2021-05-06 16:48 By: Xinhua
CHICAGO, May 1 (Xinhua) University of Michigan (UM) alumnus William Weese recently gave a gift of art and endowment with a combined value of around 5 million dollars to UM Museum of Art (UMMA).
Part of the gift Weese gave to UMMA, which is valued at 3.35 million dollars, are more than 1,000 ceramics and decorative arts from China s Neolithic period to the Ming and Qing dynasties, with some pieces dating back to as early as 3,000 BC.
Another part of the gift is a 1.7-million-dollar William C. Weese MD Endowment for Ceramic Arts, which is aimed to develop, promote and implement programs to further the education, appreciation and understanding of ceramic arts.
2021-05-01 23:35:26 GMT2021-05-02 07:35:26(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CHICAGO, May 1 (Xinhua) University of Michigan (UM) alumnus William Weese recently gave a gift of art and endowment with a combined value of around 5 million dollars to UM Museum of Art (UMMA).
Part of the gift Weese gave to UMMA, which is valued at 3.35 million dollars, are more than 1,000 ceramics and decorative arts from China s Neolithic period to the Ming and Qing dynasties, with some pieces dating back to as early as 3,000 BC.
Another part of the gift is a 1.7-million-dollar William C. Weese MD Endowment for Ceramic Arts, which is aimed to develop, promote and implement programs to further the education, appreciation and understanding of ceramic arts.
UM Museum of Art receives 5 mln USD Chinese ceramics gift
Xinhua
02 May 2021, 09:30 GMT+10
CHICAGO, May 1 (Xinhua) University of Michigan (UM) alumnus William Weese recently gave a gift of art and endowment with a combined value of around 5 million dollars to UM Museum of Art (UMMA). Part of the gift Weese gave to UMMA, which is valued at 3.35 million dollars, are more than 1,000 ceramics and decorative arts from China s Neolithic period to the Ming and Qing dynasties, with some pieces dating back to as early as 3,000 BC. Another part of the gift is a 1.7-million-dollar William C. Weese MD Endowment for Ceramic Arts, which is aimed to develop, promote and implement programs to further the education, appreciation and understanding of ceramic arts.
University of Michigan launches monthlong celebration of National Poetry Month
Events include daily readings, outdoor exhibition, poetry prompts
Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor
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Signage for U-M s 2021 Poetry Blast is posted at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. (Scott C. Soderberg | University of Michigan)
ANN ARBOR – The University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities is marking National Poetry Month with its interactive Poetry Blast.
The monthlong celebration invites members of the U-M community and the general public to write, read and hear poetry in a variety of ways.
“During the past year many of us have felt stressed, anxious and alone; we’ve had fewer ways to connect with others or even with our own feelings and emotions,” Peggy McCracken, director of the U-M Institute for the Humanities said in a statement.
Yo-Yo Ma joins University of Michigan for new residency spanning all three campuses
Project explores past year under pandemic within U-M community through arts
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Yo-Yo Ma (left) and Tunde Olaniran on stage during his Day of Action in Flint, Michigan in Feb. 2019, organized in partnership with the University of Michigan s University Musical Society. (E.Bronson/Michigan Photography)
ANN ARBOR – The University of Michigan Arts Initiative, in partnership with the University Musical Society, is launching a new residency with internationally acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
The project will see the collaboration of regional artists and U-M students on all three campuses to map the experiences the school community has undergone this past year.