“Erratic Tendencies” @ Burton Theater

By:  Ian Swanson
“Erratic Tendencies”, curated by Cristin Richard (under the House of Raw moniker), is the first in a proposed series of exhibitions at Detroit’s Burton Theatre. Featuring the work of artists Wendy Ross and Frank Synowicz, this show stands as a strong statement on what are certain to be a [...]

Canfield Street Market

Friday, June 25, 5PM-9PM
460 W. Canfield Street, Detroit, Michigan
Come to West Canfield Street for bargains, brews & beats in our front courtyards! Featuring handmade & vintage goods by local artists & designers.
+ Artwork by Sarah Burger
+ Hand-screened tees & gifts by Philip Lauri of Detroit Lives!
+ Vintage clothing & accessories from MillieBea’s
HOSTED BY
City Bird (http://www.ilovecitybird.com/)
Bureau [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

“Mind” at The Gallery Project

[ February 24, 2010 3:00 am to March 28, 2010 3:00 am. ] February 24 through March 28, 2010
Reception Friday, February 26 from 6-9.

Heather Accurso, “Peach Pit and Three”
Gallery Project presents Mind, a multimedia exhibit in which 33 seek to represent depictions and interpretations of what we commonly call mind. It brings together artists who speak of mind, whether recalling and interpreting, depicting and conveying, questioning [...]

Three Exhibits Weave Culture Into the Work

I visited three exhibitions to brighten up my winter: ‘jide Aje’s show at 2739 Edwin (below), an all women show up at Paint Creek Center for the Arts as well as an adventure farther north to the Flint Institute of Arts to see the Gee’s Bend Quilts. If you can’t get your vitamin d, I [...]

“No Vacancy” Featuring Nicola Kurperus and 19 Artists Closes February 20th

The “No Vacancy” exhibition closes Saturday February 20th at The Butchers Daughter . Don’t miss your last chance to see artists Michael Anderson, Michael Bevilacqua, Erik den Breejen, Brock Enright, Jack Featherly, Jonah Freeman, Kate Gilmore, Andrew Guenther, Kent Henricksen, Sissel Kardel, Nicola Kuperus, Justin Lowe, Shannon Lucy, Guy Overfelt, Zak Smith, Michael [...]

Chido Johnson’s  “Let’s Talk About Love, Baby”

The Art of the Artist’s Book at the Oakland University Art Gallery through April 4, 2010
Valentine’s Day Event! Special informal talk with collaborating artists, Sunday, Feb. 14 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Fahrenheit 450 (Homage to Bradbury and Orwell), 2000-2010
by IAIN BAXTER&
Not one of those touchy-feely people? Don’t like to talk about love? Well, JUST [...]

Joseph Winterhalter: “Painting/Paperwork” at the BBAC

Closing Reception Thursday 11 February 2010, 5 to 8 pm
F.o.R. # 14, 2009, 24″ x 20″
Latex, acrylic, chalk, powdered graphite, oil, wax on canvas.
Photo: Steve Paszt
Joseph Winterhalter’s exhibit “Painting/Paperwork” could easily be called “Architecture/Poetry”; words that filled my mind as I viewed Winterhalter’s large scale canvases and ‘Text Works’. Putting industrial materials to [...]