Summer Arts Scavenger Hunt

June 29: Q: What 2017 Oscar winning musical film is playing at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival on July 2nd? Which U-M Alum wrote the lyrics for the film? What memorable mistake was made at the Oscar’s involving this film?

We'll post a series of questions each week in this slot from May through August. All of the answers can be found online, but some require the clever use of a search engine. Save your answers throughout the summer and we'll ask you to submit them via Google Form by Sunday, September 3rd.

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The Accolades: Outstanding Achievement by a Student Organization in FILM & VIDEO!

The Accolades Award Outstanding Achievement by a Student Organization in FILM & VIDEO went to WOLV TV. WOLV TV is the only student-run television station at the University of Michigan. WOLV has a rich tradition of presenting news spanning from local campus news to international events in a manner accessible and interesting to students. In our state-of-the-art studio, students in WOLV TV have the opportunity to create incredible television from numerous roles. Whether behind the scenes filming, producing, or in front of the camera talent, students learn fundamental skills for television production.

Want to share your own poetic genius? Submit a haiku to arts@umich.edu. It’s easy — 5 syllables, then 7, then 5!

Check out our past Haikus on the archive page!

UpstART 200 Archive Feature

UpstART 200 is a year-long project for students and alumni to creatively respond to U-M's 200-year history via "making". Students and alumni can apply for maker grants of up to $1,000 to create 200+ new works of all kinds, inspired by an online archive of historic or culturally significant work that is held by or related to U-M.

Featured Archive Item: Chrysalis



Based in Oakland, California, book artist Julie Chen creates spectacular artists’ books at her studio, Flying Fish Press. The University owns several of her books, including Chrysalis, which takes the form of a caterpillar inside a chrysalis when closed, and opens into a beautiful, butterfly-like form. Chrysalis, like all artists’ books, calls into question what makes an object a book, and uses the language of books to share its message and meaning with those who experience it. --University Library

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Blogs, Revisited
looking back on the blogs from the past year "Moonlight has no fears about shoving us face first into questions of what it means to be human without bothering to answer them."

[art]seen blogger Phillip Wachowiak reviewed the film Moonlight back in March. Read the full review ››

"What actually is real is a grandpa who cannot deliver the eulogy for his wife, because she touched his heart for a lifetime instead of just 90 minutes."

arts, ink. columnist Marius Lex explored reality versus the movies back in January. Read the full entry here ››

Arts at Michigan: Call for Student Web Designer
Arts at Michigan is hiring! We're looking for a student Web Designer to help maintain, update, and design new pages and features on our website! If you have strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, MySQL, PHP, Javascript, etc., visit the Student Employment website and take a look at Job ID 32343! We're hoping to have someone start before the fall semester!

56th Ann Arbor Film Festival Call for Entries
The 56th Ann Arbor Film Festival will officially welcome entries​ of animation, documentary, experimental, and narrative shorts and feature length films beginning July 1st, 2017! The six day festival will take place March 20-25, 2018 at the historic Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Michigan and presents nearly 40 programs, screening over 180 films from over 20 countries of all lengths and genres.

Does your group have an upcoming audition? Do you have an opportunity for U-M students? Add it to our calendar via this form and we'll help promote it here in our newsletter!