Culture

When we visit museums, we look at art presented at eye level, on walls or pedestals. Artist Holly Bass, whose new installation, We Hold These Truths …, opens at the U-M Museum of Art (UMMA) on October 3, wants us to look back, forward—and up.

A D.C.-based, internationally recognized artist, Bass frequently integrates dance, theater, visual art, and writing into her work. In this exhibit, she explores the United States in 1876 and 1976, when centennial and bicentennial celebrations coincided with turbulent times. And as our divided nation marks the year of its 250th anniversary, Bass asks what the next centennial might look like.

The SeAH Korean Art Song Gala will feature student performances from every class and graduate level in the Voice & Opera program in its first half, concluding with a homecoming performance by Morin, who is now pursuing a master’s degree in voice in Saarbrücken, Germany.

The cherry on top? The second half of the show features world-renowned, Grammy-winning Korean concert soloist Sumi Jo. Over her forty-year international career, Jo has become a celebrated ambassador for Korea’s musical heritage, particularly Korean art song. Jo currently serves as artistic director of K-Gagok Superstar, an annual televised Korean vocal competition in which non-Korean singers perform Korean art songs, helping introduce gagok to a broader international audience.