Once Upon A Time: Prints & Drawings That Tell Stories

http://www.dia.org/calendar/exhibition.aspx?id=2703&iid=

Telling stories through prints and drawings is the subject of this exhibition consisting of works from the DIA's collection. It includes selections from familiar series, portfolios, and books, as well as several examples that have rarely or never been seen at the museum. Among them are David Hockney’s etchings from Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, a volume of Moby Dick with illustrations by Rockwell Kent, a copy of the 15th-century Nuremberg Chronicle, Wassily Kandinsky’s Klange, Henri Matisse’s Parsiphal, Jim Dine’s Picture of Dorian Gray...

Art on Farm: a diary from the Isan plateau

http://www.jimthompsonhouse.com/events/Isan-plateau.asp

A collective exhibition of work from the Art on Farm projects from 2009 – 2011. The Art on Farm projects at the Jim Thompson Farm began with the collaboration of the Jim Thompson Art Center and the Jim Thompson Farm. We invited artists to produce works in the context of Eco Agriculture and North Eastern style architecture, giving the artists the opportunity to interrelate between art and the environment, including the raising of silk worms, agriculture, culture and architecture within the context of the North-East, with the aim of connecting art, life and nature.

Detroit Artists Market: The First 80 Years

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120331/ENT01/203310358/1033/Detroit-gallery-canvas-new-talent

To salute its Midtown neighbor, the Detroit Historical Museum is hosting "Detroit Artists Market: The First 80 Years," a retrospective with 132 pieces drawn from the best of DAM's exhibits over the years.

Detroit Historical Museum

5401 Woodward Ave
Detroit

9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday-Friday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday
noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday

$6 adults; $4 kids 5-17, students and seniors

Call (313) 833-1805 or visit www.detroithistorical.org.

75th annual Detroit Public Schools Student Exhibition

http://www.dia.org/calendar/exhibition.aspx?id=3194&iid=

The artistic talents of students in kindergarten through 12th grade will be on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Hundreds of paintings, prints, drawings, photography, ceramics and other pieces will be featured beginning Saturday at the 75th annual Detroit Public Schools Student Exhibition.

District students submitted their work to a jury of local artists. Detroit schools officials and a representative from the art institute determined which ones would make the show.

Jennie Ottinger :: What To Do With Your Orphan: A Manual

http://johanssonprojects.com/phpflickr/orphan_show.php

Reception: Sat, May 12, 5-7pm

Johansson Projects is pleased to present Jennie Ottinger's "What to Do with Your Orphan: A Manual", in which orphans partake in orphan-like activities. These include sleeping, playing dodgeball, and eating breakfast. But don't be fooled into thinking an orphan's life is just like yours or mine. Ottinger nonchalantly renders a mouth too far unhinged or a patch of flesh a bit too pink, making her gouache ghosts look almost human, but not quite. Horror invades the lullaby of the sweet, little orphan. ...

College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition

http://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/seo

This hugely popular event will showcase student artwork as we transform the new A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education into a gallery of more than 3,500 student works of art. The Student Exhibition is one of Detroit’s largest celebrations of creativity featuring creations by up-and-coming artists who craft furniture, sculpture, ceramics, hand-blown glass, jewelry, paintings, photography and other extraordinary works of art. All proceeds from the sale of art go directly to the students.

Opening: Friday, May 11
Public Days: Saturday, May 12