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Welcome to a new era of UMMA — a gathering place for education, creativity, dialogue, and inspiration. A welcoming, open, community space where you can surround yourself with rare works, thought-provoking exhibitions, and unexpected moments of profound impact and joy. And always for free.
Join this group to find out about upcoming events! We host and co-sponsor a variety of events, including artist talks, discussions with curators, and family-friendly nights when the Museum is open late.
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Upcoming events (4)
See all- Feel Good Friday | Feel Good FrybreadUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
It’s finally Friday, and you deserve to Feel Good! November is Feel Good Frybread: The Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs’ Native American Heritage Month Committee, U-M’s Native American Student Association, and UMMA invite you to an evening celebrating Indigenous students and communities. And yes, frybread!
🗓️ Friday, Nov 15th
⏰ 7-10 pm
📍UMMA
🎟️ FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLICJoin us for a free performance by Mato Wayuhi (Oglala Lakota), composer for the award-winning FX/Hulu series Reservation Dogs, screenings of Living in Balance: Anishinaabe Star Knowledge, frybread by Eva and Robin Menefee of Anishnabe Meejim, book giveaways, hands-on art activities, and more!
Discover it all by visiting our website!
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Presented in partnership with the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs’ Native American Heritage Month Committee and U-M’s Native American Student Association. - Feel Good Friday | Performance by ZoonUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
🎶✨ Feel Good with Zoon ✨🎶
Get ready for an unforgettable Feel Good Friday at UMMA! Join us, on Nov.15th as we welcome Zoon aka Daniel Glen Monkman (Brokenhead Ojibway Nation) whose audio manipulation and songwriting explores the Indigenous experience on Turtle Island through sound & vision in a genre they created "moccasingaze".
🗓️Friday, November 15th
⏰ 8-8:45 pm
📍UMMA
🎟️ Free & Open to the publicRecent releases are: sterling murmuration, bleached wavves, sewn back together. and most recently Bekka Ma’iingan, a collaboration with Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. Their music has been nominated for JUNO and Polaris music awards and has repeatedly topped the lists of Earshot and CBC national charts.
This event is a part of UMMA’s November Feel Good Friday. Click the link below to learn more.
https://umma.umich.edu/events/feel-good-friday-feel-good-frybread/
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Presented in partnership with the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs’ Native American Heritage Month Committee and U-M’s Native American Student Association. - Feel Good Friday | Performance by Mato WayuhiUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
🎶✨ Feel Good with Mato Wayuhi ✨🎶
Get ready for an unforgettable Feel Good Friday at UMMA! Join us, Nov. 15th as we welcome Mato Wayuhi, a groundbreaking Oglala Lakota artist and the creative genius behind the soundtrack of the award-winning FX/Hulu series Reservation Dogs.
🗓️Friday, November 15th
⏰ 9-10 pm
📍UMMA
🎟️ Free & Open to the publicFrom his roots in South Dakota to the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Mato’s work as a composer, actor, and producer is redefining Indigenous music. 🎶 His latest album, STANKFACE STANDING SOLDIER, is a self-produced masterpiece, celebrating his heritage and pushing boundaries in Hollywood & Entertainment.
This event is a part of UMMA’s November Feel Good Friday.
Click the link below to learn more.
https://umma.umich.edu/events/feel-good-friday-feel-good-frybread/
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Presented in partnership with the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs’ Native American Heritage Month Committee and U-M’s Native American Student Association. - Silver Linings Bookclub | Presented by the UMMA SABUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Join the UMMA Student Advisory Board as we discuss literature and art over coffee, tea, & pastries. We will consider books suggested by guest curator and U-M History of Art professor Julia Elizabeth Neal in connection with the exhibit “Silver Linings: Celebrating the Spelman Art Collection” on view at UMMA.
🗓️ Sunday, Nov. 17th
⏰ 12-1:30 pm
📍 UMMA
🎟️ FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
REGISTER BY CLICKING HERE.Come explore the ideas put forth by "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia Butler and "Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self Recovery" by bell hooks.
Forge connections between the books you read, the art you view, and the ideas of the people around you. Read one or none, come to listen, talk and learn!
