WINTER HOURS

ELAINE L. JACOB GALLERY: Wednesday & Thursday: 12-5PM; Friday: 12-7PM, Saturday: 12-5PM

ART DEPARTMENT GALLERY: Tuesday: 12-5PM; Wednesday: 12-5PM; Thursday: 12-5PM

 
 

UPCOMING

UPCOMING

 

Spectrum
Art Department Gallery

Pill Crusher, 2024
Shannon Kurzyniec
sterling silver, brass, copper

Dimensions: 3 1⁄2 " x 1 1⁄2 " x 3⁄4

 

Dates: January 17 through February 22, 2025
Reception: Friday, January 17, 5-8PM
Closing Artist Talk: Saturday, February 22, 2025, 10-11:30AM

This exhibition shines light on a facet of Wayne State’s vibrant community of creative alumni. The artists featured were pinpointed by the current faculty as those with compelling approaches to integrating form and color.

Featuring works by: Zahra Almajidi, Kathy Clifford, Jessica Wildman Katz, Brian Kritzman, Shannon Kurzyniec, lambert, Elise Martin, Nancy Pletos, John Rizzo, John Rowland and Albert Young

 

Special programmin coinciding with the exhibition will include a gallery talk on Saturday, February 22, 10AM-11:30PM. To attend, please RSVP.

The event is in partnership and hosted the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, and Wayne State University Alumni Association.

For more information about the gallery talk, please contact April Hazamy at ahazamy@wayne.edu.

 

Edge of Visibility
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery (Lower Level)

Day Dreamer, JADE Series, 2023
Alia Ali
archival pigment print, mounted, UV laminated, frame upholstered by the artist in hand-printed wood block, Rajasthani cotton
66 × 91 1/2 × 3 in | 167.6 × 232.4 × 7.6 cm

Courtesy of Artist and Octavia Gallery

Dates: February 7 through April 26, 2025
Reception: Friday, February 7, 5-8PM

The College of Fine, Performing, Communication Arts (CFPCA), Wayne State University is pleased to present Edge of Visibility at the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery from February 7 through April 26, 2025. An opening reception will be held on Friday, February 7, 5-8PM.  

Edge of Visibility is a multimedia exhibition featuring works by artists who address current contemporary concepts. Through individual practices and the use of repetition, color, and abstracted imagery, the artists reflect on personal experiences to explore identity and origin. Tension and harmony are made visible through process and material, representing cultural and historical topics, but also a passage of time.

The exhibition features work by Alia Ali, Hasan Elahi, Sahar Khoury, and Jordan Nassar.

 

Origins
Works from the University Art Collection
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery (Upper Level)

Three Pearl Strands: Banana Skirt Series, 2024
LaKela Brown
Plaster
29 x 21 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.

Purchase, Richard J. Bilaitis Endowment Fund, 2024, Courtesy of Wayne State University Art Collection

Dates: February 7 through April 26, 2025
Reception: Friday, February 7, 5-8PM

The College of Fine, Performing, Communication Arts (CFPCA), Wayne State University and the University Art Collection are pleased to present Orgins at the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery from February 7 through April 26, 2025. An opening reception will be held on Friday, February 7, 5-8PM.  

The selected works will reveals a critical understanding of the larger artworld, combined with ideas and approaches unique to Detroit's cultural community. Each work reflects a powerful sense of loyalty to the place of origin, created by artists with deep ties to the community, and articulate the way in which cultural expression has manifested itself in a unique and diverse Detroit style.

Included with the exhibition will be a selection of work from the Alternative Press, curated by Jakira Ahmed, the UAC Susanne Feld Hilberry Fellow.  Jakira is a current student receiving a BA in Art History and English, and also works in the UAC as well as the galleries.  

EXHIBITIONS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT BY: