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Current FeaturesIn Focus: New Albers Acquisition
To open eyes: this was the stated goal of Josef Albers in his teaching and his art. His particular interest
was opening our eyes to the interactions of color. In art he produced from the 1930s through the 1970s,
Albers used specific constellations of forms-nested squares or, as here, an array of rectangles-
executed in an infinite combination of colors to demonstrate how colors advance, recede, and bend when
juxtaposed in different ways.
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A conversation between UMMA Director Joe Rosa and philanthropist, collector, and UMMA lead benefactor Maxine Frankel on the occasion of the Museum's special exhibition Mark di Suvero: Tabletops, on view through February 26, 2012, which features works from the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art.
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Occasionally an exhibition or project at the Museum of Art inspires a member of UMMA's extended community to respond with an important addition to the Museum's collections. This is the case with the exhibition last fall devoted to UMMA's important collection of prints by the American artist James McNeill Whistler.
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During fall and winter semesters, The Ark at UMMA Student Songwriters Series offers students the opportunity to perform original songs at the Museum and compete for a final prize-the chance to open for a show at The Ark, one of the country's premier acoustic music venues. The series, which is open to students from UM, Eastern Michigan University, Concordia University, and Washtenaw Community College, attracts both experienced songwriters and those who are stepping out for the very first time. Beyond simply offering a stage, the series is an invaluable introduction to the music industry.
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One afternoon early this winter, visitors at UMMA could hear a tour group softly singing, their voices trailing from the balcony near the Joan and Bob Tisch Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art. Led by UMMA docents in front of Sol Le Witt's series of aquatints, Stars, the activity was one of the unique approaches that docents have developed to engage Museum visitors who are living with dementia.
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The University of Michigan Museum of Art has been recognized as one of ten
projects worldwide with the 2011 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honor Award for
Architecture, the profession's highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence.
The recipients will be honored at the AIA 2011 national convention in New Orleans in
May.
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Come to UMMA on a Friday afternoon and you may find a UM student leading a tour in the galleries. This is not a student working on a class project, but a member of UMMA's volunteer Student Docent Program. In addition to leading "Lunchtime Tours" and "Storytime at the Museum" events for children on the weekends, student docents have the opportunity to deeply engage with the art and the Museum in a variety of ways.
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UMMA Senior Conservator Kewei Wang has been keeping busy in the beautifully outfitted new Robert B. Jacobs Asian Art Conservation Lab since the Museum's reopening. In August she completed a condition survey of over 200 Chinese paintings from the Seattle Art Museum, UMMA’s first project for this important West Coast collection.. >> With UMMA’s expanded ability to showcase its until now largely hidden array of Tiffany objects, Ann Arbor has become one of three must-see sights-in addition to the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Morse Museum in Florida-on any Tiffany pilgrimage. As a worldwide brand, Tiffany conjures images of luxury, status, and quality. Tiffany & Co. was founded in New York in 1837 by Charles Tiffany, as a purveyor of stationary, jewelry, and other “fancy goods.” His son, Louis Comfort Tiffany, embarked on a career as an artist at age 18, and though he began as a painter, Tiffany turned to the decorative arts at the suggestion of a silver designer at Tiffany & Co. It’s been said that Tiffany’s glasswork reflects his early expressive watercolors. >> |