Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

42nd Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition

June16 – August 17, 2023

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC), a nonprofit community art center serving the Detroit region, has hosted the Michigan Fine Arts Competition annually since 1982 when the Detroit Institute of Arts turned the statewide competition over to the BBAC. Every year, more than 500 artists from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois & Wisconsin enter the competition. The MFAC is juried by artist(s) or curator(s) of distinction, who select current works of the highest quality. Cash awards support working artists, while recognizing the contributions they make to the cultural fabric of our region.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Storm Over Lake Erie – Study, 2022, Oil on Linen, 13 x 15 Inches (Framed)

Juror
Cris Worley:

Cris Worley is the founder and owner of Cris Worley Fine Arts, one of Dallas’ premiere contemporary art galleries. She holds a BFA and MA, both in Art History, from The University of the South, and Southern Methodist University, respectively. Cris has over 20 years of experience in the fine art business, as director for other art galleries including Pan American Art Projects, and launching her own in 2010. Cris is an active leader in the arts in Dallas. She is a founding member of The Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas (CADD) and has served on the advisory committee for the Town of Westlake’s Public Art Program. She continues to juror exhibitions, act as guest speaker to universities and mentor artists in the early stages of their careers. Likewise, she provides advisory services to a select number of clients.

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Summer Gallery Hours
Mon.-Thurs., 9am-5pm & Fri. & Sat., 9am-4pm

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

Students of Donald Cronkhite

June 10 – August 20, 2023

My goal as a teacher is not to train students to paint like I do, but to provide them with a toolbox of techniques they can use in their own way. I want to expose them to great art and art history in a welcoming, relaxing atmosphere. We are all learning together. I am continually inspired by my students, regardless of skill level. We meet where we are on our artistic journeys and travel together, getting to know each other better through each successive class.

I am so proud of my Introduction to Oil Painting classes. It takes courage to try something new and there is so much to learn when starting oil painting that it can easily be overwhelming. My students have done a wonderful job taking those first baby steps into the world of oils.

My most recent offering is Imitating the Old Masters. This is proving to be a very popular class and one that is fun to teach. Although we are all painting the same subject, the results are as unique as the individual artists and I love seeing each student’s “masterpiece.”

The Advanced Studio class comprises students who are able to work with a great deal of independence. I serve as a guide to these students as they work on their own pieces in their own style.

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Gallery Hours
Mon.-Thurs., 9am-10pm & Fri. & Sat., 9am-4pm

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Anton Art Center

MICHIGAN ANNUAL 50TH STATEWIDE ART COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION

January 28 – February 25, 2023

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ethereal Azure, Oil on Linen, 53 Inches High x 75.25 Inches Wide, 2023

Awards:
Second Place

Juror: Peter Gahan
Peter Gaham is the owner of Detroit Art Specialists, which is a full-service fine art consulting business

Open Reception & Rewards
Saturday, January 28, 2:00 p.m.

Anton Art Center
125 Macomb Place, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
Telephone: (586) 469.8666
Stephanie Hazzard, Exhibition Manager: sahazzard@theartcenter.org

Gallery Hours
Sunday & Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Saturday:  10:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.

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DETROIT ARTIST MARKET

Concerning Landscape

January 17 – February 15, 2023

Duo Art Exhibition at DAM and Henry Ford Cancer Pavilion

Concerning Landscape, curated by Megan Winkel, is a dual-location exhibition that explores the construct of landscape and its various forms of expression. The show at DAM focuses on conceptual interpretations featuring artists Carla Anderson, John Azoni, Helen Gotlib, Carole Harris, Kayla Powers, Sharon Que, Jocelyn Rainey, Jon Setter, and Ann Smith. A presentation of works from DAM members is on view at the neighboring Henry Ford Health’s Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion.

Artists on view at Henry Ford Cancer Pavilion:

Donald Cronkhite, Pamela Day, Ellen Doyle, Frank James Fisher, Bill Gemmell, Alex Gilford, Birgit Huttemann-Holz, Sarah Kasper, Nancy Kozlowski, Diane Marie Kramer, Matt Lewis, Brant MacLean, Steve Miller, Scott Millington, Christine Monhollen, Jon Parlangeli, Catherine Peet, Kari Rasmussen, Christine Ritchie, Olga Salimova, Bill Schahfer, Mark Zapico

 Curated by Jeff Cancelosi

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Autumn Storm, Oil on Linen, 28 Inches High x 31Inches Wide, 2021

Open Reception at DAM:
Friday, January 20th from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Artist Reception at Henry Ford Cancer Pavilion, West Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202:
Saturday, January 28th from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Juror: Megan Winkel

Detroit Artist Market
4719 woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201
Matt Fry, Director: Tel (313) 832.8540 / mfry@detroitartistsmarket.org

Gallery Hours
Monday & Sunday: Closed
Tuesday – Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART 93RD MICHIGAN CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION

October 6th – November 30th, 2022

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ethereal Azure, Oil on Linen, 53 Inches High x 75.25 Inches Wide, 2023

Open Reception
TBD

Juror
Kira Nam Greene:

Muskegon Museum of Art
296 West Weber Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49440
Art Martin, Director of Collections & Exhibitions / Senior Curator: Tel (231) 720.2575

Museum Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday:  11:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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ROBERT KIDD GALLERY

May 27th – June 6th, 2022

Presents

Solo Exhibition: Cloudscapes the Color of White
Paintings by Donald Cronkhite

Featuring 17 expressive and brilliantly colored cloudscape paintings that capture the ephemeral and atmospheric conditions found in nature, typically just before a storm. Visitors will engage with powerful compositions of expressive colors and dynamic formations, almost hearing the thunder as the clouds seem to bloom on the canvas. So often overlooked, a familiar sight in the background becomes extraordinary when brought to the fore, simultaneously realistic and wildly abstract. Cronkhite is passionate about clouds, and he wants to share their untamed and ever-changing beauty with the world.

Open Reception
Friday, May 27th from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Meet the Artist
Friday, June 2nd from 5:00 PM – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 4th from 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.  

ROBERT KIDD GALLERY
107 Townsend Street, Birmingham, Michigan 48009
Gerard Marti: Tel (248) 642.3909

Gallery Hours
Monday – Saturday 11am-8pm

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University of Michigan-Dearborn / Stamelos Art Center

Picturing Places and Spaces

January 20th – April 1st, 2022

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Gray Sereies No.16, Oil on Linen, 19.5 Inches High x 46 Inches Wide

Stamelos Gallery Center
1st Floor, Mardigian Library, UM-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128

Black Box Gallery

Solo Art Exhibition: Trappings of the Ephemeral

January 14th – February 13th, 2022

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ten Thousand Branches, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 54.5 Inches Wide, 2019 / One of Twenty Paintings on Exhibit

Opening Reception
Due to the rise in cases, we will not be having an official opening reception on the 14^th, however the show will be open and available to view at ones leisure during the dates provided above. Masks ARE required in the gallery at ALL TIMES for the safety of our patrons and staff.

