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SUMMARY:The Museum Further Afield: Conservation\, Art\, and Archaeology
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Suzanne Davis\, Associate Curator\, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. \nFriday\, October 20 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm\, UM Museum of Art auditorium \n  \nThe Museum Further Afield: Conservation\, Art\, and Archaeology \nWhen we think and talk about museums\, we are often focused on what is happening within the gallery. But certain museums support projects around the world. In this talk\, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology conservator Suzanne Davis will provide a brief introduction to the field of conservation: what conservators do and where they work\, how to become a conservator\, and some of the big-picture issues conservators are concerned about today. As a specialist in archaeological conservation\, she will then describe how her work supports the mission of the Kelsey Museum\, both in Ann Arbor but also further afield\, specifically at the Kelsey Museum/University of Michigan archaeological excavations at El Kurru\, Sudan. Conservators working at archaeological sites like El Kurru conduct the same kinds of activities as conservators in museums — condition surveys and documentation\, conservation treatment\, and collections management — but in a different setting\, with different resources\, and a different kind of collection. \n  \nMuseums at Noon_Davis
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museums-at-noon-october-20/
LOCATION:U-M Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium\, 525 S. State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
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SUMMARY:Curatorial Dilemmas: Representing Africa at UMMA with Mary (Polly) Nooter-Roberts
DESCRIPTION:A series of talks by leading curators and thinkers in African art will launch a reimagining process for the forthcoming reinstallation of the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen Gallery of African Art. Mary (Polly) Nooter-Roberts\, Professor of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA\, will be the first speaker in this series to contribute reflections on her own groundbreaking work in the display of African art. \nMary (Polly) Nooter Roberts is a Full Professor in UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance\, and Consulting Curator for African Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). She holds a PhD in Art History from Columbia University\, and has served as Senior Curator at The Museum for African Art in New York\, and as Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. \nRoberts studies the philosophical underpinnings of particular African visual and performance-based arts; museum and curatorial studies; the body and female representation; arts of divination and healing; and cross-cultural approaches to memory\, writing\, and inscription. With Allen F. Roberts\, she produced the award-winning works Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History (1996) and A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal (2003). She is also the author/curator of Secrecy: African Art that Conceals and Reveals (1993); and co-author of Exhibition-ism: Museums and African Art (1994); Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art (2007); and Luba in the “Visions of Africa” series (2007). Her most recent exhibition at LACMA is entitled The Inner Eye: Vision and Transcendence in African Arts. \nRoberts has been a Getty Postdoctoral Fellow and held other grants and awards; served as President of the Arts Council of the African Studies Association; and is an editor of African Artsjournal. In 2007\, she was decorated by the Republic of France as a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters for her promotion of African art and artists of francophone countries. \nAdditional featured speakers include: \nThursday\, November 2\, 7 p.m.: Pamela McClusky\, Curator of African and Oceanic Art\, Seattle Art Museum \nThursday\, November 30\, 7 p.m.: Christa Clarke\, Senior Curator Arts of Global Africa\, Newark Museum \n  \n\n\nLead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. \nThis lecture series is presented in partnership with the University of Michigan African Studies Center\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of History of Art\, Institute for the Humanities\, and Museum Studies Program. \nThe series is presented in conjunction with the UMMA exhibition Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (on view from August 19-December 31\, 2017).
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/curatorial-dilemmas-representing-africa-at-umma-with-mary-polly-nooter-roberts/
LOCATION:U-M Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium\, 525 S. State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171018T090000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition - Excavating Archaeology at U-M: 1817‐2017
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan for the past 200 years and looks forward to the future of archaeology and museums at Michigan in the coming century. The exhibition relies on carefully chosen objects\, archival documents and images\, and other illustrative materials to examine moments in the history of the University of Michigan’s involvements in archaeology and the location of archaeology in the museum environment. \nOpening lecture on October 18 in the Pendleton Room at the Michigan Union from 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm.  Reception to follow at the Kelsey Museum from 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm. \n\nCurators: Carla M. Sinopoli and Terry G. Wilfong \nKelsey Museum location and hours of operation can be found here. \n \n 
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/exhibition-excavating-archaeology-at-u-m-1817%e2%80%902017/
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology\, 434  South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171013T090000
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SUMMARY:Object Lessons: Recollecting Museum Histories at Michigan
