Anne Furnaris’s sculpture “The Cosmic Pendulum” is part of Re/View, a juried exhibition of work by alumni from across the country of the College for Creative Studies. CCS Valade Family Gallery – A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education, 460 West Baltimore, Detroit, MI 48202
Two pieces by Deborah Benedic are part of a show at the Bridge Gallery (191 W. Parkhurst, Detroit). Opening reception Friday, May 10, 2024, 5 to 9.
Cheryl Boc-Chidester’s painting “Bonaventure Cemetery” is in the Brighton Art Guild’s “Brighton with Art Award Winners” exhibition at Brighton’s CoBACH Center (Brighton’s old town hall). She also has has two pieces in the PARC Gallery (Plymouth, MI) “Nature of Art” exhibition, through May 6, 2024. In addition, a mixed media piece, “Riot of Wildflowers``and a photograph, are included in Ypsilanti’s Bloom Gallery’s inaugural exhibition, on view through May 2024.
Cherly Barill, Jan Filarski, Susan Kwolek, Loretta Markell and Vasu Tolia will be part of the Birmingham Society of Women Painters’ exhibition Flora and Fauna at the University of Michigan June and July, 2024.
Nobuko Yamasaki will be included the group exhibition “Anthropocene” at the Annex Gallery at 333 Midland, Highland Park, MI, May 3 - 19, 2024.
Lisa Sabo Brown’s Segmented Reality is on display at the New Buffalo Art Gallery (New Buffalo, MI) for summer 2024.
Marguerite Carroll Carlton and Virginia Naegeli are both participating in the 2024 Spring Salon of detroit contemporary, through April 28, 2024.
Nobuko Yamasaki is part of the group show “Anthropocene Transmissions” at the Annex Gallery May 3 - 19, 2024 (reception Saturday, May 4, 2024, 4 - 7 pm). 333 Midland Avenue, Detroit
Juror Stan Kurth selected work by four members for the Michigan Water Color Society 77th Annual Exhibition: Cheryl Boc-Chidester, Kathleen McNamee, Paula Zaks, and Lori Zurvalec. Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City, June 21 - September 1, 2024.
Suzanne Allen has a piece entitled Smoldering in "Miniature Masterpieces" at Paint Creek Art Center in Rochester through April 6, 2024. She also had art in the “Our Town” show at the Community House in Birmingham in March 2024, and in the “Nature of Art” show at the PARC Gallery in Plymouth (through May 6, 2024, with the reception from 5 to 7 on April 3).
Pat Vartanian has a photograph accepted in “Exposures ‘24” at the Lawrence Street Gallery.
Linda Allen, Nina Ashraf Asmi, and Judith Bemis have been juried into the 2024 Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition at the Scarab Club.
Valerie Allen juried pieces by Cheryl Barill, Pat Duff, Jan Filarski, Loretta Markell, and Vasu Tolia into the Birmingham Society of Women Painters’ show "Delicate Balance" at the Color and Ink Studio (20919 John R, Hazel Park, April 6 to 25, 2024)
Loretta Markell also has work on display at the Livonia Library Gallery in the Livonia Civic Center.
Ashley Menth is participating in The Emerging Artist #3 at Design Studio 6 (8626 West McNichols, Detroit 48221. Reception April 5, 2023.
Linda Allen, Nina Ashraf Asmi, and Judith Bemis have been juried into the 2024 Gilda Snowden Exhibition at the Scarab Club.
Marilynn Thomas has two pieces of acrylic assemblage (definitely not her usual medium, which is watercolor) juried into the Lost & Found show at Gutman Gallery (the Guild) in Ann Arbor from March 15 to April 27, 2024.
Judith Bemis has a collage piece, ”Famished” at the Gutman Gallery’s show “Lost and Found,” on display until April 23.
Janet Almstadt-Davidson had a piece accepted at the The Outdoor Show at the Anton Art Gallery in January 2024.
Members juried into Our Town 2024 include Cheryl Barill, Ellen Doyle, Shirl Hathaway, Virginia Naegeli, Steffanie Samuels, Sue Schneider, Paula Zaks, and Nancy Wanchik.
Mary Taitt had pieces accepted in “Today's Weather” at the Grosse Pointe Artists' Association and also in the GPAA show “Welcome to Detroit.”
Pat Vartanian had a photograph accepted for the Lawrence Street Gallery’s Exposures: Photography ‘24, on view April 3 - 26, 2024 at 22620 Woodward Avenue, Ferndale 48220.
