Galleries
Museums And
Art Centers
animation and digital video in glass and concrete masterpieces
order to make the museum's col- of expressed function. Through
lection more accessible to visi- Sept. 8. The New American. De-
tors. African Form and Imagery: troit artist Carl Demeulenaere Art Leaders Gallery: Featur-
Detroit Collects. Approximately replicates the house and barn ing today's most popular artists
Janice Charach Epstein Mu- 70 works of African art acquired from Grant Wood's American from around the world: Roy
seum/Gallery: Celebrate Michi- by local collectors, representing Gothic; inside the replica is a se- Fairchild, Kerry Hallam, David
gan Artists. Artists exhibited are cultures including the Luba, ries of Demeulenaere's own Schluss, Hessam, Barbara
Stan Megdall, glass; Moshe Kongo, Fang and Yoruba. paintings which explore issues Wood and others. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Goldbard, photography; Norman Through Jan. 5. The DIA is seek- concerning the contemporary Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-8
Sloman, sculptor; Nancy Wolfe, ing Art to the Schools and American family. Through Aug. p.m. Friday and Saturday; 12-5
painter; and Prudence Bernstein, Gallery Service volunteers; a 18. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sat- p.m. Sunday. 33216 W. 14
painter. Through August 22. 11 Gallery Service training session urday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Thursday; Mile, West Bloomfield, (810) 539-
a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, will be held 10 a.m.-noon Satur- 12-5 p.m., Sunday. From Memo- 0262.
11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday; 11 day, Aug. 3. Suggested donation rial Day to Labor Day, opens 11
a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Maple- $4 adults/$1 children. 11 a.m.-4 a.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Univer- The Anderson Gallery:
Drake Jewish Community Cen- p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 11 a.m.- sity of Michigan Museum of Art, Gallery Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
ter, 6600 West Maple, West 5 p.m. weekends. 5200 Wood- 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor. (313) Tuesday-Saturday; 11 a.m.-8
p.m. Friday. 7 N. Saginaw, Pon-
764-0395.
Bloomfield. (810) 661-7641.
ward Ave. (313) 833-7900.
tiac, (810) 335-4611.
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Cranbrook Art
Atrium Gallery:
Association: Fifteenth Annual Museum: Cran-
Featuring oils and
Alma College Statewide Print brook Auto Show:
etchings of Jana B.
Competition. The competition Michigan Artists
Hanka,
a Czech-born
showcases 44 works by 42 artists Explore the Impact
artist who is cur-
in a celebration of Michigan of the Automobile
rently a Michigan
printmaking. Through Aug. 15. on 20th-century
resident. Her paint-
Diversity in Ceramics. A collec- American Culture.
ings depict her pas-
tion of recent pottery by Jan Sad- The exhibit focuses
sion for horses
owski and Sharon Zimmerlin. on the role the au-
developed during her
Through August. Artist of the tomobile has had
university years in
on
our
lives
and
so-
Frances
Waring's
recent
Month.
Prague. Hanka be-
watermedia paintings will be fea- ciety, rather than
lieves that "to do art-
the
design
of
cars.
tured through August. Showcase
work pertaining to
Artist. Acrylic paintings by Through Sept. 1.
horses, it is neces-
Shelly Zellmer. Through August. New Work by Cran-
sary to know the an-
1516 S. Cranbrook Road, Birm- brook Academy of
imals - ride them,
ArtArtists.
Featur-
ingham. (810) 644-0866.
clean them and feed
ing the work of 24
them." The Chuck
Paint Creek Center for the artists, architects
Parsons exhibit con-
Arts: Student and Faculty Ex- and designers rep- Deborah Friedman's Holmes Beach, oil monotype, is one of 44 prints by
tinues through Aug.
hibition. Through August 9. resenting the cre- 42 artists featured in the Fifteenth Annual Alma College Statewide Print
31. Gallery Hours: 10
Flaming Senses. Installations ative output of the Competition, a celebration of Michigan printmaking. Through Aug. 15 at
a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mon-
and video by Kevin Cook and 1996 graduating the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association.
day-Thursday; 10
Stephen Dunning. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. class. Each artist
a.m.-8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-5
Tuesday-Saturday. 407 Pine represented completed two years
p.m. Saturday. 109 N. Center,
Street, Rochester. (810) 651- of graduate-level study at the
Downtown Northville, (810) 349-
academy. Through Sept. 8. 10 Detroit Festival of the Arts 4131.
4110.
a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday;
Emmaus Meal Program Ben- 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday. 1221 N. Banner Competition: Add col- Danielle Peleg Gallery: Fea-
or and a festive atmosphere to
efit: A silent auction will be held Woodward. (810) 645-3312.
the
festival route. Deadline for turing contemporary fine art:
at Start Gallery to benefit the
Fairchild, Boulanger, Basso, Ru-
Emmaus Meal Program, a home- University of Michigan Mu- entries is Sept. 15. For informa- bin, Avizedek, Shemi, Agam,
tion
and
an
entry
form
with
re-
delivered meals service. Art will seum of Art: Prints and Draw-
Zule, Schluss, Gutman, Gruau,
include works in all media from ings. The Slusser Gallery quirements, call (313) 577-5088. Fauchere, Fazzino, Hatfield,
local artists. Silent Auction Fi- presents a selection from the mu- 6th Annual Craftsmen Mar- Brito and many more. Gallery
nale: 6-11 p.m. Saturday, August seum's collection spanning five ketplace: Presented by West Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-
3. 211 North Woodward, Birm- centuries. Includes works by Bloomfield Parks and Recre- Saturday; 12-4 p.m. Sunday.
