Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. 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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Presentation Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:49:34 -0500 2017-12-05T18:00:00-05:00 2017-12-05T21:00:00-05:00 Stearns Building Center for World Performance Studies Presentation Fabiola in Mexico
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 6, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 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 2017-12-06T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-06T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 7, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 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 2017-12-07T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-07T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 8, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 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 2017-12-08T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-08T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Mark Webster Reading Series (December 8, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46552 46552-10547322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 8, 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 Sylvan Thomson and Kaylie Johnson.

Sylvan is a writer from New Zealand. He is a 2017 recipient of the Horoeka Lancewood Grant. Recent publications include Great New Zealand Nonfiction and the New Zealand Review of Books.

Kaylie Johnson is a poet from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her work has been published in Dunes Review and Shark Reef, among others. She currently lives in Ann Arbor with her cat Wallaby who is very good and handsome.

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Presentation Mon, 06 Nov 2017 14:43:39 -0500 2017-12-08T19:00:00-05:00 2017-12-08T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation UMMA Reading
Sylvan Thomson & Kaylie Johnson (December 8, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45189 45189-10107452@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 8, 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 Sylvan Thomson and Kaylie Johnson.

Sylvan Thomson is a writer from New Zealand. He is a 2017 recipient of the Horoeka Lancewood Grant. Recent publications include Great New Zealand Nonfiction and the New Zealand Review of Books.

Kaylie Johnson is a poet from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her work has been published in Dunes Review and Shark Reef, among others. She currently lives in Ann Arbor with her cat Wallaby who is very good and handsome.

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

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Presentation Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:06:39 -0400 2017-12-08T19:00:00-05:00 2017-12-08T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art Mark Webster Reading Series Presentation Webster Reading
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 9, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 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 2017-12-09T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-09T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 10, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 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 2017-12-10T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-10T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 11, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 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 2017-12-11T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-11T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 12, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 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 2017-12-12T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-12T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 13, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 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 2017-12-13T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-13T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 14, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 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 2017-12-14T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-14T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 15, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 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 2017-12-15T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-15T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Minor in Writing E-Portfolio Showcase (December 15, 2017 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44926 44926-10012265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 15, 2017 5:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Students from Sweetland's Minor in Writing Gateway and Capstone classes present their e-portfolios. Gateway e-portfolios feature projects students have worked on throughout the term. Capstone e-portfolios feature students' capstone projects. All students are welcome to attend.

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Exhibition Fri, 22 Sep 2017 09:57:47 -0400 2017-12-15T17:00:00-05:00 2017-12-15T19:00:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Exhibition North Quad
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 16, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 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 2017-12-16T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-16T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 17, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 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 2017-12-17T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-17T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 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 2017-12-18T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 19, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 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 2017-12-19T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-19T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 20, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 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 2017-12-20T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-20T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 21, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 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 2017-12-21T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-21T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 22, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 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 2017-12-22T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-22T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 23, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 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 2017-12-23T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-23T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 24, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 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 2017-12-24T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-24T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 25, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 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 2017-12-25T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-25T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 26, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 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 2017-12-26T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-26T17:00:00-05:00 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 (December 27, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 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 2017-12-27T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-27T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 28, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 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 2017-12-28T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-28T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (December 29, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 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 2017-12-29T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-29T17:00:00-05:00 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 (December 30, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 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 2017-12-30T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-30T17:00:00-05:00 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 31, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/41651 41651-9417834@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 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 2017-12-31T11:00:00-05:00 2017-12-31T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
David Gutierrez, Colin Shepherd, Erika Nestor & Rachel Girty (January 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47368 47368-10880019@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 6, 2018 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 16:55:47 -0500 2018-01-06T19:00:00-05:00 2018-01-06T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other
Science as Art Contest Submission Deadline (January 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48786 48786-11308870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan, ArtsEngine and the Science Learning Center invite you to submit artwork to the 2020 Science as Art exhibition. University of Michigan undergraduate students are invited to submit artwork expressing a scientific principle(s), concept(s), idea(s), process(es), and/or structure(s). The artwork may be visual, literary, musical, video, or performance based. A juried panel using criteria based on both scientific and artistic considerations will choose winning submissions.

Deadline for submissions is Wednesday February 5th!

A number of submissions will be selected for prizes, some of which will be on display and/or performed during the Awards Ceremony and/or displayed in an online Contest Gallery. The entry selected for “Best Overall” will be awarded a cash prize, with smaller cash awards in other categories.

For full information, visit: tinyurl.com/scienceasart2020

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Exhibition Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:47:29 -0500 2018-01-19T08:00:00-05:00 2018-01-19T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Exhibition Science as Art logo
Mark Webster Reading Series (January 19, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47987 47987-11162391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 19, 2018 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 Sam Krowchenko and Kyle Hunt.

Sam Krowchenko's writing has appeared in Salon, Full-Stop, and Michigan Quarterly Review, among other venues. A bookseller at Literati, he also hosts Shelf Talking, the store's official podcast.

Kyle Hunt is a poet from West Texas and Middle Tennessee. He has work published with Toe Good, previously known as Toe Good Poetry.

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Presentation Tue, 02 Jan 2018 23:04:55 -0500 2018-01-19T19:00:00-05:00 2018-01-19T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation UMMA Reading
Sam Krowchenko & Kyle Hunt (January 19, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45190 45190-10107453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 19, 2018 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 Sam Krowchenko and Kyle Hunt.

Sam Krowchenko's writing has appeared in Salon, Full-Stop, and Michigan Quarterly Review, among other venues. A bookseller at Literati, he also hosts Shelf Talking, the store's official podcast.

Kyle Hunt is a poet from West Texas and Middle Tennessee. He has work published with Toe Good, previously known as Toe Good Poetry.

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

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Presentation Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:08:07 -0400 2018-01-19T19:00:00-05:00 2018-01-19T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art Mark Webster Reading Series Presentation Webster Reading
Guided Tour - Red Circle: Designing Japan in Contemporary Posters and In Focus: Paul Rand (January 21, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47988 47988-11162392@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 21, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In the 1980s, Japan’s strong trade surplus and currency were causing friction and antagonism overseas. In response, three renowned Japanese artists took on the challenge of changing Japan’s global image through graphic design. Their eye-catching designs often incorporated familiar traditional symbols and motifs, notably the iconic red circle against a white background of Japan’s national flag, from which this exhibition gains it name, Red Circle: Designing Japan in Contemporary Posters. Paul Rand also crafted memorable graphic design in the second half of the twentieth century. Rand was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC, IBM, UPS, and Westinghouse. This installation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign, a rebus which transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. Join Docents as they introduce and connect these two exciting exhibitions focusing on graphic design.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo.

Lead support for Red Circle is provided by AISIN, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, and the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 02 Jan 2018 23:07:42 -0500 2018-01-21T14:00:00-05:00 2018-01-21T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Red Circle
Value the Voice: Nobody Told Me Presented by the U-M Comprehensive Studies Program​ and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (January 23, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47989 47989-11162393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 7:00pm
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 January's event will be Nobody Told Me, stories of things people wish they would have known before the started a new semester. Storytellers include students, faculty and staff, and Voices of Wisdom (alums or community members).​

Future Value the Voice programs:
Tuesday, March 27 - Triumph, stories of overcoming challenges in the college environment.

Light food and refreshments will follow in the UMMA Commons.

