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Since the 1930s, the Mid-America College Art Association (MACAA) has provided a forum for the artist/teachers of art to discuss and debate the issues of our profession, to share ideas and information of mutual benefit and to affirm the friendships and collegiality that bind us together.

The following exhibitions coincide with the 2012 MACAA Conference being hosted by Wayne State University’s James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History from October 3 through October 6.

Elaine L. Jacob Gallery
480 W. Hancock
Detroit, MI 48201
Telephone: (313) 577-2423
Email: tpyrzewski@wayne.edu

MACAA Members Juried Exhibition
SELECTIONS BY MICHELLE PERRON

Dates: August 3 through October 6, 2012
MACAA Reception: Friday, October 5, 6-9PM
Gallery Hours: Tuesdays through Thursdays,
10AM to 6PM; and Fridays, 10AM to 7PM

Michelle Perron, juror for this year’s members exhibition, runs three major cultural programs at Detroit's College for Creative Studies: Center Galleries, Woodward Lecture Series, and Kresge Arts in Detroit. Director Perron has curated countless exhibitions, hosted over 80 lectures by major international artists and scholars, served on boards and committees of Detroit's major visual arts organizations, and has been an active arts community activist since the mid-1980s. A native Detroiter, her professional career has included posts at organizations such as Michigan Gallery and O.K. Harris Works of Art in the Detroit area, and Merce Cunningham Dance Company and Art et Industrie Gallery, both in New York City.

Artworks by the following artists are featured in this exhibition:
Darryl Baird, Chris Burnett, Chung-Fan Chang, Mary Chang, Ben Cricchi, Robert Cronin, d’Ann de Simone, Michael Dixon, G DuMonthier, Kurt Dyrhaug, Andrea Eis, J.W. Fisher/J.T. Leonard, Clare Fox, Marcia Freedman, BEVERLY FRE$H, Jim Fultz, Xia Gao, Alison Grimm, Carol Hanna, Sihaya Harris, Peter Hiers, Jim Hopfensperger, Timothy Wells Householder, Sarah Jantzi, Susan Klein, Christine LoFaso, Molly Mitchell, Samantha Mitchell, Brian L. Nelson, Christopher Olszewski, Elizabeth Peak, Kathyrose Pizzo, Alice Quaresma Rodriguez, Whitney Lea Sage, Claudia Shepard, Donita Simpson, Deborah Sukenic, Katherine Sullivan, Sally Schluter Tardella, Patricia Tinajero, Eric Troffkin, Margi Weir, Deborah Alma Wheeler, Barry Whittaker, and Erin Wiersma.

The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History thanks the College for Creative Studies and the Art Department of Eastern Michigan University for generously supporting this exhibition.

Art Department Gallery
150 Art Building
5400 Reuther Mall
Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 577-2423
Email: tpyrzewski@wayne.edu

WSU ALUMNI EXHIBITION
Curated by Stanley Rosenthal

Dates: August 3 through October 6, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, September 14, 5-8PM
MACAA Reception: Friday, October 5, 4-8PM
Gallery Hours: Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10AM to 6PM; and Fridays, 10AM to 7PM

The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History is pleased to present this year’s WSU Alumni Exhibition. Stanley Rosenthal, Professor of Printmaking, has selected works by alumni from the five plus decades that he has been at WSU. His selections cover the depth and breadth of creativity of WSU graduates who represent a wide variety of approaches.

Artworks by the following artists are featured in this exhibition:
Shiva Ahmadi, Mary Aro, Lynn Avadenka, Rick Bruner, Kathy Clark, Arthur Danto, Sergio De Giusti, Ed Fraga, Deborah Friedman, Kristen Gallerneaux, John Glick, Susan Hauptman, Ian Hornak, John Hunter, Bradley Jones, Ray Katz, Karen Ann Klein, Julie Larson, Stanley Lechtzin, Mark Leithauser, Jayson Lowery, Michael Mahoney, Eric Mesko, Ann Mikolowski, Todd Mitchell, Nancy Mitchnick, Diana Pancioli, Ellen Phelan, Gene Pijanowski, Carol Pylant, Bill Sanders, Donita Simpson, David Small, Gilda Snowden, Lynne Spanke, Vinnie Sutherland, Tim Van Laar and Diane Zeeuw.

Ellen Kayrod Gallery
The Luella Hannan Memorial Foundation
4750 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48201
Telephone: (313) 833-1300
Email: phalladay@hannan.org

CLAY AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
A Multi-Generational View
Curated by Joe Zajac

Dates: September 28 through November 2, 2012
MACAA Reception: Friday, October 5, 5-8PM
Gallery Hours: Mondays through Thursdays by appointment; and Fridays, 9AM to 7PM

The Luella Hannan Memorial Foundation is pleased to present Clay at Wayne State University: A Multi-Generational View. This exhibition is a survey of current and former WSU faculty and select alumni. The ceramics area, one of thirteen areas in the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History at WSU has a sixty-year lineage and this exhibition hopes to present and define it.

Artworks by the following artists are featured in this exhibition:
Sandra Belcher, Jason Farnsworth, Erin Fournier, John Glick, Laith Karmo, Paul Kotula, Matt Lambert, Jim Lutomski, John A. Murphy, Russ Orlando, Dianna Pancioli, Tom Phardel, Bill Pitney, Rick Pruckler, Anat Shiftan, Tom Smirsiani, Alex Thullen, Greg Tom, Marie Woo and Joe Zajac.