Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition (April 19, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106330 106330-21814072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Exhibition Dates: April 15–29, 2023Public Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11am–5pm; Closed Sundays
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition features work in a range of media by graduating BA, BFA, and Interarts Performance students at U‑M’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
Join us for a public closing celebration on Friday, April 28 from 6–8 pm: time-based work will be screened from 4:30–5:45 pm and 6–7:15 pm in the Art & Architecture Auditorium (room 2104).

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:10 -0400 2023-04-19T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
Seven for a Secret Never to be Told (April 19, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101023 101023-21800696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Seven for a Secret Never to be Told, the 2023 MFA Thesis exhibition, is on view from March 24 - April 29, 2023 at Stamps Gallery. This exhibition presents culminating projects by MFA in Art graduate students Oksana Briukhovetska, Emerson Granillo, Michelle Inez Hinojosa, Nicholas La Marca, Sebastian Llovera, Barbara Pearsall, and Peter Matthew Stack.

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:09 -0400 2023-04-19T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Poster for Seven for a Secret Never to be Told: the 2023 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Transfer Student Info Session (April 19, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106896 106896-21814976@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Join us for an hour long virtual info session for undergraduate students interested in transferring to the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design from another school or college. The info session will include a presentation and Q&A with current students and the admissions team.Info session times are Eastern US.
Visit our Admissions Events page to learn more about additional upcoming events.

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Other Tue, 28 Mar 2023 18:15:09 -0400 2023-04-19T15:00:00-04:00 2023-04-19T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Other Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Generative AI, Composition, and Creativity (April 19, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107292 107292-21815842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Artists and musicians have long relied on their own creativity and originality to produce works that inspire, move, and delight audiences. But what happens when we introduce generative AI tools into the creative process? In this panel discussion, a group of experts will discuss how artificial intelligence tools work and the opportunities and challenges they pose for music and art composition. From defining creativity to assessing intellectual property, panelists will examine the complex issues that artists and musicians face when using AI to compose novel music and art. They will also consider the potential disruption that generative AI tools may bring to existing modes of creative composition and how this could impact the future of the arts. Join us for a thought-provoking conversation about the intersection of technology and the future of creative work.

Panelists:

Sara Billmann
Vice President, Marketing & Communications, University Musical Society

Michael Gurevich
Associate Professor of Music, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance

Jessica Litman
John F. Nickoll Professor of Law, Michigan Law

Lu Wang
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Apr 2023 23:44:28 -0400 2023-04-19T15:30:00-04:00 2023-04-19T16:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building Michigan Institute for Data Science Lecture / Discussion AI generated image - Stable Diffusion
Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy (April 19, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107057 107057-21815231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities, communications, and safety.
This work stems from artist Caroline Sinders' previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of 'infrastructural' and 'architectural' spaces, both online and offline, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure, and open, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research, Sinders analyzed how structures, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.
Caroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders' residency and practice in this Q&A.
Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, systems design, harm, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern, the United Nations,the European Commission, Ars Electronica, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London, UK and New Orleans, USA.

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Exhibition Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:15:09 -0400 2023-04-19T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-19T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition A group of women stand in a gallery, interacting with a grid of post-it notes arranged on the floor
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 20, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-20T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
a way outta no way (April 20, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105854 105854-21813137@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
As part of the artist's vision for this project, the installation will be activated on opening night with a collective response to the objects, the space, and the archives within. Facilitated by: Ricky Weaver, Viktor Givens, Bryce Detroit, Andrew Wilson, and Efe Bes.

About the Artist
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. Her art and theory are centered around the lexicon generated through black women's everyday practices, dark sousveillance, and images as objects that alchemize the archive on a quantum level. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Weaver is represented by David Klein Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, the Havana Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like the Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Weaver was named one of LensCulture's Critics Choice Artists of 2020, selected by Susan Thompson, associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum. She also participated in the Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center where she was mentored by Carrie Mae Weems. She earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in photography.

Weaver recently presented a paper titled “How I Got Over: The Meta-Archive and other registers” at Black Portraitures VII hosted by Rutgers University. Most recently she has taken on the role of lead visual consultant, specializing in image theory and photography, for the Global Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.

This project is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of the Institute for the Humanities' multi-year High Stakes Art initiative.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:22:19 -0400 2023-04-20T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition a way outta no way
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (April 20, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-04-20T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Seven Mile x MUSIC Matters Art Gallery (April 20, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107143 107143-21815415@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

As a part of our annual Social Ventures, Music Matters has partnered with another student organization, Seven Mile, to support the work that they do in the local Michigan community. Their organization focuses on providing coding, arts, and music education/enrichment for children at community centers in the Greater Detroit area.

This year, they will be showing an art exhibition to showcase the creative expression skills of these young students. The art gallery will include artwork from the students in response to the prompt: “Think of your favorite song. How does this make you feel?”

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:48:33 -0400 2023-04-20T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition
Cathy Barry Connatural Art Exhibition (April 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103072 103072-21806059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Connatural Exhibition features the work of Ann Arbor artist, Cathy Barry and explores the intersection of art, science, and design. On display Saturday, January 7 through Sunday, April 30m, 2023.

Cathy Barry is an artist living and working in Ann Arbor whose creative process is closely tied to nature, plants, and the seasons. Cathy is an instructor at the UM School of Art and Design and the UM Program in the Environment and is very interested in the intersections between art, science, and design.

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Exhibition Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:46:55 -0500 2023-04-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T18:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition Cathy Barry artwork. Circle in muted greens and yellows with smaller circles and vine shapes within
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (April 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809405@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-04-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (April 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-04-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition (April 20, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106330 106330-21814073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Exhibition Dates: April 15–29, 2023Public Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11am–5pm; Closed Sundays
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition features work in a range of media by graduating BA, BFA, and Interarts Performance students at U‑M’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
Join us for a public closing celebration on Friday, April 28 from 6–8 pm: time-based work will be screened from 4:30–5:45 pm and 6–7:15 pm in the Art & Architecture Auditorium (room 2104).

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:10 -0400 2023-04-20T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
Seven for a Secret Never to be Told (April 20, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101023 101023-21800697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Seven for a Secret Never to be Told, the 2023 MFA Thesis exhibition, is on view from March 24 - April 29, 2023 at Stamps Gallery. This exhibition presents culminating projects by MFA in Art graduate students Oksana Briukhovetska, Emerson Granillo, Michelle Inez Hinojosa, Nicholas La Marca, Sebastian Llovera, Barbara Pearsall, and Peter Matthew Stack.

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:09 -0400 2023-04-20T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Poster for Seven for a Secret Never to be Told: the 2023 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition
As Far As Here (April 20, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106580 106580-21814501@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

This annual celebration of the work of Stamps MFA in Art candidates features work by first-year students:
Simranpreet AnandLeah CrosbyJessie KarlsbergerAbigail LoweStephanie MorissetteOkyoung NohSujay SapleKrista Sheneman
The 2023 MFA First Year Exhibition is on view from March 30-April 29, 2023 at the Stamps Graduate/Faculty Studios, 1919 Green Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Join us at the public exhibition reception on Friday April 7, 2023 from 6-8pm (no RSVP required).
Please contact the Stamps Graduate Coordinator to make an appointment to view the exhibition at other dates/times.

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Exhibition Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:15:05 -0400 2023-04-20T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Poster for "As Far As Here: the 2023 First Year MFA Show" featuring an abstract design in light purple and beige
April International Coffee Hour (April 20, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106116 106116-21813771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 2:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: International Center

International Coffee Hour is a great opportunity to meet new people from around the world! The event is open to all members of the U-M community, including international and U.S. students, scholars, faculty, staff and their partners.

Our April Coffee Hour will be a Finals Study Break and will include optional arts and crafts!

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 10 Apr 2023 11:24:28 -0400 2023-04-20T14:30:00-04:00 2023-04-20T16:00:00-04:00 North Quad International Center Social / Informal Gathering International Coffee Hour
Virtual Information Session (April 20, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106897 106897-21814977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Join us for a virtual, hour-long info session on undergraduate programs at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design, including a presentation and Q&A with current students and the admissions team.Info session times are Eastern US.
Visit our Admissions Events page to learn more about additional upcoming events.

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Other Tue, 28 Mar 2023 18:15:10 -0400 2023-04-20T15:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Other Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy (April 20, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107057 107057-21815232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities, communications, and safety.
This work stems from artist Caroline Sinders' previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of 'infrastructural' and 'architectural' spaces, both online and offline, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure, and open, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research, Sinders analyzed how structures, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.
Caroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders' residency and practice in this Q&A.
Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, systems design, harm, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern, the United Nations,the European Commission, Ars Electronica, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London, UK and New Orleans, USA.

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Exhibition Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:15:09 -0400 2023-04-20T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition A group of women stand in a gallery, interacting with a grid of post-it notes arranged on the floor
Spring is in Bloom - Flower Pot Paint Party (April 20, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107540 107540-21816182@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 7:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Michigan Housing Diversity and Inclusion

Destress before finals and get ready for spring by painting a free flower pot.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:04:33 -0400 2023-04-20T19:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T21:00:00-04:00 North Quad Michigan Housing Diversity and Inclusion Social / Informal Gathering North Quad
Discover Possibility – a concert with Touch of Blue: New American Vocal Ensemble (April 20, 2023 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106070 106070-21813658@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 7:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required. .

Touch of Blue: New American Vocal Ensemble presents Discover Possibility, a concert featuring new works from various jazz composers including several premieres. This concert takes place on April 20, 2023 at 7:30PM at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

Touch of Blue: New American Vocal Ensemble is a group of all-student musicians who have a passion for creating and performing new music for vocal artists and beyond. Their eclectic and vibrant sound is a blend of contemporary and traditional influences, with a touch of jazz that makes for an exciting and engaging performance. This concert features five new compositions–written by Kenyon Duncan, Harry Baker, Karen Jane Ludwig, Jerome Walker, and Harry Castle–the combination of their music being a reflection of their unique perspectives, experiences, and creative voices.

 

Discover Possibility is cosponsored by the U-M School of Music, Theatre and Dance; Arts at Michigan; SMTD Excel Lab and Career Center; and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

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Performance Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:15:32 -0400 2023-04-20T19:30:00-04:00 2023-04-20T21:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 21, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-21T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
a way outta no way (April 21, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105854 105854-21813138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
As part of the artist's vision for this project, the installation will be activated on opening night with a collective response to the objects, the space, and the archives within. Facilitated by: Ricky Weaver, Viktor Givens, Bryce Detroit, Andrew Wilson, and Efe Bes.

About the Artist
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. Her art and theory are centered around the lexicon generated through black women's everyday practices, dark sousveillance, and images as objects that alchemize the archive on a quantum level. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Weaver is represented by David Klein Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, the Havana Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like the Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Weaver was named one of LensCulture's Critics Choice Artists of 2020, selected by Susan Thompson, associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum. She also participated in the Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center where she was mentored by Carrie Mae Weems. She earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in photography.

