Arts & Culture
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January 24, 2022
New York native drums up performance, teaching career
Ian Antonio, assistant professor of music in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, has played the drums since before he can remember and performed on four continents.
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January 17, 2022
Filmmaker got their start early with VHS camcorder
Charli Brissey, assistant professor of dance in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, has worked at U-M since 2018 teaching film, composition and technique classes in the dance department.
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December 2, 2021
‘Unseen Worlds’: Exploring microorganisms through art
Through the artistry of Jim Cogswell, professor of art, microorganisms can now be seen in a colorful mural on the windows of U-M’s Museum of Natural History.
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November 15, 2021
NSF grant to aid research on technology and artisan communities
A U-M research team has received a $1.55 million grant from the National Science Foundation to focus on how technology can be used by artisans to empower, not replace, their labor.
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October 25, 2021
Matthaei Botanical Gardens debuts robotically fabricated timber structure
A new robotically fabricated pavilion at Matthaei Botanical Gardens brings leading-edge fabrication research to the public space, and explores new responsible and precise methods of construction.
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October 11, 2021
Stamps lecturer puts love of art, skateboarding on display
David Flaugher, a lecturer I in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, at one time considered a career as a professional skateboarder. He instead pursued a career teaching and creating art.
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September 30, 2021
Art project invites audience to dive into complex subjects
“Realm of the Dead,” an autobiographical project that uses self-referential theater as a vehicle for self-healing and advocacy, will be on view Oct. 4-17 in the Lower Level Atrium at the School of Social Work.
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September 27, 2021
Detroit artist explores connections between Black men, rock pigeons
The work of Detroit-based multidisciplinary artist Rashaun Rucker is featured in “Never Free To Rest,” a new exhibition on view until Oct. 15 at the Institute for the Humanities Gallery.
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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.
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September 15, 2021
New U-M exhibition explores bias, inequality within AI systems
A new exhibition at the Stamps Gallery by renowned transmedia artist Stephanie Dinkins explores how the biases of people who create artificial intelligence algorithms might affect how those algorithms are used.
