“Shift”: Latest works by Dawud Muhammad

[ March 5, 2010 11:00 am to April 3, 2010 11:00 am. ] Friday, March 5, 2010 at 6:00pm
through Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 5:00pm
Johanson Charles Gallery
1345 Division
Detroit, MI

Patterns and Textures at Swords Into Plowshares

March 6 – April 17, 2010
Opening Reception: 1~4pm Saturday, March 6
Closing Reception: 1~4pm Saturday, April 17
Carol Cook Reid & Dolores Slowinski
(with poems by Christine Monhollen)

Claustrophobia, 1997, oilpastel, Slowinski.
Pathway Patterns, by Carol Reid, is an evolving, interactive installation where visitors are invited to participate by adding parts to extend and connect fragments of patterns collected [...]

Unusual “Tapestries” and New Artists at Plymouth Township Gallery

Translucent hanging artworks connect the “micro” world to our own
Reception Saturday, March 6, 2010 – 7-11
Art & Ideas Contemporary Art Gallery & Studio, a recently opened art gallery and teaching studio located just north of Plymouth, is showing new artwork in March that has never been displayed in Michigan. The exhibition, called “Macro-Biology [...]

Close to Home Macomb County Art Competition Winners

[ March 4, 2010 3:00 pm to March 20, 2010 3:00 pm. ] Through March 20, 2010

Over 100 artists who live and or work in Macomb County submitted nearly 300 pieces for consideration for the Anton Art Center’s exhibition, Close to Home. Artist, educator and musician Benjamin Teague juried the exhibition, selecting 83 works for display.

Teague also awarded several prizes:

* Emily Duke, [...]

The Motor City Revue 2010: “Michigan Gallery’s Farewell Blast”

January 27 – March 5, 2010
Sisson Gallery, MacKenzie Fine Arts Center, Henry Ford Community College
FAREWELL BLAST (CLOSING RECEPTION): Friday, March 5, 2010…6:00-8:00pm
AFTER PARTY: Friday, March 5, 2010…9:00pm – ???
Alvin’s, 5756 Cass Ave., Detroit

The Howling Diablos perform at The Michigan Gallery’s after party at Alvin’s.
Photo by CKreationz
Incorporating the grit of local industry with the [...]

Uncommon Destinations – Sisters of the Brush

[ March 3, 2010 11:00 pm to April 1, 2010 11:00 pm. ] March 3 – 31, 2010
Reception:  Friday, March 5, 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Markham, watercolor
During the month of March Lawrence Street Gallery presents the work of nine local artists who present this exhibit as documentation of their individual and joint journeys towards discoveries and destinations both diverse and uncommon.

“We are nine artists living our creative lives in [...]

Call for Sculpture: Enter The 2nd Annual “SculptureWalk Chelsea”

River Gallery is seeking submissions for the 2nd annual “SculptureWalk Chelsea” The selected sculptures will be placed in high profile locations, outdoors in the heart of historic Chelsea. Artists are invited to submit up to 3 works. Each artist selected will receive a $300 compensation. A “Best in Show” of $500 will be [...]

MOCAD and Green Brain Comics: Improv Comic Jam/Drawing Party

Friday, March 5, 2010 from 4PM to 7PM
“Comic Jam” is an event held regularly by Green Brain Comics in Dearborn, in which participants are encouraged to partake in the creation of spontaneous, improvised comics and free form drawings with other artists and illustrators. For one night only the Comic Jam will move to MOCAD, where [...]

“GO AWAY!” Online Art Exhibition

[ February 26, 2010 12:00 pm to March 31, 2010 12:00 pm. ] Through 3/31/2010

“GO AWAY!” is the premiere exhibition featured at the “Git Outta My Face” online gallery.
The theme for this exhibition was the phrase “go away”. What or who do you want to “go away”? What makes you angry about society? What bothers or annoys you? What would you like to chase from your mind, body, [...]

And Still They Prospered: Lorenzo Cultural Center Examines the 1930s

[ February 27, 2010 12:00 pm to May 8, 2010 12:00 pm. ] February 27-May 8, 2010

Gil Rinke hands up a poster to Bob Tarnacki as part of the preparation for the
And Still They Prospered: Living Through the Great Depression series. What did it take to not only survive the greatest economic challenge this country has ever faced but to rise up from that challenge and create [...]