Taking A Look At
The Local Art Scene . • •

Glass Comfort

Joan Irving crafts furniture out ofsfass. Her
work— exhibited and collected roughout the
United States, Europe and-Jefan — is in the
permanent frilectioa_of--trie Corning Museum
of Gla5s in New York and can be seen at the
Povate Colleaion Gallery, 6736A Orchard Lake
ad, West Bloomfield.
During the month of September, Irving's fur-
niture will be shown alongside the glass
creations of Christopher Morrison, Wendy
Saxon Brown, Toland Sand, Brian Benno and
Grant Miller.
Irving received the 1989 American
Craft Awards grand prize for func-
tional art, and she continues to
create glass artifacts that explode
with color. (810) 737-4050.

Come September

SUZANNE.,CHESSLER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
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eptember is a month of beginnings. Students of all ages return to school and start new
classes. A myriad of theater, film and musical productions loom on the horizon as per-
formance venues initiate their new seasons. And, after a mellow summer, local art
galleries celebrate autumn with the openings of some blockbuster shows. Here i _ a P
preview of what will be hanging around town — come September.

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Continuity And Remembrance_

Joan Irving -

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ourhdhon
Chair, painted

glass, 1996.

Marilyn
Cohen:

Random
Thoughts in a
Technicolor
Dream, photo

and dyed
paper collage,
1995.

Marilyn Cohen wanted to capture the experiences of Jewish immigrants in America so she cre-
ated 50 works of near-fantasy based in reality.
"Where Did They Go When They Came to America?" builds on actual photos and uses dyed
paper to form collages. Each image represents people from one of the 50 states with accompa-
nying text giving the history of the individuals portrayed.
The artist often shows bits and pieces, layers that force the art form to come together ran-
domly as do the elements of memories and dreams.
Cohen's works, which include Daddy Drove a Model T as the Michigan statement, will be
on display Sept. 5-30 at the Posner Gallery, 523 N. Woodward, Birmingham. (810) 647-2552.

Poetry In Motion

Illustrator Cyd Moore devotes con-
siderable time to children's books —
both stories and poetry. The origi-
nal art that fills pages familiar to
well-read youngsters — I Love You,

Bunny Rabbit, Where's the Night
Train Going? and A Frog Inside My
Hat — are sold through the Eliza-

beth Stone Gallery, 536 N. Wood-
ward, Birmingham.
Moore will be at the gallery 6-8
p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, for a book-
signing party that will feature the
large versions of her whimsical Gyd Moore: Silverfrom the book Where Is the Night Train Going?, with
paintings designed to bring tales poems by Eileen Spinelli, published by Boyds Mills Press, 1996.
and rhymes to life.
A resident of Berkley, Moore also illustrates children's magazines, video and CD covers,
greeting cards and theater posters. (810) 647-7040.

Ten

Marji Silk: Sculpted Canyons,
Sedona, Ariz., 1996.

"The First Decade — My Journey of Photography" features
the work of Marji Silk, who has spent considerable time in the
past two years capturing the Southwest, where she focuses on
red rock canyons against a background of cobalt-blue skies.
Running Sept. 3-30 at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art As-
sociation, 1516 South Cranbrook Road, Birmingham, the ex-
hibit opens with a champagne reception from 7-9 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 12.
Silk concentrates on color photography, feeling she is "paint-
ing with light." Her pictures have been featured in newspa-
pers, magazines and journals, and she has received numerous
awards for their quality. (810) 544-1203 or (810) 644-0866.

Suzanne Chessler is a freelance writer who compiles and writes our

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