Laura Gabriel’s painting The Glory of the Prairie Sunrise was juried into the members show, “Today’s Weather” at Starkweather Gallery (February, March 2024).
Thirteen members had work juried into the Grosse Pointe Art Association’s show Welcome to Detroit! at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Dr, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236, through May 2, 2024:
Nina Ashram
Linda Boyle
Marguerite Carroll Carlton
Ellen Doyle
Anne Furnaris
Wilhelmina Giblin
Shirley Hathaway
Betty McGraw
Kathleen McNamee
Kathryn Poremski
Mandy Pringle
Mary Taitt
Vasundhara Tolia
Nobuko Yamasaki
Laura Gabriel’s painting The Glory of the Prairie Sunrise was juried into the members show, “Today’s Weather” at Starkweather Gallery.
Michele Hunt has work displayed at the Anton Art Center in the Michigan Annual LI and the Outdoors show. She also has a variety of work on display at the Bruce Township Hall.
The Sentinel by Barbara Clay was juried into the Michigan Annual at the Anton Art Center by Meighen Jackson.
Loretta Markell will have two paintings in the Livonia Fine Art Gallery show "Potpourri "with the BBAC at the Livonia Civic Center from March 2 - March 27
Laura Gabriel was juried into the Members show at Starkweather Gallery and the show "Today's Weather" with her painting "The Glory of the Prairie Sunrise".
Linda Allen, Deb Benedic, Barbara Driscoll Clay, Kimberly Santini, and Vasu Tolia were juried into the Michigan Annual LI Exhibition at the Anton Art Center in Mt. Clemens on view through February 22, 2023.
Pat Duff, Martine MacDonald, Loretta Markell, Katherine Poremski, and Fran Seikaly are DSWPS members juried into this exhibition "The Body Eclectic" at the Lawrence Street Gallery in Ferndale. The opening reception will be March 4, 2024, Sunday, from 2 - 4:30 pm.
DSWPS members in the "Today's Weather Show" at the Grosse Pointe Artists Association are Loretta Markell, Kathleen McNamee, Mary Taitt, Fran Seikaly and Nobuko Yamasaki.
Marcia Guetschow and Cheryl Chidester have been juried into “Fields of Vision” at the Crooked Tree Art Center in Petoskey. The show runs January 13 to February 24, 2024.
Eight artists juried into the Grosse Pointe Artist Association’s Table Talk: 48 Artists Share Memorable Conversations are members of DSWPS. The exhibition runs November 16, 2023 to January 14, 2024 at the (Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lakeshore, Grosse Pointe 48236)
Suzanne Allen
Linda Boyle
Loretta Markell
Kathleen McNamee
Margaret Reese
Barbara Smith-Gibson
Mary Taitt
Vasu Tolia
Nobuko Yamasaki
Six members have had art selected for “Think Small” at the Lawrence Street Gallery (22620 Woodward Ave, Ferndale 48220) November 29, 2023 - January 19, 2024 (receptions Sunday, December 3 and Sunday, January 7):
Danna Wolke Bowersox
Linda Boyle
Marguerite Carroll Carlton
Kathleen McNamee
Kathryn Poremski
Pat Vartanian
Lori Zurvalec
Marguerite Carlton has work accepted in “When Nature Calls” at the Public Pool (3309 Caniff, Hamtramck, 48212). Reception Saturday, November 18, 2023 from 6 to 10.
Four members have had work accepted for the Detroit Artist Market’s annual “Art for the Holidays” exhibit, on view from November 10 to December 23, 2023:
Marguerite Carroll Carlton ~ Kathleen McNamee ~ Ashley Menth ~ Vasundhara Tolia
Several members are participating in “Merry and Bright,” curated by Amanda Koss at The Gallery at Brewery Park, 1155 Gratiot, Detroit 48202, November 2, 2023 - January 1, 2024:
Marguerite Carroll Carlton ~ Suzanne Allen ~ Vasu Tolia ~ Betty McGraw ~ Ashley Menth
Four members have been juried into the Scarab Club’s 110th Gold Medal Show, juried by Carole Harris. The reception is Friday, November 17, 2023, from 5 to 8.
Beth Rinna Brown ~ Marguerite Carroll Carlton ~ Ellen Kennary Doyle ~ Jackie Rybinski
Loretta Markell's painting “Still-life with Dark Vase” was juried into a show with the Birmingham Society of Women Painters, to be held at The Woods Gallery, 26415 Scotia, Huntington Woods from January 7 - February 23, 2024, with an opening reception January 25 from 6 to 8 pm.
