Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 5, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 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 2023-06-05T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-05T16:00:00-04:00 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.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (June 5, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812732@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 5, 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 2023-06-05T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-05T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 5, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 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 2023-06-05T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-05T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 6, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 6, 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 2023-06-06T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-06T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 6, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 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 2023-06-06T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-06T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 6, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 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 2023-06-06T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-06T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Prospective Student Individual Meeting (June 6, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107725 107725-21816413@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 6, 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 12:15:16 -0400 2023-06-06T15:00:00-04:00 2023-06-06T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Meeting Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 7, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 7, 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 2023-06-07T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-07T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 7, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812734@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 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 2023-06-07T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-07T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 7, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 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 2023-06-07T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-07T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 7, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-07T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-07T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 8, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 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 2023-06-08T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-08T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 8, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 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 2023-06-08T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-08T20:00:00-04:00 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.
UN/EARTH (June 8, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 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 2023-06-08T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-08T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 8, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 8, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-08T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Guided Tour of the U-M Clements Library. (June 8, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108027 108027-21818857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 8, 2023 11:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join us for a guided tour to learn more about the Clements' early American history collections. Highlights include viewing of Benjamin West's iconic painting "Death of General Wolfe," a Revolutionary War-era trunk that once housed General Gage's papers, and more!

Register here: myumi.ch/Aw9Zb.

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Tours Wed, 10 May 2023 11:09:15 -0400 2023-06-08T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-08T12:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Tours William Clements Library
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 9, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 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 2023-06-09T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-09T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 9, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 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 2023-06-09T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-09T20:00:00-04:00 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.
UN/EARTH (June 9, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 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 2023-06-09T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-09T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 9, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 9, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-09T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-09T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
In-Person Tour & Info Session (June 9, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106899 106899-21814979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 9, 2023 11:00am
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 18:15:12 -0400 2023-06-09T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Other Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
A2Inkubate: Comics Out of Life (June 9, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108079 108079-21818917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 9, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: University Library

Join us for an Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival pre-conference for librarians, educators, and cartoonists!

Learn from some of the most talented graphic novelists working today. Whether you’re an aspiring artist or simply curious about the creative process, join us for an afternoon of exploration and enlightenment as we uncover the power of personal narrative in graphic novels.

1:00 pm to 1:50 pm: Comics Out of Life: Writing With Our Own Voices

How does a graphic novelist discover their own truth and find a unique voice to express that truth through their work? What process do cartoonists follow as they sift through their personal histories, open a dialogue with their earlier selves, and engage emotionally-charged events from their pasts?

Author, editor and critic Irene Velentzas moderates a discussion with celebrated comics creators Jen Wang (Stargazing, The Prince and the Dressmaker), Gale Galligan (The Baby-Sitters Club series, Freestyle), and Dan Santat (A First Time for Everything, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend). They’ll talk about their own creative journeys and the ways life becomes art.

2:00 pm to 2: 50 pm: Comics Out of Life: Conversations With Our Past

How do graphic novelists combine the stories of their lives with the political events that shaped them, and turn those into a compelling narrative? What does it take to reflect on highly personal experiences and connect them to larger societal issues? And how does all of that get reshaped into impactful works of art?

Moderator Raina Telgemeier (Smile, Drama) leads a thought-provoking discussion with Thien Pham (Family Style) and Nate Powell (Save it For Later, the March trilogy). They’ll explore the art of expressing personal stories that never lose sight of their context within the wider forces of the world. (Raina Telgemeier will not be available for signings after the discussion.)

Sponsored by: University of Michigan Library (Computer & Video Game Archive); Ann Arbor District Library; Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum; Kids Read Comics.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 May 2023 17:06:29 -0400 2023-06-09T13:00:00-04:00 2023-06-09T15:00:00-04:00 Michigan League University Library Lecture / Discussion Comics out of life: Writing with our own voices and conversations with our past.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (June 10, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 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 2023-06-10T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-10T20:00:00-04:00 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.
UN/EARTH (June 10, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 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 2023-06-10T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-10T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 10, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 10, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-10T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-10T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (June 11, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812738@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 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 2023-06-11T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-11T20:00:00-04:00 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.
UN/EARTH (June 11, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 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 2023-06-11T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-11T17:00:00-04:00 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"
You Are Here (June 11, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88202 88202-21650957@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 11, 2023 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Welcome back to the museum. We’ve missed you.

On March 16, 2020, we closed our doors, just six days after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. We didn’t know for how long. At that point there were twelve confirmed COVID-19 cases in Washtenaw County. We weren’t wearing masks because we didn’t fully understand how the virus is transmitted. We reopened to the public 488 days later, on June 17, 2021. While it is exciting to be together again and to see the world slowly reopen, we are also deeply impacted by what we’ve been through. This exhibition holds both of those feelings.

The works of art in this show were selected because you really need to experience them in person, to be immersed in their textures, patterns, colors, and ideas. The exhibition is designed to remind visitors to be present where they are: to look and feel and be at UMMA, in person at the museum. It also reminds visitors where they aren’t: at home, isolated, connecting with each other virtually. 

The centerpiece of the exhibition—Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of Keshawn Warren standing in front of a vibrant floral background—exemplifies the idea of being present in oneself. Elsewhere you’ll find experiences for all of your senses. Come visit and play the Harry Bertoia sound sculpture to announce your presence in the gallery. After all, you are here.

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.
 
 

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Exhibition Sun, 11 Jun 2023 18:15:31 -0400 2023-06-11T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-11T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Photo by UMMA Staff
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 12, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818730@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 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 2023-06-12T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-12T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 12, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 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 2023-06-12T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-12T20:00:00-04:00 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.
CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Calligraphy Reading Workshop (June 12, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108233 108233-21819150@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 12, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

See the full Ann Arbor Japan Week schedule here: https://myumi.ch/PrxXn

Please register for this Zoom event at: https://myumi.ch/96mZ1

Hosted by Reginald Jackson, Director of the U-M Center for Japanese Studies and Associate Professor of Pre-Modern Japanese Literature.

