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October 2008

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Ann Arbor Art Center: Displaced Spirit: A Visual Journey opens with a reception Oct. 3 and continues through Nov. 9. 117 W. Liberty, Ann Arbor; 734-994-8004; annarborartcenter.org.

Anton Art Center: Two exhibitions, Affordable Art, featuring juried work priced below $150, and Wearable Art, an invitational of contemporary clothing, jewelry, and less-traditional wearables, run through Oct. 3. • It’s all in the spirit of the season when the center’s jurors look for bizarre and spine-chilling works from around the country to be featured in the Second Annual Blood Bath City Execution. The show opens with a Halloween costume party, live music/cash bar included, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Oct. 24. ($2 cover) Through Nov. 2. 125 Macomb Place, Mount Clemens; 586-469-8666; theartcenter.org.

Art Gallery of Windsor (AGW): Pictorial illusionism, spoken in the code of landscapes, is the language of Monica Tap: Split Seconds. Through Nov. 16. • Art for Canada: An Illustrated History is an ongoing exhibition. $3; members free. 401 Riverside Drive West, Windsor, Ontario; 519-977-0013; agw.ca.

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC): The Michigan Masters Series presents Marie Woo: A Clay Odyssey, in conjunction with exhibitions by the Birmingham Society of Women Painters, the students of Leslie Masters, and Mary Brodbeck: Woodblock Prints. Through Oct. 10. 1516 S. Cranbrook, Birmingham; 248-644-0866; bbartcenter.org.

Cranbrook Art Museum: William Massie: An American House 08, looks at the radically different structural and design techniques of the architect-in-residence and head of the architecture department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Included is American House 08 — the first in a series of 10 prefabricated houses designed and constructed, in part, at full scale within the architect’s 12,000 square-foot studio. Through Oct. 31. Free to members, seniors, and children; $4-$6 for adults and teens. 39221 Woodward, Bloomfield Hills; 877-462-7262; cranbrookart.edu.

Detroit Artists Market: Art Brut continues through Oct. 18. 4719 Woodward, Detroit; 313-832-8540; detroitartistsmarket.org.

Detroit Institute of Arts: Monet to Dali brings modern masters to the DIA. Artists who profoundly changed the course of European art history — opens Oct. 12 and continues 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. Oct. 1-Jan. 11. • The Private World of India’s Mughal Emperors includes 87 miniature paintings, calligraphy and illustrated manuscripts from albums in the private libraries of the Great Mughal emperors Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan (circa 1590-1657). This is the first Detroit showing of these rare works. Continues through Nov. 16. • A related Friday Night Live event at the DIA: Fanna-Fi-Allah performs Qawwali — the expression of the fire of divine love through the mystical verses of Sufi poets — at 7 and 8:30 p.m. Oct. 10. • Kenro Izu: Sacred Places, an exhibition of more than 50 contemporary black-and-white photographs of spiritual landmarks located in Asia, the Pacific Islands, the Middle East, and Europe, continues through Oct. 12. • Halloween comes to the DIA: Get psyched with haunted/mystery tours from Higley Cottage every 15 minutes along the outer ring of the American galleries, ending at the Court of Death painting. Costumed docents and volunteers provide haunting facts along the way. Not safely through the learning yet, visitors are given a Yikes! Gallery guide and trick-or-treat bag to go it alone. At each Yikes! stop, materials for making a mask are handed out. The DIA staff comes back into play when the haunting hunt culminates at the Loggia, where they will assist with the mind-boggling mask task. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Oct. 17, and again on the 31st. 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.

Ellen Kayrod: Drawings & Sculpture by Sergio DeGiusti, Oct. 10 through Nov. 21. 4750 Woodward, Detroit; 313-833-1300, ext. 18; hannan.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.

Lawrence Street: “Tezamen” (together)… Works by Judi Richards and Brad Richards is a joint exhibition of mother and son, artists who inspire each other and others whose lives they have touched. Opening reception runs 6-9 p.m. Oct. 3. The show hangs Oct.1-Nov. 1. 22620 Woodward, Ferndale; 248-544-0394; lawrencestreetgallery.com.

