Art Detroit Now Newsletter – December 10

Your online guide to great contemporary art in Detroit.

 News, exhibitions, openings and events.
 

Butter Projects

Open Studio and Holiday Party
This special holiday event will give viewers a “behind the scenes” look at what happens at BUTTER Projects between exhibitions. Current works by Alison Wong, Kelly Frank, Elizabeth Boyd Hartmann and Jacklyn Brickman will be featured alongside [...]

Detroit Projection Project at the Russell Industrial Center

Saturday, February 6, 2010, 8:00pm – 11:00pm

Detroit Projection Project will be projecting video art onto the Russell Industrial Center as part of the RIC galleries open house. The viewing gallery (out of the cold!) as well as indoor projection will be in Building 2, 3rd floor overpass.
Participating Artists:
Natasha Beste (Detroit)
Steve Coy (Detroit)
Dave Hebb (Phoenicia, [...]

MODALITY – A CCS Student Collaborative

[ December 18, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] December 18th 6-9pm, 2009 (One night only)
Russell Industrial Center: 3rd floor building 1,

The show consists of work by students from four classes at the College for Creative Studies. Soft Sculpture: focusing on the use of “soft” ideas, materials and processes, taught by Mira Burack; Carving: focused on techniques and methods of carving [...]

The People’s Arts Festival at the Russell Industrial Center

[ August 29, 2009 12:00 am to August 30, 2009 12:00 am. ] The People’s Arts Festival (PAF) – the largest assembly of artists, performance artists, musicians and filmmakers in the City of Detroit – is back with a vengeance this year in an expanded, bigger, bolder version.

To celebrate its third anniversary the 2009 PAF will run for two days – from 11:00 a.m.-midnight and from 11 [...]

Photo Blog: The weekend of art openings before the official start of summer

When Detroit warms up it seems like all of the best artwork comes out to introduce itself at the same time.
I scramble to try and collect and compile as many postcards and photographs I can to put into a reference book for later when I need inspiration.
This is my first contribution of letting the public [...]

Behind the Bizarre

“We’re all mad here. I’m mad, you’re mad…,” said The Cat.
“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said The Cat.
“Or you wouldn’t have come here.”
Madness? This is Detroit.

In April the group of performers loosely collectively known as “Theatre Bizarre” (known for their yearly Halloween fete which is probably best likened to a [...]

Mati Group Art Battle at the RIC

[ May 16, 2009 8:00 pm to May 17, 2009 4:00 am. May 16, 2009 8:00 pm to May 17, 2009 4:00 am. ] Following successful shows in both downtown Royal Oak and Mt Clemens, this May
(Saturday, May 16th. From 8pm to 4am to be exact), The Mati Group takes their live art act
down to Detroit. Traditionally, Mati Group Art Battles are characterized by high energy live
art creation, great music, and great fun. While the shows have featured individual [...]

Art Battle at the Russell

[ April 17, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] The Art Battle is a competition in which visual artists of all mediums and genres are welcome to compete. Artists battle against one another by fabricating art in a live performance for cash prizes. The attending audience will judge the compition by voting for their favoriote artists.

The Battle is on April 17th, 2009 from 7-10pm. [...]

Detroit’s Annual Art Battle

[ April 17, 2009 7:00 pm to April 18, 2009 2:00 am. ] Friday, April 17, 2009 at 7:00pm
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 2:00am

Russell Industrial Center

The Art Battle is a competition in which visual artists of all mediums and genres are welcome to compete. Artists battle against one another by fabricating art in a live performance for cash prizes. The attending audience will judge the competition by voting [...]

Theatre Bizarre Wonderland at the Russell

[ April 3, 2009 12:00 am to April 11, 2009 12:00 am. ] Theatre Bizarre defies explanation. It’s music. And mayhem. Costumes. Fetish. Burlesque. Gore. Good times. And this April you can experience Theatre Bizarre’s “Wonderland,” just in case you missed the annual Halloween party…or just crave some more Bizarre!

Where: Russell Industrial Center, Detroit
When: Doors 9:00PM, show 10:00PM
Tix: $10.00 opening night, $15.00 all other days
www.myspace.com/theatrebizarre