Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 18, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649744@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 18, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-18T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-18T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 18, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12649996@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 18, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-18T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-18T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 18, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 18, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-18T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-18T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 18, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 18, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-18T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-18T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 18, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 18, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-18T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-18T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 18, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 18, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-08-18T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-18T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 18, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362729@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 18, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-18T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-18T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (August 18, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11884999@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 18, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-08-18T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-18T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 18, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 18, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-08-18T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-18T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (August 18, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 18, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-08-18T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-18T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649745@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-19T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-19T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12649997@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-19T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-19T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-19T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-19T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-19T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-19T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-19T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-19T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-08-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362748@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript (August 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50849 50849-11885000@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:55:41 -0500 2018-08-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Artist unknown, Calendar leaf (January), from a Book of Hours, 1462, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen, 2015/2.6B (recto)
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-08-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (August 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-08-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Guided Tour - See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 19, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53392 53392-13358060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 19, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

'See Through' looks at how photographers of these images doubly frame the world around us—once through the frame of the camera lens and, again, through the frame of a reflective mirror or transparent window. UMMA Docents will reveal which photographers include their own reflections in their photographs, highlighting their active role in the creation of images. A tour will also indicate which photographers look outward, enacting an exchange of public and, sometimes, voyeuristic glances; and which look inward to domestic spaces, framing intimate views and personal moments among families and lovers. Windows and mirrors, like the medium of photography itself, expand the limits of the human eye to perceive the world and, in turn, invite viewers to see through to new visual possibilities.

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

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:12:34 -0400 2018-08-19T14:00:00-04:00 2018-08-19T15:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 20, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 20, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-20T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-20T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 20, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12649998@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 20, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-20T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-20T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 20, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 20, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-20T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-20T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 20, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649662@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 20, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-20T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-20T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 20, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 20, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-20T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-20T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (August 20, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 20, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-08-20T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-20T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 21, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-21T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-21T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 21, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12649999@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-21T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-21T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 21, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-21T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-21T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 21, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649663@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-21T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-21T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 21, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-21T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-21T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (August 21, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-08-21T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-21T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 21, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-08-21T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-21T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 21, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-21T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-21T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 21, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-08-21T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-21T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (August 21, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-08-21T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-21T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649748@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-22T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-22T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650000@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-22T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-22T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-22T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-22T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649664@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-22T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-22T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-22T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-22T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (August 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-08-22T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-22T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 22, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-08-22T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 22, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-22T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 22, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577056@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-08-22T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (August 22, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-08-22T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 23, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649749@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-23T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-23T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 23, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650001@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-23T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-23T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 23, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-23T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-23T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 23, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-23T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-23T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 23, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-23T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-23T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (August 23, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-08-23T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-23T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 23, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-08-23T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-23T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 23, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-23T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-23T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 23, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-08-23T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-23T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (August 23, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-08-23T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-23T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Volunteer at Artscapade! (August 23, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/42847 42847-13176835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 23, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Artscapade is at UMMA on Friday, August 30, 7-10pm
Sign up to volunteer today! http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/artscapade/

Arts at Michigan and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) celebrate Welcome Week through Artscapade -- an evening of art-making, live music, dance and poetry, games, and prizes. We're looking for volunteers to help with Artscapade! There are many fun volunteer opportunities for Artscapade. As a volunteer you'll meet new students, explore UMMA, help run fun arts activities, and get a free Artscapade t-shirt! We hope that you will join us to kick off the new year with Arts at Michigan!

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Fair / Festival Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:43:45 -0400 2018-08-23T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-23T12:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Arts at Michigan Fair / Festival Artscapade at UMMA
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 24, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-24T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 24, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650002@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-24T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 24, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-24T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 24, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649666@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-24T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 24, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649834@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-24T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (August 24, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-08-24T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 24, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13272003@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-08-24T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 24, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-24T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 24, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-24T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 24, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-08-24T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (August 24, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-08-24T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 25, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-25T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-25T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 25, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650003@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-25T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-25T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 25, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-25T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-25T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 25, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649667@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-25T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-25T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 25, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-25T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-25T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 25, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-08-25T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 25, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362730@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-25T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
New at UMMA: Life Magazine 1947 Homecoming Photographs (August 25, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53176 53176-13272017@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In October 1947, just two years after the end of World War II, the popular weekly news magazine LIFE sent staff photographers Lisa Larsen and Ralph Morse to cover homecoming weekend at the University of Michigan. The subsequent article, “Michigan Homecoming,” which brought national attention to UM’s athletic program, featured a seven-page spread with photographs of the campus during a much-anticipated football game between the number-one ranked Michigan Wolverines and the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers. This installation provides a unique opportunity to view twenty-one images of that weekend, many of which were not published in the original article, recently donated to UMMA by John and Susan Edwards Harvith. Considered alongside the article, these photographs of fervent fans, strolling couples, alumni making their annual pilgrimage, and the game itself present LIFE magazine’s view of a giddy post-war public enjoying a return to American pastimes.

