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2023 Autumn Instructor Show Opening Reception

A2AC (Ann Arbor Art Center) 117 W Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Join us for the Opening Reception of the 2023 Autumn Instructor Show featuring artwork by a collection of dedicated instructors who create the vibrant arts education community at the A2AC in Downtown Ann Arbor. This exhibition is held in the Spotlight Gallery on the 2nd floor of the A2AC. Featuring Eve Bratten Tricia Hampo Soyeon Kim Andrea Lozano Lila MacKinnon Continue Reading

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Sherina Rodriguez Sharpe: Genesis

Ann Arbor District Library 343 S 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Join the A2AC in the Ann Arbor District Library's downtown lobby for an interdisciplinary music and storytelling performance ritual led by Detroit-based artist Sherina Rodriguez Sharpe, currently featured in the We are here because you were there exhibition. Genesis is a theatrical performance telling a story of decolonization through six Filipina mothers across her ancestral line. Sharpe describes this performance: Continue Reading

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A2AC AUTHOR SERIES: WE ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU WERE THERE

A2AC (Ann Arbor Art Center) 117 W Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Join us at the next A2AC Author series for a morning of Asian-American food-inspired writing! Drawing from their East Asian culture's culinary traditions, six writers read excerpts from their published work while responding to the current A2AC Gallery's show titled We are here because you were there. featuring Shannon Daniels Grace Han A. H. Kim Hanna Kim Kyunghee Kim Michelle Continue Reading

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Baker 2 Baker: Two Asian American Bakers on Food, Identity, and Community

Ann Arbor District Library 343 S 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Local Asian-American bakery owners Grace Han of Porch Bakery and Rachel Liu Martindale of Milk and Honey will lead a conversation and demonstration about Asian-American cooking and baking, touching on themes of process, community-building, and identity.

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Curator/Artist Talk

A2AC Gallery 117 W Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Join us for a special Curator/Artist talk for the A2AC Gallery show We Are Here because you were there, moderated by University of Michigan's LSA Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies professor Manan Desai. Dive deeper into how each artist approaches their studio practice as well as how they relate to the expansive, diverse narratives being told about Asian-American experiences in the Continue Reading

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