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Share Your Genius

About

Arts at Michigan is dedicated to providing a platform for University of Michigan students to share their artistic voice and creativity. Share Your Genius is a suite of programs meant to showcase those voices and visions. A few of the programs are displayed here, and more can be found through the link below.

Haiku of the Week

Each week we feature a Haiku of The Week in our newsletter. Here are the past haikus we’ve featured, written by the Michigan community. Want to share your own poetic genius? Submit a haiku to arts@umich.edu. It's easy - 5 syllables, then 7, then 5!.

Competitions & Exhibitions

Student Competitions & Exhibitions

Arts at Michigan believes there is an artist inside each of us. These competitions are your opportunity to share your artistic genius, exhibit your work for the University community and win some prizes! Competitions will be held periodically throughout the year, with calls for art using different themes and mediums. Submissions are narrowed down by staff, and then the finalists are voted on by the public in the Unions and by the U-M Community online. Winners get great prizes, so be sure you’re signed up for Arts Info, our weekly email, so you’ll hear about our future contests and opportunities.

Science as Art

Arts at Michigan and ArtsEngine hold an annual Science as Art exhibition, featuring student artwork inspired by and demonstrating scientific ideas and principles. Awards are given out for Best in Show and a range of other categories across a wide range of media.

Events Calendar

About

It's searchable by date, time and genre (music, dance, theatre, visual arts, and more), so you can view the events of interest to you and plan out your schedule. Our database also contains opportunities for students to audition and submit work to University and community organizations alike.

Arts Today

Campus Creatives

Amateur Hour Stand-Up Comedy

The best way to enjoy life is through comedy. Amateur Hour provides an opportunity for anyone interested in comedy to learn and perform stand-up, as well as meet the quirks who also enjoy laughing and making people laugh. The club meets weekly to work on individual stand-up sets in Mason Hall. These meetings are a safe environment for comedians to share bits and have other comedians give feedback. All club members are encouraged, but not required, to perform in any of our monthly stand-up shows (3 per semester). Many Amateur Hour comedians perform at local Ann Arbor area stand-up shows as well. The club makes an effort to organize a group of club members to attend these shows together so that club-members can feel a bit more confident reaching out to the greater Ann Arbor community. We hope one can learn and perform stand-up comedy club after joining the club as well as meet other comedians sharing a similar interest of comedy.

Photo Credits

Many of the pages on our site feature photography from students and alumni from the university. We change the photographs and designs periodically and submissions are welcome.

U-M Arts & Culture

Visit U-M's Arts & Culture website to keep up with the latest arts news, and to explore the University's museums, cultural attractions, performance venues, public art, and more.

Arts Info

Arts Info is Arts at Michigan’s weekly newsletter for anyone interested in the arts! It includes events, exhibits, calls, advocacy, contests, and other interesting arts information.