Don’t miss sUPERIORbelly and members of GOD Club at the Anton Art Center Friday, June 19, 2009, from 10 pm to 1 am. The performance event is part of the center’s exhibition, Collected.

Collected features work from seven active Metro Detroit art collectives, including Debt Collective, GOD Club, The IP Collaborative, Moving Walls, Slippery Weasel Society, sUPERIORbelly and Tiny Circus.

During the event, John Ikera and Bobby Moscow of sUPERIORbelly will be performing in the main galleries with a special appearance by BEVERLY FRESH via Skype from Berlin, Germany.

God Club’s STEVIE will be performing a specially-crafted electronic noise / dance / punk / audiovisual piece celebrating his 150th show. He will play live shortly after midnight, surrounded by deejay sets from STEVIE & FRIENDS. More info at: http://www.myspace.com/stevie

Admission to the performances is free, but attendees must be 18 or older with proper ID.

A don’t-miss exhibition for collectors and artists alike, Collected highlights the importance of artists working in free cooperation with one another to raise the profile of arts in Michigan. Collected is on exhibit through Sunday, June 28, 2009.

For more information, call the center at 586-469-8666 or visit www.theartcenter.org. TheAnton Art Center is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm; Friday, 10 am to 6 pm; and Sunday, 12 noon to 4 pm. The center is closed on Mondays.

The Anton Art Center, the hub for the arts in Macomb County, is located in historic downtown Mount Clemens on the southeast corner of Southbound Gratiot Avenue (M-3) and Macomb Place. Convenient public parking is located in the adjacent Roskopp Parking Lot. For more information please visit www.theartcenter.org.

Friday, May 15 through Sunday, June 28, 2009.
Opening Reception  Friday, May 15, 2009, from 6-9 pm.

The Anton Art Center

“Collected” features work from Metro Detroit’s active art collectives, including Debt Collective, GOD Club, The IP Collaborative, Moving Walls, Slippery Weasel Society, Superior Belly and Tiny Circus.

An artist collective is an initiative that is the result of a group of artists working together, usually under their own management, towards shared aims. This is an exhibition for collectors and artists alike. Collected highlights the importance of artists working in free cooperation with one another to raise the profile of arts in Michigan. Each participating group demonstrates the diversity and strength of work being created in their area.

Duo, Chris Samuels and Ian Swanson make up the Detroit-based Debt Collective work on a collaborative large scale installation along with individual works. Also Detroit-based, GOD Club is a multidisciplinary creative output label and collective, which includes David S. Blunk, Jessica Blount, David Greer, Justin Marshall, Issac Royale and Janine Surma. Abbigail Israelsen and Julie Prokop will show a series of collaborative works based on exchanged writings.

Working with the Museum of New Art, Moving Walls artists Jef Borgeau, Kyohei Abe, Cyrus Karimipour, Marla Karimipour, Mary Fortuna, Kelly Frank, Corine Vermuelen-Smith, Vagner Whitehead and Alison Wong seek out relationships with other galleries to host exchange exhibitions.

Jeanne Bieri, Carl Butler, Jerome Feretti, Mary Fortuna, Matt Hanna, Andy Krieger and Arturo Rodriguez will install “Weasel Camp” a collaborative work under the Slippery Weasel Society.

A second multidisciplinary collective, Superior Belly, includes members Beverly Fresh, John Ikera, Zack Ostrowski, Jon Potts, Tom Pyrzewski, Dwane Raupp and Anthony Stewart.

Tiny Circus presents creative storytelling through stop-motion animations, collaboratively produced by Camille Bonham, Carlos Ferguson, Jessica Frelinghuysen, Grace Le Maitre, Amy Santoferraro, Greta Songe and Jason Reitz.

There will be live music from members of GOD Club and Superior Belly with a special performance by Beverly Fresh from 10 pm to 1 am, Friday, June 19, 2009.  Admission is free, but attendees must be 18 or older with proper ID.

For more information, call the center at 586-469-8666 or visit www.theartcenter.org.  The Anton Art Center is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm; Friday, 10 am to 6 pm; and Sunday, 12 noon to 4 pm.  The center is closed on Mondays.

The Anton Art Center, the hub for the arts in Macomb County, is located in historic downtown Mount Clemens on the southeast corner of Southbound Gratiot Avenue (M-3) and Macomb Place.  Convenient public parking is located in the adjacent Roskopp Parking Lot.  For more information please visit www.theartcenter.org.

a God Club  group installation and one night exhibition
Saturday 7 March 2009 | 6pm – 9pm | FREE

On March 7th 2009, God Club, a Detroit-based, multidisciplinary creative output label and collective, will be presenting an installation entitled Construction / Constriction. With plans to be the first of a series of exhibitions within non-traditional spaces, the event will take place between 6pm and 9pm at 1635 West Hancock Street in the Woodbridge / Cultural Center area of Downtown Detroit. The installation’s premise is roughly centered on engaging with the relationships between artists and the art market, individuality and community, and private and public space, in consideration of the critical possibilities that can arise from dialogues during artistic production and consumption.

Collectively, the members of God Club have determined regulations and productive guidelines in order to aid in and challenge the creation of the installation. In order to construct the work, each of God Club’s members have been restricted to a $50 budget for materials, each member making purchases independently of one another, and keeping these purchases a secret until the day of the work’s construction. During a series of meetings and dialogues having taken place prior to the event, the participants created a list of items that will not be used in the construction of the piece. Video and audio will be presented as part of the installation, produced only during the work’s construction. A critical text drawing direct influence from the premise of the installation, functioning as both a separate and conjoining piece, will also be distributed to accompany the event.

The participating artists are: Jesalyn Blount, David S. Blunk, II, David K. Geer, Justin Marshall, Isaac Royale and Janine Surma.

The God Club exhibition is located at 1635 West Hancock Street, Detroit, MI, For more information call 313.622.3985, email david@godclub.org or visit  http://www.godclub.org.