“I think what’s most exciting is that this, like, historic, iconic space in Ann Arbor. It’s more than 100 years old, and it has a new, fresh life. It is beautiful,” Christopher Ankney, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for The University of Michigan Museum of Art said. “It is a connection between the town and the campus. It is a place where people come to celebrate moments, and now that it is refreshed and bright and vibrant, it will feel more alive than it ever has.”
On October 10 and 11, UMMA will reopen its historic wing after an eight-month renovation period. The Ann Arbor museum will kick off the event with a free, public celebration featuring new exhibitions, artist talks, tours, giveaways and much more.
Artists Rick Lowe and Holly Bass will highlight the event with new art installations and their own special events. Lowe will host an Art at Home curator meet-and-greet, and Bass will present an artmaking program.
“Holly’s installment titled ‘We Hold These Truths’ focuses on the country’s anniversary years. Starting with 1876. She is looking at how the country celebrated those milestones, and what parts of our history we don’t talk about during those celebration moments,” Ankney said. “Rick Low is opening an exhibition on the second floor of the building called ‘Black Wall Street Journey,’ and this is a decades-long project for him. He’s looking at the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921 and markers of wealth in Black communities and thinking about how to reinterpret them.”…