View the program and  interactive map that lists all the galleries and exhibitions participating in the first Saturday gallery crawl in over a decade.  Most venues are open from 1-6pm with a few exceptions. These exceptions are noted in both the program and on the map.
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Spread Art @detroit contemporary

 
Saul Nash // Artist in Residence Exhibition and Artist Talk

Saul SA Nash (SSAN) is in Detroit for a one month residency with Spread Art to develop "Are You Comfortable in Your Skin?," an experimental short film visually exploring the theme of self confidence through fiction and documentary. Join us for an artist talk and work-in-progress showing of "Art You Comfortable in Your Skin?"

 

Opening Friday, April 24, 6-9pm. Artist talk at 7pm. [Woodbridge, Detroit]

 

Exhibition runs through the following day, Saturday, April 25, 1-5pm for the Detroit Gallery Crawl.
 
  

Popps Packing


 
Tom Phardel: Inner-Core
Sculpture and vessel work with soundscapes by Leah Waldo. 
 
Opening reception Saturday, April 25, 6-10pm. The gallery is open before the reception for the Detroit Gallery Crawl, Saturday April 25, 1-6pm.  [Hamtramck]

Show runs through May 17.

 
Habatat Galleries

  

 

43rd International Glass Invitational

Over 100 glass artists are participating in this year's exhibition, half of whom will be in attendance during the opening weekend. Concurrent with the opening of the exhibition they are offering another exhibition entitled: Glass in the 2nd Dimension. This International has grown over 43 years and has become the oldest and largest annual studio glass exhibition in the world.

 

Opening Saturday, April 25, 8-10pm. VIP Preview Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm. [Royal Oak]

 

Glass auction Thursday, April 23, 7:30pm.

 

Michael Jon Gallery

 
Car Wash Incident

Car Wash Incident, an installation consisting of a 35minute two-channel video loop, is based on an actual insurance fraud orchestrated by siblings Jack and Leigh Ruby in 1975. The film-based project utilized a single photograph as its aesthetic and compositional guide, the only surviving element from the elaborate portfolio of fabricated evidence which was confiscated during the Ruby's incarceration

 

Saturday, April 25, 12-5pm. The gallery is located at 611 W Philadelphia St. [North End, Detroit]

 

Show runs through May 23.
  

Galerie Camille 

 
Spring Pop Up Exhibition
Reel Art Detroit is proud to present four of Detroit's premier artists: Bruce Giffin, Andrew Krieger, Clinton Snider and Carl Wilson. The weekend event will be held at Galerie Camille located in exciting Midtown Detroit for 3 days only.
 
Opening recpetion Friday, April 24, 6-10pm. Gallery hours Saturday, April 25 for the Detroit Gallery Crawl, 12-5pm and Sunday, April 26, 11am-3pm. [Midtown,  Detroit]

 
Red Bull House of Art 

  

 

Cycle 10 Show Opening

Since opening, Red Bull House of Art has given over 70 Detroit-based artists the opportunity, tools and wings to create by their own means and has opened the door for collaborative efforts between the artists in residence. Artists: James "Jimbo" Braddock, Brent Forrest, Niki Urban, SHEEFY, K. Guillory, Elmer, Parisa Ghaderi

  

Opening Friday, April 24, 7-11pm. [Eastern Market, Detroit]


 

Cranbrook Art Museum

 
STUDIO / (AFTER) STUDIO / OPEN STUDIOS 

Join Cranbrook for STUDIO, an exclusive opportunity to enjoy an intimate dinner in Cranbrook Academy of Art's private studio spaces. Can't make the event but still want to celebrate? Tickets are also available for the (AFTER)STUDIO party only. Or attend Open Studios Art Sale & Community Day. Admission includes access to more than 80 private artists' studios, free admission to the Art Museum, the Institute of Science and voucher for a tour of Cranbrook Gardens, Family activities, demonstrations, displays, mini food truck rally and more!


 

Saturday, April 25 6:30-12am and Sunday, April 26, 1-5pm. [Bloomfield Hills] 
  

WSU Art Department Gallery

 
UNDERGRADUATES: 2015 WSU Undergraduate Exhibition
Works by undergraduate students from the department studying in Fine Art, Art History, and Design disciplines will be featured in the exhibition. Departmental scholarship awards will be given to students for their outstanding achievements at 6:30PM. 
 
Opening Friday, April 24, 5-8pm. [Midtown, Detroit] 

Show runs through May 22.

 
Holding House

  

 

Universal Paradise

An exhibition of senior thesis work by Julie George.

 

Opening Saturday, April 25, 6-9pm. [Southwest/Corktown, Detroit]

 
 
L ECTURES & O THER EVENTS: 

 
Detroit Institute of Arts

The Business of Asian Art: Yamanaka & Company and Charles Lang Freer 

Lecture detailing the relationship between Detroit's most notable collector of Asian Art in the late 19th and early 20th century, Charles Lang Freer and Yamanaka & Company, which sold Asian art, antiques and curios. The lecture will be held at the Detroit Institute of Arts and followed by a reception and tours of Freer's home, located one block north of the DIA on Ferry Avenue.

Sunday, April 26, 2-6pm.  The lecture begins at 2pm at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Marvin and Betty Danto Lecture Hall, Free with DIA admission 3:30-5pm reception and tours at the Freer House, $5 students / $5 Members / $10 General Admission


Detroit Institute of Arts hosts Wayne State University Professor Jeffrey Abt for "A Conversation with Graham Beal" 

A public interview with DIA Director Graham W. J. Beal by WSU Professor Jeffrey Abt. Beal's forthcoming retirement offers a unique opportunity to invite his reflections on his background, his career in museum work prior to arriving at the DIA, his experiences at the DIA and his observations about the future of museums. The audience will be able to ask questions following the interview. The event is free with museum admission, but registration is required at http://bit.ly/1E1lBxn.

Lecture on Saturday, May 2, 2pm in the museum's Marvin and Betty Danto Lecture Hall. 
The Wright Museum

AFROTOPIA Film Series

AFROTOPIA Film Series (AFS), a celebration of the experimental and fantastic in filmmaking from the African diaspora, is an unique mix of shorts, documentaries, art videos, animation, and feature length films. Curated by cultural producer and arts advocate Ingrid LaFleur, AFS presents a cross-section of science fiction and fantasy award-winning films. 

Wednesday, April 29, 6-8pm.