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Kerstin Barndt in collaboration with Richard Barnes and Amanda Krugliak\, with original commissioned artwork by Richard Barnes \nThe history of the modern research university is unthinkable without collecting. At the University Michigan\, the first objects brought to campus in the late 1830s included a piece of copper from the Upper Peninsula\, bird skins\, an Anishinaabe canoe and pressed plants. Today’s collections encompass over 25 million specimens and artifacts. As the last exhibition before the closing of the Natural History Museum in the Ruthven Museums Building\, Object Lessons activates the memory of the museums building and richly illustrates the University of Michigan’s lasting effort to build collections in support of its academic mission and for the public. \nShowcasing original objects dating from 1837 to the present\, Object Lessons affords visitors a synthetic look at 200 years of collecting for science. Museum specimens\, artifacts and documents from the archives bring into focus the University Museum’s importance to early state history\, its first global collecting expeditions\, the changing relationship between culture and nature\, science and religion; and the transformation of research and collecting practices from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Not all of U-M’s historical collections survive; the exhibition reflects this fact by focusing also on the life cycle of collections\, on points of origin and decline\, and on the shifting valorization of objects over time. \nObject Lessons draws on collections housed in the University’s research museums (Paleontology\, Zoology\, and Anthropological Archeology)\, as well as the University Herbarium\, the Museum of Natural History\, the Stephen S. Clark Map Library\, the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments\, the Bentley Historical Library\, and the University of Michigan Library. \nMore information can be found here. \n 
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/object-lessons-recollecting-museum-histories-at-michigan/
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170929T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170929T130000
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SUMMARY:Growing Protocols: Documenting the Collaborative Process within the Heritage Seeds for Sustainable Lifeways Project
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Elspeth Geiger\, PhD candidate\, Anthropology \nFriday\, September 29 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm\, UM Museum of Art auditorium \n  \nGrowing Protocols: Documenting the Collaborative Process within the Heritage Seeds for Sustainable Lifeways Project \nCollaboration between museums and Native American communities has overwhelmingly centered on either museum exhibitions or legally-mandated processes such as those based on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The Heritage Seeds for Sustainable Lifeways project departs from these types of collaborative efforts by focusing on creating protocols and relationships surrounding University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA) plant collections. The project works to bring a broad range of individuals from university settings and Tribal communities into conversation over their shared interest in the collections. \nThis presentation will explore my experience with the Heritage Seeds Project through my practicum at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens. As a result of my documentation of the information sharing and planning sessions\, we can examine the processes behind the creation of collaborative frameworks. This experience provided me great insight on the kinds of reciprocal relationships that surround museum collections. \n  \nThis presentation is co-sponsored by the UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. \n  \nMuseumsNoon_Geiger
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museums-at-noon-sept-29/
LOCATION:U-M Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium\, 525 S. State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:Bicentennial book launch/panel discussion
DESCRIPTION:The book Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge: The University of Michigan Museums\, Libraries\, and Collections 1817–2017 presents a full color journey through the treasures of the University’s collections. A panel discussion with a focus on items from library collections will occur on Sept 26 at 5:00 pm at Hatcher Library. Panelists include Martha Conway\, director of the U-M Library’s Special Collections Library; Kevin Graffagnino\, director of the Clements Library; and Terry McDonald\, director of the Bentley Historical Library. \nCopies of the book will be available for sale and signing at the event\, and refreshments will be provided. \n  \n 
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/bicentennial-book-launchpanel-discussion/
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170921T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170921T190000
DTSTAMP:20170920T124212Z
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:Authors and UM professors Kerstin Barndt and Carla Sinopoli will be at the Kelsey Museum signing copies of their new book\, ‘Object Lessons & the Formation of Knowledge.’ \nLearn about the dynamic history of the museums at the University of Michigan as part of the University’s Bicentennial Anniversary. Copies of the ‘Object Lessons & the Formation of Knowledge’ will be available for purchase in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology gift shop during the event.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/book-signing-object-lessons-and-the-formation-of-knowledge/
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology\, 434  South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170417T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170417T200000
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SUMMARY:MSP16 Student Capstone Presentations - April 17
DESCRIPTION:Presentations at 6:00 and 7:00. \nHaven Hall\, Eldersveld Room \n  \nPresentations for this evening are as follows: \n6:00 pm:  Beyond the Stars: Re-imagining Space at MSU’s Abrams Planetarium \nPresented by Carolyn Clayton\, Christina DiFabio\, Rebecca Kon \nHost institution:  Abrams Planetarium (Michigan State University) \n  \n7:00 pm:  The Four Fields Collection Case: Exhibiting in the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History \nPresented by Roxana Aras\, Zoe Jenkins\, Zachary Kopin \nHost institution:  University of Michigan Museum of Natural History \n  \nA full schedule of all Capstone presentations can be found here:  Capstone Flyer 2017
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/msp16-student-capstone-presentations-2/
LOCATION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room\, 505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Other,Student Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170412T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170412T200000
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SUMMARY:MSP16 Student Capstone Presentations - April 12
