Category: Past Events (2025-2026 Academic Year)

Archive of events from 2025-2026 Academic Year

U-M SMTD Alumni Concert Tour in Detroit

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Group photo of seven members of the band
Seven proud alumni of the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance—now performing together as Racing Mount Pleasant—are bringing their multi-city concert tour home to Detroit this January. The band has been gaining momentum following the release of their newest album, Racing Mount Pleasant, which debuted this August under the

Beyond XR: Planting a Perceivable Garden

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A man standing in MIDEN studio
After eight hours of scanning the Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Architecture student Jared Jenkins took a week to edit and render his data to fit into the Michigan Immersive Digital Experience Nexus, or MIDEN, housed in the Duderstadt Center. Now, he has a full scan and is able to virtually walk

Design Lab 1 Wraps Up the Fall Workshop Series

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Materials for the sewing workshop
Last Friday, DC staff member Marjorie Gaber led the final workshop of the semester, “Intro to Sewing”, in Design Lab 1. Participants learned sewing machine basics and simple hand-sewing techniques—and many walked away with their own handmade mini projects to celebrate their new skills. This year, Design Lab 1 hosted

Women of the Kahn Family 

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Black-and-white early 20th-century studio portrait of the Kahn family, showing twelve formally dressed adults posed in two rows, facing the camera.
For anyone who has walked around the University of Michigan campus, they have definitely passed by a building designed by the architect, Albert Kahn. From the grand Hill Auditorium and the Burton Tower behind it, to the beautiful William L. Clements Library, 19 out of 23 Kahn-designed buildings remain on

Material Engagement

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Gray half circle on white background with text.
Duderstadt Center Gallery December 12-18, 2025 A Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning Collective Student Research Expo. “Material Engagement” brings together five projects exploring the intersection of digital fabrication, computational design, and cultural meaning. From transforming discarded oyster shells into architectural elements through machine knitting, to creating acoustic installations

Create a Junk Journal

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scrapbook on yellow background.
Duderstadt Center Design Lab 1 Tuesday November 25th, 4-5:30pm  Learn basic bookmaking techniques to make your own junk journal using recycled materials! Participants will be able to make their own journals during the workshop; supplies will be on hand but limited, participants are encouraged to bring their own “junk” (stickers,

Meet the New Personal Studio

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Personal studio with green screen, table and cameras.
Located on the first floor of DC, the Personal Studio has been serving as a simple, accessible recording space since 2008. Now, after a major summer renovation, it’s been transformed into a versatile, modern studio built to support everything from solo content creation to webinars, live streams, and broadcasts. One

FTVM 350 Special Project: An Up-to-Date Conjurer

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Couple dancing on old black & white film.
“There’s literally no place in the world where you can take this class, except here,” says professor Matthew Solomon about his Film Television and Media course, FTVM 350. During the last Winter semester, FTVM 350 released their first-ever recreation of the 1899 Georges Méliès French film An Up-to-Date Conjurer, as

Collective Constructions

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Text on a pink, tan, and purple gradient background.
Duderstadt Center Gallery November 11 – December 7, 2025 Opening: November 14, at 6:00 pm Collective Constructions is an exhibition which gathers a bridge built through human-robot cooperation, a board game where users co-imagine housing futures, and a textile map fabricated through friendship. These works explore co-authorship as a mode

Intro to Machine Embroidery

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sewing machine with various embroidered patched on a blue background.
Duderstadt Center Design Lab 1 November 11, 2025 4:00-5:30 pm Learn how to make embroidered designs using Design Lab 1’s newest piece of equipment: a Brother SE-2000 embroidery machine! This workshop will teach participants the basics of embroidery machine operation, as well as the essentials for designing projects that can

Trick or Treat

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Green character in a black pointed hat surrounded by candy and a pumpkin.
CCA Gallery October 19 – November 5, 2025 Trick or Treat offers a variety of scary, thrilling paintings and sweet visual treats. DigiPaint brings to you a collection of Halloween-themed digital artwork created by members of Digipaint, a student digital art club at the University of Michigan. The exhibit will

Material Conversations

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photo of the materials collection with walls of samples.
Materials Collection Duderstadt Center, 2nd floor Noon-1:00 pm On the fourth Tuesday of each month (Nov-Dec and Jan-Mar) the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library (AAEL) hosts Material Conversations, a series to highlight materials research at the University of Michigan.  Three times each semester we invite a materials expert to speak about

CRTL + CREATE

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Color block event poster.
September 30 – October 9, 2025 Duderstadt Center CCA Gallery An open exhibit featuring two interactive pieces, in amber by Paloma Calvin and Sankofa by Ola Ifidon. On view in the Central Collaboration Area of the Duderstadt Center until October 9th. And join us on Saturday, October 4, from 11:30

By Means of a Pencil

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Mans face placed on a robed figure with a tan background.
Duderstadt Center Gallery October 9 – November 5, 2025 Opening Reception October 9, 5:00-8:00 pm Closing Reception: November 2, 2:00-5:00 pm The U-M Duderstadt Center Gallery presents By Means of a Pencil a solo exhibition by artist and Stamps School of Art & Design LEO Lecturer I Nathan Byrne. By

Immersive VR: Experiencing the Ukraine War in Kyiv

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Image of a typical apartment in Kyiv.
September 14 – October 5, 2025 Duderstadt Center Gallery See what it feels like to live through war as part of your daily life with immersive VR. Developed by Duderstadt Center staff member Sara Eskandari and visiting professor Joseph Sywenkyj, this room-scale virtual reality documentary recreates the harrowing experience of

Intro to Cricut

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Cricut machine on a yellow background.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 2:00-3:00 pm Duderstadt Center Design Lab 1 Interested in making paper crafts, cards, and stickers? Learn how to use the Cricut Maker 3 in Design Lab 1. This workshop will provide patrons with a basic overview of the machine, as well as Cricut Design Space, the

Squirrel Hall of Fame Contest

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Squirrels with blue & yellow starts on a white background.
U of M has a lot of squirrels, but only one has the style, the panache, the charisma to join the hallowed halls of the Squirrel Hall of Fame*. Send us your best original squirrel photo for a chance to win one-of-a-kind Squirrel Swag and have your photo displayed in

Intro to Sewing

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Sewing machine on a blue background.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 4:00 – 5:30 pm Duderstadt Center Design Lab 1 This workshop will teach participants how to use the sewing machines in Design Lab 1. It will cover basic sewing tools, machine anatomy and safety precautions. Join us!

U-M Alumni Film Screening at DBFF

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Film strip image with a black women's face on a green, gold and red background.
Charles H. Wright Museum September 25, 5pm – 8:30pm Seth St. Pierre, feature character designer at DreamWorks and proud STAMPS alum, will showcase his award-winning short film Wednesdays with Gramps at the Detroit Black Film Festival later this month. Seth spent countless hours in the Duderstadt Center (DC) honing his