1967 Remembered

[Lowell]

1967 on the Art Front

Now and Then: Artists Contemplate the Summer of 1967
Detroit Artists Market [DAM]
4719 Woodward Avenue in Detroit [[three blocks south of the Detroit Institute of Arts, and one block north of MOCAD)
Open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Exhibitions are free of charge

An art exhibition that brings together a wide range of voices and perspectives on the fifty years since the tumultuous events of the summer of 1967. These events changed Detroit and surrounding communities forever, in ways both clear and subtle. As the 50th anniversary draws near, many are reflecting on that summer in Detroit and its impact.

Now and Then: Artists Contemplate the Summer of 1967 opens on Friday, April 28, 2017, 6-9 p.m. Curator Jeff Cancelosi will host a special gallery talk with the artists on May 6, 2017 at 1 p.m. as well as a panel discussion How Did the Detroit Art Community React to the Summer of 1967? on May 20, 2017.

Some Images from Friday's Opening

Tylonn Sawyer
Every Now and Then
Charcoal and acrylic on Paper 4' x 6'


Carole Morisseau
On the Edge
oil on canvas 3' x 5'


Rashaun Rucker
My Soul is Still on Fire [[Smoke Signal)
graphite on paper 2' x 1'


SLEEP [Antoine Sleep McDowell]
Unlimited Data
10 layered hand cut stencils and Montana 94 4' x 5'


Show Curator Jeff Cancelosi [right] with Antoine Sleep McDowell [center left]

[warsaw7]

Hmmmm.... forgetting the fact that the DIA has been showcasing home movies around 1967 for the last few months now? Or the "Art of Rebellion: Black Art of the Civil Rights Movement" as part of the Detroit '67 Project?