Our House
Art Department Gallery
September 12 through October 17, 2025

Wayne State University Art Galleries and the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art, Art History, and Design is pleased to present Our House at the Art Department Gallery from September 12 through October 17, 2025. An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 12, 5-8PM. Open gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 12-5PM.

Our House highlights the creative and scholarly practices of Wayne State University’s art, art history and design faculty, alumni, and collaborators. 

Organized into a series of domestic spaces that evoke the intimate and familiar atmosphere of home, the curated environments of Our House invites visitors to step inside and explore the intersection of designed art, objects, and scholarship. 

As a nexus for collaboration and innovation, this exhibition illuminates the role our creative community plays in shaping the legacy of art, design and culture in Detroit and around the globe.

Our House features an eclectic body of work from over 35 artists, designers, and historians as well as the Wayne State University Art Collection. In conjunction with the Detroit Month of Design, the space will also host programming including dialogues and workshops led by faculty, visiting artists and designers.

FLORESCENCE
works by Sandra Osip
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery

October 24 through December 19, 2025

Florescence highlights the work of Sandra Osip, a Detroit-based sculptor. Osip was born in Detroit, Michigan and received a BS from Wayne State University, and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She has received two Michigan Council of Arts awards, and a commission titled “Progression”, for the Detroit People Mover at the Fort/Cass Station. Osip’s artwork was represented by the Hill Gallery in Birmingham, MI., and Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, with work in various art collections including the Detroit Institute of Arts, Robert and Karen Duncan, Ray-O-Vac, Cranbrook Academy of Art, and 1st National Bank of Chicago.

Osip moved to New York City in 1990, where she had work exhibited in Tiffany Windows on 5th Avenue and 57th Street, and received a prestigious New York Foundation of Arts Award. In 1992, she spent time at the McDonald Residency in Peterboro, New Hampshire. Osip relocated back to Detroit in 2019 and currently holds a studio at Russell Industrial Center. Her work was featured in Ocean Body at Wasserman Projects in 2021 and in a solo exhibition at University of Michigan Research Center in 2021. Osip’s work has been included in various exhibitions in Detroit as well as nationally.