February 2, 2012
Robert Hammond
High Line: New York City’s Park in the Sky
The High Line, a new public park atop an abandoned, elevated rail line on Manhattan’s West Side, is among the most innovative urban reclamation projects in memory. Robert Hammond, Co-Founder of Friends of the High Line, will share the story of its creation. A remarkable community collaboration: neighbors, elected officials, artists, local business owners, and leaders of burgeoning movements in horticulture and landscape architecture came together to create a park celebrated worldwide as a model for creatively designed, socially vibrant, and ecologically sound public space.
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures will take place at 5:10 pm at the Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor.
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February 6, 2012
Table vs. Chair
Co-curated by A&D seniors Dylan Box and Teshia Treuhaft, Table vs. Chair takes place in the Slusser Gallery Lounge from January 24 - February 6. This exhibition is part of Egress 11: a series of shows curated completely by students for the Slusser Lounge during Winter 2012.
TABLE VS. CHAIR: THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY!
Meeting for the first time in a fight for the record books:
In the far corner, sleek and modern, 12 fights and 11 knockouts to his name weighing in 14lbs (6.35029 kg if we are in Scandinavia) we have CHAIR. Defending champion, reigning title holder, standing (typically) at 36 inches, we have TABLE. Come check out the contenders, strap on your boxing gloves and place your bets at Slusser Lounge,
Note: No Chairs or Tables were harmed in the curation of this show.
February 7, 2012
Innovative Silkscreen Artist Dennis O’Neil to Visit A&D
Innovative Silkscreen Artist Dennis O’Neil to Visit A&D
Thursday February 9th
10am: Roundtable Discussion with Dennis O’Neil and Professors Endi Poskovic and David Chung.
Dennis O’Neil will show examples of collaborative work from his studio (The Handprint Workshop) focusing on projects that showcase the possibilities of innovative screen printing and the creative results of the collaborative process. He will also show work that has responded to the challenge of digital media as both a companion and counterpoint to this transformative medium. Dennis will discuss the nature of international artist-in-residencies programs, his experiences as the founder of the Moscow Studio and the logistics of running a non-profit printmaking studio.
1:30pm - 4:30pm Afternoon hands-on demonstration and workshop.
The focus will be on ways that screen printing has evolved at the Handprint Workshop over the years based on some shifts in the understanding of what the screen print can be,many of which came in response to the challenges of new media, and how these new approaches are adapted to the needs of the artist/printmakers. There will be an opportunity for (a limited number) of students to experiment with some of these new methods of imagemaking that will be demonstrated. Dennis O’Neil The former Chair of Fine Arts at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, Dennis O’Neil is a professor of art and instructor in Screen printing since 1987. O’Neil is an artist/printmaker and director of non-profit collaborative workshop, Hand Print Workshop International (HPWI), Alexandria, VA. O’Neil founded the Moscow Studio in Russia from 1991-96 and continues to work collaboratively with Russian and American artists at HPWI. The varied and experimental works from the Handprint Workshop have been featured in exhibitions nationally and internationally, including MoMA, the Tretyakov Gallery and The Library of Congress. Mr. O’Neil’s work is a leading force in redefining the nature and use of contemporary screen-printing today.
Both activities will take place in the printmaking studios. All students and faculty are invited to participate. Please email Professor David Chung if you plan to attend.
This event is made possible through the generous support of the Roman J Witt Visiting Artists program and the Visitors Committee of the School of Art & Design.
February 9, 2012
Ayse Birsel
Shifting Perspectives : Designing a Life
The human condition, and how design can improve it, is Ayse Birsel’s passion. A co-founder of Birsel + Seck, a humanistic product design studio in New York, her Deconstruction:Reconstruction process and tools help break existing preconceptions and shift perspectives. Birsel’s work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and her awards include the IDEA Gold and ID Magazine Excellence Awards, the 2001 Brooklyn Museum Young Designer Award and the 2008 Rhode Island School of Design’s Athena Award in Furniture Design.
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures will take place at 5:10 pm at the Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor.
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February 16, 2012
Wayne McGregor
Far
Wayne McGregor is an award-winning British choreographer renowned for his physically testing choreography and ground-breaking collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science. He is the Artistic Director of Wayne McGregor | Random Dance in London and Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. McGregor has also been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire).
McGregor is a frequent creator of new work for La Scala, Paris Opera Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theatre, Stuttgart Ballet and New York City Ballet; as well as movement director for theatre, film (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and music videos (Radiohead's Lotus Flower, which has generated over 14 million hits). His upcoming productions include new work for The Royal Ballet and a new Rite Of Spring for Bolshoi Ballet. In July 2012, McGregor will lead up to 2,000 Londoners in Big Dance Trafalgar Square.
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures will take place at 5:10 pm at the Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor.
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February 17, 2012
(re)PRODUCE(d): Ceramics by Susan Crowell
Associate Professor Susan Crowell’s work is featured in (re)PRODUCE(d), open through February 17 at the Residential College Art Gallery.
In the past five years, since the rise of Colony Collapse Disorder, I have been concerned with the biological and botanical relationships in which bees participate and play a critical role. As a hobby beekeeper, I integrate the science and aesthetics of apiculture into my ceramic sculpture, and my intention is to reveal the details of small worlds upon which our larger world depends. In the fall of 2011, an artist’s residency at the Jingdezhen Pottery Workshop presented a unique opportunity for in-depth, as well as contextual study of pollen. Reflecting upon and responding to CCS in China, the largest honey-producer in the world, I created work for this exhibition at the Jingdezhen Pottery Workshop. (re)PRODUCE(d) presents a bee’s-eye view of pollen, within the problematic of industrialized honey production.
