​CORNUCOPIA OF ART

​FROM DIFFERENT PALETTES FOR DIFFERENT TASTES

Thanksgiving luncheon for friends, family and orphan artists
November 28th, 12 to 3pm (bring a favourite dish to pass)

Black Friday November 29th chill with the classic guitar music of Samad Ansari from 7 to 8pm

Saturday November 30th meet the artists and help us rais funds for the Capuchin Soup Kitchen

​Up South –
​Reflections of the Great Migration

​Sunday, November 24 at 3 p.m. | 333 Midland
Sponsored by Christie Peck & Buck Baker
Marion Hayden Ensemble
Marion Hayden- Artistic Director, Bass Violin
Alvin Waddles- Piano
A. Spencer Barefield- Guitar
Tariq Gardner- Drums
Rev. Nick Hood III – Harmonica
Jean Alicia Elster- Narration

Acting On Air, an opera-ballet

Devised by composer Molly Jones and choreographer Rachael Ahn Harbert, with a libretto by Kyle Hunter aka MC Silas Green, animation by Ben Willis, and Matt Kiroff as guest chorus, Acting On Air (An Alternative History of Flight) presents an abstracted narrative in which the ensemble collectively enacts a struggle for liberation.                      Two shows: 10/5 from 8-9 PM, 10/6 from 3-4 PM

​​PROJECTART DETROIT :
ANNUAL END OF THE YEAR EXHIBITIONS CELEBRATE ARTWORK INSPIRED BY
DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARIES!

​May 15, 2019 – Detroit, Michigan – ProjectArt Detroit announced its third annual series of student and resident exhibitions set to take place throughout the city of Detroit and Highland Park June 2019. The exhibitions celebrate the conclusion of ProjectArt’s 9-month tuition free after-school arts education program and Arts and Social Practice Residency. As part of the residency, seven Detroit based contemporary artists are paired with a Detroit Public Library where they teach and mentor youth in addition to creating new works of art inspired by their time with the community. All shows are free and open to the public.

ProjectArt Detroit has recently received backing from the National Endowment for the Arts, Knight Arts Detroit Challenge, Applebaum Family Trust Fund, The DeRoy Testamentary Foundation, and the Detroit Public Library Foundation to continue its programming in the city. The organization has provided free arts education to over 1,000 Detroit youth since it began offering its program in 2016.

FIRST FRIDAYS in Highland Park

​​Join us for a FREE community celebration of arts and culture at the very first installment of “First Fridays in Highland Park.”  
 
June 7, 2019 6:00pm to 9:00pm (early Bingo 5:00pm @ Nandi's)

First Fridays will present some of the best and brightest local talent in the performing and visual arts, including Highland Park’s very own. The first installment offers an exciting lineup featuring a poetry slam, dance show, musical performance, short film & much more.

Each month, First Fridays will highlight a different area in Highland Park to encourage residents and visitors to enjoy the best venues in the city. This month, venues west of Hamilton will be on full display with events at Nandi’s Knowledge Café, Annex Gallery as well as an outdoor musical performance. The events are FREE and will have staggered start times so patrons can enjoy all of the night’s festivities.

First Fridays will bring together a unique collection of artists, businesses and community partners who are committed to helping revitalize Highland Park.
Please join us on June 7th for what promises to be a memorable night.

5:00PM Bingo (Nandi's)
6:00PM Poetry, Dance (Nandi's)
7:00PM Outdoor Concert (Pop Up Location!)
8:00PM Movie, Karaoke, and Aerialist (Annex Gallery)


Nandi's Knowledge Cafe
71 Oakman
Highland Park, MI 48203

(PopUp Location will be announced day before!!!)

Annex Gallery
333 Midland
Highland Park, MI 48203  

​BADDIE BLAIR turns 30

​​Baddie Blair Turns 30 - An Art Exhibition
A look into the evolution of the Detroit Fashion Ambassador Baddie Blair, and her multi medium expression. The exhibition will showcase a range of Stephanie Blair’s works, from fashion look books from past projects to her digital abstract art.
The exhibition will also showcase Ijania Cortez. Focusing on portraiture, Ijania's work uses vibrant colors and scale to evoke a sense of divinity in her subjects. Stephanie Blair is the subject of her recent works "As Above" and "Mortar".
Live performance by the critically acclaimed recording artist Miz Korona.
Come celebrate & experience Baddie Blair Turning 30!  


