Museums And
Art Centers
Janice Charach Epstein Mu-
seum/Gallery: Celebrate Michi-
gan Artists. Artists exhibited
are Stan Megdall, glass; Moshe
Goldbard, photography; Norman
Sloman, sculptor; Nancy Wolfe,
painter; and Prudence Bernstein,
painter. Through August 22.
11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Wednes-
day; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday;
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Maple-
Drake Jewish Community Cen-
ter, 6600 West Maple, West
Bloomfield. (810) 661-7641.
Detroit Historical Museum: A
Brush with Satire: 25 Years of Po-
litical Cartoons by Draper Hill.
The work of Detroit News political
cartoonist Draper Hill looks with
a sense of humor at the foibles and
posturing of local, state and na-
tional political figures. Through
Nov. 30. $3/adults; $1.50/seniors/
children 12-18; free/under 12.
Closed Monday and Tuesday; 9:30
a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
Kresge Gallery, 5401 Woodward
at Kirby, Detroit. (313) 833-1805.
Paint Creek Center for the
Arts: Student and Faculty Exhi-
bition. Through August 9. Flam-
ing Senses. Installations and video
by Kevin Cook and Stephen Dun-
ning. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sat-
urday. 407 Pine Street, Rochester.
(810) 651-4110.
Ten Years of Fire. The work of
15 artists who have participated
in various programs at the Wa-
tershed Center for Ceramic Arts
will be highlighted at this benefit
exhibition. Opening reception: 6-
8 p.m. Friday, July 19. Through
August 10. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednes-
day-Saturday. ShawGuido
Gallery, 7 North Saginaw, Ponti-
ac. (810) 333-1070.
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Detroit Focus Gallery: Scien-
tific Method. Brooklyn-based artist
Judy Thomas investigates space,
light, form and substance in this
site-specific installation. Through
August 2. 12-6 p.m. Thursday-
Saturday. No charge. 33 East
Grand River, at Farmer. (313) 965-
3245.
Swords Into Plowshares:
Cuadros . Textile pictures by the
women of Peru, expressing the
shared life of its creators - its re-
alities, struggles and hopes.
Through July 27. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. 33
E. Adams, Detroit. (313) 965-5422.
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Detroit Institute of Arts: Woven
Splendor: Five Centuries of Euro-
pean Tapestry in the Detroit Insti-
tute of Arts. The institute's
permanent collection of European
tapestries is considered among the
top five in the United States. In-
cluded is 'Me Passing of Venus,"
commissioned by George and Ellen
Booth, founders of Cranbrook.
Through September 29. A Dis-
continuous Thread. Running in
conjunction with Woven Splendor,
this exhibition surveys non-Euro-
pean tapestries drawn from the
DIA's permanent collection, in-
cluding Islamic, Coptic, Pakistani
and more. Opens July 20. Through
October 6. CHIP, Computer Hy-
permedia Interpretive Program,
is an interactive program which
showcases the DIA's encyclopedic
collection. It incorporates audio,
music, digitized film, animation
and digital video in order to make
the museum's collection more ac-
cessible to visitors. It has been pre-
miered in a kiosk in the center of
the museum's first level. There is
no charge to use CHIP. African
Form and Imagery: Detroit Col-
lects. Approximately 70 works of
African art acquired by local col-
lectors, representing cultures in-
cluding the Luba, Kongo, Fang
and Yoruba. Through December
31. The Car and the Camera: The
Detroit School of Automotive Pho-
tography. Detroit photographers
created new ways of shooting -
and seeing - automobiles in the
1950s, breaking away from the
graphic illustrations that were the
standard in car ads. De Salle
Gallery of Photography. Through
November 24. The DIA is seeking
Art to the Schools volunteers. Sug-
gested donation $4 adults/$1
children. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednes-
day-Friday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. week-
ends. 5200 Woodward Ave. (313)
833-7900.
Tour tickets (available at and in-
cluding admission to the Cran-
brook Art Museum) are $6
adults/$4 full-time students and
seniors (65+)/$2 children under
7/free to Art Museum members.
Purchase day of tour only, at the
Art Museum. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday-Sunday; 10 a.m.-9
p.m. Thursday. 1221 N. Wood-
ward. (810) 645-3312.
University of Michigan Muse-
um of Art: Common Ground:
African Art and Affinities. De-
signed to suggest visual and the-
matic connections between African
art and more familiar objects and
images from Western cultures.
Opens July 20. Beaux-Arts Visions:
Architectural Renderings by Her-
bert W. Johe. Twenty-eight works
by the U-M emeritus professor of
architecture are shown. Previous-
ly exhibited at the American In-
stitute of Architects Gallery in
Washington. Through August 25.
Albert Kahn: An American Archi-
tect Abroad. The Michigan archi-
tect is best known for his industrial
structures, reductive glass-and
concrete masterpieces of expressed
function. Through Sept. 8. The
New American. Detroit artist
Carl Demeulenaere replicates
the house and barn from
Grant Wood's American
Gothic; inside the replica is
a series of Demeulenaere's
own paintings which ex-
plore issues concerning the
contemporary American
family. Through August
18. 10 am-5 p.m. Tuesday-
Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Thursday; 12-5 p.m., Sun-
day. From Memorial Day to
Labor Day, opens 11 a.m.
