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Due to an ongoing maintenance project, we are experiencing cooler than normal temperatures in the building. The project will continue for the next couple of weeks, so plan accordingly. We appreciate your patience as we complete this necessary maintenance.

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  • Seeking UMICH Votes Fellows
    Searching for ways to get involved in the next voting cycle? Looking for leadership experience on campus? Be a UMICH Votes Fellow — Help your peers make their voices heard! As a UMICH Votes Fellow you’ll learn how to play a critical role in supporting voter participation on campus. You’ll be part of a cohort of 25 Fellows from across campus working together to welcome students at the campus voting hubs at UMMA and in the Duderstadt Gallery. You’ll […]

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  • Sky Eye
    BEYOND THE DUDERSTADT CENTER Sometimes our resources and expertise are needed beyond the Duderstadt Center. When Stamps School of Art Professor Melanie Manos needed a super projector and a collaborator with unique qualifications for a large-scale projection project, she connected with Converging Technologies Consultant Tom Bray. The resulting project Sky Eye was cast from the […]

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Highlights from the Duderstadt Center 2023-24
  • Come Sunday
    RECENT RECORDING: Audio Studios In late fall, Touch of Blue New American Vocal Ensemble recorded a cover of Duke Ellington’s jazz classic Come Sunday using the Duderstadt Center’s Audio Studios. The piece is a staple in Touch of Blue’s repertoire, and with this recording, the ensemble hopes to share their work beyond their regular concert […]

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  • Accolades Achievement in the Arts Awards
    DESIGN LAB 1 Congratulations! to Accolades Achievement in the Arts Award winners Michigan Animation Club (Outstanding Achievement in Film & Video), Musket (Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theater) and Revolution Chinese Yoyo (Outstanding Achievements in Ensemble Dance and Cultural Arts Practice). We’re proud that each used Design Lab 1 for some of their club activities this year. […]

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  • Chimera
    RECENT VIDEO SHOOT: Video Studio Chimera is a movement-based, sound-optics-focused performance installation, in collaboration with AAPI (Asian American, Pacific Islander) Performance Collective IS/LAND, which was recorded in the Duderstadt Center’s Video Studio in April 2024. By definition, a chimera is ‘an organism composed of mixed genetic tissues’ and when applied to science, ‘a goal that […]

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  • Residual Artifacts
    MIDEN As part of her contribution to the “Impressions: 2024 Stamps Senior Exhibition“, Stamps School of Art & Design senior Charlotte Lee presented her art piece in the MIDEN with support from Advanced Visualization Specialist Ted Hall. The sound design was done by Ilan Salomon-Jacob. Utilizing point clouds and LiDAR scans of personal objects, this […]

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  • 28th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons
    RECENT EVENT: Duderstadt Center Gallery March 19th — April 2nd, 2024 The 28th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) at the University of Michigan, showcases the work of artists incarcerated in Michigan prisons. The work is by men and women from 24 state prisons in both […]

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  • Webinar Recording Now Available: “Extended Reality (XR): Exploring the Boundaries of Research & Dissemination:
    Webinar – Original Presentation: February 26, 2024, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. This Webinar is now available at: Innovation Partnerships and the Center for Academic Innovation Site. And on YouTube. In collaboration with Innovation Partnerships and the Center for Academic Innovation, the Duderstadt Center will be part of the Software & Content: Thought-Leadership Series. Join us […]

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Take Note

The Fabrication Studio has moved to a much larger space with new 3D printing technologies for your projects. The new “Fabrication Studio Underground” is now in Room B430 in the DC’s Lower Level (map). Watch for a complete story on everything new in one of the DC’s most interesting resources.

The Groundworks Orientation is now on Canvas. This course introduces you to the resources of the Digital Media Commons. Upon completing the modules you will create an account, enabling you to reserve the Multimedia Rooms and the Recording Booth.

Engage … Collaborate… Create!