Black Box Gallery
1034 Monroe St., Dearborn, MI 48124
Phone: (313) 562.1232

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

My Favorite

January 13 – March 3, 2022

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Woman in a Red Coat, Oil on Linen, 75.5″ high x 52.5″ wide, 2015  (Framed)

Gallery Hours
You can preview the “My Favorite” show below and visit the gallery to see it in person. Gallery hours are: Thursdays, 2-6:30 pm thru March 3 Saturday, 10 am -1 pm thru February 26

You are also invited to hear the artists talk about their work and why it is their favorite. Chris Zientek will moderate an artists’ forum at 6:30 pm on Thursday, Jan. 13, at The War Memorial.  Leslie Getz will moderate a virtual forum at 2 pm on Sunday, Feb. 13, via zoom.

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MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART 92ND MICHIGAN CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION

September 23rd – November 10th, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Blue Crescendo, Oil on Linen, 53 Inches High x 75.25 Inches Wide, 2021

Open Reception
Thursday, September 23rd from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Juror
Karen Hampton:

Muskegon Museum of Art
296 West Weber Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49440
Art Martin, Director of Collections & Exhibitions / Senior Curator: Tel (231) 720.2575

Museum Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday:  11:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

Our Rivers, Our Lakes

September 23 – November 4, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Autumn Flurries by the Lake Shore, Oil on Linen, 28 Inches High x 31 Inches Wide, 2021 / Misty Rain Over Carpenter, Oil on Linen, 10 Inches High x 12 Inches Wide (Framed)

Gallery Talk & Award Presentation
6:30 pm, Thursday, Sept. 23

Juror
Sabrina Miller:
Sabrina Miller is an Ecosystem Biologist/Wetland Specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District Regulatory Office. Her passion is habitat restoration and protection in the Great Lakes Region for future generations. In addition to her regular duties with the Corps, she is a member of the Regulatory Outreach Team preparing presentations and other informational materials for the public about wetlands and waterways.

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The Butler Institute of American Arts

85th National Midyear Show

July 18th – September 5, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ten Thousand Branches, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 54.5 Inches Wide, 2019

Juror
Paul Ching-Bor

The Butler Institute of American Arts
524 Wick Avenue, Yongstown, OH 44502
Phone: (330) 743.1107
email: info@butlerart.com

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

40th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition

June 8 – August 21, 2021

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC), a nonprofit community art center serving the Detroit region, has hosted the Michigan Fine Arts Competition annually since 1982 when the Detroit Institute of Arts turned the statewide competition over to the BBAC. Every year, more than 500 artists from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois & Wisconsin enter the competition. The MFAC is juried by artist(s) or curator(s) of distinction, who select current works of the highest quality. Cash awards support working artists, while recognizing the contributions they make to the cultural fabric of our region.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Blue Crescendo, Oil on Linen, 53 Inches High x 75.25 Inches Wide, 2021

Juror
David Lusk:

David Lusk likes looking at art: in person or online; from a blind submission or during a fancy appointment; at a museum or gallery or art fair or artist’s studio.  Because of that fact & his ability to help people understand that they should live surrounded by art, he has had a successful & fun-filled 33 years dealing art.

Lusk’s eponymous business, David Lusk Gallery, has outposts in Memphis & Nashville, Tennessee — far from the artworld hotspots, but still home-base for artists of fantastic creativity & appreciative clients.  The Gallery represents a diverse group of painters, photographers & sculptors from across the United States, as well as a handful of artist estates. 

The Gallery maintains an active schedule of exhibitions at both locations, creating over 24 distinct & carefully curated shows annually, that even in the year of COVID were still well-received.  The Gallery participates in a handful of international art fairs each year & its website, DavidLuskGallery.com, is an award-winning location for looking at art & learning about artists.  The Gallery regularly works with museums both small & large & major private collectors to advance its artists’ careers.  The New York Times, Miami Herald, Time Magazine, Southern Living, The Huffington Post are just a few media outlets that have discussed David Lusk Gallery & its artists.

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Summer Gallery Hours
Mon.-Thurs., 9am-5pm & Fri. & Sat., 9am-4pm

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ART MILE

This summer, Art Mile returns with a full month of exhibitions and events celebrating the arts in Detroit

June 14 – July 11, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Golden Hour, Oil on Linen, 8 x 10 Inches, 2021, Grosse Pointe Artists’ Association: Inquire Artwork
Gloaming, Oil on Linen, 28.5 x 93.5 Inches, 2011, Wayne State University: University Art Collection
Amber Series No.4, Oil on Linen, 66.5 x 46.5 Inches, 2018, Robert Kidd Gallery: Inquire Artwork

Grosse Pointe Artist’ Association
Best of the Best:

Featuring artists who have won best of show in recent juried exhibitions:

Bob Beras | Donald Cronkhite | Leslie Getz | Bruce Giffin | Dan Hackett | Saralee Howard | Hiroko Lancour | Loretta Markell | Kathleen McNamee | Vasu Tolia

The Grosse Pointe Artists’ Association Gallery at The War Memorial
32 Lake Shore Drive | Grosse Pointe Farms | grossepo

Wayne State University
University Art Collection:

The Wayne State University Art Collection is used to educate, inspire, foster creative thinking and promote the advancement of social and cultural leadership. Founded in 1968, this evolving collection has grown to over 6500 works of art that celebrate Detroit artists, and features the most comprehensive collection of Detroit’s famed “Cass Corridor”, a counter cultural art movement that flourished at and around the university during the mid 1960’s to late 1970’s. Many artists in this collection have become some of the most important visual artists to emerge from Detroit and whose voices are prominent in the international conversation on contemporary art today.

Wayne State University Art Collection
656 W. Kirby. Detroit, MI 48202 | University Art Collection

Robert Kidd gallery
Birmingham Michigan Art Gallery:

The Robert Kidd Gallery, located in downtown Birmingham, was founded 30 years ago by Robert Louis Kidd and Ray Frost Fleming. Both Kidd and Fleming, graduates of The Cranbrook Academy of Art, exhibit the work of promising young artists in a serious and professional environment.

Upcoming Solo Exhibition:
Cloudscapes, The Color of White, May 2022

Robert Kidd Gallery
107 Townsend Street, Birmingham, MI 48009 | Cronkhite: Inquire Artwork

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

Faculty Show

April 30 – June 3, 2021

The general public is invited to come to the BBAC to see our exhibits – in groups of no more than four.  Masks must be worn at all times & social distancing must be observed. We will monitor exhibit-going traffic & may restrict entry depending upon the number of people in the galleries. (At this time, there will not be opening receptions for scheduled exhibits.)

