Silent Watch: Contemporary Prints from Finland at Elaine Jacob Gallery and American Dream at Gallery Project

Two scalp-tingling shows opened this weekend in the Detroit area. One, “American Dream” at Gallery Project in Ann Arbor, culls a diverse bunch of artists contemplating how that mysteriously pervasive idea, the American dream, has disintegrated and rebuilt itself over the last century. The other, “Silent Watch: Contemporary Prints from Finland” brings the work of [...]

William Gropper and More: Dissent and Satire at Elaine L. Jacob Gallery

Friday, May 14, 2010
A full and mature human life means both agency and responsibility— the capacity to think about and question needless suffering, indignity and injustice, and the commitment to struggle for change.” -
Invited Exhibiting Artists:
Carol Jacobsen,
Kristin Kurzawa,
Joanne Leonard,
Tequila Minsky,
Eric Mesko,
Karen Sanders,
and the Wayne State University collection
of works by William Gropper

Elaine L. Jacob Gallery Call for Exhibition Proposals

The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History’s, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, is seeking submissions for individual or group exhibitions to be included in its 2010-2011 exhibition season.
The Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, which is one of two galleries serving the Department of Art and Art History, is committed to [...]

Breaking the Mold: Contemporary Japanese and Chinese Ceramic Sculpture

[ February 5, 2010 9:00 pm to April 23, 2010 9:00 pm. ]
February 5 through April 23, 2010
Opening reception – Friday, February 5, 5-8 PM
WSU Elaine L. Jacob Gallery

Untitled 2006, Stoneware by WAN Liya
Organized by the Dennos Museum Center in collaboration with Dai Ichi Gallery in New York City, this exhibition features the work of contemporary ceramicists from China and Japan, juxtaposing the themes of the Chinese [...]

“Going Down” at Elaine L. Jacob Gallery

A performance by Kresge Fellow Russ Orlando
Friday, October 2, 2009
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Johnnie Redding who was found frozen in ice at the
bottom of a elevator shaft, February 2009.
A Detroit News story in January reported of a man found frozen in a block of ice at the base of the abandoned Roosevelt Warehouse’s elevator shaft. The [...]

Detroit Collects, Part 1: The Nature of Art

[ September 25, 2009 3:00 pm to December 18, 2009 3:00 pm. ] September 25 through December 18, 2009
Opening reception – Friday, September 25, 5-8 PM

Wayne State University presents the exhibition Detroit Collects, Part 1: The Nature of Art at its Elaine L. Jacob Gallery from September 25 through December 18, 2009. With forty works, most of which were created after1980, this exhibition illustrates the [...]

Opening Reception of Time and Place at Elaine L. Jacob Gallery

[ April 24, 2009; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Presenting art of Detroit’s Cass Corridor from the Wayne State University Collection.

Where: Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, on the WSU campus, Detroit
When: 5:00PM-8:00PM
Tix: Free admission
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“Time and Place”: Art of Detroit’s Cass Corridor From The Collection of WSU

[ April 24, 2009; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. April 24, 2009 7:00 pm to June 26, 2009 7:00 pm. ] April 24th through June 26th, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, April 24, 5:00 to 8:00 PM.
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery

This exhibition features works recently gifted by generous donors to the Wayne State University Collection, and honors the substantial gifts by noted Detroit collector and philanthropist James Pearson Duffy.

With over sixty works, most of which were created between 1960 [...]