Arts & Culture

  1. September 12, 2023

    Recording of two operas shines light on underrepresented work

    The first full recordings of two operas — “De Organizer” and “The Dreamy Kid” — performed in 2006 in Hill Auditorium were recently released.

  2. September 11, 2023

    Arts & Resistance sampler

    Here are few upcoming highlights from the Arts & Resistance theme semester.

  3. September 11, 2023

    Arts & Resistance theme semester to engage campus, community

    The university is kicking off the 2023-24 academic year with the Arts & Resistance theme semester, providing numerous opportunities to engage with the arts in a demonstration of the central role they play in shaping the world.

  4. September 8, 2023

    Clare Croft to direct expanded arts research effort

    Clare Croft, a dance historian, theorist and curator, has been appointed to a new leadership position designed to expand and integrate the arts in faculty research across U-M.

  5. September 7, 2023

    New, expanded roles announced for Arts Initiative leadership

    Provost Laurie McCauley has appointed Mark Clague as interim executive director of the U-M Arts Initiative and expanded Vice Provost Sara Blair’s role to oversee the initiative, reflecting the university’s commitment to arts engagement.

  6. September 6, 2023

    U-M students bridge cultures, empower communities around world

    From China to Mongolia, and from France to South Africa, U-M students embarked on expeditions that defied borders and redefined cultural connections this summer.

  7. September 5, 2023

    Marching band GSI explores the marching arts through design

    DaJuan Brooks, a graduate student instructor with the Michigan Marching Band, helped create costumes worn by the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps recently in the world championship.

  8. August 14, 2023

    UMS, Ypsilanti continue events series at Freighthouse

    The University Musical Society and the city of Ypsilanti are continuing their artistic partnership with a four-week residency in September.

  9. June 20, 2023

    Matthaei bonsai collection renamed to honor alumnus’ gift

    U-M has renamed its bonsai collection at Matthaei Botanical Gardens in honor of alumnus Melvyn Goldstein, whose donation of 125 world-class trees has transformed it into one of the nation’s premier bonsai collections.

  10. June 19, 2023

    Multimedia designer discovered eye for art early on

    Growing up in a small town in Indiana, Megan Foldenauer, multimedia specialist for Michigan Medicine Neurosurgery, found an outlet through art.