April 1, 2012
Festifools
For the 6th year running, Festifools storms Main Street on April Fool’s Day, Sunday, April 1st. From 4-5 pm, come watch the procession of 14 feet tall sloths, bionic critters, conjurers and other figure heads built by students in ADP II: Society under the direction of Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles of Processional Arts Workshop.
April 4, 2012
Film Screening & Directors Talk: Grown in Detroit
A screening of the film “Grown in Detroit” will take place at 10 AM on Wednesday, April 4 at the U-M Detroit Center‘s Ann Arbor Room. Mascha and Manfred Poppenk, the creators of this award-winning documentary, will present the film. This event is hosted by the Penny Stamps Lecture Series and the Detroit Center.
“Grown in Detroit” tells the story of the Catherine Ferguson Academy in Detroit, one of only three schools in the United States which educates pregnant teens and young mothers about the importance of nutrition and helps them develop skills to be independent and support their families. Though students initially dislike the agricultural work included in the charter school’s curriculum, their attitudes change when crops begin to bear fruit and they see their hard work has transformed into profitable food sales.
The film is also about creating social, economic and environmental change. In a once thriving city, residents now struggle to find fresh produce. This school is one of several urban agriculture plots in Detroit that yields fresh produce to city residents.
“Grown in Detroit” has won dozens of awards since its debut in 2010. More information about the film including the trailer can be found at the documentary’s website: http://www.grownindetroitmovie.com
April 4, 2012
The Wall Collective Presents: Crosstalk
On April 4th at 5pm, the “Wall Collective” (students in Roland Graf’s site installation class) presents their final installation, “Crosstalk”, in the west corridor of the Art & Architecture building. From five different proposals that they have developed during this semester, they decided to realize two intersecting ones for the final installation. Come join them for the opening to find out more!
April 5, 2012
Joanne Leonard’s Newspaper Diary
Newspaper Diary: Trompe l’oeil Photographs
Open April 5 - May 31, 2012
U-M Institute for the Humanities Gallery, 202 S. Thayer, room 1010, Ann Arbor
Gallery Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Joanne Leonard’s work has always managed to exist in two alternate universes, one intimate, and another vast. Both manage to be deeply relevant to the collective shifts of society.
These new works are what the artist describes as momentary collages, contrasting the historical weight and relative durability of books with the fleeting news images she’s carefully propped up on the book’s open pages. These thoughtfully orchestrated assemblages exist only in real time… performative, here and gone once the books are closed and the clippings put away. Yet, the photographs serve as record to preserve them despite their inherent impermanence.
As a final layer, these large scale trompe-l’oeill prints become objects for the viewer, the datelines and newspaper clippings readable, suggestive of an oversized diary or journal, marking the comings and goings and accumulations over time.
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/humanities/ourgallery/futureexhibits
April 5, 2012
Shelly Berg
Follow the Sun
All Music Guide calls jazz pianist Shelly Berg “one of the finest pianists around…playing modern jazz.” Shelly's CD, Blackbird (Concord), reached #1 in US jazz radio (Jazzweek) and garnered Record of the Year. He has collaborated with jazz vocalists such as Patti Austin, Nancy Wilson, Bobby McFerrin, Kurt Elling, and Dionne Warwick, and performed/recorded with jazz legends including Ray Brown, Peter Erskine, Jon Faddis, Woody Herman, James Moody, Arturo Sandoval, Clark Terry and Bill Watrous, to name a few.
Shelly's composing and orchestrating for television and film includes Fudge, CBS's A League of Their Own, Dennis Miller Live, Almost Heroes, For Your Consideration, and Men of Honor. He has orchestrated for Chicago, Kiss, Carole King, Richard Marx, Joe Cocker, Elliott Smith, Lou Rawls, Steve Miller, and most recently was a featured orchestrator on Ray Sings, Basie Swings (a Ray Charles/Count Basie Orchestra collaboration) and Arturo Sandoval's A Time for Love. Shelly is currently dean of the Frost School at Miami University.
