Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Absinthe Reading (December 6, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64797 64797-16444954@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 6, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Join us for the launch of the latest issue of Absinthe: World Literature in Translation, Issue 26: VIBRATE! Resounding the Frequencies of Africana in Translation.

Please join us in celebrating this new publication with a reading on Friday, December 6, 2019 in 3222 Angell Hall.

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Other Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:24:52 -0500 2019-12-06T14:00:00-05:00 2019-12-06T15:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Comparative Literature Other Absinthe. VIBRATE! Resounding the Frequencies of Africana in Translation
Webster Reading Series Featuring Zell MFA Students (December 6, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69029 69029-17220004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 6, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

The Webster Reading Series, which remembers the poetry and life of Mark Webster, presents two second-year MFA student readers (one poet and one fiction writer) from the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program. Each reader is introduced by a fellow poet or fiction writer.

Webster Readings are free and open to the public and are hosted in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear from emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting.

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. The building, event space, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum, accessible via the stairs, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3, 4, 5, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks), and a lactation room (Room 13W, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom, or Room 108B, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services are available upon request; please email asbates@umich.edu two weeks prior to the event whenever possible, to allow time to arrange services.

U-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St., Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St., Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave., Ann Arbor) is five blocks away, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:05:42 -0400 2019-12-06T19:00:00-05:00 2019-12-06T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Webster Reading Series
PCAP Community Workshop in Creative Arts (December 9, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69270 69270-17277408@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 9, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

All community members 18 and older, particularly those returning home from incarceration, are invited to participate in this free weekly workshop at Miller Manor. While based in theatre, we will also be exploring creative writing, music, and visual arts. No registration or previous art experience required. Join anytime!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:04:20 -0500 2019-12-09T18:00:00-05:00 2019-12-09T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Workshop / Seminar Instagram - @PerryGrone
BLI Pause, Reflect & Create (December 11, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65895 65895-16668214@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 9:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Pause, Reflect, and Create is a contemplative gathering of students who come together to create art, explore mindful writing, and to spend time in personal reflection. It provides an opportunity to pause and explore mindfulness through reflective expression.

The space and opportunity are about the individual personal process. Contemplative practices allow us to quiet ourselves, become more mindful and in the moment.

WHAT TO EXPECT A quiet setting dedicated to creative work; art or writing materials befit to the designated medium; inviting directions with the freedom to create your own way.

GUIDELINES No tech, no talking, and respect others' space.

*This is a drop-in event and will take place bi-monthly on the second Wednesday at 9:30 AM and the 4th Wednesday at 2:30 PM.

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Well-being Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:24:45 -0500 2019-12-11T09:30:00-05:00 2019-12-11T11:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Well-being Pause, Reflect & Create
Minor in Writing Gateway/Capstone Showcase (December 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69503 69503-17333389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Join us in North Quad Space 2435 on Wenesday, 12/11 from 4:00 - 5:30 PM for the Gateway/Capstone Showcase! View final projects produced in the Minor in Writing's Gateway and Capstone courses. All are welcome to attend.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Nov 2019 09:43:00 -0500 2019-12-11T16:00:00-05:00 2019-12-11T17:30:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Exhibition North Quad
Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing (December 11, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67128 67128-16803037@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 6:30pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

The Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing seeks to showcase the talent and diversity from Michigan's best incarcerated writers. The Review features writing from both beginning and experienced writers- writing that comes from the heart, that is unique, well-crafted, and lively. It is a publication by the Prison Creative Arts Project, a nationally recognized program committed to bringing those impacted by the justice system and the University of Michigan community into artistic collaboration for mutual learning and growth.

If you would like to volunteer, the commitment level for this meeting is flexible, drop by when you have a chance or come as often as you would like.

Meetings are from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm in EQ 1807, the Conference Room in the Residential College. During meetings you will read and vote on creative writing that has been submitted to the review.

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Meeting Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:47:47 -0400 2019-12-11T18:30:00-05:00 2019-12-11T20:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Prison Creative Arts Project, The Meeting Surrendurance
Study Day Write-In (December 12, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70099 70099-17530516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 12, 2019 11:30am
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Sweetland Peer Writing Center opens its doors on Thursday, December 12th from 11:30am-3:30pm for the Study Day Write-in. Feel our positive writing vibes in a quiet environment. We'll have study snacks on hand to keep you going along with writing consultants who can help you with anything you are working on.

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Other Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:51:28 -0500 2019-12-12T11:30:00-05:00 2019-12-12T15:30:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Sweetland Center for Writing Other Shapiro Library
Poetry & Ethnography: Expanding the Narrative (December 13, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70194 70194-17547062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 13, 2019 12:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Anthropology

December 13, 2019
Writing Workshop 12 - 2 pm
111 West Hall
Public Lecture 4 - 5:30 pm
Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery

Please join us for the second event of the
Anthropology & Poetry Speaker and Workshop Series. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome.

The generative writing workshop will be held in 111 West Hall from 12 - 2:00 pm. Participants are invited to bring their own materials (field notes, interview transcriptions, photos, etc.) to work with during the writing workshop, although this is not required. No prior experience with poetry is necessary. Lunch will be provided.

The public lecture will be held in the Hatcher Gallery from 4:00 - 5:30 pm.
Refreshments will be provided.

Kenzie Allen is a descendant of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. She is currently a lecturer at York University, and an R1-Advanced Opportunity Program Fellow and PhD Candidate in English & Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee. Her research centers on documentary and visual poetics, literary cartography, and the enactment of Indigenous sovereignties through creative works. Kenzie’s most recent project is a multimodal book of poetry which incorporates intergenerational histories and diasporic movements, Haudenosaunee traditions, and archival materials of the Carlisle Indian Boarding School. She received her MFA in Poetry from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan, and her BA in Anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis. Her poems can be found in Boston Review, Narrative Magazine, Best New Poets, and other venues, and she is the founder and managing editor of the Anthropoid collective.

Thank you to our sponsors: Department of Anthropology, Rackham Graduate School, Department of English Language and Literature, Department of American Culture, Native American Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies Interest Group, Institute for the Humanities, LSA, Poetry & Poetics Workshop, Latina/o Studies, and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:45:59 -0500 2019-12-13T12:00:00-05:00 2019-12-13T14:00:00-05:00 West Hall Department of Anthropology Workshop / Seminar Oneida Big Apple Fest
Poetry & Ethnography: Expanding the Narrative (December 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70194 70194-17547063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of Anthropology

December 13, 2019
Writing Workshop 12 - 2 pm
111 West Hall
Public Lecture 4 - 5:30 pm
Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery

Please join us for the second event of the
Anthropology & Poetry Speaker and Workshop Series. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome.

The generative writing workshop will be held in 111 West Hall from 12 - 2:00 pm. Participants are invited to bring their own materials (field notes, interview transcriptions, photos, etc.) to work with during the writing workshop, although this is not required. No prior experience with poetry is necessary. Lunch will be provided.

The public lecture will be held in the Hatcher Gallery from 4:00 - 5:30 pm.
Refreshments will be provided.

Kenzie Allen is a descendant of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. She is currently a lecturer at York University, and an R1-Advanced Opportunity Program Fellow and PhD Candidate in English & Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee. Her research centers on documentary and visual poetics, literary cartography, and the enactment of Indigenous sovereignties through creative works. Kenzie’s most recent project is a multimodal book of poetry which incorporates intergenerational histories and diasporic movements, Haudenosaunee traditions, and archival materials of the Carlisle Indian Boarding School. She received her MFA in Poetry from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan, and her BA in Anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis. Her poems can be found in Boston Review, Narrative Magazine, Best New Poets, and other venues, and she is the founder and managing editor of the Anthropoid collective.

Thank you to our sponsors: Department of Anthropology, Rackham Graduate School, Department of English Language and Literature, Department of American Culture, Native American Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies Interest Group, Institute for the Humanities, LSA, Poetry & Poetics Workshop, Latina/o Studies, and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:45:59 -0500 2019-12-13T16:00:00-05:00 2019-12-13T17:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of Anthropology Workshop / Seminar Oneida Big Apple Fest
PCAP Community Workshop in Creative Arts (December 16, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69270 69270-17277409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 16, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

All community members 18 and older, particularly those returning home from incarceration, are invited to participate in this free weekly workshop at Miller Manor. While based in theatre, we will also be exploring creative writing, music, and visual arts. No registration or previous art experience required. Join anytime!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:04:20 -0500 2019-12-16T18:00:00-05:00 2019-12-16T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Workshop / Seminar Instagram - @PerryGrone
Writing Workshop opens for Winter (January 8, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70472 70472-17600687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Sweetland's Writing Workshop is a free service that provides one-to-one writing help to all undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Michigan, regardless of background or discipline. Sweetland faculty consultants meet with student writers to help with any stage of the writing process, from initial brainstorming to final revisions. You can get help with understanding assignments, generating ideas, developing arguments, organizing and structuring, using evidence and sources, and clarifying your written expression.

All appointments take place in the Sweetland Center for Writing, 1310 North Quad. More info and links to make an appointment, visit http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/writing-support.html

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Other Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:10:59 -0500 2020-01-08T09:00:00-05:00 2020-01-08T17:00:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other North Quad
Writing Workshop opens for Winter (January 9, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70472 70472-17600688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 2020 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Sweetland's Writing Workshop is a free service that provides one-to-one writing help to all undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Michigan, regardless of background or discipline. Sweetland faculty consultants meet with student writers to help with any stage of the writing process, from initial brainstorming to final revisions. You can get help with understanding assignments, generating ideas, developing arguments, organizing and structuring, using evidence and sources, and clarifying your written expression.

All appointments take place in the Sweetland Center for Writing, 1310 North Quad. More info and links to make an appointment, visit http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/writing-support.html

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Other Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:10:59 -0500 2020-01-09T09:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T17:00:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other North Quad
Memoirs and Personal Essays (January 9, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70527 70527-17602866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This group meets every week from September to June, except for holidays. There are no specific assignments. Each writer strives to find his or her own subject matter and stylistic voice. We read our work aloud and discuss it, making constructive suggestions for improvement. The important thing is to write well enough to interest others and to convey our ideas clearly. Participants are expected to read their work regularly. Eleanor Linn has led this writing group since 2014. She is a published author. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Thursdays January 9 through June 18.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:35:48 -0500 2020-01-09T14:30:00-05:00 2020-01-09T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (January 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-01-09T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T17:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
Writing Effective Email (January 9, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70422 70422-17594474@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

Have you ever struggled to write important email messages? Have you ever wondered whether your email messages reflect the professional persona you wish to project? Given the importance of email in academic and professional settings, the ability to write effective e-mail messages is an essential skill. In this workshop we will focus on strategies for writing clear, effective and professional email. We will discuss the aspects of email that make it likely to be read, to be easily understood, and to generate the outcome you seek.

Bring a few samples of your important email messages to analyze. Sign up here: https://myumi.ch/51jpp

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:56:20 -0500 2020-01-09T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T20:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Writing Workshop opens for Winter (January 10, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70472 70472-17600689@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 10, 2020 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Sweetland's Writing Workshop is a free service that provides one-to-one writing help to all undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Michigan, regardless of background or discipline. Sweetland faculty consultants meet with student writers to help with any stage of the writing process, from initial brainstorming to final revisions. You can get help with understanding assignments, generating ideas, developing arguments, organizing and structuring, using evidence and sources, and clarifying your written expression.

All appointments take place in the Sweetland Center for Writing, 1310 North Quad. More info and links to make an appointment, visit http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/writing-support.html

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Other Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:10:59 -0500 2020-01-10T09:00:00-05:00 2020-01-10T17:00:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other North Quad
LSA Bonderman Fellowship Info Session (January 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68404 68404-17077946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

The Bonderman Fellowship offers 4 graduating University of Michigan LSA (Literature, Science and the Arts) seniors $20,000 to travel the world. They must travel to at least 6 countries in 2 regions over the course of 8 months and are expected to immerse themselves in independent and enriching explorations.

Come to a Bonderman information session to learn more about the fellowship and how to apply! Pizza will be provided!

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Presentation Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:30:00 -0400 2020-01-13T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-13T13:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Center for Global and Intercultural Study Presentation Fellow pictured abroad
Newnan Writing Workshop (January 15, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71235 71235-17791935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Should you prepare differently for in-class exam essays and research essays? Yes! Learn about the different expectations that instructors have for these two types of assessment in a workshop at the Newnan Center from 1:00pm-2:00pm on January 15. Email Nick Gupta for more information: ngup@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:46:30 -0500 2020-01-15T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-15T14:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Workshop / Seminar Image of a person writing
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (January 16, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-01-16T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T17:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (January 20, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 20, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-01-20T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-20T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Writer to Writer Chipotle Fundraiser (January 20, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71751 71751-17877263@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 20, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Writer to Writer

Stop by Chipotle on State St. between 4 and 8pm on Monday, January 20 and mention Writer to Writer at the cash register to help us raise funds for our next print publication. Don't forget to have your submissions in by the end of the day! Submit here: https://forms.gle/ZSZKajomS1suDrg69

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Other Mon, 20 Jan 2020 11:29:28 -0500 2020-01-20T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-20T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Writer to Writer Other Logo
Poetry Showcase | " Whose Dream Is This?" (January 20, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70870 70870-17724622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 20, 2020 6:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: The Guild Poetry Inc.

