Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 27, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452855@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2019-02-27T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (February 28, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-02-28T07:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
she was here, once (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875188@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Art Exhibit: Householdments (February 28, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033974@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-02-28T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (February 28, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-02-28T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 28, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2019-02-28T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 1, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-01T07:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 1, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 1, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033975@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-01T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 1, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-01T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 1, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2019-03-01T11:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
she was here, once (March 1, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-01T13:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 2, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 2, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-02T07:00:00-05:00 2019-03-02T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 2, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 2, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-02T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-02T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 2, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 2, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:39:06 -0400 2019-03-02T11:00:00-05:00 2019-03-02T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam, Situation VI—Pisces 4, ca. 1972, polypropylene painted multiform. Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund. Courtesy of Joseph Goddu Fine Arts, Inc., New York. © Sam Gilliam
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 3, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088070@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 3, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-03T07:00:00-05:00 2019-03-03T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 3, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 3, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-03T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-03T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 3, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452749@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 3, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:39:06 -0400 2019-03-03T12:00:00-05:00 2019-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam, Situation VI—Pisces 4, ca. 1972, polypropylene painted multiform. Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund. Courtesy of Joseph Goddu Fine Arts, Inc., New York. © Sam Gilliam
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 4, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 4, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-04T07:00:00-05:00 2019-03-04T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 4, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 4, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
she was here, once (March 4, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875206@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 4, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 4, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 4, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-04T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 4, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 4, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-04T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-04T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 5, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-05T07:00:00-05:00 2019-03-05T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 5, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
she was here, once (March 5, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875153@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 5, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 5, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-05T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 5, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:39:06 -0400 2019-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 2019-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam, Situation VI—Pisces 4, ca. 1972, polypropylene painted multiform. Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund. Courtesy of Joseph Goddu Fine Arts, Inc., New York. © Sam Gilliam
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 6, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-06T07:00:00-05:00 2019-03-06T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 6, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
she was here, once (March 6, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 6, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-06T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 6, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167897@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-06T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-06T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 6, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2019-03-06T11:00:00-05:00 2019-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 7, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 7, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-07T07:00:00-05:00 2019-03-07T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 7, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 7, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-07T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
she was here, once (March 7, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875189@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 7, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-07T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 7, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 7, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-07T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 7, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 7, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-07T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-07T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 7, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452909@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 7, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2019-03-07T11:00:00-05:00 2019-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 8, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 8, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-08T07:00:00-05:00 2019-03-08T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 8, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 8, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-08T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 8, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 8, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-08T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 8, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 8, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-08T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-08T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 8, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452962@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 8, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2019-03-08T11:00:00-05:00 2019-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
she was here, once (March 8, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 8, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-08T13:00:00-05:00 2019-03-08T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 9, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 9, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-09T07:00:00-05:00 2019-03-09T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 9, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 9, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-09T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-09T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 9, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 9, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:39:06 -0400 2019-03-09T11:00:00-05:00 2019-03-09T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam, Situation VI—Pisces 4, ca. 1972, polypropylene painted multiform. Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund. Courtesy of Joseph Goddu Fine Arts, Inc., New York. © Sam Gilliam
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 10, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 10, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-10T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-10T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 10, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 10, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-10T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-10T11:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:39:06 -0400 2019-03-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-10T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam, Situation VI—Pisces 4, ca. 1972, polypropylene painted multiform. Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund. Courtesy of Joseph Goddu Fine Arts, Inc., New York. © Sam Gilliam
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 11, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-11T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 11, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-11T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
she was here, once (March 11, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875207@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-11T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 11, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033985@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-11T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 11, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-11T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T11:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 12, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-12T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 12, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-12T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
she was here, once (March 12, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-12T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 12, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033986@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-12T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 12, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-12T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T11:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 12, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:39:06 -0400 2019-03-12T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam, Situation VI—Pisces 4, ca. 1972, polypropylene painted multiform. Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund. Courtesy of Joseph Goddu Fine Arts, Inc., New York. © Sam Gilliam
Visual Voice: Sustainability and Stress (March 12, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61779 61779-15179594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

