Category: Homepage Events
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Intro to Machine Embroidery
Ever spotted a cool patch on someone’s backpack or jacket and wondered how it was made—or wished you could create your own? Join us at Design Lab 1 for a beginner-friendly workshop covering the basics of designing for an embroidery machine, plus a live demonstration of the machine in action!
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Let’s Make Origami!
You’ve probably seen origami in Japanese anime or films before! This traditional Japanese art of paper folding gets its name from the Japanese words oru (to fold) and kami (paper). With just a few folds, a simple sheet of paper can transform into a beautiful crane, flower, or other creative
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Celebrating 30 Years: When Design Lab Housed CTools
In 2016, the University of Michigan began implementing a new technology, called Canvas, to house its courses online. Up to that point, the online learning platform used University-wide was called CTools, an online learning management system developed at U-M whose management worked out of what is now the Duderstadt Center’s
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Celebrating 30 Years: Where 2D Becomes 3D
From 2008 to 2019, the Duderstadt Center’s 3D-related technologies could be found in a space called the 3D Lab, which was preceded by the Virtual Reality Lab or VRL, located in the DC since 1997. The 3D Lab housed many different ways to make two-dimensional objects in three-dimensions through virtual
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Planting Disabled Futures: A Virtual Reality Ritual
Duderstadt Center Video StudioWednesday, October 14 | 1–5 p.m. Step into a virtual world where plants, movement, and disability culture come together. Planting Disabled Futures invites visitors to explore healing plants through VR and participate in an afternoon of performance, movement, and community. Screenshot of Daniel’s VR Project Design The
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The 2nd Annual Squirrel Hall of Fame is Here!
Wanna join the prestigious Squirrel Hall of Fame? Scan the code and submit your best photo for the chance to win one of a kind squirrel swag and have your work in the hall of fame! Mark the submissions deadline: November 6th
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Space Update: New Workstations Added to Visualization Studio!
New technology is already in action at the Visualization Studio! Funded in part by a generous gift from College of Engineering alumni Yuqing Melanie Wu and Qiang Lin (Learn more about Wu and Lin’s story behind their recent gift), six new high-powered VR workstations have been added to Room 1405—expanding
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North Campus Voting Hub Opens Soon
Hey North Campus! The North Campus Voting Hub at the Duderstadt Center opens Thursday, October 21st! Ann Arbor voters can register, update their registration address, and vote early in the Duderstadt Center Gallery starting Oct 21st. Voting Hub Hours Early Voting: Wednesday, October 21 – Sunday, November 1 (everyday, including
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Beacon of Democratic Resilience
Visual Truths and the Legacy of Korea’s 5·18 Democratization Movement September 18 – October 7, 2026 Opening Reception: September 18, at 5:00 pm Duderstadt Center Gallery This photo exhibition features 90 curated images from the UNESCO-inscribed May 18 Archives. Documenting the May 18–27, 1980 democratization uprising in Gwangju, South Korea,
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Personal Studio Gets an Upgrade
We are so excited to launch the second phase of our Personal Studio. This “one person” video studio contains a teleprompter, lights, cameras and microphones all set up ready for you to take advantage of for whatever creative endeavor you are looking to create. It’s terrific for recording instructional content
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Becoming
Recent Exhibition April 30 – May 22, 2026 Opening Reception: April 30, 5:30 – 8:00 PM Duderstadt Center Gallery Becoming is the senior thesis project of Stamps School of Art & Design student Elsa Olander. It is a multidisciplinary exhibition that traces her artistic evolution from high school student in
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BFA Theater Design & Production Portfolio Exhibition
Duderstadt Center Gallery January 23 – February 6, 2026 Opening Reception: January 23, 4:30 pm Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays, musicals and operas at the University of Michigan. Explore the work of our undergraduate stage managers, designers and technicians from the School of Music, Theater and
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Material Conversations
Noon-1:00 pm Materials Collection Duderstadt Center, 2nd floor 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
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By Means of a Pencil
October 9 – November 5, 2025 Opening Reception October 9, 5:00-8:00 pm Closing Reception: November 2, 2:00-5:00 pm Duderstadt Center Gallery 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
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Squirrel Hall of Fame Contest
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