Past Events 2022-2023 Academic Year


  • DMC Student Workers Show
    CCA Gallery July 28 – August 18, 2023 A Student exhibition highlighting the talent of the student staff who work in the Duderstadt Center. Multiple styles and media are featured in our Creative Columns Art Gallery. […]

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  • Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation
    RECENT EVENT: June 19-30, 2023 Duderstadt Center Gallery Uncovering the Third: Material as Relation (2023), features multimedia work investigating how materials and metaphors can inform and expand the way that we understand our permeable relationships with one another and our larger environments. The contextual history of the various mediums used; clay, fiber, mycelium, carries an […]

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  • International Society of Bassists 2023 Convention
    RECENT EVENT: June 5-10, 2023 Duderstadt Center Gallery Noon-6:00 pm The ISB Bass Makers Competition is a bi-annual event that brings in new-made double basses from around the world to be judged by a special team of world renown bass players and luthiers. Bass makers can be awarded certificates and medals for their efforts in […]

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  • aZn luv luv t0ur
    May 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. and May 12, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.  Video Studio, Duderstadt Center. A live, interactive performance, directed and performed by Caroline Yoo and Okyoung Noh*. Free but reservation required – in-theater attendance is limited: https://bit.ly/aznluvluv. This performance “aZn luv luv t0ur” invites audiences to join Noh and Yoo as tour guides […]

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  • Realities Unveiled: A Visual Exploration
    RECENT EVENT: April 19-30, 2023 Opening Reception: April 19, from 4:30-6:00 pm Duderstadt Center Gallery Join us for a journey through the art of perception versus reality. Curated by students in ARTDES 449: Gallery as a site for social change. The exhibition features the work of approximately 35 artists; art students both in the class […]

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  • Living ArtsEngine Exhibition
    April 8-13, 2023 Duderstadt Center Gallery UARTS 175 “Collaborative Creative Projects” brings interdisciplinary Living ArtsEngine teams together in the planning, creation and iteration of artistic, argument-focused creative projects. Teams employ the iterative design process to develop their projects in an efficient, feedback-informed fashion, culminating in this large public exhibition. […]

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  • Recent Event: Fabric Scraptacular
    Sunday, April 23, 20233:00-6:00 p.m.Duderstadt Center, Design Lab 1 What can you do with scraps of fabric? We will be holding a workshop in Design Lab 1 to find out. Bring old clothing to make new again, or use our stock of scraps to create fabric art. Bring your creativity and we will supply scraps […]

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  • Some Restless Circus On “Sonny’s Blues” (by James Baldwin) by John Cage
    Recent Event: Duderstadt Center Video Studio Digital Music Ensemble, University of Michigan Performance given in 17 parts all determined textually, sonically, and visually by the score “Circus On” by John Cage (©1979 Peters Edition).  The text chosen for this performance is “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin, a short story Baldwin wrote in 1956.   The score indicates ways […]

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  • Canada’s Longest Running Prison Theatre Company: Insights from Kate Rubin, Theatre Artist’s Work with William Head on Stage
    Keynote Presentation of the 27th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons 3358 Duderstadt Center, Lower Level. Thursday, March 23, from 7:00-8:30 pm. Join us for an informative and engaging keynote speech with Kate Rubin, an experienced and accomplished theatre artist known for her dynamic leadership and collaborative approach. She has been working with William […]

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  • Digital Gallery Now Online: the 27th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons
    Updated April 5, 2023: the works of art recently shown in the Duderstadt Center Gallery are now viewable, and unsold works may be purchased, by visiting the Prison Creative Arts Project site. Recent Exhibit: Duderstadt Center Gallery, March 21 – April 4 The 27th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons showcases the hard work and talents […]

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  • BFA Theater Design and Production Portfolio Exhibition
    Duderstadt Center Gallery January 27 – February 10, 2023 Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays, musicals, and operas at the University of Michigan. Explore the work of The Theater and Drama Department’s undergraduate Stage Managers, Designers, and Technicians. Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday, Noon-6:00 pm and Sunday, Noon-6:00 pm. Featuring the work […]

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  • Whoop House
    Recent Exhibit: Duderstadt Center Gallery January 13-20, 2023 Friday, January 13, 6-9 pm Opening Reception (perform, watch, hang out, meet the artist) Starting Friday there is going to be an opportunity for students, faculty, and other community members to interact with a project called Whoop House, designed by UMS artist in residence and U of […]

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  • UPDATED: Award Recipients of North Campus Deans’ MLK Spirit Awards
    And the winners are… The North Campus Deans’ MLK Spirit Awards are given to faculty, staff, students, postdocs, and student organizations in North Campus schools and colleges at the University of Michigan who exemplify the leadership and vision of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through their commitment to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion, including within the context […]

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  • Hank Fleischer Exhibition
    Recent Gallery Exhibit: Sculpture from File Folders 2007-2021 Duderstadt Center Gallery, December 5-22, 2022 Hank Fleischer’s 98 years of life connected him to many people through many roles. He was proud to have been a WWII vet, the author of an engineering textbook, a First® Robotics judge, a trustee of the Detroit Science Center and the Carls […]

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  • World Wide Tea
    Design for Participation [Project in Progress – Experimental Space] November 18-30, 2022 Opening Reception: Friday, November 18, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. Our UARTS Faculty Engineering/Arts Student Team (FEAST) explores current participatory design theory and practices. We are ideating, prototyping, and testing participatory design pieces to advance our understanding and application of participatory design. We understand […]

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  • Fabrication Underground! – a photo tour of the DC’s new 3D printing and fabrication space
    Fabrication Underground is an all new space designed and constructed to provide the U-M community with access to the latest 3D printing technologies, software, and other fabrication resources to transform ideas into physical reality. In addition to several new, advanced 3D printers, 3D scanners, a 60 watt laser cutter, and CNC printed circuit board cutter, […]

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  • Sonya Belaya: “Cognitive Distortions, Ancestral Patterns” (streaming video)
    Sonya Belaya: “Cognitive Distortions, Ancestral Patterns” Recent streaming performance Thursday, November 3, in the Duderstadt Center Video Studio “Cognitive Distortions, Ancestral Patterns” uses cognitive distortions to understand the experiences of immigrant women artists as it relates to assimilation, segregation, and mental health care. Alongside research of social work practices with immigrant communities, Belaya documents the […]

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  • Voting Day in the DC Gallery
    Hundreds of students filled the halls of the Duderstadt Center prepared to register and vote in the special DC Gallery polling location on Election Day 2022 See a short video of the line of students committed to add their votes! The turnout marks the success of the Creative Campus Voting Project and its Vote 2022 […]

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  • Pilot Math Testing Lab opens in DC Lower Level
    To provide students on North Campus more convenient access to Math Mastery and Gateway assessment, the LSA Department of Mathematics Math Lab and the College of Engineering Center for Academic Success (ECAS) have opened a pilot Math Mastery Assessment Lab in a temporary space in the Duderstadt Center’s Lower Level. The pilot lab, located in […]

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  • Vote 2022
    Recently in the DC Gallery: Voting is underway at the Duderstadt Center Gallery October 12 – November 8 The Duderstadt Center Gallery has been transformed into a one-stop election hub on North Campus for the four weeks leading up to the November 8th midterm elections. The Creative Campus Voting Project has designed a satellite Ann […]

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