Arts & Culture
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June 28, 2019
Teach-out moves to Instagram to consider arts and technology
Creators of a new teach-out will encourage participants to think about the combination of arts and technology during learning sessions that will be conducted on Instagram July 1-31.
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June 20, 2019
Clements Library receives $10M gift for directorship, rare book room
The William L. Clements Library has received $10 million from The Avenir Foundation to endow a named directorship of the library and rename its rare book room.
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June 20, 2019
$10M estate gift to support efforts at LSA, Ross School of Business
U-M is one of three universities sharing in a $50 million gift from the Patricia W. Mitchell Trusts to prepare students to lead industries in the media landscape of the future.
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June 10, 2019
U-M faculty win competition to reimagine Detroit’s cultural district
Three U-M faculty members are part of a team that won an international design competition that will unite 12 cultural and educational institutions in Detroit’s Midtown area.
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May 29, 2019
Town hall focuses on integrating arts, humanities and STEMM
More than 100 U-M students, staff and faculty members met to discuss how to intentionally integrate the arts and humanities into science, technology, math engineering and medicine.
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May 21, 2019
Town hall to focus on integration of arts, humanities and STEMM
A daylong town hall meeting is set for May 28 to discuss opportunities for arts integration on campus, one of similar gatherings across the country in recent months.
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May 16, 2019
Tisch gift strengthens UMMA exhibitions, names central gallery
Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch have donated more than $2.8 million to the U-M Museum of Art to enhance and develop its exhibitions program. The museum’s apse will be named in their honor.
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May 16, 2019
Schematic design approved for new dance building
The Board of Regents on Thursday approved the schematic design for a new 24,000-square-foot dance building within the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
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April 18, 2019
‘Orion’ to be reinstalled at UMMA ahead of sculptor’s appearance
Mark di Suvero’s 53-foot, 21,220-pound steel sculpture “Orion” will be reinstalled in front of the U-M Museum of Art on Tuesday, followed a day later by a public discussion with the sculptor about the role of public art.
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April 15, 2019
Spotlight: Dearborn faculty member’s film explores self-esteem
Jen Proctor, an associate professor of journalism and screen studies at UM-Dearborn, has created “Am I Pretty?”, a visually minimalistic film that is built around a series of YouTube videos by teens and tweens and which explores how self-esteem can be tied to appearance perception in female adolescence.