Come learn the basics of reading Japanese calligraphy! We’ll consider early kana’s development from Chinese characters and discuss principles of creating and deciphering cursive from the Heian period (794–1185). Sample exercises will draw from poetry and prose in the Kokinshū (905) and The Tale of Genji (1008). Basic knowledge of hiragana and katakana required, some knowledge of kanji helpful. Recommended supplies: dull pencil or brush pen, paper.

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Presentation Fri, 19 May 2023 16:09:38 -0400 2023-06-12T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-12T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Presentation CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Calligraphy Reading Workshop
UN/EARTH (June 12, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 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 2023-06-12T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-12T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 13, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818731@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 13, 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 2023-06-13T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-13T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 13, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812740@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 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 2023-06-13T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-13T20:00:00-04:00 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.
CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Manga Drawing Workshop (June 13, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108235 108235-21819152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

See the full Ann Arbor Japan Week schedule here: https://myumi.ch/PrxXn

Please register for this Zoom event at: https://myumi.ch/73mxD

Hosted by Reginald Jackson, Director of the U-M Center for Japanese Studies and Associate Professor of Pre-Modern Japanese Literature.
Come learn introductory drawing techniques for manga illustration! We’ll cover construction, expressions, poses, and rendering techniques using examples from classic and recent shōjo and shōnen manga. No previous drawing experience required and all are ages welcome! Recommended supplies: pencil/pen, highlighter/colored pencil, paper.

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Presentation Fri, 19 May 2023 16:25:33 -0400 2023-06-13T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-13T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Presentation CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Manga Drawing Workshop
UN/EARTH (June 13, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810909@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 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 2023-06-13T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-13T17:00:00-04:00 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"
CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Wagashi Confectionery Making Demonstration with Toshiko Sugii Steffes (June 13, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108236 108236-21819153@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

See the full Ann Arbor Japan Week schedule here: https://myumi.ch/PrxXn

Join us for a demonstration on making and decorating nerikiri representing the four seasons by Toshiko Sugii Steffes.
Wagashi are traditional Japanese confections originally made to be served at tea ceremonies. They are considered a visual and culinary art form and are often enjoyed during special occasions or seasonal transitions. Nerikiri is a type of Wagashi that is created using white butter beans, sugar, mochi, and food coloring.

*This demonstration will happen twice, first at 2:00pm then again at 6:00pm.*

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Presentation Mon, 22 May 2023 11:42:01 -0400 2023-06-13T14:00:00-04:00 2023-06-13T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Presentation CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Wagashi Confectionery Making Demonstration with Toshiko Sugii Steffes
CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Wagashi Confectionery Making Demonstration with Toshiko Sugii Steffes (June 13, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108236 108236-21819154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

See the full Ann Arbor Japan Week schedule here: https://myumi.ch/PrxXn

Join us for a demonstration on making and decorating nerikiri representing the four seasons by Toshiko Sugii Steffes.
Wagashi are traditional Japanese confections originally made to be served at tea ceremonies. They are considered a visual and culinary art form and are often enjoyed during special occasions or seasonal transitions. Nerikiri is a type of Wagashi that is created using white butter beans, sugar, mochi, and food coloring.

*This demonstration will happen twice, first at 2:00pm then again at 6:00pm.*

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Presentation Mon, 22 May 2023 11:42:01 -0400 2023-06-13T18:00:00-04:00 2023-06-13T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Presentation CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Wagashi Confectionery Making Demonstration with Toshiko Sugii Steffes
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 14, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818732@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 14, 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 2023-06-14T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-14T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 14, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 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 2023-06-14T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-14T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 14, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 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 2023-06-14T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-14T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 14, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-14T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Teru Teru Bozu: Japanese Weather Dolls (June 14, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108237 108237-21819155@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

See the full Ann Arbor Japan Week schedule here: https://myumi.ch/PrxXn

Join us for this seasonal craft inspired by the Japan Society London to learn how to make Japanese weather dolls, called Teru Teru Bozu, to ward off the rainy season.

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Presentation Mon, 22 May 2023 11:42:31 -0400 2023-06-14T14:00:00-04:00 2023-06-14T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Presentation CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Teru Teru Bozu: Japanese Weather Dolls
CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | *Howl's Moving Castle* Silhouettes (June 14, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108238 108238-21819156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

See the full Ann Arbor Japan Week schedule here: https://myumi.ch/PrxXn

Create a playful window decoration based off of Studio Ghibli's beloved 2004 film Howl's Moving Castle! These easy and intricate multi-layer paper silhouettes will be pre-cut by machines and then assembled by hand. The library's computer-aided cutting equipment will also be there for a live demonstration of how they work.

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Presentation Mon, 22 May 2023 11:42:57 -0400 2023-06-14T18:30:00-04:00 2023-06-14T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Presentation CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Howl's Moving Castle Silhouettes
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 15, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 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 2023-06-15T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-15T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812742@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 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 2023-06-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-15T20:00:00-04:00 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.
UN/EARTH (June 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 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 2023-06-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-15T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 15, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 15, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-15T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-15T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Virtual Information Session (June 15, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107700 107700-21816381@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 15, 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 12:15:11 -0400 2023-06-15T15:00:00-04:00 2023-06-15T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Other Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 16, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818734@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 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 2023-06-16T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-16T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 16, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 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 2023-06-16T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-16T20:00:00-04:00 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.
UN/EARTH (June 16, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 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 2023-06-16T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-16T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 16, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 16, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-16T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-16T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Shodo Japanese Calligraphy Performance with Ms. Kyoko Fujii (June 16, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108245 108245-21819172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 16, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

See the full Ann Arbor Japan Week schedule here: https://myumi.ch/PrxXn

Shodō is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing of the Japanese language. Shodō expert Kyoko Fujii started learning the art of Japanese calligraphy at the age of six in her hometown of Hiroshima. While in college she earned the “master instructor,” or shihan license and the 5th level of 8 ranks (dan). She taught a variety of seminars on shodō basics, practical shodō, and creative shodō. She also has created many commercial designs, including company and product logos and brochure graphics. After moving to Michigan in 2009, she began to share the art of shodō in public presentations, working with traditional brushes and an easel, drawing Japanese characters, poems, and sumi-e (Japanese ink painting).

