Editor's Note: Because of the Yom
Kippur holiday, the JN Fine Art
Calendar does not reflect events
from Sept. 22-23.

Through Oct. 28. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday-Friday. 1200 N. Tele-
graph Road, Pontiac. (810) 858-
0415.

Museums And
Art Centers

Swords into Plowshares: Sur-
viving Memories: Peace Memori-
al. Bradley McCallum's working

Janice Charach Epstein Mu-
seum/Gallery: Darkness into
Light: Re-Emergence of Jewish
Culture in Germany. Todd Wein-

stein photographs Jewish culture
reintegrating itself in German so-
ciety. Terrorism - A Work in
Progress. Deanna Sperka uses
photographs, personal histories
and documentation. Through Oct.
17. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-
Wednesday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Thursday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.
Maple-Drake Jewish Communi-
ty Center, 6600 West Maple,
West Bloomfield. (810) 661-7641.

Paint Creek Center for the
Arts: Celebrate Michigan Artists,

juried by Gilda Snowden, and
State of Mind, recent works by
Hideki Kihata, both through
Sept. 27. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-
Saturday. 407 Pine Street,
Rochester. (810) 651-4110.

he Art Center: Fifth Annual Art-
Party. Art, music, food and more.

7-10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26. $25.
Common Ground. Sculpture ex-
hibit curated by Joseph Wesner.
Through Sept. 27. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday; 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Saturday. 121 Macomb Place,
Mount Clemens. (810) 469-8666.

Detroit Artists Market: In-Res-
idence. Mary Fortuna, Brian Nel-

son, Yayoi Sakurai, Margaret
Kaminska-Skiba and Robert
Taormina. Through September.
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday,
11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday. 300 River
Place. (313) 393-1770.

Birmingham Community
House: "Artist of the Month"

Carol Master creates impres-
sionistic paintings that are both
romantic and evocative. Through
Sept. 29. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-
Saturday; 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Sunday.
380 S. Bates, Birmingham. (810)
644-5832.

Prudential Town Center: Fifth
Annual ArtShare Invitational.

Marilyn Schecter, James Dozier
and the works of others are on
display and for sale, plus food and
entertainment. To benefit the St.
Vincent and Sarah Fisher Cen-
ter. 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26.
$50. 2000 Tower, Garden Atrium,
Southfield. (810) 626-7527.

Oakland County Galleria: Ju-
ried Exhibition and Sale. Pre-

sented by the Needlework and
Textile Guild of Michigan.

forming cars into lowriders.
Through Oct. 27. A Hidden Trea-

sure: Japanese Prints from the
Carnegie Museum of Art.
Through Nov. 10. Woven Splen-
dor: Five Centuries of European
Tapestry in the Detroit Institute
ofArts. Through Sept. 29. A Dis-
continuous Thread. Running in

drawings, models, design notes
and audio testimonies of
persons affected by vio-
lence. Through Oct. 10. 11
a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday;
12-3 p.m. every second
Sunday. 33 East Adams,
Detroit. (313) 963-7575.

Through Oct. 6. African Form

and Imagery.- Detroit Collects.
Through Jan. 5. The Car and the
Camera: The Detroit School of Au-
tomotive Photography. De Salle

Gallery of Photography. Through
Nov. 24. Suggested donation $4
adults/$1 children. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Wednesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-5
p.m. weekends. 5200
Woodward Ave. (313) 833-
7900.

Cranbrook Art Muse-
um: Alexis Rockman: Sec-
ond Nature. Hyper-

realism. Through Oct. 27.

One Down-Sizing Fits All.

Bruce Thayer's works on
paper and sculpture.
Through Oct. 27. Saarinen

Detroit Focus Gallery:
The Difference Is Art.

Works by the students of
the Kennedy Center, a
school for persons with
special needs. Opening
Reception: 5:30-9 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 20. Through
Nov. 2. Noon-6 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday. 33
East Grand River, 1 block
east of Woodward. (313)
965-3245.

House and Garden: A To-
tal Work ofArt," a docent-

guided, 75-minute tour.
Through Oct. 31. For
information, call (810) 645-
3323. Cranbrook Architec-

ture and Sculpture Tour,

2 p.m. Sundays, through
Oct. 27. Call for more in-
formation. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday-Sunday; 10
a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday.
1221 N. Woodward. (810)
645-3312.