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

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Presentation Tue, 02 Jan 2018 23:11:26 -0500 2018-01-23T19:00:00-05:00 2018-01-23T20:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation UMMA
Jane Hirshfield & Brit Bennett (January 25, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47693 47693-10973769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 25, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Jane Hirshfield is the author of eight collections of poetry, including, most recently, The Beauty (longlisted for the National Book Award ); Come, Thief; After; and Given Sugar, Given Salt. Hirshfield’s other honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Academy of American Poets; her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Times Literary Supplement, Harper’s, The Nation, and many other publications. In fall 2004, Hirshfield was awarded the 70th Academy Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement by The Academy of American Poets, and in 2012, she was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
Born and raised in Southern California, Brit Bennett graduated from Stanford University and later earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan, where she won a Hopwood Award in Graduate Short Fiction as well as the 2014 Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers. Her work is featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, and Jezebel and in 2017 Bennett was named one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35.” Her debut novel, The Mothers, is set to be adapted to film by Warner Brothers, with Kerry Washington at the helm of the production.

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Other Fri, 15 Dec 2017 15:22:11 -0500 2018-01-25T17:30:00-05:00 2018-01-25T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other Jane Hirshfield and Brit Bennett
Memoir Writing (January 26, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47684 47684-10973761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 26, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Participants will learn how to tell the stories of their lives and those of their ancestors. We will meet weekly and each participant should be prepared to read a story they have written (including the first class).

Instructor Jan Price calls herself a “very amateur memoirist” who has written her story after being motivated by an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute class. She will lead this study group for those 50 and over for two hours on Fridays beginning on January 26 and running through April 20, except on March 30.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:52:36 -0500 2018-01-26T10:00:00-05:00 2018-01-26T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Novel Writing (January 26, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47685 47685-10973762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 26, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Do you have an idea for a book, but don’t know where to start? Do you have a draft of a novel in a drawer that you haven’t touched in years? This workshop group for those 50 and over provides support and encouragement to writers in every stage of the novel writing process.

Instructor Allie Hirsch is a recent graduate of the UM MFA program and currently teaches writing at the Stamps School of Art and Design.

This workshop will meet for two hours on Fridays from January 26 through April 13.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:56:49 -0500 2018-01-26T15:00:00-05:00 2018-01-26T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Storytime at the Museum (January 27, 2018 11:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47991 47991-11162395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 27, 2018 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 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 23:18:49 -0500 2018-01-27T11:15:00-05:00 2018-01-27T12:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Storytime at the Museum
Elinam Agbo, Augusta Funk & Rachel Cross (January 27, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47372 47372-10880024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 27, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

First-Year MFA Poetry and Prose Readings

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Other Wed, 06 Dec 2017 17:00:22 -0500 2018-01-27T19:00:00-05:00 2018-01-27T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other
Gifts of Art presents Gospel & Blues Music & History (February 1, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48233 48233-11191414@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 1, 2018 12:10pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Reverend Robert Jones Sr. is a nationally recognized musician and educator from Detroit with more than 25 years of experience as a performer and storyteller. A talented multi-instrumentalist, Jones has opened for Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal and Leon Russell, to name a few. For this program, he and his wife Bernice Jones will showcase the gospel, blues, inspirational folk and roots music that form the basis of American popular music. Rev. Jones plays and describes American music in its historical context and speaks of how traditional African American music helped give rise to musical forms that are beloved around the world.

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Performance Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:56:59 -0500 2018-02-01T12:10:00-05:00 2018-02-01T13:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Rev. Robert Jones Sr. by Peggy Brisbane. High resolution version available upon request.
Graham Cotten & Clayton Wickham (February 2, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45191 45191-10107454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 2, 2018 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 Graham Cotten and Clayton Wickham.

Graham Cotten is from Birmingham, Alabama. Before entering the MFA Program here, he clerked for Chief Judge Blackburn in the Northern District of Alabama, and worked as a litigator. His short stories have appeared in American Short Fiction and on NPR.org.

Clayton Wickham is a fiction writer from Richmond, VA. He currently lives in Ann Arbor.

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

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Presentation Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:08:36 -0400 2018-02-02T19:00:00-05:00 2018-02-02T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art Mark Webster Reading Series Presentation Webster Reading
Mark Webster Reading Series (February 2, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48807 48807-11308892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 2, 2018 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 Graham Cotten and Clayton Wickham.

Graham Cotten is from Birmingham, Alabama. Before entering the MFA Program here, he clerked for Chief Judge Blackburn in the Northern District of Alabama, and worked as a litigator. His short stories have appeared in American Short Fiction and on NPR.org.

Clayton Wickham is a fiction writer from Richmond, VA. He currently lives in Ann Arbor.

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Presentation Tue, 16 Jan 2018 13:37:34 -0500 2018-02-02T19:00:00-05:00 2018-02-02T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation umma reading
UMMA Dialogue: Mediating Disaster (February 4, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48812 48812-11308898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 4, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

The exhibition Aftermath: Landscapes of Devastation focuses on landscape photographs made at the sites of natural or human-made disasters spanning from ancient Pompeii to September 11, 2001. Join Jennifer Friess, Assistant Curator of Photography, for an introduction to the exhibition, which explores the active role photographs play in shaping our experiences and memories of a disastrous event, followed by a presentation on representations of catastrophe in film by Daniel Herbert, Associate Professor of Screen Arts & Culture. A discussion between Friess and Herbert and Q & A with the audience will follow.

Lead support for Aftermath: Landscapes of Devastation is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability and Department of Screen Arts and Cultures.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 16 Jan 2018 13:54:47 -0500 2018-02-04T15:00:00-05:00 2018-02-04T16:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Peter Turnley, New York, 9-11-01, 2001, archival pigment print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of David and Jennifer Kieselstein, 2016/2.504
4th Annual W.M. Trotter Lecture (February 8, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47335 47335-10869002@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Trotter Multicultural Center

The W.M. Trotter Multicultural Center is honored to be centering the voices of transgender and non-binary individuals at our 4th Annual W.M. Trotter Lecture, with a particular focus on the intersecting identities of gender and race. We are beyond thrilled to welcome to the University of Michigan, speakers Janet Mock, author of Redefining Realness, Surpassing Certainty, and King Amiyah Scott of Fox Network’s STAR. Current and former students and staff from the University of Michigan will also contribute to this phenomenal event! We aim to hold a space in which the personal narratives and lives of trans folks can be shared, celebrated, and honored.

Previous lectures include The Black Male Athlete; Who is He and What is He to You in 2016, which was held in the Ross Auditorium, celebrating Student Leaders in 2015; as well as, the 2014 Inaugural W.M. Trotter Lecture that featured activist, poet, and educator Cheryl Clarke.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 13 Jan 2018 18:19:54 -0500 2018-02-08T18:00:00-05:00 2018-02-08T21:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Trotter Multicultural Center Lecture / Discussion Trotter Lecture Flyer
Writing Aware (February 9, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49112 49112-11375495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 9, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

HZWP community discussion forum on issues of identity and intersectionality and the craft of writing.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:07:57 -0500 2018-02-09T13:00:00-05:00 2018-02-09T15:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Workshop / Seminar
ArtsX UMMA presents: UNDEFINED (February 9, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48814 48814-11308901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 9, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This program is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.
In today's fractured environment where our identities are too often framed in ways that divide us, ArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is an evening of student performance that aims to reject divisive categorization, emphasize the fluidity of the human experience, and view our differences and similarities as cause for celebration.
Performances include dance, music, spoken word, and a variety of mixed media and digital arts. Artists include Anthony Coffee, Spencer Haney, Olivia Johnson, Alex Kime, Hannah Marcus, Maddy Joss & Johnny Matthews, Augie Lessins & Daniel Kumapayi, Red Shoe Company, Nichole Reehorst, and more!

