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Helicon is the official club for the History of Art department at the University of Michigan-Ann Arb International trips occur every 3 years.

First and foremost, Helicon is a visual art club that works to connect the student body, UMich faculty, and Ann Arbor community with art-related events and social platforms. To accomplish this, we are divided into 4 committees:

Events:
—curate off-campus student art shows (one in Fall, one in Spring)
—interdisciplinary salon talk, bringing in experts (both professors and students) to facilitate the event
—casual museum trips to DIA, Toledo, Flint, UMMA, artprize, Art Institute of Chicago. occasionally HistArt professor accompanies Helicon to give tour

Publications:
—blog
—visual and literary art print magazine (printed in Spring)

Fundraising/Volunteer Work:
—art education at community centers/elementary schools
—grant writing

Public Relations:
—social media
—graphic designer
—public outreach

Finally, each year 10 students in Helicon go on a spring break trip with a cap at $300 charged to the students. Helicon covers the cost of transportation, lodging, all museum and entrance fees, metro cards, etc. Students are only responsible for the initial cost and food/personal expenses. Last year Helicon went to Paris, the year before New York, then Los Angeles, then London. On these trips a Professor and sometimes a graduate student accompany Helicon members to the selected destination and they tour the city together! Many art museums are visited but we also like to see cultural events (concerts, shows), parks, neighborhoods, natural history museums, etc.

08/28/2024

MEET THE HELICON 24-25 EXECUTIVE BOARD 🖼️:

AVERY NELSON (she/her)
PRESIDENT

What’s your favorite Helicon memory thus far: There are too many to count. I have to say, working on the publication was probably one of the coolest things I’ve done. We had a big design night at my house with almost all of the graphic designers, and we made popcorn, blasted some music, and just talked the night away while we worked. We gave each other advice and critiques on how to improve each other’s work, joked around with each other, and just spent the time learning more about each other. I felt a lot closer to the team after that night.

What conspiracy theory do you wholeheartedly believe in: I’m sorry, but you cannot convince me that there were not more people involved in JFK’s untimely end. You can present me with as many slideshows as you want, there was someone else involved (I’m looking at you Umbrella Man).

Why Helicon: Even though I didn’t join Helicon until first semester of my junior year, it was one of the first student organizations I heard about on campus when I first transferred half way through my sophomore year. Wanting to be more involved in campus, and befriending a few members of Helicon that were in the same major as me, I decided to give it a whirl - and it’s probably one of the best things I’ve done at Michigan. Not only are the people in Helicon genuinely some of the coolest people I know, I’ve met some of my closest friends at Michigan here. Also, it’s just really FUN! I think people tend to have a misconception that we simply sit around in the dark talking about dead artists (shout out Dead Poets Society), but it’s so much more than that. Whether it be slightly-too-competitive art history jeopardy, talking about conspiracy theories while eating ice cream, or late nights working on the publication at someone’s house, this club has provided some amazing opportunities, and I couldn’t be more proud, or excited, to be president of this club!

10/22/2021

Today is the last day to submit to issue 7 of the Hel[icon] publication 👀🎨 We want your VISUAL ART, CREATIVE WRITING, CRITICAL ESSAY PITCHES, and ANYTHING ELSE you think we can put to print!! All University of Michigan undergraduates (and recent alumni) are invited to submit their artwork 🤩

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdO732mtLBsj5m5RpzlNqqUe79FGJXT2kfNk92dlhduHrLwoQ/viewform

09/12/2021

our mass meeting is !!tomorrow!! come say hey :)
image: "Reunión con un circulo rojo," Jacobo Borges

02/23/2021

Helicon is now looking for visual artists to participate in our annual exhibition this spring!!! This year, we've partnered with to facilitate interdisciplinary projects pairing sonic and visual artists to create work for the online show, "Into the Abyss." Learn more and apply here>>>tinyurl.com/3axmr8os

01/20/2020

the call for art for our annual student arts publication is open until january 31st! send in your work, whether that's visual art of any medium or arts-related writing, to [email protected] to be featured alongside other great student voices this spring!

12/04/2019

another great exhibition in the books :) thanks to all who contributed and came out!!
photos by

11/23/2019

install officially done 🤠pullup w all ya biddies tn!
photos by and

11/19/2019

This Saturday. Mark your calendars!

11/04/2019

there's officially one week left to submit your art for our annual student exhibition-- send us your stuff in .pdf format to [email protected]!!
photo:

10/20/2019

helicon is currently accepting submissions for our one-night student exhibition !!! the show is a great way to get your work out there and engage in a student-led dialogue about the visual arts. (and you definitely don't have to be an art major to submit!)

submissions close november 11, if you have any questions shoot us an email at [email protected]

09/15/2019

helicon's mass meeting is coming up, come to tappan hall monday to learn more and get involved!

04/17/2019

we’ve been hard at work this semester putting together Helicon Issue 5 for all of you. Stay tuned later this week for news about our publication release event and other places to get Issue 5 !

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http://www.heliconus.tumblr.com/

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