Arts Initiative

  1. December 9, 2024

    Arts Initiative grants to foster creativity and collaboration

    The Arts Initiative has announced its Arts Initiative Project Support grants for fall 2024, funding six innovative projects across the university.

  2. November 18, 2024

    Proposals sought for Artists in the Archives program

    U-M has launched Artists in the Archives, a new funding program for faculty engaged in creative practice and interested in exploring work inspired by the university’s libraries.

  3. November 1, 2024

    Rhiannon Giddens named Arts Initiative’s first U-M Artist-in-Residence

    The Arts Initiative has announced musician, composer and scholar Rhiannon Giddens will be its inaugural U‑M Artist-in-Residence under a new program that aims to bring innovative artists to campus.

  4. October 9, 2024

    Semester of ‘Gender Euphoria’ celebrates diversity through art at U-M

    The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design is presenting a semester-long celebration featuring queer artists and artmaking around the theme of “Gender Euphoria.”

  5. August 29, 2024

    Take Care theme activities will use art to aid well-being

    U-M’s Arts Initiative, Wolverine Wellness and other campus partners have joined forces to center personal and community well-being in the 2024-25 academic year with a focus on the theme Take Care.

  6. August 29, 2024

    Highlights of 2024-25 Take Care activities

    Take Care programs consist of exhibitions, concerts, performances, workshops and more.

  7. August 26, 2024

    Arts Initiative supports arts partnership teams across U‑M campuses

    The U-M Arts Initiative’s Projects in Partnership program is funding to four arts-based teams representing more than 18 units, schools and colleges across U‑M’s Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses and in Detroit.

  8. July 16, 2024

    U-M Library bringing book arts to Ann Arbor Art Fair

    Visitors to this year’s Ann Arbor Art Fair will be able to create their own flora-inspired prints using two historically important book art methods: cyanotype and woodblock printing.

  9. June 20, 2024

    Arts Initiative names Mark Clague inaugural executive director

    Mark Clague, professor of music and associate dean for collaborations and partnerships in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, has been named inaugural executive director of the U-M Arts Initiative.

  10. May 22, 2024

    OVPR, Arts Initiative award funding to seven teams

    The Arts Research: Incubation & Acceleration grant program has awarded its second round of funding to seven arts-based research projects, led by teams from across the Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses.