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. LLI Cr) LLJ H- CD CC - LU 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. LU 94 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.