From performing for TEDx and the Detroit Pistons to Oxford and the Motown Museum, the award-winning poets of The Guild have assembled their talents to curate a poetry showcase that will be sure to inspire, challenge, and engage audiences of all backgrounds. The performance will feature Michigan-based poets including Justin Gordon, Candace Jackson, Mikhaella Norwood, Mariah Smith, Darius Simpson, Mercedes Pergande, and actor Kate Mendeloff.

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Performance Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:24:41 -0500 2020-01-20T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-20T19:30:00-05:00 East Quadrangle The Guild Poetry Inc. Performance Artists of The Guild Poetry
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (January 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-01-21T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-21T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Q & A: Raquel Salas Rivera (January 21, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64530 64530-16386893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Raquel Salas Rivera is Poet Laureate of Philadelphia, winner of the 2018 Ambroggio Prize, & winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry.

Free to attend and open to all!

We invite all to join in this event; if you have any accessibility questions or requests about attending, please contact the Hopwood Program Manager at hopwoodprogram@umich.edu or by phone at 764-6296.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:36:32 -0500 2020-01-21T15:00:00-05:00 2020-01-21T16:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Lecture / Discussion Poet Raquel Salas Rivera wearing a floral shirt and hoop earrings
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (January 22, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-01-22T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-22T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Hopwood Awards Ceremony & Reading (January 22, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64528 64528-16386891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Please join us as we celebrate the winners of the 2019-20 Hopwood First- and Second-Year Awards, as well as the winners of six additional contests.

Following the announcement of the awards, there will be a reading from Raquel Salas Rivera, Poet Laureate of Philadelphia, winner of the 2018 Ambroggio Prize, & winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry.

Light reception to follow. Free to attend and open to all!

We invite all to join in this event; if you have any accessibility questions or requests about attending, please contact the Hopwood Program Manager at hopwoodprogram@umich.edu or by phone at 764-6296.

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Ceremony / Service Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:37:39 -0500 2020-01-22T17:30:00-05:00 2020-01-22T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Hopwood Awards Program Ceremony / Service Photograph of poet Raquel Salas Rivera wearing a floral shirt and hoop earrings
Sweetland Peer Writing Center Coffee and Donut Break (January 23, 2020 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71247 71247-17794042@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 9:30am
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

All U-M students are invited the Peer Writing Center (Shapiro 2160) on Thursday, January 23rd between 9:30am and noon for free coffee and donuts courtesy of Sweetland Center for Writing.

While your there check out our Writing Center, talk to an undergraduate peer writing consultant, and find out how we can help you with your essays, research papers, and other writing projects in the coming year.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:08:23 -0500 2020-01-23T09:30:00-05:00 2020-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering Shapiro Library
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (January 23, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-01-23T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (January 23, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-01-23T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-23T17:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
Denver Publishing Institute - Information Session (January 23, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71190 71190-17785605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Ralph Zerbonia, a 2000 graduate of both University of Michigan and the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver, will be on campus on January 23rd at 4pm in 3154 Angel Hall to present an information session for the Publishing Institute. Ralph will discuss with you the kinds of opportunities the publishing industry affords and the training the Publishing Institute offers.



The Publishing Institute is an intensive, four-week summer program that provides a broad overview of all aspects of the publishing industry in lectures and hands-on workshops in editing and marketing. The faculty members are all professionals working in the publishing industry, and they cover topics from the role of the editor to marketing, from international publishing and markets to the work of the literary agent, from textbook to digital publishing. The 2020 Publishing Institute will run from July 12 to August 7, 2020..

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Presentation Thu, 09 Jan 2020 13:20:30 -0500 2020-01-23T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-23T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Presentation Denver Publishing
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (January 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-01-24T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-24T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Memoir Writing (January 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70510 70510-17602792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 24, 2020 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). Jan Price calls herself a “very amateur memoirist” who has written her story after being motivated by an OLLI class. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Fridays January 24 through April 10 (no class on March 20)

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:11:23 -0500 2020-01-24T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
UMMA Pop Up: Lily Talmers (January 25, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69588 69588-17368303@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 25, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

.Everyone and their cousin is trying to become a folk singer these days— Lily Talmers is no exception. Hailing from metro Detroit, and now a student in Ann Arbor, her songwriting is introspective and often cutting, drawing mostly from the 60's folk tradition. She is a singer, and multi-instrumentalist, accompanying herself on guitar, piano, and clawhammer banjo. Her writing technique is delicate, in which she intermingles the political and the extremely personal. Inspired by writers such as Gillian Welch, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Andrew Marlin (of Mandolin Orange), she perfectly balances the lyrical "heaviness" with a lightness in voice and accompaniment. You can find her on Instagram, Facebook, and check her out on Spotify.

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Performance Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:16:32 -0500 2020-01-25T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-25T14:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (January 27, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566433@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-01-27T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Hopwood Award Submissions Drop-in Workshop (January 27, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64569 64569-16388939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Before the January 29th deadline for the January Hopwood Awards, come by to finalize your submission!

This is an informal chance to drop in, ask questions about the submissions tool, troubleshoot anything that might go wrong, and learn more about the contest categories and eligibility requirements.

For details on the Hopwood Awards that are open to you, visit
https://lsa.umich.edu/hopwood/contests-prizes.html

This event is free and all are welcome. If you have any accessibility questions or requests, please contact the Hopwood Program Manager at hopwoodprogram@umich.edu or by phone at 764-6296.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:41:20 -0400 2020-01-27T14:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T16:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Class / Instruction Hopwood Room with round table and bookcases
LSA Bonderman Fellowship Info Session (January 27, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68404 68404-17077948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

The Bonderman Fellowship offers 4 graduating University of Michigan LSA (Literature, Science and the Arts) seniors $20,000 to travel the world. They must travel to at least 6 countries in 2 regions over the course of 8 months and are expected to immerse themselves in independent and enriching explorations.

Come to a Bonderman information session to learn more about the fellowship and how to apply! Pizza will be provided!

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Presentation Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:30:00 -0400 2020-01-27T17:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T18:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Presentation Fellow pictured abroad
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (January 28, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566434@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-01-28T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Hopwood Award Submissions Drop-in Workshop (January 28, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64574 64574-16388943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Before the January 29th deadline for the January Hopwood Awards, come by to finalize your submission!

This is an informal chance to drop in, ask questions about the submissions tool, troubleshoot anything that might go wrong, and learn more about the contest categories and eligibility requirements.

For details on the Hopwood Awards that are open to you, visit
https://lsa.umich.edu/hopwood/contests-prizes.html

This event is free and all are welcome. If you have any accessibility questions or requests, please contact the Hopwood Program Manager at hopwoodprogram@umich.edu or by phone at 764-6296.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:19:47 -0400 2020-01-28T14:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T16:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Class / Instruction The Hopwood Room
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (January 29, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566435@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-01-29T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-29T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
January Deadline: Hopwood Awards! (January 29, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64576 64576-16388945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

The deadline is noon, January 29, 2020 for the Graduate and Undergraduate Hopwood Awards and other creative writing contests. NO LATE SUBMISSIONS ALLOWED! Please submit well in advance. All submissions take place online. For more information, visit lsa.umich.edu/hopwood.

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Other Fri, 02 Aug 2019 14:52:39 -0400 2020-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 Hopwood Awards Program Other Manuscripts in the Hopwood Room
A Conversation On Children's Literature and Writing with Author Brigit Young (January 29, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71149 71149-17783447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 6:30pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Brigit Young is the author of the middle grade novels Worth a Thousand Words and The Prettiest (forthcoming in April, 2020) from Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan. Worth a Thousand Words was chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year for ages 12-14. Before beginning her work as a novelist, Brigit’s poetry and fiction appeared in multiple literary journals including The North American Review, The Pinch, Midwestern Gothic, Gargoyle Magazine, Eclectica Magazine, Word Riot, The Common, and 2 River View. Through the non-profit organization WritopiaLab, Brigit spent many years teaching creative writing to children of all ages, in settings ranging from classrooms to a pediatric hospital. A native Michigander, she currently resides in Brooklyn.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Jan 2020 10:14:11 -0500 2020-01-29T18:30:00-05:00 2020-01-29T20:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Lecture / Discussion Brigit Young and Worth a Thousand Words
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (January 30, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-01-30T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Writing the Teaching Statement (January 30, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71253 71253-17794046@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 2:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

In this hands-on workshop, we will focus on a very important element in most academic job applications: the teaching statement. We will consider the criteria that review committees use in evaluating these statements, and we will assess examples of successful submissions in order to consider what makes for effective content, structure, and language. The workshop will include time for writing and revising an initial draft. Refreshments will be provided.

Register on the Sweetland website after January 15th.
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/sweetland-rackham-workshops.html

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:49:45 -0500 2020-01-30T14:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T15:30:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar Rackham / Sweetland Workshop
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (January 30, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-01-30T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T17:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (January 30, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-01-30T17:30:00-05:00 2020-01-30T19:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (January 31, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-01-31T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Dear Diary: Exhibit Tour and Hands-on Exploration of Personal Writing (January 31, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70514 70514-17602805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Join the exhibit curators in exploring the diary genre. We will begin with hands-on exploration and transcription of private diaries by 20th century authors including Anne Waldman and Nancy Willard. We will then move to the Audubon Room for a tour of the current exhibit, featuring diaries from throughout the holdings of the Special Collections Research Center. The exhibit explores how diaries, journals, and notebooks function as confidants, records of war, partners in creative life, travel companions, and formal inspiration for fiction and art. The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Kristine Grieve and Juli McLoone is held on Friday January 31.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:15:20 -0500 2020-01-31T14:00:00-05:00 2020-01-31T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (February 3, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566440@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 3, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-02-03T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-03T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72533 72533-18015940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019《2019年逃犯及刑事事宜相互法律協助法例(修訂)條例草案》, also known as the Extradition Bill, a wave of ongoing protests have begun in Hong Kong since June 2019. The Extradition Bill incident led to a wide-reaching social movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only ways through which Hong Kong people expressed their opinions. Promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes also played significant roles in the movement. In this exhibition, we will present these incredible art pieces, exploring their aesthetics and functions.

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Exhibition Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:46:24 -0500 2020-02-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-04T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (February 4, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-02-04T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-04T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72533 72533-18015941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019《2019年逃犯及刑事事宜相互法律協助法例(修訂)條例草案》, also known as the Extradition Bill, a wave of ongoing protests have begun in Hong Kong since June 2019. The Extradition Bill incident led to a wide-reaching social movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only ways through which Hong Kong people expressed their opinions. Promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes also played significant roles in the movement. In this exhibition, we will present these incredible art pieces, exploring their aesthetics and functions.

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Exhibition Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:46:24 -0500 2020-02-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-05T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (February 5, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-02-05T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-05T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Science as Art Contest Submission Deadline (February 5, 2020 11:55am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48786 48786-17963888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 11:55am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
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 2020-02-05T11:55:00-05:00 2020-02-05T23:59:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Arts at Michigan Exhibition Science as Art logo
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72533 72533-18015942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019《2019年逃犯及刑事事宜相互法律協助法例(修訂)條例草案》, also known as the Extradition Bill, a wave of ongoing protests have begun in Hong Kong since June 2019. The Extradition Bill incident led to a wide-reaching social movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only ways through which Hong Kong people expressed their opinions. Promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes also played significant roles in the movement. In this exhibition, we will present these incredible art pieces, exploring their aesthetics and functions.

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Exhibition Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:46:24 -0500 2020-02-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-06T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (February 6, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 6, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-02-06T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (February 6, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662126@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 6, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-02-06T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-06T17:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
Angela Washko: Tactical Embodiment (February 6, 2020 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70390 70390-17594437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 6, 2020 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Angela Washko is an artist, writer, and facilitator devoted to creating new forums for discussions about feminism in spaces frequently hostile toward it. Since 2012, Washko has operated “The Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft,” an ongoing intervention inside the most popular online role-playing game of all time. Washko’s most recent project, The Game: The Game, is a video game in which professional pickup artists attempt to seduce the player using their signature coercive techniques sourced from their instructional books and video materials. Washko is a recent recipient of the Impact Award at IndieCade, a Franklin Furnace Performance Fund grant, and a Frank-Ratchye Fund for Art at the Frontier grant. Her practice has been highlighted in The New Yorker, Frieze Magazine, Time Magazine, The Guardian, ArtForum, the Los Angeles Times, Art in America, The New York Times, and more. Her projects have been presented internationally at venues including the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Finland, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Milan Triennial, the Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale in China, and the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands. Washko is an assistant professor of art at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where she is also a member of the MFA core faculty and the area head of electronic time-based art.

