Arts & Culture
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July 17, 2024
Stamps professor sheds light on challenges teachers face
Stamps School professor Rebekah Modrak has launched “Trouble in Censorville,” which features testimonies from teachers about the challenges, politics and attacks they are facing.
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July 16, 2024
U-M Library bringing book arts to Ann Arbor Art Fair
Visitors to this year’s Ann Arbor Art Fair will be able to create their own flora-inspired prints using two historically important book art methods: cyanotype and woodblock printing.
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June 24, 2024
U-M staffer is highlighting Ann Arbor, from A to Z
Bettina Senga, communications manager for the Center for Global Health Equity, is using relief printmaking to illustrate an alphabet book highlighting Ann Arbor’s gems.
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June 20, 2024
Arts Initiative names Mark Clague inaugural executive director
Mark Clague, professor of music and associate dean for collaborations and partnerships in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, has been named inaugural executive director of the U-M Arts Initiative.
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June 13, 2024
Couple’s $5M gift to UMS is largest in its history
With a gift of $5 million, U-M alumna Eileen Weiser and her husband, Richard “Dick” Caldarazzo, have established the Weiser Caldarazzo Iconic Artists Endowment Fund at the University Musical Society.
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June 12, 2024
UMS residency features Yo-Yo Ma, international artists, students
The University Musical Society hosted a special large-scale collaborative project this month that brought together musicians of differing levels and backgrounds for a weeklong residency.
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May 22, 2024
OVPR, Arts Initiative award funding to seven teams
The Arts Research: Incubation & Acceleration grant program has awarded its second round of funding to seven arts-based research projects, led by teams from across the Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses.
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May 21, 2024
Artists selected for summer residencies at Biological Station
The U-M Biological Station in northern Michigan has selected an illustrator Vera Ting and poet Madeleine Wattenberg to explore their creative freedom through the 2024 Artist in Residence Program.
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May 20, 2024
Professor channels passion for history through blacksmithing
Thomas Henthorn, professor of history at UM-Flint, was introduced to blacksmithing while exploring historic sites. He now considers it a hobby and began teaching classes on blacksmithing in Flint.
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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.
