Archive for June, 2010

Butter Projects

Saturday June 19, 6PM-9PM
814 West 11 Mile in Royal Oak, MI, 48067. Parking is available behind the building.
BUTTER projects is a studio and gallery space founded by Kelly Frank and Alison Wong.
The upcoming exhibition SPARK is centered around the theme of collaboration. We’ve selected works from 9 artists and matched them up with 9 [...]

RE:View Contemporary

Thrusday June 17, 7PM-11PM
444 W. Willis Street, Units 111 and 112, Detroit, MI 48201
LANGUAGE. POWER. DIFFERENCE.
Works by Joe Namy

This exhibition is presented in connection with the 2010 Allied Media Conference.
In his first solo exhibition in Detroit, language. power. difference. artist Joe Namy explores the issues born out of the space between languages, the codes that [...]

71 Garfield’s opening harks the beginning of the Sugar Hill Arts District

University Cultural Center Association & Garfield Real Estate Properties, llc invite you to attend the preview and ribbon cutting of the long-awaited 71 Garfield project.
We are hosting two days of events, starting next Wednesday with the preview event to learn about the green building technologies used in the building at a free noon-time workshop and [...]

Stream of Consciousness Photo Blog

These are just a bunch of images that’ve caught my eye going through backed up photos, some at exhibitions, some outdoors, some new, some old. Two of these images are taken recently from the newly arted-out Kresge offices in Troy!

I liked how people looked amongst the work at the Cranbrook thesis show. Just [...]

A nice Sunday in Mt. Clemens for talking with artists

Sometimes Mt. Clemens can seem like a strange place to go to for art, especially if I told you that I went to see an art fair and a community art gallery, but I didn’t find just pretty pictures of light houses, there was contemporary art!

A sunday minus the sun in Mt. Clemens (part [...]

BravoBravo 2010: Destination Fashion Reflections

All things evolve over time. For 11 years, BravoBravo! has been the premiere social event of the summer, attracting thousands of the metro area’s young, sexy professionals and arts supporters, raising nearly a million dollars since its inception for the Detroit Opera House and Michigan Opera Theatre.
In that time, the buzz caught on. Now it [...]

May is a good time for being outside

A collection of my videos taken in May documenting art, my neighbors, how other people deal with their neighbors, an art installation I am working on, and the fun times that have just begun because summer is here.

Untitled from Cedric Tai on Vimeo.
Featuring:
Weeds, Dmytro Szylak, The Hoodcat, Blake Carroll, Bangladeshi kids playing cricket, Dan Demaggio, [...]

Artistic Director From Breathe Art Directs “The Lonesome West” at Planet Ant

[ May 14, 2010 8:00 pm to June 5, 2010 8:00 pm. ] Opens May 14th through through June 5th, 2010

Planet Ant Theatre proudly presents The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh. From the same playwright that brought us The Pillowman (produced with great reviews by Breathe Art Theatre Project in 2007), and A Beheading in Spokane which is currently running on Broadway. The Lonesome West [...]

MALT/BrownBagDetroit – Acid Forest at The Russell Gallery

[ May 7, 2010 3:00 pm to June 13, 2010 3:00 pm. ] Friday, May 7, 2010 at 6:00pm
Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 7:00pm

The Russell Gallery is proud to present Acid Forest: New Paintings by Malt/BrownBagDetroit. Malt began his career as a teen writing graffiti on the streets of Detroit, and in the years since, has evolved to include canvas as his primary vehicle. Malt’s bold style and [...]

2010 All Media Exhibition at Detroit Artist Market

[ April 30, 2010 2:00 pm to June 5, 2010 2:00 pm. ] Opening Reception, Friday, April 30th, 6-9pm
April 30, 2010 – June 05, 2010
Gallery Talk with guest Juror Curtis Rhodes, Sat., May 1, 2-4pm

“Single” by Darien Johnson (just one of the 52 featured artists)
The Detroit Artists Market presents its “All Media Exhibition 2010”. Opening April 30, 2010, DAM will host a Public Opening and Awards [...]