DETROIT GALLERY WEEK Ocr 3-6

 

DETROIT GALLERY WEEK
OCTOBER 3 - OCTOBER 6
 
THURSDAY:  FOCUS on DOWNTOWN / EASTERN MARKET
The Carr Center:  Four Openings and a performance by Eric Lamb       
"City Speculations", "Office of Architectual Inventions", "The Young Futurists Academy: My Metropolis", "Generational Art"
Opening 6-9 p.m.  Downtown
 
Trinosophes:  "The Circuit"
The Hinterlands present an ecstatic variety show for the outcasts of the Internet age.  
Performance 8 p.m.  Eastern Market
 
Liberal Arts Gallery:  "The Detroit Show"
Presented by the National Conference of Artists.  Gallery located at 3361 Gratiot Avenue.
Opening 6-9 p.m.  Eastern Market
 
Signal Return Letterpress
11 a.m.-6 p.m.  Eastern Market
 
Inner State Gallery:  "There's Something in the Water"
The work of Malt, Tead and Ellen Rutt
11 a.m.-4 p.m.  Eastern Market 
 
OTHER ARTS DISTRICT EVENTS:
 
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery:  "Car Art / Crash"
A group of ten (inter)national artists engage with the quintessential urban embodiment of the automobile.
Opening 6-9 p.m.  Midtown
 
Suddle Creations Gallery:  Naked or Nude Figure Drawing Competition
Each round has a different nude model, style, pose and time limit. Open to all artistic levels. Prizes for winners.
Competition 6-8 p.m.  Corktown
 
What Pipeline:  "Golden Champagne"
The work of R. Lyon and Jessie Stead.
Special Hours 3-6 p.m.  Southwest
 
The Heidelberg Project:  Presenting the work of Molly Murphy Landis
On display at the HP Gallery at 42 Watson Street. 
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Midtown
 
FRIDAY:  
FOCUS on MIDTOWN 
 
CCS Center Galleries:  "Nothingtoseeness:  The Visual Art of John Cage"
"Second Chances: Nothingtohearness: emptyCage Variations 1 to 4 Two," performance by Stephen Dueweke. 
Performance 6-8 p.m.  Midtown
 
Best-Ford Studio: "The Detroit Show"
Presented by the National Conference of Artists.  Gallery located at 71 Garfield, Suite 160A.
Opening 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.  Midtown
 
Dell Pryor Galleries:  "The Detroit Show"
Presented by the National Conference of Artists.  Gallery located at 4201 Cass Avenue.
Opening 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.  Midtown 
Detroit Artists Market:  Danny Kroha performs American folk, old time gospel and blues.  
Two half hour sets 7-7:30 p.m. / 8-8:30 p.m.
Gallery open 6-9 p.m. Midtown
 
Detroit Institute of Arts:   "Watch Me Now" Lecture
Members-only lecture and exhibition overview by London curator Greg Hilty.  
Lecture 6 p.m.  Midtown
 
Ellen Kayrod Gallery:  Recent works by Robert Quentin Hyde, Vito Valdez and DMC/James Puntigam
9 a.m. - 6 p.m.  Midtown
 
N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art:  Two exhibitions on view
Gilles Perrin, "Yene Konjo: Portrait of a People" and David Philpot's "Time" 
Open 6-9 p.m.  Midtown
  
Re:View Contemporary:  Graem Whyte Artist Talk + Exhibit Tour  
With a special performance by James Cornish.
Talk + Tour 6-8 p.m., James Cornish performance 7:30 p.m.  Gallery open 6-9 p.m.  Midtown
 
Richard Bennett Studio Gallery:  "The Detroit Show"  
Presented by the National Conference of Artists.  Gallery located at 470 Brainard Street.
Opening 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.  
Midtown
 
 
OTHER ARTS DISTRICT EVENTS:
 
What Pipeline:  "Golden Champagne"
The work of R. Lyon and Jessie Stead
Special Hours 3-6 p.m.  Southwest
 
Trinosophes:  "The Circuit"
The Hinterlands present an ecstatic variety show for the outcasts of the Internet age.
Performance 8 p.m.  Eastern Market
 
Y Arts:  Bruce Giffin Photography
Opening 7-9 p.m.  Downtown
 
METRO DETROIT EVENTS:
 
April Epiphany Glass:  "First Thursdays"
Enjoy hot glass-blowing demonstrations by studio artists, hot art, hot food, hot fun!
4-9 p.m.  Pontiac
    
Lawrence Street Gallery:  "Our Mother's Worlds"
The works of Suzanne Allen and Maureen Cassidy Keasst
Opening 6-9 p.m.  Ferndale
 
Northville Art House:  "Under the (Inspired) Influence"
A group exhibition which offers a glimpse of what inspires eight individual artists and moves them to create.
Opening 6-9 p.m. Northville
 
Paint Creek Center for the Arts:  Two exhibition openings
Stephen Palmer: "Found Fish" and Joyce Brienza and Matthew De Genaro "Less is and More"
Opening 7-9 p.m.  Rochester
 
Susanne Hilberry Gallery:  "Perpendicular Picture"
A solo exhibition of work by Marte Eknaes
Opening 6-9 p.m.  Ferndale 
  
River's Edge Gallery:  "Between Heaven and Earth"
Encaustic paintings by Birgit Huttemann-Holz and ceramics by Tom Szmrescanyi
Opening 7-11 p.m.   Wyandotte
 
SATURDAY:  
FOCUS on CORKTOWN, SOUTHWEST, NORTH END, LIVERNOIS, HAMTRAMCK, WOODBRIDGE, GRAND RIVER
 
555 Nonprofit Gallery & Studios:  "Metro Detroit Emerging Artists" and Open Mic-Night
7-10 p.m.  Southwest
 
Whitdel Arts:  "Actual Size Biennial"  
Special hours 12-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m.  Southwest 
 
What Pipeline:  "Golden Champagne"
Special hours 2-7 p.m. Southwest
 
Corktown Studios:  "The Steve's Show"
One night exhibition presenting works by Steven Kuypers and Steven McShane
Public reception 6-9 p.m.  
Corktown
 
CAVE Gallery:  "Static"
Robert Sestok Paintings at the Russell Industrial Center
Opening 6-9 p.m.  Grand River
 
The Pioneer:   13th Annual Open House
Meet the artists and purchase original art.
Open house 2-8 p.m. 
Grand River

Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival  
A loosely curated showcase of the artists, writers and musicians living in and around Hamtramck.
1-5 p.m. Hamtramck
 
Hatch:  Hamtramck Arts Collective:  "Santos y Milagos"
Saints and Miracles, an Exhibit of Artwork by Adrienne Lesperance.
1-6 p.m.  Hamtramck
 
Heidelberg Project:  The Number House Gallery
Featuring the work of Philip Simpson in the Number House on Heidelberg Street.
12-5 p.m.  Eastside
 
Live Coal Gallery:  "Doorways to Detroit"
Special portrait session with photographer Mohan Karulkar 
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.  Woodbridge
 
North End Studios:  "Naked or Nude"   
Photographers bare it all while showcasing their work in an event that celebrates the human form. 
Exhibition preview + reception 6-8 p.m.  (wine, appetizers and performance $20)
Public opening 8-11 p.m.  (general admission $10)  
North End
 
Erics I've Been Framed:  "The Detroit Show"
Presented by the National Conference of Artists.  Gallery located at 16527 Livernois Avenue.
Opening 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.  
Livernois
 
Jo's Gallery:  "The Detroit Show"
Presented by the National Conference of Artists.  Gallery located at 19376 Livernois Avenue.
Opening 11 a.m.-6 p.m.  Livernois
 
Sherwood Forest Gallery:  "The Detroit Show"
Presented by the National Conference of Artists.  Gallery located at 19500 Livernois Avenue.
Opening 11 a.m.-6 p.m.   Livernois 
 
National Conference of Artists Gallery): "The Detroit Show"
Located at 18100 Meyers Road. 
Opening 11 a.m.-7 p.m.  Livernois 
 
OTHER ARTS DISTRICT EVENTS:
 
Detroit Artists Market: "THE CHOSEN"  Gallery Talk
A conversation with the 6 CHOSEN artists and the Exhibition Committee members.
Gallery Talk 2-4 p.m.   Midtown
 
MAC Galleries:  "The Detroit Show"
Presented by the National Conference of Artists.  Gallery located at 744 Lothrup.
Opening 11 a.m.-6 p.m.  Midtown 
 
Fourteen-Eighty Gratiot Gallery:  2013 Detroit Art Book Fair 
The first annual Detroit Art Book Fair.  Readings by Leigh Gallagher and Matthew Polzin 7:30 p.m.  Book signing by Justin James Reed at 1420 Gratiot (a couple doors down from the fair) at 8:30 p.m.
12-6 p.m.  Eastern Market 
  
METRO DETROIT EVENTS:
 
Paint Creek Center for the Arts:  Artist Talks
Stephen Palmer: "Found Fish" and Joyce Brienza and Matthew De Genaro "Less is and More"
Artist talks 2 p.m.  Rochester  
 
SUNDAY
 
Detroit Institute of Arts:  "Watch Me Now:  The Animation Show"
The most extensive animation show ever mounted, featuring both iconic moments and lesser-known masterpieces from the last 150 years.  
Exhibition opening 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.  
Midtown
 
Fourteen-Eighty Gratiot Gallery:  2013 Detroit Art Book Fair 
The first annual Detroit Art Book Fair.  
12-4 p.m.  Eastern Market
 
METRO DETROIT EVENTS:
 
Cranbrook Academy of Art:  Michigan Modern Lecture "The National Context"
Eric Hill, Professor of Practice in Architecture, University of Michigan. Michigan Modern exhibition ends October 13th. 
Lecture 4 p.m.  Bloomfield Hills
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
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