ArtsEngine Residency Inspires ‘The Body of the Sun’ Exhibit

A new exhibit called “The Body of the Sun” by U-M student Mira Hughes explores the movement of the solar granulation on the sun’s surface and the interactions between sunspots. The exhibit was created as a result of the ArtsEngine Art/Sci Residency Program and the Moldwin Prize, supported by Professor Mark Moldwin.

Hughes, a student in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, created the artwork after participating in the ArtsEngine Art/Sci Residency last year with Professor Moldwin, who teaches in the U-M Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering. She was selected to receive the Moldwin Prize, which offers students the opportunity to spend 20 hours over 8 weeks participating with the undergraduate research team in an engineering lab.

ArtsEngine’s mission is to deepen and enrich the Michigan experience by providing a framework in which curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and passion are engaged through interdisciplinary teaching, learning, research, and community. They do this by promoting, expanding, and enhancing programs and initiatives through which students and faculty develop as interdisciplinary thinkers, outcome-driven makers, and collaborative practitioners across the arts, design, engineering, information sciences and technology.

Inspired by the artist residency program, the exhibit by Hughes illustrates solar storms and sunspots through charcoal and cyanotype. The Body of the Sun exhibit will be on display in the Duderstadt Central Collaboration Area through Dec. 1, 2024.