Events

 Where: Macomb Place, downtown

Mount Clemens

View original works, including paintings, clay, wood, glass, textiles and jewelry, from local artists and crafters.

Cost: Free

Contact: 586.469.4168

Plunge into the history of chocolate (remember, dark chocolate’s loaded with antioxidants!), and while you’re there, take a hike down the fitness paths at the museum and Greenfield Village.

Cost: Exhibit free with museum admission: nonmembers 62 and older, $13; ages 13-61, $14; ages 5-12, $10; 4 and younger, free. Nonmember parking is $5 per vehicle.

Contact: 313.982.6001, www.thehenryford.com

Where: Detroit Institute of Arts,

5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit

Much of this exhibition is drawn from the DIA’s collection and contains prints by John Sloan, George Bellows, Glenn O. Coleman and Martin Lewis. Their images depict casual, daily life, featuring people at the circus, beach, boxing matches, reading, walking, dancing or relaxing, among other activities. Individual images by other artists will be displayed around these works, as well as colorful lithographs created by Edward Penfield and William Carqueville for magazines. The exhibition also features works from the late 1930s by artists who were employed through the Works Progress Administration, a federal economic relief program.

Where: Downtown Ann Arbor
Strut created the official 2008 guide for biggest baddest art show you'll ever see. For a complete list of artists, parking, shuttle routes, performances and more, click to www.annarborartguide.com and download the only guide you'll ever need to browse sidewalk sales and various works of art, or check out art activities at the Imagination Stations. 
Cost: Free; parking costs vary
Contact: 734.995.7281, www.annarbor.org/events/artfairs

Where: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit

Considering Detroit, MOCAD’s latest exhibition, will explore contemporary art in the Detroit area. The exhibition, the first in a series, aims to document the recent history of the region’s art, according to MOCAD. Various artists and groups, such as Ellen Cantor, Maurice Greenia, Jim Gustafson, Allie McGhee, Heather McGill, Gordon Newton and artist collective TIME STEREO, will be highlighted in the 2008 exhibition. Works to be displayed include drawings, videos and installations, among other things.

Cost: Free

When: Show dates, July 2 - 25. Opening Reception (public invited) Fri., July 11, 6 - 9 p.m.; Regular gallery hours are Wed, Thurs & Sat, Noon - 5. Fri, Noon - 9 p.m. 

100 artists were given a 14x21 inch frame to fill as they desired. The exhibit is a collection of works in many mediums, from acrylic to mixed media and beyond from local metro Detroit artists who took the gallery up on its challenge. 

Where: Lawrence Street Gallery is at 22620 Woodward, Ferndale (East side of Woodward, two blocks south of 9 Mile).

Cost: Free