Lemberg: Amanda Besl’s If the Slipper Fits… continues through Oct. 11. 23241 Woodward, Ferndale; 248-591-6623; lemberggallery.com.

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MoCAD): Broadcast does as it implies — directly from the MoCAD, with 13 international artists subverting 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. Through Dec. 28. • Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection takes a long view on 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.

Museum of New Art (MoNA): Simen Johan: The Evidence of Things Unseen and Early in the 21st Century: A Group Show of New Photography continue through Oct. 11. • Annabel Elgar: Part I — The Early Years features the photographic narratives of the London native. Oct. 18-Nov. 22. 7 N. Saginaw, Pontiac; 248-210-7560; detroitmona.com.

Northville Art House: Artists were asked to respond to the presidential election of 2008 in Vote For Me! A topic that wages such lively debate should bring an equally stimulating visual display. Oct. 3-Nov. 2. 215 W. Cady St.; 248-344-0497; northvillearts.org.

Paint Creek Center for the Arts: Relief prints resembling witty monsters by Thomas Carey bring haunting good fun to the First Floor Gallery while a dynamic installation from studio partners Andrew Thompson and Amanda Thatch fills the Main Gallery. Both exhibits run Oct. 3 through Nov. 8. 407 Pine Street; 248-651-4110; pccart.org.

Pewabic Pottery: Texting: Print and Clay brings 15 artists together to explore the use of imprinting, printing, clay, letters, digital images, communicative marks, and various methods of conveying artistic, personal, and political ideas. Through Oct. 26. 10125 Jefferson, Detroit; 313-822-0954; pewabic.org.

River: Mark Chatterley and Lisa Farris: Figures, Creatures, Crows: An Exhibit of New Works in Clay continues through Oct. 18. 120 S. Main St., Chelsea; 734-433-1930; chelsearivergallery.com.

Scarab Club: Joy Colby, retired art critic for The Detroit News, is the juror for Voices — an unthemed, all-media exhibition that runs through Oct. 12. 217 Farnsworth, Detroit; 313-831-1250; scarabclub.org.

Sherrus: Darcel Deneau — Detroit Exposed, a solo exhibition, opens with a reception 6-9 p.m. Oct. 3 and remains through Oct. 31. 133 W. Main St., Suite 210, Northville; 248-380-0470; sherrusgallery.com.

UMMA Off/Site: Stasys Eidrigevicius: The Earth of Lithuania with the Wind of Warsaw brings the many layers of mastery by Lithuanian-born artist known popularly as Stasys to the UMMA for a solo exhibition that conveys a full range of human emotion. Through Oct. 17. • The Infinite Landscape: Master Photographers from the UMMA Collection includes new acquisitions such as an Edward Curtis, Peter Henry Emerson, Karl Struss, and Edward Steichen — all on view for the first time. Continues through Jan. 3. Free. 1301 S. University, Ann Arbor; 734-763-8662; umma.umich.edu.

Woods Gallery: Claudia Hersman: Monoprints runs through Oct. 30. Call for hours. 26415 Scotia, Huntington Woods; 248-581-2696; woodsgallery.org.

WSG Gallery: Lynda Cole: Stillness in Motion presents new work using silver leaf on Mylar and Plexiglas, as well as works in encaustic on screen layers. Also exhibiting are WSG artists Jane Coates, Pat Erikson, Geoff Merrill, Maria Ruggiero, John Schultz, and Marie Tappert. Through Nov. 2. 306 S. Main, Ann Arbor; 734-761-2287; wsg.art.com.

Zeitgeist: The Last Days of 1984, a politically themed exhibit curated by Eric Mesko and timed to coincide with “our democratically mandated quadrennial madness,” brings more than a dozen area artists to showcase work steeped in this genre. Closes with a “celebration or a wake, depending on the events of the previous Tuesday,” on Nov. 8. 2661 Michigan, Detroit; 313-965-9192; zeitgeistdetroit.org.
 

This article appears in the October 2008 of Hour Detroit.
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