 OCTOBER 17 • 2019 | 47

Celebration in Art

Bob Aronson joins artists in a tribute
to late artist/educator 
Stanley Rosenthal. 
T

hree artists, linked by 
a man who provided a 
haven for them to pro-
duce art, will present their work 
in “Inked: An Exploration of 
Process,
” which will have an 
opening from 6-9 p.m. Friday, 
Oct. 18, at Galerie Camille, 
4130 Cass Ave., Detroit.
The artists are Bob Aronson, 
Mary Rousseaux and Vernard 
Rubens. The man who created 
a master printmakers work-
shop at Wayne State University 
for them was the late Stanley 
Rosenthal, a dedicated art edu-
cator for 46 years.
“Inked” is a tribute to 
Rosenthal — of the Cleveland 
Browns hat and suspenders.
“Stanley was a lot of things 
— a wonderful art-
ist, a bird watcher 
like me, a gourmet 
Chinese chef and a 
really dear friend,
” 
said Aronson, for-
mer head of the 
Jewish Federation of 
Metropolitan Detroit 
and current senior 
development adviser there. “We 
found each other about 16 years 
ago, and he made the print stu-
dio at WSU available to me on 
Saturdays, which enabled me to 
do what I am most passionate 
about — printmaking. 
“That studio is the center of 

my universe, my second home. 
About seven years ago, the late 
Eugene Applebaum, [a Metro 
Detroit community leader,] 
dedicated the studio to me; 
it’
s now the Robert Aronson 
Intaglio Studio. The intaglio 
room is the only place to make 
etchings and that’
s hard to 
come by.
”
Rousseaux, a painter, runs 
the studio and is teacher/men-
tor to Aronson and Rubens. 
Each has new work represented 
in the show. 
“My theme is places of 
remembered beauty — land-
scapes about memory,
” said 
Aronson, who has about 25 
pieces in the show, including a 
large centerpiece that’
s a view 
of the Jezreel Valley, 
where Federation’
s 
Partnership2Gether 
region is located. 
“This is a celebra-
tion of our working 
together and of 
Stanley. This is a big 
deal for me,
” Aronson 
said. “We’
re a team. 
Our work is very different but 
complements each other.
”
Aronson, who marks 30 
years at Federation this month, 
says as he steps away from his 
job at the end of the year, that 
“art will be even more import-
ant to me.
” 

KERI GUTEN COHEN STORY DEVELOPMENT EDITOR

details 
“Inked” will show 
until Nov. 7. Galerie 
Camille is open 
from noon-5 p.m. 
Thursday-Saturday. 
Galeriecamille.com. 

“Atitlan,” 
a memory 
of Lake 
Atitlan in 
Guatemala, 
by Bob 
Aronson

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