Join us for this special evening hosted by the UMMA Student Engagement Council, in partnership with Arts at Michigan, the Michigan Community Scholars Program, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs.

"I’m a lychee peel in peril
Plates tipping off the table
By catnipped paw.
I’m those ecstatic missing thumbs.
I’m ghosting the trains until home.
I’m a wash-and- wear sunburnt mess of curls.
I’m 7 Train Love Local,
No names Express."
 — From "Song of Waxing Gibbous" in Solecism by Rosebud Ben-Oni (Virtual Artists
Collective, 2013)

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

This year's ArtsX UMMA program is sponsored by Arts at Michigan, Michigan Community Scholars Program, Helen Zell Writers' Program, MUSIC Matters, and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs. Additional partners include Michigan in Color and WCBN.

ArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is presented by the UMMA Student Engagement Council and co-sponsored by Arts at Michigan, the U-M Department of Dance, the Michigan Community Scholars Program, the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Additional partners include the U-M Spectrum Center.

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Performance Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:11:59 -0500 2018-02-09T19:00:00-05:00 2018-02-09T21:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance artsx umma
ArtsX UMMA: Undefined (February 9, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49439 49439-11456552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 9, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

In today's fractured environment where our identities are too often framed in ways that divide us, ArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is an evening of student performance that aims to reject divisive categorization, emphasize the fluidity of the human experience, and view our differences and similarities as cause for celebration.
Performances include dance, music, spoken word, and a variety of mixed media and digital arts. Artists include Anthony Coffee,  Gadzooks, Girlnoise, Spencer Haney, Olivia Johnson accompanied by Evan Hines, Alex Kime, Hannah Marcus, Johnny Matthews, Augie Lessins & Daniel Kumapayi, Red Shoe Company (Sydney Schiff), Nikki Reehorst, and Sisi Reid!

Join us for this special evening hosted by the UMMA Student Engagement Council,  in partnership with Arts at Michigan, the Michigan Community Scholars Program, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs.

ArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is presented by the UMMA Student Engagement Council and co-sponsored by Arts at Michigan, the U-M Department of Dance, the Michigan Community Scholars Program, the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, and the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Additional partners include the U-M Spectrum Center and Trotter Multicultural Center.

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Performance Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:15:25 -0500 2018-02-09T19:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance ArtsX UMMA: Undefined
Storytime at the Museum (February 10, 2018 11:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48816 48816-11308904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 10, 2018 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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Other Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:20:18 -0500 2018-02-10T11:15:00-05:00 2018-02-10T12:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other storytime at the museum
Hieu Minh Nguyen & Nicholson Baker (February 15, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47696 47696-10973771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 15, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Hieu Minh Nguyen is the author of This Way to the Sugar (Write Bloody Press, 2014) which was a finalist for both a Minnesota Book Award and a Lambda Literary Award. A queer Vietnamese American poet, Hieu is a Kundiman fellow and a poetry editor for Muzzle Magazine. His work has also appeared in the Southern Indiana Review, Guernica, Ninth Letter, Devil's Lake, Bat City Review, the Paris-American, and elsewhere. Hieu is a nationally touring poet, performer, and teaching artist. He lives in Minneapolis.

Nicholson Baker is the author of nine novels, including Mezzanine and Vox, and four works of nonfiction, including Double Fold, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, and House of Holes, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and The New York Review of Books. He lives in Maine with his family.

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Other Fri, 15 Dec 2017 15:32:11 -0500 2018-02-15T17:30:00-05:00 2018-02-15T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other Hieu Minh Nguyen and Nicholson Baker
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Hieu Minh Nguyen and Nicholson Baker (February 15, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48826 48826-11308917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 15, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Hieu Minh Nguyen is the author of This Way to the Sugar (Write Bloody Press, 2014) which was a finalist for both a Minnesota Book Award and a Lambda Literary Award. A queer Vietnamese American poet, Hieu is a Kundiman fellow and a poetry editor for Muzzle Magazine. His work has also appeared in the Southern Indiana Review, Guernica, Ninth Letter, Devil's Lake, Bat City Review, the Paris-American, and elsewhere. Hieu is a nationally touring poet, performer, and teaching artist. He lives in Minneapolis.

Nicholson Baker is the author of nine novels, including Mezzanine and Vox, and four works of nonfiction, including Double Fold, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, and House of Holes, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and The New York Review of Books. He lives in Maine with his family.

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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Presentation Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:53:49 -0500 2018-02-15T17:30:00-05:00 2018-02-15T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation umma reading
Laura Preston & Leah Xue (February 16, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45192 45192-10107455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 16, 2018 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 Laura Preston and Leah Xue.

Laura Preston is a writer and painter from New Jersey. She is the recipient of the Hopwood Award for Nonfiction, the John Wagner Prize, and the Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing. In addition to pursuing her MFA at the University of Michigan, she is the Associate Editor of A Public Space.

Leah Xue lives in Ypsilanti with her dog, Poopy. Poopy is a Taurus/Aries sun sign, and Leah would love to manifest her inner utopia in the outer world, but believes contradictions may have already presented themselves.

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

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Presentation Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:09:07 -0400 2018-02-16T19:00:00-05:00 2018-02-16T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art Mark Webster Reading Series Presentation Webster Reading
Mark Webster Reading Series (February 16, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48822 48822-11308912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 16, 2018 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 Laura Preston and Leah Xue.

Laura Preston is a writer and painter from New Jersey. She is the recipient of the Hopwood Award for Nonfiction, the John Wagner Prize, and the Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing. In addition to pursuing her MFA at the University of Michigan, she is the Associate Editor of A Public Space.

Leah lives in Ypsilanti with her dog, Poopy. Poopy is a Taurus/Aries sun sign, and Leah would love to manifest her inner utopia in the outer world, but believes contradictions may have already presented themselves.

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Presentation Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:45:38 -0500 2018-02-16T19:00:00-05:00 2018-02-16T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation umma reading
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 20, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701600@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-02-20T07:00:00-05:00 2018-02-20T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 21, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701601@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-02-21T07:00:00-05:00 2018-02-21T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 22, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 22, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-02-22T07:00:00-05:00 2018-02-22T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Robin Coste Lewis (February 22, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47695 47695-11476286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 22, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

** FEB 1ST DATE HAS BEEN MOVED TO FEB 22ND**

Robin Coste Lewis, the winner of the National Book Award for Voyage of the Sable Venus, is the poet laureate of Los Angeles. She is the writer-in-residence at the University of Southern California, a Cave Canem fellow, and a fellow of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities. She received her BA from Hampshire College, her MFA in poetry from New York University, an MTS in Sanskrit and comparative religious literature from the Divinity School at Harvard University, and a PhD in poetry and visual studies from the University of Southern California. Lewis was born in Compton, California; her family is from New Orleans.

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Other Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:02:02 -0500 2018-02-22T17:30:00-05:00 2018-02-22T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other Robin Coste Lewis
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Robin Coste Lewis (February 22, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48825 48825-11476292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 22, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Robin Coste Lewis, the winner of the National Book Award for Voyage of the Sable Venus, is the poet laureate of Los Angeles. She is the writer-in-residence at the University of Southern California, a Cave Canem fellow, and a fellow of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities. She received her BA from Hampshire College, her MFA in poetry from New York University, an MTS in Sanskrit and comparative religious literature from the Divinity School at Harvard University, and a PhD in poetry and visual studies from the University of Southern California. Lewis was born in Compton, California; her family is from New Orleans.