NOTE: If you are interested in purchasing any of the exhibited art, you can do so at the BBAC during gallery hours, Monday-Friday, or phone 248.644.0866.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Autumn Flurries, Oil on Linen, 28 Inches High x 31 Inches Wide, 2021

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Gallery Hours
Mon.-Thurs., 10am-6pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am-4pm

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HATCHBACK 15 ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION

April 3rd – April 24, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Woodward Facade, Oil on Linen, 11 Inches High x 7 Inches Wide, 2019

In order to spread our visitors out evenly throughout the month of April, participating artists in Hatchback have
agreed to announce times they will be present. This may help you decide when you want to see the show.
Current schedule posted here.

Juror
Senghor Reid:

Senghor Reid grew up in Detroit’s urban environment, has always yearned to be closer to nature. In his recent series of paintings titled “Distilled,” he explores the question: What do water resources like Michigan’s lakes and rivers mean to us. This makes him the perfect juror for the Association’s popular exhibition, Our Rivers, Our Lakes.

Hatch Art
3456 Evaline Road, Hamtramck, MI 48212
http://www.hatchart.org

Gallery Hours

Extended Hours Saturday, April 3, 2021 12:00 Noon – 9:00pm

Gallery Hours Thursdays (6pm-9pm) and Saturdays (noon-6pm)

Masks required, limited occupancy

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The Art Guild

The Painted Moment

March 11 – April 14, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Golden Hour Before The Storm, 2020, Oil Painting on Linen, 23 x 72.5 Inches

VIRTUAL RECEPTION
The Art Guild will hold a virtual reception on Thursday, March 11th at 7:30 p.m. Winners will be announced along with comments on the work.

Juror
Christine Lafuente:
Christine Lafuente is an American painter known for her still lifes, landscapes, and interior scenes. Characterized by a blurred and painterly realism, Lafuente’s works are created working directly from life and completed in one sitting, allowing the paint to be applied wet into wet. Born in 1968 in Poughkeepsie, NY, she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and worked as an artist-in-residence at the Fleischer Art Memorial from 1997–2002. During that time, Lafuente began teaching at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia and went on to earn her MFA from Brooklyn College in 2004, where she studied under Lennart Anderson. Her works are in the collections of Princeton University, the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, and the Arco Chemical Company in Philadelphia, among others. Christine currently lives and works in Brooklyn throughout the year and spends summers painting in Maine.

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

The challenge: Try something new

February 2 – March 11, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ten Thousand Branches, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 54.5 Inches Wide, 2019
Awarded 2nd Place

Juror
Chuck Duquet:
Chuck Duquet has developed an uncanny sense of art markets over his more than 20 years of collecting around the world. He opened his gallery Collected Detroit because he believes in the depth of artistic talent in the city and supports efforts to make Detroit a destination and resource for serious artists and collectors. Click here for more on Chuck and Collected Detroit.

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NORTHVILLE ART HOUSE

15th Annual Members’ Exhibition

FEBRUARY 17 – MARCH 6, 2021

Showcasing current member artists who provide the community with joy, interaction, and inspiration. The work of over 80 members will be presented in-person as well as in a virtual exhibition.

MEMBERS’ CHOICE AWARDS – Northville Arthouse invites all of their members to recognize the extraordinary work of their members through their Members’ Choice Awards. The artists receiving the most recognition will receive a swag bag and highlighted on their digital media platforms.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Nankin Lake, After the Storm, Oil on Linen, 31 Inches High x 43.5 Inches Wide, 2017

Member’s Choice Award Winner
One of five members selected for this award

Open Reception
Saturday, November 20th, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Virtual Exhibition
The exhibition can be viewed online with enhanced gallery labels discussing the work and/or background of the artists.

Northville Art House
215 West Cady Street, Northville, MI 48167
1 Block south of Main, 2 blocks west of Center
Phone: 248.344.0497

Gallery Hours
Wednesday – Thursday:  10:00 a.m. –  6:00 p.m.
Friday – Saturday:  11:00 a.m. –  3:00 p.m.

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

Soul Searching

October 22, 2020 – January 27, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Golden Hour Before The Storm, 2020, Oil Painting on Linen, 23 x 72.5 Inches

Juror
Grace Serra:
Grace Serra, who has worked in the field of public art for more than 30 years, is committed to using the arts as a tool to impact lives in a positive way. She is the art curator at the Wayne State University Collection and the University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex. She has served as arts coordinator for the Art in the Stations Public Arts Project for the Detroit People Mover, Detroit Receiving and Children’s Hospital Art Collection Programs and has taught courses in the visual arts, art history and arts administration at Wayne State University, Eastern Michigan University and Henry Ford College. Serra received degrees in painting from Wayne State University (BFA) and the Dominican University in Florence, Italy (MFA), as well as a MA in Arts Administration from Eastern Michigan University.

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NORTHVILLE ART HOUSE

Small Works Juried All-Media Exhibition

NOVEMBER 11 – DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Northville Art House received 428 compelling works by 88 national and international artists including Canada, Michigan and thirteen additional states. Our jurors made selections based on a number of factors that would appeal to our Metro Detroit community including, but not limited to, technique, imagination, and subject matter. The space of the gallery and cohesiveness of the 160 selected works by 66 artists as a whole were also taken into consideration.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Sunrise Cloudscape Study, Oil on Linen, 7 Inches High x 9 Inches Wide, 2019

Open Reception
Saturday, November 14th, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. with Award Presentation at 2:00 p.m.

Northville Art House
215 West Cady Street, Northville, MI 48167
1 Block south of Main, 2 blocks west of Center
Phone: 248.344.0497

Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Friday:  12:00 p.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Saturday:  12:00 p.m. –  4:00 p.m.

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

39th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition

July 10 – August 27, 2020

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC) has hosted the Michigan Fine Arts Competition annually since 1982 when the Detroit Institute of Arts turned the statewide competition over to the BBAC.  Every year, more than 500 artists from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, & Wisconsin enter the competition. The MFAC is juried by artist(s) or curator(s) of distinction, who select current work of highest quality.  Cash awards support working artists, while recognizing the contributions they make to the cultural fabric of our region.

After much deliberation and consideration of the safety of their students, exhibiting artists, and the general public, and following with guidelines from Governor Whitmer, The BBAC have decided that their 2020 Michigan Fine Arts Competition will be a virtual only exhibition available to view on our website.