In her new book, Finding Voice: A Visual Arts Approach to Engaging Social Change, Kim Berman offers a theory and practice of resilient partnerships for social change. She argues for the importance of participatory visual storytelling through murals, paper prayers, Photovoice, and mapping in urban and rural collaborations. Using a feminist framework to look at "women on purpose," Berman speaks to the power and cost of sustaining public projects that address HIV-AIDS stigma, climate change, xenophobia, and unemployment.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:52:25 -0500 2019-03-12T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 13, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-13T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 13, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728492@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-13T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
she was here, once (March 13, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-13T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 13, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-13T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 13, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-13T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T11:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 13, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2019-03-13T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 14, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-14T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 14, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728493@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-14T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
she was here, once (March 14, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-14T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 14, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578314@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-14T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 14, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-14T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Enter the As I See It Photography Competition! (March 14, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61655 61655-15167905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is seeking student photos for the As I See It Photo Competition. Submit up to two photos you've taken that represent the theme "Contrast" and you could win great prizes, like an iPod Touch! Deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 14 at 10pm. Learn more at http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/aisi/.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:12 -0500 2019-03-14T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T11:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Arts at Michigan Exhibition Enter the As I See It Photo Competition!
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 14, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2019-03-14T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
"Blind House" Opening Reception & Artist Conversation (March 14, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58929 58929-14578365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 6:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us to hear Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz in conversation with curator Amanda Krugliak, followed by Q & A and Opening Reception.

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy."

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:47:28 -0500 2019-03-14T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T20:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Blind House composite
LINK: Redefine Wellness. (March 14, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61580 61580-15143697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Spectrum Center

The idea behind LINK is to promote the exploration of other cultures through what connects us - our distinct perception and representation of strength, love, humanity, compassion, resilience, and creativity. We will be showcasing how mental health issues across campus represent these qualities through any and all creative talents and art, including but not limited to: photography, singing, dancing, acapella, visual art, film, writing, etc. Our goal is to be able raise awareness about mental health issues and the stigmatization that surrounds them.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:06:21 -0500 2019-03-14T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T21:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Spectrum Center Exhibition Event Banner
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 15, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-15T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 15, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728494@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-15T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578316@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 15, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033989@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-15T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452963@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2019-03-15T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
she was here, once (March 15, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875137@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-15T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 16, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-16T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-16T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
Make Giant Puppets for FestiFools! (March 16, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60757 60757-14963893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 10:00am
Location: Campus Safety Services Building
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Join UM students, staff and faculty interested in helping out with the creation of giant puppets for this year's FestiFools event. Come to the FestiFools studio any Saturday to help bring these puppet creations to life just in time for our 13th Annual FestiFools extravaganza (held on Sunday, April 7th, from 4-5pm/Main Street Ann Arbor). To reserve your studio time (Saturdays AM 10-1pm, or PM 1-4pm) email heathmd@umich.edu

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Community Service Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:10:08 -0500 2019-03-16T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T13:00:00-04:00 Campus Safety Services Building Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Community Service FestiFools (photo by Myra Klarman)
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 16, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:39:06 -0400 2019-03-16T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam, Situation VI—Pisces 4, ca. 1972, polypropylene painted multiform. Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund. Courtesy of Joseph Goddu Fine Arts, Inc., New York. © Sam Gilliam
Make Giant Puppets for FestiFools! (March 16, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60757 60757-14963883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Campus Safety Services Building
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Join UM students, staff and faculty interested in helping out with the creation of giant puppets for this year's FestiFools event. Come to the FestiFools studio any Saturday to help bring these puppet creations to life just in time for our 13th Annual FestiFools extravaganza (held on Sunday, April 7th, from 4-5pm/Main Street Ann Arbor). To reserve your studio time (Saturdays AM 10-1pm, or PM 1-4pm) email heathmd@umich.edu

