December, 1995 Visual Arts Calendar
1995 Visual Arts Calendar
STILL SHOWING
"Painting with Fire: Pewabic Vessels in the Margaret Watson Parker Collection" U-M Museum of Art, 525 S. State. Selected from pieces that Detroit's Pewabic Pottery founder Mary Chase Stratton deemed of highest quality. Thru Jan. 7. 764-0395
"Angelis Jackowski: Monumental Tropical Flowers in Watercolor" T'Marra Gallery-Artsearch, 111 N. First St. Exhibit thru Dec. 20. 764-0395
"Stitched. Layered, Pieced: Michigan Artists and theQuilt" U-M Museum of Art, 525 S. State St. Sixteen artists working with quilts as fine art, thru Dec. 10. 764-0395
"3 Detroit Artists" Galerie Jacques, 616 Wesley. Puppet show by Greenia. Maurice Greenia, Jr., Jim Puntingam & Karl Schneider exhibit thru Jan. 6. 665-9889
"Dwellings: Urban Dancer" Michigan Guild of Artist & Artisans Gallen, 118 N. 4th Ave. Sue Holdaway-Heys exhibit thru Dec. 4. 662-3382
"Unpainted to the Last: Moby-Dick and American Art, 1930-1990" U-M Museum of Art, 525 S. State. Exhibit includes Jackson Pollock, Frank Stella & many others. Exhibit thru Dec. 24. 764-0395
The Interpretation Project U-M Museum of Art, 525 S. State. Visitors invited to record on computer for later publication their impressions of three paintings. Thru Feb. 11 . 764-0395
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy William Pelletier Gallery, 213 S. Main. New prints from original negatives showing thru Mar. '96. 761-5305
"Out of the Trenches..." Common Language Bookstore, 215 S. 4th Ave. Susan Webb b&w photography thru Dec. 31 . 663-0036
FRIDAY 1
"A Day Without Art" Artists Reception 5-8 pm, Alexa Lee Gallery, 201 Nickels Arcade. Commemorating our losses from AIDS, display of works by Christopher Campbell, Jennifer Reeves, Tyree Guyton, Sharon Que, Cynthia Nartonis S Laurie Halbritter will be covered with black drapes. 663-8800
"Passages" Opening 5-8 pm, Alexa Lee Gallery, 201 Nickels Arcade. New works by Boston painter/printmaker Cynthia Nartonis thru Jan. 6. 663-8800
Detroit Gallery Crawl 4-10 pm, departing from the Michigan Gallery, 2661 Michigan Ave. 313-961-7867
A.E.I.O.U. (AIDS Education Is On Us) N. Campus Commons Atrium. This group sponsors an exhibit of works by Nicole DeChamps' 2D Design class thru Dec. 7. 764-7544
Chelsea Painters N. Campus Commons Gallery. Member work exhibited thru Dec. 17.764-7544
SATURDAY 2
Art Day 12-5 pm. Visit galleries, artists' studios & special events throughout the Ann Arbor area. Pick up maps at any downtown gallery or the Public Library. Ann Arbor Convention & Visitors Bureau 995-7281
"Hidden From View: The Photographs of M. Claudet" Opening 5-8 pm, 210-212 S. 1st St. (look for sign). C.S. Grieg installation thru Dec. 15. 995-4519
SUNDAY 3
"Love and Hate" Opening 3-6 pm, Clare Spitler Works of Art, 2007 Pauline Ct. 1995 Group show includes Tokumi Ayzen, Alice Crawford, Lynn Evans, Jesse Jacob & Kirsten Ingrid Rogoff. Exhibit thru Jan 30. 662-8914
Art Day 12-5 pm. See Sat. Dec. 2
MONDAY 4
Ann Blackwell Michigan Union Art Lounge. Exhibit thru Dec. 14. 764-7544
SATURDAY 9
Holiday Art Fair 10 am-5 pm, Oakland Community College, Orchard Lake Rd. at I-696, Farmington Hills. 130 artists, proceeds benefit Michigan Guild of Artists & Artisans. Adults $4. 662-3382
13th Annual Holiday Gift Bazaar 12-5 pm, 1st Unitarian Church, 4605 Cass, Detroit. This "lefty-political holiday-marketplace," now produced by the Detroit Women's Coffeehouse, offers over 30 peace, human rights, solidarity organizations and women artists selling gift items and original works from around the world. 810-398-4297 x2
"Art Goes Historical, or Museum Visitor Encounter The Morning of a New Day?' 8 pm, Angelí Hall Aud. B. 1995 Sloan Memorial Lecture by William Truettner, Senior Curator of Painting & Sculpture at the National Museum of American Art, relates to the UMMA Interpretation Project (see above, Still Showing). 764-0395
SUNDAY 10
Holiday Art Fair 11 am-5 pm, See Sat. Dec. 9.
MONDAY 11
2nd Best Ever College of Engineering Staff & Faculty Art Exhibit N Campus Commons Atrium. Exhibit thru Dec. 17. 764-7544