View 91 works of art juried in from more than 400. View Exhibition: https://bbartcenter.org/michigan-fine-arts-competition/

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Black Veil Over Lake Erie, Oil on Linen, 46.5 Inches High x 66.5 Inches Wide, 2020

Juror
Kevin Grogan:
Kevin Grogan has directed the Morris Museum of Art since April 2002. Between 1980 and 2002, he held directorships at the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Fisk University, and the Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood (now the Cheekwood Museum of Art). From 1971 until 1980, he served on the staff of The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., filling a variety of curatorial and administrative roles. He is active in numerous professional organizations, including the American Alliance of Museums, the Southeastern Art Museum Directors Forum, and the Southeastern Museums Conference. He has served on the boards of numerous local and national organizations, including the Folk Art Society of America and the Art Museum Partnership. A native of Washington, D.C., he was educated at Franklin and Marshall College, the American University, and Vanderbilt University. He and his wife, Kate, an educator, are the parents of two grown children.

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Summer Gallery Hours
Monday – Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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HATCHBACK 14 ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION

April 4th – June 19, 2020

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Woodward Facade, Oil on Linen, 11 Inches High x 7 Inches Wide, 2019

Virtual Exhibition
Artwork listed on website

Juror: Michael Hodges
Michael H. Hodges covers the fine arts for The Detroit News, where he’s worked since 1991. He is also an author, winning First Place for Biography in the Midwest Book Awards for “Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit”.

Hatch Art
3456 Evaline Road, Hamtramck, MI 48212
http://www.hatchart.org

A Virtual Exhibition
Link to Exhibition

Gallery Hours
Saturday: 12:00 noon – 6:00 p.m. / Thursday: 6pm–9:00 pm

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The Scarab Club

Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition ( Silver Medal Exhibition)

February 19th – April 30th, 2020

The Scarab Club announces its Silver Medal Exhibition, an annual unthemed, all-media exhibition. Since 2015 the Silver Medal has been given in honor of the late Gilda Snowden. Gilda’s husband, William Boswell, will present the medal at the reception for the exhibition on Friday, February 24th.

The purpose of the Silver Medal Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ten Thousand Branches, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 54.5 Inches Wide, 2019

Juror: Meighen Jackson
Painter and paper artist Meighen Jackson’s recent solo show at Janice Charach Gallery is about bodies in motion – climbing, evolving, revolving and taking some tumbles along the way.  It features Jackson’s lifelong interest in dynamic line and her first foray into large sculptural installations.  Jackson, a metro Detroit-based painter, educator and lecturer on contemporary art  is represented nationally by Walter Wickiser Gallery in Manhattan and shows regionally with M Contemporary and Ward Gallery. She is a former head of Chrysler Corporate Identity, Graphics and Printing Services.  Jackson holds an MFA in painting from the University of Cincinnati and undergraduate degrees from Michigan State University.

Reception
Friday, February 21st, 2020: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. / Awards at 7:00 p.m.

Gallery Talk
Thursday. March 12, 2020: 6:00 p.m.

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250

Gallery Talk
Link to Gallery Talk by Meighen Jackson

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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DETROIT ARTIST MARKET

2020 All Media Exhibition

January 17 – February 15, 2020

Featuring 46 Outstanding Artists
Forty-six artists celebrate Detroit culture and heritage through works in mixed media, colorful painting, and sculpture. This exhibition was juried by Dr. Hubert Massey, whose body of work is like a tapestry of social rhythm and expanding color.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Nankin Lake, After the Storm, Oil on Linen, 31 Inches High x 43.5 Inches Wide, 2017

Open Reception
Friday, January 17th from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Juror: Dr. Hubert Massey
Dr. Hubert Massey is an award-winning Kresge Fine Arts Fellow whose distinctive fresco murals grace the halls of such visible Michigan destinations as the Flint Institute of the Arts, Detroit Athletic Club, and his alma mater, Grand Valley State University, where he earned an honorary doctorate of fine arts in 2012. In 2014 the DRCFA commissioned Hubert to create the first large-scale mural for TCF Center since 1987. A fresco painting, the mural features images and tells stories of Detroit community pride. Hubert studied at the University of London’s Slade Institute of Fine Arts and later learned the centuries-old fresco technique from former assistants of legendary artist Diego Rivera. Today Hubert is the only known African American commissioned fresco artist in America.

Participating Artists
Robert Beras, Boisali Biswas, Harold Braggs, Jim Bundshuh, Kristen Canda, Saylem Celeste, Leslie Cieplechowicz, Barbara Clay, Ronald Clegg, Krista Conyers, Yoriko Cronin, Donald Cronkhite, Darin Darby, Valarie Davis, Rita Dickerson, Shawn Renee Forman, Bettye Foster, Took Gallagher, Linden Godlove, Bruce Giffin, Mint Artists Guild, Katherine Hanley, May Hiddleston, Joyce Jeffrey, Dorothy Jett-Carter, Bella Kubo, Matt Lewis, Elise Martin, Michael McNeil, Steve Miller, Carole Morisseau, Emilia Nawrocki, Joan Painter-Jones, Catherine Peet, Laura Reed, Amelia Rennell, Renee Rials, Richard Riley, Christine Ritchie, Yvette Rock, Catherine Royer, Fran Seikaly, Lawrence Sekulich, Tricia Soderberg, Bryant Tillman, and Ruth Warnock.

Detroit Artist Market
4719 woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201
Matt Fry, Director: Tel (313) 832.8540 / mfry@detroitartistsmarket.org

Gallery Hours
Monday & Sunday: Closed
Tuesday – Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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Kresge Foundation Headquarters

Art In The Office

JANUARY 2020 – DECEMBER 2021

The Kresge Foundation is a private, national foundation that works to expand opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development in Detroit. The purpose for “Art In The Office” is to integrate art into the daily lives of those working at the Kresge Foundation. Ethereal Amber is one of several paintings chosen for the this annual project.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ethereal Amber, Oil on Linen, 41.5 x 47.5 Inches, 2015

Curator
Peter B Gahan: President and owner of Detroit Art Specialists (DAS) http://www.detroitartspecialists.com/

Detroit Art Specialists (DAS)
Peter Gahan
​Huntington Woods, Michigan
​Tel 248-808-7960

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NORTHVILLE ART HOUSE

Black & White

FEBRUARY 7 – FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Black and White will showcase the power and range of monochromatic colors through works that comprise of only blacks, grays, and whites. Architect, artist and juror Donn Angel Perez has selected 56 works by 45 artists.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Tempest, Oil on Linen, 31 Inches High x 43.5 Inches Wide, 2018

Open Reception
Friday, February 7th, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. with Award Presentation at 7:00 p.m.