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Community Service Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:10:08 -0500 2019-03-16T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T16:00:00-04:00 Campus Safety Services Building Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Community Service FestiFools (photo by Myra Klarman)
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 17, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 17, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-17T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-17T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:39:06 -0400 2019-03-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-17T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam, Situation VI—Pisces 4, ca. 1972, polypropylene painted multiform. Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund. Courtesy of Joseph Goddu Fine Arts, Inc., New York. © Sam Gilliam
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 18, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-18T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi (March 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 61746-15179071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures, patterns, shapes and colors, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:24:37 -0500 2019-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Rezgar Mamandi applying glaze. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden (March 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 62142-15302206@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint, Michigan native, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:24:05 -0400 2019-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Work from the Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form series by Darcy R. Bowden, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider (March 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 61755-15179483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design, and she works with cloth, paint, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally, and her work is in both private and public collections.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 May 2019 14:03:34 -0400 2019-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Still Life: Two Calligraphy Brushes & Boro by Barbara J. Schneider, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss (March 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 61751-15179236@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep, saturated color in her studio in Evanston, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:32:01 -0500 2019-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Prairie in Bright Sun by Nina Weiss, photograph by James Prince. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand (March 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 61749-15179153@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya, India, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:28:31 -0500 2019-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Under the Bodhi Tree, Blazing Stupa by Roshan Houshmand, photograph by the artist. High resolution version
Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder (March 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 62143-15302288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction, including a Newbery Award winning book for children, Step Gently Out, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program "Creatures of Light", produced by National Geographic Television, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:30:17 -0400 2019-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition River (detail) by Rick Lieder. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of presents Art, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway (March 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 62140-15302123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In Juliette Hemingway’s work, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing, autism, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism, and for her, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora, Colorado.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:19:32 -0400 2019-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Pouring My Heart Out by Juliette Hemingway, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (March 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 18, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-18T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 18, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033992@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-18T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 19, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-19T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi (March 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 61746-15179072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures, patterns, shapes and colors, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:24:37 -0500 2019-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Rezgar Mamandi applying glaze. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden (March 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 62142-15302207@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint, Michigan native, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:24:05 -0400 2019-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Work from the Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form series by Darcy R. Bowden, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider (March 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 61755-15179484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design, and she works with cloth, paint, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally, and her work is in both private and public collections.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 May 2019 14:03:34 -0400 2019-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Still Life: Two Calligraphy Brushes & Boro by Barbara J. Schneider, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss (March 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 61751-15179237@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep, saturated color in her studio in Evanston, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:32:01 -0500 2019-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Prairie in Bright Sun by Nina Weiss, photograph by James Prince. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand (March 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 61749-15179154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya, India, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:28:31 -0500 2019-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Under the Bodhi Tree, Blazing Stupa by Roshan Houshmand, photograph by the artist. High resolution version
Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder (March 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 62143-15302289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction, including a Newbery Award winning book for children, Step Gently Out, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program "Creatures of Light", produced by National Geographic Television, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:30:17 -0400 2019-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition River (detail) by Rick Lieder. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of presents Art, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway (March 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 62140-15302124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In Juliette Hemingway’s work, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing, autism, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism, and for her, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora, Colorado.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:19:32 -0400 2019-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Pouring My Heart Out by Juliette Hemingway, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (March 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875155@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 19, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-19T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 19, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033993@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-19T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 19, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:39:06 -0400 2019-03-19T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam, Situation VI—Pisces 4, ca. 1972, polypropylene painted multiform. Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund. Courtesy of Joseph Goddu Fine Arts, Inc., New York. © Sam Gilliam
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 20, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-20T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728499@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi (March 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 61746-15179073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures, patterns, shapes and colors, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:24:37 -0500 2019-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Rezgar Mamandi applying glaze. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden (March 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 62142-15302208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint, Michigan native, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:24:05 -0400 2019-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Work from the Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form series by Darcy R. Bowden, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider (March 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 61755-15179485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design, and she works with cloth, paint, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally, and her work is in both private and public collections.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 May 2019 14:03:34 -0400 2019-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Still Life: Two Calligraphy Brushes & Boro by Barbara J. Schneider, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss (March 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 61751-15179238@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep, saturated color in her studio in Evanston, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:32:01 -0500 2019-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Prairie in Bright Sun by Nina Weiss, photograph by James Prince. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand (March 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 61749-15179155@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya, India, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:28:31 -0500 2019-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Under the Bodhi Tree, Blazing Stupa by Roshan Houshmand, photograph by the artist. High resolution version
Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder (March 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 62143-15302290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction, including a Newbery Award winning book for children, Step Gently Out, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program "Creatures of Light", produced by National Geographic Television, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:30:17 -0400 2019-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition River (detail) by Rick Lieder. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of presents Art, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway (March 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 62140-15302125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In Juliette Hemingway’s work, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing, autism, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism, and for her, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora, Colorado.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:19:32 -0400 2019-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Pouring My Heart Out by Juliette Hemingway, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (March 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 20, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-20T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 20, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033994@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-20T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 20, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452858@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2019-03-20T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
CRITICAL x DESIGN: Digitally Divided: The Art of Algorithmic (In)Decision (March 20, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62305 62305-15346465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 3:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: School of Information