Detroit Historical Mu-
seum: A Brush with
Satire: 25 Years of Polit-
ical Cartoons by Draper
Hill. The work of Detroit
News political cartoonist

University of Michigan
Museum of Art: Venice,
Traditions Transformed:
Paintings from the Sarah
Campbell Blaffer Foun-
dation and the University
of Michigan. Masterworks

Draper Hill looks with a
sense of humor at the
foibles and posturing of lo-
cal, state and national po-
litical 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. Wednes-
day-Friday; 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
Kresge Gallery, 5401
Woodward at Kirby, De-
troit. (313) 833-1805.

from the 16th and 17th
centuries. In the Apse and
Lobby Galleries. Opens
Sept. 21. Through Jan. 12.

Castagnacci Works: 1968-
1995 . Through Sept. 29, in
the Slusser Gallery. Ko-
mar, Melamid and Renee.

Russian emigre painters
Vitaly Komar and Alex
Melamid collaborate with
a brush-wielding elephant
named Renee. Through
Oct. 13. Common Ground:

Detroit Public Library:
It's US: A Celebration of
Who We Are in America
Today. A photographic

African Art and Affinities.

exhibition of immigrants'
contributions to "Ameri-
can" customs. Through
Sept. 28. 9:30 a.m.-5:30
p.m. Tuesday and Thurs-
day-Saturday; 1-9 p.m.
Wednesday. 5201 Wood-
ward, Detroit. (313) 833-
1000.

Through February. 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sat-
urday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Thursday; 12-5 p.m. Sun-
day. University of Michi-
gan Museum of Art, 525 S.
State St., Arm Arbor. (313)
764-0395.

Birmingham Bloom-
field Art Association:
The First Decade: My
Journey of Photography.
Photographer Marji Silk.

Dr. Nii Quarcoopome, assistant professor in the history of
art department and at the Center for Afro-American Studies
at the University of Michigan and co-curator of the exhibition
"African Form and Imagery: Detroit Collects," discusses the
works of art on view in the exhibition at 2 p.m. Saturday at
Through Sept. 30. 1516 S. the Detroit Institute of Arts. The talk is free with museum
Cranbrook Road, Birm- admission.

ingham. (810) 644-0866.

Detroit Institute of Arts: Rid-
ing Low: The Art of Lowriders

.

The 1940s phenomenon of trans-

conjunction with Woven Splen-
dor, this exhibition surveys non-

European tapestries drawn from
the DIA's permanent collection.

Kelsey Museum of Ar-
chaeology: View the per-

manent collection of
ancient sculpture, glass,
pottery, inscriptions and
mosaics in the Greek and
Roman Gallery. Free ad-
mission to museum. 9
a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Fri-
day; 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.
434 S. State, Ann Arbor. (313)
764-9304.

Art Fairs

Royal Oak Art Walk: A walk-

ing tour of downtown Royal Oak
galleries and OCC's arts and
crafts facilities, plus food and en-
tertainment. 6-10 p.m. Wednes-
day, Sept. 25. (810) 545-2200.

Detroit Festival of the Arts:

Artists, entertainment, food, lit-
erary and children's festivals and
more. Friday-Saturday, Sept. 20-
21. University Cultural Center,
Detroit. (313) 577-5088.

Walk with Art: A five-kilometer

walk weaves through the 10th
annual Detroit Festival of the
Arts site in the University Cul-
tural Center, to benefit the De-
troit New Center Lions, a
nonprofit charity. Registration
begins 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept.
21. (313) 538-3400.

Spotlights: Meadow Brook The-

atre Guild's 4th annual juried
arts and crafts show, featuring a
Broadway theme and more than
100 artisans and culinary ex-
hibitors. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 21. $3. Shotwell Gustafson
Pavilion on the Oakland Univer-
sity campus, Rochester. (810) 370-
3318 or (810) 370-3305.

Call For Artists

The Paint Creek Center for
the Arts: Rochester's center

seeks artist entries for its up-
coming exhibitions, 8 Inches x 8
Inches and Suspended in Space.
Slides must be received by Nov.
26. For more information, call
(810) 651-4110.

Birmingham Temple Art
Show: The 24th juried invita-

tional will be held Nov. 8-10. In-
terested artists should call (810)
477-1890.

1996 Focus on Michigan Pho-
tography Contest: Photographs

taken at a public park, recreation
facility or public festival or fair
may be submitted in one of three
age divisions: youth (17 and un-
der), adult (18-54) and senior (55
and older). Local winners will be
selected by a panel of judges from
Oakland County Parks. Entry
deadline is Nov. 15. To obtain en-
try form and information sheet,
call (810) 858-1086.

Galleries

Art Leaders Gallery: Featur-
ing today's most popular artists
from around the world: Roy
Fairchild, Kerry Hallam, David
Schluss, Hessam, Barbara Wood
and others. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon-