Arts & Culture
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April 28, 2021
$5M gift expands UMMA’s Chinese art, creates endowment
U-M alumnus and longtime U-M Museum of Art supporter William Weese has given a gift of art and endowment with a combined value of about $5 million that will expand the museum’s Chinese ceramics collection.
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April 25, 2021
Mural by Stamps alumnae, students honors class of 2021
Students from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, led by Stamps alumnae, created a chalk paint mural in front of the Rackham Graduate School to honor the Class of 2021.
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April 15, 2021
NEH grant to help Clements digitize Revolutionary War collection
The William L. Clements Library has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize one of its largest and most utilized collections.
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April 7, 2021
SMTD students’ 2021 Collage Concert goes virtual and free
The School of Music, Theatre & Dance’s annual showcase, the Collage Concert, is going virtual. “Collage 44: A Virtual Concert Experience” will premiere 8-9 p.m. April 18 on YouTube.
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April 6, 2021
Online exhibit offers 3-D encounters with prehistoric whales
Although the community will have to wait a bit longer to safely visit in-person, a new online 3-D experience launching this week the U-M Museum of Natural History will offer the next best thing.
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April 2, 2021
Arts Initiative launches collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma, regional artists
The U-M Arts Initiative, in partnership with the University Musical Society, has launched a residency with performing artist Yo-Yo Ma that is part of a new regional collaborative project.
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April 1, 2021
Poetry Blast includes outdoor exhibition, video readings, prompts
Throughout April, the Institute for the Humanities is featuring “Poetry Blast,” a multi-platform celebration of poetry with outdoor displays, daily video poems, and the opportunity people to submit their own work.
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March 2, 2021
Exploring ‘public,’ ‘private’ boundaries through a SWANA teen’s eyes
At first glance, artist Yasmine Nasser Diaz’s installation in the U-M Institute for the Humanities Gallery looks like a typical teenager’s bedroom. Look a little closer, and a more complex story emerges.
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February 10, 2021
Students build online resource to help families get creative
Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design students created Art Connects Kids, a website brimming with original art projects for families to do together at home.
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February 2, 2021
Clements exhibition examines Black empowerment, resilience
Frederick Douglass once said: “Poets, prophets, and reformers are all picture-makers — and this ability is the secret of their power and of their achievements. They see what ought to be by the reflection of what is, and endeavor to remove the contradiction.” Douglass left ample proof of this belief, using the power of his…
