EVENTS | UMMA + ARTS INITIATIVE
Friday, August 28, 2026 • 6–9 p.m.
ARTSCAPADE!
Kick off Welcome Week with an evening that highlights the many ways students can engage with the arts on campus.
Explore interactive art-making, live music, dance performances, poetry, and more. Come to connect, create, and get inspired.
Artscapade is an annual welcome week tradition from the Arts Initiative and UMMA, bringing over a thousand students into the University of Michigan Museum of Art each year since 1999.
VOLUNTEER AT ARTSCAPADE!
Volunteering at Artscapade is a great way to meet fellow arts-loving people in the U-M community, and we hope that you will join us at this evening of art-making, live music, dance, and more. Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members are all encouraged to sign up!
Volunteers be expected to arrive at the event an hour early for a brief orientation (5 p.m., August 28 at UMMA).
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
The schedule of activities for Artscapade 2026 will be revealed closer to the date.