April 1, 2010
Cameron Carpenter
Killing Me Loudly: On the Abdication of the "King" of Instruments
Cameron will present a pre-lecture organ recital on the Michigan Theater organ beginning at 4:40 pm.
With its grandiose, stereotyped image, and an association with the Christian church, probably no instrument is more in need of innovation than the organ. Grammy-nominated virtuoso organist Cameron Carpenter provides that creative transformation with work that has been the subject of both acclaim and controversy. His presentation includes demonstrations on piano, as well as performances on the Michigan Theatre’s Barton organ. With support from the University Musical Society (UMS) and the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance.
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures will take place at 5:10 pm at the Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor.
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April 2, 2010
MFA Thesis Exhibition: Closing Receptions
Closing Receptions: Friday, April 2, 6:00-9:00pm
Slusser Gallery: Emir Alibasic, Ashley Lieber, Rui Mu, and Emily Orzech
Slusser Lounge: Reem Gibriel
Robbins Gallery: Amadeaus Scott
1st and 2nd floors
School of Art & Design, 2000 Bonisteel Blvd
For full MFA Thesis Exhibition info and schedule, please see:
http://art-design.umich.edu/exhibitions/special/mfa2010
April 3, 2010
Opening Reception: Charles Fairbanks - Flexing Muscles
Charles Fairbanks
Flexing Muscles
Show Dates: April 3 - May 1
Opening Reception: April 3, 6-10 pm. Screenings begin at 7 and 8:30
Regular Hours: 12-5 pm Saturdays
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Location: 2739edwin (Gallery) - 2739 Edwin St. Floor #2 Hamtramck, MI 48212
Transportation to and from the exhibition will be available. A bus will leave the A&D parking lot at 5:45 pm, arriving at 2739 Edwin at 6:45 pm. The bus will leave 2739 Edwin at 8:30pm to return to the A&D parking lot.
Statement:An exhibition of video by Charles Fairbanks, featuring material shot in Mexico City and Chiapas where Fairbanks learned the art of Lucha Libre – Mexico’s acrobatic masked wrestling. Fighting as El Gato Tuerto (The One-Eyed Cat) with a camera built into his mask, the artist attempts to capture the sensual experience of this physical drama. In conjunction with material filmed outside of the arena, Flexing Muscles relates Lucha Libre’s exaggerated postures to the texture and toil of every day life, artfully suggesting how this spectacular sport is integral to the lives of its practitioners.
For more details, see the 2010 MFA Thesis Exhibitions page.
April 6, 2010
Danielle Abrams: P.R.O.F.S. Lecture
Professors Reaching Out For Students (P.R.O.F.S) Lecture
Danielle Abrams ~ Burritos and Bulldykes: Performance, Politics and Everyday Life
in the Gay Ghetto of San Francisco’s Mission District
April 6
6-7 pm
Michigan Union Pond Room
Free and open to the public
P.R.O.F.S. is a lecture series co-sponsored by Mortar Board and the University Unions Arts & Programs office. The series is designed to bring students together with popular and influential Professors at the University that they might not otherwise have contact with. Our aim is to bring in Professors from a variety of departments to appeal to the greatest number of students, and to have a wide breadth of topics.
April 7, 2010
15th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners
Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners
Schedule of Events
Tuesday, March 23
Opening Reception
Join the Prison Creative Arts Project as we celebrate the opening of the 15th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners. Formerly incarcerated artists, and Curators Buzz Alexander, Janie Paul, and Jason Wright, will address visitors to the gallery at 6:15 p.m. Joining them this year will also be Dean of LSA, Terry McDonald, Provost Teresa Sullivan, and Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections Patricia Caruso. Free and open to the public.
5:30 – 8:00 p.m., Duderstadt Center Gallery, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd., Ann Arbor MI
Thursday, March 25
The Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing: Book Release and Celebration
PCAP and the 15th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners present an evening in celebration of PCAP’s second Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing. Join us as we enjoy selections of the beautiful and unabashed poetry, prose, and fiction of Michigan’s incarcerated writers. We come together on March 25th to celebrate and honor the talent and vision of these hidden voices with readings by recently released writers whose work has been featured.