These photographs were recently gifted to UMMA by John (AB '69, JD '73) and Susan (MMP '73) Harvith.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:58:04 -0400 2018-08-25T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Lisa Larsen, Untitled, 1947, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith in memory of our mentors Jean Paul Slusser and Charles Sawyer, 2017/2.225
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 25, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-08-25T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (August 25, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-08-25T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-25T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649752@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-26T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-26T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-26T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649668@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-26T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649836@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-26T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-08-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362749@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
New at UMMA: Life Magazine 1947 Homecoming Photographs (August 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53176 53176-13272029@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In October 1947, just two years after the end of World War II, the popular weekly news magazine LIFE sent staff photographers Lisa Larsen and Ralph Morse to cover homecoming weekend at the University of Michigan. The subsequent article, “Michigan Homecoming,” which brought national attention to UM’s athletic program, featured a seven-page spread with photographs of the campus during a much-anticipated football game between the number-one ranked Michigan Wolverines and the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers. This installation provides a unique opportunity to view twenty-one images of that weekend, many of which were not published in the original article, recently donated to UMMA by John and Susan Edwards Harvith. Considered alongside the article, these photographs of fervent fans, strolling couples, alumni making their annual pilgrimage, and the game itself present LIFE magazine’s view of a giddy post-war public enjoying a return to American pastimes.

These photographs were recently gifted to UMMA by John (AB '69, JD '73) and Susan (MMP '73) Harvith.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:58:04 -0400 2018-08-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Lisa Larsen, Untitled, 1947, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith in memory of our mentors Jean Paul Slusser and Charles Sawyer, 2017/2.225
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-08-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (August 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-08-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Guided Tour - Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 26, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53396 53396-13358064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. Join UMMA docents as they explore the significant themes of our times including slavery, colonization, migration, racism and identity.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:02:50 -0400 2018-08-26T14:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T15:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 27, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649753@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 27, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-27T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-27T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 27, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 27, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-27T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-27T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 27, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 27, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-27T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-27T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 27, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649669@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 27, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-27T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-27T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 27, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 27, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-27T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-27T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (August 27, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 27, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-08-27T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-27T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 28, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-28T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 28, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-28T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 28, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-28T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 28, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-28T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 28, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-28T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (August 28, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-08-28T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 28, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271959@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-08-28T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 28, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-28T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
New at UMMA: Life Magazine 1947 Homecoming Photographs (August 28, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53176 53176-13272041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In October 1947, just two years after the end of World War II, the popular weekly news magazine LIFE sent staff photographers Lisa Larsen and Ralph Morse to cover homecoming weekend at the University of Michigan. The subsequent article, “Michigan Homecoming,” which brought national attention to UM’s athletic program, featured a seven-page spread with photographs of the campus during a much-anticipated football game between the number-one ranked Michigan Wolverines and the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers. This installation provides a unique opportunity to view twenty-one images of that weekend, many of which were not published in the original article, recently donated to UMMA by John and Susan Edwards Harvith. Considered alongside the article, these photographs of fervent fans, strolling couples, alumni making their annual pilgrimage, and the game itself present LIFE magazine’s view of a giddy post-war public enjoying a return to American pastimes.

These photographs were recently gifted to UMMA by John (AB '69, JD '73) and Susan (MMP '73) Harvith.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:58:04 -0400 2018-08-28T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Lisa Larsen, Untitled, 1947, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith in memory of our mentors Jean Paul Slusser and Charles Sawyer, 2017/2.225
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 28, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-08-28T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (August 28, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-08-28T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-29T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-29T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-29T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-29T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-29T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (August 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-08-29T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 29, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271974@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-08-29T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 29, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-29T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
New at UMMA: Life Magazine 1947 Homecoming Photographs (August 29, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53176 53176-13272052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In October 1947, just two years after the end of World War II, the popular weekly news magazine LIFE sent staff photographers Lisa Larsen and Ralph Morse to cover homecoming weekend at the University of Michigan. The subsequent article, “Michigan Homecoming,” which brought national attention to UM’s athletic program, featured a seven-page spread with photographs of the campus during a much-anticipated football game between the number-one ranked Michigan Wolverines and the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers. This installation provides a unique opportunity to view twenty-one images of that weekend, many of which were not published in the original article, recently donated to UMMA by John and Susan Edwards Harvith. Considered alongside the article, these photographs of fervent fans, strolling couples, alumni making their annual pilgrimage, and the game itself present LIFE magazine’s view of a giddy post-war public enjoying a return to American pastimes.