Loretta Markell will also be part of the show "Intersections" from January thru March, 2024 at the Flagstar Strand Theatre, 12 Saginaw St., Pontiac, MI. The opening reception is Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 2pm.
Eight members contributed to the Art in the Time of Covid Endurance Exhibition at the Swords into Ploughshares gallery in Detroit:
Suzanne Allen ~ Deborah Benedic ~ Janet Kondziela ~ Martine MacDonald ~ Loretta Markell ~ Theresa Moore ~ Sharlene Welton ~ Lori Zurvalec
Kathleen McNamee’s watercolor, “Have You Apples in that Basket?” has been juried into the Philadelphia Water Color Society’s 123rd International Exhibition of Works on Paper. The show will be online (only) starting October 16, 2023. Click here to connect.
Eight members are represented in the Grosse Pointe Art Association’s Black and White exhibition, on view through November 10, 2023 at 32 Lakeshore Road, Grosse Pointe, MI 48230.
Suzanne Allen
Marguerite Carroll Carlton
Ellen Doyle
Betty McGraw
Kathleen McNamee
Mary Taittt
Vast Tolia
Nobuko Yamasaki (Best of Show)
Five members have work accepted for West of Center at the Northville Art House, August 29 - Sept. 23, 2023
Suzanne Allen
Kathleen McNamee
Fran Seikaly
Pat Vartanian
Lori Zurvalec
Lori Zurvalec has had work accepted in the 29th Annual Canton Fine Arts Exhibition at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill/The Gallery at Cherry Hill. On view Sept 26 - October 28, 2023
Four members have been juried into the 94th Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition at the Muskegon Museum of Art, Sept 28 - Nov 8, 2023.
Beth Brown
Marcia Guetschow
Sarah Kasper
Lori Zurvalec
Ten members are participating in Call & Response 4: Poets and Artists in Dialogue, on view at the Grosse Pointe Congregational Church Art Gallery from October 1, 2023 to January 8, 2024
Linda Allen
Patricia Tucker-Beard
Mady Chen
Jan Filarski
Carol LaChiusa
Theresa Moore
Carol Cook Reid
Kimberly Kelly Santini
Joan Smykowski
Lori Zurvalec
Marguerite Carlton’s photograph ‘Organic Compatibility’ is in the Grosse Pointe Artists Association exhibit ‘My Favorite.’ The exhibit runs through September 15. She also has work in the Detroit Artist Market Block Party Saturday, August 12, 2023.
Thirteen members of DSWPS have work on display at the Lawrence Street Gallery’s Summer Invitational ‘23, July 5 - 28, 26620 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI 48220. Opening reception Sunday July 9, 2 - 4:30:
Janet Almstadt-Davison ~ Cheryl Barill Day ~ Danna Wolke Bowersox ~ Marta Carvajal ~ Barbara Clay ~ Susan Eatmon ~ Susan Kwolek ~ Sunanda Mallick ~ Kathleen McNamee ~ Lynn Edwards Newman ~ Mary Taitt ~ Pat Vartanian ~ Lori Zurvalec
Ellen Doyle has been juried into the Detroit Artists’ Market exhibition “hot DAM!”, on view August 4 - September 2, 2023.
Photographs by Marguerite Carlton have been juried into two shows in June 2023: ‘Follow the Thread’ at the Grosse Pointe Artists Association and the exhibit “REGROWTH” at the Swords into Plowshares Peace Center & Gallery.
Julie Strabel is in an invitational show at Ludington Art Center for the month of July: 107 S Harrison St, Ludington, MI.
Laura Gabriel’s sculpture "Serenity " has been juried into the 2023 Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition at the Marshall Frederick Museum, in Saginaw (7400 Bay Rd, University Center, MI 48710).
Five DSWPS members had work juried into "Emergence," an exhibition of work by members of the Birmingham Society of Women Painters. The show, at the Anton Art Center in Mt Clemens, runs from May 6 - June 10, 2023:
Jan Filarski ~ Susan Kwolek ~ Loretta Markell ~ Cheryl Barill ~ Vasu Tolia
The exhibition ‘Green,’ at the Grosse Pointe Artists Gallery (32 Lakeshore Drive, Grosse Pointe Farms) includes images by six members of DSWPS. The exhibit closes April 27 2023.
