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  Ron Zakrin: Beauty & The Beats 5/24 7:00PM

   

  Ron Zakrin, showcases his latest body of work, Beauty & The Beats. This entirely new collection of work is inspired by electronic music in celebration of this year’s Movement Festival.

  Place: Inner State Gallery    Tags: art

  Category: Art, Art opening, Events
   

   
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  Cuba: Evolution/Revolution Opening 5/24 6:00PM

   

  For those who long for a more revolutionary era, when the proletariat would rise up and shake off their chains like dew, check out this collection of classic images from the Cuban Revolution by several epic native photographers. Now, juxtapose those against photographer and Ann Arbor-native Jack Kenny’s images of modern-day Cuba, taken from his award-winning book of modern-day life on the island nation.

  Place: Liberal Arts Gallery    Tags: photography, opening, art

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Art opening, Photography, Events
   

   
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  Brothers In Motion-Spring Show 5/25 7:00PM

   

  A Night of Visual Art, Fashion, Poetry & Dance

  Place: 4731 Gallery    Tags: art, exhibit

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Art opening, Gallery tour, Events
   

   
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  Reading and book signing by poet Larry O. Dean 5/31 7:00PM

   

  Author, Michigander, three-time Hopwood Award winner and de facto Wolverine Larry O. Dean reads from his just-published full-length poetry collection, Brief Nudity. City: Ann Arbor

  Place: Nicola’s Books    Tags: journalism, investigative, big three, scholar series, may scholar series, Detroit history, detroit historical society, general motors, chrysler, detroit historical museum, excellence, bill vlasic, new york times, detroit bureau chief, detroit bureau, detroit, Once Upon a Car

  Category: Issues and Learning, Discussion, Art, Literary Event, Book reading, Book release
   

   
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  EXHIBITION 6/27 7:30PM

   

  A new theatrical series of events, brings the world’s greatest art exhibitions to select U.S. cinemas.  Each “EXHIBITION” cinema event is hosted by art historian Tim Marlow, who will go beyond each gallery with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage.

  Place: AMC Forum 30 with IMAX , AMC Livonia 20    Tags: art

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Events
   

   
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  Ann Arbor Art Fair 7/17 10:00AM

   

  The Ann Arbor Art Fair is composed of four independently juried art fairs taking place simultaneously and contiguously throughout Ann Arbor. The event is an art lovers destination of original works of art, street performances, culinary treats and a variety of shops featuring sidewalk sales.

  Place: Downtown Ann Arbor    Tags: crafts, fun for all

  Category: Art, Art fair, Events
   

   
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  Alice Frank 5/20

   

  Paintings, Enamel work, and Assemblage - May 1 - 31

  Place: Lawrence Street Gallery    Tags: paintings

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Painting, Events
   

   
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  Around the World With 80 Objects 5/20

   

  Authentic objects from far away or long ago have the power to captivate and inspire. Rarely seen selections that cross borders and time. Exhibit runs through 2013.

  Place: Flint Institute of Arts    Tags: art

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Events
   

   
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  Reflections on Water in American Painting The Phelan Collection 5/20

   

  This exhibition traces the maritime and seaside history of America through 50 paintings.

  Place: Flint Institute of Arts    Tags: paintings, art

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Painting, Events
   

   
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  Silver Medal Exhibition 5/20

   

  All-media exhibition with a theme of flowers, insects, animals, landscapes and seascapes.

  Place: Scarab Club    Tags: art, exhibit

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Events
   

   
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  Shirin Neshat 5/20

   

  Shirin Neshat, an Iranian American artist living in New York City, is widely acclaimed for her extraordinary video installations and art photography. This mid-career retrospective includes eight video installations and two series of art photography. Neshat confronts the complexities of identity, gender and power to express her own vision that embraces the depth of Islamic tradition and Western concepts of individuality and liberty.

  Place: Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)    Tags: exhibit

  Category: Art, Events
   

   
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  Line to Line: Drawing Explored 5/20

   

  A group exhibition curated by Jennifer Seibert and Jack O. Summers

  Place: Detroit Artists Market    Tags: art

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Events
   

   
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  Buddhist Thangkas and Treasures: The Walter Koelz Collection, Museum of Anthropology 5/21

   

  This exhibition features thangka paintings and other objects used by Buddhist monks and devotees from the Walter Norman Koelz Collection of Himalayan Art at the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology.

  Place: University of Michigan Museum of Art    Tags: art, exhibit

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Events
   

   
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  Motor City Muse: Detroit Photographs, Then and Now 5/21

   

  This exhibition includes select photographers who, through their personal vision and photographic skill, have captured subjects, past and present, specific to Detroit.

  Place: Detroit Film Theatre    Tags: photography, art

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Photography, Events
   

   
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  Florencia Pita/FP mod 5/21

   

  Explores the provocations and intersections of digital technology, material experimentation, femininity, and ornament in the work of Argentina-born, Los Angeles-based architect and designer Florencia Pita.

  Place: University of Michigan Museum of Art    Tags: art, exhibit

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Events
   

   
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  Synesthesia 5/21

   

  Exploring how seven artists who work in both fine art and electronic music during a three-day showcase of full circle creation, cultivation and abstract presentation. disciplin.

  Place: Red Bull House of Art    Tags: Arts

  Category: Art, Art opening, Events
   

   
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  This Week in Art 5/22

   

  Mix local brews with local art at this weekly showcase of affordable pieces by Detroit area artists.

  Place: Motor City Brewing Works

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Art opening
   

   
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  Ellsworth Kelly: Prints 5/24

   

  Ellsworth Kelly’s famous prints of geometric shapes, along with prints of flowers and  plants, will be on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The exhibition is free with museum admission.

  Place: Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)    Tags: art, prints

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Prints, Events
   

   
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  Drawing in the Galleries for Adults 5/24 6:00PM

   

  Artist/instructors help participants create pencil drawings to take home. No experience necessary. All supplies provided.

  Place: Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)    Tags: art

  Category: Art, Events
   

   
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  HPOP Hamtramck Pop-up Art Festival 5/25

   

  HPOP activates Hamtramcks main business corridor along Joseph Campau Street with pop-up art galleries, events, activities and spectacle. HPOP draws crowds to explore all Hamtramck has to offer, including concurrent events at Threads and Lo & Behold, while inspiring locals to re-envision what is possible in our underutilized spaces.

  Place: Downtown Hamtramck    Tags: art

  Category: Art, Art fair, Events
   

   
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  Drawing in the Galleries for Youth and Adults 5/26 12:00PM

   

  Artist/instructors help participants create pencil drawings to take home. No experience necessary. All supplies provided. Children 12 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

  Place: Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)    Tags: art

  Category: Art, Events
   

   
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  The Moth StorySlam 6/6

   

  The names of 10 storytellers are plucked from a hat. Each takes the stage to tell a five-minute tale related to a broad theme.

  Place: Cliff Bell’s

  Category: Fun for all, Storytelling, Art, Performance art, Events
   

   
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  Poetry, Pages & Scribes 6/6 6:30PM

   

  A platform for poets, storytellers and musicians to share their works and the inspiration behind them in an intimate setting.

  Place: Southfield Public Library    Tags: free

  Category: Art, Literary Event, Poetry open mike, Events
   

   
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  Creative Mornings: Jen Gray 6/7 8:30AM

   

  CreativeMornings is a free, monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types. Free coffee and pastries.

  Place: Great Lakes Coffee    Tags: creative meeting, lecture

  Category: Art, Issues and Learning, Lecture, Meeting, Events
   

   
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  Creative Social Club 6/7 7:00PM

   

  The evening will focus on the creation of a fun, engaging art project and all the materials and instruction will be provided. No experience is necessary. The Creative Social Club provides an artful night out for all - groups of friends, couples or anyone looking for “something else” to do on a Friday night.

  Place: Ann Arbor Art Center    Tags: class, art

  Category: Art, Issues and Learning, Class, Events
   

   
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  Woodward Line 6/19 7:00PM

   

  The Woodward Line Poetry Series at the Scarab Club (217 East Farnsworth) Detroit generally takes place every third Wednesday of the month, September through June. The series features poets and other creative artists and thinkers from Detroit and around the country.