In “Digitally Divided,” Katherine Behar presents her artwork with a focus on how algorithms dismantle and rearrange us. Across culture, algorithms have been unleashed to allocate complex systems into manageable portions. They mete out standardization and suppress idiosyncrasy across diverse and defiant populations of human and nonhuman objects, in ways that are socially, technically, and conceptually reductive. This lecture brings together examples of Behar’s videos, interactive installations, sculptures, and performances, alongside episodes from media history and popular culture to explore this core notion of being “digitally divided.”

About the Speaker:
Katherine Behar is an artist and critical theorist of new media whose work explores gender and labor in digital culture. In contexts spanning automated labor, mandated obsolescence, big data, and machine learning, Behar applies object-oriented feminism into practice in her art and writing. Her work connects feminist and antiracist post-colonial histories with a wave of new theories that grapple with the nonhuman object world. Katherine Behar's works have appeared throughout North America and Europe. Pera Museum in Istanbul presented a comprehensive survey exhibition and catalog, Katherine Behar: Data's Entry | Veri Girişi, in 2016. Additional solo exhibitions include Katherine Behar: Anonymous Autonomous (2018), Katherine Behar: E-Waste (2014, catalog/traveling), and numerous others collaborating as "Disorientalism." Behar is the editor of Object-Oriented Feminism, coeditor of And Another Thing: Nonanthropocentrism and Art, and author of Bigger than You: Big Data and Obesity. She is Associate Professor of New Media Arts at Baruch College, CUNY.

