WEAPONS AND WHITE MUSIC
February 2 through April 27, 2024
New Gallery Hours: Thursday, 12-5PM; Friday, 12-7PM; Saturday, 12-5PM

The Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, is pleased to present Weapons and White Music, an exhibition of works by Jefferson Pinder, February 2 through April 27, 2024.  The opening reception will be held on Friday, February 2, 5-8PM.

Marking his first solo exhibition in Detroit, Pinder taps into potent themes of his twenty-five year career.  

Weapons and White Music is an eclectic curation of objects and videos that places a finger onto the pulse of contemporary Americana and pop-culture. Sampling from the history of films and popular music, Pinder delves into the subconscious of race in the everyday. In context to pop themes, he displays a sampling of weapons that were inspired by revolution and surrender. 

Dates: April 26 through May 10, 2024              
Opening Reception: Friday, April 26, 5-8PM
Gallery Hours:  Tuesday through Thursday, 12-5PM

The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art, Art History and Design, Wayne State University, is pleased to present RESURGENCE: 2024 WSU UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION from April 26 through May 10, 2024. The opening reception will be held Friday, April 26, 5-8PM.

RESURGENCE celebrates student achievements and their outstanding artwork from areas within the department: Art, Art History, and Design. Through the pursuit of learning, students use their strengths to develop conceptual and innate ideas. The multi-disciplinary studio practices expand the human condition, allowing each student to seek and escape the familiar to the unknown. Their collective existences act as a drive to encourage future change.

Dates: April 26 through May 10, 2024              
Opening Reception: Friday, April 26, 5-8PM
Gallery Hours:  Tuesday through Thursday, 12-5PM

In conjunction with RESURGENCE, the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art, Art History, and Design is pleased to present AT LONG LAST: 2024 BFA Thesis Exhibition from April 26 through May 10, 2024.

Students enrolled in Professional Practices II, come together to showcase their work. The interdisciplinary seminar, a capstone course for BFA students, encourages them to examine contemporary issues in the visual art, including history, art criticism and art making. This exhibition celebrates their outstanding achievements during their undergraduate studies at WSU and features approximately 30 works created through a variety of disciplines and approaches.

Works by the following students are included in the exhibition:
Nathan Adkins (BFA, Photography), Regin Bradford (BFA, Digital Art), Amanda Buck (BFA Digital Arts), Aron Vital Collazo (BFA, Digital Arts), Morgann Cedro (BFA, Photography), Robin Dean (BFA, Digital Arts), Alex Gammicchia (BFA Digital Arts, Illustration Minor), Stephanie Hansen (BFA, Sculpture), Miles Hicks (BFA, Digital Arts), Savanna Mouat (BFA, Photography, Illustration Minor), Arthur Rushin III (BFA, Drawing, Illustration Minor), and Morela “Momo” Taffe (BFA, Drawing, Illustration Minor).

Dates: May 31 through June 29, 2024

A month-long art exhibition devoted to LGBTQ+ Art, curated by Mighty Real/Queer Detroit.

MR/QD’s second biennial exhibition will explore the mirroring relationship between art and self, as well as art and communities, highlighting the role of art in achieving personal visibility and social connection. The new exhibition features LGBTQ+ artists from throughout the USA and abroad.

Over 170 artists will be exhibiting work in 12 galleries around Metro Detroit area.