The Downriver Council for the Arts Home Gallery, 20904 North Line Road, Taylor, will present "Art and Artifact," Thursday through Oct. 19.
College for Creative Studies fiber arts students provide personal interpretations of historical textiles in this provocative blend of art and artifact.
At the same time, the Skylight Gallery will feature paintings by Judy Enrightthat symbolically explore the concept of paradox in an ever-expanding world, transcending the barriers of language and religion.
There will be a reception for the exhibitions from 6 - 8 p.m. Sept. 28.
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.
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Biddle Gallery, 2840 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, is presenting "Dreaming Through Reincarnation." New paintings by Ryan Weiss, dealing with dreaming and a consciousness of an afterlife, are on display through tomorrow.
Third Friday is next Friday and Biddle Gallery will feature Motawi Tile's Frank Lloyd Wright Collection —tiles based on designs by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Nawal Motawi will be on hand to discuss the new tiles. Tiles also will be available for sale.
There also will be a book signing for The Grosse Ile Historical Society's "Images of America: Grosse Ile." The signers are Suzanne Ashley, Clare Koester and Betty Blazok. Copies of the book will be available for $19.95.
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.
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River's Edge Gallery, 3024 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, is featuring an exhibition by international artist Jerzy Werbel.
The exhibit will include paintings from Werbel's recent trip to Italy, as well as landscapes of San Francisco, still lifes and florals. Many of his still-life paintings are mounted in his hand-painted frames.
The mezzanine continues a show to commemorate the "Summer of Love" with works by Jem Targel, Leni Sinclair, Gary Grimshaw, Mark Arminski, Johnny "Bee" Badanjek, Irene Will, Patricia Izzo and Carl Lundgren.
The gallery will have an opening reception next Friday for a collection of paintings by Mark Arminski; as well as "Inside Out," a look through the "private painting diary" of Audrey Pongracz; and "Menage a Trois," an erotic photography show featuring works by Cheryl Button, B.T. Charles and Patricia Izzo.
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
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The Padzieski Art Gallery, 15801 Michigan Ave., inside the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, is now showing an exhibition of works by expressionist nature painter Maeve Croghan.
Croghan, who resides on Mackinac Island and in San Francisco, paints scenes that reflect her love for her two environments.
The show will run through Nov. 3.
Michigan and California wines will be featured at a special wine-tasting event to go with the exhibition from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 5. Tickets are $35, and must be purchased in advance. Call 1-313-943-3095 or visit www.DCACarts.org.
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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 showing, "Out of the Ordinary/Extraordinary: Contemporary Japanese Photography" through Sunday.
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.
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