The CRITICAL x DESIGN series is generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; the Science, Technology and Society program, and the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:17:24 -0400 2019-03-20T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T16:00:00-04:00 North Quad School of Information Lecture / Discussion portrait of katherine behar
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 21, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-21T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi (March 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 61746-15179074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures, patterns, shapes and colors, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:24:37 -0500 2019-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Rezgar Mamandi applying glaze. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden (March 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 62142-15302209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint, Michigan native, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:24:05 -0400 2019-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Work from the Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form series by Darcy R. Bowden, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider (March 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 61755-15179486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design, and she works with cloth, paint, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally, and her work is in both private and public collections.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 May 2019 14:03:34 -0400 2019-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Still Life: Two Calligraphy Brushes & Boro by Barbara J. Schneider, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss (March 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 61751-15179239@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep, saturated color in her studio in Evanston, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:32:01 -0500 2019-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Prairie in Bright Sun by Nina Weiss, photograph by James Prince. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand (March 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 61749-15179156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya, India, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:28:31 -0500 2019-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Under the Bodhi Tree, Blazing Stupa by Roshan Houshmand, photograph by the artist. High resolution version
Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder (March 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 62143-15302291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction, including a Newbery Award winning book for children, Step Gently Out, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program "Creatures of Light", produced by National Geographic Television, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:30:17 -0400 2019-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition River (detail) by Rick Lieder. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of presents Art, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway (March 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 62140-15302126@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In Juliette Hemingway’s work, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing, autism, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism, and for her, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora, Colorado.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:19:32 -0400 2019-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Pouring My Heart Out by Juliette Hemingway, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (March 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 21, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-21T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 21, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033995@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-21T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 21, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2019-03-21T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 22, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-22T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728501@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi (March 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 61746-15179075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures, patterns, shapes and colors, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:24:37 -0500 2019-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Rezgar Mamandi applying glaze. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden (March 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 62142-15302210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint, Michigan native, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:24:05 -0400 2019-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Work from the Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form series by Darcy R. Bowden, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider (March 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 61755-15179487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design, and she works with cloth, paint, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally, and her work is in both private and public collections.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 May 2019 14:03:34 -0400 2019-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Still Life: Two Calligraphy Brushes & Boro by Barbara J. Schneider, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss (March 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 61751-15179240@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep, saturated color in her studio in Evanston, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:32:01 -0500 2019-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Prairie in Bright Sun by Nina Weiss, photograph by James Prince. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand (March 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 61749-15179157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya, India, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:28:31 -0500 2019-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Under the Bodhi Tree, Blazing Stupa by Roshan Houshmand, photograph by the artist. High resolution version
Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder (March 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 62143-15302292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction, including a Newbery Award winning book for children, Step Gently Out, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program "Creatures of Light", produced by National Geographic Television, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:30:17 -0400 2019-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition River (detail) by Rick Lieder. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of presents Art, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway (March 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 62140-15302127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In Juliette Hemingway’s work, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing, autism, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism, and for her, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora, Colorado.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:19:32 -0400 2019-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Pouring My Heart Out by Juliette Hemingway, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 22, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-22T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033996@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-22T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 22, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53719 53719-13452964@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:40:44 -0400 2019-03-22T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam Situation VI—Pisces 4 ca. 1972 Polypropylene painted multiform Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund
she was here, once (March 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-22T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 23, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-23T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi (March 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 61746-15179076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures, patterns, shapes and colors, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:24:37 -0500 2019-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Rezgar Mamandi applying glaze. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden (March 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 62142-15302211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint, Michigan native, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:24:05 -0400 2019-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Work from the Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form series by Darcy R. Bowden, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider (March 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 61755-15179488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design, and she works with cloth, paint, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally, and her work is in both private and public collections.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 May 2019 14:03:34 -0400 2019-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Still Life: Two Calligraphy Brushes & Boro by Barbara J. Schneider, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss (March 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 61751-15179241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep, saturated color in her studio in Evanston, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:32:01 -0500 2019-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Prairie in Bright Sun by Nina Weiss, photograph by James Prince. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand (March 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 61749-15179158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya, India, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:28:31 -0500 2019-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Under the Bodhi Tree, Blazing Stupa by Roshan Houshmand, photograph by the artist. High resolution version
Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder (March 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 62143-15302293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction, including a Newbery Award winning book for children, Step Gently Out, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program "Creatures of Light", produced by National Geographic Television, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:30:17 -0400 2019-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition River (detail) by Rick Lieder. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of presents Art, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway (March 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 62140-15302128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In Juliette Hemingway’s work, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing, autism, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism, and for her, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora, Colorado.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:19:32 -0400 2019-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Pouring My Heart Out by Juliette Hemingway, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Make Giant Puppets for FestiFools! (March 23, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60757 60757-14963894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 10:00am
Location: Campus Safety Services Building
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Join UM students, staff and faculty interested in helping out with the creation of giant puppets for this year's FestiFools event. Come to the FestiFools studio any Saturday to help bring these puppet creations to life just in time for our 13th Annual FestiFools extravaganza (held on Sunday, April 7th, from 4-5pm/Main Street Ann Arbor). To reserve your studio time (Saturdays AM 10-1pm, or PM 1-4pm) email heathmd@umich.edu

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Community Service Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:10:08 -0500 2019-03-23T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T13:00:00-04:00 Campus Safety Services Building Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Community Service FestiFools (photo by Myra Klarman)
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 23, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:39:06 -0400 2019-03-23T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam, Situation VI—Pisces 4, ca. 1972, polypropylene painted multiform. Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund. Courtesy of Joseph Goddu Fine Arts, Inc., New York. © Sam Gilliam
Make Giant Puppets for FestiFools! (March 23, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60757 60757-14963884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Campus Safety Services Building
Organized By: Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts

Join UM students, staff and faculty interested in helping out with the creation of giant puppets for this year's FestiFools event. Come to the FestiFools studio any Saturday to help bring these puppet creations to life just in time for our 13th Annual FestiFools extravaganza (held on Sunday, April 7th, from 4-5pm/Main Street Ann Arbor). To reserve your studio time (Saturdays AM 10-1pm, or PM 1-4pm) email heathmd@umich.edu