Show now on until June 8

MAKINGS​ OF YOU

Makings of You is a traveling survey series providing an artful perspective of the human experience.
​
Inspired by legendary singer-songwriter Curtis Mayfield, this exhibition divulges the intrinsic, yet nuanced nature of ‘becoming’ - reflecting upon memory, materiality, manifestation and metaphor as tools for spiritual transformation.

This three-day immersive installation will feature visual artworks, live collaborative performances and community programming. Join us as we explore disrupting social truths, discuss how abjection molds enlightenment and form distinct ways to redefine ‘self’.

Featured Artists
JUSTIN JONES
JARED MCGRIFF
NNENNA OKORE
​JULIA YEZBICK

Tickets
General Tickets begin at $10
Available at UHURU.WORLD

​Murals & Sliders is an art experience featuring live mural painting, culinary arts and good company. Since its inception in 2014 the mission of Murals & Sliders has been to give Detroit’s emerging artists a platform to exhibit work as well as offer a safe space for the onlooker. Murals & Sliders has featured over 30  metro Detroit artists from painters and animators, to sculpture artists and pastry chef’s. The show has been held in locations across the city such as The Baltimore Gallery/Untitled Bottega, El Club and Level Up gallery.
Curators James “Jimbo” Braddock and Hanniyah “Honey” Cross strive to create a space for artists and art enthusiasts to feel comfortable and free to show up as their most authentic selves. Murals & Sliders will have its first run of 2019 at 333 Midland Annex Gallery in Highland park on May 18th.

DIVERSIONS is an exhibition of painting, photography, and other mixed media. It includes the paintings of Calvin Waterman (Ann Arbor), Michael Thoresen (Ann Arbor), and Daniel Cicchelli (Detroit) as well the photography of Timothy Nolan (Ann Arbor) and J. Vida (Toledo).

A festival combining art, short film
​and music.

​All Together Now: A Celebration of Art, Film & Music is a new festival combining multiple types of art at the Annex Gallery at 333 Midland in Highland Park. The unique and innovative event will highlight local musicians from a variety of genres, a range of fine artists, and short films by filmmakers from the area as well as from around the country and the world.

The $25 festival pass gains you admission to the events at the Annex Gallery all weekend. 
​Fri, Apr 26, 2019, 6:00 PM – Sun, Apr 28, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT

​The 2019 graduating class of the College for Creative Studies (CCS) Fine Arts Department is pleased to announce the opening of I Make My Biggest Moves, curated by Bridget Finn. This group exhibition includes works by Alli Stinson, Allie Runyan, Annika Maschke, Anthony Brazeau, Hai Mya Lazar, Jessica Harvey, Jon Phillips, Leslie Frisch, and Naomi Bush.


​The title of this show stems from a casual remark by celebrated Detroit-based poet, David Blair. Blair said to the Metro Times prior to his passing in 2011: "I make my biggest moves." He was speaking of a time in his life as a creative producer and an artist. Blair was talking about focus, rigor, and what happens when one creates freely from a place of flexibility, but with a determined vision.

All nine of these artists started their creative journeys together in Detroit at the College for Creative Studies. With this exhibition, these artists are displaying work informed by a shared experience, as well as the artistic practices that emphasize each of their individual creative processes.

​FLAME EFFECTS FOR THE ARTIST WORKSHOP - DETROIT, MI 2019

​This is a workshop for all artists,  mechanical enthusiasts, and anyone who wishes to incorporate fire aspects into their projects!  This is your chance to learn how to comply with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards, hear from others working with flame effects where you live, and have fun while learning safe practices.  

Leading this weekend will be Dave X, Fire Safety Manager for Burning Man for more than 10 years, and Eric Smith, Director of Education and Code Development for the State of Nevada Board for the Regulation of LP Gas and owner of Poofer Supply.