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Programs and Tours
Special thanks to the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan for its support of communications and marketing strategies to promote collaborative programming at UMMA in 2009-2010. LS&A Museum Theme YearThe Wednesday Night Museums Lecture Series continues at UMMA featuring museum professionals from across the country and as wide ranging as Anthony Shelton, Director of the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology, to UM’s own Bruce Conforth, first curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to a round table discussion on the History of UM as told through its Museums. All programs are held at 7:30 pm in the Helmut Stern Auditorium. As part of the Museum Theme Year, UM Department of Screen Arts and Culture’s Projectorhead film series held at UMMA focuses on museums. Films will be screened every Thursday evening at 7 pm in the Helmut Stern Auditorium. Please see the Museum Theme Year website at www.lsa.umich.edu/museumstheme for details about these events and the many other engaging activities lined up for the winter term. February 2 [Music and Dance] [UMS at UMMA]--> UMS at UMMAMasterpieces Revealed Series In this series local artists and UM faculty provide a step-by-step exploration of some of the artistic works presented during the UMS season through live performance and discussion, deconstructing the nuances of performance and explaining what turns a piece into a “masterpiece.”
Music of The Bad Plus UM Jazz Professor and saxophonist/composer Andrew Bishop will lead a program surrounding the eclectic and unforgettable music of the group The Bad Plus. With collaborators in tow, Bishop will use performance and discussion to help deconstruct why exactly their music is so distinctive and genre defying. This event is presented in conjunction with The Bad Plus’s main stage concert at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre on February 4. February 4 Zell Visiting Writers SeriesUMMA is pleased to be the site for the Department of English Program in Creative Writing Zell Visiting Writers Series, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from UM alumna Helen Zell (’64). For more information, please see www.lsa.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/mfaeve.asp.
Adam Haslett Adam Haslett’s short story collection, You Are Not a Stranger Here, was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. It has been translated into 15 languages. He lives in New York. UM Department of Screen Arts and Culture’s Projectorhead film seriesAs part of the Museum Theme Year, UM Department of Screen Arts and Culture’s Projectorhead film series held at UMMA focuses on museums. Films will be screened every Thursday evening at 7 pm in the Helmut Stern Auditorium. Please see the Museum Theme Year website at www.lsa.umich.edu/museumstheme for details about these events and the many other engaging activities lined up for the winter term. For more information, please contact Mary Lou Chlipala at (734)763-4087
Secret Museums (Peter Woditsch, 2009, 77 min.) Throughout the ages, erotic art has been created by some of the world's best-known artists, but it is rarely on public display. Whether it is held in private collections, or kept under lock and key in museums and libraries worldwide, erotic art and literature remains censored. But when graphic, even extreme sexual imagery is freely available on the Internet, why is erotic art considered so dangerous that it must be prohibited? Filmed in England, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the U.S., Secret Museums explores the locked rooms, warehouses, museum cellars, bank safes and private homes where erotica is hidden, from the British Museum and the National Library of France to Munich's National Graphics Collection and the Vatican, home of the world's largest collection of pornography. Gaining access to carefully guarded collections with names such as "Secretum," "Gabinetto Segreto" and "L'Enfer," the film reveals books and images never before filmed or photographed. Secret Museums features interviews with wealthy collectors, museum curators and guides, librarians, authors, gallery directors, art restorers and experts in erotic art, who discuss the reasons for the cultural suppression and control of erotic art; how institutional gatekeepers, as the protectors of public morality, decide what is acceptable; the difficulty of some in accepting sexuality as an appropriate subject for art; the compulsion to assemble private collections; and how many erotic masterpieces remain hidden today. February 5 An Economy of Means: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection programs
Film Screening Herb and Dorothy tells the extraordinary story of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, who managed to build an extremely important contemporary art collections with very modest means. They collected artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Most of those they supported and befriended in this process went on to become world-renowned artists including Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, and Chuck Close. February 6 History of Art SymposiumContemporary Strategies in Documentary Photography This two-part symposium (Part I is January 30) explores new practices in documentary photography through the work of some of its most important contemporary practitioners. The talk will be followed by a panel discussion.
