Engagement – UM School of Art & Design Projects in Detroit

Exhibition Opening Reception:  Saturday 12 April, 6:00-9:00pm

An exhibition featuring work generated by students in Assistant Professor Nick Tobier’s Detroit Connections class working with Detroit elementary schools and Assistant Professor Stephanie Rowden’s Audio Portraits Project with elders at St. Patrick’s Senior Center, as well as work by A&D graduating senior Happi Williams in collaboration with Detroit foster care teens who have “aged” out of the foster care system.

Exhibition runs April 12th - May 17th.  Special performance/lecture on April 25th.

Gallery Hours: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, Tuesday - Saturday

Work • Detroit, 3663 Woodward Avenue, Detroit

Work : Detroit 
presents
INTERSECTIONS: PATHWAYS
An ongoing series of dialogues among makers of creative work

Join us Wednesday, February 20, 2008 from 6:30 pm to 8 pm for a conversation with participants from the current exhibition “Pathways.”
About the exhibition: In “Pathways,” MFA candidates from the University of Michigan, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Eastern Michigan University, and Wayne State University exhibit work together at the new UM Detroit Center School of Art & Design exhibition space, Work : Detroit, in a juried exhibition focusing on the theme of consistency and change.

In addition to showcasing current work from each of the artist-designers, the exhibition also includes interviews tracing the evolution of each individual’s work from undergraduate experiences, to post-graduate experiences, to current work from graduate school. These interviews, displayed on DVD at the gallery, allow visitors to see how threads of work have developed, and how new paths have been explored and adopted or abandoned, all offering insight into the creative process.

The “Intersections” Dialogue Series offers a unique opportunity to participate in a dialogue with makers of creative work and contribute to the new discoveries that emerge along the way.

Featured exhibitors include:
Katie Caron (Cranbrook), Tim Eads (Cranbrook), Charles Fairbanks (UM), Robin Grice (UM), Anna So Young Han (Cranbrook), Jessica Harvey (Cranbrook), Megan Heeres (Cranbrook), Nicole Marroquin (UM), Leyla Munteanu (WSU), Seth Papac (Cranbrook), Gypsy Schindler (EMU), Mark Sengbusch (Cranbrook), Adrienne Vetter (UM), Sadie Wilcox (UM), and Xueni Zhang (EMU).

Pathways runs 9 February – 22 March 2007
Hours Tuesday – Saturday 10am to 5pm
Work : Detroit Gallery, 3663 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48201
Reception Desk: 313 593-0527
http://www.art-design.umich.edu/workdetroit/
Exhibition and artist information: http://www.pathwaysumdetroit.blogspot.com

9 February - 22 March, 2008

Exhibition Public Reception: Saturday, February 9 from 6 to 9pm

Work : Detroit Gallery, 3663 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48201

Regular Hours: 10am – 5pm Tuesday –

Saturday

Gallery Phone: 313 593-0527

http://www.art-design.umich.edu/workdetroit/ 

Exhibition Website: http://www.pathwaysumdetroit.blogspot.com

In “Pathways,”

  MFA candidates from the University of Michigan, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Eastern Michigan University, and Wayne State University exhibit work together at the new UM Detroit Center School of Art & Design exhibition space, Work : Detroit, in a juried exhibition focusing on the theme of consistency and change.

 In “Pathways,”

  MFA candidates from the University of Michigan, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Eastern Michigan University, and Wayne State University exhibit work together at the new UM Detroit Center School of Art & Design exhibition space, Work : Detroit, in a juried exhibition focusing on the theme of consistency and change.

In addition to showcasing current work from each of the artist-designers, the exhibition also includes interviews tracing the evolution of each individual’

s work from undergraduate experiences, to post-graduate experiences, to current work from graduate school. These interviews, displayed on DVD at the gallery, allow visitors to see how threads of work have developed, and how new paths have been explored and adopted or abandoned, all offering insight into the creative process.

 Featured exhibitors include: Katie Caron (Cranbrook), Tim Eads (Cranbrook), Charles Fairbanks (UM), Robin Grice (UM), Anna So Young Han (Cranbrook), Jessica Harvey (Cranbrook), Megan Heeres (Cranbrook), Nicole Marroquin (UM), Leyla Munteanu (WSU), Seth Papac (Cranbrook), Gypsy Schindler (EMU), Mark Sengbusch (Cranbrook), Adrienne Vetter (UM), Sadie Wilcox (UM), and Xueni Zhang (EMU).