Supported by the U-M Institute for the Humanities and the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:15:37 -0500 2020-02-06T17:10:00-05:00 2020-02-06T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/Washko.jpg
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (February 6, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 6, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-02-06T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-06T19:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72533 72533-18015943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019《2019年逃犯及刑事事宜相互法律協助法例(修訂)條例草案》, also known as the Extradition Bill, a wave of ongoing protests have begun in Hong Kong since June 2019. The Extradition Bill incident led to a wide-reaching social movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only ways through which Hong Kong people expressed their opinions. Promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes also played significant roles in the movement. In this exhibition, we will present these incredible art pieces, exploring their aesthetics and functions.

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Exhibition Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:46:24 -0500 2020-02-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (February 7, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-02-07T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
English Creative Writing Sub Con Application Deadline (February 7, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72141 72141-17946457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

English majors who wish to specialize in the writing of fiction or poetry may, in the winter term of their junior year, apply to the Creative Writing Sub-concentration, which is an optional path to a B.A. degree in English. Students in the program take two upper-level creative writing workshops (English 323/324 and English 423/424), meet together weekly throughout their senior year, and, in their last term, compile a major manuscript of fiction or poetry while working closely with the creative writing faculty in a tutorial reserved for sub-concentrators (English 428); this program is small and selective.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 28 Jan 2020 08:47:29 -0500 2020-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Class / Instruction Sub con app deadline
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72533 72533-18015944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 8, 2020 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019《2019年逃犯及刑事事宜相互法律協助法例(修訂)條例草案》, also known as the Extradition Bill, a wave of ongoing protests have begun in Hong Kong since June 2019. The Extradition Bill incident led to a wide-reaching social movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only ways through which Hong Kong people expressed their opinions. Promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes also played significant roles in the movement. In this exhibition, we will present these incredible art pieces, exploring their aesthetics and functions.

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Exhibition Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:46:24 -0500 2020-02-08T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-08T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (February 10, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 10, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-02-10T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-10T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Structure, Content, and Argument (February 10, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71255 71255-17794048@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 10, 2020 1:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

What kinds of arguments can you make with your scholarly writing, and how can you deploy previous work to shape and inform the writing work of your dissertation? This presentation assists graduate students in framing and positioning their writing relative to their fields, and addresses the kinds of structural and argumentative opportunities (and challenges!) the dissertation process offers, both in its discrete components and its cumulative effect. Refreshments will be provided.

Register on the Sweetland website after January 27th.
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/sweetland-rackham-workshops.html

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:49:14 -0500 2020-02-10T13:00:00-05:00 2020-02-10T14:30:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar Rackham / Sweetland Workshop
Café Shapiro (February 10, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72215 72215-17957436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 10, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: University Library

Students, nominated by their instructors, have been invited to read their own poems and short stories to a peer audience. For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

Through its over 20 years of existence, Café Shapiro has evolved to become several nights of sharing among some of our best undergraduate writers, their friends, families, and the wider community. We'll have light refreshments available. Please stop by!

Join us in the Shapiro Lobby, 7–8:30pm:
Monday, 2/10/20
Tuesday, 2/11/20
Monday, 2/17/20
Tuesday, 2/18/20
Thursday, 2/20/20

Read student work from many previous years in annual Café Shapiro Anthologies: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cafe?page=issues

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Other Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:28:51 -0500 2020-02-10T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-10T20:30:00-05:00 Shapiro Library University Library Other Student reading to an audience in Bert's Lounge, Shapiro Library
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (February 11, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-02-11T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-11T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Café Shapiro (February 11, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72215 72215-17957437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: University Library

Students, nominated by their instructors, have been invited to read their own poems and short stories to a peer audience. For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

Through its over 20 years of existence, Café Shapiro has evolved to become several nights of sharing among some of our best undergraduate writers, their friends, families, and the wider community. We'll have light refreshments available. Please stop by!

Join us in the Shapiro Lobby, 7–8:30pm:
Monday, 2/10/20
Tuesday, 2/11/20
Monday, 2/17/20
Tuesday, 2/18/20
Thursday, 2/20/20

Read student work from many previous years in annual Café Shapiro Anthologies: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cafe?page=issues

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Other Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:28:51 -0500 2020-02-11T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-11T20:30:00-05:00 Shapiro Library University Library Other Student reading to an audience in Bert's Lounge, Shapiro Library
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (February 12, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-02-12T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (February 13, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-02-13T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (February 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-02-13T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-13T17:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (February 13, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-02-13T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-13T19:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
Art Exhibition: The Indexical Print, curated by Andrew Thompson (February 14, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70309 70309-17566451@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 14, 2020 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

“...pronouns announce themselves as belonging to a different type of sign: the kind that is termed the index. As distinct from symbols, indexes establish their meaning along the axis of a physical relationship to their referents.”
Krauss, Rosalind, “Notes on the Index” 1977

Notes on the Index was Rosalind Krauss’s attempt to corral some of the divergent, pluralistic themes in contemporary art of the late 1970’s under a unifying identifier: the index. Indexical art was defined as artworks whose physical and aesthetic manifestation was correlated and contingent upon specific conditions of the work’s subject matter or, as more broadly described, ‘the referent’ of the work.

Under the guise of “the index”, the artist’s internal monologue of creative decision-making might follow like: “How big should the work be? As big as that.” “How much should the work cost? As much as this.” “What color should I use? The color of that.” “What shape should it be? It should be shaped like this.”

For this exhibition, The Indexical Print, Krauss’s notion of indexical art is being narrowed towards printmaking and other methods of image replication & reproduction that follow printmaking’s lead. The artists in this exhibition might work a plate, or a digital image, or computer code to conduct the idea of the image into another medium or visual representation to physically manifest their creative labor.

Featured in this exhibition are prints by Jay Fox, Ruth Koelewyn & Lee Marchalonis, 3D printed sculptures by Jason Ferguson, jacquard weaving from Cathryn Amidei, data visualizations by Jeffrey Lancaster and site-specific paintings from Ellen Rutt.

About the Artists:

Cathryn Amidei is a “Textilian” fluent in many forms of textile craft. She has dedicated herself to Jacquard weaving for the past 15+ years and is the studio director at The Jacquard Center in Hendersonville North Carolina. Cathryn holds an MFA in Textiles from Eastern Michigan University and a BFA from the University of Illinois in Anthropology/Russian. She was Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University until 2018, when she resigned to pursue her art, and independence. Cathryn is a member of the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jason J Ferguson uses humor, the uncanny, and an absurdist voice to create public interventions, performance, video, and sculptural objects. He was raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland and moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and then to the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson has exhibited his work internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and across the US. Ferguson is an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

Jay Fox is a printmaker, papermaker, and sculptor whose practice is guided by storytelling and objects of importance which take the form of ephemera and memorials. Originally from Morganton, North Carolina, Fox received his BFA in printmaking from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. In 2014, he received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Print and Narrative Forms. Jay is currently the press manager of the Small Craft Advisory Press at Florida State University after five years of working at Penland School of Craft as the Print, Letterpress, Books, and Paper coordinator.

Ruth Koelewyn's work uses familiar objects and events to reveal how our interactions with them shape ourselves and our context for living. In addition to her solo work, her practice includes both curatorial and collaborative projects. Ruth’s work is regularly exhibited and has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She studied at Syracuse University and Cranbrook Academy of Art.
#skyshapes

Jeffrey Lancaster has done a lot of different things and worn a number of very different hats: chemist, artist, historian, librarian, developer, educator. He’s a curious person with a breadth and depth of interests and experiences, and loves to bring that diversity of thought to bear on new problems, some of his own making and some from other people. He has a BFA from Washington University, an MS from Oxford, and a PhD from Columbia University in chemistry. Lancaster is based in Rutherford, NJ where he freelances as a product developer and educational & business consultant. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fondo, a startup focused on helping young people visualize their paths into the future of work via structured serendipity and exploration.

Lee Marchalonis is a Lecturer in Stamps School of Art & Design and lead printer at Signal Return letterpress shop in Detroit’s Eastern Market. She has a MFA in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she also worked as a letterpress printer at Yee-Haw Industries. She has printed professionally at Kala Institute in Berkeley, California and studied book arts at the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of a year long Stein Scholarship at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in 2013, and her work is in Special Collections libraries throughout the U.S.

Ellen Rutt is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and activist who has a BFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design. She makes bold mixed-media paintings, murals, installations and wearables. Her recent solo show ‘This Must Be The Place” was created in large part through a process of travelling the globe & capturing visual elements or ‘environmental mementos’ through direct tracing of the physical environment, both natural & human-made. Rutt has exhibited her work nationally and most recently completed her second artist residency at Temple Children in Hilo, Hawaii.

About the Curator:

Andrew Thompson is a sculptor and installation artist, educator, curator, and musician based in Southwest Detroit. Thompson grew up in Kansas City, MO and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Thompson moved from Cowtown to Motown to receive his MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been exhibiting his sculptures and installations throughout Southeast Michigan for over a decade and helps to curate and coordinate shows at a number of venues including as an exhibition committee member with Detroit Artists Market. He is a lecturer in the Stamps School of Art & Design and has taught at a number of other schools, most notably for one year at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH.

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Exhibition Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:02:35 -0500 2020-02-14T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-14T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition The Indexical Print
Valentine's Day Open Mic (February 14, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72444 72444-18007184@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 14, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Sing, rap, or speak your heart out on Valentine's Day at an open mic emceed by Smitty, a Residential College student who recently won a Rapaport Poetry Prize in the fall Hopwood Awards. Poets and writers are encouraged to sign up for a five-minute slot on the day of the event to read or perform their work. Light refreshments will be served. All are warmly welcome to participate or snap, clap, and cheer on the performers.

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Performance Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:01:43 -0500 2020-02-14T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-14T20:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Performance Candy hearts
Artist Talk with Courtney McClellan: Observer v. Witness, presented by the Penny Stamps Speaker Series and UMMA (February 17, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68761 68761-17147149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 17, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Courtney McClellan is an artist and writer from Greensboro, N.C., and the current Roman Witt Artist in Residence at the Stamps School of Art & Design. Her work addresses public ritual, institutional space, and objects that invite or demand speech. Her explorations result in sculpture, performance, installation, writing, and video. Her studio practice includes experimenting with materials, but also reaches to fields like law, theater, and journalism. For the past five years she has studied legal simulation.

At UMMA, McClellan will mount Witness Lab, an architectural courtroom installation and performance series. The facsimile courtroom located in the glassed-in Stenn Gallery will host legal simulations from participating groups including The Trial Advocacy Society and the Oral Argument Competition from the University of Michigan Law School, as well as the undergraduate team of the Collegiate American Mock Trial Association. Additionally, court transcript readings and trial advocacy workshops will be performed in the gallery. Stamps students will observe and document the courtroom activity through drawing, text, photography, and video. The accumulated documents will result in a publication. 

Witness Lab offers audiences a complex truth. By studying the courtroom as a space of performance, and the lawyers as agents of justice, participants and passersby consider the physical and social architecture of the law.

 

Witness Lab is presented in partnership with the Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence Program of the Stamps School of Art & Design, with lead support provided by the University of Michigan Law School and Office of the Provost.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:17:18 -0500 2020-02-17T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-17T19:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Café Shapiro (February 17, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72215 72215-17957443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 17, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: University Library

Students, nominated by their instructors, have been invited to read their own poems and short stories to a peer audience. For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

Through its over 20 years of existence, Café Shapiro has evolved to become several nights of sharing among some of our best undergraduate writers, their friends, families, and the wider community. We'll have light refreshments available. Please stop by!

Join us in the Shapiro Lobby, 7–8:30pm:
Monday, 2/10/20
Tuesday, 2/11/20
Monday, 2/17/20
Tuesday, 2/18/20
Thursday, 2/20/20

Read student work from many previous years in annual Café Shapiro Anthologies: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cafe?page=issues

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Other Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:28:51 -0500 2020-02-17T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-17T20:30:00-05:00 Shapiro Library University Library Other Student reading to an audience in Bert's Lounge, Shapiro Library
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 18, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-18T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-18T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Xylem Open Mic (February 18, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72548 72548-18015963@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Presented by Xylem Literary Magazine

Do you like poetry, prose or music? Come share your work or hear others perform!

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:11:10 -0500 2020-02-18T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-18T19:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Social / Informal Gathering xylem
Café Shapiro (February 18, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72215 72215-17957444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: University Library

Students, nominated by their instructors, have been invited to read their own poems and short stories to a peer audience. For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

Through its over 20 years of existence, Café Shapiro has evolved to become several nights of sharing among some of our best undergraduate writers, their friends, families, and the wider community. We'll have light refreshments available. Please stop by!

Join us in the Shapiro Lobby, 7–8:30pm:
Monday, 2/10/20
Tuesday, 2/11/20
Monday, 2/17/20
Tuesday, 2/18/20
Thursday, 2/20/20

Read student work from many previous years in annual Café Shapiro Anthologies: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cafe?page=issues

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Other Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:28:51 -0500 2020-02-18T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-18T20:30:00-05:00 Shapiro Library University Library Other Student reading to an audience in Bert's Lounge, Shapiro Library
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 19, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-19T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Annual Copernicus Lecture. Hint: My Books Aren't Really about Sex and Drugs (February 19, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71759 71759-17879411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

Dorota Masłowska is a novelist and playwright. She published her first novel, "Wojna polsko-ruska pod flagą biało-czerwoną" (Snow White and Russian Red) at 19. It won critical acclaim, was awarded the Paszport Polityki Prize, and was translated into over 20 languages. Her second novel, "Paw Królowej" (The Queen’s Peacock, 2005), won the most prestigious Polish literary prize, the Nike award. Masłowska’s first drama, "A Couple of Poor, Polish-speaking Romanians" (2006), was staged in Australia, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and Poland, and her subsequent play, "No Matter How Hard We Try" (2008), garnered a Polish Ministry of Culture Prize. Masłowska’s most recent novel, "Inni ludzie" (Other People, 2018), will soon appear in German, French, and Russian. Her works in English have been translated by Benjamin Paloff, associate professor at U-M.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to copernicus@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:14:00 -0500 2020-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T18:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Lecture / Discussion Dorota Masłowska
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 20, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-20T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (February 20, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T17:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (February 20, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-02-20T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-20T19:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
Café Shapiro (February 20, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72215 72215-17957446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: University Library

Students, nominated by their instructors, have been invited to read their own poems and short stories to a peer audience. For many student writers, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others, it provides a fresh audience, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.

Through its over 20 years of existence, Café Shapiro has evolved to become several nights of sharing among some of our best undergraduate writers, their friends, families, and the wider community. We'll have light refreshments available. Please stop by!

Join us in the Shapiro Lobby, 7–8:30pm:
Monday, 2/10/20
Tuesday, 2/11/20
Monday, 2/17/20
Tuesday, 2/18/20
Thursday, 2/20/20

Read student work from many previous years in annual Café Shapiro Anthologies: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cafe?page=issues

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Other Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:28:51 -0500 2020-02-20T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T20:30:00-05:00 Shapiro Library University Library Other Student reading to an audience in Bert's Lounge, Shapiro Library
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 21, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-21T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
E-Hour Speaker Series: Amanda Lewan (February 21, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72977 72977-18120892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: Center for Entrepreneurship

The weekly Entrepreneurship Hour speaker series is back every Friday during the academic year, free and open to the public to attend.

Amanda Lewan is a writer and entrepreneur. After moving home to Detroit in the middle of the great recession, she endeavored to create work that moves our changing region forward.

Amanda spent time working at a variety of startups in marketing and operations, before launching Bamboo. One of the first co-working spaces in Detroit, Bamboo specializes in building collaborative work spaces and community. She bootstrapped Bamboo from a $5,000 loan to 500+ members expanding to multiple locations, and serving as a catalyst for Detroit’s ecosystem. Her leadership at Bamboo has been honored locally and nationally.

Amanda’s writing is also inspired by our region and country’s economic changes and healing past. After winning a national essay competition by The Nation in college, she went on to study fiction writing in graduate school. Her work has been published and honored by The Rumpus, Glimmer Train, Rust Belt Magazine, Belt Publishing, The Journal of Americana, Lumina Magazine, and nominated for the Pushcart Prize & Best of Net.

Amanda holds a BA in Professional Writing from Michigan State and an MA in English from Wayne State. She sits on the board for Fierce Empowerment, Venture Catalysts, and Co-leads the Detroit Writers Collective writers group.

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Presentation Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:07:14 -0500 2020-02-21T12:30:00-05:00 2020-02-21T13:30:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center Center for Entrepreneurship Presentation Amanda Lewan
Science as Art Exhibition- Panel discussion & Awards Reception (February 21, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/38185 38185-17963890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan, ArtsEngine and the Science Learning Center invite you to the Science as Art Contest Exhibition and Awards Reception- Hatcher Graduate Library, Rm 100.

2pm Office Hours for participating artists
3pm Panel Discussion & Reception
4pm Awards Announcements


University of Michigan undergraduate students will have artwork on view expressing a scientific principle, concept, idea, process, or structure. The artwork ranges in media, including visual, literary, musical, video and performance-based art. A juried panel using criteria based on both scientific and artistic considerations will choose winning submissions. This is our fourth year of the exhibition, and we received a record number of submissions, so we hope you'll join us to view the work and give out the awards!

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Exhibition Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:57:18 -0500 2020-02-21T14:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T16:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Arts at Michigan Exhibition Science as Art logo
English Honors Program Application Deadline (February 21, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72369 72369-17998149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Becoming a member of the English Department Honors Program means becoming a part of a small, intensely committed group of teachers and students all working toward achieving excellence in the related disciplines of reading, understanding, and writing about texts.

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Other Mon, 03 Feb 2020 10:21:26 -0500 2020-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Other Honors App Poster
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 22, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 22, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-22T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-22T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 23, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 23, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-23T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-23T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 24, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 24, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-24T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-24T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 25, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-25T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 26, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-26T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-26T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Launch of O Menelick 2 Ato #21 and Opening of “O Menelick 2Ato. Making Black Press in 21st Century Brazil” (February 26, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72569 72569-18018161@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

This event is part of the *O Menelick 2Ato*: Art, Culture and Society From the Perspective of Contemporary Brazilian Black Press series.

Launch of the 21st issue of the Afro-Brazilian magazine *O Menelick 2 Ato* and of its curated edition in English. Panel discussion with Q&A featuring the magazine editors, Luciane Ramos Silva, Nabor Jr. and U-M faculty.

Followed by the opening of a digital and print exhibit of selected magazine covers by Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Diasporic artists.

The exhibit will be on display until March 11th at the Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery.

Light reception to follow. Free and open to the public.

Co-sponsors: Romance Languages and Literatures Department, UM Hatcher Graduate Library, UM Library Mini Grant, Women’s Studies, Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG), Language Resource Center (LRC), Department of History, African Studies Center, Center for Latin-American and Caribbean Studies – Brazil Initiative, Department of Communication and Media, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.

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Exhibition Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:19:01 -0500 2020-02-26T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-26T19:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition Launch of O Menelick 2 Ato #21 and Opening of “O Menelick 2Ato. Making Black Press in 21st Century Brazil”
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 27, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-27T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-27T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (February 27, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662129@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-02-27T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-27T17:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (February 27, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-02-27T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-27T19:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (March 5, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-03-05T17:30:00-05:00 2020-03-05T19:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
Growing Up Near the Great Lakes (March 10, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73287 73287-18190700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Dr. Elizabeth Goodenough explores the landscapes of the Great Lakes as they shape the lives of children, writers, and illustrators. She offers images and tales of lighthouses and shipwrecks from the inland seas, a biosphere with the power to influence artists forever. Stories of displaced children, indigenous youth, and runaways portray stormy passages. What geography constitutes “home” in picture books, Y/A and graphic novels, legends, and film? How do we retain and preserve the settings we first encountered? Goodenough investigates how a sense of belonging and becoming abides within, sustaining or haunting a lifetime. In this session we recall regional memories, ideas about nature, and narratives of outdoor exploration. Registration is encouraged but not required: https://forms.gle/74gbaZq4hdF1EBZR7

Goodenough has taught literature at Harvard, Claremont McKenna, and Sarah Lawrence colleges, and the University of Michigan. She has published several volumes in Childhood Studies, and her award-winning PBS documentary, Where Do the Children Play?, helped initiate a national dialogue on outdoor play.

Immediately following the presentation, we invite you to this month's Special Collections After Hours Event, The Great Lakes in Children's Literature.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:34:06 -0500 2020-03-10T15:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T16:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Illustration from The Boy Who Ran to the Woods by Jim Harrison, illustrated by Tom Pohrt. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000.
CANCELLED: Ask an MFA (March 12, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73714 73714-18328748@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

This event has been cancelled.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:50:31 -0400 2020-03-12T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T12:00:00-04:00 Hopwood Awards Program Workshop / Seminar Three people hold up signs that read "Ask an MFA"
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (March 12, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662131@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-03-12T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (March 12, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-03-12T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-12T19:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
Writing Cover Letters (March 13, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71802 71802-17885890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

Your cover letter is usually the first impression you make on a prospective employer. In this workshop we will review the essential elements to include in a cover letter, and you will spend time working on a letter. Please bring a posting for a job in your field and a draft or outline of a cover letter to the workshop. Pizza will be provided.

Registration starts February 24th: https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/sweetland-rackham-workshops.html

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:24:52 -0500 2020-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T15:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
UMMA Pop Up: Karissa Bone (March 14, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73786 73786-18315758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 14, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

You can find her on Instagram @itskarissabone 

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Performance Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:17:16 -0400 2020-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-14T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
CANCELLED: Ask an MFA (March 17, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73714 73714-18304812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

This event has been cancelled.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:50:31 -0400 2020-03-17T14:00:00-04:00 2020-03-17T16:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Workshop / Seminar Three people hold up signs that read "Ask an MFA"
CANCELLED: “Suing for an Enslaved Woman’s Child in the Nineteenth-Century Río de la Plata” (March 18, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73357 73357-18208321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

Please join us for a lunchtime discussion of the pre-circulated paper:

“Suing for an Enslaved Woman’s Child in the Nineteenth-Century Río de la Plata”

This article traces the history of Petrona, an enslaved woman sold in Santa Fe (Argentina), sent to Buenos Aires and later possibly to Montevideo (Uruguay). Her case demonstrates how the legal status of enslaved persons was affected by the redefinitions of jurisdictions and by the forced or voluntary crossings between political units. It sheds light on the circulation and uses of the Free Womb law (1813) in Argentina and Uruguay and traces legal experts’ debates over its meaning. And it reveals the knowledge enslaved people had of those abolitionist norms and how they used them to resist forced relocations, attempt favorable migrations, or achieve full freedom. The article reflects on the impact of independence on enslaved persons’ lives, the gendered bias of the abolitionist process, and the
central yet untold uses of antislavery rhetoric in the national narratives.

The article will be circulated in advance of the event; please contact Elizabeth Collins (elizabac@umich.edu) to obtain a copy.

Magdalena Candioti is Associate Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET) at the Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana “Dr Emilio Ravignani” and Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina. Candioti’s doctoral research focused on the political history of justice in the nineteenth-century Río de la Plata, resulting in the book Un maldito derecho: leyes, jueces y derecho en la Buenos Aires republicana, 1810–1830 (Buenos Aires, Didot). She is currently working on a book on gradual abolition in the Río de la Plata (1810-1860) called El tiempo de los libertos. Esclavitud y abolición en el Río de la Plata. Candioti was a visiting fellow in ILAS-Columbia University, NYC (2010-2011), and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History (MPIeR), Frankfurt, Germany (2014). In 2014, she was awarded a scholarship by the Slicher van Bath DeJong Foundation, CEDLA (Holland) to conduct comparative research on slavery in Santa Fe and Buenos Aires. Currently, she is a Fulbright fellow at the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University.

Ángela Pérez-Villa is an Assistant Professor of History and Gender and Women’s Studies at Western Michigan University. Her research and teaching focus on the social, legal, and gender history of Latin America, particularly Colombia. Currently, she is working on a book manuscript that examines how during Colombia’s war of independence, political power and legal practice were disputed and reconfigured locally on the terrains of family, sexuality, and gender.

Sponsored by the U-M Department of History, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Law in Slavery and Freedom Project.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:53:37 -0400 2020-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-18T14:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion Modo de fabricar velas
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (March 19, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (March 19, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-19T19:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (March 26, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-03-26T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (March 26, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-03-26T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-26T19:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
UMMA Pop Up: Jury Duty (March 29, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71346 71346-17819204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 29, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Jury Duty is a jazz quartet consisting of U-M School of Music, Theatre and Dance (SMTD) sophomores Eric Banitt, Mitchell Dangler, Reuben Stump, and Ian Thompson. The group began playing together in preparation for their annual performance examinations in the jazz department. These examinations are called "juries," birthing the group's name. After adequately preparing for their freshman year jury, Jury Duty began writing and performing their original compositions in dorm rooms, houses, and other venues around Ann Arbor.