These photographs were recently gifted to UMMA by John (AB '69, JD '73) and Susan (MMP '73) Harvith.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:58:04 -0400 2018-08-29T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Lisa Larsen, Untitled, 1947, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith in memory of our mentors Jean Paul Slusser and Charles Sawyer, 2017/2.225
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 29, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-08-29T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (August 29, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-08-29T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 30, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-30T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 30, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-30T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 30, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-30T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 30, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-30T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 30, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-30T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (August 30, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-08-30T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 30, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271989@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-08-30T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 30, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-30T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
New at UMMA: Life Magazine 1947 Homecoming Photographs (August 30, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53176 53176-13272053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In October 1947, just two years after the end of World War II, the popular weekly news magazine LIFE sent staff photographers Lisa Larsen and Ralph Morse to cover homecoming weekend at the University of Michigan. The subsequent article, “Michigan Homecoming,” which brought national attention to UM’s athletic program, featured a seven-page spread with photographs of the campus during a much-anticipated football game between the number-one ranked Michigan Wolverines and the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers. This installation provides a unique opportunity to view twenty-one images of that weekend, many of which were not published in the original article, recently donated to UMMA by John and Susan Edwards Harvith. Considered alongside the article, these photographs of fervent fans, strolling couples, alumni making their annual pilgrimage, and the game itself present LIFE magazine’s view of a giddy post-war public enjoying a return to American pastimes.

These photographs were recently gifted to UMMA by John (AB '69, JD '73) and Susan (MMP '73) Harvith.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:58:04 -0400 2018-08-30T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Lisa Larsen, Untitled, 1947, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith in memory of our mentors Jean Paul Slusser and Charles Sawyer, 2017/2.225
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 30, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-08-30T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (August 30, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285966@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-08-30T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Volunteer at Artscapade! (August 30, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/42847 42847-13176836@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Artscapade is at UMMA on Friday, August 30, 7-10pm
Sign up to volunteer today! http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/artscapade/

Arts at Michigan and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) celebrate Welcome Week through Artscapade -- an evening of art-making, live music, dance and poetry, games, and prizes. We're looking for volunteers to help with Artscapade! There are many fun volunteer opportunities for Artscapade. As a volunteer you'll meet new students, explore UMMA, help run fun arts activities, and get a free Artscapade t-shirt! We hope that you will join us to kick off the new year with Arts at Michigan!

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Fair / Festival Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:43:45 -0400 2018-08-30T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T12:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Arts at Michigan Fair / Festival Artscapade at UMMA
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (August 31, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-08-31T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (August 31, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-08-31T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (August 31, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-08-31T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (August 31, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-08-31T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (August 31, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-08-31T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (August 31, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-08-31T08:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (August 31, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13272004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-08-31T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 31, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-31T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (August 31, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-08-31T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
New at UMMA: Life Magazine 1947 Homecoming Photographs (August 31, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53176 53176-13272064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In October 1947, just two years after the end of World War II, the popular weekly news magazine LIFE sent staff photographers Lisa Larsen and Ralph Morse to cover homecoming weekend at the University of Michigan. The subsequent article, “Michigan Homecoming,” which brought national attention to UM’s athletic program, featured a seven-page spread with photographs of the campus during a much-anticipated football game between the number-one ranked Michigan Wolverines and the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers. This installation provides a unique opportunity to view twenty-one images of that weekend, many of which were not published in the original article, recently donated to UMMA by John and Susan Edwards Harvith. Considered alongside the article, these photographs of fervent fans, strolling couples, alumni making their annual pilgrimage, and the game itself present LIFE magazine’s view of a giddy post-war public enjoying a return to American pastimes.