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Community Service Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:10:08 -0500 2019-03-23T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 Campus Safety Services Building Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts Community Service FestiFools (photo by Myra Klarman)
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 24, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-24T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi (March 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 61746-15179077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures, patterns, shapes and colors, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:24:37 -0500 2019-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Rezgar Mamandi applying glaze. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden (March 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 62142-15302212@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint, Michigan native, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:24:05 -0400 2019-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Work from the Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form series by Darcy R. Bowden, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider (March 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 61755-15179489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design, and she works with cloth, paint, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally, and her work is in both private and public collections.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 May 2019 14:03:34 -0400 2019-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Still Life: Two Calligraphy Brushes & Boro by Barbara J. Schneider, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss (March 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 61751-15179242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep, saturated color in her studio in Evanston, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:32:01 -0500 2019-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Prairie in Bright Sun by Nina Weiss, photograph by James Prince. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand (March 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 61749-15179159@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya, India, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:28:31 -0500 2019-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Under the Bodhi Tree, Blazing Stupa by Roshan Houshmand, photograph by the artist. High resolution version
Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder (March 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 62143-15302294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction, including a Newbery Award winning book for children, Step Gently Out, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program "Creatures of Light", produced by National Geographic Television, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:30:17 -0400 2019-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition River (detail) by Rick Lieder. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of presents Art, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway (March 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 62140-15302129@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In Juliette Hemingway’s work, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing, autism, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism, and for her, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora, Colorado.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:19:32 -0400 2019-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Pouring My Heart Out by Juliette Hemingway, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53718 53718-13452752@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Can abstract art be about politics? In the early 1970s, that question was hotly debated as artists, critics, and the public grappled with the relationship between art, politics, race, and feminism. Many of those debates centered on bringing to light the roles that gender and race played in how “great modern art” was defined and assessed, and on employing art to advance civil rights. Within this discourse, abstraction had an especially fraught role. To many, the decision by women artists and artists of color to make abstract art seemed to represent a retreat from politics and protest: an abnegation of a commitment to civil rights and feminism. "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" presents large-scale work by four leading American artists—Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson—who chose abstraction as a means of expression within the intense political climate of the early 1970s.

Lead support for "Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert and Janet Miller Fund and the University of Michigan Department of Political Science.

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:39:06 -0400 2019-03-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Sam Gilliam, Situation VI—Pisces 4, ca. 1972, polypropylene painted multiform. Williams College Museum of Art Museum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust and Kathryn Hurd Fund. Courtesy of Joseph Goddu Fine Arts, Inc., New York. © Sam Gilliam
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 25, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-25T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728504@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi (March 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 61746-15179078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures, patterns, shapes and colors, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:24:37 -0500 2019-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Rezgar Mamandi applying glaze. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden (March 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 62142-15302213@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint, Michigan native, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:24:05 -0400 2019-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Work from the Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form series by Darcy R. Bowden, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider (March 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 61755-15179490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design, and she works with cloth, paint, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally, and her work is in both private and public collections.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 May 2019 14:03:34 -0400 2019-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Still Life: Two Calligraphy Brushes & Boro by Barbara J. Schneider, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss (March 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 61751-15179243@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep, saturated color in her studio in Evanston, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:32:01 -0500 2019-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Prairie in Bright Sun by Nina Weiss, photograph by James Prince. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Under the Bodhi Tree: Mixed Media by Roshan Houshmand (March 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61749 61749-15179160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian/American artist who exhibits both nationally and internationally and lives in the Catskills of New York. She teaches drawing, painting and art history at State University of New York and Southern New Hampshire University. This body of work fuses eastern and western art traditions and techniques, reflecting her multicultural background. Each art piece has a leaf from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya, India, where Buddha sat and achieved enlightenment. Houshmand began this series as an aid to her meditation practices after visiting India and studying traditional Buddhist thangka painting and drawing at a monastic art school in Nepal.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:28:31 -0500 2019-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Under the Bodhi Tree, Blazing Stupa by Roshan Houshmand, photograph by the artist. High resolution version
Gifts of Art presents Wild Light: Photography by Rick Lieder (March 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62143 62143-15302295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Rick Lieder is a painter and photographer whose work has appeared in novels ranging from mysteries to science fiction, including a Newbery Award winning book for children, Step Gently Out, with novelist and poet Helen Frost. Lieder’s filmmaking work was featured in the PBS NOVA program "Creatures of Light", produced by National Geographic Television, in 2016. This exhibition of photography is a celebration of the poetry of Michigan wildlife and their surroundings: the leaves, the water and the light. One of Lieder’s goals is to engender in viewers an awareness that we share the world with millions of other lives whose welfare depends on our behavior.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:30:17 -0400 2019-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition River (detail) by Rick Lieder. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of presents Art, Music & Autism: Jazz Musicians in Mixed Media by Juliette Hemingway (March 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62140 62140-15302130@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In Juliette Hemingway’s work, viewers can imagine the grumbling tones of a saxophone or the sharp lines of a trombone. The sound is inside the musicians. You may not know the details of their experience or understand it, but it's visceral. That is what jazz is in Hemingway's work. It is the instinctual part of her life that she gives to viewers as a visual excerpt: a life that revolves around healing, autism, creativity and awareness. Jazz and the blue-hued musicians give you a sense of the deep-rooted experiences of her son and what it is to live with autism, and for her, straining to look into his secret world. Hemingway is based in Aurora, Colorado.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:19:32 -0400 2019-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Pouring My Heart Out by Juliette Hemingway, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
she was here, once (March 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-25T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Art Exhibit: Householdments (March 25, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61098 61098-15033999@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