Part II: Allan Sekula and Sally Stein Since the 1970s, Allan Sekula has been on the forefront of documentary practice in his dual role as both photographer and theoretician. Sally Stein is an art historian whose field is the history of photography with particular interest in American photography of the New Deal era. Feminist issues and methodology inform her writing. This symposium will address issues of importance to socially and politically engaged photographers. Guided Tours
Tradition Transformed UMS at UMMA
Sô Percussion In our ongoing partnership with UMS, UMMA is delighted to be the venue for the presentation of this exciting Brooklyn-based quartet. Since coming together at the Yale School of Music in 1999, Sô Percussion has been creating music that is at turns raucous and touching, barbarous and heartfelt. Called “astonishing and entrancing” by Billboard Magazine, “brilliant” by the New York Times, Sô Percussion’s innovative work with today’s most exciting composers and their own original music has quickly helped them forge a unique and diverse career. The early show features an all-Steve Reich program, including Mallet Quartet, written specifically for Sô Percussion. A unique second set—the “promenade concert”—begins in the Apse and then leads audiences in a procession through the Museum. Both concerts are general admission; tickets are $40. UMS will offer some student tickets at a reduced price as part of the winter half-price student ticket sale. Visit the UMS website (www.ums.org) or contact the ticket office at 734.764.2538. February 7 Guided Tours
The New UMMA
Tradition Transformed An Economy of Means: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection programs
Film Screening Herb and Dorothy tells the extraordinary story of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, who managed to build an extremely important contemporary art collections with very modest means. They collected artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Most of those they supported and befriended in this process went on to become world-renowned artists including Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, and Chuck Close. Film Screenings
Dekalog po Dekalogu / The Decalogue... After the Decalogue The Decalogue... After the Decalogue is a cycle of documentaries (in Polish with English subtitles) based on Beata Januchta’s concept of an elevator trip through reality. This project is an explicit reference to Krzysztof Kieslowski’s The Decalogue, which premiered 20 years ago and inspired the series. A new generation of directors developed these films about ordinary people—at times disoriented, overwhelmed, and in search of their identity. Each part is an original interpretation of one of the Ten Commandments posing a question, a statement, or a puzzle. Presented in partnership with the Copernicus Endowment and the Center for Russian and East European Studies. February 9 Tuesday Night Lecture SeriesTranslating Knowledge; Global Perspectives on Museums and Community Translating Knowledge considers strategies for engaging the peoples whose lives and histories are presented in the museum in the complicated processes of interpreting culture. This yearlong lecture series organized by the UM Museum Studies Program brings 10 scholars to the University of Michigan from around the world. These scholars’ work offers new paradigms for confronting the social and political challenges of representation in the museum. Each participant will present a lecture that examines the theory and a workshop that explores the practice of their community-engaged scholarship.
Sheila Watson February 10 Tuesday Night Lecture Series (workshop)
Sheila Watson February 11 Zell Visiting Writers SeriesUMMA is pleased to be the site for the Department of English Program in Creative Writing Zell Visiting Writers Series, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from UM alumna Helen Zell (’64). For more information, please see https://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/webster.asp.
John Burnside John Burnside has published eleven collections of poetry, including Feast Days (1992), winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, The Asylum Dance (2000), winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award and The Good Neighbour, (2005). His most recent collections are Gift Songs (2007) and The Hunt in the Forest (2009). He is also the author of a collection of short stories, Burning Elvis (2000), and seven novels, including The Dumb House (1997), Living Nowhere (2003), The Devil’s Footprints (2007) and Glister (2008). His memoir, A Lie About My Father, was published in 2006 and was awarded the Saltire Book of the Year and the Scottish Arts Council Non-Fiction Book of the Year awards. He lives in Fife, Scotland, with his wife and sons. He is a Professor of English at the University of St Andrews, where he teaches American poetry, literature and ecology, and creative writing. UM Department of Screen Arts and Culture’s Projectorhead film seriesAs part of the Museum Theme Year, UM Department of Screen Arts and Culture’s Projectorhead film series held at UMMA focuses on museums. Films will be screened every Thursday evening at 7 pm in the Helmut Stern Auditorium. Please see the Museum Theme Year website at www.lsa.umich.edu/museumstheme for details about these events and the many other engaging activities lined up for the winter term. For more information, please contact Mary Lou Chlipala at (734)763-4087
The Hermitage Dwellers (Aliona van der Horst, 2003, 73 min.) The Hermitage Dwellers is as much about the people who work in Russia's renowned museum as it is about the glorious art works housed in this St. Petersburg institution. We meet with several "Hermitage-niks"—including Olga Bogdanova, the head of museum maintenance, icon curator Alexandra Kostsova, museum attendant Valentina Barbashova, and art handler Vadim Kuptsov, among others—each of whom explains their own very personal reasons for considering the palace of Catherine the Great their "home." For Russians the Hermitage is regarded as a place of pilgrimage. For these workers, however, the Hermitage has also been a safe haven from the tumultuous events of Russian history and the hardships of contemporary Russian life. Indeed, each of them explains how their personal traumas and difficulties have been transformed by having developed an intimate relationship with a favorite piece of art. For them, surrounded everyday by remarkable beauty, the Hermitage has become a place of emotional healing. "A Must-See! Offers a fond (and often moving) glimpse behind the scenes at Russia's fabled Hermitage Museum."—Entertainment Weekly "As the documentary progresses, we begin to get the sensation that this is truly a drama about people and the passage of time, and not so much about art. Yet it is about the museum, as much as this reflects the emotional and spiritual condition of the people to whom we are introduced. Highly original in scope, The Hermitage Dwellers takes us on a journey of a country that has been victimized by dictatorship and buoyed by the spirit of its people."—Bridges: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology, Philosophy, History, and Science February 12 UM Student Programs
Mark Webster Reading Series One poet and one fiction writer from the MFA program, each introduced by a peer, will read a selection of their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in an intimate and inviting setting. We encourage you to bring your friends. For more information: https://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/webster.asp
The Ark at UMMA Student Songwriter Series The Ark invites student songwriters at the University of Michigan to submit their original music demo in order to compete for a live performance showcase at UMMA and a chance to perform at The Ark. After a successful launch in fall 2009, the series continues with two performance showcases (February 12 and March 12) featuring the best of the student songwriters selected by the Ark staff from the contest submissions, and a final performance and announcement of the winner of the series (March 26), who will be invited to perform at The Ark. Demo submissions for the February 12 showcase are due by January 26; submissions for the March 12 showcase are due February 25. Submissions should be sent to The Ark, ATTN: Emily Ross, 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor, MI, 48104 or Emily@theark.org. Students must be currently attending UM. Only solo or duo acoustic acts apply; no bands will be considered. An Economy of Means: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection programs
Film Screening Herb and Dorothy tells the extraordinary story of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, who managed to build an extremely important contemporary art collections with very modest means. They collected artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Most of those they supported and befriended in this process went on to become world-renowned artists including Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, and Chuck Close. February 13 Guided Tours
An Economy of Means February 14 Guided Tours
The New UMMA
The Eye of the Beholder An Economy of Means: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection programs
Film Screening Herb and Dorothy tells the extraordinary story of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, who managed to build an extremely important contemporary art collections with very modest means. They collected artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Most of those they supported and befriended in this process went on to become world-renowned artists including Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, and Chuck Close. The Eye of the Beholder: European Drawings and Prints from the Pulgram-McSparran Collection programs
Concert Alma Schindler Mahler Werfel was the center of a creative social network that bridged disciplines, religions, and national boundaries. Many of the most important creative men of her generation loved her, including two in the exhibition—Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka. This program features composers who enjoyed her friendship or love. Gustav Mahler’s Rückertlieder, Alban Berg’s renowned Op. 1 piano sonata, and chamber music by Alexander Zemlinsky will be performed by UM School of Music, Theatre & Dance faculty and guests. February 16 An Economy of Means: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection programs
Concert UM’s contemporary music ensemble, under the direction of new conductor and UM alum Christopher James Lees, presents a program of pioneering minimalists Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and others. The program culminates in Frederic Rzewski’s Coming Together, a dramatic setting of a letter written by Sam Melville, who was held in Attica prison during the 1971 prison riot. February 17 Jazz Series
Admission is $5 at the door Come hear jazz every month at UMMA! Experience outstanding local artists in an intimate group setting. This month: the Andrew Bishop Quartet, featuring Andrew Bishop, reeds; Matt Endhal, rhoads; Andrew Kratzat, bass; and Mike Gould, drums. February 18 Zell Visiting Writers SeriesUMMA is pleased to be the site for the Department of English Program in Creative Writing Zell Visiting Writers Series, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from UM alumna Helen Zell (’64). For more information, please see www.lsa.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/mfaeve.asp.
