Artists are wanted for the Art Ambiance and Spring Exhibition & Miniature Show set for April 25 to 27 at the Woodhaven Community Center, 23101 Hall Road.
Art Ambiance is the largest juried art show Downriver and awards cash prizes.
Artists must be at least 18 years old and reside in the Downriver area.
The deadline to apply is April 11. For more information, call 1-734-676-3377.
River's Edge Gallery, 3024 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, is showing a new exhibit, "Shades of Green: art Rescued, Recovered, Reworked, Repurposed," through May 12.
The show is composed of artwork with a green message, featuring pieces made with natural elements or cast-off objects.
In the second floor gallery, visitors will find everything from belt buckles made out of old wrenches to tables made from street signs by artists Paul Balog, Tim Burke, Nancy Byrum, Rick Chaedel, Mary Ellen Croci, Michelle Fancovie, Kevin Martin, Sandy Smith and the late Arnold Dreifuss.
The third floor's Patricia Izzo Fine Art Photography Gallery features the same message with a fine art photographer's twist in photos from B.T. Charles, Joe Crachiola, Elayne Gross, Patricia Izzo, Marianne Letasi, Teresa Louisias, R.W. Stewart, Elaine Redmond and S. Kay Young.
The photos range from Polaroid shots to digital images of everything from industrial subjects to nature scenes.
A "Meet the Artist" night is planned for 6 to 10 p.m. April 18.
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, visit www.artattheedge. com or call Patt Slack at 1-734-246-9880.
"Elements," an exhibit featuring the works of artists K. Carlton Johnson, John Albert Murphy and Dolores Slowinski with poems by Christine Monhollen, runs through next Friday at the Downriver Council for the Arts.
Johnson, a minimalist painter, explores issues of symbolic communication in her abstract and landscape paintings.
Ceramist Murphy creates porcelain vessels suggestive of sacred ritual objects.
Mixed media artist Dolores Slowinski's "Church of Our Eternal Longing" is part of the "Elements" exhibit on display through next Friday at the Downriver Council for the Arts in Taylor.
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Slowinski constructs intimate mixed media structures, which will be accompanied by Monhollen's companion poems.
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.
For more information, visit www.downriverarts.org or call 1-734-287-6103.
Spring workshops abound at the Downriver Council for the Arts, 20904 North Line Road, Taylor.
"Life Drawing" for ages 18 and older runs from 9 a.m. to noon April 5, 12 and 19, May 3, 10 and 17, and June 7, 14 and 21.
Instructor Mark Jackson will lead all skill levels in developing skills in the basic and traditional drawing regimen of the male and female nude model.
Artists must bring supplies, including easels. Each session includes three classes, and classes don't have to be taken consecutively.
The fee is $10 per class for DCA members or $15 per class for non-members.
"Seeing & Drawing People" runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and April 8 and 15.
The series is designed for beginning and intermediate artists who want to improve their figure-drawing skills with an emphasis on observation skills, analyzing poses and rendering simple sketches.
Artists must bring their own supplies. The fee is $20 for members and $25 for non-members.
"Colored Pencil ABC" for beginners runs from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., April 12 and covers the essentials of working with colored pencils.
The fee is $20 for members; $25 for non-members.
Peyote Beading Technique will be offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 9 and focuses on flat peyote stitch.
Students should bring a beading surface, task light, scissors, pen and notepad.
The fee is $20 for members and $25 for non-members, plus a $20 material fee for the instructor.
Ceramist John Albert Murphy will lead a "Raku 2-Day Workshop" from noon to 4 p.m. June 7 and 14.
All skill levels are welcome. The $80 fee includes all materials. The two-day workshop includes a lecture and demonstration in addition to creating, glazing and Raku-firing pottery.
For more workshop information, visit www.downriverarts.org or call the DCA at 1-734-287-6103.
Get a glimpse of how Americans spent their leisure time 100 years ago at "Life's Pleasures: The Ashcan School's Brush with Leisure, 1895-1925" at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, through May 25.
The 80-painting exhibition depicts different social classes enjoying prizefights, the ballet, parks and beaches at the turn of the last century.
All works are the creations of a group of American artists, led by Robert Henri, known as the Ashcan School.
Much of the group's work showed the grittier side of big city life, but this unique exhibit focuses on another facet of urban life.
Tickets, which include museum admission and an exhibition audio tour, are $12 for adults and $6 for children ages 6 to 17. DIA members get in free.
Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, call 1-313-833-7971.
The Detroit Institute of Arts is offering special programs throughout the month.
Families and aspiring artists can enjoy workshops, presentations, music, films and storytelling at weekend events like "Friday Night Live!" and "Target Family 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.
"Still Pulling: Traditional Printmaking in the Digital Age" runs through May 16 at the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, 480 W. Hancock, Detroit, on the Wayne State University campus.
The exhibit features hand-pulled prints by more than 20 artists from across the United States and Canada who focus on traditional print processes and the shared aesthetic of abstraction that references nature.
An opening reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today.
Also on display in the Community Arts Gallery through next Friday is "MFA Thesis Exhibition II: Erica Bartels, Carol Tomasso and Darcie Trame."
The insightful and finely crafted works sum up the experiences of three of WSU's master of fine arts students.
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.
"ReFUSING FASHION: Rei Kawakubo," an exhibit of the unique clothing by Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, runs through April 20 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
The installation includes 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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