Many events and exhibitions had to shift to a virtual format this semester, but luckily, that means many of them are still available to enjoy online. In the coming weeks, we are highlighting some of the top events and exhibitions from this semester that you can revisit, in case you missed it.

U-M MUSEUM OF ART PAN-AFRICAN PULP: A COMMISSION BY MELEKO MOKGOSI

In Pan-African Pulp, Botswana-born artist Meleko Mokgosi explores the history of Pan-Africanism, the global movement to unite ethnic groups of sub-Saharan African descent. His Vertical Gallery installation, which inaugurates a new biennial commission program at UMMA, features large-scale panels inspired by African photo novels of the 1960s and ’70s, a mural examining the complexity of blackness, and posters from Pan-African movements from around the world. The page also features the Oral History Project, showing students’ English retellings of Mokgosi’s Setswana stories.

DEI SUMMIT ARTS+SOCIAL CHANGE: BUILDING AN ANTI-RACIST WORLD THROUGH THE ARTS

This year’s DEI summit provided a time and space for the campus community to come together to demonstrate a collective commitment to anti-racism that this moment in our history compels. During the fall term Democracy & Debate theme semester, the DEI Summit focused on the arts as a vehicle for social change and provided an opportunity for curricular integration and connection. Both the theme semester and the Summit confirmed our civic engagement values and demonstrated the power of each voice–both at the ballot box and through creative expression.

U-M HUMANITIES RESULTS OR ROSES: NEW AND ASSORTED WORKS

Thanks to a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the U-M Institute for the Humanities supported Sarah Rose Sharp’s work on Results and Roses during the summer of 2020. After a postponed opening due to COVID-19, U-M humanities has shifted to presenting the work online as a virtual exhibition.

UMS TAKÁCS QUARTET REPRISE (MONDAY, DEC. 21–THURSDAY, DEC.31)

Enjoy a special holiday reprise of the Takács Quartet’s recent UMS Digital Presentation, featuring works by Florence Price, Mozart, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Bartók, and Debussy.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THEATRE & DANCE GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING “VIRTUALLY CONNECTED” 

Featuring a variety of U-M choral groups, this annual event was shifted to a virtual format this year. Grand Night for Singing focused on the themes of community and connection, with repertoire including traditional songs that speak to our need for communal singing such as “I Was Glad” by Sir Charles Hubert Parry and “How Can I Keep from Singing” arranged by Karen Thomas. It also featured new social justice songs such as Alysia Lee’s “Say Her Name” and Melanie Demore’s “Lead with Love.” 

CLEMENTS LIBRARY THE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT IN PHOTOGRAPHS

This virtual lecture, given by Dr. Allison Lange of the Wentworth Institute of Technology, is based on her book, “Picturing Political Power: Images in the Women’s Suffrage Movement.” In this talk, Dr. Lange discusses the use of photographs by suffragists that captured their public protests and demonstrated their dedication to their cause for mass audiences.

TAUBMAN COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE & URBAN PLANNING RAOUL WALLENBERG LECTURE: MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Fall 2020 Raoul Wallenberg Lecture featured Michael Kimmelman of the New York Times. Kimmelman’s remarks, in conversation with Dean Jonathan Massey, were then followed by a public interview with Taubman College’s Agora and Dimensions publications, exploring the role of journalists in issues of racial justice, social equity, health, and climate change in the context of the built environment.