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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