DESCRIPTION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room \nPresentations for this evening are as follows: \n6:00 pm:  Home Galleries and Dialogue: Re-contextualizing West African Art in the Toledo Museum of Art \nPresented by Timothy Hart\, Mariane Stanev\, Felix Zamora-Gomez \nHost institution:  Toledo Museum of Art \n  \n7:00 pm:  Finding Center: Mission and Development at the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research \nPresented by Charles Gushue\, Grace Mahoney\, Mary Pena \nHost institution:  Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research \n  \nA full schedule of all Capstone presentations can be found here:  Capstone Flyer 2017
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/msp16-student-capstone-presentations/
LOCATION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room\, 505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Other,Student Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170331T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170331T130000
DTSTAMP:20170327T131718Z
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SUMMARY:Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward – Community Engagement at the Detroit Historical Society
DESCRIPTION:  \nIn 2015\, Detroit Historical Society began a multi-year community engagement project to commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the civil unrest of July 1967. Called Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward\, the project’s purpose is to bring together diverse voices and communities around the effects of a historic crisis. Its goal is to help our community members find our place in the present and to inspire the future. Those who engage in Detroit 67 will be able to better understand the events leading up to July 1967\, where we are today\, and connect to efforts that are moving Detroit forward. \n  \nIn this presentation\, Tobi Voigt\, Senior Director of Education and Outreach at the Society\, will talk about the origins of the project and its five key components: a comprehensive oral history project; a comprehensive\, balanced and experiential museum exhibition; an academic book publication with Wayne State University Press; a network of engaged community partners working in the region to promote understanding of the past and action toward a better future; and\, ultimately\, a model that other historical and community organizations can use to unite the community around the effects of a historic crisis. \n  \nPresented by Tobi Voigt\, Senior Director of Education and Outreach\, Detroit Historical Society \nFriday\, March 31 at 12:00 pm in the UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) \n  \nBrownBag_Voigt \n  \n 
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/detroit-67-looking-back-to-move-forward-community-engagement-at-the-detroit-historical-society/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170324T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170324T130000
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SUMMARY:The Smithsonian Institution and the Making of the American Nonprofit Sector
DESCRIPTION:When Englishman James Smithson left $500\,000 to the United States of America to establish the Smithsonian Institution in 1829\, he improbably forced the United States Congress to design America’s first national benevolent institution. This talk will address how Congress came to a decision about whether the Smithsonian should be a government agency\, a quasi-governmental institution\, or a private corporation in the mid-nineteenth century. Their decision has had a lasting impact on the formation of the American nonprofit sector\, I will argue\, as future philanthropic foundations used the Smithsonian Institution’s articles of incorporation as a model into the twentieth century. \nPresented by Elizabeth Harmon – PhD candidate\, American Culture \nFriday\, March 24 at 12:00 pm in the UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) \nBrownBag_Harmon \n 
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/the-smithsonian-institution-and-the-making-of-the-american-nonprofit-sector/
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170321T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170321T193000
DTSTAMP:20170322T205250Z
CREATED:20170213T161207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170322T205250Z
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SUMMARY:Art for Sale?  Public Trust\, Public Debt: The Detroit Institute of Arts and the City of Detroit Bankruptcy
DESCRIPTION:In the two years since the City of Detroit came out of bankruptcy\, it has not been uncommon to read in mainstream media and the blogosphere “how close the city of Detroit came to selling its art collection.”  Such was never the case and\, in his lecture\, DIA Director Emeritus\, Graham Beal\, will discuss the legal\, social and political intricacies that drove the negotiations between a shifting set of entities\, finally resulting in a creative solution that satisfied most of the moral issues\, if not many of the creditors! \n  \nGraham Beal’s early career included curatorial and director positions at museums such as the Sheffield City Art Galleries\, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis\, the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia\, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.  In 1989 he became the Director of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha.  From 1996 to 1999 he served as the Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. \nIn 1999 he became Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts.  Beal’s innovative “populist” reinstallation of the DIA’s great art collection has been internationally influential and was a major factor in securing regional tax support in 2012 for the museum’s annual operating costs.  In 2013-14 he was a member of the team that successfully defended the collection against City of Detroit creditors and negotiated the transfer of ownership of the collection from the City to a private non-profit.  He retired from the DIA in July 2015 and served as Hannah Visiting Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University for the 2015-16 academic year.  His publications include books on the American artist\, Jim Dine\, on contemporary British sculpture\, and on the history of American painting. He is currently writing a new history of the Detroit Institute of Arts.  In December 2015 the University of Michigan conferred on him an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters. \nMarch 21 at 6:30 pm – UM Museum of Art \nBeal lecture announcement
