The Downriver Council for the Arts Home Gallery, 20904 North Line Road, Taylor, is featuring two new exhibitions.
The DCA's fifth annual Members' Salon Show is on display through July 26.
This exhibit highlights the artistic endeavors of the DCA's diverse artist-members, from "Sunday painters" to accomplished professionals, with works in all media.
Bid the exhibition a sweet adieu at a meet-the-artists ice cream social from 6 - 8 p.m. July 26.
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, will have extended hours 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the Wyandotte Street Art Fair today and tomorrow, with a special collection of works by some of the Detroit area's biggest artists, including Niagara, Slaw, Johnny "Bee" Badanjek, Gary Grimshaw, Leni Sinclair, Carl Lundgren and Mark Arminski.
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 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.
Ryan Weiss, Carl Oxley III and Dave Moroski will collaborate on artwork in front of the gallery from 2 - 9 p.m. today, with a live auction afterward. Also, Joey Merchant will have a table in front of the gallery featuring her handmade bags and monsters.
Tomorrow, John Benson will demonstrate his lino-cut technique. His greeting cards will be for sale for $2 each.
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.

"Message," a triptych by Adam Russell, is part of the "On Emergence" exhibition at Energie in Wyandotte.
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Energie, 3203 Biddle, Wyandotte, is showcasing its latest exhibition, titled "On Emergence," featuring works by Adelina Fuentes, Vince Orbaczewski, Adam Russell, Amy Stegner and Kevin Stoddard, five artists of diverse backgrounds and styles.
The exhibition runs through Aug. 9
Padzieski Art Gallery, 15801 Michigan Ave., Dearborn, presents "Highlights from the Artists Society and Public Schools of Dearborn" through tomorrow.
The gallery is open from noon to 6 p.m. today, noon to 5:30 p.m. tomorrow.
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.
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 opening a new exhibit, "Out of the Ordinary/Extraordinary: Contemporary Japanese Photography," through Sept. 16.
This exhibition of works by 11 photographers challenges conventional Western assumptions about Japanese aesthetics and culture. The images are both puzzling and provocative.
Michiko Kasahara, one of Japan's leading curators of contemporary art, has chosen artists whose work probes the many layers of moral and social anxiety that underlie a surface of prosperity and well-being.
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.
Wayne State University's Community Arts Gallery presents the Michigan Water Color Society's 60th Annual Exhibition through next Friday.
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.