Juror
Donn Angel Pérez:

Participating Artists
Dale Alcocer, Gerald Alderman, Alexis Beucler, Denise Carter, Donald J. Cronkhite, Patricia Domanski, Carol Foerster, Scott Foster, Kath Frajbis, Veronique Gambier, Carolyn Garay, Starnescia Godbott, Debbie Grifka, Kevin Grow, David Haggard, Caleb Henkelman, Peggy Kerwan, Friedhard Kiekeben, Janet Kondziela, Angela Larson, Maria Latour, Dennis McCarty, Kathleen McNamee, Barbara Eko Murphy, Jennifer Muse, Michael Nowotny, Kelly O’Neill, Sarah Olson, Tasha Peace, Robert D. Perrish, Susan Perrish, Jim Rehlin, Venice Rioux, Denise Rohde, Nancy Savage, Karen Schlanderer, Chuck Schroeder, M.J. Seltzer, Matruka Sherman, Sandra Steed, Ellen Stern, Jos Stumpe, Julie Varner, Marty Walker, and Lori Zurvalec.

Northville Art House
215 West Cady Street, Northville, MI 48167
1 Block south of Main, 2 blocks west of Center
Phone: 248.344.0497

Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Friday:  12:00 p.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Saturday:  12:00 p.m. –  4:00 p.m.

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HENRY FORD COLLEGE

Landscapes Through Michigan Eyes: Landscape Painting, Drawing, and Photography by Michigan artists

Featuring twenty six works of art from eleven Michigan-based artists, Landscape Through Michigan Eyes considers how these artists approach natural, rural, and imaginary landscapes. Using various media, from ink to paint to photography, each brings a unique version and vision of landscape. A popular genre for centuries, landscape remains fresh and relevant, bringing a meditative quality that blends nature and design.

October 15  – November 27, 2019

Artists include
Artist Include Donald Cronkhite, Edward Duff, Bill Jackson, Meighen Jackson, Matt Lewis, Jim Nawara, Lucille Nawara, Rick Vian, Emily Vastbinder, Tommy Wilson, and Emily Woods.

Open Reception
Friday, October 18, 2018, 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Co-Curator:
Donald Cronkhite & Steve Glazer

Exhibition Review:
Detroit Art Review

Henry Ford College
Sisson Art Gallery: Building F – The MacKenzie Fine Arts Center
5101 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128

Fall Gallery Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 10th: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
or by appointment: (313) 845-6485, sglazer@hfcc.edu
Visit the Sisson Gallery on the internet at: sisson.hfcc.edu

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

Ominous Skies: a cloud study – Paintings by Donald Cronkhite

September 11 – October 6, 2019

Donald Cronkhite’s passion for clouds has fueled his work for more then 15 years.

Like the Romantics in the 1700s, he sees clouds as a vehicle for expressing emotions and often focuses on capturing that high-drama moment just before the violence of the storm surfaces or as some describe it: all hell breaks loose.

In the spirit of the Realists, he uses photographic detail so that this moment of high tension and expectation immediately resonates with the viewer.

And like the Expressionists, he encourages the viewer to look so closely at the approaching storm clouds that the experience is exaggerated and the large scale of many of his pieces envelop the viewer into the powerful and mystifying clouds on his canvas and perhaps in their everyday lives.

Cronkhite won this solo show as the best of show in the Grosse Pointe Artists Association’s recent Our Rivers, Our Lakes exhibition.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Nineteen Cloudscape Paintings

Gallery Talk
The association is hosting a gallery talk with Cronkhite at 7 pm on Thursday, Sept. 19, in the Art Studio at The War Memorial.  Click here for more information.

Master Class
From 10 am – 2 pm, on Saturday, Sept. 21, he will offer a master class on clouds. Click here to register.

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MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART 91ST MICHIGAN CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION

September 5th – November 23rd, 2019

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ten Thousand Branches, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 54.5 Inches Wide, 2019
Fervent Weather Approaching, Oil Painting on Linen, 17 Inches High x 42 Inches Wide, 2018

Open Reception
Thursday, September 5th from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Juror
Amy Chaloupka:

Amy Chaloupka, received her BFA from Western Washington University and MFA in Sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has exhibited widely and created several public works, including permanent installations in Santa Fe, Chicago, and Madison, Wisconsin.

Since 2008, Chaloupka has curated more than 15 contemporary exhibitions featuring national and international artists for the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. While there, she contributed to several published catalogue essays related to exhibitions.

Now living and working in the Pacific Northwest, Chaloupka is Curator of Art at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, Washington. In addition, she serves on the Arts Commission for the City of Bellingham and teaches within the Art and Art History Departments at Western Washington University. Recent exhibitions curated include: Crossover: Cruce de Vias, at the Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA (2015), Colorfast at the Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA (2016) Nek Chand: The World In A Garden at the Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. (2017), and the forthcoming retrospective, Ed Bereal: Wanted for Disturbing the Peace (2019), at the Whatcom Museum.

Muskegon Museum of Art
296 West Weber Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49440
Art Martin, Director of Collections & Exhibitions / Senior Curator: Tel (231) 720.2575

Museum Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday:  11:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

Summer Pleasures

August 6 – September 8, 2019

The spirit of the Grosse Pointe Artists Association (GPAA) began in 1927 when a group of artists organized a juried exhibition at a local club. Soon after, the association began offering art classes and by 1942, the American Federation of the Arts listed GPAA in its American Art Annual. The association has had many homes in its 90-year history. Its first home was at The War Memorial, and after years of moving from one commercial space to another, GPAA returned to The War Memorial in May 2016. In a published history of the organization, GPAA founding member John Vogt passionately describes the organization’s efforts to “improve the quality of life in the Pointes by making art an integral force in the community.” Ninety years later, the only change is that GPAA has broaden its scope to include the Pointes and their neighbors.

