Chimeric Womb

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May 8, 2025 Exhibition Viewings: 2:00-4:30 and 6:00-7:00 pm Live Performance: 7:00-8:00 pm Director Q&A: 8:00-8:30 pm Duderstadt Center Video Studio Join us for a one-day multimedia exhibition and live performance exploring the fluid, evolving, and interconnected dynamics of Asian+Femininity. Visits to the exhibition and performance require advanced reservations. Chimeric

Take Care: Student Art Exhibition

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April 15 – May 9, 2025 Opening Reception: April 15, 5:00-8:00 pm Duderstadt Center Gallery Experience the 2025 Take Care Student Art Exhibition, a heartfelt showcase of creativity, resilience, and healing.Through visual art, video, performance, and literary works, students will share their unique perspectives on caring for oneself and others,

Thank you from the Duderstadt Center

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Thank you for giving to the Duderstadt Center on Giving Blueday. Your gift to the Center advances the mission of the DC, enabling more students to access our unique media and technology resources, and increasing interdisciplinary collaboration between students, staff, and faculty.  Every single gift to the Duderstadt Center makes

29th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons

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RECENT EVENT: March 18 – April 1, 2025 Duderstadt Center Gallery Special Hours: 10 am-7 pm, Tues-Fri Noon-6 pm, Sun & Mon The 29th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons showcases the creative work of artists from 26 Michigan prisons. Hundreds of original, handmade works by incarcerated artists in Michigan will be

The Body of the Sun

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Currently on display in the CCA Student Gallery. Sun Portraits Cyanotype on Paper Over the span of a week, I tracked the Sun using a Sunspotter telescope and documented the sunspots as they grew and traveled with the Sun, and then translated this data into simplified wire line drawings. Arranged

DC Deploys New Digital Signage

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The University of Michigan’s Duderstadt Center (DC) is set to unveil a vibrant new look with the introduction of advanced digital signage and room status displays. As part of a broader accessibility initiative, which includes making previously inaccessible classrooms fully accessible, these digital enhancements will revolutionize how we communicate within

Guardian Passage

Guardian Passage Poster
GALLERY HIGHLIGHT: Duderstadt Center Gallery December 6 – 22, 2023 Opening Reception: Sunday, December 10, 2-4 p.m. In Guardian Passage: The Power of Ukrainian Cultural Memory in the Face of War, artists Irina Bondarenko and Katya Lisova employ the tools and imagery of traditional Ukrainian art forms to face down

Friday Night Films

January 19th, 2024 – Animated Films (Rescheduled from December 1st) Design Lab 2 8:00 – 9:00 pm Fridays The Digital Media Common’s CCA Gallery student staff are partnering with the Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF) crew to present films from the AAFF archive. The screenings will highlight similar themes that

Emerging Technologies and Media & Studio Arts bring Unreal Engine to Virtual Reality Production Platform in the DC.

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The DMC’s Emerging Technologies Group and Media & Studio Arts Group have co-developed a powerful new platform, using the powerful rendering capabilities of industry-leading Unreal Engine, enabling students, faculty, and staff to create advanced photo-real 3D virtual environments for a new generation of learning, instructional, and research applications. The two