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Performance Mon, 22 May 2023 11:43:48 -0400 2023-06-16T18:00:00-04:00 2023-06-16T18:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Performance CJS Ann Arbor Japan Week | Shodo Japanese Calligraphy Performance with Ms. Kyoko Fujii
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (June 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812744@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 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 2023-06-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-17T20:00:00-04:00 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.
UN/EARTH (June 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 17, 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 2023-06-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-17T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 17, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 17, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-17T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-17T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Ann Arbor Art + Feminism 2023 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (June 17, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105798 105798-21812965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 17, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Artists and activists who identify as women, non-binary, trans, queer, Black, Indigenous, or People of Color only make up a fraction of contributors and content subjects in Wikipedia. To rectify these biases, the U‑M Library, Stamps Gallery, Digital Studies Institute, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and the Ann Arbor District Library will be hosting the sixth annual Ann Arbor Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.
Events will take place at the Ann Arbor District Library's Downtown branch and are free and open to the public.
Panel Discussion
Saturday, June 17, 2023 from 1-2:30 p.m.
Join us for a panel discussion featuring independent and avant-garde game designers, artists, and academics whose work specifically addresses the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality in digital art, design, and code.
Speakers include:
Amanda Phillips (Georgetown University), author of Gamer Trouble: Feminist Confrontations in Digital CultureEmilia Yang (University of Michigan), co-producer of Downtown BrownsDiamond E.B. Porter (Washington State University) game developer, artist, critical makerModerator: Tony Bushner (University of Michigan)
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Saturday, June 17, 2023 from 2:30-5 p.m.
Following the panel, we’re hosting a social Wikipedia editing session, complete with editing mentors, food, swag, a raffle and a live DJ.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:15:06 -0400 2023-06-17T13:00:00-04:00 2023-06-17T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion Ann Arbor Art + Feminism 2023 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (June 18, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812745@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 18, 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 2023-06-18T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-18T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 18, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 18, 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 2023-06-18T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-18T17:00:00-04:00 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 (June 19, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 19, 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 2023-06-19T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-19T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 19, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 19, 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 2023-06-19T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-19T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 19, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 19, 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 2023-06-19T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-19T17:00:00-04:00 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 (June 20, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818738@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 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 2023-06-20T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-20T16:00:00-04:00 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.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (June 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 20, 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 2023-06-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-20T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 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 2023-06-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-20T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (June 20, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108904 108904-21820536@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

An exhibition reception will be held on June 20, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. Food and drinks will be provided.
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation is a group show consisting of work by 12 University of Michigan students and recent graduates.











Natalie BultmanAlexandra CollinsBrooke DodderidgeNehema KariukiGabrielle MackCaitlin MartensJay PetrowskiCasey RheaultMira Simonton-ChaoCatherine SmallGray SnyderEli Underhill-Miller
Exhibition Statement:
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (2023), features multimedia work investigating how materials and metaphors can inform and expand the way that we understand our permeable relationships with one another and our larger environments. The contextual history of the various mediums used; clay, fiber, mycelium, carries an accumulation of associations and existing discourses. By bringing together these potent mediums, the artist creates an opportunity to explore a “third space” through the particularity of their own experiences. Metaphors form in the production of objects and things, new arrangements produce additional spaces which can only exist in this form within the specific circumstances.
We place these materials in situations and contexts so that they might be reframed and repurposed to offer a deepening or a shift in subjectivity. The multi-ness of the whole thing creates space for forms meant to turn us inwards or into each other. Through their work with the materials, each artist creates their own metrics, for positioning and understanding themselves in corporeal, ecological, digital, ephemeral relationships. Our language is porous and so are we. This space between things, this absence between atoms is spilling over with magic and potentiality.

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Exhibition Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:15:08 -0400 2023-06-20T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-20T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Prospective Student Individual Meeting (June 20, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107726 107726-21816414@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 20, 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 12:15:17 -0400 2023-06-20T15:00:00-04:00 2023-06-20T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Meeting Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 21, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 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 2023-06-21T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-21T16:00:00-04:00 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.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (June 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812748@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 21, 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 2023-06-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-21T20:00:00-04:00 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.
PCAP Coffee Hours (June 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107964 107964-21818639@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 21, 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 2023-06-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-21T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Social / Informal Gathering PCAP Summer Coffee Hours
UN/EARTH (June 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 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 2023-06-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-21T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 21, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-21T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (June 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108904 108904-21820537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

An exhibition reception will be held on June 20, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. Food and drinks will be provided.
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation is a group show consisting of work by 12 University of Michigan students and recent graduates.











Natalie BultmanAlexandra CollinsBrooke DodderidgeNehema KariukiGabrielle MackCaitlin MartensJay PetrowskiCasey RheaultMira Simonton-ChaoCatherine SmallGray SnyderEli Underhill-Miller
Exhibition Statement:
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (2023), features multimedia work investigating how materials and metaphors can inform and expand the way that we understand our permeable relationships with one another and our larger environments. The contextual history of the various mediums used; clay, fiber, mycelium, carries an accumulation of associations and existing discourses. By bringing together these potent mediums, the artist creates an opportunity to explore a “third space” through the particularity of their own experiences. Metaphors form in the production of objects and things, new arrangements produce additional spaces which can only exist in this form within the specific circumstances.
We place these materials in situations and contexts so that they might be reframed and repurposed to offer a deepening or a shift in subjectivity. The multi-ness of the whole thing creates space for forms meant to turn us inwards or into each other. Through their work with the materials, each artist creates their own metrics, for positioning and understanding themselves in corporeal, ecological, digital, ephemeral relationships. Our language is porous and so are we. This space between things, this absence between atoms is spilling over with magic and potentiality.