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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Presentation Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:29:16 -0500 2018-02-22T17:30:00-05:00 2018-02-22T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation umma reading
A History of Native American Policy and Activism: From A.I.M. to Standing Rock to Present (February 22, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49245 49245-11397827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 22, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Heather Bruegl, a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, is a graduate of Madonna University in Michigan and holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in U.S. History. Inspired by a trip to Wounded Knee, South Dakota, a passion for Native American History was born. She has spoken for numerous groups including the Shawano County Historical Society, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans, and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. She has also spoken at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for Indigenous Peoples Day 2017, as well sa at the 2018 Women's March: Power To The Polls event in Lansing, Michigan. A curiosity of her own heritage lead her to Wisconsin, where she has researched the history of the Native American tribes in the area. Heather currently travels and speaks on Native American history, including policy and activism.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Jan 2018 15:09:30 -0500 2018-02-22T18:00:00-05:00 2018-02-22T19:30:00-05:00 Michigan League Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Lecture / Discussion Event description with an image of Heather and an image of protectors at Standing Rock
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 23, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701603@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 23, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-02-23T07:00:00-05:00 2018-02-23T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 24, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 24, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-02-24T07:00:00-05:00 2018-02-24T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 25, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 25, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-02-25T07:00:00-05:00 2018-02-25T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 26, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701606@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 26, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-02-26T07:00:00-05:00 2018-02-26T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 27, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-02-27T07:00:00-05:00 2018-02-27T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 28, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-02-28T07:00:00-05:00 2018-02-28T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 1, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701609@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 1, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-01T07:00:00-05:00 2018-03-01T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 2, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701610@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 2, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-02T07:00:00-05:00 2018-03-02T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 3, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701611@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 3, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-03T07:00:00-05:00 2018-03-03T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 4, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701612@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 4, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-04T07:00:00-05:00 2018-03-04T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 5, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701613@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 5, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-05T07:00:00-05:00 2018-03-05T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 6, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701614@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-06T07:00:00-05:00 2018-03-06T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 7, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701615@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-07T07:00:00-05:00 2018-03-07T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Ann Arbor Film Festival presents: Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer (March 7, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49485 49485-11464938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This program is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.

“The function of art is to shake us out of our complacency and comfort,” says Yvonne Rainer, whose avant-garde performances and films have agitated audiences for 50 years. Since co-founding New York’s influential Judson Dance Theater, Rainer’s boundary-crossing art has been labeled in many ways: feminist, conceptual, post-modern, political. 'Feelings Are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer' (2015, Written and Directed by Jack Walsh, 82 min) examines the contradictions and creativity of this remarkable provocateur—still performing at age 80—and raises the question, what does it mean to be an avant-garde artist today?

Yvonne Rainer exploded onto the performance scene in the early 1960s, a protégé of John Cage and Merce Cunningham, boldly pursuing a minimalist aesthetic, using everyday, often random movements that confounded critics. At Judson, she collaborated with the rule-breaking artists of her generation: Robert Rauschenberg, Trisha Brown, Steve Paxton, Lucinda Childs, and Meredith Monk. With foundational works like “Trio A,” Rainer radically altered the vocabulary of modern dance forever.

In the 1970s, Rainer turned from performance to filmmaking, bringing both humorous storytelling and dense theory to seven independent features. As she investigated subjects like political power, terrorism, lesbian sexuality, and breast cancer, the labels again poured forth. Were her films “difficult” or “accessible?” Funny or frustrating? After 25 years of filmmaking and encouraged by dancers including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rainer, in her 60s, returned to choreography once again to make courageous, unpredictable dances. 'Feelings Are Facts' presents Rainer from her revolutionary roots to her tireless current explorations, breaking rules and challenging audiences no matter what decade she finds herself in.

Following the film, University of Michigan professors will discuss their reflections on the film. Participants include moderator Peter Sparling, Rudolf Arnheim Distinguished Professor of Dance and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Dance; with panelists Diane Kirkpatrick, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Art History Emerita; Jessica Fogel, Professor of Dance; and Holly Hughes, Professor of Art and Design and Theatre & Drama.

This special presentation is brought to you by The Ann Arbor Film Festival, University of Michigan Museum of Art, and University of Michigan Dance Department.

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Film Screening Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:12:45 -0500 2018-03-07T17:30:00-05:00 2018-03-07T19:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Film Screening umma
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 8, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701616@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 8, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-08T07:00:00-05:00 2018-03-08T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 9, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 9, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-09T07:00:00-05:00 2018-03-09T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 10, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701618@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 10, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-10T07:00:00-05:00 2018-03-10T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Indonesian Cultural Night 2018 (March 10, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50477 50477-11776836@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 10, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: PERMIAS (Indonesian Student Association)

ICN will present a variety of Indonesian performances ranging from dramas inspired by local folk tales, Indonesian instrumental performances, and traditional dances from multiple parts of the country. We will also be serving Indonesian food at the end of the performances.

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Performance Tue, 27 Feb 2018 01:08:47 -0500 2018-03-10T17:00:00-05:00 2018-03-10T19:00:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre PERMIAS (Indonesian Student Association) Performance Indonesian Cultural Night 2018 Barong
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 11, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 11, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-11T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-11T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 12, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701620@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 12, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-12T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-12T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 13, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-13T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 14, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-14T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 15, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701623@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-15T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-15T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Writing Aware (March 15, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49112 49112-11375496@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

HZWP community discussion forum on issues of identity and intersectionality and the craft of writing.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:07:57 -0500 2018-03-15T13:00:00-04:00 2018-03-15T15:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Workshop / Seminar
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 16, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701624@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-16T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
VegWeek (Mar 16): Eating for World Peace + Free Sustainable Dinner (Dr. Will Tuttle) (March 16, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50566 50566-11802358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

This is the Finale of VegWeek at the University of Michigan! VegWeek is a series of talks on the health, environmental, and ethical benefit of a plant-based diet.

Dr. Will Tuttle (author of the acclaimed best-seller, The World Peace Diet) and Dan McKernan (Founder & Executive Director of Barn Sanctuary) will be speaking about the environmental and ethical implications of diet.

There will also be a buffet dinner to those who attend that is being put together by Michigan Dining, Planet Blue, Friends of the Campus Farm, the UM Sustainable Food Program, and the Michigan Animal Respect Society. Chefs at the University will be preparing a feast with a portion of the produce sourced from the Campus Farm and "food waste" to highlight different components of sustainable eating.

Admission is FREE so come and enjoy two incredible talks and one incredible dinner! Dinner will be available on a first come first serve basis!

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Well-being Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:02:55 -0500 2018-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T19:30:00-04:00 Dana Building University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Well-being VegWeek 2018
Mark Webster Reading Series (March 16, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49493 49493-11464945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 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 Nell David and Franny Choi.

Nell David is a writer from Washington D.C.

Franny Choi is the author of the collection 'Floating, Brilliant, Gone' (Write Bloody, 2014) and a chapbook, 'Death by Sex Machine' (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2017). She is a Kundiman Fellow, an editor at Hyphen Magazine, co-host of the poetry podcast Vs., and a member of the Dark Noise Collective.

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Presentation Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:36:11 -0500 2018-03-16T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Mark Webster reading series
Nell David & Franny Choi (March 16, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45193 45193-10107456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 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 Nell David and Franny Choi.