A yooper hailing from Marquette, Michigan, Eric Banitt is a jazz piano major. With his roots in classical music, Eric also plays the trumpet and violin. Mitch Dangler is a sophomore from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Mitch plays the drum-set, and if you’re lucky he’ll whip out a couple of spoons. Reuben Stump is from Lansing, Michigan, and has been playing the bass for over 4 years. Reuben grew up performing and listening to the Great American Songbook. Ian Thompson is from Troy, Michigan and has been playing guitar for 5 years. Ian's roots are in classical and rock music, having studied the piano and trumpet before switching to guitar.

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Performance Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:17:10 -0400 2020-03-29T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-29T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
(Virtual) Write-Togethers (March 30, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73870 73870-18375545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 30, 2020 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more.

The Write-Togethers will still be running remotely every Monday from 9 a.m. to noon on BlueJeans. It is set up to be a chat-only meeting, where you can check in with your co-writers, set your goals for the session, and write together in virtual space. A Sweetland faculty member will be online as well, and available to answer some questions.

When
Mondays: March 16, 30; April 6, 13, 20

Where
Meeting URL
https://bluejeans.com/620444349

Want to dial in from a phone?
Dial one of the following numbers:

+1.312.216.0325
(US (Chicago))

1.408.614.7898
(United States)

Enter the meeting ID 620 444 349 followed by #

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:08:29 -0400 2020-03-30T09:00:00-04:00 2020-03-30T12:00:00-04:00 Sweetland Center for Writing Livestream / Virtual flyer
CANCELED: Poetry Night (April 1, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73609 73609-18269835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

If you have any questions, please email mes-studentservicesassistant@umich.edu

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Presentation Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:53:36 -0400 2020-04-01T17:30:00-04:00 2020-04-01T19:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Middle East Studies Presentation MES Poetry Night Poster
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (April 2, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662134@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 2, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-04-02T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-02T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
VIRTUAL Residential College Major, Minor and Course Fair for LSA Students (April 2, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61799 61799-18452041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 2, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Residential College

Curious about one of the RC's four majors - in Creative Writing and Literature, Social Theory and Practice, Drama, Arts and Ideas in the Humanities - or one of our four minors - Urban Studies, Crime and Justice, Science, Technology and Society, and Text to Performance? Our programs are interdisciplinary and students enjoy the lead role they play in crafting their studies with us.

OPEN TO ALL LSA STUDENTS!

Come to our RC major and minor fair virtually via Zoom Meetings on 4/2 from 5-6pm to learn more.
Find all the Zoom meeting links and details at this page: myumi.ch/O4BdE

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Fair / Festival Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:17:49 -0400 2020-04-02T17:00:00-04:00 2020-04-02T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Residential College Fair / Festival LSA Residential College
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (April 2, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 2, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-04-02T17:30:00-04:00 2020-04-02T19:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
(Virtual) Write-Togethers (April 6, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73870 73870-18375546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 6, 2020 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more.

The Write-Togethers will still be running remotely every Monday from 9 a.m. to noon on BlueJeans. It is set up to be a chat-only meeting, where you can check in with your co-writers, set your goals for the session, and write together in virtual space. A Sweetland faculty member will be online as well, and available to answer some questions.

When
Mondays: March 16, 30; April 6, 13, 20

Where
Meeting URL
https://bluejeans.com/620444349

Want to dial in from a phone?
Dial one of the following numbers:

+1.312.216.0325
(US (Chicago))

1.408.614.7898
(United States)

Enter the meeting ID 620 444 349 followed by #

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:08:29 -0400 2020-04-06T09:00:00-04:00 2020-04-06T12:00:00-04:00 Sweetland Center for Writing Livestream / Virtual flyer
Student Poetry Reading (April 7, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73346 73346-18206118@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 6:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In celebration of National Poetry Month and student poets at U-M, an informal, open-mic reading featuring U-M undergraduate students reading their original poetry. All undergraduates invited to read their original poetry. Arrive and leave as necessary. Sign up at event or pre-register (encouraged). Details/preregistration: Laura Kasischke, laurakk@umich.edu. All welcome to attend and listen. Refreshments will be served.

National Poetry Month each April is the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K-12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, bloggers, and, of course, poets marking poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives.

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Performance Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:42:50 -0500 2020-04-07T18:00:00-04:00 2020-04-07T20:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Performance Student Poetry Reading
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (April 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-04-09T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-09T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (April 9, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 9, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-04-09T17:30:00-04:00 2020-04-09T19:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
(Virtual) Write-Togethers (April 13, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73870 73870-18375547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 13, 2020 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more.

The Write-Togethers will still be running remotely every Monday from 9 a.m. to noon on BlueJeans. It is set up to be a chat-only meeting, where you can check in with your co-writers, set your goals for the session, and write together in virtual space. A Sweetland faculty member will be online as well, and available to answer some questions.

When
Mondays: March 16, 30; April 6, 13, 20

Where
Meeting URL
https://bluejeans.com/620444349

Want to dial in from a phone?
Dial one of the following numbers:

+1.312.216.0325
(US (Chicago))

1.408.614.7898
(United States)

Enter the meeting ID 620 444 349 followed by #

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:08:29 -0400 2020-04-13T09:00:00-04:00 2020-04-13T12:00:00-04:00 Sweetland Center for Writing Livestream / Virtual flyer
CANCELLED: Graduate and Undergraduate Hopwood Awards Ceremony (April 14, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64841 64841-16460978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

This event has been cancelled.

Please contact the Hopwood Program Manager at hopwoodprogram@umich.edu or by phone at 764-6296 with any questions.

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Ceremony / Service Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:59:38 -0400 2020-04-14T17:30:00-04:00 2020-04-14T19:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Hopwood Awards Program Ceremony / Service Author Kiese Laymon, an African American man with a shaved head wearing a black zippered shirt.
CANCELED Author's Forum Presents: "Eardrums: Literary Modernism as Sonic Warfare" (April 15, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70000 70000-17491345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Tyler Whitney (Germanic languages and literatures) and Tung-Hui Hu (English) discuss Tyler's new book, followed by Q & A.

About the book:
In this innovative study, Tyler Whitney demonstrates how a transformation and militarization of the civilian soundscape in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries left indelible traces on the literature that defined the period. Both formally and thematically, the modernist aesthetics of Franz Kafka, Robert Musil, Detlev von Liliencron, and Peter Altenberg drew on this blurring of martial and civilian soundscapes in traumatic and performative repetitions of war. At the same time, Richard Huelsenbeck assaulted audiences in Zurich with his “sound poems,” which combined references to World War I, colonialism, and violent encounters in urban spaces with nonsensical utterances and linguistic detritus—all accompanied by the relentless beating of a drum on the stage of the Cabaret Voltaire.

Eardrums is the first book-length study to explore the relationship between acoustical modernity and German modernism, charting a literary and cultural history written in and around the eardrum. The result is not only a new way of understanding the sonic impulses behind key literary texts from the period. It also outlines an entirely new approach to the study of literature as as the interaction of text and sonic practice, voice and noise, which will be of interest to scholars across literary studies, media theory, sound studies, and the history of science.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:08:22 -0400 2020-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-15T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion Eardrums
CANCELLED: Hopwood Tea (April 16, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64843 64843-16662136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 16, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Weekly tea is cancelled until further notice.

For any questions or to share accommodations needs, please email hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:02:43 -0400 2020-04-16T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-16T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Reception / Open House Teacup and saucer with books
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (April 16, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 16, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-04-16T17:30:00-04:00 2020-04-16T19:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
(Virtual) Write-Togethers (April 20, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73870 73870-18375548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 20, 2020 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more.

The Write-Togethers will still be running remotely every Monday from 9 a.m. to noon on BlueJeans. It is set up to be a chat-only meeting, where you can check in with your co-writers, set your goals for the session, and write together in virtual space. A Sweetland faculty member will be online as well, and available to answer some questions.

When
Mondays: March 16, 30; April 6, 13, 20

Where
Meeting URL
https://bluejeans.com/620444349

Want to dial in from a phone?
Dial one of the following numbers:

+1.312.216.0325
(US (Chicago))

1.408.614.7898
(United States)

Enter the meeting ID 620 444 349 followed by #

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:08:29 -0400 2020-04-20T09:00:00-04:00 2020-04-20T12:00:00-04:00 Sweetland Center for Writing Livestream / Virtual flyer
CANCELED: Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group (April 23, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72214 72214-17957433@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 23, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Taking an upper-level writing course?

Writing an honors thesis?

Or just writing a paper for an AMCULT or Ethnic Studies class?

Join us, Thursdays in Ethnic Studies Lounge on the 3rd floor of Haven Hall!

Questions? Email arabelle@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:57 -0400 2020-04-23T17:30:00-04:00 2020-04-23T19:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Lecture / Discussion Undergraduate American Culture Writing Group
Virtual Office Hours (May 1, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18738462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 1, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Have questions about our living-learning community? Have questions about applying? Get your questions answered.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/eSm1iikmJLqPbznb8

We will email you the Zoom or BlueJeans link about an hour before the scheduled time.

Any questions, email LSWA@umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-01T11:00:00-04:00 2020-05-01T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 1, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18738463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 1, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Have questions about our living-learning community? Have questions about applying? Get your questions answered.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/eSm1iikmJLqPbznb8

We will email you the Zoom or BlueJeans link about an hour before the scheduled time.

Any questions, email LSWA@umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-01T14:00:00-04:00 2020-05-01T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 1, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18738464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 1, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Have questions about our living-learning community? Have questions about applying? Get your questions answered.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/eSm1iikmJLqPbznb8

We will email you the Zoom or BlueJeans link about an hour before the scheduled time.

Any questions, email LSWA@umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-01T15:00:00-04:00 2020-05-01T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 4, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 4, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Have questions about our living-learning community? Have questions about applying? Get your questions answered.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/eSm1iikmJLqPbznb8

We will email you the Zoom or BlueJeans link about an hour before the scheduled time.

Any questions, email LSWA@umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-04T11:00:00-04:00 2020-05-04T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 4, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744590@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 4, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Have questions about our living-learning community? Have questions about applying? Get your questions answered.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/eSm1iikmJLqPbznb8

We will email you the Zoom or BlueJeans link about an hour before the scheduled time.

Any questions, email LSWA@umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-04T13:00:00-04:00 2020-05-04T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 4, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744591@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 4, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Have questions about our living-learning community? Have questions about applying? Get your questions answered.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/eSm1iikmJLqPbznb8

We will email you the Zoom or BlueJeans link about an hour before the scheduled time.

Any questions, email LSWA@umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-04T19:00:00-04:00 2020-05-04T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 5, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-05T11:00:00-04:00 2020-05-05T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 5, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 1:00pm
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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-05T13:00:00-04:00 2020-05-05T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 5, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-05T19:00:00-04:00 2020-05-05T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 6, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744600@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-06T11:00:00-04:00 2020-05-06T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 6, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744601@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-06T14:00:00-04:00 2020-05-06T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 6, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-06T15:00:00-04:00 2020-05-06T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 7, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 7, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-07T15:00:00-04:00 2020-05-07T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 8, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744606@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 8, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-08T11:00:00-04:00 2020-05-08T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 8, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 8, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-08T14:00:00-04:00 2020-05-08T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 11, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 11, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-11T11:00:00-04:00 2020-05-11T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 11, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744609@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 11, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-11T15:00:00-04:00 2020-05-11T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 11, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744610@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 11, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-11T19:00:00-04:00 2020-05-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 12, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744611@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-12T11:00:00-04:00 2020-05-12T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 12, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744612@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-12T15:00:00-04:00 2020-05-12T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Virtual Office Hours (May 12, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74466 74466-18744613@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 May 2020 17:26:16 -0400 2020-05-12T19:00:00-04:00 2020-05-12T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Livestream / Virtual Poster for Virtual Office Hours
Alum Connections: Sonja Magdevski (June 11, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74761 74761-18968449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 11, 2020 3:30pm
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Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Winemaker, Writer, and Entrepreneur, Sonja Magdevski
A journalist by training but a winemaker by passion, Sonja will speak to students about her circuitous career path from LSA to winemarker and owner of her own vineyard, Casa Dumetz. Through her own experience, Sonja will help students navigate the uncertainty of non-linear personal and professional progression. Students will have an opportunity to learn how career preparedness can make the difference between taking risks and being too risky.