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Exhibition Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:15:08 -0400 2023-06-21T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-21T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Transfer Student Info Session (June 21, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107701 107701-21816382@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 21, 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 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:15:12 -0400 2023-06-21T15:00:00-04:00 2023-06-21T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Other Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 22, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818740@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 22, 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 2023-06-22T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-22T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 22, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812749@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 22, 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 2023-06-22T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-22T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 22, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 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 2023-06-22T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-22T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 22, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 22, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-22T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (June 22, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108904 108904-21820538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 22, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

An exhibition reception will be held on June 20, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. Food and drinks will be provided.
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation is a group show consisting of work by 12 University of Michigan students and recent graduates.











Natalie BultmanAlexandra CollinsBrooke DodderidgeNehema KariukiGabrielle MackCaitlin MartensJay PetrowskiCasey RheaultMira Simonton-ChaoCatherine SmallGray SnyderEli Underhill-Miller
Exhibition Statement:
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (2023), features multimedia work investigating how materials and metaphors can inform and expand the way that we understand our permeable relationships with one another and our larger environments. The contextual history of the various mediums used; clay, fiber, mycelium, carries an accumulation of associations and existing discourses. By bringing together these potent mediums, the artist creates an opportunity to explore a “third space” through the particularity of their own experiences. Metaphors form in the production of objects and things, new arrangements produce additional spaces which can only exist in this form within the specific circumstances.
We place these materials in situations and contexts so that they might be reframed and repurposed to offer a deepening or a shift in subjectivity. The multi-ness of the whole thing creates space for forms meant to turn us inwards or into each other. Through their work with the materials, each artist creates their own metrics, for positioning and understanding themselves in corporeal, ecological, digital, ephemeral relationships. Our language is porous and so are we. This space between things, this absence between atoms is spilling over with magic and potentiality.

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Exhibition Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:15:08 -0400 2023-06-22T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-22T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 23, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 23, 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 2023-06-23T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-23T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 23, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 23, 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 2023-06-23T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-23T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 23, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 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 2023-06-23T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-23T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 23, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 23, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-23T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-23T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (June 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108904 108904-21820539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

An exhibition reception will be held on June 20, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. Food and drinks will be provided.
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation is a group show consisting of work by 12 University of Michigan students and recent graduates.











Natalie BultmanAlexandra CollinsBrooke DodderidgeNehema KariukiGabrielle MackCaitlin MartensJay PetrowskiCasey RheaultMira Simonton-ChaoCatherine SmallGray SnyderEli Underhill-Miller
Exhibition Statement:
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (2023), features multimedia work investigating how materials and metaphors can inform and expand the way that we understand our permeable relationships with one another and our larger environments. The contextual history of the various mediums used; clay, fiber, mycelium, carries an accumulation of associations and existing discourses. By bringing together these potent mediums, the artist creates an opportunity to explore a “third space” through the particularity of their own experiences. Metaphors form in the production of objects and things, new arrangements produce additional spaces which can only exist in this form within the specific circumstances.
We place these materials in situations and contexts so that they might be reframed and repurposed to offer a deepening or a shift in subjectivity. The multi-ness of the whole thing creates space for forms meant to turn us inwards or into each other. Through their work with the materials, each artist creates their own metrics, for positioning and understanding themselves in corporeal, ecological, digital, ephemeral relationships. Our language is porous and so are we. This space between things, this absence between atoms is spilling over with magic and potentiality.

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Exhibition Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:15:08 -0400 2023-06-23T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-23T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
I See What You're Saying: A WICAD Symposium at UMMA (June 24, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108536 108536-21819931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 24, 2023 8:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://umich.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0785e9645d0a19a8765e0b58f&id=b363ef87e4&e=9fc0b66088.

8 - 10:30 AM – Public Panel Discussion, Moderated by Audrey Bennett

For generations, large swaths of the population have been excluded from experiencing exhibitions at art museums. Those who are sighted have the privilege of visiting museums and engaging with the art within its spaces, including reading contextual information about each piece on the placards positioned nearby. That same level of engagement has been more difficult or impossible for blind or partially blind visitors. While the conversation around the uses of audio description started decades ago, in recent years, it has emerged as a viable way to facilitate blind and partially blind museum visitors experiencing museum artwork through oral descriptions of them facilitated via virtual and in-person experiences, particularly during the Covid age of social distancing.

In those conversations, audio descriptions are typically created solely by museum professionals, without input from visitors who are blind and partially blind. Join us for a symposium at the University of Michigan Museum of Art to launch a generative co-creation of audio description educational program that brings together museum professionals with community members to co-create audio descriptions of select artwork from UMMA’s collection.

Following the public discussion, an invite-only WICAD session will take place with blind, partially blind, and sighted participants. 

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Other Sat, 24 Jun 2023 12:15:28 -0400 2023-06-24T08:00:00-04:00 2023-06-24T10:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (June 24, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 24, 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 2023-06-24T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-24T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 24, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 24, 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 2023-06-24T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-24T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 24, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799909@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 24, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-24T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (June 25, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812752@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 25, 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 2023-06-25T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-25T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 25, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 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 2023-06-25T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-25T17:00:00-04:00 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 (June 26, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818744@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 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 2023-06-26T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-26T16:00:00-04:00 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.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (June 26, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812753@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 26, 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 2023-06-26T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-26T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 26, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 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 2023-06-26T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-26T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Summer Sings (June 26, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108243 108243-21819171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 26, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

The UMS Choral Union invites you to take part in the return of Summer Sings. Just come as you are to this no-audition, no-performance evening of memorable music-making!