Purpose /Theme
In his famous book on Walden Pond, essayist and poet Henry David Thoreau described himself as “rich in sunny hours and summer days.” In the spirit of Thoreau, artists are asked to illustrate the riches they find in summer.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ethereal Amber, Oil on Linen, 41.5 x 47.5 Inches, 2015
Summer Sky at Twilight ,Oil on Linen, 9 x 13 Inches, 2018

Open Reception
Sunday, June 23, 2:00 PM

Awarded 2nd Place
Opening Reception and Award Presentation

Juror
Ani Garabedian:

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

Michigan Fine Arts Competition

June 21 – August 22, 2019

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC) has hosted the Michigan Fine Arts Competition annually since 1982 when the Detroit Institute of Arts turned the statewide competition over to the BBAC.  Every year, more than 500 artists from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, & Wisconsin enter the competition. The MFAC is juried by artist(s) or curator(s) of distinction, who select current work of highest quality.  Cash awards support working artists, while recognizing the contributions they make to the cultural fabric of our region.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ten Thousand Branches, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 54.5 Inches Wide, 2019
Twilight, Oil on Linen, 17 Inches High x 41 Inches Wide, 2019

Opening Reception and Awards Presentation
Friday, June 21st, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Juror
Jarald Melberg:
http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/March-2017/Jerald-Melberg/

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Summer Gallery Hours
Monday – Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

Our Rivers, Our Lakes

June 23 – August 4, 2019

The spirit of the Grosse Pointe Artists Association (GPAA) began in 1927 when a group of artists organized a juried exhibition at a local club. Soon after, the association began offering art classes and by 1942, the American Federation of the Arts listed GPAA in its American Art Annual. The association has had many homes in its 90-year history. Its first home was at The War Memorial, and after years of moving from one commercial space to another, GPAA returned to The War Memorial in May 2016. In a published history of the organization, GPAA founding member John Vogt passionately describes the organization’s efforts to “improve the quality of life in the Pointes by making art an integral force in the community.” Ninety years later, the only change is that GPAA has broaden its scope to include the Pointes and their neighbors.

Purpose /Theme
This exhibition is a celebration of the fresh water all around us. The Great Lakes, combined with countless inland lakes, rivers and streams, provide rich artistic inspiration.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Storm Over lake Erie, Oil on Linen, 13 Inches High x 15 Inches Wide, 2019
Nankin Lake, Livonia MI, 31Inches High x 43.5 Inches Wide, 2017

Open Reception
Sunday, June 23, 2:00 PM

Best of Show
https://grossepointeartcenter.org/exhibitions/#!event/2019/5/11/our-rivers-our-lakes-call-for-entry-deadline-may-31

Juror
Senghor Reid:

Senghor Reid grew up in Detroit’s urban environment, has always yearned to be closer to nature. In his recent series of paintings titled “Distilled,” he explores the question: What do water resources like Michigan’s lakes and rivers mean to us. This makes him the perfect juror for the Association’s popular exhibition, Our Rivers, Our Lakes.

Gallery Hours
Monday – Saturday:  9:00 a.m. –  9:00 p.m.
Sunday:  Closed

 

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Annual Mercedes-Benz Local Reach / Global Perspectives Exhibition

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America

2019 – 2020 Exhibition

Mercedes-Benz believes that art is a catalyst for positive change and that contemporary art plays a critical role in creating a stimulating work environment thus enhancing the quality of life in our communities. Our annual Experiencing perspectives art program supports that belief by spurring conversations that spark dynamic ways of seeing and thinking. It also speaks to one of Mercedes-Benz Ore Values – Inspired and Empowered people.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Gray Series No. 20, 2008, Oil on Linen, 66.5 x 46,5 Inches

Art Reception: Food, Music, and Wine
Thursday, July 18: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. / Exhibition Catalog Available at Door

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
12120 Telegraph Road, Redford, MI 48239

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NORTHVILLE ART HOUSE

ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION

MARCH 1 – MARCH 23, 2019

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Approaching Strorm, 2017, Oil on Linen, 9 Inches High x 14 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, March 1, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Northville Art House
215 West Cady Street, Northville, MI 48167
1 Block south of Main, 2 blocks west of Center
Phone: 248.344.0497

Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Friday:  12:00 p.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Saturday:  12:00 p.m. –  4:00 p.m.

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The Scarab Club

Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition (Silver Medal Exhibition)

February 22nd, 2019 – March 30th, 2019

The Scarab Club announces its Silver Medal Exhibition, an annual unthemed, all-media exhibition. Since 2015 the Silver Medal has been given in honor of the late Gilda Snowden. Gilda’s husband, William Boswell, will present the medal at the reception for the exhibition on Friday, February 24th.

The purpose of the Silver Medal Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Dusk, 2015, Oil Painting, 14 Inches High x 16 Inches Wide

Juror: Sue Carman-Vian
Sue Carman-Vian has had a thirty-year career as a painter, performance artist and film and video maker. She received an MFA from Wayne State University in 1984. She received the Michigan Council for the Arts Grant in 1986 for the Public Billboard Project, and was an award winner in the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1991. Sue has written, directed, produced and performed in nine productions from 1984-2008. Some of these productions were sponsored by Marygrove College. She has written, directed, produced and performed in eleven films/videos from 1986-2009. Most of these were made in conjunction with her performance art pieces. Sue has exhibited in numerous one- and two-person exhibitions and many group shows from 1986 to present. She has taught performance art at Wayne State University and Marygrove college in Detroit, MI. Since 2010 she has collaborated on a public arts billboard project and continues to perform her pieces in group performance events. Her work is narrative and autobiographically inspired by events in her life as they relate to her as a person and artist. Her use of universal themes help the viewer become aware of the value, relevance and place of art in society.

Reception
Friday, February 22nd, 2019 / 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Talk
Thursday. March 7, 2019 / 6:00 p.m.

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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HENRY FORD COLLEGE

CHASING THE LIGHT – SOLO EXHIBITION

October 15  – December 14, 2018

“Chasing the Light” is a glimpse of a fourteen-year experiment building upon the transitory and fleeting quality of storm cloud formations. Utilizing paint as the vehicle for documentation, each painting is a visual record of an ever-changing natural environment impacted by the drama of light. The work in “Chasing the Light” attempts to capture a fleeting moment in time while evoking an emotional response and challenging the imagination of the viewer.

Presents

PAINTINGS BY DONALD CRONKHITE
Exhibition Highlight: Grandeur, 2015, Oil on Linen, 46.5 Inches High x 165.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, October 19, 2018, 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

WHFR Radio 89.3 – Henry Ford College
Henry Ford Radio Interview

Henry Ford College
Sisson Art Gallery: Building F – The MacKenzie Fine Arts Center
5101 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128

Fall Gallery Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 10th: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
or by appointment: (313) 845-6485, sglazer@hfcc.edu
Visit the Sisson Gallery on the internet at: sisson.hfcc.edu

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MIDLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS

57TH GREATER MICHIGAN ART EXHIBITION:

September 22 – November 4, 2018

The 57th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition is one of the few remaining statewide visual arts competitions in Michigan. Organized by Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art at Midland Center for the Arts, this exhibition provides a forum for the most recent developments by Michigan artists.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Unhurried, Uncertain, Oil on Linen, 31 Inches High x 43.5 Inches Wide, 2017

Open Reception and Award Winners Announced
Saturday, September 22 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Juror
Deborah Rockman
Professor of Art in the BFA and MFA Drawing programs at Kendall College of Art and Design / DeborahRockman.com

Midland Center for the Arts:
The Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art
1801 W. St. Andrews, Midland, MI 48640
Questions: Sarah Brandt / 989.631.5930 x1299

Fall Museum Hours
Monday – Friday: Closed
Wednesday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

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BLACK BOX GALLERY

CROSSING PERSPECTIVES:

Finding Similarities of Culture Through Artist’ Landscape

SEPTEMBER 14 – OCTOBER 12, 2018

Featuring 19 Artists from the USA, China, Japan, Sweden, Brazil, and Iran
Crossing Perspective’s goal is to produce a unifying message that celebrates the multicultural landscapes -both figurative and literal – that draw from the artists’ heritage, travels, and desire to foster a conversation that builds bridges through both our similarities and differences.