Tuesday-Saturday. University
Cranbrook Art Museum: Cran- of Michigan Museum of Art, 525
brook Auto Show: Michigan Artists S. State St., Ann Arbor. (313) 764-
Explore the Impact of the Auto- 0395.
mobile on 20th-century American
Culture. The exhibit focuses on the Kelsey Museum of Archaeol-
role the automobile has had on our ogy. David Roberts: A Victorian's
lives and society, rather than the Passion for Egypt. Over 1,000
design of cars. Through Septem- sketches, lithographs and paint-
ber 1. New Work by Cranbrook ings of ancient Egypt and the Near
Academy of Art Artists. Featuring East. Through August 1. (313) 747-
the work of 24 artists, architects 0441. Free admission to museum.
and designers representing the 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-4
creative output of the 1996 grad- p.m. Saturday-Sunday. 434 S.
uating class. Each artist repre- State, Ann Arbor. (313) 764-9304.
sented completed two years of
graduate-level study at the acad-
emy. Through September 8. Saari-
nen House and Garden: A Total Ann Arbor Art Fair: The 26th
Work ofArt," a docent-guided, 75- annual fair features three art fairs
minute tour limited to 12 people in one. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday
each, will run through Oct. 31. 11 Friday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday,
a.m., 1, 1:30, 2:30 and 3 p.m. July 24-27. (313) 995-7281.
Thursdays; 1, 1:30, 2:30 and 3 p.m.
Sundays. For private group tour Art at the Pavilion: Opening
information, call (810) 645-3323. Night Benefit and Preview to ben-
Cranbrook Architect-um and Sculp- efit the Barbara Ann Karmanos
ture Tour, 2 p.m. Sundays, Cancer Institute will be held 5-9
through Oct. 27, a two-hour walk- p.m. Friday, July 19. $15 donation
ing tour featuring private areas requested. The first annual art
usually not open to the public. show will feature art, food and en-
Art Fairs
tertainment. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat-
urday-Sunday, July 20-21. $4 do-
nation requested. Southfield Civic
Center Pavilion, 26000 Evergreen
(810) 644 1550.
Galleries
Art Leaders Gallery: Featuring
today's most popular artists froir..__\
around the world: Roy Fairchild,
Kerry Hallam, David Schluss,
Hessam, Barbara Wood and oth-
ers. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thurs-
Arad Arts Project: This subsi- day; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and
dized program offers visual, per- Saturday; 12-5 p.m. Sunday.
forming and literary artists, 25 and 33216 W. 14 Mile, West Bloom-
older, the opportunity to live and field, (810) 539-0262.
create in Israel, at the WUJS In-
stitute in Arad. The program be- The Anderson Gallery: Gallery
gins Oct. 15 and includes a Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-
six-month stay in Israel. Applica- Saturday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday.
tions will be accepted through July 7 N. Saginaw, Pontiac, (810) 335-
31. For information and registra- 4611.
tionmaterials, call the WUJS In-
stitute, U.S. Office, at (888) Atrium Gallery: Featuring the
paintings of Michigan artist
985-7467 or (617) 784-5269.
Chuck Parsons, known for his ab
6th Annual Craftsmen Mar- stract and regional impression-
ketplace: Presented by West ism. Through Aug 31. Parsons
Bloomfield Parks and Recreation stresses brushwork and "tries to
Participants can sell anything they create a mood rather than over-
work a piece with details." His
subject matter is varied, but each
piece tries to provoke participa-
tion from the viewer. Gallery
Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.rn,-)
Monday-Thursday; 10'
a.m.-8 p.m. Friday; 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday.
109 N. Center, Down-
town Northville,
(810) 349-4131.
Call For Artists
Danielle Peleg
Gallery: Featur7_,
ing contemporary
fine art: Fairchild,
Boulanger, Basso,
This wooden mask from
Lega, Zaire, is part of the
exhibit "African Form and
Imagery: Detroit Collects,"
at the DIA through Dec. 31,
1996.
make by hand. The fair will be
held on Sept. 8 at the Marshbank
Park. Sign up by Aug. 23; spaces
are limited. (810) 3345660.
Our Town XI: Michigan artists
are invited to submit work for ex-
hibition and sale interpreting any
hometown and its meaning to
them. Exhibit to be held October
23-27 at the Community House in
Birmingham. Applications must
be postmarked July 31. Receive
a call to enter form by calling (810)
644 5832.
Rubin, Avizedek, Shemi, Agam,
Zule, Schluss, Gutman, Gruau,
Fauchere, Fazzino, Hatfield, Brito
and many more. Gallery Hours.
11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday;
12-4 p.m. Sunday. 4301 Orchard
Lake Road, Crosswinds Mall, (810)
626-5810.
Gallery Function Art: "Art
From the Edge ... of the Country."
Featuring exclusively East
Coast works. Artists include Jack
Larimore and Andrew Rouse
Through Aug. 15. Summer
Gallery Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
City of Southfield's Cultural Tuesday-Wednesday; 11 a.m.-
Arts Division: Any artists in- 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; Monday-
terested in showing their wares Tuesday by appointment.
or demonstrating old-time or 21 N. Saginaw, Pontiac, (810)
unique skills -woodcarving, 333-0333.
weaving, quilt-making - at the
Autumnfest should contact the di- Habatat Galleries: Gallery
vision by July 30 at (810) 424- Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-
Saturday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday.
9022.