Summer Arts Scavenger Hunt

May 25: Q: Which artist curated the exhibition TEXT / IMAGE at The Ann Arbor Art Center? Which city is the curator based in? Which Ginger Ale brand, the oldest surviving in the US, was created in this city? What is the official name of the gnome mascot who adorns the bottles?

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 EVENT PRODUCTION

The Accolades award for Outstanding Achievement by a Student Organization in EVENT PRODUCTION went to MUSIC Matters. MUSIC Matters is a student organization built to combine the power of music with the enthusiasm of college students to bring our campus together and make a difference in our community. In order to do so, MUSIC Matters hosts SpringFest each spring, a daylong festival that is a mash-up of innovation, arts, identity, sustainability, music, and social justice groups on campus. The day of festivities is one of the largest student-run events at the University and caps off with an evening charity concert bringing students together for an important cause. Watch a highlight reel from SprintFest 2016 here.

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: Alice in Wonderland Game



This Alice in Wonderland card game from the 1920s is featured in a University of Michigan exhibit called "'Curiouser and Curiouser!': Exploring Wonderland with Alice". It consists of sixteen groups of three cards featuring colorized illustrations modeled on those of Sir John Tenniel. Notably, the color scheme used is that from The Nursery Alice (1890), in which Alice’s frock is a sunny yellow, rather than the sky blue later popularized by Disney. The card game operates along the same lines as “Go Fish.” Each player’s goal is to collect all of the cards, which is accomplished by showing a “lead” card that names the other two cards in its group. For example, ALICE AND THE MUSHROOM directs the player to "Find the 'Caterpillar' and the 'Puppy," while THE DUCHESS WITH BABY requires the ‘Fish-Footman’ and the ‘Frog-Footman'.

Submit artwork in response to this item here »»

Blogs, Revisited
looking back on the blogs from the past year "I was amazed by how seemingly effortlessly tenor Michele Angelini soared above the orchestra, and equally overwhelmed by bass Shenyang’s potent but tasteful resonant timbre."

[art]seen blogger kschubring reviewed the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and UMS Choral Union's performance of Handel’s Messiah back in December. Read the full review ››

"Should you choose to run away from the hotel and live your life amongst the “loners” then you have to exchange an old set of rules for entirely new ones. In other words, escape does not equal freedom in this world."

arts, ink. columnist WillJang reviewed the film The Lobster back in November. 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!

Gifts of Art: Call for Exhibits for the Michigan Medicine Extended
The Gifts of Art Program at the University of Michigan's call for exhibiting artists has been extended to May 31st.

CJS Summer Photo Contest 2017
Entrants must have participated in a U-M supported, Japan-based study, research, and/or internship experience between May 1st and Aug 31st, 2017. Examples include (but are not limited to) CGIS programs, Japan Internship Initiative placements, and study/work abroad experiences organized or funded by U-M units. All U-M students are eligible to enter. Prizes will be awarded at a reception to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners and selected photos will be displayed in a special exhibition at Slurping Turtle Ann Arbor during Fall 2017. Learn more and enter here ››

Ann Arbor in Concert Spring Awakening Auditions
Auditions are June 5th, & 6th at Tappan Middle School. If you would like to be considered for one of the student roles please prepare a contemporary musical 16-bar or a song from the show. If you would like to be considered for one of the adult roles please be prepared to read a scene from the show (sides provided on website). Feel free to email questiosn to info@a2ic.org.

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!