Cheryl Knapp of Wyandotte will present an African Art and Photography Exhibit from 1 to 5 p.m. July 1 at Cafe 1923, at 2287 Holbrook St., Hamtramck.
Knapp, founder of Through Our Hands, an organization that helps provide food, medication and education to the poorest citizens of Tanzania, has visited there several times. The exhibit will feature many of her photographs, as well as artifacts and clothing.
Photos, T-shirts and other items will be available for purchase, with all the proceeds going to Through Our Hands.
For more information, call Knapp at 1-313-999-4467, e-mail throughourhands2006@yahoo.com or visit www.throughourhands.org.
The Downriver Council for the Arts Home Gallery, 20904 North Line Road, Taylor, is featuring two new exhibitions.
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.
The exhibits are both open to the public, free of charge. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays and noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays during exhibitions.
For more information, call 1-734-287-6103.
River's Edge Gallery, 3024 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, has three new exhibitions now on display.
The exhibitions include "A Side of Slaw," new works by Detroit's "king of retro painting," Slaw, whose animated artwork creates a comically romanticized look back at those ring-a-dinging days of the late 1950s and early '60s.
The exhibition also includes "No Vacancy: Roadside Motels," photography by Vato and the paintings by Slaw they inspired.
On the third floor photography gallery is 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 giving summertime browsers a chance to come in from the heat with the Climate Controlled Art Fair July 1 through 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 to 31, with an artist's reception from 6 to 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. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Call 1-734-281-4779 or visit www.biddlegallery.com.
Padzieski Art Gallery, 15801 Michigan Ave., Dearborn, presents "Highlights from the Artists Society and Public Schools of Dearborn" through July 14.
The gallery is open from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays.
For more information, call 1-313-943-3095 or visit www.DCACarts.org.
Pewabic Pottery, 10125 E. Jefferson, Detroit, is currently showing "Architectural Aspects — Tiles and Murals," an exhibition exploring Pewabic Pottery's contributions to architectural landmarks in the Detroit area and elsewhere.
The exhibition runs through Aug. 31. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m.
Wayne State University's Community Arts Gallery presents the Michigan Water Color Society's 60th Annual Exhibition through July 20.
This exhibition features approximately 50 works in water media, selected by this year's juror, internationally recognized artist Gladys Nilsson.
Nilsson will give a lecture at the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium in Wayne State University's Law School Building from 1 to 3 p.m. today before the exhibition's opening reception at the Community Arts Gallery from 5 to 8 p.m. The lecture and opening reception are free and open to the public.
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