Arts Initiative

January 25, 2023
Arts Initiative receiving $20M to boost campus, regional efforts

U-M will allocate $20 million over five years for its Arts Initiative to expand access with new programs and projects to engage university audiences, bring more artists to campus, and support and amplify the arts more broadly.
January 25, 2023
XR technology team to serve 2023 Taubman artist residency

Gibson/Martelli, a London-based team specializing in extended-reality technology, will be the 2023 artists in residency at the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
September 19, 2022
Arts Initiative names eight for Public Art & Engagement Fellowship

Eight U-M faculty, fellows and staff have been named Public Art & Engagement Fellows by the Arts Initiative, a program committed to amplifying the role and significance of the arts within the campus and regional communities.
August 25, 2022
Arts Initiative awards inaugural Arts + the Curriculum grants

The U-M Arts Initiative has announced the inaugural projects in its Arts + the Curriculum program and is accepting a second round of proposals from faculty and staff to help integrate arts thinking in curricular development.
April 11, 2022
Ph.D. dissertations provide inspiration for artist

Alison Rivett, associate director of the Arts Initiative, has created several paintings inspired by Ph.D. dissertations, including one based on a Greek-language papyrus letter from a man to his wife.
April 8, 2022
Arts Initiative seeks proposals for Arts + the Curriculum program

The U-M Arts Initiative is accepting proposals from faculty and staff for projects that promote the integration of arts thinking, methodologies and practices into student learning.
February 23, 2022
U-M recruiting students across campus to fill arts internships

The U-M Culture Corps is flipping the script on the traditional arts internship by recruiting students historically excluded from arts careers.
September 20, 2021
Yo-Yo Ma collaboration offers a blueprint for healing

“A Travel Guide for Talking Hearts” is a project inspired by creative explorations undertaken with longtime U-M collaborator and cellist Yo-Yo Ma that features a virtual event at 7 p.m. Sept. 23.
June 9, 2021
Arts Initiative announces demonstration projects launching this fall

U-M’s Arts Initiative continues to move forward exploring new models for students, faculty and staff to work within the arts with new demonstration projects set to launch this fall.
April 28, 2021
Art of queer health sciences featured in new exhibition

A community art exhibition, “The Art of Queer Health Sciences,” explores what happens when science prioritizes empathy. It will be on view in downtown Ann Arbor until May 5.