Weaver recently presented a paper titled “How I Got Over: The Meta-Archive and other registers” at Black Portraitures VII hosted by Rutgers University. Most recently she has taken on the role of lead visual consultant, specializing in image theory and photography, for the Global Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.

This project is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of the Institute for the Humanities' multi-year High Stakes Art initiative.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:22:19 -0400 2023-04-21T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition a way outta no way
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (April 21, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-04-21T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Seven Mile x MUSIC Matters Art Gallery (April 21, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107143 107143-21815416@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

As a part of our annual Social Ventures, Music Matters has partnered with another student organization, Seven Mile, to support the work that they do in the local Michigan community. Their organization focuses on providing coding, arts, and music education/enrichment for children at community centers in the Greater Detroit area.

This year, they will be showing an art exhibition to showcase the creative expression skills of these young students. The art gallery will include artwork from the students in response to the prompt: “Think of your favorite song. How does this make you feel?”

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:48:33 -0400 2023-04-21T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition
Cathy Barry Connatural Art Exhibition (April 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103072 103072-21806060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Connatural Exhibition features the work of Ann Arbor artist, Cathy Barry and explores the intersection of art, science, and design. On display Saturday, January 7 through Sunday, April 30m, 2023.

Cathy Barry is an artist living and working in Ann Arbor whose creative process is closely tied to nature, plants, and the seasons. Cathy is an instructor at the UM School of Art and Design and the UM Program in the Environment and is very interested in the intersections between art, science, and design.

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Exhibition Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:46:55 -0500 2023-04-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T18:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition Cathy Barry artwork. Circle in muted greens and yellows with smaller circles and vine shapes within
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (April 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809406@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-04-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (April 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-04-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition (April 21, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106330 106330-21814074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Exhibition Dates: April 15–29, 2023Public Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11am–5pm; Closed Sundays
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition features work in a range of media by graduating BA, BFA, and Interarts Performance students at U‑M’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
Join us for a public closing celebration on Friday, April 28 from 6–8 pm: time-based work will be screened from 4:30–5:45 pm and 6–7:15 pm in the Art & Architecture Auditorium (room 2104).

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:10 -0400 2023-04-21T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
Seven for a Secret Never to be Told (April 21, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101023 101023-21800698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Seven for a Secret Never to be Told, the 2023 MFA Thesis exhibition, is on view from March 24 - April 29, 2023 at Stamps Gallery. This exhibition presents culminating projects by MFA in Art graduate students Oksana Briukhovetska, Emerson Granillo, Michelle Inez Hinojosa, Nicholas La Marca, Sebastian Llovera, Barbara Pearsall, and Peter Matthew Stack.

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:09 -0400 2023-04-21T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Poster for Seven for a Secret Never to be Told: the 2023 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition
As Far As Here (April 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106580 106580-21814502@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

This annual celebration of the work of Stamps MFA in Art candidates features work by first-year students:
Simranpreet AnandLeah CrosbyJessie KarlsbergerAbigail LoweStephanie MorissetteOkyoung NohSujay SapleKrista Sheneman
The 2023 MFA First Year Exhibition is on view from March 30-April 29, 2023 at the Stamps Graduate/Faculty Studios, 1919 Green Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Join us at the public exhibition reception on Friday April 7, 2023 from 6-8pm (no RSVP required).
Please contact the Stamps Graduate Coordinator to make an appointment to view the exhibition at other dates/times.

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Exhibition Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:15:05 -0400 2023-04-21T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Poster for "As Far As Here: the 2023 First Year MFA Show" featuring an abstract design in light purple and beige
11th Annual Shirley Verrett Award Ceremony (April 21, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107471 107471-21816419@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 2:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Women of Color in the Academy Project

The University of Michigan Women of Color in the Academy Project (WOCAP) will present its 11th Annual Shirley Verrett Award on May 4, 2023, at the University of Michigan Museum of Art on 525 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 honoring Professor Amy Ku’uleialoha Stillman for her exemplary leadership and advocacy on behalf of diverse students. Stillman has nurtured students through her teachings about the meaning of music, dance, and the special language that weaves through the movements and the sound.

Please join us for an evening of celebration beginning at 5:30 P.M with a reception to follow.

The event is free and open to the public, however, registration is requested.

The Shirley Verrett Award was created in 2011 by the Office of the Senior Vice Provost in honor of the late Shirley Verrett, a U-M professor who “would have walked the world over for her students,” organizers say. It is administered by WOCAP and is supported by SMTD, UMMA, and ODEI.

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Ceremony / Service Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:51:38 -0400 2023-04-21T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T15:00:00-04:00 Women of Color in the Academy Project Ceremony / Service Image of Shirley Verrett with text 11th Annual Shirley Verrett Award Ceremony and details of time and date
11th Annual Shirley Verrett Award Ceremony (April 21, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107471 107471-21816420@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 2:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Women of Color in the Academy Project

The University of Michigan Women of Color in the Academy Project (WOCAP) will present its 11th Annual Shirley Verrett Award on May 4, 2023, at the University of Michigan Museum of Art on 525 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 honoring Professor Amy Ku’uleialoha Stillman for her exemplary leadership and advocacy on behalf of diverse students. Stillman has nurtured students through her teachings about the meaning of music, dance, and the special language that weaves through the movements and the sound.

Please join us for an evening of celebration beginning at 5:30 P.M with a reception to follow.

The event is free and open to the public, however, registration is requested.

The Shirley Verrett Award was created in 2011 by the Office of the Senior Vice Provost in honor of the late Shirley Verrett, a U-M professor who “would have walked the world over for her students,” organizers say. It is administered by WOCAP and is supported by SMTD, UMMA, and ODEI.

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Ceremony / Service Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:51:38 -0400 2023-04-21T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T15:00:00-04:00 Women of Color in the Academy Project Ceremony / Service Image of Shirley Verrett with text 11th Annual Shirley Verrett Award Ceremony and details of time and date
Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy (April 21, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107057 107057-21815233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities, communications, and safety.
This work stems from artist Caroline Sinders' previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of 'infrastructural' and 'architectural' spaces, both online and offline, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure, and open, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research, Sinders analyzed how structures, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.
Caroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders' residency and practice in this Q&A.
Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, systems design, harm, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern, the United Nations,the European Commission, Ars Electronica, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London, UK and New Orleans, USA.

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Exhibition Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:15:09 -0400 2023-04-21T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition A group of women stand in a gallery, interacting with a grid of post-it notes arranged on the floor
Seven Mile x MUSIC Matters Art Gallery (April 22, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107143 107143-21815417@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 22, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

As a part of our annual Social Ventures, Music Matters has partnered with another student organization, Seven Mile, to support the work that they do in the local Michigan community. Their organization focuses on providing coding, arts, and music education/enrichment for children at community centers in the Greater Detroit area.

This year, they will be showing an art exhibition to showcase the creative expression skills of these young students. The art gallery will include artwork from the students in response to the prompt: “Think of your favorite song. How does this make you feel?”

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:48:33 -0400 2023-04-22T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition
Cathy Barry Connatural Art Exhibition (April 22, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103072 103072-21806061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Connatural Exhibition features the work of Ann Arbor artist, Cathy Barry and explores the intersection of art, science, and design. On display Saturday, January 7 through Sunday, April 30m, 2023.

Cathy Barry is an artist living and working in Ann Arbor whose creative process is closely tied to nature, plants, and the seasons. Cathy is an instructor at the UM School of Art and Design and the UM Program in the Environment and is very interested in the intersections between art, science, and design.

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Exhibition Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:46:55 -0500 2023-04-22T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition Cathy Barry artwork. Circle in muted greens and yellows with smaller circles and vine shapes within
UN/EARTH (April 22, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-04-22T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-22T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition (April 22, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106330 106330-21814075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 22, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Exhibition Dates: April 15–29, 2023Public Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11am–5pm; Closed Sundays
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition features work in a range of media by graduating BA, BFA, and Interarts Performance students at U‑M’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
Join us for a public closing celebration on Friday, April 28 from 6–8 pm: time-based work will be screened from 4:30–5:45 pm and 6–7:15 pm in the Art & Architecture Auditorium (room 2104).

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:10 -0400 2023-04-22T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
Michelle Hinojosa: Poetry by the light of the quilts (April 22, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106384 106384-21814158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 22, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Poetry by the light of the quilts is a poetry event that will be
hosted by the Stamps Gallery together with Michelle Inez Hinojosa, MFA ‘23.
The event will take place in Michelle’s thesis exhibition show, “lime
green is the taco stand”. Michelle will kick off the readings with a
collection of poems which explore topics of immigration, grief and storytelling.
The rest of the event will then be open to poets from the community to
read.
Coffee, tea, and sweet treats will be provided.

For more information, please contact Jennifer Junkermeier-Khan.

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Performance Fri, 17 Mar 2023 18:15:09 -0400 2023-04-22T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-22T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Performance Image of colorful quilt with triangles in a repeating pattern
Seven for a Secret Never to be Told (April 22, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101023 101023-21800699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 22, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Seven for a Secret Never to be Told, the 2023 MFA Thesis exhibition, is on view from March 24 - April 29, 2023 at Stamps Gallery. This exhibition presents culminating projects by MFA in Art graduate students Oksana Briukhovetska, Emerson Granillo, Michelle Inez Hinojosa, Nicholas La Marca, Sebastian Llovera, Barbara Pearsall, and Peter Matthew Stack.

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:09 -0400 2023-04-22T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Poster for Seven for a Secret Never to be Told: the 2023 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition
As Far As Here (April 22, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106580 106580-21814503@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 22, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

This annual celebration of the work of Stamps MFA in Art candidates features work by first-year students:
Simranpreet AnandLeah CrosbyJessie KarlsbergerAbigail LoweStephanie MorissetteOkyoung NohSujay SapleKrista Sheneman
The 2023 MFA First Year Exhibition is on view from March 30-April 29, 2023 at the Stamps Graduate/Faculty Studios, 1919 Green Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Join us at the public exhibition reception on Friday April 7, 2023 from 6-8pm (no RSVP required).
Please contact the Stamps Graduate Coordinator to make an appointment to view the exhibition at other dates/times.

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Exhibition Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:15:05 -0400 2023-04-22T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Poster for "As Far As Here: the 2023 First Year MFA Show" featuring an abstract design in light purple and beige
Study Days at UMMA (April 22, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107609 107609-21816271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 22, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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​Bring your laptop, bring your books, bring your notes, and set up shop at one of the many tables or couches we’ll have stationed throughout the museum and our galleries.  In addition to ample study space, throughout exam week you’ll find special self-care and stress-relieving activities planned around the museum, such as a book swap, giant chess, and therapy dogs.  Quiet study spaces are also available in the UMMA Multipurpose Room  Make sure to bring your Student M-Card ID to get a FREE drip coffee and a cookie from the UMMA Café! Study spaces and all events are free and open to the public. 