7:00 p.m., Vandenberg Room, Michigan League, 911 N. University Ave. Ann Arbor, MI
Friday, March 26
20th Anniversary Symposium Keynote Address- Marc Mauer
Celebrating 20 years of the Prison Creative Arts Project, join us as Marc Mauer, Executive Director of The Sentencing Project, delivers a keynote speech addressing the history of mass incarceration, the current incarceration crisis in the United States, and the directions that need to be taken to make a difference.
730-9pm, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons, 100 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
Saturday, March 27
20th Anniversary Symposium Panel Discussion- PCAP Associates
The celebration of 20 years of PCAP continues as we invite you to join us to hear from our associates, former PCAP members and participants, now devoting their lives to social justice work across the country in fields of teaching, advocacy, research, law, organizing, theatre, and more. Come hear them testify to what PCAP has meant to them over the years, how the organization remains part of their lives and continues to inspire their current work.
10am-12noon., Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union, 530 S. State Street. Ann Arbor, MI
20th Anniversary Symposium Panel Discussion- Arts Practitioners
Please join the Prison Creative Arts Project for an afternoon of dialogue with fellow practitioners; artists, actors, writers, educators, and dancers, to celebrate 20 years of PCAP and talk about the nature and challenges of working in prisons, using the arts as a modality, and coming in contact with the human spirit.
2-4pm, Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union, 530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI
Sunday, March 28
Artist Panel
Join us as a panel of formerly incarcerated artists discuss works in this year’s show and the process of creating art behind bars. The event is moderated by U of M’s School of Art and Design Professor, Janie Paul.
3-5 PM Duderstadt Center Gallery, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd., Ann Arbor MI
Wednesday, March 31
Concrete, Steel, & Paint: A Film Screening and Dialogue
Join PCAP for a screen of the Concrete Steel & Paint, a moving film which follows men in a prison art class who agree to collaborate with victims of crime to design a mural about healing, their views on punishment, remorse, and forgiveness. Their struggle and the insights gained are reflected in the art they produce. Stay after the screening for a Q&A session with co-producers Cindy Burstein and Tony Heriza.
7-9pm Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI * tickets $8 for info contact PCAP
Thurday, April 1
Health Care in Prison: The Challenges of Treating Inside the Walls
Join us for a panel discussion about the challenges facing the Michigan Department of Corrections’ health care system. Panelists will include a representative from the MDOC, a formally incarcerated citizen, a prison health care advocate and a U of M professor who introduced prison work to the School of Nursing.
2-330pm, Vandenberg Room, Michigan league, 911 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI
Saturday, April 3
Youth Speak
Please join us as a group of Detroit youth come together to discuss serious issues of urban living. It will be a facilitated dialogue with these bright young leaders about the challenges they face, and then an open discussion with all in attendance about these same challenges.
1-3pm, Anderson Room AB, Michigan Union, 530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI
Monday, April 5
Justice In Crisis: A Washtenaw County Community Forum on the Failures of Public Defense and the Reform Movement
Please join us for a compelling panel that will speak about the failures of the Michigan’s public defense delivery system, the collateral consequences of our justice system, and the burgeoning reform movement. Come learn how to be involved in the movement towards a justice system that works for everyone! Panelists will include Mark Fancher, staff attorney of the ACLU of Michigan, John Shea, attorney at law, Ruth Harlin (Invited), sister of Michigan exoneree, Eddie Joe Lloyd.
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730pm, Parkridge Community Center, 591 Armstrong, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Tuesday, April 6
Burge Death Row: The Exonerated
Please join us for a panel discussion with formerly incarcerated Ronald Kitchen and Marvin Reeves; two men who were wrongfully convicted, tortured into giving false testimonies, and finally released after many years of struggle and activism. They will talk about their experiences of being in prison [and on death row] and the process of being exonerated.
730-9pm, Hussey Room, Michigan League, 911 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI
Wednesday, April 7
Closing Reception
5:30 – 8:00 p.m., Duderstadt Center Gallery, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd., Ann Arbor MI
Gallery Hours
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-7pm
Sunday-Monday 12pm-6pm
For further information
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April 8, 2010
Chris Van Allsburg Lecture
A&D Alum Chris Van Allsburg, author of Polar Express and many other children’s books, will talk about his career as artist, book illustrator and children’s author.