John was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan after stays in both Japan and Iowa. After attending various universities around Michigan, John took an education hiatus to work in a cannery in Alaska. It was there that he found his calling in the pages of American Craft while scouring the tables of free magazines at the Anchorage Public Library. He received his BFA (Furniture Design) from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and his MFA (Furniture Design) from Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. John teaches in the School of Art and Design at Eastern Michigan University. John has recently exhibited work at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Midland Center for the Arts, the Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum. He lives in Ann Arbor and maintains a studio in his home.

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While I don’t literally remember my earliest childhood years in Japan where I was born, I have over my lifetime, stitched together memories based on home movies, family photos, and images from my imagination. I “remember” the aesthetics of the place - objects and environments carefully made in wood, stone, and steel. Without necessarily conscious of it at the time, I was dimly aware of Japanese visual composition. Things around me held an inherent logic and beauty, a perfection made possible by keen tools, quality materials, and proficient makers. This three-part integration was embedded early on and continues to affect my own ongoing pursuit in object making.

While finding my way as a young maker, I realized where I belonged mostly because of how various studios smelled. The ceramics studio was musty and dirty, the metals studio was acrid and smoky, but the wood studio had an earthy aroma. My kind of place. The tools immediately felt right as well. Chisels, planes, and knives when sharpened properly could manipulate the material in ways I never expected. While I was clearly not a natural talent, I quickly realized that a little bit of tenacity goes a long way. I also realized that I loved the logic for how wood parts can fit together. To build a wooden object or a piece of furniture each part depends on the fit of others. I deeply appreciate this fitting togetherness – how doors fit, how drawers fit, how joints fit, how hinges fit. It all makes sense, and this sensibility carries through to what I’m doing today.

Working in wood typically requires a high degree of planning before actual construction, and over time I realized I craved the ability to work with more spontaneity. The work in this show reflects my wish to keep the working process a bit more flexible and intuitive.

When starting with a sketch that I believe has potential, I now begin to build directly, without drawings or maquettes. I’ll constantly assess what has been built and allow myself to alter it, continue with it, or get rid of it and start over. I’m more interested in seeing where this process takes me than I am in finishing something precisely as planned. This results in some playfulness and whimsy that I hope is reflected in this work.

The word Householdments is an old and obscure term without modern usage that refers to furniture or things we keep in our houses. It strikes me as an odd word but well fitted to describe the objects in this exhibit. The pieces in this show are a collection of my personal householdments.

