Museums And Art Centers Detroit Focus Gallery: The Time Is Now. Area artists, archi- tects and designers created one- of-a-kind timepieces for an auction to benefit the gallery. Opening preview: 5:30-9 p.m. Fri- day, May 10; auction and draw- ing for prizes: 7-10 p.m. Friday, May 31. Auction items on view through May 31. 12-6 p.m. Thurs- day-Saturday. Admission free. 33 East Grand River, at Farmer. (313) 965-3245. Rescuers of the Holocaust: Gay Block and Malka Drucker traveled the world to create this traveling photographic exhibition, which pays tribute to individuals who hid, protected and saved Jews from the Nazis. It is accom- panied by a video of interviews with rescuers, 'They Risked Their 1■11 1 Lives." Through June 15. 9-5 dai- ly; open until 9 p.m. Tuesdays, be- ginning May 15. Van Andel Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids. (616) 456- 3977. Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association: Fifteenth Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, juried by Jane Hammond. Through May 4. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. 1516 S. Cranbrook Road, Birmingham. (810) 644-0866. Center Galleries: 1996 Center for Creative Studies Student Ex- hibition. Most artwork is for sale, with proceeds going to student artists. Patrons reception 5-6 p.m. Friday, May 10. Tickets are $200. Exhibition Opening 6-9 p.m. Fri- day, May 10. Tickets are $25/ad- vance/$30 at door. Open to public, free of charge, Saturday, May 11 through May 26. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 201 East Kirby, Detroit. (313) 872-9463 or (313) 872-3118, Ext. 280. Design 100: Selections From the Ameri- Williams St., Pontiac. (810) 333- 7849. Paint Creek Center for the Arts: The Sum of Its Parts, an ex- hibition of multiples. Sandra Cardew, new work. Through May 17. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sat- urday. 407 Pine St., Rochester. (810) 651-4110. Farmington Artists Club Spring Exhibit: Through May 5. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Satur- day; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, May 5. Farmington Hills Activities Center, 28600 11 Mile Road, Farmington Hills. Swords Into Plowshares: can Center for Design, Chicago. Cuadros. Textile pictures by the Through May 3. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. women of Peru, expressing the Tuesday-Saturday. Park Shelton shared life of its creators - its re- Building, 15 East Kirby, Suite The Art Center: 16th Annual Mt. "Clemens Art Fair, co-spon- alities, struggles and hopes. Open- 107, Detroit. (313) 874-1955. sored by the Art Center and the ing reception 5-9 p.m. Friday, May 3. Barbara Cervenka of the Creative Arts Center: Second Mount Clemens Business Asso- University of Michigan School of Annual All-Media In-State Art In- ciation. 120 featured artists in all Art will speak. Through July 27. vitational, featuring work of media. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Thurs- Michigan artists in all media. May 10, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat- day, Saturday. 33 E. Adams, De- Through May 31. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. urday, May 11. Impressions of Light, recent works by William troit. (313) 965-5422. Tuesdays through Saturdays. 47 INTO MODERNISM ■ ■ THE CLARENCE H. WHITE SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY In conjunction with this current exhibition, the DIA presents a I F P Hosner and Sharon Will. Through May 24. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday- Friday; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. 125 Macomb Place, Mount Clemens. (810) 469-8666. Detroit Historical Museum: Elegance in Glass, rare Victorian and early 20th-century glass from the collection of Paul Windorf. Through June. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. $3 adults/$1.50 seniors and children. 5401 Woodward, Detroit. (313) 833-1805. Detroit Institute of Arts: Ex- pertising Day. DIA curators and other staff members help identi- fy objects and offer advice about restoration and care. 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, May 7. Surrealist Vision and Technique: Drawings and Collages from the Pompidou Cen- ter and the Picasso Museum, Paris. The surrealist movement was a reaction to the modernist 3‘ ■4 11 7 00 00 .-1 4e 604. WORKSPACE Studio - Gallery 20th. Century Decorative Arts SPECIAL CLASS: Exploring Early Modernist Photography Saturdays, May 1 1 &18 11 a.m.- 1 p.m./Holley Room Kathleen A. Erwin, curator of the collection, leads an in-depth look at the photographs in the exhibition. White's philosophy of art, the discovery of these photographs and the new appreciation for White's teachings are explored in this two-week class. FEE: $20 general public; $16 members, students, seniors. To register, call (313)833-4249. Photo: Organ Pipes, c. 1931. Margaret Bourke-White. Photo courtesy of the estate of Margaret Bourke-White. The exhibition is drawn from the Coville Photographic Art Foundation and Warren and Margot Coville Photographic Collection, and co-organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts and George Eastman House. Air travel provided in part by Northwest Airlines. 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