Arts & Entertainment

December 2008

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ART

Art Gallery of Windsor (AGW): Art for Canada: An Illustrated History is an ongoing exhibition. • Citizen Dandy, through Jan. 4. • Snow Storms and Stories runs through Jan. 4. • Recent Acquisitions, through Jan. 11. • A representation of early abstract Canadian art is exhibited in Kathleen Munn and Lowrie Warrener:
 The Logic of Nature, the Romance of Space, Dec. 13-Feb. 15. $3; members free. 401 Riverside Drive West, Windsor, Ontario; 519-977-0013; agw.ca.

Art Leaders: Purchase new and unique gifts at the Holiday Trunk Show and Sale. Through December.  33030 Northwestern Hwy, West Bloomfield, 248-539-0262; info@artleaders.com.

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC): Works by the students of Clinton Snider are up through Dec. 19. 1516 S. Cranbrook, Birmingham; 248-644-0866; bbartcenter.org.

Community Arts: Michigan Ceramics 2008: Celebrating the Michigan Ceramic Art Association’s 50th Anniversary, through Dec. 19.  150 Community Arts Building, Detroit, 
313-577-2423.

Cranbrook Art Museum: Andy Warhol: Grand Slam includes paintings, photographs, prints, and films. Through Jan. 11. 39221 Woodward, Bloomfield Hills; 877-462-7262; cranbrookart.edu.

Detroit Institute of Arts: Monet to Dali focuses on artists who profoundly changed the course of European art history. Through Jan. 18. • Jane Hammond: Paper Works represents 15 years of work — resulting from 276 borrowed images that the artist manipulated to produce her own rich vocabulary. Through Jan. 11. • In the Company of Artists: Photographs from the DIA’s Collection allows viewers to experience the lives and stories of creative people through revealing photographs by André Kertész, Man Ray, Yousuf Karsh, Arnold Newman, Robert Mapplethorpe, and others. Through Feb 15. • Master Pieces: Chess Sets from the Dr. George and Vivian Dean Collection includes two dozen chess sets featuring an array of materials and designs from Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, Dec. 26-March 22. Admission $8 adults;
 $4 ages 6-17;
 $6 seniors. Wed., Thur.: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri.: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sat.-Sun.: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Mon.-Tue. 5200 Woodward, Detroit; 313-833-7900; dia.org.

Detroit Zoo: To celebrate The Detroit Zoo’s 80th anniversary, The Detroit Zoological Society invites young competitors to create murals for The Year of the Frog. Murals remain on display for the Mosaic Murals Exhibition. Through Dec. 31.  8450 W. 10 Mile Rd., Royal Oak, 248-541-5717.

Elaine L. Jacob: Designing an Icon: Creativity and the American Automobile. Through Jan. 16. On the campus of Wayne State University, 480 W. Hancock, Detroit; 313-993-7813. 


Ellen Kayrod: 6th Annual Sight Fest: All Media Group Exhibition presents Detroit-era artists’ paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, and more, beginning with an afternoon reception 12:30-2:30 p.m., Dec 5. Through Jan. 9. 4750 Woodward, Detroit; 313-833-1300, ext. 18; hannan.org.

555: Thursday’s View offers a new featured artist each week in the First Floor Gallery, 7-10 p.m. Thurs. and Fri.; 12-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. • The Freedom Fighters Project is a traveling exhibition of works associated with fighting for the freedom of African-Americans. Through Dec. 22. 4884 Grand River Ave., Detroit; www.555arts.org.

Forum: This student-run gallery offers an opening every week of the Cranbrook Academy of Art’s academic year. Graduate students present work to their peers and the community. From 5-9 on Friday nights. Free. On the Cranbrook campus, New Studios Building, 39221 Woodward, Bloomfield Hills; 877-462-7262; cranbrookart.edu.

Gallery Project: Flash runs through Dec. 7. • Guest Exhibition, Dec. 10-Jan. 11. Reception on Dec. 12. 215 S. Fourth, Ann Arbor; 734-997-7012.

Lawrence Street:  Little Things Mean a Lot! Competition going on Dec. 3-24. Opening reception 6 p.m.-9 p.m., Dec. 5. 22620 Woodward, Ferndale; 248-544-0394; lawrencestreetgallery.com.

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MoCAD): Broadcast does as it implies — directly from the MoCAD, with 13 international artists subverting mainstream authority and using the museum’s own radio station in the interactive exhibition curated by Irene Hofmann, executive director of the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore. Through Dec. 28. • Business as Usual, curated by Jacob Proctor with the University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor, brings together seven artists to explore the intersection of art and commerce. Continues through Dec. 28. • Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection takes a long view on the ways in which ideas of personal and cultural identity have been created, challenged, or affirmed. Through Dec. 28. 4454 Woodward, Detroit; 313-832-6622; mocadetroit.org.

Oakland University Art Gallery: Senior Thesis in Studio Art I introduced with an opening reception 5-7 p.m., Dec. 5. Through Dec. 21. 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester; 248-370-2100.

Paint Creek Center for the Arts (PCCA): Holiday Objects Up and Down offers a collection of gift items created by Michigan artists, ranging from glass, ceramic, painting, fibers, jewelry, toys, metal, mixed media, and more. Through Jan. 3. 407 Pine St.; 248-651-4110; pccart.org.

UMMA Off/Site: The Infinite Landscape: Master Photographers from the UMMA Collection includes new acquisitions such as Edward Curtis, Peter Henry Emerson, Karl Struss, and Edward Steichen — all on view for the first time. Through Jan. 3. Free. 1301 S. University, Ann Arbor; 734-763-8662; umma.umich.edu.

Woods Gallery: Robert Stewart’s Black & White Photography runs through Dec. 24. 26415 Scotia, Huntington Woods; 248-581-2696; woodsgallery.org.

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