Dates: October 18, 2024 through January 11, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday, October 18, 5-8PM
Virtual Artist Talk: Thursday, November 14, 5-7PM
Closing Reception: Friday, January 10, 2025

The Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University is pleased to present Echoes from the Rust, October 18, 2024 through January 11, 2025. An opening reception will be held on Friday, October 18, 5-8PM, with a DJ performance by Saylem Celeste (Submerge), playing from 5:30-8PM. 

Echoes from the Rust traces the artistic lineages of the Rust Belt as it re-emerges from a time of fracture following corporate abandonment and economic decline. This group exhibition hones in on artwork made by artists with lived experiences in Detroit and Pittsburgh, two post-industrial titans forged by steel.

Through various personal explorations the artists invoke the deep rich cultural inheritance of the Rust Belt. These sensitive minings are reflected against surfaces in new forms of paintings, drawings, collage, found objects, and video/site-specific installations. With experimentations intersecting themes around identity, migration, labor, and place, Echoes from the Rust compels us to re-center the Rust Belt’s multifaceted histories – to provide guidance as a bright shining light moving forward.

Echoes from the Rust is curated by Kemuel Benyehudah, a Brooklyn born curator who has relocated to Detroit and witnessed gentrification’s socioeconomic disparities, cultural erasure, and human displacement. He is interested in expanded notions of community to envision equitable futures for all.

Works by the following artists are included in the exhibition: N.E. Brown, Halima Afi Cassells, Adnan Charara, Joshua Challen Ice, Hubert Massey, and Omid Shekari.

Special programing coinciding with the exhibition will include a virtual artist talk on Thursday, November 14 from 6-8PM on Zoom, and a closing reception on Friday, January 10 5-8PM.

Dates: November 1 through November 22, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, November 1, 5-8PM. Awards presentation at 6:30

The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art, Art History, and Design is pleased to present its annual Tri-County High School Exhibition November 1 through 22, 2024 at the Art Department Gallery, Wayne State University (WSU). An opening reception with an awards presentation will be held on Friday, November 1, 5-8PM. Members of the department will be on hand to celebrate students’ creative achievements.

This exhibition features approximately 85 selected artworks created by high school students from Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties. At the opening reception, four awards will be presented to students for their outstanding artworks in the exhibition. The awards First Place, Second Place, and Third Place are selected by this year’s guest juror Laura Foxman, Associate Professor Interior Design.Additional awards include an Alumni Selection Award, selected by artist and alum Andre Barker (BFA, 22) and a Teacher Award.

Artworks by students from the following high schools are included in this year’s exhibition: Bloomfield Hills High School, Cass Technical High School, Dearborn High School, Detroit Country Day, Detroit School of the Arts, Edwin Denby Technical and Preparatory High School, Henry Ford II High School, International Academy, International Academy - East, John Glenn High School, Lake Orion High School, Mercy High School, Mohegan High School, Mumford High School, Novi High School, Oakland Christian School, Romeo High School, and Sterling Heights High School.