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POETIC ART
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A
book preservation project turned into an artwork series
for Barbara Dorchen.
• The books, poetry collections which had been in her
family since the early 1900s, had pages that were yellowing, and
she decided to collage the text onto paper and other surfaces as a
way to keep them from deteriorating further.
As she worked, Dorchen began adding her artistry to the words
and applied her images to canvas. Ultimately, her efforts spanned
seven months of intense attention and resulted in the exhibition
"Poetica," which will be on view through June 30 at the Batista
Gallery in Ferndale.
"The process of combining painting, drawing and mixed media
with the pages of poetry expresses a tactile manifestation of form
and surface in works that evoke a sense of timelessness and mys-
tery," says Dorchen, who used oils, wax and encaustics to
enhance the printed materials.
Dorchen, whose fine
arts education achieve-
ments include a bachelor's
degree from the College
for Creative Studies and a
master's degree from
Wayne State University,
began her project through
an Artists Residency Grant
from the Vermont Studio
Center.
The artist has served
on committees for the
Janice Charach Epstein
Gallery and the
Birmingham Bloomfield
Art Center in addition to
being represented in
many exhibitions, most
recently at the Rockford
Art Museum in Illinois,
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Butler Institute of
Barbara Dorchen: "Poetica #4, found
American Art in Ohio
text, mixed media and paper on wood
and the Paint Creek
Center for the Arts in Michigan.
"Abstract work always appealed to me because I want images to be
my own," says Dorchen, whose pieces are in the permanent local
collections of Providence Hospital, Macomb Community College
and Swords Into Plowshares Peace Museum.
Dorchen, of Farmington Hills, works out of two studios —
one in the Pioneer Building in Detroit, where 20 professional
artists have production space, and another at her vacation home
in Eastport on the Grand Traverse Bay.
She did a series, "Postcards From Eastport," and used one post-
card for a group exhibition at the Janice Charach Epstein Gallery.
An outside juror gave it first prize in that show.
"I plan to continue with the poetry project," Dorchen says. "The
environment of my studios provides motivation for my work."
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— Suzanne Chessler
"Poetica" will be on display through June 30 at the Batista
Gallery, 756 Livernois, in Ferndale. Meet the artist 6-8 p.m.
Thursday, June 5. (248) 544-4627.
5/23
stages the Kander and Ebb musi-
cal Cabaret 8:30 p.m. Friday and
Conductor Peter Oundjian
Saturday, May 30-31, and 8:30
leads the Detroit Symphony
p.m. Thursday-Saturday, June 5-7,
Orchestra in an Introduction to
at its outdoor Greek Theatre (rain
the Classics Series concert explor-
date is June 8). Performers include
ing 300 years of music for small
Frederick Shulak of Rochester
orchestra 3 p.m. Sunday, May 25,
Hills as Herr Schulz. $13-$16.
at Orchestra Hall; $28-$40. The
(248) 644-0527.
final program of the Classical
Oakland University's
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
Season will be performed 8 p.m.
Department
of Music Theatre &
Arts & Entertainment
Thursday-Friday, 8:30 p.m.
Dance mounts a production of
Editor
Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday,
You're a Good Man, Charlie
May 29-June 1, at Orchestra Hall
Brown 7 p.m. Fridays and
as conductor Neeme Jarvi leads the DSO
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, May 30-
and cellist Fan Wang, an Isaac Stern pro-
June 8, at Varner Recital Hall on the OU
tege, in the performance of Dvorak's Cello
campus. $6-$12. (248) 645-6666.
Concerto; $15-$80. (313) 576-5111.
The Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan
DANCE FEVER
presents an evening of Italian songs and arias
As part of the TreeTown Performance
from the time of the Medici to the present
Festival
at Ann Arbor's Performance Network,
6:30 and 8 p.m. Friday, May 30, during Fifth
Peter
Sparling Dance Company performs
the
at
the
Detroit
Institute
of
Arts.
Free
Friday
Sparling's response to the
Les
Parisiennes,
with museum admission. (313) 833-7900.
"Degas and the Dance" exhibit at the DIA set
to six Chopin nocturnes, and PeninsuLsa, Part
I, a work that grew out of the choreographer's
road trips throughout Michigan, 8 p.m.
DTE Energy Music Theatre hosts Eddie
Wednesday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday,
Money 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 24,
May 28-June 1. $15-$18/pay what you can
$16.50-$26.50; and Poison with special
May 28. (734) 663-0681.
guests Vince Neil and Skid Row 7 p.m.
Friday, May 30, $23-$38. (248) 645-6666.
Sterling Heights' Freedom Hill Amphitheater
NEW ON DVD
kicks off its season with pop/rock band
On Tuesday, May 27, Universal Studios
Third Eye Blind 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May
Home Video releases the multi-Academy
24. $20-$27.50. (248) 645-6666.
Award-winning film The Pianist on DVD,
Hear the lost songs of Lennon and
based on the true-life story of composer and
McCartney, written in the 1960s for artists
pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew
like Peter & Gordon, Cilia Black and
who eluded the Nazis and survived in the
Badfinger and sung by Kate Pierson, Graham war-torn Warsaw Ghetto.
Parker and Bill Janovitz, Wednesday, May
28, at the Magic Bag in Ferndale. Doors at 8
THE ART SCENE
p.m. $18. (248) 544-3030.
From May 24-Aug. 31, Bloomfield Hills'
U2, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris and
Cranbrook Art Museum hosts Body Shop,
Willie Nelson producer Daniel Lanois takes
an exhibit of work by alumni, including
the stage with his own music 8 p.m.
Gary Chapman, Judy Eliyas and Deborah
Wednesday, May 28, at The Ark in Ann
Fisher, who use the body as a canvas; and
Arbor. $20. (734) 761-1451.
the 2003 Graduate Summer Exhibition of
Grammy-winning rock band the Foo
Cranbrook Academy of Art, a curated ver-
Fighters appear 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May
sion of last month's Graduate Degree
29, at Cobo Arena. $35.50. (248) 645-6666.
Exhibition. (877) 462-7262.
The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
ON THE STAGE
leads a tour of two exhibits, Ancient Glass
From the Holy Land and Dale Chihuly's
The Oakland Theatre Guild presents the
Macchia Glass installation, 1-3 p.m. Sunday,
musical Annie 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and
June 1, at Guardian Industries World
Fridays, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2
Headquarters in Auburn Hills. No
p.m. Sundays through June 7 at the Starlight
charge/members; $15/nonmembers. RSVP by
Theater in the Summit Place Mall. Among
Tuesday, May 27: (248) 661-1000, Ext. 2517.
the 40 Oakland County residents compris-
The Detroit Institute of Arts is seeking
ing the cast are Rachel Sussman sharing the
for its Art to the Schools pro-
volunteers
alternating
Mitch
Master
role of Annie and
gram and Speaker's Bureau. Call Linda
as Daddy Warbucks. $15. (248) 335-1788.
Margolin: (313) 833-9178.
St. Dunstan's Theatre Guild of Cranbrook
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