As many as 250 singers from southeastern Michigan, northern Ohio, and Canada have joined each session in singing through great choral repertoire with some of the nation’s most respected choral conductors and outstanding soloists.

This year, Summer Sings returns to join the community together over a rhythmic masterpiece, Carmina Burana.

You probably know the first five chords of Carl Orff’s legendary Carmina Burana as you’ve likely heard these notes in many forms of popular entertainment, though you may not have heard the story of what inspired them: the scandalous writings of some mischievous monks and a revolutionary composer who turned those musings into music.

UMS’s Choral Union Music Director and Conductor Scott Hanoian prepares the Grammy Award-winning chorus in performances with the world’s finest orchestras and conductors and will help direct the evening of community engagement. Portions of the score will be rehearsed during the first half, followed by a break for refreshments, and then singers re-convene to sing through the entire work.

Please arrive early at 6:30 pm for registration.

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Performance Mon, 22 May 2023 11:41:30 -0400 2023-06-26T19:00:00-04:00 2023-06-26T21:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium University Musical Society (UMS) Performance Summer Sings with Scott Hanoian, 2018
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 27, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818745@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 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 2023-06-27T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-27T16:00:00-04:00 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.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (June 27, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 27, 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 2023-06-27T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-27T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 27, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 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 2023-06-27T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-27T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (June 27, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108904 108904-21820540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 27, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

An exhibition reception will be held on June 20, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. Food and drinks will be provided.
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation is a group show consisting of work by 12 University of Michigan students and recent graduates.











Natalie BultmanAlexandra CollinsBrooke DodderidgeNehema KariukiGabrielle MackCaitlin MartensJay PetrowskiCasey RheaultMira Simonton-ChaoCatherine SmallGray SnyderEli Underhill-Miller
Exhibition Statement:
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (2023), features multimedia work investigating how materials and metaphors can inform and expand the way that we understand our permeable relationships with one another and our larger environments. The contextual history of the various mediums used; clay, fiber, mycelium, carries an accumulation of associations and existing discourses. By bringing together these potent mediums, the artist creates an opportunity to explore a “third space” through the particularity of their own experiences. Metaphors form in the production of objects and things, new arrangements produce additional spaces which can only exist in this form within the specific circumstances.
We place these materials in situations and contexts so that they might be reframed and repurposed to offer a deepening or a shift in subjectivity. The multi-ness of the whole thing creates space for forms meant to turn us inwards or into each other. Through their work with the materials, each artist creates their own metrics, for positioning and understanding themselves in corporeal, ecological, digital, ephemeral relationships. Our language is porous and so are we. This space between things, this absence between atoms is spilling over with magic and potentiality.

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Exhibition Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:15:08 -0400 2023-06-27T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-27T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 28, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 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 2023-06-28T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-28T16:00:00-04:00 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.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (June 28, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 28, 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 2023-06-28T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-28T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 28, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 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 2023-06-28T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-28T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 28, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-28T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-28T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (June 28, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108904 108904-21820541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

An exhibition reception will be held on June 20, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. Food and drinks will be provided.
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation is a group show consisting of work by 12 University of Michigan students and recent graduates.











Natalie BultmanAlexandra CollinsBrooke DodderidgeNehema KariukiGabrielle MackCaitlin MartensJay PetrowskiCasey RheaultMira Simonton-ChaoCatherine SmallGray SnyderEli Underhill-Miller
Exhibition Statement:
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (2023), features multimedia work investigating how materials and metaphors can inform and expand the way that we understand our permeable relationships with one another and our larger environments. The contextual history of the various mediums used; clay, fiber, mycelium, carries an accumulation of associations and existing discourses. By bringing together these potent mediums, the artist creates an opportunity to explore a “third space” through the particularity of their own experiences. Metaphors form in the production of objects and things, new arrangements produce additional spaces which can only exist in this form within the specific circumstances.
We place these materials in situations and contexts so that they might be reframed and repurposed to offer a deepening or a shift in subjectivity. The multi-ness of the whole thing creates space for forms meant to turn us inwards or into each other. Through their work with the materials, each artist creates their own metrics, for positioning and understanding themselves in corporeal, ecological, digital, ephemeral relationships. Our language is porous and so are we. This space between things, this absence between atoms is spilling over with magic and potentiality.

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Exhibition Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:15:08 -0400 2023-06-28T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-28T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 29, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 29, 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 2023-06-29T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-29T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 29, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 29, 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 2023-06-29T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-29T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 29, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 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 2023-06-29T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-29T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 29, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 29, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-29T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-29T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (June 29, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108904 108904-21820542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 29, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

An exhibition reception will be held on June 20, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. Food and drinks will be provided.
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation is a group show consisting of work by 12 University of Michigan students and recent graduates.











Natalie BultmanAlexandra CollinsBrooke DodderidgeNehema KariukiGabrielle MackCaitlin MartensJay PetrowskiCasey RheaultMira Simonton-ChaoCatherine SmallGray SnyderEli Underhill-Miller
Exhibition Statement:
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (2023), features multimedia work investigating how materials and metaphors can inform and expand the way that we understand our permeable relationships with one another and our larger environments. The contextual history of the various mediums used; clay, fiber, mycelium, carries an accumulation of associations and existing discourses. By bringing together these potent mediums, the artist creates an opportunity to explore a “third space” through the particularity of their own experiences. Metaphors form in the production of objects and things, new arrangements produce additional spaces which can only exist in this form within the specific circumstances.
We place these materials in situations and contexts so that they might be reframed and repurposed to offer a deepening or a shift in subjectivity. The multi-ness of the whole thing creates space for forms meant to turn us inwards or into each other. Through their work with the materials, each artist creates their own metrics, for positioning and understanding themselves in corporeal, ecological, digital, ephemeral relationships. Our language is porous and so are we. This space between things, this absence between atoms is spilling over with magic and potentiality.

