Arts Initiative
Arts Initiative

Staff Explorer Pass - Michigan Arts Festival 2026

The Michigan Arts Festival spotlights the vibrant university arts scene, serving as a broad invitation for everyone to engage with the arts at Michigan—our museums, theaters, and concert halls—to celebrate the role of the arts in research, learning, and community life.


In partnership with Voices of the Staff, the U-M Arts Initiative is offering the Michigan Arts Festival Staff Explorer Pass, made up of complimentary tickets for select campus events and extra special experiences for U-M staff members all throughout October! U-M Staff members from all three campuses are encouraged to participate and are welcome to register for as many or as few programs as they would like. Please note that limited space is available for several of the Staff Explorer Pass opportunities, but waitlists will be available if a Session is full.



Staff Explorer Pass | Guided Tour: UMMA - Curated Conversations: Dialogue with Images

WAITLIST ONLY
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University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Join us for this special U-M Staff-only guided tour!

Welcome (back) to UMMA! Go behind the scenes and join a guided tour of the renovated galleries and newly-opened fall exhibitions, including Rick Lowe's Black Wall Street Journey: Re and DeImagining Black Progress and Holly Bass' We Hold These Truths. Gallery Educators will design an interactive conversation that encourages participants to learn about art and each other. 

The tour will last one hour and will begin in the UMMA lobby by the welcome desk. Look for Karen Steffes (karsteff@umich.edu) in a teal Michigan Arts Festival T-shirt in the lobby! 

Galleries and restrooms are accessible by elevator. Please no food or drink in the galleries. 

More information on UMMA and select galleries can be found at https://umma.umich.edu/




This program is part of the Michigan Arts Festival Staff Explorer Pass. In partnership with Voices of the Staff, the U-M Arts Initiative is offering limited complimentary tickets for select campus events and extra special experiences for U-M staff members all throughout October! For a list of all Staff Explorer Pass events, visit https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/23512  

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