Nell David is a writer from Washington D.C.

Franny Choi is the author of Floating, Brilliant, Gone (Write Bloody, 2014) and a chapbook, Death by Sex Machine (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2017). She is a Kundiman Fellow, an editor at Hyphen Magazine, co-host of the poetry podcast Vs., and a member of the Dark Noise Collective.

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

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Presentation Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:09:41 -0400 2018-03-16T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Mark Webster Reading Series Presentation Webster Reading
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 17, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-17T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-17T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Storytime at the Museum (March 17, 2018 11:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49494 49494-11464946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 17, 2018 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 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:40:41 -0500 2018-03-17T11:15:00-04:00 2018-03-17T12:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Storytime at the Museum
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 18, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 18, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-18T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-18T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 19, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 19, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-19T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-19T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 20, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701628@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-20T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-20T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Lydia Davis (March 20, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48889 48889-11320062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Lydia Davis, who was awarded the Man Booker International Prize in 2013, is an American writer noted for literary works of extreme brevity, commonly called “flash fiction.” Davis is also a short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, and has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Her books include a novel, The End of the Story (1995), several full-length story collections—Can’t and Won’t (2014), Varieties of Disturbance (2007), Samuel Johnson Is Indignant (2002), Almost No Memory (1997), and Break It Down (1986)—and several small-press and limited-edition volumes.

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Other Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:32:16 -0500 2018-03-20T17:30:00-04:00 2018-03-20T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other Lydia Davis
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Lydia Davis, Reading & Signing (March 20, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49497 49497-11464948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This program is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.

Lydia Davis, who was awarded the Man Booker International Prize in 2013, is an American writer noted for literary works of extreme brevity, commonly called “flash fiction.” Davis is also a short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, and has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including 'Swann’s Way' by Marcel Proust and 'Madame Bovary' by Gustave Flaubert. Her books include a novel, 'The End of the Story' (1995), several full-length story collections—'Can’t and Won’t' (2014), 'Varieties of Disturbance' (2007), 'Samuel Johnson Is Indignant' (2002), 'Almost No Memory' (1997), and 'Break It Down' (1986)—and several small-press and limited-edition volumes.

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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Presentation Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:55:19 -0500 2018-03-20T17:30:00-04:00 2018-03-20T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation ZVWS
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 21, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-21T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-21T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 22, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701630@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-22T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-22T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Lydia Davis (March 22, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48889 48889-11320063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Lydia Davis, who was awarded the Man Booker International Prize in 2013, is an American writer noted for literary works of extreme brevity, commonly called “flash fiction.” Davis is also a short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, and has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Her books include a novel, The End of the Story (1995), several full-length story collections—Can’t and Won’t (2014), Varieties of Disturbance (2007), Samuel Johnson Is Indignant (2002), Almost No Memory (1997), and Break It Down (1986)—and several small-press and limited-edition volumes.

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Other Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:32:16 -0500 2018-03-22T17:30:00-04:00 2018-03-22T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other Lydia Davis
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Lydia Davis, Conversation Event & Signing (March 22, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49498 49498-11464949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This program is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.

Lydia Davis, who was awarded the Man Booker International Prize in 2013, is an American writer noted for literary works of extreme brevity, commonly called “flash fiction.” Davis is also a short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, and has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including 'Swann’s Way' by Marcel Proust and 'Madame Bovary' by Gustave Flaubert. Her books include a novel, 'The End of the Story' (1995), several full-length story collections—'Can’t and Won’t' (2014), 'Varieties of Disturbance' (2007), 'Samuel Johnson Is Indignant' (2002), 'Almost No Memory' (1997), and 'Break It Down' (1986)—and several small-press and limited-edition volumes.

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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Presentation Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:58:31 -0500 2018-03-22T17:30:00-04:00 2018-03-22T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation ZVWS
A Dramatic Reading of Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point (March 22, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51153 51153-12007284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 7:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

The major Anishinaabe author's meditation on the last conflict of the U.S. Army with Native Americans at Leech Lake, MN in 1898.

Author: Gerald Vizenor

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Other Mon, 19 Mar 2018 07:35:09 -0400 2018-03-22T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Other Bugonaygeshig with his necklace of spent cartridges from the Battle at Sugar Point
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 23, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701631@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 23, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-23T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-23T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Callie Collins & Clare Hogan (March 23, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45194 45194-10107457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 23, 2018 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 Callie Collins and Clare Hogan

Callie Collins is a writer and editor from Austin, Texas. Her work has won a Hopwood Award and been published in the Toast, the Rumpus, and the Collagist, among other venues. She is the codirector of A Strange Object and the cohost of the Webster Reading Series.

Clare Hogan’s poetry has received such awards as a Meader Family Award and an Academy of American Poets Prize. She cohosts the Webster Reading Series. From Washington, DC, she currently lives in Ann Arbor.

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

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Presentation Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:10:08 -0400 2018-03-23T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Mark Webster Reading Series Presentation Webster Reading
Mark Webster Reading Series (March 23, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49499 49499-11464950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 23, 2018 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 Callie Collins and Clare Hogan.

Callie Collins is a writer and editor from Austin, Texas. Her work has won a Hopwood Award and been published in the Toast, the Rumpus, and the Collagist, among other venues. She is the codirector of A Strange Object and the cohost of the Webster Reading Series.

Clare Hogan’s poetry has received such awards as a Meader Family Award and an Academy of American Poets Prize. She cohosts the Webster Reading Series. From Washington, DC, she currently lives in Ann Arbor.

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Presentation Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:01:35 -0500 2018-03-23T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Mark Webster Reading Series
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 24, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701632@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 24, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-24T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-24T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
TDOV Speak Out (March 24, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50820 50820-11873351@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 24, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Spectrum Center

International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is honored annually on March 31. To provide visibility and honor lived experiences and stories of the transgender (and similarly identified individuals) community, Spectrum Center is hosting an annual TDOV Speak Out on Saturday, March 24, 2018, 6:30-8:00 PM in the Willis Ward Lounge located on the first floor of the Michigan Union (530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109). Submit your story at this link http://bit.ly/TDOV2018

This event is free and open to the community.

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Performance Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:25:35 -0500 2018-03-24T18:30:00-04:00 2018-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Spectrum Center Performance A colorful flyer with background images of individuals holding signs that show the details of the event
VORTEX 2018 Concert (March 24, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50918 50918-11927724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 24, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Promoting Healthcare through Dance

Come see a medley of University of Michigan's finest dance, acapella, and other performing arts groups on campus on March 24th in the Kuenzel room of the Michigan Union! Vortex will feature performances by Midnight Book Club, Cangaco Capoeira, Pure Dance and other amazing performance groups. All proceeds go to charity.

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Performance Mon, 12 Mar 2018 08:19:41 -0400 2018-03-24T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-24T21:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Promoting Healthcare through Dance Performance Flyer
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 25, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701633@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 25, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-25T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-25T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Healing Ourselves, Healing the World (March 25, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50992 50992-11939125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 25, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Jewish Communal Leadership Program

We're excited to invite you to "Healing Ourselves, Healing the World: A Weekend of Stories for Liberation with Aurora Levins Morales"!

Aurora will facilitate two sessions -- a poetry reading on 3/24, and a participatory workshop on 3/25 -- to explore how individual and collective stories can be used to promote healing for the individual, community and the world at large.