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Other Sat, 22 Apr 2023 18:15:34 -0400 2023-04-22T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-22T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Liberty Research Annex and Gallery (April 22, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102331 102331-21803877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 22, 2023 1:00pm
Location: 305 W Liberty
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Students and faculty collaborate on architecture research in the 19,000-square-foot Liberty Research Annex. Located in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, this open-plan facility provides space for students and faculty to collaboratively take on full-scale material assemblies, installations, and group projects. Students and faculty engage in architectural research through the process of researching and making. Additionally, the facility contains a 3,000-square-foot exhibition gallery, which is open to the public and contributes to the vibrant downtown Ann Arbor arts scene. Public visitors are encouraged to interact with exhibits and learn about the latest in architectural research at Taubman College. U-M's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Liberty Research Annex and Gallery is located at 305 W. Liberty Rd., Ann Arbor, MI, 48103.

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Exhibition Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:15:13 -0500 2023-04-22T13:00:00-04:00 2023-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 305 W Liberty A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Exhibition Photo of Liberty Research Annex with Open Saturdays 1-5pm text
Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy (April 22, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107057 107057-21815234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 22, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities, communications, and safety.
This work stems from artist Caroline Sinders' previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of 'infrastructural' and 'architectural' spaces, both online and offline, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure, and open, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research, Sinders analyzed how structures, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.
Caroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders' residency and practice in this Q&A.
Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, systems design, harm, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern, the United Nations,the European Commission, Ars Electronica, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London, UK and New Orleans, USA.

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Exhibition Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:15:09 -0400 2023-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-22T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition A group of women stand in a gallery, interacting with a grid of post-it notes arranged on the floor
Seven Mile x MUSIC Matters Art Gallery (April 23, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107143 107143-21815418@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 23, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

As a part of our annual Social Ventures, Music Matters has partnered with another student organization, Seven Mile, to support the work that they do in the local Michigan community. Their organization focuses on providing coding, arts, and music education/enrichment for children at community centers in the Greater Detroit area.

This year, they will be showing an art exhibition to showcase the creative expression skills of these young students. The art gallery will include artwork from the students in response to the prompt: “Think of your favorite song. How does this make you feel?”

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:48:33 -0400 2023-04-23T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-23T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition
Cathy Barry Connatural Art Exhibition (April 23, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103072 103072-21806062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 23, 2023 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Connatural Exhibition features the work of Ann Arbor artist, Cathy Barry and explores the intersection of art, science, and design. On display Saturday, January 7 through Sunday, April 30m, 2023.

Cathy Barry is an artist living and working in Ann Arbor whose creative process is closely tied to nature, plants, and the seasons. Cathy is an instructor at the UM School of Art and Design and the UM Program in the Environment and is very interested in the intersections between art, science, and design.

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Exhibition Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:46:55 -0500 2023-04-23T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-23T16:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition Cathy Barry artwork. Circle in muted greens and yellows with smaller circles and vine shapes within
UN/EARTH (April 23, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 23, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-04-23T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-23T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Study Days at UMMA (April 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107610 107610-21816272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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​Bring your laptop, bring your books, bring your notes, and set up shop at one of the many tables or couches we’ll have stationed throughout the museum and our galleries.  In addition to ample study space, throughout exam week you’ll find special self-care and stress-relieving activities planned around the museum, such as a book swap, giant chess, and therapy dogs.  Quiet study spaces are also available in the UMMA Multipurpose Room  Make sure to bring your Student M-Card ID to get a FREE drip coffee and a cookie from the UMMA Café! Study spaces and all events are free and open to the public. 

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Other Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:15:25 -0400 2023-04-23T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-23T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Sewing Workshop (April 23, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107142 107142-21816293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 23, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Duderstadt Center

What can you do with scraps of fabric? Come to our workshop and find out! We will be making fabric collages and upcycling our old clothing with custom patches and shapes of our design. We'll also have some tea and hot cocoa for you to enjoy while you work.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:11:24 -0400 2023-04-23T15:00:00-04:00 2023-04-23T18:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Duderstadt Center Workshop / Seminar Poster for Event
Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy (April 23, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107057 107057-21815235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 23, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities, communications, and safety.
This work stems from artist Caroline Sinders' previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of 'infrastructural' and 'architectural' spaces, both online and offline, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure, and open, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research, Sinders analyzed how structures, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.
Caroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders' residency and practice in this Q&A.
Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, systems design, harm, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern, the United Nations,the European Commission, Ars Electronica, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London, UK and New Orleans, USA.

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Exhibition Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:15:09 -0400 2023-04-23T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-23T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition A group of women stand in a gallery, interacting with a grid of post-it notes arranged on the floor
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 24, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 24, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-24T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
a way outta no way (April 24, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105854 105854-21813141@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 24, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
As part of the artist's vision for this project, the installation will be activated on opening night with a collective response to the objects, the space, and the archives within. Facilitated by: Ricky Weaver, Viktor Givens, Bryce Detroit, Andrew Wilson, and Efe Bes.

About the Artist
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. Her art and theory are centered around the lexicon generated through black women's everyday practices, dark sousveillance, and images as objects that alchemize the archive on a quantum level. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Weaver is represented by David Klein Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, the Havana Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like the Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Weaver was named one of LensCulture's Critics Choice Artists of 2020, selected by Susan Thompson, associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum. She also participated in the Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center where she was mentored by Carrie Mae Weems. She earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in photography.

Weaver recently presented a paper titled “How I Got Over: The Meta-Archive and other registers” at Black Portraitures VII hosted by Rutgers University. Most recently she has taken on the role of lead visual consultant, specializing in image theory and photography, for the Global Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.

This project is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of the Institute for the Humanities' multi-year High Stakes Art initiative.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:22:19 -0400 2023-04-24T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition a way outta no way
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (April 24, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 24, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-04-24T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-24T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Seven Mile x MUSIC Matters Art Gallery (April 24, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107143 107143-21815419@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 24, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

As a part of our annual Social Ventures, Music Matters has partnered with another student organization, Seven Mile, to support the work that they do in the local Michigan community. Their organization focuses on providing coding, arts, and music education/enrichment for children at community centers in the Greater Detroit area.

This year, they will be showing an art exhibition to showcase the creative expression skills of these young students. The art gallery will include artwork from the students in response to the prompt: “Think of your favorite song. How does this make you feel?”

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:48:33 -0400 2023-04-24T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-24T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (April 24, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 24, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-04-24T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition (April 24, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106330 106330-21814076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 24, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Exhibition Dates: April 15–29, 2023Public Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11am–5pm; Closed Sundays
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition features work in a range of media by graduating BA, BFA, and Interarts Performance students at U‑M’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
Join us for a public closing celebration on Friday, April 28 from 6–8 pm: time-based work will be screened from 4:30–5:45 pm and 6–7:15 pm in the Art & Architecture Auditorium (room 2104).

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:10 -0400 2023-04-24T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy (April 24, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107057 107057-21815236@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 24, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities, communications, and safety.
This work stems from artist Caroline Sinders' previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of 'infrastructural' and 'architectural' spaces, both online and offline, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure, and open, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research, Sinders analyzed how structures, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.
Caroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders' residency and practice in this Q&A.
Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, systems design, harm, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern, the United Nations,the European Commission, Ars Electronica, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London, UK and New Orleans, USA.

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Exhibition Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:15:09 -0400 2023-04-24T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-24T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition A group of women stand in a gallery, interacting with a grid of post-it notes arranged on the floor
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 25, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803114@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-25T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
a way outta no way (April 25, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105854 105854-21813142@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
As part of the artist's vision for this project, the installation will be activated on opening night with a collective response to the objects, the space, and the archives within. Facilitated by: Ricky Weaver, Viktor Givens, Bryce Detroit, Andrew Wilson, and Efe Bes.

About the Artist
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. Her art and theory are centered around the lexicon generated through black women's everyday practices, dark sousveillance, and images as objects that alchemize the archive on a quantum level. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Weaver is represented by David Klein Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, the Havana Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like the Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Weaver was named one of LensCulture's Critics Choice Artists of 2020, selected by Susan Thompson, associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum. She also participated in the Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center where she was mentored by Carrie Mae Weems. She earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in photography.

Weaver recently presented a paper titled “How I Got Over: The Meta-Archive and other registers” at Black Portraitures VII hosted by Rutgers University. Most recently she has taken on the role of lead visual consultant, specializing in image theory and photography, for the Global Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.

This project is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of the Institute for the Humanities' multi-year High Stakes Art initiative.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:22:19 -0400 2023-04-25T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition a way outta no way
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (April 25, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806983@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-04-25T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Seven Mile x MUSIC Matters Art Gallery (April 25, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107143 107143-21815420@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

As a part of our annual Social Ventures, Music Matters has partnered with another student organization, Seven Mile, to support the work that they do in the local Michigan community. Their organization focuses on providing coding, arts, and music education/enrichment for children at community centers in the Greater Detroit area.

This year, they will be showing an art exhibition to showcase the creative expression skills of these young students. The art gallery will include artwork from the students in response to the prompt: “Think of your favorite song. How does this make you feel?”

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:48:33 -0400 2023-04-25T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition
Cathy Barry Connatural Art Exhibition (April 25, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103072 103072-21806064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Connatural Exhibition features the work of Ann Arbor artist, Cathy Barry and explores the intersection of art, science, and design. On display Saturday, January 7 through Sunday, April 30m, 2023.

Cathy Barry is an artist living and working in Ann Arbor whose creative process is closely tied to nature, plants, and the seasons. Cathy is an instructor at the UM School of Art and Design and the UM Program in the Environment and is very interested in the intersections between art, science, and design.

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Exhibition Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:46:55 -0500 2023-04-25T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T18:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition Cathy Barry artwork. Circle in muted greens and yellows with smaller circles and vine shapes within
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (April 25, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-04-25T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (April 25, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-04-25T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition (April 25, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106330 106330-21814077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Exhibition Dates: April 15–29, 2023Public Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11am–5pm; Closed Sundays
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition features work in a range of media by graduating BA, BFA, and Interarts Performance students at U‑M’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
Join us for a public closing celebration on Friday, April 28 from 6–8 pm: time-based work will be screened from 4:30–5:45 pm and 6–7:15 pm in the Art & Architecture Auditorium (room 2104).

