Experience a multi-sensory cascade of movement, dance, abstract visuals, storytelling, sound, and audience participation.

trace/play is the collaboration between transdisciplinary performing artist Chrissy Martin and interactive artist Owen Lowery, who use AI body tracking to create real-time visual projections and motion-reactive musical sonification, resulting in immersive experiences for all ages.

Audience participants will be invited to dance, move, and play to create a one-of-a-kind collective artwork they can take home as a print.

"The Fold of the Righteous" is a panel discussion that explores the importance of intersectional solidarity between the Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA), Black, Latinx, and all communities.In the face of systemic oppression and marginalization, these communities have historically faced unique challenges and experiences. However, there is also a shared history of struggle, resistance, and resilience that binds them together.

In a world often plagued by conflict, uncertainty, and inequity, art can offer a glimmer of hope and solace. But how exactly can art grace our troubled world?

This panel discussion will explore the power of art to heal, inspire, and bring people together. We will discuss how art can provide a platform for dialogue, foster understanding, and promote intersectional solidarity and social change.

Join Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry experts from the child and adult anxiety clinics in this free educational talk.

The speakers will give a short presentation about anxiety, explain how it differs in kids and adults, touch on treatment methods and medication options, and highlight what you can do to calm your own anxiety and help your children cope with theirs.

The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with the audience.

This event is in partnership with Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry.

AADL welcomes local Drag Kings for a night of performance, featuring a panel discussion about the art form, drag king culture, and queer celebration.

Musk is one of the first ingredients people think of when it comes to animalic ingredients used in perfumery (aka “animalics”). Musks, however, are also found in essential oils extracted from plants, many of which can be turned in perfume absolutes (concentrates) by reducing tinctures by exposure to air for a specified period of time.

Desai's presentation explores U.S. media representations of the Third World, the global bloc of decolonizing nations in Asia and Africa during the Cold War, through the development of the mid-century music genre known as Exotica. Emerging after the Second World War, Exotica was a popular form of ersatz “world music” which, he argues, responded to anxieties around racial integration and the decolonizing world.

Sophy Wong is a designer, costumer, and maker creating artistic wearable technology. Using digital fabrication techniques like 3D printing and laser cutting, her work highlights the intersection of technology and design for the human body. Sophy has been featured by Adam Savage's Tested.com, Nerdist, Hackaday, Make: Magazine, and Adafruit. Her book, Wearable Tech Projects, is a compilation of 30 tutorials and articles about DIY wearable tech. Sophy documents her work online at sophywong.com.

There’s nothing like the fragrance of a rose in full bloom. A sense of wonder accompanies each inhalation, whether perceived in the wind or nez en fleur. Describing how a rose smells, however, isn't as simple as lingering in the beauty of its perfume.

Rosy is a common descriptor for rose scent, and does little to articulate the multifaceted aspects that shape rose fragrance. It’s unfair to the rose and supports an enchantment that stills our tongues. The enchantment must be broken temporarily in order to cultivate a vocabulary for rose scent.

The Ann Arbor Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is a communal updating event of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to gender, art and feminism. We provide tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian, reference materials, and refreshments. In partnership with the UM Library and LSA Technology Services.