These photographs were recently gifted to UMMA by John (AB '69, JD '73) and Susan (MMP '73) Harvith.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:58:04 -0400 2018-08-31T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Lisa Larsen, Untitled, 1947, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith in memory of our mentors Jean Paul Slusser and Charles Sawyer, 2017/2.225
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (August 31, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-08-31T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (August 31, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285983@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-08-31T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Artscapade! (August 31, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/23020 23020-12978410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan and UMMA celebrate Welcome Week by introducing more than 4,000 students to the wide array of possibilities for arts participation on campus at an evening of art-making, live music, dance and poetry, games, and prizes.

Also, we're looking for volunteers for this event-- help us make it happen (and get a free Artscapade t-shirt in the process!): http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/artscapade/

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Reception / Open House Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:07:38 -0400 2018-08-31T19:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T22:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Arts at Michigan Reception / Open House Artscapade Promo
Artscapade! (August 31, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53397 53397-13358065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA and Arts at Michigan celebrate Welcome Week by introducing new University of Michigan students to the wide array of possibilities for arts participation on campus. This evening event will feature live music and performances, dance, poetry, film, games, prizes, and a variety of art-making activities.

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

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:38:57 -0400 2018-08-31T19:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T22:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Artscapade!
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (September 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-09-01T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (September 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-09-01T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (September 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-09-01T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (September 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-09-01T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (September 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-09-01T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (September 1, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-09-01T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (September 1, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362731@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-09-01T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
New at UMMA: Life Magazine 1947 Homecoming Photographs (September 1, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53176 53176-13272018@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In October 1947, just two years after the end of World War II, the popular weekly news magazine LIFE sent staff photographers Lisa Larsen and Ralph Morse to cover homecoming weekend at the University of Michigan. The subsequent article, “Michigan Homecoming,” which brought national attention to UM’s athletic program, featured a seven-page spread with photographs of the campus during a much-anticipated football game between the number-one ranked Michigan Wolverines and the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers. This installation provides a unique opportunity to view twenty-one images of that weekend, many of which were not published in the original article, recently donated to UMMA by John and Susan Edwards Harvith. Considered alongside the article, these photographs of fervent fans, strolling couples, alumni making their annual pilgrimage, and the game itself present LIFE magazine’s view of a giddy post-war public enjoying a return to American pastimes.

These photographs were recently gifted to UMMA by John (AB '69, JD '73) and Susan (MMP '73) Harvith.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:58:04 -0400 2018-09-01T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Lisa Larsen, Untitled, 1947, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith in memory of our mentors Jean Paul Slusser and Charles Sawyer, 2017/2.225
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (September 1, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-09-01T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (September 1, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285897@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-09-01T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (September 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-09-02T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (September 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-09-02T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (September 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-09-02T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (September 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-09-02T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (September 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-09-02T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (September 2, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-09-02T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (September 2, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-09-02T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
New at UMMA: Life Magazine 1947 Homecoming Photographs (September 2, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53176 53176-13272030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In October 1947, just two years after the end of World War II, the popular weekly news magazine LIFE sent staff photographers Lisa Larsen and Ralph Morse to cover homecoming weekend at the University of Michigan. The subsequent article, “Michigan Homecoming,” which brought national attention to UM’s athletic program, featured a seven-page spread with photographs of the campus during a much-anticipated football game between the number-one ranked Michigan Wolverines and the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers. This installation provides a unique opportunity to view twenty-one images of that weekend, many of which were not published in the original article, recently donated to UMMA by John and Susan Edwards Harvith. Considered alongside the article, these photographs of fervent fans, strolling couples, alumni making their annual pilgrimage, and the game itself present LIFE magazine’s view of a giddy post-war public enjoying a return to American pastimes.

These photographs were recently gifted to UMMA by John (AB '69, JD '73) and Susan (MMP '73) Harvith.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:58:04 -0400 2018-09-02T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Lisa Larsen, Untitled, 1947, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith in memory of our mentors Jean Paul Slusser and Charles Sawyer, 2017/2.225
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (September 2, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-09-02T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (September 2, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-09-02T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (September 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 3, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-09-03T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-03T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (September 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 3, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-09-03T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-03T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (September 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 3, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-09-03T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-03T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (September 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649676@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 3, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-09-03T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-03T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (September 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 3, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-09-03T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-03T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (September 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 3, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-09-03T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-03T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (September 4, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-09-04T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (September 4, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-09-04T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (September 4, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-09-04T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (September 4, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-09-04T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (September 4, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-09-04T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (September 4, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-09-04T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
RC Art Gallery Exhibition (September 4, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54265 54265-13563469@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Toby Millman is a multidisciplinary artist living in Hamtramck, working with printmaking, photography, collage, narrative and book arts. She earned her BA from Hampshire College and her MFA from Stamps School of Art and Design and is currently teaching printmaking and drawing at the Residential College. The prints works in this exhibition are based on extracted imagery from photographs taken around various locales within the past few years, using inanimate forms to allude to issues of safety, comfort and population control. These images include objects designed to modify the ways we navigate or control our environment and include barriers, traffic cones, highway signage all in states of disrepair, disuse, or dysfunction.