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:10 -0400 2023-04-25T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
FYE DIY Friendship Bracelets (April 25, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107731 107731-21816421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 12:00pm
Location: South Quad
Organized By: First Year Experience Programs

FYE will be stationed near the south quad dining hall! We will be handing out DIY friendship bracelet kits. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:54:29 -0400 2023-04-25T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T15:00:00-04:00 South Quad First Year Experience Programs Social / Informal Gathering Michigan Meetups
Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy (April 25, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107057 107057-21815237@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities, communications, and safety.
This work stems from artist Caroline Sinders' previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of 'infrastructural' and 'architectural' spaces, both online and offline, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure, and open, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research, Sinders analyzed how structures, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.
Caroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders' residency and practice in this Q&A.
Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, systems design, harm, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern, the United Nations,the European Commission, Ars Electronica, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London, UK and New Orleans, USA.

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Exhibition Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:15:09 -0400 2023-04-25T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition A group of women stand in a gallery, interacting with a grid of post-it notes arranged on the floor
Kaleigh Wilder Trio (April 25, 2023 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107761 107761-21816457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

Baritone saxophonist Kaleigh Wilder has performed around the world, led her first album release, and now has plans to release two more albums as a bandleader with a New York-based record label—among several other ongoing projects.

Musicians Kaleigh Wilder, Ben Hall, Jaribu Shahid, and dancer Alexandria Davis will explore Afro-diasporic narratives that traverse oceans and endure attempts at erasure. Using rhythm, movement, timbre, melody, and cacophony, The Story Cuts Across What the Map Cuts Up celebrates what could not be subjugated or relegated to the margins. A continuous performance of original compositions, improvisations, and movement invites the audience to imagine not the physical map, but the stories that connect and produce our futures.

This performance is a “Pay What You Wish” event. That means that you can decide how much you would like to pay to attend. In most venues, an event like this would cost around $15-25 per person. Please enter the price you would like to pay per ticket, and the number of tickets you wish to reserve.

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Performance Mon, 24 Apr 2023 09:57:24 -0400 2023-04-25T19:30:00-04:00 2023-04-25T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Performance Kaleigh Wilder
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 26, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-26T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-26T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
a way outta no way (April 26, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105854 105854-21813143@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
As part of the artist's vision for this project, the installation will be activated on opening night with a collective response to the objects, the space, and the archives within. Facilitated by: Ricky Weaver, Viktor Givens, Bryce Detroit, Andrew Wilson, and Efe Bes.

About the Artist
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. Her art and theory are centered around the lexicon generated through black women's everyday practices, dark sousveillance, and images as objects that alchemize the archive on a quantum level. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Weaver is represented by David Klein Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, the Havana Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like the Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Weaver was named one of LensCulture's Critics Choice Artists of 2020, selected by Susan Thompson, associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum. She also participated in the Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center where she was mentored by Carrie Mae Weems. She earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in photography.

Weaver recently presented a paper titled “How I Got Over: The Meta-Archive and other registers” at Black Portraitures VII hosted by Rutgers University. Most recently she has taken on the role of lead visual consultant, specializing in image theory and photography, for the Global Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.

This project is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of the Institute for the Humanities' multi-year High Stakes Art initiative.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:22:19 -0400 2023-04-26T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-26T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition a way outta no way
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (April 26, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-04-26T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-26T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Seven Mile x MUSIC Matters Art Gallery (April 26, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107143 107143-21815421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

As a part of our annual Social Ventures, Music Matters has partnered with another student organization, Seven Mile, to support the work that they do in the local Michigan community. Their organization focuses on providing coding, arts, and music education/enrichment for children at community centers in the Greater Detroit area.

This year, they will be showing an art exhibition to showcase the creative expression skills of these young students. The art gallery will include artwork from the students in response to the prompt: “Think of your favorite song. How does this make you feel?”

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:48:33 -0400 2023-04-26T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-26T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition
Cathy Barry Connatural Art Exhibition (April 26, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103072 103072-21806065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Connatural Exhibition features the work of Ann Arbor artist, Cathy Barry and explores the intersection of art, science, and design. On display Saturday, January 7 through Sunday, April 30m, 2023.

Cathy Barry is an artist living and working in Ann Arbor whose creative process is closely tied to nature, plants, and the seasons. Cathy is an instructor at the UM School of Art and Design and the UM Program in the Environment and is very interested in the intersections between art, science, and design.

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Exhibition Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:46:55 -0500 2023-04-26T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-26T18:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition Cathy Barry artwork. Circle in muted greens and yellows with smaller circles and vine shapes within
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (April 26, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-04-26T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-26T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (April 26, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-04-26T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-26T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition (April 26, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106330 106330-21814078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Exhibition Dates: April 15–29, 2023Public Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11am–5pm; Closed Sundays
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition features work in a range of media by graduating BA, BFA, and Interarts Performance students at U‑M’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
Join us for a public closing celebration on Friday, April 28 from 6–8 pm: time-based work will be screened from 4:30–5:45 pm and 6–7:15 pm in the Art & Architecture Auditorium (room 2104).

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:10 -0400 2023-04-26T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-26T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
Seven for a Secret Never to be Told (April 26, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101023 101023-21800700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Seven for a Secret Never to be Told, the 2023 MFA Thesis exhibition, is on view from March 24 - April 29, 2023 at Stamps Gallery. This exhibition presents culminating projects by MFA in Art graduate students Oksana Briukhovetska, Emerson Granillo, Michelle Inez Hinojosa, Nicholas La Marca, Sebastian Llovera, Barbara Pearsall, and Peter Matthew Stack.

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:09 -0400 2023-04-26T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-26T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Poster for Seven for a Secret Never to be Told: the 2023 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy (April 26, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107057 107057-21815238@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities, communications, and safety.
This work stems from artist Caroline Sinders' previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of 'infrastructural' and 'architectural' spaces, both online and offline, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure, and open, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research, Sinders analyzed how structures, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.
Caroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders' residency and practice in this Q&A.
Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, systems design, harm, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern, the United Nations,the European Commission, Ars Electronica, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London, UK and New Orleans, USA.

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Exhibition Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:15:09 -0400 2023-04-26T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-26T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition A group of women stand in a gallery, interacting with a grid of post-it notes arranged on the floor
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 27, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-27T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-27T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
a way outta no way (April 27, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105854 105854-21813144@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
As part of the artist's vision for this project, the installation will be activated on opening night with a collective response to the objects, the space, and the archives within. Facilitated by: Ricky Weaver, Viktor Givens, Bryce Detroit, Andrew Wilson, and Efe Bes.

About the Artist
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. Her art and theory are centered around the lexicon generated through black women's everyday practices, dark sousveillance, and images as objects that alchemize the archive on a quantum level. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Weaver is represented by David Klein Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, the Havana Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like the Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Weaver was named one of LensCulture's Critics Choice Artists of 2020, selected by Susan Thompson, associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum. She also participated in the Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center where she was mentored by Carrie Mae Weems. She earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in photography.

Weaver recently presented a paper titled “How I Got Over: The Meta-Archive and other registers” at Black Portraitures VII hosted by Rutgers University. Most recently she has taken on the role of lead visual consultant, specializing in image theory and photography, for the Global Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.

This project is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of the Institute for the Humanities' multi-year High Stakes Art initiative.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:22:19 -0400 2023-04-27T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-27T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition a way outta no way
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (April 27, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806985@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-04-27T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-27T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Seven Mile x MUSIC Matters Art Gallery (April 27, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107143 107143-21815422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

As a part of our annual Social Ventures, Music Matters has partnered with another student organization, Seven Mile, to support the work that they do in the local Michigan community. Their organization focuses on providing coding, arts, and music education/enrichment for children at community centers in the Greater Detroit area.

This year, they will be showing an art exhibition to showcase the creative expression skills of these young students. The art gallery will include artwork from the students in response to the prompt: “Think of your favorite song. How does this make you feel?”

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:48:33 -0400 2023-04-27T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-27T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition
Cathy Barry Connatural Art Exhibition (April 27, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103072 103072-21806066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Connatural Exhibition features the work of Ann Arbor artist, Cathy Barry and explores the intersection of art, science, and design. On display Saturday, January 7 through Sunday, April 30m, 2023.

Cathy Barry is an artist living and working in Ann Arbor whose creative process is closely tied to nature, plants, and the seasons. Cathy is an instructor at the UM School of Art and Design and the UM Program in the Environment and is very interested in the intersections between art, science, and design.

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Exhibition Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:46:55 -0500 2023-04-27T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-27T18:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition Cathy Barry artwork. Circle in muted greens and yellows with smaller circles and vine shapes within
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (April 27, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809412@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-04-27T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-27T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (April 27, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-04-27T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-27T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition (April 27, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106330 106330-21814079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Exhibition Dates: April 15–29, 2023Public Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11am–5pm; Closed Sundays
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition features work in a range of media by graduating BA, BFA, and Interarts Performance students at U‑M’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
Join us for a public closing celebration on Friday, April 28 from 6–8 pm: time-based work will be screened from 4:30–5:45 pm and 6–7:15 pm in the Art & Architecture Auditorium (room 2104).

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:10 -0400 2023-04-27T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-27T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
Seven for a Secret Never to be Told (April 27, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101023 101023-21800701@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Seven for a Secret Never to be Told, the 2023 MFA Thesis exhibition, is on view from March 24 - April 29, 2023 at Stamps Gallery. This exhibition presents culminating projects by MFA in Art graduate students Oksana Briukhovetska, Emerson Granillo, Michelle Inez Hinojosa, Nicholas La Marca, Sebastian Llovera, Barbara Pearsall, and Peter Matthew Stack.

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:09 -0400 2023-04-27T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-27T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Poster for Seven for a Secret Never to be Told: the 2023 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy (April 27, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107057 107057-21815239@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities, communications, and safety.
This work stems from artist Caroline Sinders' previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of 'infrastructural' and 'architectural' spaces, both online and offline, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure, and open, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research, Sinders analyzed how structures, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.
Caroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders' residency and practice in this Q&A.
Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, systems design, harm, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern, the United Nations,the European Commission, Ars Electronica, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London, UK and New Orleans, USA.

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Exhibition Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:15:09 -0400 2023-04-27T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-27T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition A group of women stand in a gallery, interacting with a grid of post-it notes arranged on the floor
Reconnecting Currents: A Healing at the Huron (April 27, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107764 107764-21816460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

In this participatory public event, Marsae Lynette presents an evening of film, performance, and community.

This interactive event invites the local community to reconnect with freshwater sources such as the Huron River, as well as one another through reflection, restoration, and jubilation. Audience members are invited to both witness and engage in rituals of reconnection.

Kresge Gilda Award Recipient Marsae Lynette is a dancer, educator, and ethnochoreologist whose research explores the ecological interdependence of women of the African diaspora and freshwater sources through the lens of embodied intelligence and spirituality.

The evening’s journey includes:

– Opening ceremony and intention-setting
– 30-minute film viewing
– Dance performance
– Sunset processional to the Huron River and return to the Freighthouse to conclude

The artist invites audience members to dress in all-white attire.

This performance is a “Pay What You Wish” event. That means that you can decide how much you would like to pay to attend. In most venues, an event like this would cost around $15-25 per person. Please enter the price you would like to pay per ticket, and the number of tickets you wish to reserve.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 24 Apr 2023 10:21:40 -0400 2023-04-27T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Social / Informal Gathering Marsae Lynette, Reconnecting Currents
Voices & Art Unlocked (April 27, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107814 107814-21817067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

The Marquette Poets Circle has created poems in response to a traveling exhibit of work by PCAP artists.

The artwork and poems will be exhibited side by side in the Peter White Public Library Lower Gallery during April 2023. A virtual gallery (https://myumi.ch/w7gwW) was also created which contains each piece of art and the corresponding poem.

On Thursday, April 27th, poets will read their poems, plus City of Marquette Performer of the Year, Troy Graham will perform songs of empathy and protest in the Community Room, Peter White Public Library at 6:30 PM.

The event will be live-streamed on the Peter White Library Youtube channel: https://myumi.ch/MrMnW

In-person programming schedule:
5:30PM Artwork viewing & light refreshments
6:30PM - Music by Marquette's 2022 Performing Artist of the Year, Troy Graham
7PM - Second Look Conversations & Poetry Program

WLCU TV 6 and WBUP TV 10 will be providing Media Coverage of the events. State Senator Ed McBroom is planning on being in attendance for the events at the Peter White Public Library. State Representative Jenn Hill is planning on attending the Friday evening Coffee Hour at the Crib Coffee House.

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Performance Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:37:46 -0400 2023-04-27T18:30:00-04:00 2023-04-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Performance Voices & Art Unlocked Flyer
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 28, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-28T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
a way outta no way (April 28, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105854 105854-21813145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
As part of the artist's vision for this project, the installation will be activated on opening night with a collective response to the objects, the space, and the archives within. Facilitated by: Ricky Weaver, Viktor Givens, Bryce Detroit, Andrew Wilson, and Efe Bes.

About the Artist
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. Her art and theory are centered around the lexicon generated through black women's everyday practices, dark sousveillance, and images as objects that alchemize the archive on a quantum level. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Weaver is represented by David Klein Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, the Havana Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like the Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Weaver was named one of LensCulture's Critics Choice Artists of 2020, selected by Susan Thompson, associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum. She also participated in the Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center where she was mentored by Carrie Mae Weems. She earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in photography.

Weaver recently presented a paper titled “How I Got Over: The Meta-Archive and other registers” at Black Portraitures VII hosted by Rutgers University. Most recently she has taken on the role of lead visual consultant, specializing in image theory and photography, for the Global Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.

This project is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of the Institute for the Humanities' multi-year High Stakes Art initiative.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:22:19 -0400 2023-04-28T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition a way outta no way
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (April 28, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806986@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-04-28T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Seven Mile x MUSIC Matters Art Gallery (April 28, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107143 107143-21815423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

As a part of our annual Social Ventures, Music Matters has partnered with another student organization, Seven Mile, to support the work that they do in the local Michigan community. Their organization focuses on providing coding, arts, and music education/enrichment for children at community centers in the Greater Detroit area.

This year, they will be showing an art exhibition to showcase the creative expression skills of these young students. The art gallery will include artwork from the students in response to the prompt: “Think of your favorite song. How does this make you feel?”

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:48:33 -0400 2023-04-28T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition
Cathy Barry Connatural Art Exhibition (April 28, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103072 103072-21806067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Connatural Exhibition features the work of Ann Arbor artist, Cathy Barry and explores the intersection of art, science, and design. On display Saturday, January 7 through Sunday, April 30m, 2023.

Cathy Barry is an artist living and working in Ann Arbor whose creative process is closely tied to nature, plants, and the seasons. Cathy is an instructor at the UM School of Art and Design and the UM Program in the Environment and is very interested in the intersections between art, science, and design.

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Exhibition Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:46:55 -0500 2023-04-28T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T18:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition Cathy Barry artwork. Circle in muted greens and yellows with smaller circles and vine shapes within
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (April 28, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809413@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-04-28T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (April 28, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-04-28T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Cancelled: Block M Photos at the Hatcher Library (April 28, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106242 106242-21813962@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 11:00am
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: University Library

This event has been cancelled due to rain, rain, and more rain. But that doesn't dampen our congratulations for each U-M graduate celebrating this weekend!

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Congratulations, graduates!

Memorialize your time at the University of Michigan. Bring a camera/phone and we'll help capture photos of you and your friends and family — cap and gown not required.

Come to the Diag and look for the large block M in front of the Hatcher Library. Consider it a graduation gift from the U-M Library.

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Other Fri, 28 Apr 2023 10:15:19 -0400 2023-04-28T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T18:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus University Library Other Block M and a cute dog in front of the Hatcher Library.
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition (April 28, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106330 106330-21814080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Exhibition Dates: April 15–29, 2023Public Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11am–5pm; Closed Sundays
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition features work in a range of media by graduating BA, BFA, and Interarts Performance students at U‑M’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
Join us for a public closing celebration on Friday, April 28 from 6–8 pm: time-based work will be screened from 4:30–5:45 pm and 6–7:15 pm in the Art & Architecture Auditorium (room 2104).

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:10 -0400 2023-04-28T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
Seven for a Secret Never to be Told (April 28, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101023 101023-21800702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Seven for a Secret Never to be Told, the 2023 MFA Thesis exhibition, is on view from March 24 - April 29, 2023 at Stamps Gallery. This exhibition presents culminating projects by MFA in Art graduate students Oksana Briukhovetska, Emerson Granillo, Michelle Inez Hinojosa, Nicholas La Marca, Sebastian Llovera, Barbara Pearsall, and Peter Matthew Stack.

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:09 -0400 2023-04-28T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Poster for Seven for a Secret Never to be Told: the 2023 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition
2023 Stamps Senior Exhibition Screening (April 28, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107721 107721-21816409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

On Friday, April 28, 2023, time-based work by graduating Stamps Seniors will be featured in screenings at 4:30-5:45 and 6-7:15 p.m. in the Art & Architecture building's Auditorium (room 2104) as part of the exhibition's Closing Extravaganza.
The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition is on view at the Art & Architecture Building from April 15-29, 2023.
Program
Olivia Ortiz
Grocery Store People | 2 minutes 30 seconds
Grocery Store People is an animated short film about watching strangers and searching for connection. Enter my grocery store to watch three different strangers shop and consider the importance of strangers in your life.
Alyssa Huang
Moon Gate | 5 minutes
An animated short that explores the dreams I’ve had soon after my grandfather’s passing.
Elle Schwiderson
*Midwestern Last Name* Family Reunion | 11 minutes
*Midwestern Last Name* Family Reunion is a stop-motion animated film that is a culmination of my interdisciplinary art practice. Painting, puppets, performance, visual storytelling, and music are all present. This installation tells the story of my annual family reunion with an existential twist.
Meredith Kratochwill
All-Nighter | 6 minutes
All-Nighter is a surrealist psychological short film that combines live action and animation to explore the narrative of physical and mental sacrifice as an indicator of the value of one’s work. The film employs surrealist imagery to visualize the physical and men- tal impacts of this societal mindset, specifically regarding sleep deprivation.
Deena Beydoun
Behind Closed Drawers | 2 minutes
What happens when you place flowers in a hostile environment? Behind Closed Drawers is a stop-motion animated short that follows a child trying to cope with domestic violence through art.
Shaun Burgan
Out For Blood | 20 minutes
Out For Blood is an animatic serving as the pilot episode for an original cartoon. It is intended to be an authentic representation of myself, meaning it is an intersection between cartoons, horror, queerness, and insecurity. Also included is a short “behind the scenes” video reflecting on the process of creating it.
Blade Vavzincak
A Button’s Day Out | 1 minute 10 seconds
A stop motion video created using wire sculptures that aims to reconnect viewers with their inner child by seeing a button explore a town made of buttons and metal wire.
Taylor Henegar
Fake It ‘til you Make It | 4 minutes
Fake It ‘til you Make It is a music video for a song of the same name by my band which addresses the struggle of femininity and the inner voyeur.
Madison Grosvenor
Wilder | 22 minutes
Wilder seeks a personal definition of wilderness by investigating my upbringing and family history in Northern Michigan.

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Auditions Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:11 -0400 2023-04-28T16:30:00-04:00 2023-04-28T17:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Auditions Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
2023 Stamps Senior Exhibition Screening (April 28, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107722 107722-21816410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

On Friday, April 28, 2023, time-based work by graduating Stamps Seniors will be featured in screenings at 4:30-5:45 and 6-7:15 p.m. in the Art & Architecture building's Auditorium (room 2104) as part of the exhibition's Closing Extravaganza.
The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition is on view at the Art & Architecture Building from April 15-29, 2023.
Program
Olivia Ortiz
Grocery Store People | 2 minutes 30 seconds
Grocery Store People is an animated short film about watching strangers and searching for connection. Enter my grocery store to watch three different strangers shop and consider the importance of strangers in your life.
Alyssa Huang
Moon Gate | 5 minutes
An animated short that explores the dreams I’ve had soon after my grandfather’s passing.
Elle Schwiderson
*Midwestern Last Name* Family Reunion | 11 minutes
*Midwestern Last Name* Family Reunion is a stop-motion animated film that is a culmination of my interdisciplinary art practice. Painting, puppets, performance, visual storytelling, and music are all present. This installation tells the story of my annual family reunion with an existential twist.
Meredith Kratochwill
All-Nighter | 6 minutes
All-Nighter is a surrealist psychological short film that combines live action and animation to explore the narrative of physical and mental sacrifice as an indicator of the value of one’s work. The film employs surrealist imagery to visualize the physical and men- tal impacts of this societal mindset, specifically regarding sleep deprivation.
Deena Beydoun
Behind Closed Drawers | 2 minutes
What happens when you place flowers in a hostile environment? Behind Closed Drawers is a stop-motion animated short that follows a child trying to cope with domestic violence through art.
Shaun Burgan
Out For Blood | 20 minutes
Out For Blood is an animatic serving as the pilot episode for an original cartoon. It is intended to be an authentic representation of myself, meaning it is an intersection between cartoons, horror, queerness, and insecurity. Also included is a short “behind the scenes” video reflecting on the process of creating it.
Blade Vavzincak
A Button’s Day Out | 1 minute 10 seconds
A stop motion video created using wire sculptures that aims to reconnect viewers with their inner child by seeing a button explore a town made of buttons and metal wire.
Taylor Henegar
Fake It ‘til you Make It | 4 minutes
Fake It ‘til you Make It is a music video for a song of the same name by my band which addresses the struggle of femininity and the inner voyeur.
Madison Grosvenor
Wilder | 22 minutes
Wilder seeks a personal definition of wilderness by investigating my upbringing and family history in Northern Michigan.

