the complexity of Afro Mexican identity, culture and politics.


Alyssa Wells
"This is My Family": Toward an Understanding of the Culture of Drum and Bugle Corps

In this presentation, Alyssa explores the creation of close relationships among drum and bugle corps members. Her research with the Tokushima Indigoes Senior Drum and Bugle Corps (Tokushima, Japan) and the Jubal Drum and Bugle Corps (Dordrecht, Holland) allows her to ask the question of how cultural practices and the norms of a particular society influence the creation of relationships among drum and bugle corps members.


Laura-Ann Jacobs
Talking Lei

Talking Lei is a performance-based storytelling installation centered around flowers. The installation features a community of women talking story while creating lei kūpeʻe (wrist lei) in the wili (wrapping) style and includes a gallery of autoethnographic work by LA Jacobs. This project explores the process of lei making as a metaphor for the embodiment of the connectedness of storytelling in physical space.​

Session Two
December 5, 6-9pm
Cady Room, Stearns Buidling
2005 Baits Dr.

Kiran Bhumber
"Phulkari"

This presentation will be on an interactive multimedia performance called Phulkari, which involves wearable electronic textiles, dance, music and visuals. This interdisciplinary project aims to envelop South Asian cultural identity, tradition, and memory within the present digital realm. The electronic textile, Phulkari, is based on a technique of weaving practiced by women in Punjabi villages -- one that is passed down from mother to daughter and from bride to new village. Inscribed in the practice are processes of cultural change and continuity, the transmission of memory, and nostalgia.

AJ Covey
Perspectives on Teaching and Learning World Music

How can educators account for the radical shift in cultural context when teaching a foreign musical tradition in the Western conservatory, and how can students get the most out of learning world music? AJ will draw on his experiences abroad as student and ethnographer in India and Indonesia as well as his time teaching world music as a GSI in the School of Music. Theatre and Dance.

Sydney Schiff
What is Brazilian Zouk?

Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian Zouk is a partnered social dance that is practiced in local communities and international congresses all over the world. This summer, Sydney set out on an exploratory ethnographic research project to identify international influences on the dance movement and culture in Canada and Europe. Unexpectedly, she learned as much about herself as she did about basic steps, virtuosic movements, dance floor etiquette, and stroopwaffles.

Adam Shead
The Present is Present: Amsterdam

Adam Shead will present and live score a thirty minute documentary he has developed in attempt to showcase concepts of cultural memory, political activism through Improvisation, the relationship of Improvisation and composition, and consciousness within the creative Improv community of Amsterdam, NL.

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