DONALD CRONKHITE
Gloaming, Oil Painting on Linen, 30 Inches High x 93.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, September 14 from 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Artist Talk
Saturday, October 6, 1:00 PM

BLACK BOX GALLERY
3700 Monroe Street, Dearborn, MI United States 48124 / Phone: 313-914-3437

Gallery Hours
Sunday – Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

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MIDLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS

ARTPRIZE THE MICHIGAN CONNECTION:

June 23 – September 9, 2018

Featuring 40 Outstanding Artists
Grand Rapids’ ArtPrize is the most-visited show of its kind. This exhibition will showcase the ArtPrize entries of up to 40 Michigan artists. Included will be the massive pencil drawing Cavalry by Chris LaPorte, $250,000 winner of ArtPrize 2010. This exhibition is presented with the approval of, but is not a collaboration with, ArtPrize.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Twilight of Grandeur, 2016, Oil Painting, 52.5 Inches High x 74.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Saturday, June 30 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Midland Center for the Arts:
The Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art
1801 W. St. Andrews, Midland, MI 48640
Armin Mersmann, Senior Visual Arts Curator / 989.631.5930 x 1404

Fall Museum Hours
Monday – Friday: Closed
Wednesday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

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The Scarab Club Plein Air Challenge

Scarab Club Lounge: July 28th – September 8th, 2018

Last year the Scarab Club hosted IN THE AIR–its first plein air exhibition. This year seventy artists signed up to accept the challenge to paint or draw an original work of art between the hours of 8 am and 4 pm. When the artists return their work, it will be installed in the lounge–wet! It’s a great community effort–and will be wonderful to see easels set up again throughout the city, with artists painting landscapes and cityscapes.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Woodward Facade, 2018, Oil on Linen, 8 Inches High x 6 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Saturday, July 28th, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Anton Art Center

MOTHERHOOD

July 28 – September 5, 2018

Featuring 42 Works of Art by 25 Artists
A juried visual art exhibition featuring works of varying media on the complexity of motherhood. Artists respond to how mothering effects a person’s body, mind, and identity, and how motherhood influences creative work, or vice versa.

This exhibit features 42 selected artworks by 25 artists from near and far, including regional artists from southeast Michigan, out-of-state artists from Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, New York, and Missouri, and international artists from Singapore and Canada. A variety of media used includes photography, ink, graphite, colored pencil, charcoal, felt, oil paint, watercolor, mixed media, sterling silver, breast milk, nursing pads, mohair, acrylic, etc.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
A New Face, Oil on Linen, 14 Inches High x 14 Inches Wide
6 Days Old, Oil on Linen, 12 Inches High x 12 Inches Wide

Jurors – Anton Art Center exhibition committee

Open Reception & Rewards
Saturday, July 28 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Awards announced at 3:00pm)

Anton Art Center
125 Macomb Place, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
Telephone: (586) 469.8660
Stephanie Hazzard, Exhibition Manager: sahazzard@theartcenter.org

Gallery Hours
Sunday & Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Saturday:  10:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

Michigan Fine Arts Competition

June 22 – August 23, 2018

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC) has hosted the Michigan Fine Arts Competition annually since 1982 when the Detroit Institute of Arts turned the statewide competition over to the BBAC.  Every year, more than 500 artists from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, & Wisconsin enter the competition. The MFAC is juried by artist(s) or curator(s) of distinction, who select current work of highest quality.  Cash awards support working artists, while recognizing the contributions they make to the cultural fabric of our region.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Fervent Weather Approaching, 2018, Oil Painting on Linen, 17 Inches High x 42 Inches Wide

Opening Reception and Awards Presentation
Friday, June 22nd, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Jurors
Emily Mae Smith: http://www.EmilyMaeSmith.com
Adam Henry: http://www.AdamHenryStudio.com

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Summer Gallery Hours
Monday – Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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DETROIT ARTIST MARKET

2018 BIENNIAL ALL MEDIA EXHIBITION: TERRAIN

APRIL 27– MAY 26, 2018

Featuring 40 Outstanding Artists
Juried by Jim Nawara, this exhibition features works inspired by observed, interpreted or imagined landscapes. Three outstanding works were selected for cash awards.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ethereal Amber, 2015, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 47.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, April 27th from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Juror: Jim Nawara
Jim Nawara earned a BFA degree from the Art Institute of Chicago and his MFA degree in painting at the University of Illinois, Champaign. Nawara is a Professor Emeritus of Painting & Drawing in the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History at Wayne State University in Detroit. His landscape paintings, drawings and prints have been exhibited in more than 250 international, national, and regional group exhibitions as well as nine solo exhibitions. Nawara has received substantial grant support for his work including three Creative Artist Grants from the Michigan Council for the Arts. His work is represented in numerous museums, corporate and university collections.

Juror’s Comments
The works for this exhibition may present engaging, evocative images and ideas that employ illusion, allusion, and/or representation of observed, interpreted, or imaginary landscapes. Natural and unnatural phenomena in urban, suburban or rural landscape subjects, concepts about geology, memory and landscape, history embedded in landscape, archaeology, space archaeology, aerial views, maps and cartography, seascapes, layered space, camouflage in landscape, still life in landscape, figure in landscape, skyscapes, nocturnes, weather effects, atmospherics, optical phenomena in landscape (opposition effect, sun pillars, fogbows, glories, etc.), or microcosmic and macrocosmic landscapes may be of interest.

Detroit Artist Market
4719 woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201
Matt Fry, Director: Tel (313) 832.8540 / mfry@detroitartistsmarket.org

Gallery Hours
Monday & Sunday: Closed
Tuesday – Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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Collectors Show / Spring 2018

The ArtPrize Hub

April 27 & 28

‘Collectors Show’ is an exhibition designed to forge artist-collector relationships and help kickstart an emerging art market in West Michigan. Created by Tyler Loftis, New York-based artist originally from Michigan, the FALL 2017 edition of the biannual fine art exhibition will take place on September 14 and 15, during ArtPrize Nine Preview Week.