I am especially grateful to the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan, which enabled my research and residency in China, and to the Jingdezhen Pottery Workshop and the artists and artisans of Jingdezhen, who assisted and inspired my work for this exhibition.
(re)PRODUCE(d): Ceramics by Susan Crowell
January 13 - February 17, 2012
Residential College Art Gallery, University of Michigan
701 East University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109
February 17, 2012
ANIMALS
The Performance Laboratory presents ANIMALS
Friday, February 17 at 9pm
Hosted by Emilia Javanica and Carrie Morris
featuring new performances by James Cornish, Tzarinas of the Plane with Mary Beth Carolan, Lucia Naser, Stephen Dueweke, Jessica Bonenfant & Nola Smith and Nicholas Pobutsky.
The Contemporary Art Institute Detroit (CAID)
5141 Rosa Parks Blvd, Detroit
For more information about The Performance Laboratory, please visit:
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February 18, 2012
WCBN Fundraiser Closing Party
WCBN’s fundraiser closing party, featuring performances by Kohwi, fthrsn, Lou Breed and Subvader, takes place at Work•Ann Arbor on Saturday, February 18: free admission; doors open at 8:30 pm.
http://www.facebook.com/events/370656442961709/
WCBN is happy to celebrate the conclusion of its 40th Anniversary fundraiser with a free show at Work Gallery. WCBN’s own Kohwi performs his experimental, swirling, electric creations, while fthrsn (pronounced FatherSon) explores his version of “lo fi bedroom pop.” Lou Breed‘s addictively catchy noisy pop is sure to please, and Subvader ranges from dubstep to what he calls sci-fi sex music. Nathaniel Whitcomb of Think or Smile will be doing live and crazy visuals all night for this show!
We hope to see all our pledgers and anyone else out at Work Gallery! Our friends at the Ugly Mug will be providing free WCBN 40th anniversary blend coffee!
February 23, 2012
Preview of David Turnley’s Film “Shenandoah”
Preview of David Turnley’s film “Shenandoah”: February 23, 5 - 7pm, Residential College Keene Theater, East Quad
SHENANDOAH has just been completed and David would relish the opportunity to share the film with his colleagues and students, and looks forward to your input.
SHENANDOAH, PA is a tough coal mining town- once the most densely populated square mile in America, as immigrants came from all over Europe to work in the mines.
The young generation have formed their identities though their hard-working, church-going grandparents, who struggled every day to put food on the table to take care of their families. Today, there is little work, and what they have left is football- that they have always been good at- tough football.
Currently, the newest group of immigrants (1000 Mexicans in a town of 6000) resembles the town’s ancestors. The Mexican immigrants go to church, look after their families, and work hard: tons of hours in mattress factories for low pay.
When David Turnley arrived in Shenandoah, PA, six of the straight-A student, white, star football players got into a fight and beat to death Luis Ramirez, an undocumented Mexican immigrant. Turnley earned access to this community and for three years he has been immersed in telling the story of this American working class town on trial, including the newly arrived Mexican community.
David C. Turnley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and filmmaker. He is considered one of the best photojournalists of our time. He has won the World Press Picture of the Year twice, the prestigious Robert Capa Award for Courage, and four Overseas Press Club Awards. He has covered many of the major news stories of the past thirty years, producing eight books out of these experiences including his latest, MANDELA: In Times of Struggle and Triumph. He was awarded Best Documentary at the Miami International Film Festival for his film La Tropical, shot in Cuba. David has a joint appointment as an Associate Professor with the University of Michigan School of Design and the Residential College.
February 23, 2012
John Kannenberg: Sound Performance
John Kannenberg: Hours of Infinity Part III - An Hour of Infinity
Sound Performance: March 23 6:00 pm
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Upjohn Exhibit wing
The solitary acts of drawing and listening are inextricably linked; they observe and record each other.
For one hour, the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology will host a site-specific performance scattered throughout its galleries that combines a rigorously imprecise drawing method, musical compositions based on specific objects in the museum’s collection, and digitally manipulated sounds of the museum itself. Their relative stasis will convert this collection of live performers and sounds into living, breathing, sonifying museum objects. Audience members will be encouraged to stroll through the museum observing these sonic objects, personalizing their experience through their own choices and interests; this unconventional sonic situation will explore the beautifully imperfect sense of timelessness experienced by traditional museum audiences.
For full MFA Thesis Exhibition details, see: http://art-design.umich.edu/exhibitions/special/mfa2012
February 25, 2012
Chelsea River Gallery Presents Professor Richard Wilt Exhibition
From January 21 - February 25, the River Gallery in Chelsea, MI hosts an unprecedented and fascinating gifting exhibition of work by A&D Professor Emeritus Richard Wilt, ranging from the 1940’s until later works completed in 1981. The exhibit will include paintings, watercolors, drawings and illustrations. All the works in the exhibit will be gifted to museums at no charge: selections have been made by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and the Kalamazoo Institute of Art. The Wilt family looks forward to sharing this collection with visitors during the exhibition and is happy to know the artworks will reside in museums to be enjoyed by many for years to come. The entire exhibit will be available for viewing and is free and open to the public.
THE RICHARD WILT LEGACY: (1915 - 1980) A MUSEUM GIFTING EXHIBITION
January 21 - February 25, 2012
Opening Reception: January 21st 5-8 pm
Exhibition and opening reception are free and open to the public
Tuesday-Friday 11:00 to 5:00
Saturday - 11:00 to 8:00
Sunday - 12:00 to 4:00
120 South Main, Chelsea, MI 48118
(734) 433-0826
http://www.chelsearivergallery.com
http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/river-gallery-richard-wilt/
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