Arts & Culture

  1. April 29, 2024

    Stamps senior channels her passion through art

    After graduating, Ikalanni Jahi plans to pursue a career in arts administration. Her dream is to own a gallery space or work as a museum curator.

  2. April 29, 2024

    Obituary — Marvin G. Parnes

    Marvin G. Parnes, who served a variety of administrative roles at U-M, died March 13 at age 74 after a prolonged illness.

  3. April 24, 2024

    Four from U-M to join American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    Faculty members James Joyce, Webb Keane, Alexandra Killewald and John Vandermeer have been selected to join the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for their contributions in scholarly and professional fields.

  4. April 22, 2024

    Coordinator finds community in LGBTQ+ chorus

    Trisha Miller, student services coordinator at the Marsal Family School of Education, has been a member of the Out Loud Chorus for nearly 20 years.

  5. April 16, 2024

    Students turn fallen campus trees into public tables

    Storm-damaged trees and others from across U-M are being turned into new, functional campus furniture, thanks to the work of associate professor Joseph Trumpey and his students.

  6. April 15, 2024

    Arts Initiative announces 2024 Creative Careers Residents

    The Arts Initiative has announced three master’s degree-level residents — Leah Crosby, Sara Faraj and Kara Roseborough — for its Creative Careers Residency.

  7. April 15, 2024

    Ukraine’s devastation manifested in statistician’s ceramic art

    Irina Bondarenko, a statistician lead for the biostatistics department in the School of Public Health, grew up in Ukraine and has created works of art inspired by her homeland.

  8. April 15, 2024

    It Happened at Michigan — The ‘rare and curious’ Stearns Collection

    Frederick Stearns had never purchased a musical instrument, but a small guitar caught his eye. It was called a quirten and dated to 1807.

  9. April 8, 2024

    Where’s Alice? The case of the missing statue

    When U-M alumna Sheryl Szady stumbled across a bust sculpture in an Observatory Lodge Building conference room, she suspected it could be the culmination of a search that began three years earlier.

  10. April 8, 2024

    Foolishness on parade

    These photos capture some of the giant puppets and fun that were on display April 7 at FestiFools.