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Auditions Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:12 -0400 2023-04-28T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T19:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Auditions Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy (April 28, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107057 107057-21815240@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities, communications, and safety.
This work stems from artist Caroline Sinders' previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of 'infrastructural' and 'architectural' spaces, both online and offline, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure, and open, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research, Sinders analyzed how structures, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.
Caroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders' residency and practice in this Q&A.
Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, systems design, harm, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern, the United Nations,the European Commission, Ars Electronica, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London, UK and New Orleans, USA.

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Exhibition Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:15:09 -0400 2023-04-28T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition A group of women stand in a gallery, interacting with a grid of post-it notes arranged on the floor
Senior Exhibition Closing Extravaganza (April 28, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100427 100427-21799893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Celebrate the Stamps Class of 2023 with this event at the Art & Architecture Building. Culminating projects by graduating BA, BFA, and Interarts performance students will be on display throughout the building as part of Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition.
As part of the closing extravaganza, time-based work will be screened from 4:30–5:45 pm and 6–7:15 pm in the Art & Architecture Auditorium (room 2104).

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Reception / Open House Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:15:08 -0400 2023-04-28T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Reception / Open House Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
Open Mic Night (April 28, 2023 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107762 107762-21816458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

Bring yourself, your friends, and whatever unique creative contribution you can offer! Then, stick around for our late-night DJ set with Todd Osborn.

This local artist showcase and open mic will be hosted by Ypsilanti resident and singer/songwriter Rochelle Clark. Those who wish to perform — music, dance, comedy, poetry, juggling, or whatever unique creative contribution you can offer — will sign up for a ten-minute slot upon arrival; names will be randomly selected for a starring moment on stage at the Ypsilanti Freighthouse. Registration will open at 7 pm and continue on a rolling basis through 8:30 pm.

A keyboard and PA/sound system will be provided. For more detailed questions about what we can accommodate, please email Rochelle Clark (rpcla@umich.edu).

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Performance Mon, 24 Apr 2023 10:02:40 -0400 2023-04-28T19:30:00-04:00 2023-04-28T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Performance Open Mic Night at the Ypsilanti Freighthouse!
Late Night DJ Set with Todd Osborn (April 28, 2023 10:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107760 107760-21816456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 10:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

Ghostly International artist Todd Osborn has been championed by everyone from Gilles Peterson to Aphex Twin…but he really just wants to have a little fun and get in some time on the dance floor. Break out a few moves in this late night DJ set.

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Performance Mon, 24 Apr 2023 09:52:05 -0400 2023-04-28T22:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T23:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Performance Todd Osborn
Seven Mile x MUSIC Matters Art Gallery (April 29, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107143 107143-21815424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 29, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

As a part of our annual Social Ventures, Music Matters has partnered with another student organization, Seven Mile, to support the work that they do in the local Michigan community. Their organization focuses on providing coding, arts, and music education/enrichment for children at community centers in the Greater Detroit area.

This year, they will be showing an art exhibition to showcase the creative expression skills of these young students. The art gallery will include artwork from the students in response to the prompt: “Think of your favorite song. How does this make you feel?”

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:48:33 -0400 2023-04-29T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-29T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition
Cathy Barry Connatural Art Exhibition (April 29, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103072 103072-21806068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 29, 2023 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Connatural Exhibition features the work of Ann Arbor artist, Cathy Barry and explores the intersection of art, science, and design. On display Saturday, January 7 through Sunday, April 30m, 2023.

Cathy Barry is an artist living and working in Ann Arbor whose creative process is closely tied to nature, plants, and the seasons. Cathy is an instructor at the UM School of Art and Design and the UM Program in the Environment and is very interested in the intersections between art, science, and design.

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Exhibition Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:46:55 -0500 2023-04-29T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-29T18:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition Cathy Barry artwork. Circle in muted greens and yellows with smaller circles and vine shapes within
UN/EARTH (April 29, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 29, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-04-29T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-29T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition (April 29, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106330 106330-21814081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 29, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Exhibition Dates: April 15–29, 2023Public Hours: Monday–Saturday, 11am–5pm; Closed Sundays
Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Stamps School Senior Exhibition features work in a range of media by graduating BA, BFA, and Interarts Performance students at U‑M’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
Join us for a public closing celebration on Friday, April 28 from 6–8 pm: time-based work will be screened from 4:30–5:45 pm and 6–7:15 pm in the Art & Architecture Auditorium (room 2104).

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:10 -0400 2023-04-29T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-29T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Figment/Fragment: The 2023 Senior Exhibition
Seven for a Secret Never to be Told (April 29, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101023 101023-21800703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 29, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Seven for a Secret Never to be Told, the 2023 MFA Thesis exhibition, is on view from March 24 - April 29, 2023 at Stamps Gallery. This exhibition presents culminating projects by MFA in Art graduate students Oksana Briukhovetska, Emerson Granillo, Michelle Inez Hinojosa, Nicholas La Marca, Sebastian Llovera, Barbara Pearsall, and Peter Matthew Stack.

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Exhibition Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:09 -0400 2023-04-29T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-29T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Poster for Seven for a Secret Never to be Told: the 2023 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Liberty Research Annex and Gallery (April 29, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102331 102331-21803878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 29, 2023 1:00pm
Location: 305 W Liberty
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Students and faculty collaborate on architecture research in the 19,000-square-foot Liberty Research Annex. Located in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, this open-plan facility provides space for students and faculty to collaboratively take on full-scale material assemblies, installations, and group projects. Students and faculty engage in architectural research through the process of researching and making. Additionally, the facility contains a 3,000-square-foot exhibition gallery, which is open to the public and contributes to the vibrant downtown Ann Arbor arts scene. Public visitors are encouraged to interact with exhibits and learn about the latest in architectural research at Taubman College. U-M's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Liberty Research Annex and Gallery is located at 305 W. Liberty Rd., Ann Arbor, MI, 48103.

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Exhibition Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:15:13 -0500 2023-04-29T13:00:00-04:00 2023-04-29T17:00:00-04:00 305 W Liberty A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Exhibition Photo of Liberty Research Annex with Open Saturdays 1-5pm text
2023 Stamps Commencement (April 29, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100428 100428-21799894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 29, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

The 2023 Stamps Commencement Celebration will be held from 2:00 — 4:00 pm on Saturday, April 29 at the North Campus Research Complex in Building 18. Doors will open at 12:45 pm for guests; students are requested to arrive at 12:45 pm for a class photo.
Our event will follow the main University of Michigan Commencement Ceremony, held at Michigan Stadium from 10:00 — 11:45 am.
This celebration will be an in-person event featuring short speeches by graduating undergraduate and graduate students and a commencement address by alumna, artist, and educator Cecilia (Ceci) Méndez-Ortiz.

For full details on this event, including information on ticketing, travel, parking, and directions, please see the Stamps Commencement section.

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Reception / Open House Thu, 09 Mar 2023 12:15:06 -0500 2023-04-29T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-29T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Reception / Open House Brian Banks talks to a line of students, wearing caps and gowns, at commencement
Caroline Sinders: Intertwined Intimacy (April 29, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107057 107057-21815241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 29, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Intertwined Intimacy is a series of architectural sculptures ruminating on privacy and intimacy, and how the infrastructure of visible and invisible spaces influences communities, communications, and safety.
This work stems from artist Caroline Sinders' previous work combining research driven art and human rights analysis that responds to current technology systems by focusing on how the design of 'infrastructural' and 'architectural' spaces, both online and offline, impacts safety. By focusing on prototypian futures, Intertwined Intimacy observes impacts through public infrastructure, and open, digital commons inspired by mutual aid and open source technology. To generate this research, Sinders analyzed how structures, metaphors and engagements of privacy and security within technology impact mental models The sculptures create a labyrinth, allowing for a space of reflection and consideration for the audience, as the sculptures slowly become more and more opaque, offering areas of hidden solitude and refuge.
Caroline Sinders is the 2023 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence. This annual international competition awards one residency per academic year to a visiting artist/designer who proposes to develop a new work in collaboration with members of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan community. Learn more about Sinders' residency and practice in this Q&A.
Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. She is the founder of human rights and design lab, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years, she has been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence, intersectional justice, systems design, harm, and politics in digital conversational spaces and technology platforms. She has worked with the Tate Exchange at the Tate Modern, the United Nations,the European Commission, Ars Electronica, the Harvard Kennedy School and others. Sinders is currently based between London, UK and New Orleans, USA.

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Exhibition Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:15:09 -0400 2023-04-29T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-29T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition A group of women stand in a gallery, interacting with a grid of post-it notes arranged on the floor
Seven Mile x MUSIC Matters Art Gallery (April 30, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107143 107143-21815425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 30, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

As a part of our annual Social Ventures, Music Matters has partnered with another student organization, Seven Mile, to support the work that they do in the local Michigan community. Their organization focuses on providing coding, arts, and music education/enrichment for children at community centers in the Greater Detroit area.

This year, they will be showing an art exhibition to showcase the creative expression skills of these young students. The art gallery will include artwork from the students in response to the prompt: “Think of your favorite song. How does this make you feel?”

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:48:33 -0400 2023-04-30T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-30T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition
Cathy Barry Connatural Art Exhibition (April 30, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103072 103072-21806069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 30, 2023 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Connatural Exhibition features the work of Ann Arbor artist, Cathy Barry and explores the intersection of art, science, and design. On display Saturday, January 7 through Sunday, April 30m, 2023.

Cathy Barry is an artist living and working in Ann Arbor whose creative process is closely tied to nature, plants, and the seasons. Cathy is an instructor at the UM School of Art and Design and the UM Program in the Environment and is very interested in the intersections between art, science, and design.

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Exhibition Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:46:55 -0500 2023-04-30T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-30T16:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition Cathy Barry artwork. Circle in muted greens and yellows with smaller circles and vine shapes within
UN/EARTH (April 30, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 30, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-04-30T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-30T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
a way outta no way (May 1, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105854 105854-21813148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 1, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
As part of the artist's vision for this project, the installation will be activated on opening night with a collective response to the objects, the space, and the archives within. Facilitated by: Ricky Weaver, Viktor Givens, Bryce Detroit, Andrew Wilson, and Efe Bes.

About the Artist
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. Her art and theory are centered around the lexicon generated through black women's everyday practices, dark sousveillance, and images as objects that alchemize the archive on a quantum level. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Weaver is represented by David Klein Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, the Havana Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like the Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Weaver was named one of LensCulture's Critics Choice Artists of 2020, selected by Susan Thompson, associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum. She also participated in the Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center where she was mentored by Carrie Mae Weems. She earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in photography.

Weaver recently presented a paper titled “How I Got Over: The Meta-Archive and other registers” at Black Portraitures VII hosted by Rutgers University. Most recently she has taken on the role of lead visual consultant, specializing in image theory and photography, for the Global Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.

This project is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of the Institute for the Humanities' multi-year High Stakes Art initiative.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:22:19 -0400 2023-05-01T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-01T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition a way outta no way
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 1, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806989@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 1, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-01T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-01T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Seven Mile x MUSIC Matters Art Gallery (May 1, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107143 107143-21815426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 1, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Palmer Commons

As a part of our annual Social Ventures, Music Matters has partnered with another student organization, Seven Mile, to support the work that they do in the local Michigan community. Their organization focuses on providing coding, arts, and music education/enrichment for children at community centers in the Greater Detroit area.

This year, they will be showing an art exhibition to showcase the creative expression skills of these young students. The art gallery will include artwork from the students in response to the prompt: “Think of your favorite song. How does this make you feel?”

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:48:33 -0400 2023-05-01T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-01T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Exhibition
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 1, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809416@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 1, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-01T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-01T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (May 1, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 1, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-01T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
a way outta no way (May 2, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105854 105854-21813149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
As part of the artist's vision for this project, the installation will be activated on opening night with a collective response to the objects, the space, and the archives within. Facilitated by: Ricky Weaver, Viktor Givens, Bryce Detroit, Andrew Wilson, and Efe Bes.

About the Artist
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. Her art and theory are centered around the lexicon generated through black women's everyday practices, dark sousveillance, and images as objects that alchemize the archive on a quantum level. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Weaver is represented by David Klein Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, the Havana Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like the Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Weaver was named one of LensCulture's Critics Choice Artists of 2020, selected by Susan Thompson, associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum. She also participated in the Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center where she was mentored by Carrie Mae Weems. She earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in photography.

Weaver recently presented a paper titled “How I Got Over: The Meta-Archive and other registers” at Black Portraitures VII hosted by Rutgers University. Most recently she has taken on the role of lead visual consultant, specializing in image theory and photography, for the Global Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.

This project is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of the Institute for the Humanities' multi-year High Stakes Art initiative.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:22:19 -0400 2023-05-02T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-02T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition a way outta no way
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 2, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806990@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-02T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-02T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 2, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809417@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-02T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-02T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (May 2, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-02T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
a way outta no way (May 3, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105854 105854-21813150@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
As part of the artist's vision for this project, the installation will be activated on opening night with a collective response to the objects, the space, and the archives within. Facilitated by: Ricky Weaver, Viktor Givens, Bryce Detroit, Andrew Wilson, and Efe Bes.

About the Artist
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. Her art and theory are centered around the lexicon generated through black women's everyday practices, dark sousveillance, and images as objects that alchemize the archive on a quantum level. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Weaver is represented by David Klein Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, the Havana Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like the Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Weaver was named one of LensCulture's Critics Choice Artists of 2020, selected by Susan Thompson, associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum. She also participated in the Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center where she was mentored by Carrie Mae Weems. She earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in photography.

Weaver recently presented a paper titled “How I Got Over: The Meta-Archive and other registers” at Black Portraitures VII hosted by Rutgers University. Most recently she has taken on the role of lead visual consultant, specializing in image theory and photography, for the Global Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.

This project is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of the Institute for the Humanities' multi-year High Stakes Art initiative.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:22:19 -0400 2023-05-03T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-03T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition a way outta no way
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 3, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806991@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-03T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-03T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 3, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809418@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-03T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-03T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (May 3, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-03T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-03T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 4, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 4, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-04T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-04T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
a way outta no way (May 4, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105854 105854-21813151@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 4, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
As part of the artist's vision for this project, the installation will be activated on opening night with a collective response to the objects, the space, and the archives within. Facilitated by: Ricky Weaver, Viktor Givens, Bryce Detroit, Andrew Wilson, and Efe Bes.

About the Artist
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. Her art and theory are centered around the lexicon generated through black women's everyday practices, dark sousveillance, and images as objects that alchemize the archive on a quantum level. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Weaver is represented by David Klein Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, the Havana Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like the Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Weaver was named one of LensCulture's Critics Choice Artists of 2020, selected by Susan Thompson, associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum. She also participated in the Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center where she was mentored by Carrie Mae Weems. She earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in photography.

Weaver recently presented a paper titled “How I Got Over: The Meta-Archive and other registers” at Black Portraitures VII hosted by Rutgers University. Most recently she has taken on the role of lead visual consultant, specializing in image theory and photography, for the Global Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.

This project is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of the Institute for the Humanities' multi-year High Stakes Art initiative.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:22:19 -0400 2023-05-04T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-04T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition a way outta no way
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 4, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806992@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 4, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-04T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-04T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 4, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809419@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 4, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-04T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-04T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (May 4, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810869@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 4, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-04T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-04T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Virtual Information Session (May 4, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107696 107696-21816377@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 4, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Join us for a virtual, hour-long info session on undergraduate programs at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design, including a presentation and Q&A with current students and the admissions team.Info session times are Eastern US.
Visit our Admissions Events page to learn more about additional upcoming events.

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Other Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:15:08 -0400 2023-05-04T15:00:00-04:00 2023-05-04T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Other Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
11th Annual Shirley Verrett Award Ceremony (May 4, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107471 107471-21816078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 4, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Women of Color in the Academy Project

The University of Michigan Women of Color in the Academy Project (WOCAP) will present its 11th Annual Shirley Verrett Award on May 4, 2023, at the University of Michigan Museum of Art on 525 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 honoring Professor Amy Ku’uleialoha Stillman for her exemplary leadership and advocacy on behalf of diverse students. Stillman has nurtured students through her teachings about the meaning of music, dance, and the special language that weaves through the movements and the sound.

Please join us for an evening of celebration beginning at 5:30 P.M with a reception to follow.

The event is free and open to the public, however, registration is requested.

The Shirley Verrett Award was created in 2011 by the Office of the Senior Vice Provost in honor of the late Shirley Verrett, a U-M professor who “would have walked the world over for her students,” organizers say. It is administered by WOCAP and is supported by SMTD, UMMA, and ODEI.

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Ceremony / Service Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:51:38 -0400 2023-05-04T17:30:00-04:00 2023-05-04T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Women of Color in the Academy Project Ceremony / Service Image of Shirley Verrett with text 11th Annual Shirley Verrett Award Ceremony and details of time and date
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 5, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 5, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-05T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
a way outta no way (May 5, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105854 105854-21813152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 5, 2023 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

About the Exhibition
As part of the artist's vision for this project, the installation will be activated on opening night with a collective response to the objects, the space, and the archives within. Facilitated by: Ricky Weaver, Viktor Givens, Bryce Detroit, Andrew Wilson, and Efe Bes.

About the Artist
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist, theorist, and mother, born in Ypsilanti, MI. Her art and theory are centered around the lexicon generated through black women's everyday practices, dark sousveillance, and images as objects that alchemize the archive on a quantum level. She is currently teaching at ArtCenter College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA as a fellow for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Weaver is represented by David Klein Gallery and has shown work at Art Miami, the Havana Biennale, Sofa Expo, and more. Her work has been acquired by institutions like the Wedge Collection and published in Aperture’s As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic.

Weaver was named one of LensCulture's Critics Choice Artists of 2020, selected by Susan Thompson, associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum. She also participated in the Independent Scholar Fellowship at The Carr Center where she was mentored by Carrie Mae Weems. She earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in photography.

Weaver recently presented a paper titled “How I Got Over: The Meta-Archive and other registers” at Black Portraitures VII hosted by Rutgers University. Most recently she has taken on the role of lead visual consultant, specializing in image theory and photography, for the Global Institute for Black Girls in Film and Media.

This project is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of the Institute for the Humanities' multi-year High Stakes Art initiative.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:22:19 -0400 2023-05-05T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-05T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition a way outta no way
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 5, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806993@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 5, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-05T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-05T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 5, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809420@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 5, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-05T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-05T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (May 5, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 5, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-05T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-05T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 6, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 6, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-06T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-06T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (May 6, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 6, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Chris Huang’s art features vivid illustrations on timber slices of plants and animals, often birds and deer with bold outlines and a somewhat stained glass appearance.

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:09:36 -0500 2023-05-06T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition An example of a piece from Chris Huang, which features bright colors, two deer, a forest, and psychedelic imagery.
UN/EARTH (May 6, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 6, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-06T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-06T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 7, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818652@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 7, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-07T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-07T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (May 7, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 7, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Chris Huang’s art features vivid illustrations on timber slices of plants and animals, often birds and deer with bold outlines and a somewhat stained glass appearance.

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:09:36 -0500 2023-05-07T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-07T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition An example of a piece from Chris Huang, which features bright colors, two deer, a forest, and psychedelic imagery.
UN/EARTH (May 7, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 7, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-07T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-07T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Clay as Soft Power: Shigaraki Ware in Postwar America and Japan (May 7, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/95702 95702-21790573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 7, 2023 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Explore The Uncharted History of How Pottery Transformed Global Relations

Clay As Soft Power examines how Shigaraki ware ceramics transformed the American public’s image of Japan, helping the country shift its identity from World War II enemy to Cold War ally to global cultural change maker.  Known for its earthy tones, rough clay surfaces, and natural ash glazes, Shigaraki wares originated from one of six ancient kilns of Japan, and has a rich history from the 13th century to today. This exhibition explores three distinct periods of that history, telling a story of global intrigue, covert international relations, and the evolution of this uniquely Japanese art form.

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the U-M Office of the Provost, the Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, and the U-M Center for Japanese Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the Japan Foundation, James M. Trapp, Nancy and Joe Keithley, and the William C. Weese, M.D. Endowment for Ceramic Arts.  
 

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Exhibition Sun, 07 May 2023 18:15:24 -0400 2023-05-07T11:00:00-04:00 2023-05-07T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Clay as Soft Power: Shigaraki Ware in Postwar America and Japan
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 8, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818653@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 8, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-08T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-08T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 8, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806996@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 8, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-08T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-08T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (May 8, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 8, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Chris Huang’s art features vivid illustrations on timber slices of plants and animals, often birds and deer with bold outlines and a somewhat stained glass appearance.

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:09:36 -0500 2023-05-08T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-08T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition An example of a piece from Chris Huang, which features bright colors, two deer, a forest, and psychedelic imagery.
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 8, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 8, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-08T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-08T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (May 8, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 8, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-08T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-08T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 8, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 8, 2023 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-08T12:00:00-04:00 2023-05-08T13:00:00-04:00 Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 9, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818654@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-09T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-09T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 9, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806997@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-09T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-09T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (May 9, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Chris Huang’s art features vivid illustrations on timber slices of plants and animals, often birds and deer with bold outlines and a somewhat stained glass appearance.

