CC Recipients

Towards Inclusive Practice: Japanese Papermaking Workshop and the Art of Tenacity

September 15th 2023
Endi Poskovic, ARTDES 348 (Japanese Papermaking and Water Printing)

With the new mitsumata/gampi/kozo fibers garden pots being installed outside Stamps School, this is the first time the ARTDES 348 class can encompass all aspects of traditional and present-day papermaking. Essentially, the students and I were able to grow and harvest the shrub plants used in the production of raw fibers for making the pulp and the sheets. I have been awarded U-M Arts Initiative | Arts & Resistance Theme Semester funding in support of the above mentioned activity.

September 16th 2023
Jungah Han, THTREMUS 460 (Scenic Design III)

The purpose of this research activity was to encourage the students to be more active to find the visual resources from the trustworthy collection of the miniature Thorne rooms. In addition to this activity, the students examined the special exhibitions and other art forms from this visit.

September 19th 2023
Ashley Lucas, LATINOAM 311/RCHUMS 334.008/THTREMUS 399.012 (Latina/o Theatre for Social Change)

Playwright/actor Alex Alpharaoh visited my class, talked to my students about his play WET: A DACAMENTED JOURNEY, and taught them about the process of writing a piece of theatre for social change.

September 19th 2023
T Hetzel, Digital Studies/Writing 200 (Art of Podcasting: Art & Resistance)

Clare Toeniskoetter spoke to the students *in-person* in our classroom about her experience as a senior producer of the podcast The Daily (NYT), how she finds stories she cares about and how she pitches, researches and packages them. She talked about her work covering the beginning of the war in Ukraine and traveling with refugees, as well as her recent collaboration with a reporter in South Africa, about a large fire in a residential building in Johannesburg.

September 23rd 2023
Scott Beal, LSWA 125 (Writing About Arts and Resistance)

We visited various locations in Detroit to see art, with a focus on street art and graffiti, but also included some gallery art. We met with an established graffiti artist and muralist with high-profile murals in Dequindre Cut, Eastern Market, and Lincoln St. Art Park (Fel3000ft). Students were encouraged to take photos and to choose one work of street art seen on the tour to write an essay about for class.

September 28th 2023
Matthew Thompson, Voice 139/140, 239/240, 339/340, 439/440, 539/540, 639/640, 891, 995 (Voice)

The class attended a concert, which we had a discussion about the concert at our next meeting. All voice performance majors are required to present (a) song recital(s) at the end of their degree studies, which creates immediate and obvious parallels.

October 10th 2023
Elizabeth Goodenough, RCHUMS 337 (Children Under Fire)

Yelena Lembersky traveled to UM (her alma mater) from Boston to present to the class and interact personally with students and other attendees around her experiences. She showed the art of Felix Lembersky, her grandfather, discussed her recent co-authored memoir, and hosted an exhibition.

October 24th 2023
Kiana Cook, DANCE 100.0012 (Intro to Krump)

The class hosted guest artist, Jerwaun "Renegade" Suddun, to teach a Krump foundation class with Reggie "Banga" Williams as serving as a live DJ. Renegade is one of the leaders of Michigan's Krump community with over 10 years of experience in Krump culture. Reggie "Banga" Williams is Michigan-based Krump dance practitioner and Krump music producer having won a national Krump producer competition.

November 3rd 2023
Christianne Myers, THTREMUS 270 (Costume Design 1)

The class attended a performance by DakhaBrakha as part of the UMS season. Additionally, students collaboratively read chapters from Camille Benda's book, "Dressing the Resistance" and she gave a guest lecture in my course.

November 7th 2023
Marie McCarthy, MUSED 341 (TEACHING GENERAL MUSIC IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL)

Unleashing and unlocking creative potential is one of the greatest gifts a teacher can give to their students (and vice-versa!). To give a real-world example of how this can work, music teacher John Churchville draws on experiences teaching 4th-9th grade students to show what can happen with successful collaboration over time. The guest instructor shared tips for creating original music with students, guidelines for creative projects, and online resources to foster creativity.

November 8th 2023
Fangfei Miao, DANCE 444, DANCE 103 (Dance Across Borders; Tai Chi Fusion Contemporary Physical Practice)

Kate Jewett, the rehearsal director of Shen Wei Dance Arts who has worked with Shen for almost 20 years, had a three day residency (Nov.6-8) at the U-M Department of Dance and set his masterpiece Map (excerpt) for the students as well as teach two workshops of Shen's dance technique. The department of dance students presented a studio-based showing of Map on Nov.8. Seen as "one of the greatest artists of our time" by New York Times, Shen Wei is a world-renowned Chinese-American choreographer, painter, and visual artist who has won numerous awards including the MacArthur “Genius Grant” and Nijinsky Award for Emerging Choreographer.

November 13th 2023
Rebekah Modrak, ARTDES 115 (Studio 2D)

The class engaged in a week-long workshop with University of North Texas Arts Education Professor Nadine Kalin. Professor Kalin calls for recommitment towards the politics of critical creativity for the public good, and argues for the harnessing of creativity to rethink society.

November 15th 2023
Sara Awartani, AMCULT 103-002 (Latinx Freedom Dreams)

Marisal Vera (novelist) and Alyssa Vera (playwright and reproductive justice activist) are a mother/daughter duo from Puerto Rican Chicago. Alyssa (in-person) and Marisel (joining virtually) hosted a participatory theater workshop based on their play, You Can’t Cover the Sky With Your Hand, on Wednesday, November 15 at 2 PM. The workshop, open to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as the general public, emphasized lived experiences, and the building and embodying of new worlds and new ways of moving, beyond just wrestling with our own oppressions.

The Art of Musical Protest

November 15th 2023
Derek Vaillant, COMM 490 (Music and Meditation)

The class attended a concert with students of a musical artist known for political activism within the artistic space and public arena. The genres included folk, rap & hip-hop, etc.

Two international DJ Performances - DJ Chapín- Oct 25 (Guatemala) + DJ Trippy (Nov 20) coming from Detroit to UM

November 20th 2023
Teresa Satterfield, Spanish 385:002 (Race & Ethnicity in the Spanish-speaking World- The language of Reggaeton)

We invited professional DJs of color from 'oppressed' areas to come share their vision of this music and their expertise as DJs on issues of race/gender/political impact, especially relating songs to our course's theme questions (see below). These visits afforded us a valuable opportunity to have an open dialogue with artists that would be most helpful for our classroom goals.

February 14th 2024
Charles Garrett, Musicology 140 (History of US Musics)

Laura Jackson, music conductor and director of Nevada's Reno Philharmonic Orchestra since 2009, visited my required undergraduate core course for music majors and discussed her musical journey to this premiere conducting position, including challenges facing women in classical music leadership positions, engaged in conversation with me, and answered questions for student musicians in the course (nearly all of whom seek to succeed as professional musicians).

February 15th 2024
Endi Poskovic, ARTDES 443 and ARTDES 220 (ARTDES 443 Hybrid Printmedia and 2. ARTDES 220 Second Year Studio)

This project is a creative collaboration between students in my two classes ARTDES 443 Hybrid Printmedia-Expanded Practices, and ARTDES 220 Second Years Studio and a visiting artist and Stamps alumna currently based in Detroit Katie Mongoven, who will jointly produce a series of experimental works informed by the artist’s work