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 6, 2012
Emilia Javanica: Red Blob Massacre
Emilia Javanica: Red Blob Massacre
Maddy Blitz is a young woman with horrendous-looking teeth. Maddy’s nightmares of not fitting in clump together to form a giant RED BLOB that confronts her tormenters, eventually growing so big that it…
A silent horror film and live performance. For further information, visit http://redblobmassacre.wordpress.com/ or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Film and Live Performance: April 5 and 6, doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm
Cavern Club, 210 South 1st St. Ann Arbor
For full MFA Thesis Exhibition details, see: http://art-design.umich.edu/exhibitions/special/mfa2012
April 7, 2012
Where the Wild Things Aren’t
Come one come all to the ONE DAY ONLY art show at the Yellow Barn to benefit the Humane Society of Huron Valley! Presented by the students in Holly Hughes’ Where the Wild Things Aren’t class, this show is sure to enthrall you. One-of-a-kind student artwork will be on display, with some pieces for sale to benefit the humane society!
Adoptable dogs from the Humane Society will be at the Yellow Barn from 3-5 pm.
All donations are greatly appreciated and will go directly to the Humane Society of Huron Valley.
Saturday, April 7th from 3-8 PM; adoptable dogs from the Humane Society of Huron Valley from 3-5 PM
The Yellow Barn - 416 W. Huron, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
More info: http://tinyurl.com/wildthingsarent
April 12, 2012
2012 A&D Senior Show Screening
A&D undergraduate seniors screen their time based work at the Michigan Theater.
Thursday, April 12, 5 - 6:30 pm
Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty
For full information on all senior show exhibitions and events, visit: Synthesis: the 2012 A&D Senior Show
April 13, 2012
Quintessence: Visualizing a Torodial Universe
Installation by Danielle Battaglia, with sound design by Robert Alexander. Duderstadt Center 3D Lab, April 13: 6 - 9 pm.
“I want to know God’s thoughts…the rest are details.” - Albert Einstein
When I strip this project down to the essential motivation, I find that I too wish to discover the great order of all things. This project is an attempt to do just that by visualizing and better understanding the ethereal world that is all around us. Using scientific facts and theories as a base I have explored abstract concepts and theories of cosmology and synthesized this information into my own theory and vision of the universe. I have been studying the theories and research of Plato, Stephen Hawking, Einstein and others on subjects such as black holes, white holes, wormholes, sacred geometry, Klein surfaces, physics, higher dimensions and space-time. Based on all this research I have come up with a form that I feel could be the basic design of our universe: a torus. The singularity point of the wormhole in the torus would be the big bang. I have taken these parameters and 3d modeled them to further explore how this universe will look as it grows and expands, what happens to the matter and energy within it and the possibilities of this universe budding into a multiverse. To further visually grasp this concept I have installed this 3D model in the MIDEN, a 3D virtual space where one can experience the model on a new level, by moving through the space in 3 dimensions. Ultimately this project challenges the status quo by attempting to prove that there is more order and meaning to the universe then previously thought, while dually inciting a sense of beauty and wonderment. I believe that looking at scientific problems and theories through the lens of an artist or designer can illuminate new trends, patterns or insight that could not be fleshed out otherwise. But most importantly, I hope spiritually and aesthetically people come away with more insight and inspiration into how and why we exist, which is what I discovered I am truly searching for.
Open during Synthesis reception:
April 13: 6 - 9 pm
Other dates: request appointment via email
Duderstadt Center 3D Lab CAVE (Room 1365), 2281 Bonisteel Blvd.
For full information on all senior show exhibitions and events, visit: Synthesis: the 2012 A&D Senior Show
April 13, 2012
A Nap and Entropy
A Nap and Entropy: thesis work by undergraduate senior Colin Fulton.
Performance:
April 12: 7:30, 8:30, 10:00 pm
April 13: 7:30, 8:30, 10:00 pm
Duderstadt Center Video Studio (Room 1356), 2281 Bonisteel Blvd.
For full information on all senior show exhibitions and events, visit: Synthesis: the 2012 A&D Senior Show
April 14, 2012
Between the Layers: An Exploration of Color and Texture
An offsite exhibition of paintings by Erica Wagner.