Aurora Levins Morales is a prolific artist, historian and activist whose work incorporates the intersections of Latinx feminism, ecology, disability justice, and her own Puerto Rican Jewish identity. In addition to publishing over five books of poetry/creative writing, she has served as an Elder-in-Residence for Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), and her work has become ubiquitous in the world of Jewish social justice and spirituality. For more info, see: http://www.auroralevinsmorales.com/

Please join us for...

3/25: 1-4 PM -- STORYTELLING WORKSHOP
Pendleton Room, Michigan Union
530 South State Street, Ann Arbor
Substantial appetizers will be served.

***PLEASE NOTE: ALL EVENTS WILL BE SCENT-FREE. Please do not wear perfume, deodorant, or any scented oils (including natural products) to the events. This is an accessibility need - please do your best to honor it!

Presented as part of the Frankel Speaker Series, with generous support from UM Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Michigan Hillel, University of Michigan Women's Studies Department, University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, Department of American Culture - University of Michigan, and the University of Michigan Spectrum Center.

All events are free and open to the public. Contact Paige Walker (vpwalker@umich.edu) for more information. Please also feel free to RSVP via Facebook & spread the word to those you think might be interested!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:33:51 -0400 2018-03-25T13:00:00-04:00 2018-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Jewish Communal Leadership Program Workshop / Seminar Michigan Union
In Conversation: Media, Memory, and Disaster in Aftermath: Landscapes of Devastation (March 25, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49501 49501-11464952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 25, 2018 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.

'Aftermath' considers photography’s role in documenting and commemorating tragic events, including conflicts, natural disasters, and the devastation wrought by modern technology. Disasters often affect particular geographic locations at particular moments. However, photographs have the ability to produce imagined communities of spectators across space and time and play a key role in shaping collective memories of such catastrophic events. Join Sean Kramer, Curatorial Intern in the Department of Photography at UMMA, for a discussion of these complex issues in relation to photographs by Felice Beato, Timothy O’Sullivan, Margaret Bourke-White, and Sally Mann, among others.

Lead support for 'Aftermath: Landscapes of Devastation' is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability and Department of Screen Arts and Cultures.

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Presentation Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:09:28 -0500 2018-03-25T15:00:00-04:00 2018-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Peter Turnley, 'New York, 9-11-01, 2001,' archival pigment print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of David and Jennifer Kieselstein, 2016/2.504
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 26, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701634@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 26, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-26T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-26T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Storytelling: Centering the Narratives of Trans Women/Femme Folx (March 26, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50876 50876-11893578@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 26, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Spectrum Center

International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is honored annually on March 31. To provide visibility and honor lived experiences and stories of the transgender (and similarly identified individuals) community, please join the Spectrum Center for an event centered around storytelling of the lived experiences and narratives of trans women/trans feminine people in our community. This panel will take place on March 26th, from 5:30PM - 7:00PM in the Hatcher Gallery. Food will be provided.

This event is free and open to the community.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Mar 2018 10:36:44 -0500 2018-03-26T17:30:00-04:00 2018-03-26T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion A colorful flyer with background images of individuals holding signs that show the details of the event
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 27, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-27T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-27T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
A Conversation on International Journalism (March 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50225 50225-11687519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Communication and Media

Join the Communication Studies undergraduate Fellows and the Knight Wallace House Fellows for a discussion on international journalism. Listen to their experiences in the world of news during their careers. Light refreshments will be served.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:03:32 -0500 2018-03-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-27T18:00:00-04:00 North Quad Communication and Media Lecture / Discussion North Quad
Value the Voice: Triumph (March 27, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49502 49502-11464953@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This program is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.

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 this final event in the series will be 'Triumph,' stories of overcoming challenges in the college environment. Storytellers include students, faculty and staff, and Voices of Wisdom (alums or community members).​

Light food and refreshments will follow in the UMMA Commons.

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

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:14:18 -0500 2018-03-27T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-27T20:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Value The Voice
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 28, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-28T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-28T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 29, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701637@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 29, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-29T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-29T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 30, 2018 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-11701638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 30, 2018 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Nominations are now being accepted for The Accolades- Achievement in the Arts Awards!

The student-driven artistic community at the University of Michigan is one of the most vibrant in the nation; there are over two hundred and fifty diverse student arts organizations operating across Michigan's campus. These groups produce innovative and engaging art across all fields and their presence enriches the culture of the University. The Accolades Awards were developed by Arts at Michigan to foster the artistic growth of the student body at the University of Michigan by recognizing the accomplishments of the many extraordinary student arts groups on campus.

Awards are designed to recognize achievements by student organizations in a wide range of categories, including Theatre, Music, Dance, Comedy and Improv, Visual Arts, Literary publications and more. Nominations are open from February 18- March 30, and the entire campus will be encouraged to vote for the most deserving groups in each category online. Then, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the last day of classes, we will announce the winners for this year's Accolades awards through a series of announcements on social media. Winners in each category will receive $100 for their organization, plus other great prizes.

Consider nominating your student org for their work: http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2018-03-30T07:00:00-04:00 2018-03-30T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Daniella Toosie-Watson, Coleen Herbert, Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie & Daniel Neff (March 31, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47373 47373-10880025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 31, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

First-Year MFA Poetry and Prose readings

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Other Wed, 06 Dec 2017 17:03:29 -0500 2018-03-31T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-31T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other
Voting now open in The Accolades Awards (April 3, 2018 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51632 51632-12179221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 7:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Cast your votes in the Accolades Awards!

Arts at Michigan's Accolades Awards recognize U-M student organizations for their outstanding achievements in the arts each year, and for their leadership in the university's vibrant arts community. There are 17 awards and you will be able to cast one vote in each category. You can review or change your votes at the end, but each umich account will have only one vote recorded per category. Voting runs April 3-11 and Winners will be announced online via social media on Tuesday, April 17!
https://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/vote/vote.php

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Voting now open in The Accolades Awards (April 4, 2018 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51632 51632-12179222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 7:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Cast your votes in the Accolades Awards!

Arts at Michigan's Accolades Awards recognize U-M student organizations for their outstanding achievements in the arts each year, and for their leadership in the university's vibrant arts community. There are 17 awards and you will be able to cast one vote in each category. You can review or change your votes at the end, but each umich account will have only one vote recorded per category. Voting runs April 3-11 and Winners will be announced online via social media on Tuesday, April 17!
https://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/vote/vote.php

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Other Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:42:43 -0400 2018-04-04T07:30:00-04:00 2018-04-04T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Vote now in the Accolades!
Voting now open in The Accolades Awards (April 5, 2018 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51632 51632-12179223@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 7:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Cast your votes in the Accolades Awards!

Arts at Michigan's Accolades Awards recognize U-M student organizations for their outstanding achievements in the arts each year, and for their leadership in the university's vibrant arts community. There are 17 awards and you will be able to cast one vote in each category. You can review or change your votes at the end, but each umich account will have only one vote recorded per category. Voting runs April 3-11 and Winners will be announced online via social media on Tuesday, April 17!
https://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/vote/vote.php

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Other Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:42:43 -0400 2018-04-05T07:30:00-04:00 2018-04-05T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Vote now in the Accolades!
Ruth Padel & Min Jin Lee (April 5, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47697 47697-10973772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Ruth Padel is a British poet, novelist and non-fiction author, known for her nature writing and connections with music, science, Greece and conservation. Padel has won the UK National Poetry Competition and published six collections of poetry, celebrated for glittering imagery, and for "passion, wit, music, texture and elegance.” Her collection Voodoo Shop (2002) was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot and Whitbread Prizes. "Visual, sensuous and highly seductive, as if Wallace Stevens had hijacked Sylvia Plath with a dash of punk Sappho thrown in," said the Times Literary Supplement. She is a great great grand-daughter of Charles Darwin and a Fellow of The Zoological Society of London. She currently lives in London, where she teaches poetry at King’s College.

Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko (Feb 2017) was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, a New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017, a USA Today Top 10 Books of 2017, and an American Booksellers Association’s Indie Next Great Reads. Min Jin went to Yale College where she was awarded both the Henry Wright Prize for Nonfiction and the James Ashmun Veech Prize for Fiction. She attended law school at Georgetown University and worked as a lawyer for several years in New York prior to writing full time. She has received the NYFA Fellowship for Fiction, the Peden Prize from The Missouri Review for Best Story, and the Narrative Prize for New and Emerging Writer. Her fiction has been featured on NPR’s Selected Shorts and has appeared most recently in One Story.

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Other Fri, 15 Dec 2017 15:40:17 -0500 2018-04-05T17:30:00-04:00 2018-04-05T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Other Ruth Padel & Min JIn Lee
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Ruth Padel and Min Jin Lee, Reading & Signing (April 5, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50855 50855-11885018@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This program is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.
Ruth Padel is a British poet, novelist and non-fiction author, known for her nature writing and connections with music, science, Greece and conservation. Padel has won the UK National Poetry Competition and published six collections of poetry, celebrated for glittering imagery, and for "passion, wit, music, texture and elegance.” Her collection Voodoo Shop (2002) was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot and Whitbread Prizes. "Visual, sensuous and highly seductive, as if Wallace Stevens had hijacked Sylvia Plath with a dash of punk Sappho thrown in," said the Times Literary Supplement. She is a great great grand-daughter of Charles Darwin and a Fellow of The Zoological Society of London. She currently lives in London, where she teaches poetry at King’s College.

Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko (Feb 2017) was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, a New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017, a USA Today Top 10 Books of 2017, and an American Booksellers Association’s Indie Next Great Reads. Min Jin went to Yale College where she was awarded both the Henry Wright Prize for Nonfiction and the James Ashmun Veech Prize for Fiction. She attended law school at Georgetown University and worked as a lawyer for several years in New York prior to writing full time. She has received the NYFA Fellowship for Fiction, the Peden Prize from The Missouri Review for Best Story, and the Narrative Prize for New and Emerging Writer. Her fiction has been featured on NPR’s Selected Shorts and has appeared most recently in One Story.

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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Presentation Thu, 08 Mar 2018 14:29:40 -0500 2018-04-05T17:30:00-04:00 2018-04-05T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation ZVWS
Voting now open in The Accolades Awards (April 6, 2018 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51632 51632-12179224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 6, 2018 7:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Cast your votes in the Accolades Awards!

Arts at Michigan's Accolades Awards recognize U-M student organizations for their outstanding achievements in the arts each year, and for their leadership in the university's vibrant arts community. There are 17 awards and you will be able to cast one vote in each category. You can review or change your votes at the end, but each umich account will have only one vote recorded per category. Voting runs April 3-11 and Winners will be announced online via social media on Tuesday, April 17!
https://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/vote/vote.php

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Other Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:42:43 -0400 2018-04-06T07:30:00-04:00 2018-04-06T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Vote now in the Accolades!
Voting now open in The Accolades Awards (April 7, 2018 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51632 51632-12179225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 7, 2018 7:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Cast your votes in the Accolades Awards!

Arts at Michigan's Accolades Awards recognize U-M student organizations for their outstanding achievements in the arts each year, and for their leadership in the university's vibrant arts community. There are 17 awards and you will be able to cast one vote in each category. You can review or change your votes at the end, but each umich account will have only one vote recorded per category. Voting runs April 3-11 and Winners will be announced online via social media on Tuesday, April 17!
https://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/vote/vote.php

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Other Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:42:43 -0400 2018-04-07T07:30:00-04:00 2018-04-07T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Vote now in the Accolades!
Voting now open in The Accolades Awards (April 8, 2018 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51632 51632-12179226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 8, 2018 7:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Cast your votes in the Accolades Awards!

Arts at Michigan's Accolades Awards recognize U-M student organizations for their outstanding achievements in the arts each year, and for their leadership in the university's vibrant arts community. There are 17 awards and you will be able to cast one vote in each category. You can review or change your votes at the end, but each umich account will have only one vote recorded per category. Voting runs April 3-11 and Winners will be announced online via social media on Tuesday, April 17!
https://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/vote/vote.php

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Other Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:42:43 -0400 2018-04-08T07:30:00-04:00 2018-04-08T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Vote now in the Accolades!
Voting now open in The Accolades Awards (April 9, 2018 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51632 51632-12179227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 9, 2018 7:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Cast your votes in the Accolades Awards!

Arts at Michigan's Accolades Awards recognize U-M student organizations for their outstanding achievements in the arts each year, and for their leadership in the university's vibrant arts community. There are 17 awards and you will be able to cast one vote in each category. You can review or change your votes at the end, but each umich account will have only one vote recorded per category. Voting runs April 3-11 and Winners will be announced online via social media on Tuesday, April 17!
https://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/vote/vote.php

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Other Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:42:43 -0400 2018-04-09T07:30:00-04:00 2018-04-09T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Vote now in the Accolades!
Writing Aware (April 9, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49112 49112-11375497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 9, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

HZWP community discussion forum on issues of identity and intersectionality and the craft of writing.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:07:57 -0500 2018-04-09T13:00:00-04:00 2018-04-09T15:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Workshop / Seminar
Voting now open in The Accolades Awards (April 10, 2018 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51632 51632-12179228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 7:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Cast your votes in the Accolades Awards!

Arts at Michigan's Accolades Awards recognize U-M student organizations for their outstanding achievements in the arts each year, and for their leadership in the university's vibrant arts community. There are 17 awards and you will be able to cast one vote in each category. You can review or change your votes at the end, but each umich account will have only one vote recorded per category. Voting runs April 3-11 and Winners will be announced online via social media on Tuesday, April 17!
https://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/vote/vote.php

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Other Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:42:43 -0400 2018-04-10T07:30:00-04:00 2018-04-10T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Vote now in the Accolades!
Voting now open in The Accolades Awards (April 11, 2018 7:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51632 51632-12179229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 7:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Cast your votes in the Accolades Awards!

Arts at Michigan's Accolades Awards recognize U-M student organizations for their outstanding achievements in the arts each year, and for their leadership in the university's vibrant arts community. There are 17 awards and you will be able to cast one vote in each category. You can review or change your votes at the end, but each umich account will have only one vote recorded per category. Voting runs April 3-11 and Winners will be announced online via social media on Tuesday, April 17!
https://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/accolades/vote/vote.php

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Other Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:42:43 -0400 2018-04-11T07:30:00-04:00 2018-04-11T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Vote now in the Accolades!
Tales of Leadership: The Advanced Fellows' Journey (April 11, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51297 51297-12041255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Join the BLI for a storytelling event showcasing 8 students in the Advanced Fellows program. Each student will recount a story connected to their leadership journey.

Dinner will be provided!