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/art-for-sale-public-trust-public-debt-the-detroit-institute-of-arts-and-the-city-of-detroit-bankruptcy/
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170317T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170317T123000
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SUMMARY:Aspiration/Obligation?  Imagining Intellectual Freedom in Museums
DESCRIPTION:Aspiration/Obligation?  Imagining Intellectual Freedom in Museums \n\nHow Do Museums Respond to Public Challenges to Their Exhibitions?\nWhat Would a National “Bill of Rights” for Museum Visitors Look Like?\nShould Museums Limit Access to Potentially Controversial Materials?\n\nSince the 1930s\, American libraries have organized their work around a set of core principles that places users and their unrestricted rights of access to information as a professional imperative.  Codified in the Intellectual Freedom Manual and supported by the staff and financial resources of the ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom\, these principles include such diverse topics as the need for fully cataloged and accessible collections and collections information\, the need to respond to challenged materials and issues of censorship\, the assurance of diversity in collection development\, and guarding against the economic and technological barriers to access—in all over 400 pages operationalizing a system of professional practice that is championed by the field’s highest professional organizations. \nMuseums\, too\, believe that principles of intellectual freedom are issues that matter deeply in the admittedly different nature of their work.  Yet no formal policy addressing intellectual freedom issues exists in any of the field’s leading professional organizations and few individual museums have crafted anything equivalent to the ALA’s “Library Bill of Rights” and the “Freedom to Read\,” which articulate and protect the intellectual freedom rights of visitors. \nAspiration/Obligation? Imagining Intellectual Freedom in Museums seeks to redress this gap by starting a discussion about the standards that have been established for library users and to imagine how these defining practices might be adapted in museums to assure that museum exhibitions\, collections information\, programming\, and artifacts remain available to all as we enter an uncertain future. \n  \nGuest Speakers: \nJames LaRue\, Office of Intellectual Freedom\, American Library Association \nA Model for Core Values in Museums: The Public Library and the Defense of Free Speech \n  \nSvetlana Mintcheva\, National Coalition Against Censorship \nThe Museum as Flashpoint of Controversy \n  \n  \nRespondents: \nPiotr Adamczyk\, ArtStor \nSusan Kornfield\, Bodman PLC \nJuanita Moore\, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History \n  \nFriday\, March 17 \nAmphitheatre\, Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies\, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. \n  \nIntellectual Freedom Program Schedule
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/aspirationobligation-imagining-intellectual-freedom-in-museums/
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School\, 915 E. Washington Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170216T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170217T163000
DTSTAMP:20170201T172028Z
CREATED:20170118T173306Z
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SUMMARY:Endangered Heritage conference
DESCRIPTION:War\, climate change\, globalization\, and economic development pose significant threats to the world’s natural and cultural heritage. Societies around the world share many of the same concerns\, even as specific regions\, countries\, and communities face unique challenges. \nThe symposium seeks to establish a dialogue about global heritage among invited international experts and the U-M community—exploring threats to heritage and the strategies that have been developed to mitigate these threats\, in both global and local contexts. Speakers representing Africa\, South Asia\, Southeast Asia\, East Asia\, Latin America and the Caribbean\, North Africa and the Middle East will address the challenges their respective regions are currently facing. \nFebruary 16 (UM School of Social Work) \nFebruary 17 (UM Rackham Graduate School) \n  \nposter_full schedule
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/endangered-heritage-conference/
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170210T130000
DTSTAMP:20170116T170535Z
CREATED:20170111T152317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170116T170535Z
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SUMMARY:Visual Culture in India and the Museum
DESCRIPTION:Alison Byrnes\, a member of the 2006 MSP cohort\, recently returned from seven years teaching in India\, where she initiated a new Museum Studies Program. She will discuss museums in India through the lens of visuality. There is a mismatch between the cultural signals regarding value and significance\, determined by colonial Western influences\, in the Museum\, and those that exist elsewhere in India\, such as the Temple. In her talk\, Byrnes will re-examine Martin Jay’s theory of “scopic regimes” in terms of Indian visual culture\, and discuss the role of museums in a place where rapid urban growth and globalizing influences are causing tension with the values of “tradition.” \nPresented by Alison Byrnes\, MFA\, Art & Design \n  \nFriday\, February 10 at 12:00 pm in the UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) \n  \nBrownBag_Byrnes \n 
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/visual-culture-in-india-and-the-museum/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170210T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170211T150000
DTSTAMP:20170127T160711Z
CREATED:20170118T165314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170127T160711Z
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SUMMARY:The Image Reframed: Visions of Instability
DESCRIPTION:The Museum Studies Program is proud to co-sponsor the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures 21st Charles F. Fraker conference. The two-day conference\, The Image Reframed: Visions of Instability\, will run from Friday\, February 10 to Saturday\, February 11. The conference will take place in the Michigan League.\nImages can sear\, blur\, fade\, or proliferate. Images can be captured\, scanned\, altered\, or reproduced. The image is a subject and an object; there is a categorical instability to the image that belies the hard dimensions of the frame. The conference will explore images\, the way they inform us about the past and the present\, and also the way they affect our notions of reality and personhood. \n  \nThe conference will facilitate a lively and broadly interdisciplinary engagement among Michigan students and faculty\, honored guests from around the country and the globe\, and distinguished keynote speakers Michael Taussig and W. J. T. Mitchell. \n  \nFor more information\, please visit sites.lsa.umich.edu/frakerconference \n  \nflyer \nprogram \n 