Ron Carlson Ron Carlson is the award-winning author of four story collections and four novels, most recently The Signal and Five Skies. His fiction has appeared in Harper’s, the New Yorker, Playboy, and GQ, and has been featured on NPR’s This American Life and Selected Shorts as well as in Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories. His novella, Beanball, was recently selected for Best American Mystery Stories. He is the director of the UC Irvine writing program and lives in Huntington Beach, California. UM Department of Screen Arts and Culture’s Projectorhead film seriesAs part of the Museum Theme Year, UM Department of Screen Arts and Culture’s Projectorhead film series held at UMMA focuses on museums. Films will be screened every Thursday evening at 7 pm in the Helmut Stern Auditorium. Please see the Museum Theme Year website at www.lsa.umich.edu/museumstheme for details about these events and the many other engaging activities lined up for the winter term. For more information, please contact Mary Lou Chlipala at (734)763-4087
Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002, 99 min.) “Russian master Alexander Sokurov has tapped into the very flow of history itself for this flabbergasting film. Thanks to the miracles of digital video, Sokurov (and cinematographer Tilman Buttner) uses a single, unbroken, 90-minute shot to wind his way through the Hermitage in St. Petersburg--the repository of Russian art and the former home to royalty. Gliding through time, we glimpse Catherine II, modern-day museumgoers, and the doomed family of Nicholas II. History collapses on itself, as the opulence of the past and the horrors of the 20th century collide, and each door that opens onto yet another breathtaking gallery is another century to be heard from. The movie climaxes with a grand ball and thousands of extras, prompting thoughts of just how crazy Sokurov had to be to try a technical challenge like this--and how far a distance we've traveled, both physically and spiritually, since the movie began.” "One of the most astonishing films ever made" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). UM Student Programs
Third Thursdays UMMA is a regular site for UM students to show what they’ve got. This exciting performance series falls on the third Thursday evening of each month and features different student performers who work in a variety of media. The series is curated and produced by the UMMA Student Programming and Advisory Board. This week: Honey, featuring the vocals and keyboard/electronic sound/sampling skills of Wordy Thompkins, Jaren Strandlie on drum set/percussion, and the world premiere of Andy Haefner's electronic music-generating program. February 19 UM Student Programs
Mark Webster Reading Series One poet and one fiction writer from the MFA program, each introduced by a peer, will read a selection of their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in an intimate and inviting setting. We encourage you to bring your friends. For more information: https://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/webster.asp An Economy of Means: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection programs
Film Screening Herb and Dorothy tells the extraordinary story of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, who managed to build an extremely important contemporary art collections with very modest means. They collected artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Most of those they supported and befriended in this process went on to become world-renowned artists including Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, and Chuck Close. February 20 Guided Tours
Tradition Transformed Dance on Camera FestivalSaturday and Sunday “The Dance on Camera Festival is one of those NY stealth events, prized by its devotees...where the allusiveness of dance meets the intimacy of film to create a new kind of magic”—John Rockwell, the New York Times. Coming to Ann Arbor directly from the 38th Dance On Camera Festival at Lincoln Center in New York, this screening celebrates the immediacy, energy, and mystery of dance as combined with the intimacy of film. February 21 Guided Tours
The New UMMA
Tradition Transformed Dance on Camera FestivalSaturday and Sunday “The Dance on Camera Festival is one of those NY stealth events, prized by its devotees...where the allusiveness of dance meets the intimacy of film to create a new kind of magic”—John Rockwell, the New York Times. Coming to Ann Arbor directly from the 38th Dance On Camera Festival at Lincoln Center in New York, this screening celebrates the immediacy, energy, and mystery of dance as combined with the intimacy of film. February 23 An Economy of Means: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection programs
Film Screening Herb and Dorothy tells the extraordinary story of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, who managed to build an extremely important contemporary art collections with very modest means. They collected artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Most of those they supported and befriended in this process went on to become world-renowned artists including Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, and Chuck Close. *special weeknight screening presented by UMMA’s Student Programming and Advisory Board February 24 The Wednesday Night Museums Lecture SeriesThe Wednesday Night Museums Lecture Series continues at UMMA featuring museum professionals from across the country and as wide ranging as Anthony Shelton, Director of the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology, to UM’s own Bruce Conforth, first curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to a round table discussion on the History of UM as told through its Museums. All programs are held at 7:30 pm in the Helmut Stern Auditorium. As part of the Museum Theme Year, UM Department of Screen Arts and Culture’s Projectorhead film series held at UMMA focuses on museums. Films will be screened every Thursday evening at 7 pm in the Helmut Stern Auditorium. A Hard Day's Night: Building the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Abstract: Brief Biography: February 26 An Economy of Means: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection programs
Film Screening Herb and Dorothy tells the extraordinary story of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, who managed to build an extremely important contemporary art collections with very modest means. They collected artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Most of those they supported and befriended in this process went on to become world-renowned artists including Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, and Chuck Close. February 27 Ann Arbor Art Center WorkshopsAdvanced registration is required. Please register online at www.annarborartcenter.org
Family Workshop: Capers This fun family workshop begins by scouring the Museum with a list of clues to unearth the amazing animals and mythical creatures lurking in paintings and sculptures throughout the collections. Finish off the hunt by creating an animal mask or clay creature inspired by your favorite beast and sharing everyone’s exciting discoveries. All materials included. Guided Tours
An Economy of Means
February 28 Guided Tours
The New UMMA
An Economy of Means An Economy of Means: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection programs
Film Screening Herb and Dorothy tells the extraordinary story of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, who managed to build an extremely important contemporary art collections with very modest means. They collected artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Most of those they supported and befriended in this process went on to become world-renowned artists including Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, and Chuck Close. |