Like the exhibition itself, the jurors also represent a unique collaborative effort among the participating universities. Director Nick Sousanis, a WSU alum, and assistant Steve Coy, a UM alum, were joined by Abigail Newbold, Preparator at Cranbrook Art Museum and Cranbrook alum, Bang Geul Han, assistant professor of interactive media at Wayne State University, Beili Liu, assistant professor of art at Eastern Michigan University, and Mark Nielsen, exhibitions co-director at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design.

About Work : Detroit 

With the establishment of the UM Detroit Center in the cultural center of Detroit, the University of Michigan has returned to its roots and renewed its commitment to the people and the city of Detroit. To further cultivate this engagement with the community, the School of Art & Design is bringing together the creative communities of Detroit and Ann Arbor with a new shared space for creative work and dialogue — Work : Detroit, the School of Art & Design’

 s newest gallery.  

Through its exhibitions and related programming, this first of its kind gallery promises to serve as an intersection for the convergence of people and creative work from Detroit to Ann Arbor and beyond. It is in this fertile terrain that ideas collide and new perspectives to help us all face a rapidly changing future bloom.

An ongoing series of dialogues among makers of creative work


Join us Wednesday, January 16, 2008 from 6:30 pm to 8 pm for a conversation with participants from the current exhibition “WHY.” This evening’s event includes: Shiva Ahmadi, Lynne Avadenka, Denise Fanning, Adrian Hatfield, Charles McGee, Janie Paul, Sintex, and Gilda Snowden.

The series “Intersections” brings together makers of creative works from Detroit, Ann Arbor, and beyond in a dialogue with each other and the audience about their process, practice, and purpose. On this fertile crossroads between regions and disciplines, multiple viewpoints converge, ideas collide, and new perspectives bloom.

Join us at Work : Detroit for this unique opportunity to participate in a dialogue with makers of creative work and contribute to the new discoveries that emerge along the way.

Check out the interviews on PLAYgallery right here: http://playgallery.org/features/481/.

Visit us at our regular hours Wednesday, December 26 through Saturday, December 29 from 10am to 5pm. We look forward to seeing you.

Happy Holidays!

Work : Detroit 
presents
INTERSECTIONS: WHY

An ongoing series of dialogues among makers of creative work
Join us Wednesday, December 5, 2007 from 6:30 pm to 8 pm for a conversation with participants from the current exhibition “WHY” including:
David Barr, Topher Crowder, Charles McGee, Kathleen Rashid, Stephen Schudlich, and some others TBA.

The series “Intersections” brings together makers of creative works from Detroit, Ann Arbor, and beyond in a dialogue with each other and the audience about their process, practice, and purpose. On this fertile crossroads between regions and disciplines, multiple viewpoints converge, ideas collide, and new perspectives bloom.

This evening’s event includes: David Barr, who’s known for his international sculptural projects including the “Four Corners Projects” and the Labor Monument in Detroit’s Hart Plaza; emerging artist Topher Crowder has been showing prolifically of late, Charles McGee’s work is on display at the DIA, the People Mover, several area hospitals, among other places; Detroiter Kathleen Rashid has been exhibiting and doing public projects consistently throughout the Detroit area and beyond; fourth generation Detroiter Stephen Schudlich takes a tongue and cheek clinical approach to mapping urban information.

Join us at Work @ Detroit for this unique opportunity to participate in a dialogue with makers of creative work and contribute to the new discoveries that emerge along the way.
(NOTE: A second conversation between participants in “WHY” will take place Wednesday, January 16, 2008.)
a cultural nerve center where people, places, and creative work intersect

About the exhibition: Why – Why we make creative work, from the people who make it. What compels artists and designers to create, often in the face of staggering obstacles? Where does that drive come from? Why do we do what we do?

Artist and designers from Detroit and faculty from the University of Michigan School of Art & Design offer their individual diverse responses to questions about the source of their creative work. The resulting variety of perspectives in work and in words offers an educational and insightful exploration of the origins of creativity. A selection of work from each artist/designer is supplemented by the transcribed text of his/her responses to the question “why”, as well as a video of all the responses. The show also features an interactive component that allows visitors to record their responses to this central question about the nature of creativity.

