This week, "Art and Soul" is about the visual arts. WEMU's Lisa Barry and state and local arts leader Omari Rush talk with Marie Klopf, founder and CEO of the Ann Arbor Art Center, about how they have been able to survive and even thrive during the current pandemic. There is also discussion about two local art exhibits, both including the work of Ann Arbor artist John Gutoskey.
ABOUT THE ANN ARBOR ART CENTER
The Ann Arbor Art Center is a nonprofit arts center that hosts rotating exhibits in its gallery, various classes for children and adults, as well as an art shop. Located on W. Liberty Street, the art center is one of the oldest community arts organizations in Michigan as it was established in 1909. Upcoming classes include sketching, comics, calligraphy, and perspective drawing.
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"FOR WHICH IT STANDS" AT 22 NORTH GALLERY (NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER 14)
This exhibition presents a diverse group of Michigan based artist’s visual depictions or evocations of the American flag from a liberal, progressive point of view. Working in a variety of media, these different physical representations of the American flag are intended to disrupt, question, challenge, claim, provoke, criticize, expose, change, & honor what this potent American symbol signifies in this moment of great civil unrest and political upheaval. With the resurgence of white nationalism wrapped in the American flag, this exhibition is meant as a liberal, democratic response to counter the extreme right wing’s fascist rhetoric & racist, white supremacist propaganda.
Hours by appointment only. Email Gallery@22North.org.
This exhibition will run from now through October 24 at the Gutman Gallery in Ann Arbor. Featuring 11 artists' work, the exhibition centers on iconic pop culture themes from the past and present.
The Gutman Gallery is open by appointment, or to the public during the following times:
- Wednesday, Friday: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Saturday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
UPCOMING FALL CLASSES AT THE ANN ARBOR ART CENTER
DRAWING & PAINTING
- "Basics of Gouache Painting"-- Monday, December 14-Wednesday, December 16 from 1-3 PM
- "Colored Pastel Workshop"-- Monday, December 7 and Tuesday, December 8 from 6-8 PM
- "Watercolor Landscapes"-- Wednesdays: October 21-December 1 from 10:15-11:45 AM
- "Painting With Texture"-- Thursdays: November 19-December 17 from 10 AM-12 PM
- "Continuing Botanical Illustrations in Watercolors"-- On Tuesdays: October 20-December 1 from 1-3 PM
- "Botanical Illustrations"-- Mondays: October 19-November 30 from 1-3 PM
- "Acrylic Painting for Beginners"-- Thursdays: October 22-December 3 from 6:30-8:30 PM
- "Intro to Oil Painting"-- Tuesdays: October 20-December 1 from 6-8 PM
- "Intro to Watercolor"-- Wednesdays: October 21-December 2 from 6-8 PM & Fridays: October 23-December 4 from 1-3 PM
MIXED MEDIA
- "Linocut Printing At Home"-- Tuesday, November 10-Thursday, November 12 from 10 AM-12 PM
- "Gelli Printed Collage"-- Monday, December 7-Wednesday December 9 from 1-3 PM
- "Tiny Foods"-- Friday, November 13 from 6-8 PM
- "Tiny Monsters"--Friday, October 30 from 4:30 PM-6 PM
- "Creative Collage"--Thursdays: October 29-November 19 from 1-3 PM
CERAMICS
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— Lisa Barry is the host of All Things Considered on WEMU. You can contact Lisa at 734.487.3363, on Twitter @LisaWEMU, or email her at lbarryma@emich.edu
