Opening Reception - Annual Scholarship Awards and Exhibition: Wayne State University

March 12, 2010 | 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

The Detroit Artists Market proudly presents its 2010 Annual Detroit Artists Market Scholarship and Exhibition Program that includes the presentation of the scholarship awards to outstanding Wayne State University art students.  The exhibition at Detroit Artists Market (DAM) will present the juried works of the three scholarship recipients along with the six other student finalists.  Many distinguished alumni and faculty will, by invitation, also exhibit their work in this Scholarship Exhibition.  The DAM exhibition will open with a public reception with the artists on Friday, March 12th from 7-10 p.m.  The exhibition runs through April 17, 2010.

This year’s exhibition and scholarship program commemorates the eighty years of collaboration and support of the arts and scholarship by Wayne State University and DAM.

The student finalists of the John F. Korachis Scholarship Awards are chosen by the DAM scholarship and exhibition committee.  The selection process began with an open invitation to WSU art students and was concluded with individual studio visits and interviews with the finalists.  After lengthy deliberations, the recipients of the awards and scholarships were finally chosen for their originality, sensitivity to subject matter and exceptional art work.

The 2010 Wayne State University Annual Scholarship and Exhibition at the DAM will open on Friday, March 12th with members preview from 6-7 p.m. and public reception with the artists from 7-10 p.m.  The exhibition will close on Saturday, April 17, 2010. 

A Gallery Talk, which will include the student finalists, will take place at the DAM on Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Sponsorship donors of this year’s scholarship program include John F. Korachis; Gyro Creative Group; National Coney Island; Ronin Sushi-Royal Oak; Boloven, Tiano & Co., CPAs; Constantine George Pappas, AIA Architecture/Planning, Inc.; Cygnus Systems; Seaway Maintenance Services, L.L.C.; and Wayne State University College of Fine, Performing & Communications Arts.