You should attend this workshop if you are:
A liberal arts and/or sciences student
Looking to gather learnings on career pivots and the viability of pursuing passion projects
Curious about journalism, entrepreneurship, or viticulture and the wine industry

What you’ll gain by attending:
Hear about this LSA alum’s experience as a political science and journalism student and the years she spent reading, writing and learning.
Learn about her journey from classroom to wine tasting room and apply those learnings to your own career planning
Gain experience-driven insights into entrepreneurship and diversifying your work
Understand how to leverage your skills, experience, and chance opportunities that come your way to advance lifelong passions and aspirations

RSVP now to reserve your spot. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

Please be advised that this virtual event will be recorded and may be published later at future date through LSA Opportunity Hub’s media channels. If you'd prefer not to be recorded, please make sure to mute your video at the start of the event. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us at lsa-opphub@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:59:33 -0400 2020-06-11T15:30:00-04:00 2020-06-11T16:30:00-04:00 LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar Sonja Magdevski Photo
Going Viral: Epidemics and Media in the Age of Print (June 30, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74917 74917-19073311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

The turn of the sixteenth century was a time when the rapid expansion of print media forged communities of readers eager to learn about the epidemics of the day, such as the plague, syphilis, and the English Sweating Sickness. Not unlike today, anxieties about the rapid spread of diseases coincided with anxieties about the rapid spread of harmful information.

Christopher Hutchinson (University of Mississippi) and Helmut Puff (University of Michigan) will engage in a one hour conversation about the nexus of epidemics and media (c. 1500).

This remote event is presented in webinar format via Zoom. Please register in advance here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_54AFMMcwRAK_wbuCSZs32Q

We welcome your questions during this live event!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:57:28 -0400 2020-06-30T16:00:00-04:00 2020-06-30T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion Durer Syphilitic Man Broadsheet
Alum Connections: Francie Arenson Dickman & Randi Olin (July 24, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75226 75226-19340155@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 24, 2020 12:30pm
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The Hub presents: Exploring the promising world of writing during COVID-19, with Writers Francie Arenson Dickman and Randi Olin

Join two Political Science alums and lawyers-turned-writers, Francie and Randi, for an upbeat and informative conversation about how the world of writing and publishing has been impacted by COVID-19. These two bring years of industry knowledge and expertise in online publications, books, essays, coaching and more.

Francie and Randi will be co-hosting this virtual Q&A to offer students:
Tangible ideas for cultivating your talent
Action steps to stay inspired, build a loyal readership, and develop a writing portfolio.

You should attend this workshop if you are:
A liberal arts and/or sciences student
Interested in pursuing a career in writing
Looking for practical advice on finding work in the world of writing, digital media, and/or publishing

What you’ll gain by attending:
Get informed tips on how to hone your writing skills and develop a true craft
Find out what experiences you can pursue at LSA that can translate into future writing opportunities
Learn how to nurture your potential as a writer

RSVP now to reserve your spot. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact Carla Huhn at Carlavoy@umich.edu or 734.763.4674. so we can make arrangements.

Please be advised that this virtual event will be recorded and may be published later at future date through LSA Opportunity Hub’s media channels. If you'd prefer not to be recorded, please make sure to mute your video at the start of the event. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us at lsa-opphub@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:02:16 -0400 2020-07-24T12:30:00-04:00 2020-07-24T13:30:00-04:00 LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Francie and Randi Photo
Grantsmanship 101: Planning Your Proposal (July 29, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75136 75136-19283293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: OVPR Office of Research Development

This webinar, the third in our series, will discuss strategies for planning a high-quality, competitive proposal--even before you begin writing. We will cover activities around self-assessment, idea development and getting feedback before you submit, as well as point you to resources on campus that will support your research efforts.
This webinar is a ideal for early career researchers, or as a refresher for established investigators.
Register at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z7A-G1F0SA6Puw4HAOk9mg

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 08 Jul 2020 10:23:51 -0400 2020-07-29T12:00:00-04:00 2020-07-29T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location OVPR Office of Research Development Livestream / Virtual Grantsmanship 101 Webinar Series
Grantsmanship 101: Strategies for Arts & Humanities Funding (August 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75140 75140-19285256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: OVPR Office of Research Development

This webinar will present an overview of funding available for arts and humanities research and scholarship, including opportunities available at NEA and NEH, and how to pursue those opportunities in strategic ways.

Jesse Johnston is a member of the OVPR Research Development team, supporting arts, humanities and social science research. Jesse worked previously as a program officer at the National Endowment for the Humanities and as senior digital collections librarian at the Library of Congress.

Register at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O02ajQ80R3m0yW_ANGPunQ

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 21 Jul 2020 11:35:59 -0400 2020-08-12T12:00:00-04:00 2020-08-12T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location OVPR Office of Research Development Livestream / Virtual Grantsmanship 101 Webinar Series
Connecting Student Creatives (August 31, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76070 76070-19661518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 31, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Connecting Student Creatives is an initiative to share the creative work of University of Michigan students. On Arts at Michigan's website and social media channels, we'll be highlighting some of the many students who make up our campus artistic community: visual artists, filmmakers, dancers, musicians, architects, designers, actors, poets, set designers, cartoonists and more! Check out some of the students we've featured, and follow them on their social media. Then share your own creative work with us!

visit http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/connecting/ for more

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:30:31 -0400 2020-08-31T09:00:00-04:00 2020-08-31T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Social / Informal Gathering Connecting Student Creatives poster
Reading and Q&A with Poet Kaveh Akbar (September 3, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75393 75393-19463850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 3, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Kaveh Akbar's debut book of poetry, *Calling a Wolf a Wolf* (Alice James Books, 2017; Penguin UK, 2018), boldly confronts addiction and the path of recovery— traversing faith, the self, and the constant battle of alcoholism and sobriety.

Akbar is also the author of a chapbook, *Portrait of the Alcoholic* (Sibling Rivalry, 2017) and the recipient of the Levis Reading Prize, Pushcart Prize, Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship, and Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. Born in Tehran, Iran, he teaches at Purdue University and in the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph College and Warren Wilson.

Kaveh founded Divedapper, a home for dialogues with the most vital voices in American poetry. With Sarah Kay and Claire Schwartz, he writes a weekly column for *the Paris Review* called "Poetry RX." Previously, he ran *The Quirk*, a for-charity print literary journal. He has also served as Poetry Editor for BOOTH and Book Reviews Editor for *the Southeast Review*. Along with Gabrielle Calvocoressi, francine j. harris, and Jonathan Farmer, he starred on *All Up in Your Ears*, a monthly poetry podcast. His poems appear in The New Yorker, Poetry, PBS NewsHour, The New Republic, Best American Poetry, The New York Times, and elsewhere. His next work, *Pilgrim Bell*, is forthcoming 2021 (Graywolf).


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:05:27 -0400 2020-09-03T17:00:00-04:00 2020-09-03T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Kaveh Akbar
Craft Lecture: Exploring the Revelatory Break (September 4, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75394 75394-19463851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 4, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

In his *A Year With Swollen Appendices*, Brian Eno talks about experiencing the crack in a blue’s singer’s voice or the static of a grainy film as being “the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.” If we accept as American writers that our medium, the English language, is one of the deadliest colonial weapons ever invented, then its breaking becomes a political urgency. How do we undermine our language’s inherent corrosiveness, turn a violent technology against itself to speak to things—doubt, sex, identity, justice, rage—it would rather us leave unspoken? This craft lecture will look at writers—including Robert Hayden, Jean Valentine, M. NourbeSe Philip, and Jos Charles—who use revelatory breaks in idiom, form, and syntax to render with clarity what is too urgent, too momentous, for mere rhetorical speech. We will then apply those techniques to our own imaginings of what might be possible outside the inherited strictures of our inherently imperialist medium.


Kaveh Akbar's debut book of poetry, *Calling a Wolf a Wolf* (Alice James Books, 2017; Penguin UK, 2018), boldly confronts addiction and the path of recovery— traversing faith, the self, and the constant battle of alcoholism and sobriety.

Akbar is also the author of a chapbook, *Portrait of the Alcoholic* (Sibling Rivalry, 2017) and the recipient of the Levis Reading Prize, Pushcart Prize, Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship, and Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. Born in Tehran, Iran, he teaches at Purdue University and in the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph College and Warren Wilson.

Kaveh founded Divedapper, a home for dialogues with the most vital voices in American poetry. With Sarah Kay and Claire Schwartz, he writes a weekly column for *the Paris Review* called "Poetry RX." Previously, he ran *The Quirk*, a for-charity print literary journal. He has also served as Poetry Editor for BOOTH and Book Reviews Editor for *the Southeast Review*. Along with Gabrielle Calvocoressi, francine j. harris, and Jonathan Farmer, he starred on *All Up in Your Ears*, a monthly poetry podcast. His poems appear in The New Yorker, Poetry, PBS NewsHour, The New Republic, Best American Poetry, The New York Times, and elsewhere. His next work, *Pilgrim Bell*, is forthcoming 2021 (Graywolf).


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:06:00 -0400 2020-09-04T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-04T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Kaveh Akbar
Connecting Student Creatives (September 7, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76070 76070-19661519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 7, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Connecting Student Creatives is an initiative to share the creative work of University of Michigan students. On Arts at Michigan's website and social media channels, we'll be highlighting some of the many students who make up our campus artistic community: visual artists, filmmakers, dancers, musicians, architects, designers, actors, poets, set designers, cartoonists and more! Check out some of the students we've featured, and follow them on their social media. Then share your own creative work with us!

visit http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/connecting/ for more

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:30:31 -0400 2020-09-07T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-07T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Social / Informal Gathering Connecting Student Creatives poster
Alum Connections: Brad Roth (September 10, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76224 76224-19677556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 10, 2020 3:30pm
Location:
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Creative Storytelling with Veteran Advertiser, Brad Roth

Interested in exploring a possible career in creative brand storytelling, advertising, and content creation? If so, join us for a conversation with Brad Roth, president and partner of Studios at Known, a modern marketing agency that provides brands with consumer intelligence, strategy, media planning and buying, and creative development and production. Drawing from his own unique journey from English ‘90 major to world-class marketer, Brad will answer your questions about opportunities in the marketing and advertising industry, insider tips for establishing a career path as a writer, and how to tell great brand stories that reach a variety of audiences.

More about Brad:
Over his career Brad has worked at MTV and was part of the launch team for Classic Sports Network which was later rebranded to ESPN Classic. Brad is the co-founder of Stun, an award-winning agency and content studio that he led for twenty-years before selling the agency and becoming a founding partner at Known where he is President of the company’s Creative Studio.

You should attend this workshop if you are:
A liberal arts and/or sciences student
Looking for insights and tips on establishing a career as a writer
Interested in pursuing a career in brand storytelling, marketing, or creative advertising

What you’ll gain by attending:
Gain a unique and rare opportunity to connect with an LSA graduate with experience and connections across a number of media outlets
Hear about what a career as writer and advertiser is truly like and determine if it’s a path you want to pursue
Get a better understanding of how your LSA degree prepares you for work in the writing and/or advertising industry

RSVP today to be part of the conversation. By signing up, you will receive an email with details on how to join this virtual workshop the morning of the session.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact Carla Huhn at Carlavoy@umich.edu or 734.763.4674. so we can make arrangements.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:06:42 -0400 2020-09-10T15:30:00-04:00 2020-09-10T16:30:00-04:00 LSA Opportunity Hub Livestream / Virtual Brad Roth Photo
Identifying Emergency Funds and How to Advocate for Making Room in Your Financial Aid Package (September 11, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75507 75507-19513173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 11, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

Advance registration is required; look for the Zoom link at the bottom of your confirmation email after registering.

This session will provide information about how you can seek emergency funds should you experience an emergency situation or one-time, unusual, unforeseen expense while in school. Information about the types of situations that qualify for emergency funds and where to seek funding will be covered during this presentation.

RSVP HERE: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/identifying-emergency-funds-and-how-to-advocate-for-making-room-in-your-financial-aid-package

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:02:34 -0400 2020-09-11T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-11T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Livestream / Virtual A jar of spilled change
Connecting Student Creatives (September 14, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76070 76070-19661520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 14, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Connecting Student Creatives is an initiative to share the creative work of University of Michigan students. On Arts at Michigan's website and social media channels, we'll be highlighting some of the many students who make up our campus artistic community: visual artists, filmmakers, dancers, musicians, architects, designers, actors, poets, set designers, cartoonists and more! Check out some of the students we've featured, and follow them on their social media. Then share your own creative work with us!

visit http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/connecting/ for more

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:30:31 -0400 2020-09-14T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-14T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Social / Informal Gathering Connecting Student Creatives poster
Write-Togethers (September 14, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 14, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-09-14T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Author Event | Sara Fitzgerald shares Conquering Heroines (September 16, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76875 76875-19772613@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Press

Join us for a free, virtual, author event for the new book "Conquering Heroines: How Women Fought Sex Bias at Michigan and Paved the Way for Title IX", by Sara Fitzgerald, published in July by the University of Michigan Press!

In 1970, a courageous group of women in Ann Arbor worked together on an objective that seemed beyond reach at the time—force the University of Michigan to treat women the same as men. Drawing on oral histories from archives as well as new interviews with living participants, "Conquering Heroines" chronicles that pivotal period of history for the University of Michigan and women in higher education.

Author Sara Fitzgerald is a former editor and new-media developer for the Washington Post and was the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of the Michigan Daily.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:12:59 -0400 2020-09-16T19:00:00-04:00 2020-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Press Livestream / Virtual Cover of "Conquering Heroines"
Writing in "Academic Style (September 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76241 76241-19679539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 17, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

Whether you are writing a research article, class assignment, conference abstract or dissertation, the words, grammatical structures, and organizational patterns you use all signal whether your text sounds “academic.” We will look at features of academic style, and how these differ across a range of writing that undergraduate and graduate students do. In this workshop we will work on how to make effective stylistic choices for the types of writing you are doing and the academic identity you wish to convey to your readers in various writing contexts.

Bring a text you are currently working on for analysis. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

Zoom link provided after registration: https://myumi.ch/yKM4n

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:40:11 -0400 2020-09-17T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-17T09:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar
Memoirs and Personal Essays (September 17, 2020 2:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75551 75551-19521125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 17, 2020 2:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This group meets every week from September to June, except for holidays. There are no specific assignments. Each writer strives to find his or her own subject matter and stylistic voice. We read our work aloud and discuss it, making constructive suggestions for improvement.

The important thing is to write well enough to interest others and to convey our ideas clearly. We will use a flexible combination of email, telephone, and video conferencing during the pandemic. Participants are expected to read their work regularly.

Instructor Eleanor Linn has led this writing group since 2014. She is a published author.

The work group will be held on Thursdays from September 17 through June 17.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.”

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 12:44:35 -0400 2020-09-17T14:15:00-04:00 2020-09-17T16:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Reading and Q&A with Poet Eduardo C. Corral (September 17, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75395 75395-19463852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 17, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Eduardo C. Corral’s latest book of poetry, *Guillotine* (Graywolf, 2020), gives voice and depth to undocumented immigrants, border patrol agents, and scorned lovers through dramatic portraits of contradiction, survival, and deeply human, relentless interiority.

Corral is also the author of *Slow Lightning*, which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. He’s the first Latinx poet to win this competition. Corral is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and the Hodder Fellowship and the National Holmes Poetry Prize, both from Princeton University. He teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing at North Carolina State University.

Praised for his seamless blending of English and Spanish, tender treatment of history, and careful exploration of sexuality, Corral’s poems hurtle across literary and linguistic borders toward a lyricism that slows down experience. Guillotine, his second book, traverses desert landscapes cut through by migrants, the grief of loss, betrayal’s lingering scars, the border itself—great distances in which violence and yearning find roots. With extraordinary lyric imagination, these poems wonder about being unwanted or renounced. What do we do with unrequited love? Is it with or without it that we would waste away?


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Sep 2020 13:30:50 -0400 2020-09-17T17:00:00-04:00 2020-09-17T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Eduardo C. Corral
Craft Lecture: Three Ways to Activate Attentiveness (September 18, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75396 75396-19463853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Poets read, keep notebooks, and revise. These activities are some of the ways we pay attention to the world and to language. In this craft lecture, we will discuss a few strategies to activate reading, notebooking, and the revision process.


Eduardo C. Corral’s latest book of poetry, *Guillotine* (Graywolf, 2020), gives voice and depth to undocumented immigrants, border patrol agents, and scorned lovers through dramatic portraits of contradiction, survival, and deeply human, relentless interiority.

Corral is also the author of *Slow Lightning*, which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. He’s the first Latinx poet to win this competition. Corral is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and the Hodder Fellowship and the National Holmes Poetry Prize, both from Princeton University. He teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing at North Carolina State University.

Praised for his seamless blending of English and Spanish, tender treatment of history, and careful exploration of sexuality, Corral’s poems hurtle across literary and linguistic borders toward a lyricism that slows down experience. Guillotine, his second book, traverses desert landscapes cut through by migrants, the grief of loss, betrayal’s lingering scars, the border itself—great distances in which violence and yearning find roots. With extraordinary lyric imagination, these poems wonder about being unwanted or renounced. What do we do with unrequited love? Is it with or without it that we would waste away?


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:07:21 -0400 2020-09-18T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Eduardo C. Corral
Memoir Writing (September 18, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75549 75549-19521124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 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 OLLI class.

The study group will be held on Fridays from September 18 through December 18 (no class on November 27).

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 12:45:37 -0400 2020-09-18T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Writers Unlimited (September 18, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75553 75553-19521127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Participants present their creative essays, short stories, poetry, or novels for constructive criticism and suggestions for improvement from the group. Each participant submits their writing online to all other participants in advance of the Friday meeting. Comments will be offered after each reading. Discussion leader Jerry Janusz has been a participant in this group for twelve years.

The study group will be held on Fridays from September 18, 2020 through August 27, 2021 (no classes on November 27, December 25, or January 1). Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.”

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Class / Instruction Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:49:41 -0400 2020-09-18T10:30:00-04:00 2020-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
Reading Women’s Lives (September 18, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75503 75503-19513170@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This study group will read one memoir/month written by women. Several will focus on aging and old age, some on grief and loss, some on childhood or the middle years. Each month there will be group discussion of the selected memoir followed by a short reflective writing experience related to the issues raised by the memoir. This is not a memoir-writing class.

It’s an opportunity to use other women’s reflections on their lives to examine our own. Instructor Beth Spencer, a mostly-retired geriatric social worker, developed and facilitated Women & Aging through Literature & Reflective Writing for several years. The Study Group will be held on Fridays, September 18, October 16, November 20, and December 18 from 3-5 p.m.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 12:47:36 -0400 2020-09-18T15:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Connecting Student Creatives (September 21, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76070 76070-19661521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Connecting Student Creatives is an initiative to share the creative work of University of Michigan students. On Arts at Michigan's website and social media channels, we'll be highlighting some of the many students who make up our campus artistic community: visual artists, filmmakers, dancers, musicians, architects, designers, actors, poets, set designers, cartoonists and more! Check out some of the students we've featured, and follow them on their social media. Then share your own creative work with us!

visit http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/connecting/ for more

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:30:31 -0400 2020-09-21T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Social / Informal Gathering Connecting Student Creatives poster
Write-Togethers (September 21, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615882@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-09-21T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
The Future of Art: Is the Future of Art the Death of Art? (September 21, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76645 76645-19733044@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts Initiative

The role of artists has shifted with cultural, political, economic, and technological changes, from creators as artisans, bohemians, or professionals. In his new book The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech, William Deresiewicz interviews artists of all kinds and describes their experiences in a narrative of the modern struggles of creators, the unique challenges they face in this digital era, how exploitation and instant gratification have changed our perceptions of art. In this panel, Deresiewicz and one rap artist, one visual artist, and one novelist—SAMMUS, atiya jones, and Monica Byrne—will describe their observations and experiences with the nature of art and the role of the artist in society, and will propose their visions for the future of art.

William Deresiewicz is an award-winning essayist and critic, a frequent speaker at colleges and other venues, and a former professor of English at Yale. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, the Nation, the New Republic, and many other publications. He is the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle award for excellence in reviewing and is the New York Times bestselling author of Excellent Sheep, The Death of the Artist, and A Jane Austen Education.

SAMMUS (Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo) is a Black feminist rap artist and producer from Ithaca, NY with a PhD in science and technology studies from Cornell University. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University in the music department teaching classes on rap songwriting and feminist sound studies.

atiya jones is a multi-disciplinary artist & creative director at TWELVE\TWENTY STUDIO. Her work is about human connection and serves as a visual depiction of healing, finding one’s tribe and building a life as a unit, the magic permeating beneath the surface of Self, and the search to find it.

Monica Byrne is a playwright and science fiction novelist based in Durham, North Carolina. Her work is funded by a community of patrons on Patreon. Her second novel The Actual Star will be published by HarperVoyager in 2021.

Introduction by Tina Olsen, Arts Initiative Co-Chair; Director, UMMA
Moderated by Rebekah Modrak, Professor, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design

Register here to receive join details: https://umich.formstack.com/forms/sept21_futureofart

This event will be followed by a related event hosted by Literati Bookstore on Sept. 27 at 7:00 pm. More info here https://www.literatibookstore.com/event/home-literati-william-deresiewicz-katrina-frye

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 08 Sep 2020 11:27:54 -0400 2020-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T17:10:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts Initiative Livestream / Virtual William Deresiewicz, SAMMUS, atiya jones, Monica Byrne
Virtual Book Launch: Ken Fischer’s Everybody In, Nobody Out (September 22, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77061 77061-19790569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Press

When Ken Fischer retired after 30 years as president of the University Musical Society in 2017, many of his friends and colleagues repeatedly told him, “Ken, you should write a book! You have so many great stories.”

Ken took that advice, and we’re delighted to announce that Everybody In, Nobody Out: Inspiring Community at Michigan’s University Musical Society is now available from University of Michigan Press, with a wonderful foreword by Wynton Marsalis.

During this virtual book launch, John U. Bacon, Ann Arbor author, speaker, tv and radio commentator, and longtime friend of Ken’s, will interview Ken about his book, highlighting some of the wonderful stories Ken shares from his three decades at UMS and a lifetime in the arts.

This book launch is co-presented by Literati Bookstore and University of Michigan Press Great Lakes.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:31:26 -0400 2020-09-22T19:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Press Livestream / Virtual Ken Fischer
Writing Effective Email (September 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76242 76242-19679540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

Have you ever struggled to write important email messages? Have you ever wondered whether your email messages reflect the professional persona you wish to project? Given the importance of email in academic and professional settings, the ability to write effective e-mail messages is an essential skill. In this workshop we will focus on strategies for writing clear, effective and professional email. We will discuss the aspects of email that make it likely to be read, to be easily understood, and to create a good impression.

Bring a few samples of your important email messages to analyze. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

Zoom link provided after registration: https://myumi.ch/yKM4n

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:43:16 -0400 2020-09-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T09:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (September 25, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75948 75948-19627783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

This week's reading features Julia Argy [Fiction] and Sara Afshar [Poetry].

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

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

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Presentation Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:16:16 -0400 2020-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Connecting Student Creatives (September 28, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76070 76070-19661522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 28, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Connecting Student Creatives is an initiative to share the creative work of University of Michigan students. On Arts at Michigan's website and social media channels, we'll be highlighting some of the many students who make up our campus artistic community: visual artists, filmmakers, dancers, musicians, architects, designers, actors, poets, set designers, cartoonists and more! Check out some of the students we've featured, and follow them on their social media. Then share your own creative work with us!

visit http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/connecting/ for more

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:30:31 -0400 2020-09-28T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-28T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Social / Informal Gathering Connecting Student Creatives poster
Write-Togethers (September 28, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 28, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-09-28T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Refining Your PhD Application Statement of Purpose (SOP) (October 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76243 76243-19679541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: English Language Institute

(For seniors and graduate students applying to PhD programs)

A strong Statement of Purpose is a key component of a successful PhD application. Are you trying to figure out how to organize and narrow down all that you might write in your Statement of Purpose (SOP)? How does an SOP differ from a Personal Statement? We will explore organizational strategies for your SOP and how to find the words to articulate why you are a great match for the program(s) you are applying to.

Bring a list of ideas, a draft outline, or a draft SOP to work on during the workshop. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

Zoom link provided after registration: https://myumi.ch/yKM4n

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:46:20 -0400 2020-10-01T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-01T09:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar
Write-Togethers (October 5, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-10-05T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Free Writing (October 7, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75548 75548-19521123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The perfect way to begin writing is to write. Writing to memoir prompts, we will practice turning off our text editors. Free writing is about exploring ideas and memories. It is about first drafts not finished products. Writers will have the opportunity to share what is written in workshop. We will not share or critique work written outside. Have a notebook and a comfortable pen handy. Be ready to write.

Instructor Diane Nash will lead the study group on Wednesdays from October 7 through November 11.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 13:05:11 -0400 2020-10-07T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T11:30:00-04:00 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Groups
CGIS Virtual Study Abroad Fair (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77893 77893-19943564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Study abroad is not just for juniors. It's not just for language and international studies majors. It's not just for students from certain communities or socioeconomic backgrounds. No matter who you are, where you come from, or what you’re studying, a study abroad experience is available to you during your time at Michigan.

Whether you want to develop the skills you’ll need to compete in a global economy, cultivate your language competencies, or build meaningful connections with people from around the world, this is the best time in your life for a global experience.

Studying abroad often proves to be a pivotal experience, but deciding which program is the best fit can be daunting as you consider questions such as: How will this enhance my course of study? When should I go? For how long? Where? Can I afford it? How do I prepare? Will my credits transfer? The CGIS Study Abroad Virtual Fair is the best time to get all of your questions answered!

