-4.4.1111.44.11. Arts & Entertainment Abou t Art In The Woods Huntington Woods artist Claudia Hershman loves to explore themes of nature, architecture, housing and aerial landscape in an abstract style, incorporat- ing an expert use of color, geometric shape and interesting composition. She studied painting and ceramics at the University of Michigan, then created and successfully sold wearable art jewelry. Her current style of artwork is called monoprint, in which a unique image is created each time a plate is painted and pressed to paper. "Claudia Hershman:' an exhib- it of her work, continues through Oct. 30 at the Woods Gallery (located on the lower level of the Huntington Woods Library), in Huntington Woods. (248) 581-2696 or www.woodsgallery.org. Fab Fashion Organized by the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, the exhibit "Out of This World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television" fea- tures more than 40 costumes and related memorabilia from such blockbuster films as The Wizard of Oz, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Terminator and Batman and Claudia Hershman: Cityscape. popular television pro- grams such as Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica. It comes to Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Oct. 11-Jan. 11. "The costumes displayed in this exhibit [like the gold tunic and sash formerly worn by William Shatner — Captain Kirk on Star Trek] are just as much a part of our pop culture as the movies in which they were featured:' said Jeanine Head Miller, curator of Domestic Life and Leisure. "The design- ers of these wonderful pieces of clothing combined color and style with the right cultural cues and historical traditions and created these memorable fashions with which we will forever associate our favor- ite characters!' Henry Ford Museum is open seven days a week 9:30 a.m. -5 p.m. Admission is $14 adults, $13 seniors and $10 youths; mem- bers and children 4 and under are free. (313) 982-6001 or wwwthehenryford.org . Pressler Plays The Cranbrook Music Guild presents the Ying Quartet, formed in 1992 by the Ying siblings of Chicago, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills. German-born Israeli pianist Menahem Pressler joins the quartet for the second half of the program, which includes Mendelssohn's Quartet in E-flat Major, Bartok's Quartet No. 6 and Dvorak's Quintet in A Major for piano and strings. A founding member and the pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio for all of its 51 years, Pressler is known as an outstand- ing chamber and solo performer and as a remarkable teacher; he currently is a pro- fessor at Indiana University. In 2007, he was appointed an honorary fellow of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. An afterglow follows the concert. $30; $20 students. (248) 644 6352 or www. cranbrookmusicguild.org. - ❑ FYI: For Arts related events that you wish to have considered for Out & About, please send the item, with a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices and publishable phone number, to: Gall Zimmerman, JN Out & About, The Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034; fax us at (248) 304-8885; or e-mail to gzimmerman®thejewishnews.com. Notice must be received at least three weeks before the scheduled event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be returned. All events and dates listed in the Out & About column are subject to change. Signature Works Warhol's paintings, photographs, prints and film will be on view at Cranbrook. Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News A rt collector Richard Weisman, based on the West Coast, came up with a way to draw sports fans into museums. He convinced his late friend, pop artist Andy Warhol, to com- plete portraits of 10 famous athletes and lends them out for display. Those images — plus Warhol images held by local collectors — will be shown Oct. 19-Jan. 11 at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, where Weisman will talk about his holdings dur- ing a formal preview of the full exhibit, "Grand Slam: Andy Warhol!" "I felt that the two most popular leisure activities were art and sports, and I thought it might be nice to put the two together;' says Weisman, who will be signing copies of his book, Picasso to Pop: The Richard Weisman Collection (Atelier Press; $58.95), at the pre- view on Friday evening, Oct. 10. B20 October 9 • 2008 3N "Most of the people I know who really love sports aren't big in the art world and vice versa. Some people who go to see this series have never set foot in a museum before, but they look at the athletes and walk over to other rooms. This expands the world of people who are interested in art!" The exhibit, showcasing 200 signature works, includes paintings, photos, prints and films brought together by curator Gregory Wittkopp, museum director. Almost each week, a new film by the artist will be shown. "The Athletes Series" includes portraits of Muhammad Ali, Jack Nicklaus and Chris Evert and is joined by another themed series, "Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century:' screened prints on loan from Robert and Lisa Katzman of Metamora. "I'm not a Warhol collector, but I liked the composition and colors in these prints:' says Katzman, whose series includes images of Freud, Einstein and the Marx Brothers. "I added the prints to my collection after getting a call from an art dealer. I think it will be interesting to see them among the other Warhol works." A very different series of 10 screened prints — "Electric Chairs" — has been borrowed from the collection of Marc Schwartz of Birmingham. "I'm a big fan of Andy Warhol because he made art very accessible to the public and often depicted familiar objects:' says Schwartz, who also owns two Warhol like- nesses of a young Elizabeth Taylor. "I've always been attracted to disaster series, and I'm fascinated by the way he took this gruesome mechanism and added beautiful colors. To me, his approach to the series expresses real conflict!' Susan Sosnick of Birmingham has pro- vided the most personal pieces held by Jewish collectors enhancing the exhibit — two renderings of herself. She and her late husband, Robert Sosnick, met Warhol in Paris, where the artist took photos of her as the basis for the paintings com- From Warhol's "Electric Chairs" series pleted later. "As Andy Warhol was photographing me, my husband was photographing him at work:' says Sosnick, who keeps the por- traits in her bedroom and her husband's snapshots in an album. "Andy didn't talk a lot, but he told me not to smile. I never get tired of seeing anyone smile, but I had to go along with his style and was glad I didn't look maudlin. "I love the paintings because I think they look very cool. I have bright red lips and bright blue eye shadow!" ❑ "Grand Slam: Andy Warhol" will be on view Oct.19-Jan.11 at Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills. Info: (877) 462-7262 or cranbrookart.edu/museum.