Read Toby's responses to questions about her inspiration, style, and materials in the link below.

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Exhibition Thu, 13 Sep 2018 11:27:44 -0400 2018-09-04T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition Toby Millman Public Works Exhibition
Walking Tour of University of Michigan North Campus Sculpture (September 4, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53237 53237-13313000@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 10:00am
Location: Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This study group will introduce participants to world-class examples of contemporary, monumental outdoor sculpture as produced by some of the leading artists of our time. Many famous modern sculptors have contributed to the North Campus collection. Among them are Maya Lin, Kenneth Snelson, Alexander Liberman, and Gerome Kamorowski.

Participants in this study group for those 50 and older will gather at the Lurie Bell Tower on North Campus. Be prepared to walk approximately a mile over the course of this two hour session.

Instructor Ina Sandalow has been a docent with the U-M Museum of Art for more than 15 years.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:21:40 -0400 2018-09-04T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T12:00:00-04:00 Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (September 4, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271960@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-09-04T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T14:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (September 4, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-09-04T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
New at UMMA: Life Magazine 1947 Homecoming Photographs (September 4, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53176 53176-13272042@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In October 1947, just two years after the end of World War II, the popular weekly news magazine LIFE sent staff photographers Lisa Larsen and Ralph Morse to cover homecoming weekend at the University of Michigan. The subsequent article, “Michigan Homecoming,” which brought national attention to UM’s athletic program, featured a seven-page spread with photographs of the campus during a much-anticipated football game between the number-one ranked Michigan Wolverines and the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers. This installation provides a unique opportunity to view twenty-one images of that weekend, many of which were not published in the original article, recently donated to UMMA by John and Susan Edwards Harvith. Considered alongside the article, these photographs of fervent fans, strolling couples, alumni making their annual pilgrimage, and the game itself present LIFE magazine’s view of a giddy post-war public enjoying a return to American pastimes.

These photographs were recently gifted to UMMA by John (AB '69, JD '73) and Susan (MMP '73) Harvith.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:58:04 -0400 2018-09-04T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Lisa Larsen, Untitled, 1947, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith in memory of our mentors Jean Paul Slusser and Charles Sawyer, 2017/2.225
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (September 4, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577042@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-09-04T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (September 4, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-09-04T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (September 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-09-05T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (September 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-09-05T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (September 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649930@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-09-05T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (September 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-09-05T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (September 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-09-05T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (September 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-09-05T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.
RC Art Gallery Exhibition (September 5, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54265 54265-13563470@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Toby Millman is a multidisciplinary artist living in Hamtramck, working with printmaking, photography, collage, narrative and book arts. She earned her BA from Hampshire College and her MFA from Stamps School of Art and Design and is currently teaching printmaking and drawing at the Residential College. The prints works in this exhibition are based on extracted imagery from photographs taken around various locales within the past few years, using inanimate forms to allude to issues of safety, comfort and population control. These images include objects designed to modify the ways we navigate or control our environment and include barriers, traffic cones, highway signage all in states of disrepair, disuse, or dysfunction.

Read Toby's responses to questions about her inspiration, style, and materials in the link below.

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Exhibition Thu, 13 Sep 2018 11:27:44 -0400 2018-09-05T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition Toby Millman Public Works Exhibition
Beyond Borders: Global Africa (September 5, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53175 53175-13271975@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange for centuries. Bringing together a dazzling array of works made in Africa, Europe, and the United States from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, the exhibition demonstrates the international scope and reach of art from Africa and the African diaspora. It also explores issues such as slavery, colonization, migration, racism, and identity at play in the objects and their histories. Highlights include paintings, photographs, sculpture, and installations by Kudzanai Chiurai, Omar Victor Diop, Wangechi Mutu, and Serge Alain Nitegeka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication, the tenth in the UMMA Books series.

Lead support for 'Beyond Borders: Global Africa' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of Research, African Studies Center, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:49:59 -0400 2018-09-05T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Seydou Keïta, Untitled, 1956-57, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC), Collection Jean Pigozzi, Geneva, Inv# MA/KE.046.D, © Seydou Keïta / SKPEAC
Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance (September 5, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52025 52025-12362805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:26:24 -0400 2018-09-05T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance), 2013, video projection, edition of 4. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London
See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography (September 5, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52257 52257-12577058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

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

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Exhibition Wed, 09 May 2018 11:40:04 -0400 2018-09-05T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Gerald Lotenberg, 1981/2.194.2, © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa (September 5, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51906 51906-12285951@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:51:24 -0400 2018-09-05T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Unrecorded
Gifts of Art presents Collected Surface: Functional Ceramics (September 6, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52359 52359-12649763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

The Huron Valley Ceramics Collective (Isabella Comai, Dennison Dorsey, Sasha Guo and Margaret A. Miller) is a group of emerging artists who work out of the Clay Work Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The works in this exhibit are an expression of how ceramics mediate our daily life though use. The artists explore life and reflection through surface and narrative elements by using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:45:37 -0400 2018-09-06T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T20:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Haunted Hard Drive by Dennison Dorsey, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flexx – Semi-Industrial Jewelry (September 6, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52362 52362-12650015@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Starting with the material of screen spline, Marsha Chamberlin combines items such as grommets, bungee cord, washers, nuts, floor matting and more with an array of beads to create a contemporary, semi-industrial style of work. Pieces often contrast the functionality of hardware with sparkles and colors that provide a unique style.
Marsha Chamberlin was president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center (formerly Ann Arbor Art Association) for 33 years.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:55:00 -0400 2018-09-06T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Squiggle in Red by Marsha Chamberlin, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Flora & Fauxna: Photography (September 6, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52361 52361-12649931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Patty Carroll’s highly intense, saturated color photographs have led to her recognition as one of Photolucida’s Top 50 Photographers (2104, 2017). Flora & Fauxna is a still life series about women and their homes using decorative fabric, artificial flowers and ceramic birds to create a sumptuous, and often humorous, ornate world. Unlike traditional still life images, these photographs show no horizon line, dramatic lighting, or symbols of death and decay. Birds in many cultures are messengers between heaven and earth, acting as a bridge between the mundane and spiritual life. In Carroll’s work, birds represent the human desire to escape gravity and reach the level of angels.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:51:28 -0400 2018-09-06T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition Red Flamingos by Patty Carroll, photograph by the artist. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Life, Architecture & People of Cuba: Photography (September 6, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52358 52358-12649679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 8:00am
Location: Taubman Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Larry Hauptman is a photographer who is fascinated by and seeks to document the life and culture of peoples around the world. This exhibit is about the Cuba of today. Many forces have contributed to Cuba’s history, and evidence of its struggles can be seen everywhere. Yet despite the decaying structures and uncertainties, you do not have to look hard to find much beauty and happiness.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:42:16 -0400 2018-09-06T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T08:00:00-04:00 Taubman Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Woman in Blue Window – Havana, Cuba by Larry Hauptman. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Reconstructed Blueprints: Acrylic Painting (September 6, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52360 52360-12649847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 8:00am
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

In this exhibit, Adnan Charara translates his assembled characters, from both collage and found object assemblage, into commanding acrylic paintings. The backgrounds interact with the figures, who represent history, identity, and the struggle for a sense of belonging. They are blueprints for being human: imperfect, unique and multi-faceted. Charara works in various mediums ranging from drawing, to jewelry, to large scale sculpture. He is a Lebanese-American artist with a studio in Detroit.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 08:48:40 -0400 2018-09-06T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T20:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Exhibition The Conductor by Adnan Charara, photograph by Julia Stephenson. High resolution version available upon request.
Gifts of Art presents Water’s Presence: Landscapes in Oil (September 6, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52363 52363-12650099@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Cathy VanVoorhis’ oil landscape paintings represent her experience of the healing power of nature. VanVoorhis travels to lakes, rivers and streams to witness the ecology and beauty of natural coastlines of Michigan. She finds inspiration in the writing of naturalists such as Rachel Carson, and the understanding of the intricate web of all life. This series of paintings focuses on the healing that comes from contemplation of bodies of water. This beautiful element can bring a meditative calm and inner peace, as one feels a connection to the timeless forces of life. VanVoorhis is a lecturer at the U-M Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Exhibition Wed, 16 May 2018 09:05:25 -0400 2018-09-06T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition Trees at the Shore by Cathy VanVoorhis, photograph by Mark VanVoorhis. High resolution version available upon request.