Upcoming Lectures
Established with the generous support of alumna Penny W. Stamps, the Distinguished Visitors Program brings respected emerging and established artists/designers from a broad spectrum of media to the School to conduct a public lecture and engage with students, faculty, and the larger University and Ann Arbor communities. Additional support is provided by our media sponsor, Michigan Radio.
Unless otherwise noted, all programs take place on Thursdays at 5:10 pm at the historic Michigan Theater, located at 603 E. Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor, and are free of charge and open to the public.
December 3, 2009
Stewart Brand
Hacking Civilization
Stewart Brand is president of The Long Now Foundation and co-founder of Global Business Network. He created the Whole Earth Catalog, and co-founded the Hackers Conference and The WELL. His books include The Clock of the Long Now; How Buildings Learn; and The Media Lab. His most recent book is Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto (October 2009).
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December 10, 2009
Lucy Orta
Body Architecture
Trained as a fashion designer but working as an artist since the 1990s, Lucy Orta created “architectures with soul.” —objects that evoke the need for change, poetically prefiguring reality and suggesting alternative life styles. She has produced numerous interventions and actions, putting on stage crucial themes of the contemporary world: community, social exclusion, dwelling, mobility, sustainable development and recycling. With support from the UM Museum of Art (UMMA), the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), and the Chelsea River Gallery.
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Ruth Taubman: New York and Ann Arbor Shows
Taubman (BFA 1981) is having two upcoming private showings featuring her limited edition and one-of-a-kind jewelry.
Nick Tobier: Marvelous Guests
Tobier's Marvelous Guests will invite professionals to conduct business in unusual locations - a ballerina in a Laundromat, a stock trader in a funiculaire, a shepard and his flock on a football field.
Matt Shlian Featured in New Publication
Work by Matt Shlian is featured in the book Papercraft from Gestalten Press, an extensive survey on the innovative art and design work crafted from paper.
Stewart Brand
On December 03, the Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitors Series presents Stewart Brand with Hacking Civilization at the Michigan Theater.
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