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Exhibition Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:15:08 -0400 2023-06-29T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-29T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Virtual Information Session (June 29, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107702 107702-21816383@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 29, 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 12:15:13 -0400 2023-06-29T15:00:00-04:00 2023-06-29T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Other Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Envision 2023 Award Ceremony (June 29, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107976 107976-21818677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 29, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Join us for the award announcement and ceremony for Envi­sion: The Michi­gan Artist Ini­tia­tive 2023 at Stamps Gallery.
The exhibition features new work by the three Envision 2023 finalists, artists Bakpak Durden, Parisa Ghaderi, and Levon Kafafian, as selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President and CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art; Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency; and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award. After deliberations, the jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the event. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
All the artists and jurors will be in attendance. Additional event speakers TBA. Following the award ceremony there will be a reception with light refreshments and live music. We look forward to seeing you there!
This is the second iteration of Envi­sion: The Michi­gan Artist Ini­tia­tive, an exhibition and awards pro­gram designed to sup­port the devel­op­ment of con­tem­po­rary artists liv­ing and work­ing in Michi­gan.
Envi­sion: The Michi­gan Artist Ini­tia­tive 2023 is on view at Stamps Gallery from June 1, 2023 — July 29, 2023.

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Reception / Open House Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:15:07 -0400 2023-06-29T18:00:00-04:00 2023-06-29T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Reception / Open House Envision logo: stylized white letters spell out ENVISION on a black background
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (June 30, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818748@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 30, 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 2023-06-30T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-30T16:00:00-04:00 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 (June 30, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 30, 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 2023-06-30T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-30T20:00:00-04:00 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 (June 30, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 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 2023-06-30T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-30T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (June 30, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 30, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-06-30T11:00:00-04:00 2023-06-30T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (June 30, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108904 108904-21820543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 30, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

An exhibition reception will be held on June 20, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. Food and drinks will be provided.
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation is a group show consisting of work by 12 University of Michigan students and recent graduates.











Natalie BultmanAlexandra CollinsBrooke DodderidgeNehema KariukiGabrielle MackCaitlin MartensJay PetrowskiCasey RheaultMira Simonton-ChaoCatherine SmallGray SnyderEli Underhill-Miller
Exhibition Statement:
Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (2023), features multimedia work investigating how materials and metaphors can inform and expand the way that we understand our permeable relationships with one another and our larger environments. The contextual history of the various mediums used; clay, fiber, mycelium, carries an accumulation of associations and existing discourses. By bringing together these potent mediums, the artist creates an opportunity to explore a “third space” through the particularity of their own experiences. Metaphors form in the production of objects and things, new arrangements produce additional spaces which can only exist in this form within the specific circumstances.
We place these materials in situations and contexts so that they might be reframed and repurposed to offer a deepening or a shift in subjectivity. The multi-ness of the whole thing creates space for forms meant to turn us inwards or into each other. Through their work with the materials, each artist creates their own metrics, for positioning and understanding themselves in corporeal, ecological, digital, ephemeral relationships. Our language is porous and so are we. This space between things, this absence between atoms is spilling over with magic and potentiality.

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Exhibition Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:15:08 -0400 2023-06-30T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-30T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 1, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 1, 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 2023-07-01T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-01T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 1, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830214@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 1, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-01T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-01T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 1, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 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 2023-07-01T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-01T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (July 1, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 1, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-07-01T11:00:00-04:00 2023-07-01T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 2, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 2, 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 2023-07-02T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-02T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 2, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830215@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 2, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-02T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-02T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 2, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 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 2023-07-02T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-02T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (July 3, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 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 2023-07-03T09:00:00-04:00 2023-07-03T16:00:00-04:00 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.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 3, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 3, 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 2023-07-03T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-03T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 4, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 4, 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 2023-07-04T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-04T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 4, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830217@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-04T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-04T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (July 5, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818753@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 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 2023-07-05T09:00:00-04:00 2023-07-05T16:00:00-04:00 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.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 5, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 5, 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 2023-07-05T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-05T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 5, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830218@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 5, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-05T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-05T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 5, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 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 2023-07-05T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-05T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (July 5, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 5, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-07-05T11:00:00-04:00 2023-07-05T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (July 6, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 6, 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 2023-07-06T09:00:00-04:00 2023-07-06T16:00:00-04:00 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 (July 6, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 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 2023-07-06T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-06T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 6, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 6, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-06T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-06T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 6, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 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 2023-07-06T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-06T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (July 6, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 6, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-07-06T11:00:00-04:00 2023-07-06T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Envision Conversations: Bakpak Durden (July 6, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108076 108076-21818914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 6, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Meet Detroit-based artist Bakpak Durden as they discuss their new work created for Envision: The Michigan ArtistInitiative 2023 with Liz Erlewine, Visual Arts Director at Crooked Tree Art Center in Petoskey and Traverse City.
Envision Conversations 2023 is a series of three events presenting insightful conversations between each finalist of Envision 2023 and a leading Michigan-based curator. Audiences will hear about the artist’s process and ideas that they have explored through the new and existing work they are presenting at Envision. Each event includes an artist talk followed by a conversation between the featured artist and curator. Audiences will have an opportunity to engage with the artist and curator during a 15-min Q&A period at the end of their conversation.
Envi­sion: The Michi­gan Artist Ini­tia­tive 2023 is on view at Stamps Gallery from June 1— July 29, 2023.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:06 -0400 2023-07-06T18:00:00-04:00 2023-07-06T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion Bakpak Durden, Double Crown of The Distant One, 2022.
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 7, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 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 2023-07-07T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-07T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 7, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 7, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-07T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-07T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 7, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 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 2023-07-07T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-07T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (July 7, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 7, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-07-07T11:00:00-04:00 2023-07-07T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 8, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 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 2023-07-08T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-08T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 8, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-08T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-08T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 8, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 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 2023-07-08T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-08T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (July 8, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 8, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-07-08T11:00:00-04:00 2023-07-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 9, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 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 2023-07-09T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-09T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 9, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 9, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-09T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-09T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 9, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 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 2023-07-09T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-09T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Tommy Prine (July 9, 2023 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107652 107652-21816321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 9, 2023 7:30pm
Location: ARK Reserved
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

John Prine’s son, ready for prine time!

