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Penny Stamps Speaker Series
Past Lectures
Morag Myerscough: Belonging
September 20, 2018
A proud Londoner, Morag Myerscough has always lived in the city and has been fascinated by how color, pattern, and words can change… Read More >
Osborne Macharia with Blinky Bill: The Rude Boyz (Michigan Theater)
September 13, 2018
As a multi-award-winning photographer and digital artist based in Nairobi, Kenya, Osborne Macharia's visual- and narrative-driven… Read More >
Osborne Macharia with Blinky Bill: The Rude Boyz (The Wright Museum)
September 8, 2018
Special Event: Saturday, September 8, 7pm / Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 East Warren Avenue, Detroit,… Read More >
Building Contemporaries: Art and Economies in Detroit
April 20, 2018
Special Event: Friday, April 20, 6:30–8 pm / Helmut Stern Auditorium, UMMA, 525 S State St, Ann Arbor 48109 Dive into a… Read More >
Brian Selznick: Struck With Wonder
March 29, 2018
Brian Selznick has been making children’s books since 1991. His illustrated novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret won the 2008… Read More >
Yvonne Rainer: A Truncated History of the Universe for Dummies; a Rant Dance
March 22, 2018
Yvonne Rainer, one of the founders of the Judson Dance Theater (1962), made a transition to filmmaking following a fifteen-year… Read More >
Chelsea Manning: A Conversation with Heather Dewey-Hagborg
March 15, 2018
Chelsea Manning speaks on the social, technological, and economic ramifications of Artificial Intelligence, and on the practical… Read More >
Giorgia Lupi: Data Humanism
March 8, 2018
Giorgia Lupi is an award-winning information designer, author, and co-founder of Accurat, a data-driven design firm where she… Read More >
Chico MacMurtrie: Border Crossers: Part 2
February 16, 2018
Special Event: Friday, February 16 at 5:30 pm / Helmut Stern Auditorium, UMMA, 525 S State St, Ann Arbor 48109 Chico MacMurtrie is… Read More >
Jaime Hayon: Design Follows Function, and then What?
February 15, 2018
Spanish artist-designer Jaime Hayon was born in Madrid in 1974. From his very first collections, Hayon has been at the forefront of… Read More >
Stephen Burks: Towards a New Perception of Design
February 8, 2018
Stephen Burks believes in a pluralistic vision of design that is inclusive of all cultural perspectives. His ongoing Man Made… Read More >
Joseph Keckler: Dragon at the Edge of a Flat World
February 7, 2018
Special Event: Wednesday, February 7 at 5:30 pm / Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washingon St, Ann Arbor 48109 Straddling the worlds… Read More >
Ebony G. Patterson: They Were…
February 1, 2018
In much of her work, Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson explores the use of feminine gendered adornment in the construct of urban… Read More >
Hito Steyerl: Bubble Vision
January 25, 2018
Hito Steyerl's prolific filmmaking and writing occupy a highly discursive position between the fields of art, philosophy, and… Read More >
Chico MacMurtrie: Border Crossers: Part 1
January 23, 2018
Special Event: Tuesday, January 23 at 7pm / Riverside Art Center, 76 N. Huron St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Chico MacMurtrie is an… Read More >
Claudia Rankine With P. Carl: Theater Matters: Activism, Imagination, Citizenship
January 18, 2018
Macarthur “Genius” Fellow Claudia Rankine and dramaturg P. Carl explore ways that contemporary theater and performance can catalyze… Read More >
CANCELED - Anicka Yi: The Flavor Genome
January 11, 2018
The Anicka Yi presentation scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 11 has been canceled. Anicka Yi is a New York City based… Read More >
Buster Simpson: Art Antioxidant
December 7, 2017
Buster Simpson, an artist active since the late 1960s, has worked on major infrastructure and planning projects, site-specific… Read More >
Justine Mahoney: Tainted
November 30, 2017
Justine Mahoney’s sculptures and collages have captivated audiences for their deceptively innocent approach to exploring the dark… Read More >
Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell: March
November 27, 2017
Special Event: Monday, November 27, 7:00 pm at Hill Auditorium (825 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109). John Lewis is a… Read More >