Color, texture, and luminosity are the key elements of my work. This series of paintings explore these qualities and allow me to also create my own process and passion for oil paint as a medium. I find it fascinating the way in which viewers try to make logistical sense of these abstract paintings. Life experiences are what influence our ways of seeing and in turn are what create perceptions. The ambiguity allows this series to grab hold of evolution and change depending on the viewer, which to me is beautiful.
Exhibition Dates:
March 31 - May 5
Opening Reception:
April 14, 5 - 6:30 pm
Common Cup, 1511 Washtenaw Ave.
For full information on all senior show exhibitions and events, visit: Synthesis: the 2012 A&D Senior Show
April 14, 2012
The More Show
A locally-sourced, locally funded, waste-free exhibition by Ellen Rutt and Megan O’Neil.
Free transportation is available: a cab will be picking people up every 15 minutes from 8:00 - 11:00 pm. He’ll stop behind the Michigan Union (the circle drive near the cube), and also in front of the Ann Arbor Art Center at Main and LIberty.
Exhibition Dates:
Monday, April 16th - Friday, April 20th: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Opening Reception: April 14, 8 pm
1080 Rosewood, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Duderstadt Center Video Studio (Room 1356), 2281 Bonisteel Blvd.
For full information on all senior show exhibitions and events, visit: Synthesis: the 2012 A&D Senior Show
April 14, 2012
In Kind
A group print media exhibition. Work by James Bloniarz, Jill Brandwein, Laura Gillmore and Annie Hyrila.
Exhibition Dates:
April 14 - 29: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Opening Reception: April 14, 6 - 10 pm
Ann Arbor Art Center, 114 W. Liberty
For full information on all senior show exhibitions and events, visit: Synthesis: the 2012 A&D Senior Show
April 14, 2012
Biophilia
Work by Samantha Levy, Jeremy Daly, Doug Galante and Nick Melody.
One night only:
April 14, 7 - 11 pm
113 W. Liberty (above West Side Book Shop), Ann Arbor
For full information on all senior show exhibitions and events, visit: Synthesis: the 2012 A&D Senior Show
April 15, 2012
The Extraordinary Ordinary
The Extraordinary Ordinary
Come one and all to the exhibit of The Extraordinary Ordinary, featuring work from graduating U of M Art & Design students Daryl Alexsy, Dylan Box, and Ryan Thurmer. From monoprints, social design, and design theory, the show will be packed with work from a year’s worth of exploration and discovery.
Facebook: The Extraordinary Ordinary
Exhibition Dates:
April 13 - May 2: Tuesday - Sunday, 11 - 4 pm
Opening Reception: April 15, 4 - 6 pm
Work: Detroit, 3663 Woodward Ave Detroit, MI
For full information on all senior show exhibitions and events, visit: Synthesis: the 2012 A&D Senior Show
April 16, 2012
Rodemer Installation at Detroit Institute of Arts
Professor Michael Rodemer has installed a light artwork on the SE lawn of the Detroit Institute of Arts. The work will be illuminated every evening from Friday, April 13 through Monday, April 16.
On Sunday, April 15, Michael Rodemer will discuss the artistic process behind Moonbeams for Motown. Visitors can then accompany Mr. Rodemer on the front lawn to enjoy the installation in its interactive space (weather permitting!).
Artist Demonstration: Michael Rodemer
Sunday, April 15, 2012 12 - 3 p.m. at Walter Gibbs Learning Center
Moonbeams for Motown, a mixed media installation tracing the rays of the sun, will illuminate the sky above the front lawn of the DIA for four nights in a row. Artist Michael Rodemer will use electroluminescent fibers and micro controllers to provide visual markers of the rays of the sun at night. The spectacle will pierce the night sky, extending from the roof of the museum to the ground, each night until 10 p.m.
http://www.dia.org/calendar/family-sunday.aspx?id=3208&iid
April 18, 2012
Beyond the Bounds: Book Arts
A new exhibition at the University of Michigan Hospital features books created by students in Barbara Brown’s winter 2012 Book Arts class. This is a wonderful venue, including nine separate gallery spaces that are viewed by approximately 10,000 people each day. The following students will have work in the show: Brooke Adams, Jennifer Balangue, Abby Bennett, Brianne Burgoon, Lisa Chen, Annie Cheng, Hye Yeon Cho, Madelyn Etzcorn, Meghan Forbes, Anastassia Fulmer, Nora Jane Green, Haley Hoard, Seunghui Hong, Kimberley Karcz, Kaitlind Maarek, Emily McAlister, Lyle Murphy, James Reich, Natalie Smith, Mee Yang, Ashley Yoon.
