Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work

January 8 – February 9, 2018
In-person Event
Art & Architecture Building
2000 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor MI 48109-2069
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Exhibition
Open to the public
Free of charge
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Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work honors the creative work and careers of all Stamps School alumni, creates an aspirational connection between generations of U‑M artists and designers and current Stamps students, and inspires reflection during the university’s Bicentennial year. Funds raised through this exhibition will support new studios and collaborative spaces at Stamps.
Curated by Stamps Professor Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo with alumna Emily Schumer (BFA 2017), Future Former will be on view Monday, January 8‑Friday, February 9, 2018 on the first floor of the Art and Architecture Building.
Join us for an artist panel and exhibition reception on Monday, January 29 from 5 — 6:30pm. The artist panel, moderated by John Luther, Career Development Coordinator, includes Janna Coumoundouros (BFA 1998), Nawal Motawi (BFA 1988), Robin Wilt (BFA 1971), and Matthew Zivich (BSDes 1960).
Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work
Exhibition Dates: Monday, January 8 — Friday, February 9, 2018
Artist Panel and Reception: Monday, January 29, 2018 from 5 — 6:30 pm
Artist Panel: 5 pm, Stamps Auditorium
Reception: 5:45 pm, Street Gallery
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Melis Agabigum: artPOP: Necklace in Purple
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Anneli Arms: Face Embryo
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Julia Ashcom: Untitled Study
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Vivian Babuts & Joey Christiano Diaz: from the series “The Ballad”
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Elizabeth Barick Fall: Levering #2, 2017
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Katie Barrie: Some of the Most Amazing Scenery Known to Man
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Cathy Barry: Entropy
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Lin Baum: Matt
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Martin Bernstein: Book
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Suzanne Beutler: Childhood Imaginations
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Michelle Bien: Sacred Geometry, Universal Mathematics, Infinite Perfection
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Gabriella Borosd: Rabba Destroys the Golem
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Tris Bovich Caserio: Mid-Wilshire_The_City.
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Alaiyo Bradshaw: Woman in White
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Bruce Brenneise: The Gates of Thoth
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Anna Brown: Emotional
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Paula Brown-Gray: Spring Lake Lily
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Lynne Buchman: Moving on
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Sheryl Budnik: Sheryl Budnik - Studio viewing room with recent work and previous Realist work
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Steve Burdick: State Street, Ann Arbor, 1983
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William Burgard: Dr. Thomas Wang
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Lenea Burt Howe: Florida Gator with his Lint Licker
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Kent Caldwell: Hanging Gardens (detail shot)
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Kimberly Callas: The Beekeeper’s Wife
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Lewis Calver: Limbic System of the Brain
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David Campbell: The Calling - Issue 1 - Cover
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Gregory Campbell: Man alone.
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Gina Canter: Barak Obama
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Richard Cassis: mind body plate brand
Link to work »Richard Cassis: mind body plate brandOccasionally I'm asked how long it took to "come up" with "that". My answer echoes the great Henr...
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William Charland: Learning to be white in the USA: What will I do with you; Why do they hate us?
Link to work »William Charland: Learning to be white in the USA: What will I do with you; Why do they hate us?My experience, the framework through which I learned to see the world, is that of of the white ma...
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Tess Theresa Choe-Herrington: Ceci Tuera Cela
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Joanne Chung: Hidden in the Jelly Valley
Link to work »Joanne Chung: Hidden in the Jelly Valley"What would make the most sarcastic piece of art? That trash cat icon sticking sticking its middl...
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Caryn Ciesielski: DUMB BITCH
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Nicole Cischke: Monster Party
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Evan Clark: 2017 Ravinia Festival Poster
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Augustine Cofrancesco: Scrap Grasp
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Susan Ruth Cohen: Summer Concert (in the Piazza)
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Amy Contopulos: Recess
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Janna Coumoundouros: Automotive Material Dress Modeled by Musician Josie Pace
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Lisa Craig Neild: September 2nd
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Breanne Cremean: Mother of Dragons
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Patricia (Clark) Crosby: CARRIAGE HOUSE
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William Crosby: DENALI
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Michael Curtis: General Eisenhower
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Heidi Dauphin: Making a Point II
Link to work »Heidi Dauphin: Making a Point III think of my creative process as a journey. This journey began long ago. I am a collector travel...
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Cheryl Dawdy: Metamorphosis
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cathy diamond: Guardian Angel
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Marisa Diamond: The ThrowUps
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Rita Dibert: Ring Around the Rosie: Tentative Times
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Molly Dierks: Test Tube Babies
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Barbara Dinneweth: Fall
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Celibeth Donnelly: Tapestry of a Leader
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Shelley Doppelt Holtzman: Rose & Berries
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Valerie Doran Bashaw: Saw Blade Mandala, 2016
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Henry Adam Dougherty: FC St. Pauli 2017/18 Kits
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David Dumo: Sebastian
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JULIE EISENBEG PITMAN: undecidable III
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Judith Enright: Peonies
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Yasmin Etemadi: Butterfly’s Revenge
Link to work »Yasmin Etemadi: Butterfly’s RevengeTALES FROM THE BLACK NIGHT OF THE SOUL Once upon a time of dark, troubled nights, storyteller &a...
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Lindsay Farris: Now That’s What I Call A Variation On A Theme Volume 69
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Peter Finnemore: Bertween the Lines
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Jane Fitzgerald: FUTUREformer: one career
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Janie Fleckenstein: Portrait of Ashley Fleckenstein
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Thomas Frank: NineEighteen
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george frayne: crew of the memphis belle
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george frayne: john22
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gaye gambell-peterson: Appetite #lilith
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Ken Giles: Untitled - urbus: located in the city
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Peter Crow Gilleran: October Piece
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Peter Glaberman: Michael B
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Heidi Goldberg: Lake Sakakawea
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Debra Golden: Mornings at Seven poster
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Cheryl Gordon: Essex 87
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Sophia Greenbaum: No Nukes
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Walter Griggs: MICHIGAN NORTH CAMPUS BUS-STOP, SUMMER SCENE.
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Walter Griggs: Michigan Stadium-Main ST.
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Genevieve Guracar: Champions of the Sacred
Link to work »Genevieve Guracar: Champions of the SacredCartoons speak to both sides of the human brain, the visual and literary. For me it is truth tell...
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M. Sedestrom Guthrie: Settled/Unsettled
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Cam Gzym: The Lake Alone
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Richard Hackel: Panalateral View of the Charles River
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Samuel E. Harper: Miss Marilyn
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Brein Harpster: The Elephant In The Room
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Susan Hensel: Soft Geometry 1
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Claudia Hershman: NIGHT CARNIVAL
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sue Holdaway-Heys: KOI POND
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Jeri Hollister: Over the shoulder
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Ryan Hoover: Theater, Seattle
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Kelsey Horn: Late to Dinner
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Mori Insinger: Provincetown, Massachusetts
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Helen Jacobson: Woman
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Marcella Janush-Kulchitsky: We Both Say Amen
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Eduardo Jimenez: Colgate 360¡ Advanced 4-Zone Toothbrush
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Lester Johnson: A Garland of Praise Songs for Rosa Parks
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Francie Johnson Hester: Visual Artist
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Joseph Jurson: Anhinga Wing #2
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Mary Kainlauri Shao: Chasing Rainbows on Poppy
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Joann Kallio: Subterranean
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