Marguerite Carlton ~ Ellen Doyle ~ Ashley Menth ~ Vasu Tolia ~ Mary Stebbins Taitt ~ Nobuko Yamasaki
Multiple pieces by nine members of DSWPS were represented in the 2023 Our Town exhibition at the Community House in Birmingham, MI, March 30 - April 14:
Pamela Alexander ~ Janet Almstadt-Davison ~ Danna Wolke Bowersox ~ Laura Gabriel ~ Shirl Hathaway ~ Janet Kondziela ~ Kathleen McNamee ~ Vasu Tolia ~ Pat Vartanian
An oil painting by Marilynn Thomas is featured in the show “Food for Thought” at Gutman Gallery's (Ann Arbor) April 14 - May 13 (reception April 14, 4 - 6 pm)
Three members have been juried into Exposures: Photography ‘23 at the Lawrence Street Gallery, on view April 5 - 28, 2023 at 22620 Woodward Suite A, Ferndale, MI 48220
Kathleen McNamee ~ Mary Taitt ~ Pat Vartanian
Six DSWPS members are represented in a juried show of works by the Birmingham Society of Women Painters, on view in March and April 2023 at the Atelier School of Art (407 E 4th St, Royal Oak, MI 48067):
Cheryl Barill ~ Jan Filarski ~ Susan Kwolek ~ Loretta Markell ~ Fran Seikaly ~ Vasu Tolia
Mary Stebbins Taitt had two pieces accepted for “Body Eclectic ‘23) at the Lawrence Street Gallery in Ferndale, MI.
Juror Peter Gahan selected works by eight DSWPS members for the 2023 Michigan Annual L exhibition at the Anton Art Center (125 Macomb Place, Mount Clemens, MI 48043). The show runs January 28-February 25, 2023.
Barbara Clay ~ Jan Filarski ~ Laura Gabriel ~ Amanda Koss ~ Susan Kwolek ~ Loretta Markell ~ Kathleen McNamee ~ Sue Michels
Laura Gabriel was juried into Michigan Annual L with her sculpture "Ottersurprise". She is also in the Anton Arts Center "Small Works" show with two paintings, "Stone Cottage" and "Checkerboard Goat" (honorable mention). Additionally she is represented in the Starkweather Gallery Members Show (Romeo, MI) with three paintings.
Small Works Juried All Media Exhibition at the Northville Art House, November 12 - December 17, 2022:
Pamela Alexander ~ Cheryl Barill ~ Kathleen McNamee ~ Barbara Eko Murphy ~ Fran Seikaly ~ Pat Vartanian ~ Jes Zilla ~ Lori Zurvalec
Eight of the 29 artists chosen to participate in Weather Report at Lawrence Street Gallery belong to DSWPS (October 6 - 29, 2022)
Cheryl Barill ~ Barbara Clay ~ Ellen Doyle ~ Pat Duff ~ Kathleen McNamee
Fran Seikaly ~ Jes Zilla ~ Lori Zurvalec
Six of the forty artists that sculptor Sergio De Giusti selected for the 2022 West of Center Exhibition at Northville Art House are members of DSWPS
Daria Fileta ~ Kathleen McNamee ~ Lynn Edwards Newman
Pat Vartanian ~ Jes Zilla ~ Lori Zurvalec
August 30 - September 24, 2022
Summer Invitational ‘22, Lawrence Street Gallery, June 30 - July 29, 2022 includes fifteen DSWPS members.
Carole Carpenter ~ Barbara Clay ~ Pat Duff ~ Susan Eatmon ~ Daria Fileta ~ Carol Jackson ~ Amanda Koss ~ Betty McGraw ~ Kathleen McNamee ~ Theresa Ann Moore ~ Barbara Eko Murphy ~ Fran Seikaly ~ Vasu Tolia ~ Jes Zilla ~ Lori Zurvalec
Opening reception Sunday, July 3, 2 - 5; mid-month reception Sunday, July 17, 2 - 5
Scarab Club Photography Group: Focus and Grosse Pointe Artists Association Marguerite Carlton has three photographs in the photography exhibition “Where’ve You Been?” at the GPAA Gallery, 32 Lakeshore Drive, Grosse Pointe Farms. Opening reception June 23, 4-7pm. On view through August 18
Work by Pat Tucker will appear in “Art in the Community” at the Bridge Gallery, 191 W. Parkhurst Pl., Detroit 48203 (just north of 6-Mile between Woodward & John R. June 25 and 26, 2022, noon to 6 pm
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