RICKY BERNSTEIN

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that is supported by an aluminum
armature that he designs.
Besides solo and group exhibitions
at Habatat Galleries, his work has
been shown across the country and in
France, Australia, Thailand, Mexico,
Sweden and Iceland. In addition to
commercial commissions, his artistry
is represented in museum collections,
including the Detroit Institute of Arts,
Renwick Museum of Art at the
Smithsonian Institution, BeYoung
Museum of Art in San Francisco and

• Habatat
Annual
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Internation.
nvitationai
Preview Day, 11 a.n1.-6 p.m.,
Thursday, April 8, at 7 North
Saginaw, Pontiac. (248) 333-2060.

• Birnlingham 13loomfield Art Cente
"Clearly Sculpture" Reception, 7-9
p.m. Friday, April 9, at 1516 South
Cra.ribrook Road, I3irmingham.
(248) 644-0866.

• University of Michigan-Dearborn
"Flameworkine Opening Reception,
6 p.m. Friday, April 9, at the Alfred
Berkowitz Gallery, 3rd Floor of the
Mardigian Library, 4901 Evergreen,
Dearborn. (313) 593-5087.

• Habatat Galleries Home Tours, 11
a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, April 10.

• Michigan Hot Glass Workshop
Glass Blowing Demonstrations,
beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, April
10, adjacent to Habatat Galleries.

being featured during Michigan Glass Month.

For complete infoxmatton, call the galkrier

• I he Detroit Institute of Arts 'Studio
Glass" with pieces from the Chodorkoff,
Sosin, Robinson and other local collec--
Lions, 11 am.-5 p.m. Sundays and 11
a.m.-4 p.m. \Vednestinys-Saturdays.
(313) 833-4020.

• Center for Creative Studies-U245
Gallery & Glass Studio's "A Glass
Passport II" through April 10 and "A
Goblet Bonanza" glass blowing
demonstration April 18, at 301 E.
Fredrick, Detroit. (313) 664-7800.

• Galerie Blu's Cast Crystal
Sculpture, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-
Saturdays at 7 North Saginaw,
Pontiac. (248) 454-7797.

• Furnace Hot Glass Works' "Birth
of the Venetian Bubble"
Demonstration and Reception, 11
a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at
6100 Michigan Ave., Detroit.
(313) 898-7220.

• Gallery: FunctionAres "A Glass Act
— '99," 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays
Thursdays and 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Fridays-Saturdays at 21 North
Saginaw, Pontiac. (248) 333-0333.

• Modernage Gallery's "Glass &
Ceramics," noon-6 p.m. Wednesdays
at 25 North Saginaw, Pontiac.
(248) 745-0999.

• Janice Charach Epstein
Museum/Gallery Opening Reception
for Two-Person Glass Show, 2-4 p.m.
Sunday, April 11, at 6600 W Maple,
West Bloomfield. (248) 661-1000..

• Network, a project of Cranbrook
Academy of Art, "The Clarity of
Seduction II," noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays-
Saturdays at 7 North Saginaw,
Pontiac. (248) 334-3911.

• Habatat Galleries, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Tuesdays-Saturdays and noon-5 p.m.
Sundays.

• Uzelac Gallery's "Interpretations in
Glass," 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily and 11
a.m.-8 p.m. Fridays. (248) 332-5257.

• The Anderson Gallery's 'African
Artifacts," 11 a.m.-4 p.rn. Tuesdays-
Saturdays at 7 N. Saginaw, Pontiac.
(248) 335-4611.

• First 1/2's "20th Century of Design --
American. and European Glass," noon-6
p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays at 43 North
Saginaw, Pontiac (248) 334-9600.

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home, his religion is celebrated along
with the Catholicism of his wife and
the Buddhism roots of his two daugh-
ters adopted in Tibet.
"I practice Judaism by doing volun-
teer work in Nepal," says Bernstein, who
conducts the Passover service for his
Unitarian church. "I direct an organiza-
tion that works at creating educational
opportunities for Nepalese children."
Very different from his large-scale
reliefs is helping his wife, a botanical
garden director. She pursues a side-
line of designing jewelry, and he
makes the beads.

"I grew up in the city, and I now
have a nice life in a bucolic setting,"
says the artist, who has a horse, chick-
ens, dogs and cats. We are quite busy
maintaining gardens, working long
hours and taking great walks in the
surrounding fields."

❑

SIDNEY HUTTER

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"I have a large industrial space for
my business," says the artist, whose
firm is named Hutter Glass and Light
Company.
The Hutters frequently visit

Ong fist gives some of the events and exhibits

• Habatat Galleries Grand Opening of
the 27th Annual International Glass
Invitational, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 10.

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the Wagga Wagga City Art Museum
in Australia.
"I work with only a part-time assis-
tant because I want to have total con-
trol of the reliefs," Bernstein says.
"Many of my stylistic compositions
and ideas are influenced by my favorite
artists, including Diego Rivera, Edward
Hopper and Thomas Hart Benson.
"They're all challenging and wonderful-
ly disturbing in their treatment of the
figure and the human condition."
Because Bernstein deals with day-
to-day living, he believes his Jewish
background influences his work. At

• River's Edge Gallery's "An Exhibit
of Michigan Artists" Reception,
5-9 p.m. Friday, April 16, at 3063
Biddle Ave., Wyandotte.
(734) 246=9880.

B.C. Beans Art Gallery's "The
Fine Art of Glass" Reception, 7-9
p.m. Wednesday, April 7, at 2964
Biddle Ave., Wyandotte.
(734) 284-4016.

• Touch of Light Studio & Galleria's
Special Demonstration Day, 3-5 p.m.
Saturday, April 17, at 23426
Woodward, Ferndale.
(248) 543-1868.

• Workspace Gallery/Toby Upton
Studio's Special Demonstration Day,
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at
250 W Eight Mile Road, Ferndale,
(248) 542-5890.

Thurs

at 109 N. Center?
(248) 380- 0470.

• Oak Park Library's "M ti
Retrospective" Reception, 30-8:30
p.m. Sunday, April 11, at 14200
Park Blvd. (248) 691-7480.

• Prism Contemporary Glass
Gallery's "A Glass Act '99," 11 a.m.-6
p.m. Tuesdays- Thursdays, 11 a.m.-8
p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 11 a.m.-6
p.m. Sundays at 19 North Saginaw,
Pontiac. (248) 333-0333.

• Gallery XVIII's "Women in
Motion" Reception, 6-10 p.m.
Saturday, April 10, at 18 North
Saginaw, Pontiac. (248) 745-8545.

Carol/James Gallery's "For the Love
of Glass," 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-
Thursdays and Saturdays and 10
a.m.-8 p.m. Fridays at 301 South
Main, Royal Oak. (248) 541-0607.

• Ariana Gallery's "C
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a.m.-8 p.
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Saturdays and noon
1067 E. Long Lake Rd., TrOy
(248) 619-9172.

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