  Place: Scarab Club    Tags: poetry

  Category: Art, Literary Event, Poetry reading, Events
   

   
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  Art Detroit Now presents Third Thursday 6/20

   

  25 Detroit art galleries, boutiques and cafes will stay open until 9pm, with special programs and activities on the Third Thursday of every month. Participating venues include:  555 gallery, The Carr Center, Cass Café, City Bird, CCS Center Galleries, Dell Pryor, Detroit Artists Market, N’Namdi Gallery, Germack Coffee Roasting, Heidelberg Project Offices, Henry Ford Community College, Hugh, Kunsthalle Detroit, Library Street Collective, Museum of New Art (MONA), Nest, Nora, Red Bull House of Art, Re:View Contemporary Gallery, Salt & Cedar, Scarab Club, See Art + Design, Signal-Return, Start Gallery, Whitdel, WSU Galleries.

  Place: Detroit    Tags: art

  Category: Art, Events
   

   
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  Design Night 6/20

   

  For everyone interested in learning about tips and trends from local and national design experts, interior designers, stylists, business owners and more.

  Place: Leon & Lulu    Tags: lecture, art

  Category: Art, Issues and Learning, Lecture, Events
   

   
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  Modern Dialect 7/13

   

  American Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection.  

  Place: Flint Institute of Arts    Tags: art

  Category: Art, Exhibits, Painting, Events
   

   
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  Double Dip 7/15 9:00AM

   

  Jump into either or both weeks of this extraordinary, creatively stimulating experience. Young artists will sharpen their skills guided by our professional staff in a positive environment where each artist sets individualized artistic goals. Small class size, so sign up soon! Quality art materials are provided. 

  Place: Art Experience    Tags: crafts

  Category: Art, Events
   

   

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  555 Gallery

  Category: Art, Gallery
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  Ambient Gallery

  Category: Gallery, Museum, Art
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  Birmingham Gallery

  The front room of the gallery features a different local or regional artist every month. The second, smaller room changes every three months and features a variety of works at one time, all from new and evolving artists. The last room is the framing gallery, where customers can bring their own pieces to be framed in gallery-quality, custom frames for a reasonable price.

  Category: Gallery, Art
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  Cass City Cinema

  Category: Movie theater, Art
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  Corktown Cinema

  Category: Movie theater, Art
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  Cranbrook Art Museum

  Well worth the drive through the northern burbs. Multiple exhibits showcase every media from design to multimedia performance to painting, featuring creations by internationally known and local artists.

  Category: Museum, Art
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  Detroit Contemporary

     Tags: Arts, art, gallery

  Category: Gallery, Art
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  Detroit Film Theatre

  The high water mark for art films and independent cinema in the Detroit area.

  Category: Movie theater, Art
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  Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)

  Best known perhaps for its spectacular Diego Rivera mural, the Detroit Institute of Arts is a sprawling hall of arts with an excellent showing of works by the 19th century American landscape artists and works of the Italian Renaissance.

  Category: Museum, Art
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  Detroit School of The Arts

     Tags: school

  Category: High school, Art, Education
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  Detroit Soup

  Micro granting dinner celebrating creative projects in the city. $5 gets you soup, salad, and a vote.

     Tags: Arts, community, soup, dinner

  Category: Art, Community/Development, Other venues
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  Heritage Museum and Fine Arts Center for Youth

  Category: Museum, Art, Children's
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  Historic Redford Theatre

  Home of the Motor City Theatre Organ Society, plus screening classic films from the '30s-'50s.

  Category: Movie theater, Art
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  Kresge Art Museum

  Category: Museum, Art
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  Kunsthalle Detroit

  The country's first museum dedicated to multimedia and light-based arts.

  Category: Museum, Art
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  Lorenzo Cultural Center

  Adjacent to the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, offers an unparalleled venue for exploring the influences and experiences, historical as well as current, that shape our heritage. Featuring multidimensional programs and showcasing themes related to science, history, literature, visual and performing arts and culture, there is a wealth of opportunities to learn, celebrate and be entertained.

  Category: Historical, University, Art, Community center
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  Michigan Institute for the Arts

  Category: Museum, Art
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  Michigan Theater

  Year-round screenings of the finest first-run art house and indie films. Home of the annual Ann Arbor Film Festival every spring. Also hosts live events.

  Category: Nightspot, Concert hall, Performance space, Movie theater, Art
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  Motor City Movie House

  Category: Movie theater, Art
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  Port Huron Museum

  Category: Museum, Art, History

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