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:09:36 -0500 2023-05-09T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition An example of a piece from Chris Huang, which features bright colors, two deer, a forest, and psychedelic imagery.
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 9, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-09T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-09T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (May 9, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-09T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-09T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Prospective Student Individual Meeting (May 9, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107723 107723-21816411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Prospective undergraduate students: Schedule a 15-minute virtual meeting with a current Stamps Student. This is a great chance to learn more about the Stamps experience, have specific questions addressed, and get infor­mal feed­back on your creative work.
All times are Eastern US.
Visit our Admissions Events page to learn more about additional upcoming events.

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Meeting Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:15:13 -0400 2023-05-09T15:00:00-04:00 2023-05-09T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Meeting Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 10, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818655@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-10T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-10T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 10, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806998@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-10T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-10T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (May 10, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Chris Huang’s art features vivid illustrations on timber slices of plants and animals, often birds and deer with bold outlines and a somewhat stained glass appearance.

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:09:36 -0500 2023-05-10T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-10T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition An example of a piece from Chris Huang, which features bright colors, two deer, a forest, and psychedelic imagery.
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 10, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809425@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-10T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-10T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (May 10, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-10T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-10T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 11, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818656@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 11, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-11T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-11T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 11, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21806999@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 11, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-11T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-11T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (May 11, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 11, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Chris Huang’s art features vivid illustrations on timber slices of plants and animals, often birds and deer with bold outlines and a somewhat stained glass appearance.

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:09:36 -0500 2023-05-11T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition An example of a piece from Chris Huang, which features bright colors, two deer, a forest, and psychedelic imagery.
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 11, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 11, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-11T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-11T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (May 11, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 11, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-11T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-11T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
Heather Ann Thompson Lecture (May 11, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108005 108005-21818788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 11, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Over the last five decades the City of Detroit has felt the crisis of mass incarceration first-hand and most acutely. Historian Heather Ann Thompson will discuss the origins of this crisis nationally and locally, its lived impact on city residents as well as on the city itself. From this history, she argues, we can better understand not only why this is the civil and human rights crisis of the 21st century, but what it will take to undo it.

Register Here: https://myumi.ch/n7gk3

This evening event is free for members and free with museum admission for non-members.

5-6 p.m. Prior to the program, view the *Humanize the Numbers* exhibition on display now in the Community Gallery

6-8 p.m. Lecture in the Booth Auditorium

Dr. Heather Ann Thompson is a native Detroiter and historian on faculty of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in the departments of Afro-American and African Studies, History, and the Residential College.

Thompson has published numerous books and has written extensively on the history of policing, mass incarceration and the current criminal justice system for The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, The Atlantic, Salon, Dissent, NBC, New Labor Forum, The Daily Beast, and The Huffington Post, as well as for the top publications in her field.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 09 May 2023 09:37:10 -0400 2023-05-11T17:00:00-04:00 2023-05-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Lecture / Discussion Chris Lewis, 2020 (Humanize the Numbers)
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 12, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818657@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 12, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-12T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-12T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 12, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21807000@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 12, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-12T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-12T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (May 12, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 12, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Chris Huang’s art features vivid illustrations on timber slices of plants and animals, often birds and deer with bold outlines and a somewhat stained glass appearance.

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:09:36 -0500 2023-05-12T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-12T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition An example of a piece from Chris Huang, which features bright colors, two deer, a forest, and psychedelic imagery.
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 12, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 12, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-12T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-12T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (May 12, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 12, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-12T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-12T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
In-Person Tour & Info Session (May 12, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106898 106898-21814978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 12, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Visit Stamps and join us for a tour of our facilities, info session, and Q&A panel on undergraduate programs at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design.
Events take place monthly on Fridays and last two hours. Listed start times are in Eastern US time.
Visit our Admissions Events page to learn more about additional upcoming events.

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Other Tue, 28 Mar 2023 18:15:11 -0400 2023-05-12T13:00:00-04:00 2023-05-12T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Other Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 13, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818658@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 13, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-13T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
Spring Plant Sale (May 13, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105701 105701-21812810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 13, 2023 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Planters and hanging baskets are designed and tended by a team of dedicated volunteers.

Member pre-sale will be online – Become a member today!

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Well-being Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:30:10 -0500 2023-05-13T08:00:00-04:00 2023-05-13T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Well-being
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (May 13, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 13, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Chris Huang’s art features vivid illustrations on timber slices of plants and animals, often birds and deer with bold outlines and a somewhat stained glass appearance.

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:09:36 -0500 2023-05-13T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition An example of a piece from Chris Huang, which features bright colors, two deer, a forest, and psychedelic imagery.
UN/EARTH (May 13, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 13, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-13T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-13T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 14, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818659@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 14, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-14T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-14T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
Spring Plant Sale (May 14, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105701 105701-21812811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 14, 2023 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Planters and hanging baskets are designed and tended by a team of dedicated volunteers.

Member pre-sale will be online – Become a member today!

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Well-being Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:30:10 -0500 2023-05-14T08:00:00-04:00 2023-05-14T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Well-being
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (May 14, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 14, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Chris Huang’s art features vivid illustrations on timber slices of plants and animals, often birds and deer with bold outlines and a somewhat stained glass appearance.

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:09:36 -0500 2023-05-14T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition An example of a piece from Chris Huang, which features bright colors, two deer, a forest, and psychedelic imagery.
UN/EARTH (May 14, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 14, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-14T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-14T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 15, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 15, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-15T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 15, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 15, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-15T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-15T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (May 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812711@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 15, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Chris Huang’s art features vivid illustrations on timber slices of plants and animals, often birds and deer with bold outlines and a somewhat stained glass appearance.

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:09:36 -0500 2023-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-15T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition An example of a piece from Chris Huang, which features bright colors, two deer, a forest, and psychedelic imagery.
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 15, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-15T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (May 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 15, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-15T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 16, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-16T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-16T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 16, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-16T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-16T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (May 16, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Chris Huang’s art features vivid illustrations on timber slices of plants and animals, often birds and deer with bold outlines and a somewhat stained glass appearance.

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:09:36 -0500 2023-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-16T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition An example of a piece from Chris Huang, which features bright colors, two deer, a forest, and psychedelic imagery.
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 16, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-16T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
UN/EARTH (May 16, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 10:00am
Location: Museum of Natural History
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Featuring work by Gina Gibson, UN/EARTH explores science and art from a mile underground. Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—deep underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with the University of Michigan, the LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology and engineering.

Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Gibson's work celebrates the search deep below the surface for beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

UN/EARTH was developed in collaboration with the U-M Department of Physics, the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University.

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Exhibition Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:18:42 -0400 2023-05-16T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-16T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Natural History Museum of Natural History Exhibition "Gina Gibson at SURF – Gina Gibson is an internationally exhibiting artist and professor of Graphic Design at Black Hills State University. In 2019, Gibson became the first artist in residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Photo courtesy of the Sanford Underground Research Facility/Photographer Matt Kapust"
UMS Live Session: Christian Schmitt, organ (May 17, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107967 107967-21818662@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

UMS celebrates 130 years of Hill Auditorium’s Frieze Memorial Organ with virtuoso Christian Schmitt and this digital-exclusive performance.

ON THE PROGRAM
Charles-Marie Widor “Meditation” from Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Jean Langlais Etude for Pedal Solo No. 7, “Alleluia”
Fritz Lubrich, Jr. “In der Abendstille” op. 24.3
César Franck Choral No. 3 in a minor

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Presentation Thu, 04 May 2023 13:22:45 -0400 2023-05-17T00:00:00-04:00 2023-05-17T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University Musical Society (UMS) Presentation Christian Schmitt
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (May 17, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

What is feminism in Japan? Rather than imagining it as a singular, coherent object, this exhibit seeks to introduce the diversity, difference, and complexity inherent in feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations, from office workers trying to reshape taken-for-granted structures of power and authority, to mothers advocating for safer school lunches after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disasters, and queer couples seeking legal recognition for the families they have created. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among many other contexts. Many ­– but certainly not all – feminist activists in Japan are also responding to the lasting legacies of Japanese colonial projects, working toward recognition, repair, and meaningful reparations for racial and gender-based violence that continue to impact communities disproportionately.

This exhibit features original portraits of feminists who have shaped the landscape of women's and gender rights in Japan and beyond. Created by nine contemporary artists in Japan and the United States, the portraits and accompanying texts challenge simplistic understandings of "feminism" while also drawing attention to a diversity of experiences, needs, and activism within Japan. This exhibit also spotlights the history of Japanese studies at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies' 75th anniversary celebration.

“Portraits of Feminism in Japan” is open for viewing M-F 9am-4pm or by appointment. University of Michigan instructors can email LaneHallExhibits@umich.edu to request a group tour or schedule a class visit.

Featured artists:
Elaine Cromie, JenClare B. Gawaran, Takatoshi Hayashi, ivokuma (いぼくま), Nami Kaneko (金子奈美), Kang Jungsook, Lisa Taka Miyagi, Nancy Nishihira (西平・ナンシー), and Shigeki Shibata (柴田滋紀)

Curation team:
Allison Alexy, Bradly Hammond, Grace Mahoney, and Alexandria Molinari

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Exhibition Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:28:07 -0500 2023-05-17T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-17T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition The left side of the image says "Portraits of Feminism in Japan; 2023 Jan 12~May 12; Lane Hall Exhibit Space; University of Michigan" followed by the co-sponsors against a salmon-colored background. The right side of the image is an art piece.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (May 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Chris Huang’s art features vivid illustrations on timber slices of plants and animals, often birds and deer with bold outlines and a somewhat stained glass appearance.

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Exhibition Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:09:36 -0500 2023-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-17T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition An example of a piece from Chris Huang, which features bright colors, two deer, a forest, and psychedelic imagery.
Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books (May 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104490 104490-21809432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit explores the creativity and utility of an essential part of practically every modern book, the title page. Such pages signal and inform, incite pleasure and intrigue, as well as conceal and mislead. The works shown here from the holdings of the University of Michigan Library illuminate critical moments in the history of books. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the Special Collections Research Center (on the sixth floor of the Hatcher Library), Monday-Friday, 10am-4:30pm.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:09:09 -0400 2023-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-17T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Detail from the opening page of Appianus, "Historia Romana," Venice: Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477. Incun 118, Special Collections Research Center. Photo by Randal Stegmeyer.
PCAP Coffee Hours (May 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107964 107964-21818638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Purchase your favorite cup of Joe & join us for fun-filled mornings of creativity & conversation.

Coffee Hours Are:
Super casual.
All are invited.
PCAPers: Bring guests!
Kids welcome.
Always outside in public.
If it rains hard, we reschedule.

When: 10AM —12PM Wednesdays - May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16
Where: RoosRoast - 1155 Rosewood St b, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 04 May 2023 09:42:43 -0400 2023-05-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-17T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Social / Informal Gathering PCAP Summer Coffee Hours