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Performance Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:12:54 -0400 2018-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 2018-04-11T20:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Barger Leadership Institute Performance Advanced Fellows Storytelling
Lamstein Lecture on Children's Literature (April 12, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51381 51381-12089631@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 12, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

We read and listen to stories not only to be informed but also as a way to enter worlds that are not like our own. Stories provide mirrors, windows, and doors into other existences, both real and imagined. A sense of the infinite possibilities inherent in fairy tales, fantasy, science fiction, comics, and graphic novels draws children, teens, and adults from all backgrounds to speculative fiction – also known as the fantastic. However, when people of color seek passageways into the fantastic, we often discover that the doors are barred. Even the very act of dreaming of worlds-that-never-were can be challenging when the known world does not provide many liberatory spaces.

The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination in Youth Literature, Media, and Culture (forthcoming, New York University Press) argues that the presence of Black characters in speculative fiction creates a dilemma. The way that this dilemma is most often resolved is by enacting violence against the character, who then haunts the narrative. This is what readers of the fantastic expect, for it mirrors the spectacle of symbolic violence against dark-skinned people in our own world.

The Dark Fantastic explores the fantastic from the perspectives of four stories, four fantastic worlds, and four Black girl protagonists – Bonnie Bennett from Alloy and the CW’s The Vampire Diaries, Rue from Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, Gwen from the BBC’s Merlin, and Angelina Johnson from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. In her chapter on The Vampire Diaries book series and television show, for example, Thomas examines the way that Bonnie is positioned vis-à-vis beauty and desirability politics, privileging her story over that of White protagonist Elena Gilbert. This critical race counterstorying perspective examines how race and the imagination bend such texts at the seams, contorting both space and time.

Through emancipated imaginations, endarkened and made whole, the literary landscape for our young people can indeed be made anew—and turned upside down.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:12:03 -0400 2018-04-12T17:30:00-04:00 2018-04-12T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
The Michigan Fashion Media Summit (April 13, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/46642 46642-10569777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 13, 2018 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Fashion Media Summit Organization

The Michigan Fashion Media Summit is a day-long experience for students and industry professionals that are passionate about fashion, retail, media, and business. The mission is to inspire and educate the next generation of fashion industry leaders by connecting them to creative and professional opportunities across the retail world. The Michigan Fashion Media Summit is the premier platform for college students, University of Michigan alumni, and industry professionals to collaborate and shape the future fabric of fashion.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:14:53 -0500 2018-04-13T09:00:00-04:00 2018-04-13T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Fashion Media Summit Organization Conference / Symposium MFMS
Storytime at the Museum (April 14, 2018 11:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50860 50860-11885024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 14, 2018 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 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 14:59:49 -0500 2018-04-14T11:15:00-04:00 2018-04-14T12:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Storytime at the Museum
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2018 (April 15, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49915 49915-11574672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 15, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Explore exotic locations, stand on the highest peaks and be part of the gripping tales that make this year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. Join Recreational Sports’ Adventure Leadership program as they host the Ann Arbor stop of this thrilling film fest at The Michigan Theater! Check out the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrFi2L2I5eQ

Buy your tickets: http://www.michtheater.org/show/the-banff-mountain-film-festival-world-tour/

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Film Screening Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:51:31 -0500 2018-04-15T19:00:00-04:00 2018-04-15T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Film Screening Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2018
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (April 17, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-04-17T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
Q&A with Janet Leahy (April 17, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51551 51551-12161720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Q&A with television writer & producer Janet Leahy, facilitated by Oliver Thornton! Open to all.

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Janet Leahy was a graduate of UCLA’s school of film and television. She started her career as a secretary on the situation comedy, Newhart and went on to become a freelance writer for the series. From there she spent eighteen years as a comedy writer, producing, writing and executive producing for series such as Cheers, The Cosby Show, Roseanne, and Grace Under Fire, among others. Her work continued in the one hour arena as Consulting Producer on Gilmore Girls, followed by Executive Producer of Boston Legal, Life Unexpected, and Mad Men. Janet has received several Emmy nominations and awards, as well as the Writers’ Guild and Peabody awards for her work.

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Oliver Thornton is an EMMY® Award-winning writer and producer who has worked with broadcast stations and independent production companies to produce a range of projects from PSA campaigns to full-length documentaries and series.

He was the producer and co-writer of Feel Grand with Jane Seymour, a nationally distributed talk show through American Public Television, as well as co-writer and co-producer of the EMMY® Award-winning Think Squad series on Detroit Public Television. He also produces a variety of documentaries and series for DPTV and Fox Sports Detroit, including Inside Grand Hotel, A New Day In Detroit, the EMMY®-nominated J.P. - The Voice of Detroit, Pioneer Family - On Van Hoosen Farm and Oakland Basketball All-Access as well as the EMMY® Award-winning Blue Ice: The Story of Michigan Hockey, Detroit Titan Court Report: Legends & Traditions and Great Teachers. He was a writer, producer and director on the EMMY®-nominated Michigan Football Memories and has also written and produced multiple EMMY® Award-winning PSA campaigns including Give a Child a Great Start and Be Humane.

In addition to his production work, he is also a faculty member of the University of Michigan’s Screen Arts and Cultures department. A graduate of the program in 2000 and the recipient of a Hopwood Award in screenwriting, he currently teaches three classes in Writing for Television.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Apr 2018 11:46:26 -0400 2018-04-17T14:00:00-04:00 2018-04-17T15:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Lecture / Discussion Photo by Janet Leahy
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (April 18, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-04-18T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-18T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (April 19, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 19, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-04-19T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (April 20, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 20, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-04-20T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-20T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (April 21, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 21, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-04-21T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-21T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (April 22, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 22, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-04-22T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (April 24, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-04-24T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (April 25, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-04-25T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (April 26, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 26, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-04-26T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (April 27, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884886@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 27, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-04-27T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-27T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (April 28, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 28, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-04-28T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-28T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (April 29, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 29, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-04-29T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 1, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-01T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 2, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-02T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 3, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 3, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-03T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-03T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 4, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 4, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-04T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-04T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 5, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 5, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-05T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-05T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-06T12:00:00-04:00 2018-05-06T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 8, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884897@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-08T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-08T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 9, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-09T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-09T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 10, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 10, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-10T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-10T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 11, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 11, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-11T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-11T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 12, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 12, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-12T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-12T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-13T12:00:00-04:00 2018-05-13T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 15, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-15T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-15T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 16, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-16T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-16T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 17, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 17, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-17T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-17T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 18, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 18, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-18T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-18T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 19, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 19, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-19T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884909@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-20T12:00:00-04:00 2018-05-20T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 22, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-22T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 23, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-23T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-23T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 24, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-24T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 25, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 25, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-25T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 26, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 26, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-26T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 27, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 27, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-27T12:00:00-04:00 2018-05-27T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 29, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-29T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 30, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-30T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-30T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (May 31, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 31, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-05-31T11:00:00-04:00 2018-05-31T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (June 1, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 1, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-06-01T11:00:00-04:00 2018-06-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (June 2, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 2, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-06-02T11:00:00-04:00 2018-06-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (June 2, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12576995@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 2, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

See Through: Mirrors and Windows in Twentieth-Century Photography brings together a group of images that are doubly framed—once by the camera lens and again by the border of a mirror or window. By refracting and distorting, revealing and concealing, these reflective and transparent surfaces both draw attention to the photographer’s efforts to frame the world and expose the contingent nature of reality. Highlights from the exhibition include works by Eugène Atget, Robert Doisneau, Elliott Erwitt, Walker Evans, André Kertész, Joanne Leonard, Danny Lyon, and Joel Meyerowitz. By extending the limits of perception, these witty and provocative works invite us to see [through to] new visual possibilities.

Lead support for See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment.

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-06-02T11:00:00-04:00 2018-06-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos