2012 grantees report on their project “Democracy Here and There: The Arab Spring and Arab American Youth”

“Democracy and Activism in College Campuses: Arab American Youth/Arab Spring” is a project that was sponsored by the Arts of Citizenship Program at the University of Michigan and the Arab American National Museum (AANM) in Dearborn. The idea behind the project was to study in what ways the events known as the Arab Spring impacted ...

Elizabeth Werbe

Elizabeth Werbe is a creative catalyst, educational innovator and dynamic leader with a track record of creating transformative learning experiences that help motivated students develop the knowledge, skills needed to collaboratively identify and implement solutions to pressing social issues. In her current role at the University of Michigan, Elizabeth is refining the vision, strategy and ...

Information for Partners

Through substantive summer internships, University of Michigan graduate students have assisted organizations in southeast Michigan with a variety of projects that address pressing social needs. Past projects have utilized skills in critical thinking, creative problem solving, research, writing, data collection, and analysis. Students have applied these skills to develop programs or exhibitions at leading cultural ...

2011 Arts of Citizenship Fellow receives Architect Magazine’s 2013 Progressive Architecture Award

Assistant professor of architecture Steven Mankouche and lecturer Matthew Schulte received Architect Magazine’s 2013 Progressive Architecture Award for their project titled Farm, Gaming Strategies of Empowering Marginalized Youth. Initiated as a series of architectural design workshops with Project Reach, a New York City-based anti-discrimination training organization, the project involved redesigning an historic Catskill farm into ...

2013 Internships

Arts of Citizenship is pleased to announce the 2013 Graduate Student Summer Internships. These full-time opportunities in southeast Michigan enable Rackham graduate students to explore careers outside the academy while forging valuable relationships and discovering how to translate their knowledge and skills to a range of non-academic contexts. Master’s and Doctoral students in the arts, ...

2013 Request for Proposals: Graduate Student Grants in Public Scholarship

Arts of Citizenship supports University of Michigan graduate students in the arts, design, and humanities in carrying out creative and scholarly projects with civic and cultural organizations that address real-world challenges and enhance students’ professional development. Program Description and Goals Arts of Citizenship Graduate Student Grants in Public Scholarship support mutually beneficial partnerships between U-M ...

Reflections from the Field: Cliveden Conversations, National Historic Landmark Edition

Back in the warm days of August, our team of publicly-minded historians had the opportunity to be a part of Cliveden Historic Site’s on-going community dialogue series, “Cliveden Conversations.”  As described earlier, we are in the process of updating the site’s original National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination, which dates to 1961.  The forum, framed around ...

Engaging for Success: Strategies for Effective Arts Community Engagement

Date: Friday, September 14, 2012 Time: 2:00 – 4:30 p.m. Location: Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids REGISTER HERE Engaging for Success: Strategies for Effective Arts Community Engagement Engagement is in the air; engagement is everywhere. Some hold that the survival of arts organizations hinges on their ability to engage effectively with their communities. But ...

The King and I: Living the Legacy at the U-M Detroit Center

By Jina Kim, U-M Ph.D. student in English and Women’s Studies According to the University of Michigan Detroit Center’s mission statement, the Detroit Center aims to “enrich University and Detroit communities through service, education, research and the exchange of culture.” In an interview I conducted with Center Director Dr. Addell Austin Anderson, she further elaborated ...

Interning at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Part 3

By Hillina Seife, U-M Ph.D. student in History This summer I am working with the Education department at the Charles Wright on an exhibit called “Inspired Minds: African-Americans in Science and Technology.” Opening in the Fall of 2012 and slated to be part of the museum’s permanent collection, the exhibit will feature pioneering figures and ...