A book sale by Nicola’s Books will take place before and after the lecture. A book signing will also take place after the lecture.
Sarah Marwil Lamstein Children’s Literature Lecture presents
Chris Van Allsburg April 8, 2010, 4:00 PM
Location: Helmut Stern Auditorium, UM Museum of Art
For more information, please see: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=264265128865
April 8, 2010
Tim Brown
From Design to Design Thinking
Tim Brown is the CEO of IDEO, a global innovation and design firm. Among the 20 most innovative companies in the world, IDEO is a design consultancy that contributed to such innovations as the first Apple mouse and the Palm V. In addition to design for the world’s leading brands, IDEO’s work addresses sustainability, the design of communities, health and wellness, and enterprise for people in the world’s lower income groups. An industrial designer by training, Brown’s own work has earned him numerous design awards and been exhibited internationally. With support from the College of Engineering, the Design Science Program, and UM’s IDSA Student Chapter.
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures will take place at 5:10 pm at the Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor.
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April 8, 2010
A&D Senior Show Off-Site Exhibition: Femme Connection
Femme Connection
Undergraduate Marie King exhibits photographs and collages that show women in a variety of settings with diverse interpretations.
Shaut Cabaret, 315 Braun Court, Ann Arbor
April 2 - April 8.
Opening Reception: April 3, 8pm
April 10, 2010
Detroit Connections Exhibition
They All Danced Their Dances, an exhibition of collaborative visual art by students at the Marcus Garvey Academy, opens Saturday, April 10th with a reception from 11 am - 3 pm
Program led by the University of Michigan School of Art & Design and Pewabic Pottery
Saturday, April 10th
11am - 3pm
Butzel Family Center
7737 Kercheval St., Detroit
April 13, 2010
Exhibition: Personae
Opening reception: April 13, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
Exhibition runs April 13th - 23, 2010
Statement:
The archaeological museum is a place for preservation, where objects of historical significance are restored, collected, and exhibited, making them available for generations to learn about the past. As such, museums like the Kelsey, especially those devoted to the earliest epochs of human history, house and display the most important examples of earliest traces and accomplishments.
In these settings amphorae, though stationary objects, have been active witnesses of various human histories. With their human-like shapes, they stand (sometimes literally) as a representational, figurative embodiment of the past at its most basic level, recalling olive orchards and vineyards, commerce, multilingualism, and now seemingly impossible sea voyages. Amphorae also stand as evidence of our efforts to preserve the past, and of our need to acquire, examine, and display as much of it as possible.
“Personae” is an exhibit by Libyan-American artist Reem Gibriel. It consists of newly made amphorae fashioned out of clay and fabric crafted to slowly disintegrate within the time period allotted to the exhibit. Shaped in a manner that recalls mummies and mummification, and given individual names, Gibriel’s amphorae will be placed among the museum’s regular collection. Viewers will have to contemplate the presence of these disintegrating amphorae among the museum’s preserved archaeological artifacts. This pause will be an opportunity to consider a host of issues related to our experience of time and our connections to our ancestors and contemporaries, where vulnerability and destruction, rather than survival, become the means of experiencing time.
April 14, 2010
Opening Reception: Seeds of Inspiration
Opening Reception: Seeds of Inspiration - Excursions in the Matthaei Botanical Gardens
University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens
800 North Dixboro Road
Wednesday 14 April, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Osman Khan’s CFC 3: Nature class has spent the last month at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens, observing, thinking, reflecting, reacting and making works inspired by the Gardens and aspects of “Nature”.
Featuring work by Stephanie Blank, James Bloniarz, Kathie Chung, Krista Clement, Amber Harrison, Allison Hylant, Jennifer Key and Sally Volkmann.
The exhibition will be up at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens till May 3rd.
April 15, 2010
A&D Senior Show Screening: Time-Based work
The A&D Senior Show Screening: Time-Based work
Work by Anna McAlpine, Katie Wahl, Meg Flood, Jonathan Yukman-Li, , Michelle Folkman, Mallory Burgess, Shannon Mash, Kelly Gallagher, Pat Connor , Alex Friend, Walter Lowe, Olivia Su, Victor Uhal, Amy Zhong.