Beyond the Bounds: Book Arts
April 18 - June 11, 2012
Gifts of Art, Taubman Center
Taubman South Gallery
University of Michigan Health System
300 N. Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI. 48109
April 21, 2012
Frank Pahl at MOCAD
Saturday, April 21, 2PM
Little Bang Theory
performing in Joshua White and Gary Panter’s Light Show
Free Admission
Frank Pahl (MFA 1998) performs with Little Bang Theory at MOCAD on Saturday, April 21 at 2PM
Frank Pahl’s Little Bang Theory create their own whimsical compositions and perform covers of soundtrack music on a panoply of toy instruments. Their arrangements come across like a hybrid form of chamber music, stunning in their beauty and childish complexity. Frank Pahl is a Kresge Fellow, modern composer and creator of automatic instruments. Pahl’s bands Only a Mother and The Scavenger Quartet, as well as his solo compositions have garnered critical acclaim both regionally and abroad. This fun and innovative ensemble will be creating a soundtrack for Joshua White and Gary Panter’s Light Show for one very special afternoon only.
http://www.frankpahl.com
http://www.mocadetroit.org/
April 25, 2012
Scott Hocking
Stamps Series at UICA
This special event will take place on Wednesday, April 25th at 7:00pm at the UICA Theater (2 West Fulton, Grand Rapids).
Scott Hocking was born in Redford Township, Michigan in 1975, and has lived and worked in Detroit proper since 1996. He creates site-specific sculptural and photographic installation projects, often using found materials. He is left-handed and wears contact lenses. He has a speech impediment and was once hypnotized in an effort to correct this. He is a Pisces, born on the 'day of creative isolation' in the 'week of the loner' and the 'year of the cat.' A psychic once told him he would have an “average life” and die at 88. He does not know how to roller-skate, ice skate, ski, or drive a stick shift. He is a talented percussionist and can play the glockenspiel part in 'Jupiter' from Holst's Planets suite. He can read palms. At 18, he applied for a bartender position at a strip club, but forgot the ingredients of a martini during his interview because of all the naked chicks. At 19, he lived in a Toyota Corolla for 4 months. At 27, he lived in a French chateau for 2 months. He has 3 tattoos. He is a 6 of spades. He has been to 41 of the 50 states. He once hiked the Death Valley dunes on a 117-degree day, which led to a police search and a lesson from the sheriff, who said: “Son, people die in the desert.” He was stalked by a New Mexican mountain lion. He once slept on a Toronto billboard. He has eaten reindeer in Akureyri, deep-fried honeybees in Shanghai, and eggnog in Ciudad Juarez. His spirit animals are the dog, which walks on his left, and the crow, which flies on his right. His childhood nickname was Scooter. He may have the blood of Spanish soldiers. Two dogs have bitten him in his life: Once on the right calf, and once above the right eye; nonetheless, he loves animals, and grew up with a mutt named Bubba who occasionally slept on the kitchen table. His favorite films are Le Samourai and The Road Warrior. He has been arrested 6 times, and accumulated more traffic tickets than anyone you know. His artwork has been exhibited nationally at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Cranbrook Art Museum, the University of Michigan, the Smart Museum of Art, and Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, and internationally at the Kunst-Werke Institute, the Van Abbemuseum, and at the Kunsthalle Wien. He recently completed projects at Sculpture Space in New York and the Bundanon Trust of Australia, exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum in Philadelphia, and was awarded a Kresge Artist Fellowship. He is represented by the Susanne Hilberry Gallery.
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures will take place at 5:10 pm at the Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor.
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