Arts & Culture
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April 8, 2024
It Happened at Michigan — The ‘harrowing experience’ of meeting Robert Frost
Robert Frost came to campus in the fall of 1921 to be U-M’s inaugural Creative Fellow in the Creative Arts, an experiment carried out by President Marion L. Burton.
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March 28, 2024
Mural project offers arts access to science students
A unique collaboration between students, faculty and local artists is bringing a vibrant mural related to the field of nuclear engineering to the Ann Arbor campus this spring.
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March 26, 2024
Prestigious Chinese object program moving to UMMA
The U-M Museum of Art has been selected as the new home institution for the renowned Chinese Object Study Workshops, which offer a vital platform for training graduate students.
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March 14, 2024
Artist perspectives break free in Michigan prison art exhibition
The Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons, put on by U-M’s Prison Creative Arts Project, runs March 19-April 2 and will feature 750 works of art by 490 artists.
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March 7, 2024
Transforming trauma into healing power through the arts
Composer and lecturer Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra has co-created a trailblazing world premiere production, “Ni une más,” to tell the stories of those who have survived gender-based violence.
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March 6, 2024
ISR to host artist residency in partnership with Arts Initiative
The Institute for Social Research will host Houston-based artist Rick Lowe as part of the U-M Arts Initiative’s Creators on Campus program.
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March 4, 2024
Librarian sees beauty in tools of the trade
Paul Schaffner manages the creation of electronic texts as well as the revision and upkeep of the university’s 90-year-old Middle English Dictionary.
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February 23, 2024
OVPR, Arts Initiative grants awarded to 14 research teams
The Arts Research: Incubation & Acceleration grant program and the Creativity Lab research development program have funded projects that center the arts in research and creative practice.
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February 20, 2024
George Gershwin’s first musical rediscovered after nearly a century
Last summer, U-M researcher Jacob Kerzner uncovered the complete musical orchestration of “La, La, Lucille,” making the musical possible to perform for the first time in nearly a century.
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February 14, 2024
Mini-course allows students to delve into the art of anatomy
Two School of Kinesiology faculty members created a seven-week mini-course that challenged students to revisit their preconceptions about both art and the body.