Tommy Prine picked up a guitar at age ten and started picking melodies. Though he has crafted his own unique sound over the years, he learned from observing one of the best. He is the son of the late legendary multi Grammy award-winning artist, John Prine. And there is a certain physical resemblance! The hallmarks of Tommy’s sound come from his unique finger-picking style combined with soul-stirring songwriting. His songs pull inspiration from childhood adventures in the creek with his big brother, to losing his father at the beginning of the pandemic, falling in love, and everything in between. Tommy’s debut album, “This Far South,” was recorded during the pandemic in 2021 and has just been released. We are excited to present Tommy Prine in his Ark debut! Kentucky singer-songwriter Jordan Smart opens.

Please visit https://mutotix.umich.edu/4129/4130 for more detail.

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Performance Thu, 20 Apr 2023 10:19:52 -0400 2023-07-09T19:30:00-04:00 ARK Reserved Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Performance Tommy Prine at The Ark
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 10, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 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 2023-07-10T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-10T20:00:00-04:00 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.
UN/EARTH (July 10, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810936@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 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 2023-07-10T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-10T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (July 11, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 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 2023-07-11T09:00:00-04:00 2023-07-11T16:00:00-04:00 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 (July 11, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 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 2023-07-11T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-11T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 11, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-11T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-11T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 11, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 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 2023-07-11T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-11T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (July 12, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 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 2023-07-12T09:00:00-04:00 2023-07-12T16:00:00-04:00 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 (July 12, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 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 2023-07-12T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-12T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 12, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-12T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-12T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 12, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 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 2023-07-12T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-12T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (July 12, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-07-12T11:00:00-04:00 2023-07-12T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (July 13, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 13, 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 2023-07-13T09:00:00-04:00 2023-07-13T16:00:00-04:00 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 (July 13, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 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 2023-07-13T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-13T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 13, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 13, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-13T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-13T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 13, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 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 2023-07-13T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-13T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (July 13, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 13, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-07-13T11:00:00-04:00 2023-07-13T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 14, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 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 2023-07-14T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-14T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 14, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 14, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-14T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-14T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 14, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 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 2023-07-14T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-14T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (July 14, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 14, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-07-14T11:00:00-04:00 2023-07-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 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 2023-07-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-15T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-15T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 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 2023-07-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-15T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (July 15, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 15, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-07-15T11:00:00-04:00 2023-07-15T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 16, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 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 2023-07-16T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-16T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 16, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 16, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-16T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-16T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 16, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 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 2023-07-16T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-16T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 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 2023-07-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-17T20:00:00-04:00 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.
UN/EARTH (July 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 17, 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 2023-07-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-17T17:00:00-04:00 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 (July 18, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 18, 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 2023-07-18T09:00:00-04:00 2023-07-18T16:00:00-04:00 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 (July 18, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 18, 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 2023-07-18T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-18T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 18, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-18T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-18T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
UN/EARTH (July 18, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 18, 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 2023-07-18T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-18T17:00:00-04:00 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 (July 19, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 19, 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 2023-07-19T09:00:00-04:00 2023-07-19T16:00:00-04:00 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 (July 19, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 19, 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 2023-07-19T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-19T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 19, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-19T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-19T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
PCAP Coffee Hours (July 19, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107964 107964-21818640@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 19, 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 2023-07-19T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-19T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Social / Informal Gathering PCAP Summer Coffee Hours
UN/EARTH (July 19, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 19, 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 2023-07-19T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-19T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (July 19, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-07-19T11:00:00-04:00 2023-07-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
Envision Conversations: Levon Kafafian (July 19, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108032 108032-21818867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Meet Detroit-based artist Levon Kafafian as they discuss their new work created for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 with Steven Bridges, Interim Director & Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the MSU Broad Art Museum.
Envision Conversations 2023 is a series of three events presenting insightful conversations between each finalist of Envision 2023 and a leading Michigan-based curator. Audiences will hear about the artist’s process and ideas that they have explored through the new and existing work they are presenting at Envision. Each event includes an artist talk followed by a conversation between the featured artist and curator. Audiences will have an opportunity to engage with the artist and curator during a 15-min Q&A period at the end of their conversation.
Envi­sion: The Michi­gan Artist Ini­tia­tive 2023 is on view at Stamps Gallery from June 1— July 29, 2023.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:06 -0400 2023-07-19T18:00:00-04:00 2023-07-19T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion Levon Kafafian, The Summoner, Hyürabed, 2020.
Portraits of Feminism in Japan (July 20, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103305 103305-21818768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 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 2023-07-20T09:00:00-04:00 2023-07-20T16:00:00-04:00 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.
BioArtography Booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair (July 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109144 109144-21821126@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 20, 2023 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: BioArtography

BioArtography will be in South University Booth SU1103 (Between E. Univ. and Church) the Ann Arbor Art Fair! Spectacular new images for 2023 will be making their debut!

July 20 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Thu)
July 21 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Fri)
July 22 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Sat)

Every day at the University of Michigan, scientists from many fields work together to study organism development, function and disease. While the goal of these studies is to design new and effective ways to treat disease and provide better understanding of ourselves as well as the world around us, many are also taking the time to share the beauty of their work with others through a program called BioArtography. In the course of research, scientists use special stains to add color to the otherwise transparent tissues. Microscopes then allow detailed observation of the tiny, colorful biological structures revealed in these images. This results in a fascinating combination of art and science that U-M researchers are capturing in pictures taken through microscopes and turning into artworks that would look beautiful on any wall.

