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Story last updated at 12:05 PM EST on May 17, 2007

GALLERY HOPPING



The Downriver Council for the Arts Home Gallery, 20904 North Line Road, Taylor, is featuring two new exhibitions.


Themes of growth and transformation are explored in works by sculptor Ginger Scobie, including "Child," seen here, on display at the Downriver Council for the Arts Home Gallery.

In the Home Gallery, painters Richard Brinn and Kevin Myers present their unique views of the landscape, while sculptor Ginger Scobie explores themes of growth and transformation.

In the Skylight Gallery, painter Christopher Fick puts a humorous twist on familiar subjects.


In the DCA's Skylight Gallery, Christopher Fick's oil paintings show the artist's knack for finding a humorous undertone in everyday images and themes, as in his "Tiger."

The exhibits are both open to the public, free of charge. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays and noon - 3 p.m. Saturdays during exhibitions.

It's been a year, it's high time for a second helping of "Pasta and Puccini al Fresco" from 6 - 9 p.m. June 14. Dine outdoors at the DCA on a fine meal presented by Carrabba's Italian Grill and Matt's Food Emporium. Sip on beer and wine as live entertainment gives the event the air of a Tuscan villa. The event is a fund-raiser to benefit DCA programs, scholarships and services. Tickets are $45.

For more information, call 1-734-287-6103.


"Hey, cupcake, why don't you and me blow this joint and make the scene at River's Edge Gallery for the opening reception for 'A Side of Slaw,' new paintings by Detroit-based artist Slaw, from 6 to 10 p.m. today."

River's Edge Gallery, 3024 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, is going retro as it hosts a reception from 6 - 10 p.m. today for "A Side of Slaw," new works by Slaw, whose animated artwork creates a comically romanticized look back at those ring-a-dinging days of the late 1950s, early '60s.

The exhibition also will include "No Vacancy: Roadside Motels," photography by Vato and the paintings they inspired.

DJ DgD will be spinning lounge music to get everyone in the mood.

On the third floor, in the photography gallery, will be the opening of a new show called "Fe-Male," with the works of Joe Crachiola, Judy Eliyas, Elayne Gross and Robert Stewart, curated by Patricia Izzo.

The shows will run through July 9.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call 1-734-246-9880 or visit www.artattheedge.com

Biddle Gallery, 2840 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, is featuring new clocks by David Scherer during the month of May.

Scherer works in a variety of mediums, bringing an intriguing distinctive style and vibrancy to all of his three-dimensional clocks.

It's a blend of acoustic meets electric as Gabriel Kane vs. Matt B Project perform during Wyandotte's Third Friday from 6 -9 p.m. today.

Biddle Gallery has hot times planned for the summer months ahead.

It will begin with the Summer Solstice Show, starting at precisely 6:06 p.m. June 21, then running until midnight

Artists Dave Moroski, Carl Oxley III, Davin Brainard, Frank Pahl, Steve Miller, Mark Sengbush, Rick McQuaid and others welcome the season with a mixed media show, with art, animated films and live music, and maybe even a parade.

Summer is the season for outdoor art fairs, so Biddle Gallery is bucking convention with the Climate Controlled Art Fair July 1 - Aug. 31.

Get away from the hordes, the baby strollers, the smell of fried everything and the heat of the asphalt by coming inside Biddle Gallery for an art fair featuring pottery, glass, furniture, home accessories and fine art by more than 100 Michigan artists.

Dreaming Through Reincarnation, new paintings by Ryan Weiss dealing with dreaming and a consciousness of an afterlife, will be on display Aug. 6 - 31, with an artist's reception from 6 - 9 p.m. Aug. 17.

Currently, the gallery is featuring "Vessels," slip-cast porcelain vessels by international award-winning ceramic artist John Albert Murphy, through Aug 31.

Murphy casts thin wall forms to accentuate the translucent qualities of porcelain.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturdays. Call 1-734-281-4779 or visit www.biddlegallery.com.

The Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., is showing "Ansel Adams — America's Treasures from an American Treasure" through May 27.

From powerful mountain majesties to a serene moonrise and the urban landscape and architecture of mid-20th century America, the exhibition includes more than 100 black-and-white photographs made during Adams' long career. It includes his early works at Yosemite National Park; soft-focus and romantic photographs from the 1920s; large-format pictures from the 1930s; Western landscapes; and lesser-known works, including abstract studies, still life, urban and architectural views and portraits of his friends and fellow artists.

Tickets, which include an audio tour and general admission, are $10 for adults, $9 for adult groups of 20 or more and $5 for ages 5 - 17. DIA members are admitted free.

The University of Michigan Museum of Art is undergoing an extensive renovation. The museum is operating a temporary exhibition space at 1301 S. University, Ann Arbor, next to the university's central campus.

The gallery is currently showing the photographic exhibition "Imagining Eden: Connecting Landscapes."

This project represents a long-term study by artist Lyle Gomes of manmade landscapes. Gomes' images of parks, golf courses, gardens and garden cemeteries explore the human impulse to shape the landscape and strive for a harmonious balance between humankind and nature.

The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Admission is free, but a $5 donation is suggested. Call 1-734-763-8662 or visit www.umma.umich.edu for more information.




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