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 [...]

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, [...]

Memorial For Arts Advocate E. Ray Scott at The Gem Theatre

Saturday, February 27th, 11am

E. Ray Scott
It was Saturday, Feb. 6, when the cheerful, tuxedoed members of Detroit’s Players Club gathered for their monthly show of plays at their historic Playhouse. The mood quickly sobered when they heard that Player E. Ray Scott had died at 86. As Executive Director of the Michigan Council for [...]

Speak Their Names: Ancestral Legacy 3-D Collage Workshop

At Tulani Rose
Sunday, March 14, 2010, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
RSVP by February 26th

Explore the role of ancestors as part of the foundation of our spiritual and everday lives and learn the 3-D collage technique of creating a portable ancestral altar box with collage artist, Renee M. Dooley. The artist whose work is influenced by mythology, folklore [...]

Cranbrook Academy of Art Lecture Series: Hernan Bas

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 -6 pm
“An Evening with Hernan Bas”

Bas continues to indulge his fascination with the history of painting, fantastical tales of the supernatural and Neo-Gothic romanticism to form a new series of paintings.  He has moved away from the decadent dandies of earlier series towards fertile landscapes populated with exotic creatures and waifish [...]

Castagnacci Artist Talk at River Gallery Fine Art

Notes From A Quarry
Sunday February 21, 2pm. Refreshments

This Sunday, the artist Vince Castagnacci will be on board for a River Gallery informal artist talk. Join us as Vince shares his passion, his choice of medium, his point of view, his intellect, his humor and details about work on display.
River Gallery Hours: Wed – Sat [...]