The goal of these studies is to design new and effective ways to treat disease and provide better understanding of ourselves as well as the world that surrounds us. Proceeds from the sale of this work help support the training of our next generation of researchers. Past BioArtography sales have raised enough money to send more than 100 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to scientific conferences, where they can present their work to other scientists and make connections that can help them launch their careers in research and industry.

Throughout the year BioArtography images (a collection of over 250) can be viewed and ordered online at www.bioartography.com

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Fair / Festival Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:11:27 -0400 2023-07-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-20T21:00:00-04:00 BioArtography Fair / Festival 2023 BioArtography Booth Ann Arbor Art Fair
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 20, 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 2023-07-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-20T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 20, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-20T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.
Humanize the Numbers (July 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108924 108924-21820594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 20, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

*Humanize the Numbers* presents the perspectives of men in Michigan prisons.

The prison system regulates every part of an inmate's identity. Instead of using their name, they are given an ID number. Visiting room photos and mug shots are tightly regulated. Personal info is recorded: height, weight, etc. In the process, their humanity is denied.

This exhibit reveals the faces and stories of those in prison. It lifts up the voices of those who have been silenced by the criminal legal system. The Humanize the Numbers project gives them a freedom not normally allowed in prison. They share their stories with the world outside. By doing so, those in prison reclaim their humanity.

Proudly presented by Prison Creative Arts Project, MI Radio, and The Guild of Artists & Artisans

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Exhibition Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:25:03 -0400 2023-07-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-20T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Exhibition Buckles, 2017
UN/EARTH (July 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105121 105121-21810946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 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 2023-07-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-20T17:00:00-04:00 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"
Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 (July 20, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/100429 100429-21799923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 20, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Organized by Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan, Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 is an exhibition and awards program designed to support the development of contemporary artists living and working in Michigan. In its second iteration, the program recognizes the creativity, rigor, and innovation of Michigan-based artists and collaboratives — and honors their role in inspiring the next generations of artists in our state. This initiative showcases the excellence and artistic merit of contemporary art practices in Michigan.
In the of fall of 2022, Stamps Gallery announced an open call for artwork, inviting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from Michigan working in all types of media to apply. We received 309 applications, a record number for the program.
A shortlist of three artists were selected by a prominent national panel of jurors: Neil A. Barclay, President & CEO of Charles Wright Museum of African American Art, Shannon Rae Stratton, Executive Director of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, and Nayda Collazo-Llorens, award-winning artist and winner of the inaugural Envision: Michigan Artist Initiative Award (2020-2021).

Meet the shortlisted finalist artists for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023:
Bakpak Durden is a “self-taught” multi-hyphenate antidisciplinary artist and alchemist. Pulling from various figurative art techniques, including hyperrealism, baroque, and veristic surrealism, Durden employs a wide range of mediums—oil and acrylic paint, graphite, film photography, and the written word—to construct their hyper-surrealistic and conceptual works of art. Parisa Ghaderi is a visual artist, curator, educator, and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Visual Communications from Art & Architecture University (Tehran, Iran) and her MFA at Stamps School in 2014. She works across different media. She has made four short films and two animations and recently directed a performance about the border situation in the U.S. for Iranian immigrants. Levon Kafafian is a Detroit-based Armenian-American weaver working the narrative threads of costume, artifact, ritual, and installation into stories about possible worlds and potential futures. They infuse their stories and cloth with future ancestral practice, hybridity, and magic.
Durden, Ghaderi, and Kafafian will present their work at Stamps Gallery from June 1-July 29, 2023. They will receive financial, logistical and curatorial support from the professional staff at Stamps Gallery.
The jury will select a winner, who will be announced at the award ceremony on June 29, 2023. The winning artist will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize.
If you have further questions, please contact stamps-gallery@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:15:04 -0400 2023-07-20T11:00:00-04:00 2023-07-20T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Exhibition a series of three images by Parisa Ghaderi, Levon Kafafian, and Bakpak Durden
BioArtography Booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair (July 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109144 109144-21821127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 21, 2023 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: BioArtography

BioArtography will be in South University Booth SU1103 (Between E. Univ. and Church) the Ann Arbor Art Fair! Spectacular new images for 2023 will be making their debut!

July 20 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Thu)
July 21 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Fri)
July 22 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Sat)

Every day at the University of Michigan, scientists from many fields work together to study organism development, function and disease. While the goal of these studies is to design new and effective ways to treat disease and provide better understanding of ourselves as well as the world around us, many are also taking the time to share the beauty of their work with others through a program called BioArtography. In the course of research, scientists use special stains to add color to the otherwise transparent tissues. Microscopes then allow detailed observation of the tiny, colorful biological structures revealed in these images. This results in a fascinating combination of art and science that U-M researchers are capturing in pictures taken through microscopes and turning into artworks that would look beautiful on any wall.

The goal of these studies is to design new and effective ways to treat disease and provide better understanding of ourselves as well as the world that surrounds us. Proceeds from the sale of this work help support the training of our next generation of researchers. Past BioArtography sales have raised enough money to send more than 100 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to scientific conferences, where they can present their work to other scientists and make connections that can help them launch their careers in research and industry.

Throughout the year BioArtography images (a collection of over 250) can be viewed and ordered online at www.bioartography.com

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Fair / Festival Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:11:27 -0400 2023-07-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-21T21:00:00-04:00 BioArtography Fair / Festival 2023 BioArtography Booth Ann Arbor Art Fair
Chris Huang Art Exhibit (July 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105699 105699-21812778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 21, 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 2023-07-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-21T20:00:00-04:00 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.
Great Lakes Garden Celebration (July 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113175 113175-21830234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

The Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 10th year in 2023! Join us throughout the summer and fall seasons for native plant and pollinator-focused events including a symposium, native plant sale, family-friendly activities, and more!

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Exhibition Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:31:24 -0400 2023-07-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-07-21T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Exhibition an image showing a field of black eyed susans.