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/the-image-reframed-visions-of-instability/
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170127T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170128T180000
DTSTAMP:20170120T175629Z
CREATED:20170118T160534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170120T175629Z
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SUMMARY:Vagaries of Objectivity / Launen der Sachlichkeit
DESCRIPTION:The Museum Studies Program is proud to support a conference co-sponsored by the Departments of German and History of Art.  The two-day conference\, “Vagaries of Objectivity / Launen der Sachlichkeit” will run from Friday\, January 27 to Saturday\, January 28.  The conference will take place in the Rackham Graduate School. \nThe German word Sachlichkeit/Objectivity signifies an array of related\, yet distinct meanings–from expediency and simplicity\, to realism and functionalism. Since the late nineteenth century Sachlichkeit has circulated in many guises\, receiving both praise and condemnation\, as modern sensibility\, political disposition\, and critique of modernity. This conference brings together Michigan faculty and students\, as well as scholars in History\, German Studies\, and Art & Architectural History from around the country\, to present their research on the various implications and histories of the term Sachlichkeit/Objectivity. \nKeynote speakers include Professor Helmut Lethen (Universität Wien) and Professor Daniel Magilow (University of Tennessee\, Knoxville).  Other honored guests and University of Michigan faculty and graduate students will also participate. \nPlease see the full conference schedule attached. \nSachlichkeit Program poster
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/vagaries-of-objectivity-launen-der-sachlichkeit/
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School\, 915 E. Washington Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170113T130000
DTSTAMP:20170109T170106Z
CREATED:20170109T165255Z
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SUMMARY:“History Compels Us to be Daring": Sites of Conscience in Action Around the World
DESCRIPTION:The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience was founded in 1999 with the radical idea that historic sites had an obligation to draw a connection between the history of their sites and their contemporary implications. Today\, we are more than 200 museums\, historic sites\, parks\, memory projects\, archives\, documentation centers\, and memorials around the world.  Whether remembering an era centuries or decades ago\, Sites of Conscience begin by facing all aspects of our history: stories of great cruelty\, great courage\, or everyday life. But we go a step further\, activating the historical perspective with public dialogue on related issues we face today and what we can do about them. I will explore what it means to be a Site of Conscience in practice today\, sharing a few of the ways that Sites of Conscience pick up the unfinished work of societies\, serve as safe spaces to tell multiple stories in contentious environments\, and provide a platform for individuals to share their stories. \nPresented by Julieta Cuellar\, Global Networks Program Manager at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience where she supports global exchange and learning as well as the development and implementation of global programs for the Coalition’s members around the world.  Julieta is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin\, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and Eastern European studies.  She also attended the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and the School of International Training.  Julieta’s studies and research have focused on the politics of memory in Serbia and the Balkans. \n  \nFriday\, January 13 at 12:00 pm in the UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) \n  \nPlease note: Ms. Cuéllar’s public lecture will be followed by a special opportunity for students to meet to discuss summer internship possibilities at one of the Coalition’s sites. This meeting will take place from 1-2 pm in UMMA’s Multi-Purpose Room \nBrown Bag Flyer Jan 13
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/history-compels-us-to-be-daring-sites-of-conscience-in-action-around-the-world-2/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161209T120000
DTSTAMP:20161004T131908Z
CREATED:20160906T140522Z
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SUMMARY:Specimen Backlogs in the Age of Digitization: Strategies for Shedding Light on "Dark Data" before They Become Black Holes
DESCRIPTION:Millions of specimens and their associated data are housed in museum collections\, but only a small fraction of these are readily accessible through electronic means. These are now being referred to as “dark data” after a  term coined in the business/IT community  for the information assets that organizations collect\, process and store during regular business activities\, but generally fail to use for other purposes. Although dark data may represent significant costs\, they remain largely underutilized or unleveraged. In the context of museum collections\, these dark data are enormously valuable but untapped resources for the institution as well as the wider research and educational communities.  This has prompted many museums to step up efforts to digitize their collections so that they can be shared with a larger audience. \nSpecimen backlogs\, which may be comprised of partly cataloged or uncataloged material\, represent a substantial hindrance to the digitization of museum collections.  Backlogs may include data that are unstructured (and therefore difficult to organize) or\, in many cases\, simply unknown. Backlogs are particularly challenging when resources are limited and significant effort is required to make the data useful or accessible. In this talk I will provide an overview of digitization and organizational initiatives underway in the UM Museum of Paleontology Invertebrate Collections that are designed to deal with backlogs and “dark data” so that the value of the collections to the University and broader research/educational community is more fully realized. \nPresented by Daniel Miller – Collections Manager\, UM Paleontology Museum \nDecember 9 at 12:00 in UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125)
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/specimen-backlogs-in-the-age-of-digitization-strategies-for-shedding-light-on-dark-data-before-they-become-black-holes/
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
ORGANIZER;CN="UMMSP":MAILTO:ummsp@umich.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161206T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161206T183000
DTSTAMP:20161118T165638Z
CREATED:20160919T143536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161118T165638Z
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SUMMARY:Inclusion Requires Fracturing
DESCRIPTION:Location:  University of Michigan Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium \nAs museums strive to serve broad\, ever-diversifying publics\, it is no longer possible to deny the ways museums mirror and reinforce racial\, cultural\, and class inequities of the broader society. Skillful racial and cultural representation in interpretation and programming is not only an intellectual exercise; it is an ethical responsibility that requires fracturing the known through consistent individual and institutional self-reflection and action. This talk focuses on the challenging and often painful internal work toward developing diversity and strategies and actions supporting systemic change in museum representation\, interpretation\, and ideation. \nSwarupa Anila is director of interpretive engagement at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Key issues she pursues in interpretive planning practice include examining whose voices and perspectives are missing in museum interpretation\, how to integrate visitor voices to flatten museum and art historical knowledge hierarchies\, and how to design museum interpretation that supports dynamic\, meaningful visitor engagements with art. \nCo-sponsored by the University of Michigan Museum of Art \n  \nMSP Dec 6 Anila lecture
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/inclusion-requires-fracturing/
LOCATION:U-M Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium\, 525 S. State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="UMMSP":MAILTO:ummsp@umich.edu
GEO:42.276802;-83.738289
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161118T120000
DTSTAMP:20161115T150504Z
CREATED:20160826T131322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161115T150504Z
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SUMMARY:Access and the Archive: The Role of Documents Projects in a Digital Age
DESCRIPTION:This brown bag will examine my practicum experience working with the Documents Project at the International Center for Art of the Americas (ICAA) at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston. The ICAA is the research institute arm of the Latin American Art Curatorial Department\, headed by the renowned Latin American Art curator\, Marí Carmen Ramírez\, and assisted in direction by María C Gaztambide\, who directs the DocsProject. Its mission is to promote research of the diverse artistic production of Latin American and Latino artists from Mexico\, Central and South America\, the Caribbean\, and the United States\, in order to educate audiences about the field of Latin American art and to open new avenues of intercultural exchange and dialogue\, inside and outside the museum. This presentation will discuss the work of researchers within the documents project\, from the day-to-day minutiae to the steps in long-term strategic planning. Ultimately\, this presentation seeks to encourage dialogue on the future and importance of digital documents projects as critical co-curricular spaces within research museums. \n  \nPresented by Catalina Esguerra – MA\, PhD Candidate\, Romance Languages & Literatures \nNovember 18 at 12:00 pm in UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) \nBrownBag_Esguerra
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/access-and-the-archive-the-role-of-documents-projects-in-a-digital-age/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
ORGANIZER;CN="UMMSP":MAILTO:ummsp@umich.edu
GEO:42.276802;-83.738289
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161103T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161103T173000
DTSTAMP:20161012T143546Z
CREATED:20160919T152612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161012T143546Z
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SUMMARY:FAILURE:LAB
DESCRIPTION:Location:  University of Michigan Museum of Art\, Apse \nFAILURE:LAB provides a great opportunity to come together with members of your community and crush the stigma of failure. FAILURE:LAB is filled with storytellers and entertainers recounting their most memorable brush with failure. The audience is encouraged to share their thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag #failurelab during the performances between stories. \nEvent organized by Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.  Co-sponsored by the Museum Studies Program. \nhttp://failure-lab.com/events/uofm/
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/failurelab/
LOCATION:U-M Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium\, 525 S. State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
GEO:42.276802;-83.738289
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161101T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161101T183000
DTSTAMP:20161017T132047Z
CREATED:20160919T142751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161017T132047Z
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SUMMARY:What if?  Demand the Impossible.  On Museums and the Struggle for Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:Location:  University of Michigan Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium \nWhat if museums were to acknowledge their complicity with systemic forms of oppression\, and commit to a reparations movement as part of a process of truth and reconciliation? \nWhat if museum and exhibition programs at universities were to foster a form of fugitive studies? \nWhat if access and equity were to truly be at the center of museum work? \nThrough an exploration of current and fictitious museums\, works in progress and not yet realized projects\, this talk examines these “What if” propositions\, and takes the impossible as the only realistic option for museums in these fiercely urgent times. \nThis talk is inspired by Bill Ayers’ most recent book Demand the Impossible: A Radical Manifesto (Haymarket\, 2016)\, where he asks us to “unleash our radical imaginations and push ourselves to break the straightjackets of conventional thinking.”  Join in a conversation about how museums and other cultural institutions might fulfill a moral obligation to recognize the capacious\, colorful\, and diverse world of all that is beautiful\, true and just. \nCo-sponsored by the University of Michigan Museum of  Art. \n  \nLisa Yun Lee (PhD) is the Director of the School of Art & Art History\, an Associate Professor\, and member of the Art History\, Museum and Exhibition Studies\, and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Lisa is also the co-founder of The Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council\, an organization dedicated to creating spaces for dialogue and dissent and for reinvigorating civil society. As the previous Director of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum\, she oversaw a new core exhibition\, and reinvigorated public programming that connected the museum with contemporary social justice struggles.  She most recently served on the American Alliance of Museum’s Direct Care task force that made new recommendations around the ethics of direct care.  She researches and writes about museums and diversity\, cultural sustainability\, and spaces for fostering radically democratic practices. Lisa received her BA in Religion from Bryn Mawr College\, and a PhD in German Studies from Duke University. She is the Co-Chair of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at UIC\, and she serves on the national boards of the American Alliance of Museums\, Imagining America: Artists & Scholars in Public Life\, the Ms. Magazine Advisory Board\, and the boards of Rebuild Foundation\, the National Public Housing Museum\, Young Chicago Authors\, and 3Arts. \nLisa Yun Lee 8.5 x 11
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/whatif/
LOCATION:U-M Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium\, 525 S. State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="UMMSP":MAILTO:ummsp@umich.edu
GEO:42.276802;-83.738289
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161021T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161021T120000
DTSTAMP:20161018T143025Z
CREATED:20160826T130959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161018T143025Z
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SUMMARY:Supporting Youth through Environmental Education: Teaching\, Learning\, and Design at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Efforts to enhance the scientific capacity of youth often target schools and focus on reforming the existing science curriculum. An often overlooked and underestimated venue for science teaching\, learning\, and design are out-of-school settings. Everyday experiences in these settings can support science learning for a wide range of youth and help develop positive associations with science and influence people’s identities as science learners. Learning experiences in these settings have the potential to reflect a view of science as influenced by individual youth experience as well as social and historical contexts. This presentation will explore the challenges and potential for the development of a non-residential nature experience at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. It will cover the theoretical underpinning that guides its design and the tension inherent in institutions that tend to represent or reflect the dominant culture\, which can present a conflict for those from non-dominant groups. \nPresented by Benjamin Tupper – PhD Candiate\, Educational Studies/Science Education \nOctober 21 at 12:00 pm in UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) \nBrownBag_Tupper
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/supporting-youth-through-environmental-education-teaching-learning-and-design-at-the-matthaei-botanical-gardens/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
ORGANIZER;CN="UMMSP":MAILTO:ummsp@umich.edu
GEO:42.276802;-83.738289
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161013T171000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161013T171000
DTSTAMP:20160919T143758Z
CREATED:20160919T141334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160919T143758Z
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SUMMARY:Tactics for the Anthropocene: Not an Alternative
DESCRIPTION:Location:  Michigan Theater (603 E. Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor) \nNot An Alternative is a NY-based collective that works at the intersection of art\, activism\, and critical theory. Its mission is to affect popular understandings of histories\, symbols\, and institutions through the occupation and redeployment of popular vernacular\, semiotics\, and memes. Named in The New York Times and ArtNet’s “Best in Art in 2015” round-ups\, the group’s work has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally. Their latest project\, The Natural History Museum\, is a mobile and pop-up museum that highlights the socio-political forces that shape nature\, yet are excluded from traditional natural history museums. \nPresenting for the group\, co-founder Beka Economopoulos is the VP at Fission Strategy\, a consultancy specializing in new media communications. She is also a senior trainer and Advisory Board member at the New Organizing Institute. \nSupported by the University of Michigan Museum of Natural Historyand the University of Michigan Museum Studies Program.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/tactics-for-the-anthropocene-not-an-alternative/
LOCATION:Michigan Theater\, 603 E. Liberty St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
GEO:42.2797767;-83.7420095
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20161004T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20161004T183000
DTSTAMP:20160930T154551Z
CREATED:20160919T135019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160930T154551Z
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SUMMARY:Taking a Look in the Mirror: Transformative Change within Museums
DESCRIPTION:Location:  University of Michigan Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium \nMuseums do not exist in a vacuum. The external environment around museums is in a state of constant change. Yet\, it seems as though museums continue to approach diversity and inclusion work through community outreach and programs. It is time for museums to transform. We must look internally at organizational culture and traditional work practices in order to spark transformative change across the field. This talk focuses on concepts and practices to shift work culture to help museums evolve into inclusive institutions. \nChris Taylor blends passion for history\, diversity\, and inclusion work in his job as the Chief Inclusion Officer at the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS). As part of the Executive Leadership Team of the organization\, he is responsible for creating and implementing a strategic vision to create an inclusive work culture and help staff develop inclusive work practices. In addition\, he works to build healthy\, sustainable relationships with the many diverse communities of Minnesota. \nChris Taylor lecture anouncement
