Archive for August 6th, 2014
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Nature’s Detectives
Children and their parents invited to participate in a botanical whodunnit on the Sam Graham Trees Trail at Matthaei Botanical Gardens....
Ongoing Attractions and Exhibits
Exhibit: The International Year of Crystallography
Crystallography is the branch of science concerned with the structure and properties of crystals. Come and see crystals from the Museum of...
Gifts of Art presents A Retrospective: Mixed Media on Canvas
David Howell
David Howell is a cancer physician and artist. He received his Bachelor of Science and Medical Doctorate degrees from the University of...
Gifts of Art presents Blue World/Green World: Fiber Art
Fiber Artists Coalition
Member artists of the Fiber Artists Coalition employ a variety of innovative materials and techniques in the creation of fiber art. The work...
Gifts of Art presents Firenation: An Odyssey in Cast & Blown Glass
Matthew J. Paskiet
Toledo, Ohio and Holland, Michigan artist Matthew J. Paskiet began glassblowing in 1993 at the Toledo Museum of Art. In 2002, he formed...
Gifts of Art presents Houses, Landscapes, Flowers & Dreams: Mixed Media Painting
CJ Hurley
Portland, Oregon artist CJ Hurley creates paintings and drawings that fall into separate categories of houses, landscapes, flowers and...
Gifts of Art presents Maternity: Needle Felting
Daria Lvovsky
Daria Lvovsky, a native of the USSR who currently lives in Israel, combines her love of nature with her affinity for maternal scenes in this...
Gifts of Art presents Moments of Clarity: Oil on Board
Elisa R. Boughner
Elisa R. Boughner was born in the United States, raised in Mexico and studied art in America and Europe. Her work reflects the influence of...
Gifts of Art presents My Healing Art: Ink Drawing
Zahrah Resh
Zahrah loves forms that have circular line; textures fascinate and colors inspire her. My Healing Art, a series of ink drawings, were first...
Gifts of Art presents Paperweights & Studio Glass
UM-Dearborn Permanent Art Collection
The American studio glass movement started in 1962 with glass workshops held at the Toledo Museum of Art. The workshops, taught by Harvey...
Gifts of Art presents Sewn Morphology: Embroidered Sculpture
Kirsten Lund
Ann Arbor based artist and designer Kirsten Lund received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and works in a variety of media...
Sayles Pitch: John Sayles, Author, Auteur, Independent
This student-researched exhibit features photographs, storyboards, scripts, props, and more from the archives of the American maverick...
Netherlandic Treasures Exhibit
Featuring some of the earliest, rarest, most beautiful, or most unusual Dutch and Flemish books and manuscripts held by the University of...
Exhibition: Artistic Impositions in the Photographic Portrait
Susan Sontag claimed that photographs “owe their existence to a loose cooperation (quasi-magical, quasi-accidental) between photographer...
Exhibition: Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3 / Contemporary Native North American Art from the Northeast and Southeast
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3 explores the work of contemporary artists of Native North American origin working in both...
Exhibition: Three Michigan Architects: Part 3—George Brigham
Three Michigan Architects: Part 3—George Brigham is the last in a series of three consecutive exhibitions. Part 1 of the series presented...