Tattoo Art and Art Links for Shows and Deadlines

Friday night is hopping in Ferndale!  Ron and I went to Amy Claeys' photography exhibit at the Avatar (Tatoo) Studio.  Amy is in charge of the Royal Oak Photographer Meetup Group and has a solo show of her fantastic portraits now until August 19th. Go see it!

Then we meandered over to the Lawrence Street Gallery (where we were in the April exhibition Exposures: Photography '11) to listen to some local poets read/recite their poetry in a wonderful space surrounded by beautiful art. 

      

So, I hopped on over to the Lawrence Street Gallery website and found a fantastic list of links for the art lover.  Some are for Michigan museums and galleries, but two really caught my eye.  ArtDeadline lists some upcoming call to entry art shows that are national and international.  Artshow also lists calls for entry.  

Exposures: Photography 2011

The Lawrence Street Gallery has a call for entries for their April show.  Exposures: Photography 2011 requires photographs "All work must be ready for exhibiting and wired for hanging".  Entries accepted next week, March 23-26, 2011.  $150 prize for best in show.  Click here to link to the entry form. 


Good Luck!  See you there on Friday, April 1st for the opening night!

Art Openings January 14, 2011

As the new year begins, so it seems do art exhibits.  This upcoming Friday (1-14-2011), there will be two openings that I am aware of.  


Lawrence Street Gallery, in Ferndale will have its "Best of the Best" show opening reception from 6-9pm

Lawrence Street Gallery 
22620 Woodward Ave.

Suite A
Ferndale, MI 48220
248-544-0394

Wayne State University's Graduate Students have a show on campus from 5-8 pm 


This exhibition features works by active graduate students working towards their Master of Fine Arts and Master of Arts degrees in the following concentrations: Ceramics, Drawing, Fibers, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Industrial Design, Metal Arts, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture. 

This is an opportunity for MFA and MA students to present their work within a professional gallery context, and to a wide audience that includes their fellow students. The diversity in media is accompanied by a variety of approaches.

Come and see why the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History at Wayne State University is the choice for many of the region’s most talented art students pursuing a graduate degree. 

The opening reception is on Friday, January 14, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. It's free and open to the general public. The Art Department Gallery is located in the Art Building on the campus of Wayne State University, near the intersection of Cass Avenue and Kirby Street. Metered street parking is available, and is free after 6:00 PM.

For more information contact Tom Pyrzewski at tpyrzewski@wayne.edu 

The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History is a division of Wayne State’s College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, educating the next generation of visual artists and art historians. Wayne State University, located in the heart of Detroit’s midtown cultural center, is a premier urban research university offering more than 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to more than 31,000 students.