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/taking-a-look-in-the-mirror-transformative-change-within-museums/
LOCATION:U-M Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium\, 525 S. State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Negotiating Slavery? The Politics of Memory and the Transformations of a State Museum in Colombia
DESCRIPTION:In a context of controversy surrounding the peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla movement\, the country’s museums are currently experiencing deep transformations. State museums in particular face the challenge of becoming more democratic and inclusive institutions even as they remain subject to the policies and programs of the government in power. This presentation discusses the challenges of curating an exhibition about slavery in New Granada at the Museo Colonial\, a state museum in Bogotá\, Colombia. It explores ongoing questions about the role of the curator in negotiating different approaches to the question of how a state museum should interpret the history of slavery in a context of institutional transformation and debates about memory and national reconciliation. The presentation also addresses the challenges and opportunities for incorporating Afro-Colombian communities into the process of representing their own history given the structures of the museum and the Colombian state. \n  \nPresented by Ana Silva – PhD candidate\, History \nSeptember 23 at 12:00 in UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125)
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/negotiating-slavery-the-politics-of-memory-and-the-transformations-of-a-state-museum-in-colombia/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art\, First Floor\, Multi-Purpose Room\, 525 South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160921T180000
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SUMMARY:"Less than Perfect" - exhibition opening lecture
DESCRIPTION:September 21\, MSP Director and Curator/Professor of Archaeology\, Carla Sinopoli\, will present an opening lecture about the exhibit that she curated\, “Less Than Perfect.” The lecture will be held at the UM Museum of Art at 6:00 pm\, and a reception will follow at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology where the items are on exhibit. \nhttps://lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/exhibitions/special-exhibitions.html
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/less-than-perfect-exhibition-opening-lecture/
LOCATION:U-M Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium\, 525 S. State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160826
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SUMMARY:Less than Perfect exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Location:  Kelsey Museum of Archaeology \nIn our society\, we are taught to strive for and expect perfection. Yet throughout our lives\, we learn as much or more from our flaws and failures as we do from our successes. Less Than Perfect celebrates failure and the lessons it teaches. Featuring objects that span more than 2000 years and four continents\, this exhibition explores the stories they tell about their makers\, their making\, and their use. \nThe exhibition—with objects from the Kelsey Museum\, the Museum of Art\, and the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology— is organized around three themes. Failed Perfection presents archaeological objects that failed in production to explore how researchers use them to study about ancient technologies. Deliberate Imperfection features beautiful and finely crafted objects whose makers deliberately introduced asymmetries or other imperfections into their products—and considers why artists choose to make imperfect things. Restoring Perfection highlights artifacts that were repaired in antiquity by people who strove to restore usefulness and beauty to broken or damaged objects. \nTogether these themes allow visitors to ponder the tensions between perfection and imperfection in their own lives and to explore how people in diverse cultures have addressed this divide. \nGuest curator:  Carla Sinopoli
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/less-than-perfect-exhibition/
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology\, 434  South State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160414T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160414T124500
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SUMMARY:New Voices and Detroit Museums: From Midtown and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Today\, the city of Detroit is once again taking its place at the heart of the United States’ cultural landscape—as a center of creativity\, imagination\, artistic production and social activism. Playing a key role in the new-found optimism that is taking root in Detroit are the city’s museums. Old and new institutions—from the Detroit Institute of Arts to the Michigan Science Center\, Charles Wright Museum of African American History\, the Belle Isle Conservancy\, and many other established and emerging museums and cultural institutions—have been infused with new energy\, fueled by exciting leaders and a renewed interest in the potential offered by Detroit’s public spaces. \nThe University of Michigan Museum Studies Program is pleased to host a half-day event exploring the myriad ways that Detroit’s museums are shaping the city’s present and future. This multi-format three-hour program features museum leaders and emerging professionals who will share their vision and contributions to this important work. Speakers include Dr. Tonya Matthews (President and CEO\, Michigan Science Center)\, Director Salvador Salort-Pons (Director\, President\, and CEO\, Detroit Institute of Arts)\, art historian and artist\, Professor Jeffrey Abt (Wayne State University)\, and three emerging leaders from Wayne State University’s Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program. \nFriday\, April 15 \n9:30 am – 12:45 pm \nUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium \nDetroit workshop program
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/new-voices-and-detroit-museums-from-midtown-and-beyond/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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