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Resident Artists and Theater Companies: Michigan Classical Repertory Theatre Some of our friends and colleagues: Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau Ann Arbor Area
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Riverside Arts Center, Summer, 2007, Newsletter Ann Arbor Art Teachers & Alumni Association exhibit opens April 12 An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2007, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Riverside Arts Center, located at 76 N. Huron St. in Ypsilanti. The show runs through April 28, 2007. Gallery hours are Thursday - Saturday, 3 to 9 p.m., and Sunday 1:30 to 4 p.m. The show is free and open to the public. DTE Annex hosts sculpture/photo exhibition A sculptor working in cast bronze, Malcolm’s images deal with “creature-hood, alienation, resurrection, joy, praise and gratitude to God.” He received his Master of Fine Arts degree in design with a sculpture major from the University of Michigan in 1961. A participant in many group and solo exhibitions, his most recent commission was a Celtic Cross for First Presbyterian Church in Ann Arbor. His works may be seen online at www.cmalcolmpowers.com. An opening reception will be held Friday, May 4, from 4 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will be open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, 1:30 to 4 p.m. Docent show opens May 3 This year’s show includes a variety of media, from drawings and paintings to ceramics and sculpture. The exhibition will feature drawings in graphite and colored pencil by Dee Overly, acrylics by Bill Knudstrup, watercolors by Angela Wilson and Virginia Falk, reed pen and walnut ink drawings by Brian Falk, metal and glass sculpture by Michelle Shankwiler, metal and mixed media sculpture by Louise Flory, photographs by Ken Warner, and high fired ceramics by Sandy Cook. Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, May 5, from 5 to 7 pm at the Riverside Arts Center Gallery. You’ll have the opportunity to meet the artists and show your appreciation for all they do for the gallery. Docents are responsible for keeping the gallery open during operating hours, assisting visitors, installing and taking down shows, working on publicity and mailings, and so much more! Together our dedicated docent corps donates more than one thousand hours of volunteer service to the gallery each year. If you are interesting in becoming a member of this great team, please contact Riverside’s gallery coordinator, Paula Doe, at 734-480-2787 or e-mail racgallery@yahoo.com. No experience is necessary!
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The annual exhibition of artwork by the Ann Arbor Art Teachers and Alumni Association will open April 12 at the Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti. A variety of media will be shown, ranging from paintings and photographs to jewelry and ceramics. Nearly twenty artists will be participating in this year’s show, including Linda Babich, Claudia Burns, Jim Clark, Steve Coron, Corrine Gignac, Kris Hermanson, Kate Higgins, Kristin Kubacki, Juliet Lotts, Robin Mendenhall, Amanda Miller, Mike Mouradian, Amy Nowland, Jonathan Smigell, Alex Vinter, Joan Wenk, Ron Williams, and Joel Wyse. Linda Babich, the art teacher at Allen Elementary, coordinated the exhibit. 
Ann Arbor artists C. Malcolm Powers and his wife, Marion S. Powers, will hold a joint exhibition of their work in the RAC’s DTE Annex from May 4-20. Sketches in Bronze and Photo Scenes will include photographs by Marion and sculpture by Malcolm.