Pride Month: Lane Hall Exhibit celebrates embodiments of gender and identity
In the ongoing exhibit in Lane Hall, Rogério M. Pinto (School of Social Work) invites audiences to join his exploration of myriad embodied gender states, based on intersecting childhood traumas and life experiences. In My Gender States, Pinto shares his deep and abiding grief related to the childhood death of his sister and his own ...
Lane Hall Exhibit explores embodiments of gender and grief
In a new exhibit at the University of Michigan’s Lane Hall, Rogério M. Pinto (School of Social Work) invites audiences to take part in his exploration of myriad embodied gender states based on intersecting childhood traumas and life experiences. In My Gender States, Pinto shares his deep and abiding grief related to the childhood death ...
Arts & Resistance: Feminist art meets science and the history of invention
In early October, IRWG hosted Sarah Buckius, whose exhibition “!!!techn010ffspring!!!” is on view in the Lane Hall exhibit space. Through a grant from the Arts Initiative, Buckius took part in several events to engage the public, making the exhibition a truly inclusive and immersive experience. Events included an artist talk where Buckius delved into the ...
Lane Hall Exhibit playfully explores the intersections of art, feminism, and the STEM field
Come explore the intricate and interlocking world of Sarah Buckius’ “!!!techn010ffspring!!!” where feminist art meets science and the history of invention. On view at Lane Hall as part of U-M Arts Initiative’s themed semester on Arts & Resistance, “!!!techn010ffspring!!!” critiques the patriarchal paradigms of the STEM field by highlighting the history of women inventors. This exhibition ...
Call for Exhibit Nominations
The Women’s and Gender Studies Department and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender invite nominations for an exhibit to be hosted in the Lane Hall Exhibit Space from January–July or August–December 2024. Proposed exhibits should be broadly related to issues of women and gender. The nomination period for the Winter Semester exhibit is September ...
Community Celebrates “Portraits of Feminism in Japan” exhibit
April 2022 Last month, artists and community members gathered to celebrate and discuss the works in the current Lane Hall exhibition, Portraits of Feminism in Japan. On March 22, over 40 people gathered in person and online for an artists’ roundtable and reception. That same week, Japanese artist Takatoshi Hayashi led three workshops in Ann ...
Portraits of Feminism in Japan features original works by contemporary artists
February 16, 2023 A new art exhibit in the University of Michigan’s Lane Hall interrogates current and historical feminist activism in Japan. As in other cultural contexts, “feminism” in Japan can invoke sharply different associations. Mainstream feminist activism in Japan has focused on advocating for change in families, workplaces, schools, political institutions, and laws, among ...
“I have a crisis for you”: Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War
An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk August 25—December 16, 2022 Lane Hall Exhibit Space (open M-F, 9am-4pm) 204 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 ...
Invisible Women: Portraits of Aging in Ukraine
Invisible Women: Portraits of Aging in Ukraine Photographs by Ashley Bigham and Watercolors by Grace Mahoney Lane Hall Gallery 204 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290 Thursday April 28–Thursday August 18, 2022 Weekdays, 8am-4pm In this exhibition, artists Bigham and Mahoney investigate the visibility and social role of Ukraine’s older generation of women embodied ...
Call for Nominations: Nominate an Exhibit or Artist for the Lane Hall Exhibit Space for Winter 2023
The Women’s and Gender Studies Department and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender invite nominations for an exhibit to be hosted in the Lane Hall Exhibit Space from January–July 2023. Proposed exhibits should be broadly related to issues of women and gender. The nomination period for the Winter Semester exhibit is April 1 ...
We’re hiring an IRWG Graduate Fellow for Exhibits!
The Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) announces a paid position for a UM graduate student (at any level or program) to assist with our Lane Hall gallery exhibits. We are looking for someone interested in curating and setting up feminist/gender/sexuality-related art and media exhibits in the Lane Hall gallery space. The Lane ...
Online exhibit: NYC’s Vanished Cafeterias
The Lane Hall Gallery’s current exhibit is now available to view online! Photographer and historian Marcia Bricker Halperin documented NYC’s iconic cafeterias from 1975-85. The streets of New York City were filled with hundreds of cafeterias, self-service eating establishments, during the early to mid-20th Century. Their growth paralleled the rise of the office worker, women’s ...