Summer Arts Scavenger Hunt

August 17: Q: Which influential American architect known for his "organic architecture" has 33 buildings in Michigan? Which of these buildings reside in the same city as the Cranbrook Art Museum? Which artist exhibited his unique Soundsuits at the Cranbrook Museum in 2015? What was used in a procession during this artist's project Heard•Detroit?

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: SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD!



The Accolades SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD went to Michigan Sahana. Michigan Sahana is an Indian Classical Music and Dance organization. Each spring Michigan Sahana showcases eight to nine different Indian performance groups on campus, namely U-M’s Bollywood teams, Raas and Bhangra teams, Indian A Capella group, and classical groups for their hallmark production That Brown Show (TBS). The main goal of TBS is to build solidarity and show unity in the Indian performance community on campus through performing on one stage. Through bringing the entire campus Indian performance community together and cultivating inter-team relations throughout the semester preceding the concert, TBS serves to strengthen sustainable relationships within the Indian arts community.

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: A Very Potter Musical



"A coalition of writers, directors, actors, and designers, Starkid formed at U-M in 2009 and has pioneered the use of the Internet as a new and innovative way to produce theatre, beginning with A Very Potter Musical (Basement Arts, 2009). Starkid gained national recognition after posting videos of the Harry Potter series parody musical on YouTube." -MIchigan Today

Submit artwork in response to this item here »»

Blogs, Revisited
looking back on the blogs from the past year "Although the translations of the French and Italian songs were readily available in the program book, I decided not to follow along. I found the experience of imagining the story based on the emotions portrayed by the composer and the performers to be far more engaging and enjoyable."

[art]seen blogger kschubring reviewed Michael Fabiano and Martin Katz's performance back in April. Read the full review ››

"There are layers of fantasy to the multiverse of The Magicians – first there’s the ‘real world’ fantasy of Brakebills, which obviously echoes Hogwarts from Harry Potter, and deeper in, there’s the even more fantastical parallel universe of Fillory, which obviously echoes Narnia."

arts, ink. columnist Benjamin Rosenstock reviewed the first book of The Magicians trilogy back in March. Read the full entry here ››

Enter the As I See It Literary Competition!


Arts at Michigan is seeking student literary works for the As I See It Literary Competition! Tell us about your University of Michigan experience in 200 words or less. Looking for inspiration? Check out the UpstART 200 archive of historic or culturally significant work that is held by or related to U-M. A winner will be selected and will receive a $200 gift card to Literati Bookstore! Deadline: September 21

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!

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!