The Carr Center 

 
Site Unseen 

Site unseen, references both the intangible mental space that artists sift and dig through while creating, as well as the idea of committing to something unknown, unseen, and un-experienced. This show presents interpretations of this notion by six first-year MFA candidates from the Stamps School of Art & Design at University of Michigan.

 

Opening Friday, December 19, 6-9pm.

 

Show runs through January 30.

[Downtown, Detroit]

Untitled Bottega 


All is Divine by Trae IsAAc

The All is Divine showcase is a dedication to our mothers, wives, daughters, nieces, lovers, and women of all cultures. "My mother and grandmother embody the love, passion and strength I had grown to be my own today. As powerful women they raised me to be a man who could more than hold his own but be loving and charitable to his community." - Trae IsAAc


Opening Sunday, December 21, 7-10pm. [North End, Detroit]
9338 Campau

  

 

Essay'd 

Essay'd is an ongoing project in which Rosie Sharp, Dennis A Nawrocki and Steve Panton each select one Detroit artist a month to write a short essay about. In parallel with the resulting collection of essays, each featured artist is given the invitation to place a small number of moderate cost works in a "permanent collection" of work stored at 9338 Campau. This show will feature the work submitted by the first group of ten artists: Corrie Baldauf, Rose DeSloover, Saffell Gardner, Melanie Manos, Kathryn Brackett Luchs, Nicole Macdonald, Kathleen Rashid, Tzarinas of the Plane, Corine Vermeulen and Carl Wilson.

 

Opening Saturday, December 20, 2-5pm. [Hamtramck]


 
LECTURES & OTHER EVENTS: 
 
Spread Art @detroit contemporary     

Radical Sounds Detroit explores the cutting edge and avant music of Detroit. Created and curated by veteran musician and native Detroiter James Cornish, Radical Sounds Detroit gives space to the radically different, the genre-defying and the always challenging hues of creative musical artistry. Featuring: Hudpucker, Dr Betsy Soukup & Molly Jones, Augusta Rose Morrison, Steve Jarosz

 Friday, December 19, 9-11pm.

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History 

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History presents its annual Kwanzaa Celebration! Join us as we celebrate with friends and family and pay tribute to our rich cultural heritage. A candle lighting ceremony begins at 6 pm, followed by each evening's festivities followed by each evening's festivities, including music, drumming, dance, vendors, and more!

Friday, December 26 + Saturday, December 27 + Sunday, December 28, 6-9pm.