Artistry/Dentistry:
PART II
The Sindecuse Museum wishes to extend its Artistry/Dentistry exhibit with new submissions of two-dimensional artworks from SOD students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
THE ASSIGNMENT:
1. Drawings - Using your free-hand skills (or combination digital/AI), capture the tools of dentistry and hygiene. This could be a contemporary object or, it could be an artifact from the Sindecuse Museum. (There are opportunities to sketch in the Atrium, museum office, or borrow from the museum’s Education Collection).
2. Photography - Using your photography skills, or a combination of photography, digital graphics/AI, capture the tools of dentistry and hygiene in unique or unexpected settings. Use your own supplies, or request to borrow an artifact from the Museum's Education Collection.
Although a range of artworks may be considered, a preference, in the selection process, will be given to those entries that adhere to the criteria above. This allows the Museum to fulfill its mission to promote the history of dentistry, especially as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the School of Dentistry!
Accepting submissions of artwork through January 31, 2025. Email btibbits@umich.edu with electronic submissions (or to schedule drop-offs of originals).
EXAMPLES
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Now open!
Teeth Transformations: Modifications for Self-Expression
Explore the many ways people around the world and across the centuries modify their teeth for reasons beyond achieving a better bite. Teeth are altered to improve physical attractiveness, elevate social status, prove spiritual devoutness, and to conform with, or rebel against, cultural norms. How much importance do you place on the appearance of your teeth?
other current exhibits
Dental Hygiene: A Century of Progress
Learn how the dental hygiene profession developed over time and transformed public health over the last 100 years.
Inside the Dental Practice 1860-1940
Step back in time and see how dental offices and equipment evolved as technology advanced and revolutionized the profession.
archived exhibits
Students in front of the second University of Michigan dental building ca. 1885 (SMD0652.0017)
Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education
Discover engaging stories shared by U-M dental students about their experiences in this unique history of the nation's first public university based dental school.
Women Dentists: Changing the Face of Dentistry
Women currently make up nearly half of all dental students and 25% of practicing dentists. Before the 1970s, fewer than 3.3% of American dentists were women. Independent-minded women struggled to obtain degrees, establish practices, and be respected as professionals.
Tooth Fairy Magic
For hundreds of years, the imaginary Tooth Fairy has given children a way to celebrate a major milestone in their physical development. Explore the origins, worldly counterparts, and current trends related to this mythical character.