River's Edge Gallery, 3024 Biddle Ave., is hosting "Underexposed," two floors featuring work by 12 underexposed artists ranging from sculptors and painters to photographers and potters.
Photographer Marianne Letasi displays one of the nature shots as part of her exhibit, "A Life," showing through March 14 at River's Edge Gallery in Wyandotte.
Photo by E.L. Conley
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Photographer Marianne Letasi's exhibit, "A Life," will be featured upstairs in the Patricia Izzo Fine Art Photography Studio and Gallery.
The show runs through March 14. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.
For more information, call 1-734-246-9880.
"Seeing and Drawing People," a three-hour workshop with a professional, live clothed model will be offered in the Home Gallery of the Downriver Council for the Arts, 20904 North Line Road, Taylor, from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 2.
Beginning- and intermediate-level artists can improve their figure drawing skills and develop observation skills under the guidance of instructor Mark Jackson.
The workshop will emphasize basic drawing concepts, including gesture, contour, measurement of proportion and simple rules for drawing the head and body. Artists must provide their own supplies.
Preregistration is required, and there is a $15 fee to participate. Call the DCA at 1-734-287-6103 to sign up.
"An Uncommon Life: The Still Life Paintings of Margie Guyot" and "Brian Buck: Points of View" are two new exhibits at the Downriver Council for the Arts through Feb. 15.
Guyot, of Charlevoix, who uses oil paints to depict still life paintings that evoke a lush and hyper-colorful world, will have her works displayed in the Home Gallery.
Buck, of Kentwood, uses a fine-point technical pen to create intricate, detailed drawings of the natural world. Buck's pen-and-ink pointillism drawings will be displayed in the Skylight Gallery.
The exhibit is one of several events planned in celebration of the DCA's 30th anniversary.
The DCA is at 20904 North Line Road, Taylor. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays and noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays during the exhibit.
"Carnivora — The Dark Art of the Automobile," a shadowy realm where flesh and machine coalesce into humanity's greatest technical achievement — the automobile — is on display through Feb. 27 at ©POP Gallery, 4160 Woodward Ave., Detroit.
More than 60 artists, including Robert Crumb, Mark Mothersbaugh and Niagara, contributed a piece of work for the exhibit and for a book of the same name.
Gallery hours are noon to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Call 1-313-833-9901 or visit www.cpop.com for more details.
The Detroit Institute of Arts is offering special programs throughout January.
"Friday Night Live! features a drop-in workshop, drawing in the galleries and other adventures in drawing today.
Final Fantasy provides a musical backdrop for the night at 7 and 8:30 p.m.
Also at 7 p.m. today, the Detroit Film Theatre will show "Persepolis," a new French animated film that tells the coming-of-age story of an outspoken young Iranian girl during the Islamic Revolution. General admission is $7.50, and DIA members, students and senior citizens pay $5.
Children age 5 and older can use their imaginations to create a clay creature during "Fantastic Animals and Fabulous Beasts" from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow. The fee is $20 for DIA members and $24 for non-members. Call 1-313-833-4249 to register.
The showing of "Persepolis" will repeat at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
Target Family Sunday features a drop-in workshop, drawing in the galleries and other adventures in drawing.
At 2 p.m., storyteller Corinne Stavish hosts "Beginnings," a lively, participatory program featuring folk tales.
The showing of "Persepolis" will repeat at 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday.
All programs are free with museum admission unless otherwise noted. The DIA is at 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit. For more information, call 1-313-833-7900.
"Soup to Nuts: Special Dishes for Everyday Use," featuring the work of artists such as Lucy Breslin, Scott Lykens and Gwen Yoppolo, runs through March 7 at Pewabic Pottery, 10125 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Visit pewabic.org or call 1-313-822-0954 for more information.
"Drawing in Space: An Installation by Sheila Pepe" and "Weaving With Light and Shadow: Paintings by Janet Hamrick" is being shown through March 7 at the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, 480 W. Hancock, Detroit, on the Wayne State University campus.
New York artist Pepe creates knotted, crocheted, tied and draped domestic and industrial materials to initiate profound interrogations of sculptural space while engaging the viewer in the process of her art.
Hamrick, a Detroit artist, will exhibit 12 abstract oil paintings weaving intricate patterns in monochrome fields reminiscent of woven jacquards.
Call the gallery at 1-313-993-7813 for more information. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays.
Holy Hip-Hop! New Paintings by Alex Melamid" will be on exhibit Feb. 8 to 20 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
The new show features life-sized portraits of 12 hip-hop icons, including Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Reverend Run and Russell Simmons.
The exhibit's opening at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 will feature performances by Mike-E Ellison and Underground Resistance. Admission is $5.
ReFUSING FASHION: REI KAWAKUBO, an exhibit of the unique clothing by Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, runs Feb. 8 to April 20 at the museum. The installation will include more than 40 key pieces, along with photographs and runway footage.
The museum is at 4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. For more information, call 1-313-832-6622 or visit www.mocadetroit.org.
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