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Community Action Network students work on living wall mosaics.
Essential arts events for June 2017: Apps in the gallery, immigration, and a living wall

Our picks for this month's essential arts events include an exhibition that "remixes" art and technology, an empathy-building take on the immigrant experience, and an elementary student exhibition.

Detail from John Gutoskey's "Queer Pop."
Essential arts events for May 2017

Check out our picks for this month's essential local arts events, including a dragon boat building class, neighborhood art festivals, and an exhibition that celebrates the integration of words and pictures.

Ann Arbor artist Niki Williams, whose work will be featured in the inaugural Straight Up show at Alley Bar.
Essential arts events for April 2017

Our monthly guide to innovative Washtenaw County arts events includes an interactive art installation at Ann Arbor Distilling Co. and a one-night art show at Alley Bar.

Figures point at the viewer in Yuan Goangming's film Indication.
Essential arts events for March 2017

A monthly guide to events that are moving Washtenaw County's arts scene forward in innovative and exciting ways.

Omari Rush
OpEd: Make creativity a priority in Ann Arbor

For all of the cultural, intellectual, and economic resources Ann Arbor has, some say the city is stagnating creatively and lacks enough infrastructure for artists. Omari Rush, curator of public programs for the Ann Arbor Art Center, discusses his "listening tour" and proposes next steps needed to better support the arts.

Omari Rush at the University Musical Society offices
Guest Blogger: Omari Rush

K-12 arts education should be more than just a shrinking line item on public school budgets. Clarinetist Omari Rush, education manager for U-M's University Musical Society, opines on why we should say yes to arts programming in schools.

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