Egon Schiele, Max Beckmann ation. Participants can sell any- 4301 Orchard Lake Road, Cross-
ingham. (810) 644-2991.
and Milton Avery. Opens August
they make by hand. The winds Mall, (810) 626-5810.
Detroit Institute of Arts: Wo- 5. Through Aug. 25. Common thing
fair will be held on Sept. 8 at the
ven Splendor: Five Centuries of Ground: African Art and Affini- Marshbank Park. Sign up by Gallery Function Art: "Art
European Tapestry in the Detroit ties. Designed to suggest visual Aug. 23; spaces are limited. (810) From the Edge ... of the Coun-
Institute of Arts. The institute's and thematic connections be- 334-5660.
try." Featuring exclusively East
permanent collection of Euro- tween African art and more fa-
Coast works. Artists include Jack
pean tapestries is considered miliar objects and images from 1996 Focus on Michigan Pho- Larimore and Andrew Rouse.
among the top five in the Unit- Western cultures. Through Feb- tography Contest: Pho- Through Aug. 15. Summer
ed States. Through Sept. 29. A ruary. Beaux-Arts Visions: Ar- tographs taken at a public park, Gallery Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Discontinuous Thread. Running chitectural Renderings by Herbert recreation facility or public fes- Tuesday-Wednesday; 11 a.m.-8
in conjunction with Woven Splen- W. Johe. Twenty-eight works by tival or fair may be submitted in p.m. Friday-Saturday; Monday-
dor, this exhibition surveys non- the U-M emeritus professor of ar- one of three age divisions: youth Tuesday by appointment. 21 N.
European tapestries drawn from chitecture are shown. Previous- (17 and under), adult (18-54) and Saginaw, Pontiac, (810) 333-
the DIA's permanent collection. ly exhibited at the American senior (55 and older). Local win- 0333.
Through Oct. 6. CHIP, Comput- Institute of Architects Gallery in ners will be selected by a panel
er Hypermedia Interpretive Pro- Washington. Through Aug. 25. of judges from Oakland County Habatat Galleries: Gallery
gram, is an interactive program Albert Kahn: An American Ar- Parks. Entry deadline is Nov. :C5. Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-
which showcases the DIA's en- chitect Abroad. The Michigan ar- To obtain entry form and infor- Saturday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday.
cyclopedic collection. It incorpo- chitect is best known for his mation sheet, call (810) 858- 7 N. Saginaw, Pontiac, (810) 333-
rates audio, music, digitized film, industrial structures, reductive 1086.
2060.
Call For Artists
Lawrence St. Gallery: Gallery
Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednes-
day-Saturday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Fri-
day. 6 N. Saginaw, Pontiac, (810)
334-6716.
Mesa Arts: Sue and Ellen
Rontal continue to represent
favorite artists from the South-
west and have embarked on
a new mission to find similarly
outstanding artists to represent
across the country. Gallery
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-
Friday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday.
32800 Franklin Road, Franklin,
(810) 851-9949.
Metro Frame Inc.: A large
selection of picture frames, prints
and fine art, specializing in
museum conservation, needle-
work, memorabilia, shadow box-
es. Local artists from the
Oak Park area, including pho-
tography, ceramics, oil and
acrylics. Gallery Hours: 10 a.m.-
6 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10:30
a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday. 26045
Coolidge, Oak Park, (810) 398-
4351.
Michigan Hot Glass Work-
shop: Specializing in contempo-
rary hand-blown glass and bead
making. Classes available. Call
for appointment or class sched-
ule. 29 W. Lawrence, Pontiac,
(810) 338-3455.
Modernage: Specializing in
20th-century decorative arts.
Gallery Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday. 25 North
Saginaw Street, Pontiac, (810)
745-0999.
The Print Gallery: Founded by
Dianne DeCillis in 1978, the
Print Gallery carries the largest
collection of original prints,
posters and reproductions in the
United States. Expert custom
framing and a wide selection of
artful gifts from renowned
museum collections. Unusual
personal and decorative acces-
sories. New resource room allows
you to browse through hundreds
of catalogues or rent a video of
your favorite artist. Gallery
Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-
Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday.
29203 Northwestern Highway,
Franklin Plaza, Southfield. (810)
356-5454.
Riki Schaffer Gallery: One-of-
a-kind doll artists. Also, gifts for
the home and heart. Gallery
Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-
Thursday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday.
7 N. Saginaw, Pontiac, (810) 745-
9494.
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ShawGuido Gallery: Gallery
Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Friday. 7 N. Saginaw, Pontiac,
(810) 333-1070. ❑
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