Michigan Theater
Screening: April 15, 4:00-5:30 pm
April 16, 2010
A&D Senior Show Off-Site Exhibition: Art Plus Work
4.15 6 pm - 1am
“Art Plus Work”: Thesis exhibition by Jeremy Daly and Doug Galante
Sculpture and installation work in which cyclical movement combines with space and time to show multi-faceted views into the past and present.
115 W. Liberty
April 16, 2010
The A&D Senior Show: Performance Pieces
The A&D Senior Show: Performance Pieces
Work by June Saito, Laura Pazuchowski and Kaitlin Shulman.
Duderstadt Video Performance Studio
Performance: April 16, 8:30pm
April 17, 2010
The A&D Senior Show: Reading: Dmytri Hryciw
The A&D Senior Show: Reading: Dmytri Hryciw
A reading of excerpts and projection of images from his book “Ukra’jina: A Dictionary for a Diaspora”. A part of the UM School of Art & Design Senior Show 2010: Wanderlust
Michigan League, 3rd floor, Koessler Room
Reading: April 17, 8pm
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http://www.ukrajina.tk/
April 17, 2010
Some Halo: The First Annual Queer Reading and Performance Event
University of Michigan’s Creative Writing Department presents: “Some Halo: The First Annual Queer Reading and Performance Event”
Saturday, April 17th 7-9 pm
Work Gallery, 306 South State Street
Scheduled readers and performers are: Samiya Bashir, Darrel Holnes, Ethan Blustein aka Manny Schevitz, Petra Kuppers, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, Marcos Pagan, Rodney Peppers and Angela Watrous.
April 17, 2010
A&D Senior Show Off-Site Exhibition: made from scratch
made from scratch
With work by Jenna Lyn Utter, Katie Shulman, and Ashley Elander.
April 17 - April 24
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 17 from 5 to 9 pm
Hours: 2 to 7pm or by appointment
Spare House, 213 E Kingsley Street, Ann Arbor
made from scratch
April 17, 2010
A&D Senior Show Off-Site Exhibition: Butter
Butter
With work by Jack Carder, Erica Fink, Christine Hucal, Emily Repp, Sarah Jones, Evan Mclaughlin, Kevin McKay, Chelsea Neman, Kelsey Schultis, Matt Sanger.
‘forth from its hinges (warehouse)
3770 Airport Plaza Drive, Ann Arbor
Butter
April 17 – May 1 (by appointment)
Opening Reception: April 17, 7-10pm
Bus will run as a shuttle to and from Work•Ann Arbor from 7:30 until 10:30 PM
April 18, 2010
Wanderlust: The 2010 Senior Show
Culminating projects by the School’s graduating seniors, including film, installation, traditional and new media. Encompassing all of the School’s exhibition venues, the show also features a number of off-site exhibition locations.
Exhibition runs April 16 - May 1, 2010.
Opening Reception - Ann Arbor Venues: April 16, 6 - 9 pm
Opening Reception - Work • Detroit: April 18 , 4 - 6 pm
April 23, 2010
Hindsight is 20/20
A Pre-Light Works Screening of Sally Volkmann’s film/video work. At the A&D Auditorium (room 2014) on Friday, April 23rd from 4 - 6 pm.
April 29, 2010
MFA Thesis Exhibition: Jully Park-Coffey
MFA Candidate Jully Park - Coffey Thesis Exhibition: Installation of the Lost and and Found Pennies Teresa Squared Project (a collaboration with the Art and Architecture Custodial Staff)
Thursday 29 April
12:00 noon to 6:00pm
Custodial Break Room, Room 1207, Art and Architecture Building
The Lost and Found Pennies Teresa Squared Project was a collaborative project with the Art and Architecture Building Custodial staff. Over the course of several terms, found pennies from the building and other parts of the University were collected by the custodial staff and me and placed in a make shift Maison jar bank on a table in the custodial staff break room. These pennies where then delivered to Mother Teresa’s Sisters of Charity, in Calcutta, India. You are invited to experience the project and partake in a good will interation with project participants.
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