Museums And
Art Centers

Janice Charach Epstein Mu-
seum/Gallery: Celebrate Michi-
gan Artists. Artists exhibited are

Stan Megdall, glass; Moshe Gold-
bard, photography; Norman Slo-
man, sculptor; Nancy Wolfe,
painter; and Prudence Bernstein,
painter. Through August 22. 11
a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Wednesday;
11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m.-
4 p.m. Sunday. Maple-Drake Jew-
ish Community Center, 6600
West Maple, West Bloomfield.
(810) 661-7641.

Detroit Historical Museum: A
Brush with Satire: 25 Years ofPo-
litical Cartoons by Draper Hill.
The work of Detroit News politi-

cal cartoonist Draper Hill looks
with a sense of humor at the
foibles and posturing of local, state
and national political figures.
Through Nov. 30. $3/adults;
$1.50/seniors/children 12-18;
freehmder 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.

Birmingham Bloomfield Art
Association: Diversity in Ce-
ramics. A collection of recent pot-

tery by Jan Sadowski and Sharon
Zimmerlin. Through August.
Artist of the Month. Frances War-
ing's recent watermedia
paintings will be featured
through August. Show-
case Artist. Acrylic paint-
ings by Shelly Zellmer.
Through August. 1516 S.
Cranbrook Road, Birm-
ingham. (810) 644-0866.

ShawGuido Gallery, 7 North Sag-
inaw, Pontiac. (810) 333-1070.

33 East Grand River, at Farmer.
(313) 965-3245.

Detroit Focus Gallery: Scien-

Emmaus Meal Program Ben-
efit: A silent auction will be held

tific Method. Brooklyn-based
artist Judy Thomas investigates

Paint Creek Center for
the Arts: Student and
Faculty Exhibition.
Through August 9. Flam-
ing Senses. Installations

and video by Kevin Cook
and Stephen Dunning. 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sat-
urday. 407 Pine Street,
Rochester. (810) 651-
Pater Noster: The New American. Detroit artist Carl
4110.

at Start Gallery to benefit the Em-
maus Meal Program, a
home-delivered meals ser-
vice. Art will include
works in all media from
local artists. Opening Re-
ception: 5-10 p.m. Sun-
day, July 28, $20/person;
First Thursday Event: 5-
10 p.m. Thursday, August
1; Silent Auction Finale:
6-11 p.m. Saturday, Au-
gust 3. 211 North Wood-
ward, Birmingham. (810)
644-2991.

Swords Into Plow-
shares: Cuadros. Textile

Demeulenaere replicates the house and barn from Grant
Wood's American Gothic; inside the replica is a series of
work of 15 artists who Demeulenaere's own paintings which explore issues
have participated in var- concerning the contemporary American family. Through
August 18 at the University Of Michigan Museum of Art.

Ten Years of Fire. The

ious programs at the Wa-
tershed Center for
Ceramic Arts will be highlighted
at this benefit exhibition.
Through August 10. 11 a.m.-6
p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.

space, light, form and substance
in this site-specific installation.
Through August 2. 12-6 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday. No charge.

pictures by the women of
Peru, expressing the
shared life of its creators
— its realities, struggles
and hopes. Through July
27. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tues-
day, Thursday, Saturday.
33 E. Adams, Detroit.
(313) 965-5422.

Detroit Institute of Arts: Wo-
ven Splendor: Five Centuries of
European Tapestry in the Detroit

Institute of Arts. The institute's

permanent collection of European
tapestries is considered among the
top five in the United States. In-
cluded is "The Passing of Venus,"
commissioned by George and
Ellen Booth, founders of Cran-
brook. Through September 29. A
Discontinuous Thread. Running
in conjunction with Woven Splen-
dor, this exhibition surveys non-
European tapestries drawn from
the DIA's permanent collection,
including Islamic, Coptic, Pak-
istani and more. Through October
6. CHIP, Computer Hypermedia
Interpretive Program, is an in-
teractive program which show-
cases 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

Forrn 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. Artist Demonstra-
tion: Artist-in-residence Magda-
lene Odundo demonstrates
hand-building clay vessels. 11

Eloquent Metal Sculpture
by French Artist Claudine Buell

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