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“Tap is comprised of a vintage kitchen sink sunk vertically into a gallery wall. Instead of water, yellow and blue flames pour from the faucet initiating color shifts in an encrusted frame made from fused bits of discarded ceramics. As the flames spill out a faint voice can be heard. The source of the sound can be traced back to the flame—the flame itself is speaking.”

“Part documentary, part rumination, and part fairy tale.”

“In recent years my creative work has been influenced by astronomy, physics, archaeology, and other fields of scientific inquiry. This influence is founded on a much deeper and more lasting curiosity about how we as human beings know what we know, and how what we don’t know so neatly escapes us.”

Professor Jim Cogswell reflects on his recent collaboration, Jeweled Net of the Vast Invisible.

As is tradition since its founding in 1963, Stamps people are deeply involved with the creative goings-ons of the Ann Arbor Film Festival this year.

One such involvement is making the official AAFF trailer this year: a very cool collaboration between faculty Heidi Kumao, Collin McCrae-Leix (MFA '12) and Frank Pahl (MFA '98).

Congratulations to our very own Stamps School Professor Endi Poskovic -- just announced as a recipient of a prestigious U.S. Senior Fulbright Scholar grant for 2015-2016. Incredible!

Endi will be headed to the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland, where he will spend his Fulbright year researching the formative years of the Krakow International Triennial, its origins and the role it played in the democratization of art and education in Poland, and internationally. In addition, he will collaborate with Academy faculty and students on the production of a series of lithographic prints and conduct a graduate seminar.

Stamps professor Phoebe Gloeckner talks about bravery in the process of making art and being emotionally honest.

This weekend Detroit lights up with DLECTRICITY -- a nighttime art and light festival featuring over 35 artists from all over the world, including our very own Heidi Kumao and Osman Kahn!

There is a great map available on the DLECTRICITY website. Don't miss exhibits #4 or #22.

Heidi is also giving an artist talk at 6pm on Saturday at the Detroit Artist Market (4719 Woodward Ave, Detroit MI 48201).