From A Different Perspective
June 26, 2009 - July 25, 2009
The Detroit Artists Market presents its first summer show, “From a Different Perspective”, from June 26th to July 25th. The opening reception is on Friday, June 26th, from 6-9 pm.
The show features six regional artists who work outside of the traditional forms of painting, sculpture, and drawings. Their subject matter and style derives from comic book illustration, the surreal, alternative culture, and assemblage. The works are often edgy and have some sense of humor, from droll and understated, to the more outrageous and obvious.
All Media Exhibition
May 01, 2009 - June 06, 2009
The Detroit Artists Market (DAM) is pleased to present its 2009 All-Media Exhibition. Opening May 1, 2009, the show will kick off DAM’s spring season with a juried exhibition of contemporary art by 48 Detroit and Michigan artists. DAM will host a Public Opening and Awards Reception from 6 to 9 PM on Friday, May 1, 2009. Gallery visitors can meet the artists – and will have an opportunity to view and purchase the wide array of paintings, sculptures, photography, mixed media, fiber, metal, clay, and glass on exhibit.
Featured image: Marnie Fender, Detroit , acrylic
DAM Annual Scholarship Awards and Exhibition: College for Creative Studies
March 13, 2009 - April 18, 2009
The Detroit Artists Market proudly presents its 2009 Annual Detroit Artists Market Scholarship and Exhibition Program that includes the presentation of the scholarship awards to outstanding College for Creative Studies undergraduate students. The Detroit Artists Market (DAM) exhibition will present works by the three scholarship recipients along with the seven other student finalists and many distinguished alumni and faculty. The DAM exhibition will open to the public from 7-10 p.m., Friday, March 13, and run through April 18, 2009. This year’s exhibition and scholarship program commemorates the contributions of the world renowned College for Creative Studies and the DAM.
Hughie Lee-Smith
February 13, 2009 - February 28, 2009
The Detroit Artists Market is proud to announce a special exhibition of works by Hughie Lee-Smith (1915-1999). “Hughie Lee-Smith Returns” opens to the public on Friday, February 13, 2009 and runs through Saturday, February 28, 2009. A Gallery Talk is scheduled on Saturday, February 21, 2009, from 4-6pm.
Art (c) Estate of Hughie Lee-Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New York NY
Home page image: Detail, "Factory Worker", Hughie Lee-Smith, oil on canvas, ca. 1980s; Exhibitions page image: Detail, "Untitled A", Hughie Lee-Smith, oil on canvas, 1980DAM Design Show 2009
January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009
UPDATE :
See the 2009 DAM Design Show Jewelry Runway via YouTube: Runway Part One , Runway Part Two , Runway Part Three
And check out pictures at Detroit Fashion Pages
Each year in January, Detroit turns its attention to design and creativity. In 2009 the Detroit Artists Market will take its own look at design with the DAM Design Show. This show will look at the entire creative process from concept to design to creation of an artistic and functional piece. Ten designers will take on this process in creating “Chair”. The show will exhibit pieces from their creative process, including concept sketches, scale models, and the finished piece. The DAM Design Show will provide an intimate look into how design “happens”, and results in unique functional pieces. Following the DAM Design Show, these chairs will be shown at Mezzanine, February 4-15, 2009.
In addition to the chair designers, DAM will showcase jewelry designers, whose work will be featured in a special fashion show during the opening ticketed event. Concept and production pieces will be shown through the run of the show.
Art For The Holidays
November 07, 2008 - December 21, 2008
The Detroit Artists Market Annual Art for the Holiday Show is a one-of-a-kind gift shopping experience for all! The gallery transforms from a fine art exhibition gallery to a fun, energetic, gift shop featuring all hand-made items by local artists offering a wide range of products and price points.
INSIDER
September 12, 2008 - October 18, 2008
The INSIDER exhibition is an exploration of artists in the Detroit area whose works all share an unrestrained, graphic and often harsh expression with the materials they utilize. Varying in subject matter and mediums, a common thread that ties the works together is a raw sensibility, inward expression and passion, which bind artists from Art Brut, Outsider Art, and contemporary mainstream artists.
2008 Summer Craft Market
July 25, 2008 - August 23, 2008
The DAM Summer Crafts Market expands the boundaries of last year’s highly successful ceramics market by adding wood artists to the mix. More than forty selected local artists have created beautiful pieces that express the transformative nature of these two most basic of media - clay and wood.
Paint by Numbers
June 06, 2008 - July 12, 2008
A special auction benefiting the Detroit Artist Market featuring over 100 artists interpreting a design by Paint by Numbers creator Dan Robins.
The Market Presents: Tom Parish and John Hegarty Revisited
April 18, 2008 - May 24, 2008
“The Market Presents: John Hegarty and Tom Parish Revisited” is a special feature of the Detroit Artists Market 75th Anniversary season. It honors two artists who are still actively listening to their muses. Both embody the soul of Detroit’s art culture. It also gives DAM an opportunity to remember and honor Mary Denison , who in 1982 began her tenure as DAM’s first full time Art Director. A catalog will document the exhibition. The original version of this show was the second in a series Ms. Denison initiated to recognize mature artists of stature in the community who had no local venue for their art.
2008 DAM Annual Scholarship and Exhibition Program: Cranbrook
February 29, 2008 - April 05, 2008
This year’s exhibition and scholarship program commemorates the contributions of the world renowned Cranbrook Academy of Art and the DAM, both of which have recently celebrated their 75th anniversaries. The student finalists of the John F. Korachis Scholarship Awards were chosen by the DAM scholarship and exhibition committee. The selection process began with an open invitation to Cranbrook graduate 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, dedication and exceptional art work.
