Arts at Michigan
Site of the Week Archive
Below are past art sites of the week. Click through to enjoy something new. If you have an art site to suggest for a future Site of the Week, please email us at arts@umich.edu.
Art & Design's Synthesis Show
Check out all the photos of the Synthesis show, featuring artwork frokm the School of Art & Design's graduating seniors!
Coloring Outside The Lines
The School of Art & Design has a blog called PLAY, which recently featured this interesting post about a Concept, Form & Color class creating art using coloring books as a starting point!
UMGASS
Check out the new University of Michigan Gilbert & Sullivan Society website and get your tickets for HMS Pinafore, opening in late March!
Book Surgeon
With surgical precision, artist Brian Dettmer carves through page after page of old books, creating intensely detailed sculptures like you've never seen before. Check it out!
Snowflake Generator
Even if it's warm today, it might snow again tomorrow! You may have welcome (or dread) the snow. Use this snowflake generator to create your own!
Sketch Swap
Part of the fun of the arts is that it's a community, which is why there are both participants and audience members at exhibitions and performances across campus. Sketch a drawing to receive one in this global phenomenon.
Remake
The idea of the REMAKE project is to remake a famous work of art using photography. Check out all these unique and creative takes on classic artworks!
Touch of Evil
See if you can recognize Evil when you see it-- watch this video gallery of some of the icons of cinematic villainy, performed by great actors!
Russia, In Color
You can usually tell by a photo's age by how faded its colors are, but these color photos of Russia were actually taken 100 years ago with a special camera, and look like they were taken yesterday.
Lorenz Butterfly
Even the tiniest changes can have a huge impact in the art world. See this in application as you create a Lorenz Butterfly and demonstrate "sensitive dependence upon initial conditions"
Tim Burton
There are plenty of art galleries around campus for you to check out your leisure, but with this site of the week you can explore the limits of Tim Burton's mind from your own couch.
The Annex
Check out UMMA's student blog, The Annex! It provides student insight into UMMA's exhibitions and programs.
Student Arts HUB
This summer, we created the Student Arts HUB, a new feature on our website to help you join, follow, and learn about the Student Arts Organizations on Campus!
Harmonicas!
Check out our Harmonicas FunPage-- We handed out harmonicas at Northfest and Festifall, and our site was made to help inspire you to learn to play!
Sounds of Hamburg
Music is all in the ...eye of the beholder? Use the city of Hamburg to compose and perform your own original piece of music.
annarbor.com's Local Films
Perhaps you've seen some movie trucks around town this summer, and want the inside scoop. Check out our site of the week for the latest about local film shoots!
UMich Public Art
Want the inside scoop on the art you see around campus? Our Site of The Week can help answer your questions!
Dear Photograph
Check out Dear Photograph, our site of the week. Participants submit images of their past being revisited through photographs.
Komar & Melamid Paintings
What if Art was made by committee? Art duo Komar & Melamid made paintings and songs according to survey results about what people liked in art.
Google Logos
Ever noticed Google's ever-changing logos? See a full archive of the artistic reinterpretations they've used!
Unsigned Band Web
Find a new band your friends have never heard before, and download their song or album on the Unsigned Band Web!
101 Crafty Gifts
Looking for an inexpensive gift for a friend? Check out instructables.com's "101 Crafty Gifts" and learn how to make your friends and family cool presents on the cheap - from a lampshade made out of records to a knitted moustache!
SHEI Magazine
Founded in 1999, SHEI Magazine is a global arts, design, pop-culture, and fashion magazine produced by University of Michigan students. Check out their summer blogs!
Red Studio Interactive Collage
MoMA's Red Studio website has lots of cool activities, including a series of collages you can remix and reinvent... check it out!
Post-crossing
Send a postcard and receive a postcard back from a random person somewhere in the world!
Labuat
Painting a song-- use your mouse to paint along with the music, and watch as each line reveals something new!
Draw and Fold Over
Found magazine features photos, letters and other things that people discover lying on the ground, and give glimpses into the stories of strangers' lives.
Found Magazine
Found magazine features photos, letters and other things that people discover lying on the ground, and give glimpses into the stories of strangers' lives.
Google Art Project
Google uses their Street View technology to take you inside some of the best museums of the world!
1000 Journals
One thousand journals are traveling from hand to hand throughout the world. Those who find them will add their stories and drawings, then pass the journal along in an ongoing collaborative art form.
The Boxdoodle Project
Remember when you were a kid and the box your toy came in was the most fun part? Visit the Boxdoodle project and think outside the box-or inside, under, on top of it...
Breakdancing Ninja
So you think you CAN’T dance? The Breakdancing Ninja breaks down some great dance moves so you can impress next time you’re at a club or party or wedding reception... Check it out!
Graffiti Research Lab
Graffiti Research Lab use open source technology to create new forms of interactive urban communication!
Palladium Boots
Check out the Palladium Boots blog, which features “Explorations”, a series of documentary videos looking at creative communities and underground arts in various cities, like Berlin and Detroit!
smarthistory.org
Smarthistory.org is an open, not-for-profit, art history textbook that uses multimedia to deliver unscripted conversations between art historians about the history of art. Read the textbook at smarthistory.org.
Design Studio 3D
When building a house you must consider two things: the needs of people and the particulars of place. Satisfy these needs and become an architect with Frank Lloyd Wright at Design Studio 3D.
The Art Site
Need a muse? Or, just want to buy, sell, view, or discuss original works? Check out the artwork people posted at The Art Site.
COLORSlab
Looking for some dance inspiration? Check out the photos and videos people posted at COLORSLab.
The Johnny Cash Project
Individual drawings coming together for an overall collaborative effort in The Johnny Cash Project.
Play Gallery
Play is the online venue for stories, profiles and videos by and about the community at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design