WHY runs 17 November – 26 January 2007
Hours Tuesday – Saturday 10am to 5pm
Work : Detroit Gallery, 3663 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48201
Reception Desk: 313 593-0527
http://www.art-design.umich.edu/workdetroit/
Exhibition and artist information: http://whyproject.blogspot.com

17 November – 26 January
Opening Reception Saturday 17 November, 6-9pm
Work : Detroit Gallery, 3663 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48201
Regular Hours: 10am – 5pm Tuesday – Saturday
http://www.art-design.umich.edu/workdetroit/
Exhibition Website: http://www.whyproject.blogspot.com

What compels artists and designers to create, often in the face of staggering obstacles? Where does that drive come from? Why do we do what we do?

On November 17, 2007 find out “Why,” as artist and designers from Detroit and faculty from the University of Michigan School of Art & Design offer their individual diverse responses to questions about the source of their creative work. The resulting variety of perspectives in work and in words offers an educational and insightful exploration of the origins of creativity. A selection of work from each artist/designer is supplemented by the transcribed text of his/her responses to the question “why”, as well as a video of all the responses. For viewers, the show features an interactive component that allows visitors to record their responses to this central question about the nature of creativity.

As a complement to this exhibition, some of the responses by artists and viewers may also be developed as a series of shorts that will run on PLAY TV (Michigan Television and the Michigan Channel) and also be available on playgallery.org.

Featured exhibitors include: Shiva Ahmadi, Lynne Avadenka, David Barr, Adnan Charara, Jim Cogswell, Larry Cressman, Topher Crowder, DMC, Denise Fanning, Beverly Fishman, Phoebe Gloeckner, Adrian Hatfield, Sadashi Inuzuka, Charles McGee, Anne Mondro, Janie Paul, Ted Ramsay, Kathy Rashid, Stephen Schudlich, Sintex, Gilda Snowden, Nick Tobier, Ed West, and Elizabeth Youngblood.

About Work : Detroit
With the establishment of the UM Detroit Center in the cultural center of Detroit, the University of Michigan has returned to its roots and renewed its commitment to the people and the city of Detroit. To further cultivate this engagement with the community, the School of Art & Design is bringing together the creative communities of Detroit and Ann Arbor with a new shared space for creative work and dialogue — Work : Detroit, the School of Art & Design’s newest gallery.

Through its exhibitions and related programming, this first of its kind gallery promises to serve as an intersection for the convergence of people and creative work from Detroit to Ann Arbor and beyond. It is in this fertile terrain that ideas collide and new perspectives to help us all face a rapidly changing future bloom.

a cultural nerve center where people, places, and creative work intersect

The series “Intersections” brings together makers of creative works from Detroit, Ann Arbor, and beyond in a dialogue with each other and the audience about their process, practice, and purpose. On this fertile crossroads between regions and disciplines, multiple viewpoints converge, ideas collide, and new perspectives bloom.

This evening’s Intersection event includes those artists whose work directly addresses the intersection of Mack/Martin Luther King and Woodward — Work : Detroit’s location. Jim Cogswell’s work turns the windows of the building into a colorful mural, while Gary Schwartz presents the animated adventures of Judge Woodward, the architect behind Detroit’s street plan. Jack Johnson and Stephen Schudlich both worked with trash collected found on the scene, with the former turning it into a three-dimensional composition and the latter into a systematic color chart for the urban environment. Sound artist Stephanie Rowden documents oral histories of the neighborhood and Nick Tobier engaged Detroiters waiting for the bus.

Join us at Work @ Detroit for this unique opportunity to participate in a dialogue with makers of creative work and contribute to the new discoveries that emerge along the way.

Intersection runs 22 September – 2 November 2007
Hours Tuesday – Friday 10am to 5pm
Work : Detroit Gallery, 3663 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48201
Reception Desk: 313 593-0527
http://www.art-design.umich.edu/workdetroit/
Exhibition and artist information: http://intersectionumdetroit.blogspot.com/

Want to learn more about the individual artists in the show? We’ve set up a website offering artist statements, images, and bios for the participants in this exhibition. Check it out here: http://intersectionumdetroit.blogspot.com/