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:15 -0500 2019-03-25T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition John DeHoog Stepper and Wrecker
Post-Human Creativity: A Conversation (March 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62112 62112-15293425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program

Who or what is the creator in a world where machines generate original music, poetry, art and more? Is the human creator of a machine the creator of the machine's output? Who holds copyright for creations made by computers or algorithms rather than directly by a human creator? How are we designing the machines that will take care of us? How do artists and designers approach creativity differently from engineers? These questions intersect with all creative endeavors today whether making art, altering the body, or designing autonomous vehicles.

Join us for a live, unrehearsed, interdisciplinary conversation with faculty from diverse perspectives to explore the idea of Post-Human Creativity.

Irina Aristarkhova, Associate Professor, School of Art & Design
Ella Atkins, Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Melissa Levine, Director, U-M Library Copyright Office
Andrea Thomer, Assistant Professor, School of Information

All are invited. Refreshments will be served. Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Library Copyright Office and the Ford School of Public Policy’s Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) graduate certificate program.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:14:38 -0400 2019-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program Lecture / Discussion Hatcher Graduate Library
The Accolades Awards- Nominations open (March 26, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50294 50294-15088093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 7:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

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

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

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

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

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Other Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:43:33 -0500 2019-03-26T07:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other Accolades Banner
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Gifts of Art presents Manna Pottery by Rezgar Mamandi (March 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61746 61746-15179079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

After finding Mannea pottery artifacts at archaeological sites in his hometown of Rabat in the northwest of Kurdistan in Iran, Rezgar Mamandi discovered his passion for ceramic art. His formal studies in ceramic art technique were in Turkey. Now Mamandi creates Manna Pottery, decorative and functional ceramics reproduced from 7th century Mannea Art originals. With hand-painted figures, patterns, shapes and colors, each piece is one-of-a-kind with an ancient, yet contemporary look achieved by using lead-free, high-fire oxidation glazes. To describe his relationship to art, Mamandi quotes Thomas Merton: “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:24:37 -0500 2019-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Photograph of Rezgar Mamandi applying glaze. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form in Clay by Darcy R. Bowden (March 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62142 62142-15302214@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Darcy R. Bowden has been working in clay for ten years following a forty-year hiatus. In the ensuing years she taught art in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and worked as a printmaker. This recent body of work combines hand-built forms with playful graphic compositions akin to those in her prints. Disparate shapes and elements find unity in her work. Influences include modernist design, Japanese textiles and abstract artists Ellsworth Kelly and Franz Kline. A Flint, Michigan native, she has lived in the Ann Arbor area for over forty years having earned a BFA, MA and teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University.

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Exhibition Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:24:05 -0400 2019-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Work from the Shape-Shifting: Surface & Form series by Darcy R. Bowden, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Still Lifes in Indigo: Wabi-Sabi Spirit in Textile by Barbara J. Schneider (March 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61755 61755-15179491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Barbara J. Schneider’s studio is in the Starline Factory in Harvard, Illinois. She has an extensive background in surface design, and she works with cloth, paint, dye and thread. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (aesthetic of transience and imperfection) is a strong influence in her work. This collection is a series of stitched textiles that are a reinterpretation of traditional still life paintings. These small, intimate artworks use vintage Japanese boro fabrics as backgrounds for personal objects that contain a Wabi-Sabi spirit. Schneider teaches and exhibits her work nationally and internationally, and her work is in both private and public collections.

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Exhibition Thu, 16 May 2019 14:03:34 -0400 2019-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Still Life: Two Calligraphy Brushes & Boro by Barbara J. Schneider, photo by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents The Prairie: Oil on Canvas by Nina Weiss (March 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61751 61751-15179244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Internationally recognized artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years, and the lush feel of her painted surfaces are alive with gesture and emotion. Weiss frequently bikes through rural Michigan for inspiration as well as traveling abroad to document the landscape. She completes her large-scale layered compositions of deep, saturated color in her studio in Evanston, Illinois. Weiss’ work is represented in private and corporate collections and can be found in 100 Artists of the Midwest, Artists Homes & Studios and The Chicago Art Scene. In addition, Weiss has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Columbia College Chicago.

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Exhibition Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:32:01 -0500 2019-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Prairie in Bright Sun by Nina Weiss, photograph by James Prince. High resolution version available upon request.