Work • Detroit provides space for a growing collection of small work which expands as thinkers and makers share Detroit inspired visual observances.

Exhibition runs July 1 - July 24 at Work • Detroit

Collaborative creative thinking and making between Detroit Public School students
and University of Michigan School of Art & Design undergraduates.

2008/09 Faculty:
Dahlia Rao
Hannah Smotrich
Nick Tobier

May 22nd- June 26th
opening reception: Friday, June 22nd, 3 - 6

work • detroit
3663 woodward avenue
detroit MI 48201

EXHIBITION: HELLO! MY NAME IS

Culminating creative work from A&D’s 80+ undergraduate seniors, produced during their year-long Integrative Projects course

Exhibition Opening Reception: April 17, 6 - 9 pm at all three of A&D’s Ann Arbor venues
7:00 pm: Performance work by Kevin Bertram and Kristine Yapp at Work•Ann Arbor

Slusser Gallery, 1st floor, 2000 Bonisteel Blvd.
Warren Robbins Gallery, 2nd floor, 2000 Bonisteel Blvd.
Work • Ann Arbor, 306 S. State Street

Exhibition runs April 17 – May 2.

EXHIBITION: HELLO! MY NAME IS
Exhibition Opening Reception: Sunday, April 19, 4 - 6 pm at Work • Detroit, 3663 Woodward Ave, Detroit MI 48201.
Exhibition runs April 17 – May 2.

Work from A&D undergraduate seniors produced during their year-long Integrative Projects course.

Change / It’s all there already
Co-curated by George Rahme

February 20th – March 20th
work • detroit
opening reception: Friday, February 20th, 6-9

Change is an exhibition about the present and future constructs of culture and society. What comes next? Possibly a “change” for the future of art; the process of art making for an individual or, the meaning of art’s involvement in society. Where does art fit and, if it fits, how does it?

Potentially, a new year brings new promise. new resolve, new hope, new vitality. But it also holds new fears. Is fear a useful emotion? Isn’t our very survival dependent upon fear? keeping us from walking into oncoming traffic, stepping off of rooftops and carelessly handling poisonous snakes. is fear as powerful and beneficial a motivating factor as more positive emotions?

What do you fear? What do you think others fear?
What, if anything, should we all fear?

January 10th – February 13
work • detroit

Closing reception: Friday, February 13th, 6-9

A joint exhibition of clay work by blind and visually impaired participants from the University of Michigan School of Art & Design outreach course. Many Ways of Seeing, led by Professor Sadashi Inuzuka and the young people’s workshop series serving Detroit Area schools.

Organized in collaboration with Washtenaw County Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled and The Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind. We acknowledge the funding support for this exhibition from University of Michigan Arts of Citizenship Grant.

Exhibition runs November 21st - December 27th, 2008

Opening reception November 21st, 6:00 - 9:00 pm

For Tshepo: I will not move to the outskirts of the city: an ode to the fictitious village of Tiragalong, the cities of Jozi and the D.

UM visiting artist from Johannesburg, Mphapho (Ra) Hlasane exhibits work that engages the parallels between the cultural and economic histories of Johannesburg and Detroit and to some odd degree, similarities between Detroit and the fictional village of Tiragalong.

Exhibition runs 10.24 - 11.08
opening reception 10.24, from 6-9 pm

In contemporary culture the term icon is used in the general sense of symbol.
An image, picture, or representation that stands for an object by signifying or representing it either concretely or by analogy. work • detroit invites thinkers and makers to utilize chosen mediums to create icons that speak to their own observations and experiences.

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 13, 6-9 pm.

Exhibition runs September 13 through October 18, 2008.

Art opening for Photovoice & Down Woodward
Detroit area youth share their voice through photographic essays.

OPENING RECEPTION
July 12, 6-8 at work • detroit

ADDITIONAL RECEPTIONS @ work • detroit
Saturday, July 23: 6 - 8pm
Saturday, August 9: 6 - 8pm

shows run concurrently from July 12 - August 23
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Gallery is open Wednesday - Saturday from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
work • detroit | 3663 woodward avenue | detroit MI 48201 | 313.593.0527

Offering a gallery experience designed to encourage a sense of participation, community, and creative inclusion, from May 31st to June 28th work • detroit opens its doors and invites anyone and everyone to take up provided pencils and make their mark on the gallery walls. Pictures, lists, maps, musical notations, mathematical equations — any and all expressions and reflections are encouraged. Labels will be provided for those artists who would like to include their names and titles. The exhibit culminates on June 28th with a closing celebration of all the work on display from 6 - 9 pm.

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Here are a few images of participants’ contributions: