Creative Currents: A Michigan Arts Podcast
Explore the transformative power of the arts!
Creative Currents, a podcast from the University of Michigan's Arts Initiative, tackles big and small questions at the intersection of art, culture, and society.
In this episode of U-M Creative Currents, host Mark Clague talks with Clare Croft, Faculty Director of Research & Creative Practice for the U-M Arts Initiative, and Anne Mondro, visual artist and professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
In this episode of U-M Creative Currents, host Mark Clague interviews Anya Sirota, designer, professor, and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
In this episode of U-M Creative Currents, host Mark Clague talks with Aaron Coleman, poet, translator, and professor of English and Comparative Literature in U-M’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. He also serves on the faculty of the U-M Helen Zell Writers’ Program. Coleman shares how poetry and translation shape his creative practice and how the Michigan literary community fosters dialogue across cultures and identities.
In this episode of U-M Creative Currents, host Mark Clague interviews Paul Feeny, Director of Concerts & Events at the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
In this episode of U-M Creative Currents, host Mark Clague interviews Srimoyee Mitra, Director of the Stamps Gallery at the University of Michigan.
In this episode of U-M Creative Currents, host Mark Clague interviews Cayenne Harris, Vice President for Learning & Engagement, and Mark Jacobson, Vice President for Programming and Production, both from the University Musical Society (UMS).
In this episode of U-M Creative Currents, host Mark Clague interviews Jim Leija, Deputy Director for Public Experience, Learning, & Operations at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).
In this episode of U-M Creative Currents, join host Mark Clague as he interviews Chrisstina Hamilton, producer and director of the University of Michigan's prestigious Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series and Roman Witt Visiting Artist Program.
In this episode of U-M Creative Currents, we sit down with NPR’s correspondent and New York Times classical music critic Anastasia Tsioulcas—an award-winning journalist who has shaped national conversations around music, identity, and culture.
In this episode of U-M Creative Currents, host Mark Clague explores the intersection of art and science through a unique campus collaboration at the University of Michigan.
Mark Clague continues the conversation with artist and filmmaker David Chung, professor at U-M’s Stamps School of Art & Design.
Mark Clague welcomes a distinguished panel of guests at the intersection of art, social research, and community engagement: artist Rick Lowe, curator Abigail Winograd, professor Christian Davenport, and social scientist Kate Cagney.
Professor Rogério Meireles Pinto, artist, scholar, and social worker, discusses his powerful multimedia exhibit, Colorism.
Creative Careers Residents Leah Crosby, Kara Roseborough, and sara faraj continue the discussion of their work, creative processes, and upcoming projects.
Creative Careers Residents Leah Crosby, Kara Roseborough, and sara faraj discuss their work, creative processes, and upcoming projects.
Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Pratāp Rughani, discusses his latest film installation and exhibition: Impossible Conversations.
Makeda Easter discusses her project “Making It: $napshots from the Artist Pay Project,” an anonymous journalistic series that explores how artists navigate financial realities.
Dive into the inspiring journey of two talented University of Michigan graduates—Anna Baumgarten '15, writer and director, and Danny Mooney '08, producer.
ARIA grant recipients Lynne Shankel & Sara Cooper discuss Perpetual Sunshine & The Ghost Girls, a new musical theater work that tackles the exploitation of women workers in the early 20th century.
Philippa Hughes’ "Hey, We Need to Talk!" exhibition embodies the four pillars of flourishing outlined in U-M Professor Jenna Bednar's research—community, sustainability, dignity, and beauty.
Mark Clague walks through the 2024 Election Hub onsite at UMMA with Professors Stephanie Rowden and Hannah Smotrich to discuss the nonpartisan Creative Campus Voting Project.
Andrew Kohler and Jacob Kerzner from the Gershwin Initiative discuss the Gershwin brothers' musical masterpiece, Of Thee I Sing.
As the co-president of the Black Film Society and a multifaceted artist, Lauren Horne shares her journey from small-town Georgia to becoming a leader in Michigan's campus arts community.
Matthew VanBesien, president of the acclaimed University Musical Society (UMS), offers his unique perspective from leading one of the nation's oldest university-based performing arts presenters.
Mark Clague sits down with Christina Olsen, Director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).
The role of the arts at the University of Michigan and in student learning and research, with President Santa J. Ono.
Sasha Gusikhin, an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan discusses her fascinating and surprisingly common double major…
In our very first episode host Mark Clague speaks with Nike Jonah and Erwin Maas about their work through the Pan-African Creative Exchange.
In this episode of U-M Creative Currents, host Mark Clague sits down with historian and professor Colin Gunckel from the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science and the Arts. Gunckel is a faculty member in both the Program in American Culture and the Department of Film, Television, and Media (FTVM), where he also serves as department chair.