One of the most heartfelt art exhibits we're going to see this year, “Tibetan Children Thangka Drawings”—an exhibit on display at the Ann Arbor District Library’s Malletts Creek branch—is ultimately as much about saving an endangered culture as it is a celebration of religious beliefs. As the AADL’s gallery statement ...
For the 30th year, "The Print" exhibition at the Ann Arbor Art Center has showcased the diversity of printmaking techniques used by Michigan artists. As you can see in the show, prints come into being through many different artistic processes, some traditional and others more contemporary or experimental. The broad ...
"Window, Fort Laramie" Overlapping chromatic abstraction with color digital photography, Dexter’s John Lilley is one of those rare artists whose talent lies chiefly in his ability to paint with his eye. His 26 “Photographs” at the Kerrytown Concert House show us how he balances the meticulousness of photography with the ...
“The War of 1812: A Bicentennial Exhibition” reminds us that there’s a lot to remember about America's "forgotten war"—one that paradoxically has come to define our nation. As the gallery statement in the University of Michigan William L. Clements Library pointedly says, “On June 18, 1812, the United States of ...
Untitled by Xuan Alyfe Xuan Alyfe’s oversized paintings are colorful acrylic, spray paint, and paint marker pieces of eye candy that are entertaining enough for kids yet sophisticated enough for adults. His solo exhibition at the new LePop Gallery in downtown Ann Arbor is a marvelous surreal balance of subtle ...
After three decades as president and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center, Marsha Chamberlin is retiring. The nationwide search for a new leader has begun, and applications will be accepted for the next two months. Chamberlin is not sure when her very last day will be; however, she notified ...
If you’ve been around Ann Arbor any length of time, then you’re probably familiar with Dale Fisher’s work. He’s the photographer who—working from a helicopter—captures stunning, eagle-eye views of many local landmarks, including Michigan Stadium. His images have been featured on the cover of countless publications and hang in many ...
Things past provocatively collide with current news in Joanne Leonard’s “Newspaper Diary: Trompe-l’Oeil Photography” at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. This colorful series of 22 oversized wall-mounted photographic artworks by U-M art professor Leonard consists of book-bound art reproductions set against overlaid newspaper photos and headlines whose ...
After dedicating a lot of time and effort to Ann Arbor’s Public Art Commission over the past decade as a commissioner and former chair, local artist Margaret Parker is happy to turn all of her focus to her own art now. At a turning point in her career, she is ...
If dissent is the highest form of patriotism, as historian Howard Zinn once said, then the University Of Michigan Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library exhibit “The More Things Change ... the Labadie Collection's 100th Anniversary” is likely the most patriotic display of art Ann Arbor will see this year. Spread across ...
The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair is calling young artists from Washtenaw County, in 3rd-8th grade, to submit their artwork to be juried for the 2012 Kids’ Art Fair held at the Townie Street Party—the kick-off event for the 2012 Art Fair. The Kids’ Art Fair is a unique opportunity ...
"The Long Road" “The Wartime Escape: Margaret and H.A. Rey’s Journey from France” at the Ypsilanti Public Library-Whittaker Road Branch heartily illustrates true-life, unconventional heroism. 27 watercolor and ink reproduction prints by Allan Drummond, chair of illustration design at the Savannah College of Art and Design, the YDL’s “The Wartime ...
"Landlines" by Larry Cressman University of Michigan Residential College art professor Larry Cressman’s line does more with less than just about any other artist's in Southeast Michigan. His River Gallery “Ground Cover/Covering Ground Drawings” in downtown Chelsea illustrate this principle through two differing kinds of art. “Line continues to be ...
Does anyone not love FestiFools? Is it even possible not to love FestiFools?
FestiFools, the annual parade celebrating spring and all things foolish, returned to Ann Arbor's Main Street on Sunday, drawing a large, appreciative crowd.
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