During the day of the virtual fair, you'll have instant access to academic advisors, education abroad advisors, Office of Financial Aid & LSA Scholarship Office representatives, and program representatives as well as scheduled events throughout the fair!

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Fair / Festival Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:20:17 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Image300
Democracy and the Carceral State: a reading and discussion with poet Dwayne Betts (October 8, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76128 76128-19663591@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Quarterly Review

Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts will read from his most recent collection, Felon, and discuss the ways in which incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people are left out of conversations about Democracy. This event will be an opportunity to consider the intersections between free speech, disenfranchisement, and mass incarceration. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A. Co-sponsored by the Democracy and Debate Theme Semester, the Prison Creative Arts Project, and the Michigan Quarterly Review.

Register to attend. The event is free and open to the public. Contact mqr@umich.edu with any accessibility requests.

To register for the event please follow this link: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DdBXy41iSVSJDy6VGrjong

To order the Fall 2020 special issue of the Michigan Quarterly Review guest edited by Reginald Dwayne Betts visit https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/

Felon is available for purchase from Literati Bookstore: https://www.literatibookstore.com/book/9780393652147

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:09:05 -0400 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Quarterly Review Livestream / Virtual Reginald Dwayne Betts
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (October 9, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75949 75949-19627784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to login. : https://tinyurl.com/WebsterSeries.

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

This week's reading features Drew Nelles [Fiction] and Julia McDaniel [Poetry]. ​ Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

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Presentation Fri, 09 Oct 2020 18:15:58 -0400 2020-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (October 12, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-10-12T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Covering the campaign: A conversation with national political reporters (October 12, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76228 76228-19677561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join us for a conversation about covering the campaign trail with two senior political reporters, Jane Coaston of Vox and Daniel Strauss of The Guardian. Paula Lantz, associate dean of the Ford School and James Hudak Professor of Health Policy will moderate the conversation. The panelists will discuss what it's like to be a political reporter during an election season and what they think are the key political and policy issues at play in the upcoming Presidential election.

Join the conversation: #policytalks

For more information visit fordschool.umich.edu/events/2020/covering-campaign-conversation-national-political-reporters

From the speakers' bios:

Jane Coaston is senior politics reporter at Vox with a focus on conservatism, the American Right, the GOP and white nationalism. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, National Review, the Washington Post, the Ringer and ESPN Magazine, among others. She attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 2009.

Daniel Strauss is a senior political reporter for The Guardian. Previously he was a politics reporter at Politico, covered campaigns and elections for Talking Points Memo, and was a breaking news reporter for The Hill newspaper. Daniel grew up in Chicago and graduated from the University of Michigan where he majored in history.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:18:15 -0400 2020-10-12T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-12T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Daniel Strauss and Jane Coaston
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

The deadline to apply for Winter 2021 is Monday, October 26th at noon.

You may RSVP at https://forms.gle/pBDRSRdAY6c71ZES8 or drop-in using the link below.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96911735633
Meeting ID: 969 1173 5633
Passcode: MiW

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:48:59 -0400 2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 15, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

The deadline to apply for Winter 2021 is Monday, October 26th at noon.

You may RSVP at https://forms.gle/pBDRSRdAY6c71ZES8 or drop-in using the link below.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96911735633
Meeting ID: 969 1173 5633
Passcode: MiW

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:48:59 -0400 2020-10-15T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
Reading and Q&A with Author Tea Obreht (October 15, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75397 75397-19463854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters

Tea Obreht’s *New York Times* bestselling novel, *Inland*, is grounded in true but little-known history of the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893. Mythical, lyrical, and sweeping in scope, the novel subverts and reimagines the myths of the American West.

Arriving onto the literary scene with her first bestselling novel, *The Tiger’s Wife*, Téa Obreht writes fiction that explores themes of narrative, myth and memory. Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Obreht’s stunning debut novel links the past and present by stories and anecdotes in an unnamed Balkan country mending from war. Rapturously received, *The Tiger’s Wife* won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction, was a 2011 National Book Award finalist, was an international bestseller, and was named one of the best books of the year by numerous publications including *The New York Times Book Review*, *Publisher's Weekly*, *Vogue*, *The Wall Street Journal*, and *O: The Oprah Magazine*.

In *Inland*, Obreht's second novel, Obreht takes on the sweeping mythology of the American West, reimagining myths and forging new truths about the American West. An Editor's Choice, T*he New York Times Book Review* praised *Inland*, "Obreht’s simple but rich prose captures and luxuriates in the West’s beauty and sudden menace. Remarkable in a novel with such a sprawling cast, Obreht also has a poetic touch for writing intricate and precise character descriptions.” The book was named among President Obama’s summer reading list for 2019.

Obreht's work has been anthologized in *The Best American Short Stories* and *The Best American Non-Required Reading*, and has appeared in *The New Yorker*, *Harper's*, *The Atlantic*, *Vogue*, *Esquire* and *Zoetrope: All-Story*, among many others. A recipient of fellowships from the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library and the National Endowment for the Arts, Obreht. was named by *The New Yorker* as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty. She lives in New York with her husband, and teaches at Hunter College.


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:34:18 -0400 2020-10-15T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Tea Obreht
Craft Lecture: The Mystery of the Story (October 16, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75398 75398-19463855@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters

This craft lecture will center on how every story is actually a mystery, the telling of which is dependent on a pact of exchange between writer and reader. Techniques of withholding and misdirection help us keep suspense alive in literary fiction.


Tea Obreht’s *New York Times* bestselling novel, *Inland*, is grounded in true but little-known history of the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893. Mythical, lyrical, and sweeping in scope, the novel subverts and reimagines the myths of the American West.

Arriving onto the literary scene with her first bestselling novel, *The Tiger’s Wife*, Téa Obreht writes fiction that explores themes of narrative, myth and memory. Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Obreht’s stunning debut novel links the past and present by stories and anecdotes in an unnamed Balkan country mending from war. Rapturously received, *The Tiger’s Wife* won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction, was a 2011 National Book Award finalist, was an international bestseller, and was named one of the best books of the year by numerous publications including *The New York Times Book Review*, *Publisher's Weekly*, *Vogue*, *The Wall Street Journal*, and *O: The Oprah Magazine*.

In *Inland*, Obreht's second novel, Obreht takes on the sweeping mythology of the American West, reimagining myths and forging new truths about the American West. An Editor's Choice, T*he New York Times Book Review* praised *Inland*, "Obreht’s simple but rich prose captures and luxuriates in the West’s beauty and sudden menace. Remarkable in a novel with such a sprawling cast, Obreht also has a poetic touch for writing intricate and precise character descriptions.” The book was named among President Obama’s summer reading list for 2019.

Obreht's work has been anthologized in *The Best American Short Stories* and *The Best American Non-Required Reading*, and has appeared in *The New Yorker*, *Harper's*, *The Atlantic*, *Vogue*, *Esquire* and *Zoetrope: All-Story*, among many others. A recipient of fellowships from the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library and the National Endowment for the Arts, Obreht. was named by *The New Yorker* as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty. She lives in New York with her husband, and teaches at Hunter College.


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:54:34 -0400 2020-10-16T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-16T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Tea Obreht
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 20, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

The deadline to apply for Winter 2021 is Monday, October 26th at noon.

You may RSVP at https://forms.gle/pBDRSRdAY6c71ZES8 or drop-in using the link below.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96911735633
Meeting ID: 969 1173 5633
Passcode: MiW

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:48:59 -0400 2020-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
Rackham/Sweetland Workshops on Writing (October 22, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78490 78490-20052309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

This workshop offers students tips and ideas for writing more competitive fellowship proposalsin STEM disciplines. The workshop will include an overview of the types of criteria that reviewers use in evaluating proposals as well as ideas for what to include in your proposal and how to structure content.

Presented by Larissa Sano, Sweetland Center for Writing

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:36:06 -0400 2020-10-22T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

The deadline to apply for Winter 2021 is Monday, October 26th at noon.

You may RSVP at https://forms.gle/pBDRSRdAY6c71ZES8 or drop-in using the link below.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96911735633
Meeting ID: 969 1173 5633
Passcode: MiW

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:48:59 -0400 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
Reading and Q&A with Author Jenny Zhang (October 22, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75399 75399-19463856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters

Jenny Zhang’s debut story collection, *Sour Heart*, centers on immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China and Taiwan for the constant struggle of life at the poverty line in 1990s New York City. Zhang is currently adapting *Sour Heart* into a feature-length film for A24.

From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother’s role in the Cultural Revolution to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends and she begins, to the girl discovering the power of her body to inspire and destroy, *Sour Heart*'s seven stories illuminate the complex and messy inner lives of girls struggling to define themselves.

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


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:10:00 -0400 2020-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Jenny Zhang
Craft Lecture: Bringing Literary Sensibilities to Film and TV (October 23, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75400 75400-19463857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Literature is uniquely suited to express the interior lives of characters, whereas film and television are visual mediums. With writers more in demand than ever in Hollywood, this craft lecture will explore how literary writers can put themselves in a position to do both.


Jenny Zhang’s debut story collection, *Sour Heart*, centers on immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China and Taiwan for the constant struggle of life at the poverty line in 1990s New York City. Zhang is currently adapting *Sour Heart* into a feature-length film for A24.

From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother’s role in the Cultural Revolution to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends and she begins, to the girl discovering the power of her body to inspire and destroy, *Sour Heart*'s seven stories illuminate the complex and messy inner lives of girls struggling to define themselves.

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


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. Copies of the readings and live, high quality auto-captions/transcriptions will be provided at all events.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:09:24 -0400 2020-10-23T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Jenny Zhang
Minor in Writing Virtual Info Session (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78301 78301-20004860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker.

Students currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology, Business, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing.

With a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty, or have questions about the application process, you can attend a Minor in Writing Virtual Information Session hosted on Zoom.

The deadline to apply for Winter 2021 is Monday, October 26th at noon.

You may RSVP at https://forms.gle/pBDRSRdAY6c71ZES8 or drop-in using the link below.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96911735633
Meeting ID: 969 1173 5633
Passcode: MiW

More info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:48:59 -0400 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Social / Informal Gathering MiW flyer
The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series (October 23, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75950 75950-19627785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

This week's reading features Maya Dobjensky [Fiction] and Serena Dobson [Poetry]. 

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

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Presentation Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:15:51 -0400 2020-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Write-Togethers (October 26, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75828 75828-19615887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

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Other Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:05:27 -0500 2020-10-26T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Other
Submissions Deadline: Writer to Writer Fall 2020 Publication (October 29, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77592 77592-19885837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Writer to Writer

Writer to Writer Literary Journal is seeking submissions for our Fall 2020 publication. We accept all genres and modes. Check out our website for the submissions form, guidelines, and past publication.

Submit your work here: https://writertowriterumich.music.blog/submit/
Questions? Let us know at writer-to-writer@umich.edu

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Other Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:55:13 -0400 2020-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Writer to Writer Other call for submissions
Reading and Q&A with Author Megha Majumdar (October 29, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75401 75401-19463858@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

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Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, *A Burning*, follows three unforgettable characters whose lives are entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. Her work tackles class, fate, corruption, justice, and what it feels like to face profound obstacles and yet nurture big dreams in a country spinning toward extremism.

Majumdar was born and raised in Kolkata, India. She moved to the United States to attend college at Harvard University, where she was a Traub Scholar, followed by graduate school in social anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. She works as an associate editor at Catapult, and lives in New York City.


The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:12:17 -0400 2020-10-29T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Megha Majumdar
Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series (October 29, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78648 78648-20085803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Trotter Multicultural Center

With Election Day quickly approaching, Trotter Multicultural Center is beyond excited to present Civic Engagement & the Power of Speechwriting: Reflections from Former Presidential Speechwriters, a continuation of our beloved Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series, on October 29th (Thursday) from 5:30-7:00 PM. Hear from speechwriters, Sarah Hurwitz and John McConnell, as they discuss their experiences speechwriting for the Bush and Obama administration, as well as the role of speechwriting within civic engagement. The event will be moderated by Aaron Kall, U-M Director of Debate.

Want to learn more about our speakers? Check out their bios down below!

About Sarah Hurwitz
Sarah Hurwitz was a White House speechwriter from 2009 to 2017, serving as as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and as well as head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama. Before working at the White House, Sarah was chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton during her 2008 presidential primary campaign as well as a deputy chief speechwriter for Senator John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign. Hurwitz is also the author of Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life -- in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There).

About John McConnell
John McConnell served as a senior speechwriter for President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney—part of the three-person team responsible for all of the 43rd President’s major addresses. He served all eight years of the Bush-Cheney administration, and held the unique position of both Deputy Assistant to the President and Assistant to the Vice President.

Please note this event will be recorded.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:05:19 -0400 2020-10-29T17:30:00-04:00 2020-10-29T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Trotter Multicultural Center Livestream / Virtual Image of event flyer