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Bridge Scholars Plus curators meet with Project Leads, Erika Larson, Manager of Art in Public Spaces and Félix Zamora-Gómez, Program Coordinator for Engagement at the Arts Initiative. Photo by Neil Kagerer

Art at Home

U-M’s Art Lending Collection
Curated by Jennifer Carty, Curator of Art in Public Spaces; and students in the Bridge Scholars Plus Program
November 15, 2025 — January 18, 2026
Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse

Live With What Moves You

Art at Home: U-M’s Art Lending Collection introduces a bold new way for students to experience art at the University of Michigan—by living with it.

Launched by the Art in Public Spaces team and hosted by UMMA, this exhibition marks the debut of a new lending library of original artworks that will be made available to students for display in their residence hall rooms throughout the academic year. Featuring 75 small-scale works by contemporary artists—many with deep ties to Michigan—Art at Home is co-curated by five student leaders from the Bridge Scholars Plus program. The curators, Freddy Lazaro, Raven Miles, Bryan Santos-Flores, Zoey Stanton, and Layla Tinsley, brought their values of inclusivity, innovation, and joy to the selection process, resulting in a collection designed to offer comfort, challenge assumptions, and celebrate differences.

This exhibition, installed for a limited time in UMMA’s historic Jonathan and Lizzie Tisch Apse, invites visitors to imagine how art might shape their everyday spaces. At the close of the exhibition, student participants will choose a piece they’ll live with for the Winter 2026 semester—transforming the gallery experience into something far more personal: a room of one’s own.

How it Works


Select works in the Art Lending Collection

Paul Verdell, Affinity for Pink, 2022, Oil pastel on paper, Courtesy of the Artist and Library Street Collective, Detroit
Mario Moore, Distant Relatives, 2021, Screenprint, Courtesy of the Artist and Library Street Collective, Detroit
Rachelle Baker, Les Fleurs, 2025, Giclée on archival paper, Courtesy of the Artist
Rosson Crow, How Can We Lose When We’re So Sincere?, 2021, Serigraph print, Courtesy of the Artist and Library Street Collective, Detroit
James Benjamin Franklin, Untitled , 2021, Acrylic, fabric, and sand on paper, Courtesy of the Artist and Library Street Collective, Detroit

SUPPORT

Lead support for Art at Home is provided by the U-M Office of the President and U-M Arts Initiative.