Popps Packing


  
Eric Magassa Residency Exhibition
Eric Magassa's body of work spans a variety of materials and methods ranging from painting, collage, and print to cinematic sequences and performative camera set-ups. For Eric Magassa, art is not a representation of an objective view, but a way of understanding and connecting with life. He does this through heightened presence and concentration within a world of perpetual motion. Through the constant flow of images and impressions, his work suggests a holistic worldview, and the possibility of a utopia of diversity, and a world without borders



Opening Reception, Saturday, April 21st, 7-10pm  [Hamtramck] 
12138 Saint Aubin

  
Cranbrook Art Museum


  
 
2018 Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Degree Exhibition
The most innovative work from the next generation of architects, artists, and designers will be on display at the 2018 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art. The Degree Exhibition showcases pieces that are the culmination of two years of studio work from a diverse group of more than 70 graduates as they launch their careers.








Opening Reception, Saturday April 21st, 6-9pm.   [Bloomfield Hills] 
39221 Woodward Ave.

On view through May 13th.

MOCAD


  
 
TOM House: The Work and Life of Tom of Finland
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, and Graeme Flegenheimer (El Club Detroit) are pleased to present TOM House: The Work and Life of Tom of Finland, opening April 19, 2018 at Mike Kelley's Mobile Homestead at MOCAD. Tom of Finland's drawings - remarkable not only for their masterful rendering, but also their fantastical representation of the male form - have been long celebrated for their radical role in broadening the popular understanding of Queer experience in art.



Opening Reception, Thursday April 19th, 
6-9pm.  [Midtown, Detroit]
4454 Woodward Ave. 

On view through May 19th.

                   

Simone DeSousa Gallery


  
Tyanna Buie: Mimetic Gestures
Simone DeSousa Gallery is pleased to present "Mimetic Gestures," a solo exhibition of all new works by Tyanna Buie. "Mimetic Gestures" features large-scale works on paper that examine the imaginal extractions derived from rare family photographs, with the intention of re-constructing previously repressed identities.









Opening Reception, Friday, April 20th
6-8pm [MIdtown, Detroit] 
444 W Willis

On view through June 2nd.
  
Art Department Gallery, WSU


  
 
Convergence: 2018 WSU Undergraduate Exhibition
The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History, Wayne State University is pleased to present CONVERGENCE: 2018 WSU UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION. Art, Art History, and Design students come together to showcase their works at the Art Department Gallery for its annual undergraduate exhibition. This exhibition, featuring approximately 250 works created through a variety of disciplines and approaches, celebrates their outstanding achievements during the 2017-18 academic year.



Opening Reception, Friday April 20th, 
5-8pm.   [Midtown, Detroit] 
150 Art Building, 5400 Retuther Mall

On view through May 11th.

Pewabic


  
 
Gallery Talk and Pop-Up: Susanne Stephenson
Join renowned artist and educator Susanne Stephenson for a gallery talk about her retrospective exhibition TRANSFIGUREMENT, followed by a special pop-up of Stephenson's smaller work and functional ware in Pewabic's tile showroom. Transfigurement, curated by Tom Phardel, explores more than half a century of Stephenson's work, known for gestural abstract landscapes and her painterly application of colored ceramic slips and engobes. It is on exhibit at Pewabic until May 13, 2018.




Sunday April 22nd, 
1-3:30pm.  [East Side, Detroit]
10125 E. Jefferson Ave.

On view through May 13th.

                   

Tangent Gallery


  
The Process #2
Come and experience culture made live. Introducing The Process: a bi-monthly popup event in Detroit that unites art, culture, and nightlife, to celebrate the magic found within the creative process. Painter, Romelle, poet + author, Joel Fluent Greene, and the Trunino Lowe Jazz Quartet join forces to take you on a colorful and interactive journey of rebirth through artistic performance. Art, books, and music for sale. $5 entry. Cash bar.





Thursday, April 19th, 6-10pm 
[North End, Detroit] 
715 E Milwaukee St

  
M Contemporary Art


  
 
CARO KANN: Scott Vincent Campbell
Scott Vincent Campbell's first solo exhibition, Caro Kann, takes its name from a chess opening for black. A nationally-ranked competitive player as a child, the game was massively influential in the shaping and evolution of his worldview, and continues to be a source of inspiration and metaphor for the artist today. The two bodies of work presented in Caro Kann both speak to this idea of defensive strategies that individuals and societies alike employ.




Opening Reception, Friday April 20th, 
6-9pm.   [Ferndale] 
205 East 9 Mile Rd.

On view through May 12th.

Flint Institute of Arts


  
 
Flint Institute of Arts Community Weekend
Join the Flint Institute of Arts as it opens its new Contemporary Craft Wing and its two-story glass arena on Saturday, April 21, 2018. The weekend, which is free and open to the public, thanks to Huntington Bank, begins with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays activities include lectures; docent-informed tours; live artist demonstrations, including glassblowing and flameworking, and extended hours. Sunday features glassblowing demonstrations as well.



Opening Reception, Saturday April 21st, 
10:30am-9pm.  [Flint]
1120 E. Kearsley

                   
 
Lectures and Other Events


CCS Woodward Lecture Series:
World renowned artist Kara Walker is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, print-maker, installation artist, and film-maker who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work.
Thursday, April 19th, 6:30-7:30pm. [Midtwon, Detroit] 460 W. Baltimore

Pewabic:
Alex Thullen talks about his personal history and the practices that led to his current body of studio work.
Thursday, April 19th, 7-9pm. [East Side, Detroit] 10125 E. Jefferson Ave.

AtomArt Gallery:
AtomArt Gallery is pleased to welcome kids of all ages to this special event! Artist Kristi Rauckis who specializes in painting horses and other wildlife will be painting live in the gallery.
Saturday, April 21st, 1-3pm. [Ferndale] 522 E. Nine Mile Rd.

University of Michigan Museum of Art:
Dive into a conversation about what current initiatives and leaders are contributing to the artistic ecosystem in Detroit today.
Friday, April 20th, 6:30-8pm. [Ann Arbor] 525 S State St.

 
Art Writing

Short essays, Workshops, and Events


NEW! 98 Yusef Qualls-El

 
97 Barry Roth




 
Detroit Art Review

Al Held @ 
David Klein Gallery

Susanne Stephenson @ 
P ewabic Pottery


Objects and Place @ 
The Scarab Club