MUSEUMS AND
ART CENTERS

Community Center. (810) 661-
7641.

Birmingham-Bloomfield Art
Association. Student Show, an-

nual juried show featuring paint-
ing, drawing, printmaking,
pottery, sculpture, jewelry and
fiber. Opens Saturday, March 2.
Through March 23. 9:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
1516 S. Cranbrook Road, Birm-
ingham. (810) 644-0866.

Janice Charach Epstein Mu-
seum/Gallery. Emerging Artists

Pewabic Pottery: Mary
Barringer, teapots, platters and
rattles. The Artful Cup, invita-

tional exhibition of drinking
cups. Opening reception 5-9 p.m.
Friday, March 1. Through April
15. 10125 E. Jefferson. (313) 822-
0954.

cludes free admission to The Art
Center, Michigan Transit Muse-
um and Macomb County Histor-
ical Society, 1-4 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, March 2-3.
Free shuttle provided. The Michi-
gan Annual XJCIV Exhibit, emerg-
ing and professional artists in a
juried exhibit. Preview reception
7-9 p.m. Friday, March 1. 125

Paint Creek Center for the
Arts. Hoi Polloi, works in-

spired by mass culture.

Hidden From View, an in-

stallation by C.S. Grieg.
Opens Friday, March
1. Through April 5.
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday-Satur-
day. 407 Pine St.,
Rochester. (810)
651-4110.

Macomb Place, Mount Clemens.
(810) 469-8666.

Meadow Brook Art Gallery
presents Joseph Wesner at Mid-
Career. Wesner, who's served as

a visiting artist-in-residence in
Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Cana-
da, the United States and Chi-
na, chairs the sculpture
department at the Center for
Creative Studies. 1-5 p.m.
Wednesday; 2-6:30 p.m. Satur-
day-Sunday. Wilson Hall, Oak-
land University, Rochester.
(810) 370-3005.

Detroit Institute of
exhibition and sale. Pablo Pi-
Arts. Treasures of
casso's Bottle of Anis del Mono
Venice: Paintings From
from the DIA collection will vis-
the Museum of Fine
it the gallery March 8-17. Open-
Arts, Budapest, 55
ing reception for both exhibits
Venetian master-
7 p.m. Thursday, March 7.
pieces by Veronese,
Through April 25. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Giorgione, Titian,
Monday-Wednesday; 11 a.m.-8 The Art Center.
Tintoretto and oth-
p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 1996 Mount Clemens Provincial/providential by Valerie Parks is on view at Cranbrook Art
Museum as part of the exhibit "Gilda Snowden Selects Work by Detroit-
ers. Through May
Sunday. Maple-Drake Jewish Museum Days in- area
Artists."

12. Flowers in a Glass Vase on a
Marble Ledge, the museum's new

acquisition by 17th-century Dutch
painter Rachel Ruysch. Suggest-
ed donation $4 adults/$1 children.
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday;
11 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends. 5200
Woodward Ave. (313) 833-7900.

Cranbrook Art Museum. Fu-
mihiko Maki, the renowned ar-

chitect and Cranbrook graduate
presents a lecture on his work,
which includes the founding of
the Metabolism movement. 6
p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. dinner,
8 p.m. lecture on Tuesday,
March 5. $125. Viewpoint: Gilda

Snowden Selects Work by De-
troit-area Artist. Through March

24. Related lecture by Renee
Dooley, Russell Hamilton and
Alvaro Jurado, 7:30 p.m. Thurs-
day, March 7. An Autobiography:

Paintings by Thomas Nozkows-
ki with Photographs by Judy
Linn. Through March 24. Dream

It's Our 14th Annual

Join us for the opening of

ANTIQUE
ART SHOW & SALE

"Angles and Curves,"

March 8th thru March 16th

featuring Richard Bennett.

Friday, March 1 from 7-10 pm

Collectible antique American
and European oil paintings as
well as works by "Living Mas-
ters." Fine porcelain, marble,
Tiffany style lamps and other
"objects of art" will also be
featured.

Experience
the artist's
exploration of
the "simplistic
excellence of
the angle and
curve" in this
collection of
furniture and
sculpture.

Champagne Preview
Friday, March 8th
5 - 9 p.m.

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