“Thwarted Soul” by artist Diane Whitehead

[ May 8, 2009; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. May 8, 2009 6:00 pm to June 6, 2009 6:00 pm. ] May 8 – June 6, 2009
Opening Reception – Friday, May 8th, 6p.m.-10p.m.
Detroit Industrial Projects

Detroit Industrial Projects presents Thwarted Soul, an installation showcasing figurative drawings on paper that are crumbled, suspended, cut, embedded, constructed and deconstructed within the space and in the walls of the gallery. The former New York artist, now occupying a [...]

Cave: Graem Whyte and Zakk Barozzini, “Tropisms”

[ May 9, 2009; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] 9 May 2009
Opening reception from 7pm-11pm
Cave

On 9 May 2009 Cave will open Tropisms, new sculptural works by Graem Whyte and Zakk Barozzini.

Graem Whyte is a Detroit Native, founder of the infamous Last Week In Art Series (LWIA) at Motorcity Brewing Works and is a foundry technician at the College for Creative Studies.

Zakk [...]

The Org Gallery Opens In The Russell Industrial Center

[ May 8, 2009; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. May 8, 2009 6:00 pm to June 6, 2009 10:00 pm. ] May 8th Through June 6th.
Opening Reception Friday May 8th from 6-10pm

Openings at The Cave & Detroit Industrial Projects The same weekend (see below)

BattlesDetroit artists Ian Swanson, Chris Samuels, and Lindsay Yeo have banded together to open The Org Gallery in the Russell Industrial Center. They will be producing and directing regular bi-monthly shows [...]

Artists Speak Out About The Housing Crisis

[ May 8, 2009 6:00 pm to May 30, 2009 8:00 pm. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Home: Loving It, Losing It, Leaving It

May 6th-30th, 2009

The Gallery in the Duderstadt Center
Monday through Friday, 12 to 6; Sunday, 1 to 5.
Opening Reception: May 8, 6 to 8 pm.
Pat Izzo, “Memories of Home”
Having a house and home is part of the American Dream. Currently more people are losing their homes than any other time [...]

Art Detroit Now 2009 All Media Exhibition

[ May 1, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. May 1, 2009 6:00 pm to June 6, 2009 9:00 pm. ] May 1- June 6, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, May 1, 2009, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11:00am-6:00pm
Detroit Artists Market
Marnie Fender, “Detroit” 12×12″
Since 1932 the Detroit Artists Market has been rooted in the history of Detroit art and culture, and continues today to be a community organization promoting contemporary art by emerging and established artists.

Juror: Roger [...]

Local Artist and Teacher in “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” Museum

J. Schwarz, “Rocky”
John Schwarz, a local Chelsea artist and high school art teacher at Detroit Country Day, was recently given top billing in an international art publication and has five assemblage sculptural works in the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museums.
Last fall’s Sculptural Pursuit magazine highlights John Schwarz’s recycled assemblage sculptures with a cover [...]

Museum of New Art: “Made In China”

[ April 25, 2009 12:00 am to May 30, 2009 12:00 am. April 25, 2009 12:00 am to May 30, 2009 12:00 am. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Artists selected by Art Channel Gallery, Beijing
To exhibit at the Museum of New Art (MONA)
From April 25 to May 30
Opening reception: Saturday, April 25, from 6-9pm

Meng Jing
Born in 1973, in Chong Qing, China
Lives and works in Beijing
“A lot of my artworks are portraits that enter into a dialogue about the relationship between architectural forms and [...]

“Heads Shot”: Patrick Pantano at CAID

[ May 8, 2009 6:00 pm to July 3, 2009 6:00 pm. 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Detroit Photographer, Patrick Pantano, Has First Solo Exhibition, “Heads Shot”
May 8, 2009 From 6pm to 11pm.
Through July 3, 2009
at CAID
 
The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID) announced today that it will feature a solo exhibition of the work of Detroit photographer Patrick Pantano. The exhibition, entitled “Heads Shot”, will open on May 8, [...]

More Than $76.6 Million in Funding Will Improve Energy Efficiency in Michigan

Michigan will receive more than $76.6 million for energy efficiency and conservation projects from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of its Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program. The State of Michigan will receive more than $19.5 million, Detroit will receive more than $8.8 million, Wayne County will receive more than $4.9 million, [...]

“Art Birmingham” Turns Shain Park Into A Gallery

[ May 9, 2009; 10:00 am to 6:09 pm. May 10, 2009; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] May 9th-10th

You will still spot mothers with strollers, or joggers keeping pace with their iPods, but Shain Park will otherwise be transformed over Mother’s Day weekend into a virtual art gallery.

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center announces their annual fine art festival, this year called “Art Birmingham”, is scheduled for May 9 and 10. [...]