Loftis seeks to combine the diverse group of ArtPrize artists with professional contemporary artists as well as famous American artists of the last century – to create a context for the emerging and established collectors in the area to see and understand the work. Show will remain up through ArtPrize 9 Award Ceremony, October 8th.

This exhibition will feature artwork by contemporary and 20th century artists: Arthor Dove, Marsden Hartley, Janice Biala, Robert De Niro Sr, and Fairfield Porter.

Please visit www.thecollectorsshow.com to learn more about the event.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Twilight, 2017, Oil on Linen, 10 Inches High x 20.75 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, April 27: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Continued Exhibition
Saturday, April 28: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The ArtPrize Hub
41 Sheldon Blvd SE Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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Annual Mercedes-Benz Local Reach / Global Perspectives Exhibition

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America

2017 – 2018 Exhibition

Mercedes-Benz believes that art is a catalyst for positive change and that contemporary art plays a critical role in creating a stimulating work environment thus enhancing the quality of life in our communities. Our annual Experiencing perspectives art program supports that belief by spurring conversations that spark dynamic ways of seeing and thinking. It also speaks to one of Mercedes-Benz Ore Values – Inspired and Empowered people.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Grandeur, 2008, Oil on Linen, 13.5 x 34.5 Inches
Gray Series No. 16, Oil on Linen, 19.5 x 46 Inches
Gray Series No. 15, Oil on Linen, 17 x 39 Inches

Art Reception: Food, Music, and Wine
Thursday, April 19: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. / Exhibition Catalog Available at Door

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
12120 Telegraph Road, Redford, MI 48239

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NORTHVILLE ART HOUSE

ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION

MARCH 2 – MARCH 24, 2018

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Rolling Hills, 2017, Oil on Linen, 12 Inches High x 14 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, March 2, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Northville Art House
215 West Cady Street, Northville, MI 48167
1 Block south of Main, 2 blocks west of Center
Phone: 248.344.0497

Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Friday:  12:00 p.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Saturday:  12:00 p.m. –  4:00 p.m.

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Anton Art Center

MICHIGAN ANNUAL 45TH STATEWIDE ART COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION

January 27 – February 23, 2018

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Twilight of Grandeur, 2016, Oil Painting, 52.5 Inches High x 74.5 Inches Wide

Juror: Dennis Nawrocki
Dennis Nawrocki has been a faculty member at CCS, Wayne State University, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago from the mid-1970s until the present, in both full-time and adjunct capacities. He has held museum positions at the Detroit Institute of Arts, University of Michigan Museum of Art, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. He directed Center Galleries at CCS for a number of years in the 1980s. Author of Art in Detroit Public Places (1999) and a freelance critic, Nawrocki has reviewed national and international exhibitions for Art in America, New Art Examiner (Chicago), and Metro Times (Detroit).

Open Reception & Rewards
Saturday, January 27 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Awards announced at 3:00pm)

Anton Art Center
125 Macomb Place, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
Telephone: (586) 469.8660
Stephanie Hazzard, Exhibition Manager: sahazzard@theartcenter.org

Gallery Hours
Sunday & Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Saturday:  10:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.

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The Scarab Club

104th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition

Nov. 15th, 2017 – Jan. 6th, 2018

The 103rd Gold Medal Exhibition is an annual unthemed, all-media exhibition showcasing the work of SC members. The purpose of the Gold Medal Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of Scarab artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Grandeur, 2015, Oil on Linen, 46.5 Inches High x 165.5 Inches Wide

Juror: Dennis Nawrocki
Dennis Nawrocki has been a faculty member at CCS, Wayne State University, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago from the mid-1970s until the present, in both full-time and adjunct capacities. He has held museum positions at the Detroit Institute of Arts, University of Michigan Museum of Art, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. He directed Center Galleries at CCS for a number of years in the 1980s. Author of Art in Detroit Public Places (1999) and a freelance critic, Nawrocki has reviewed national and international exhibitions for Art in America, New Art Examiner (Chicago), and Metro Times (Detroit).

Open Reception
Friday, November 17 from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Talk
Thursday, November 30, 6:00 p.m.

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250
Treena Flannery Ericson, Galleries Director: tericson@scarabclub.org

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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 CROOK TREE ARTS CENTER

2017 JURIED FINE ARTS EXHIBITION

October 21, 2017 – January 6, 2018

The 2017 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition of 2D and relief work will be presented in the Ermy B. & Gordon B. Bonfield Gallery from October 21 through January 6. The 2017 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition is open to all Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ontario residents, and to all members of Crooked Tree Arts Center regardless of residency. Awards will be announced at the opening on Saturday, October 21, between the hours of 2-4 p.m.  Free admission to the public.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Twilight, 2017, Oil on Linen, 10 Inches High x 20.75 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Saturday, October 21 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Juror: Patrick Wise
Patrick Wise spent several years employed by the Detroit Institute of Arts, and has been a curator for the DIA’s education exhibitions (2010-2015). His work is in the permanent collection at Children’s Hospital of Detroit. Patrick has led a portrait workshop at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) in conjunction with Alex Melamid. He earned his Master of Arts from Wayne State University, and is an award winning painter and college professor.

Crooked Tree Arts Center
461 East Mitchell Street, Petoskey, MI 49770
Sheila Ruen, Galleries Director: Tel (231) 347-4337

Museum Hours
Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm. Wednesday mornings we open at 10am.
Saturdays from 10am-4pm. Closed Sunday.

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MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART 89th ANNUAL REGIONAL ALL – MICHIGAN EXHIBITION

September 28th – November 8th, 2017

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ethereal Amber, 2015, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 47.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Thursday, September 28th from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Juror: Petra Fallaux
Petra Fallaux, Independent Writer, Curator, Juror, Teacher, Grant Panelist, and Artist. She is the former director of the Hewlett Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, where she oversaw eight to fourteen exhibitions a year that included multi-disciplinary shows in the visual and performing arts and various sciences. Fallaux was the founding director of the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, which serves as the University’s primary contemporary art gallery. Today, she works as an independent writer, curator, juror, teacher, grant panelist, and artist. She has curated or juried exhibitions of not only traditional media, but new media including textiles, film, architecture, industrial design, holograms, and digital. A teacher, Fallaux specializes in film and film editing, dyeing and screen printing, and arts management and administration.

Muskegon Museum of Art
296 West Weber Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49440
Art Martin, Director of Collections & Exhibitions / Senior Curator: Tel (231) 720.2575

Museum Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday:  11:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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MIDLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS

THE 56TH ANNUAL GREATER MICHIGAN ARTS EXHIBITION:

September 23 – November 5, 2017

The 56th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition is one of the few remaining statewide visual arts competitions in Michigan. Organized by Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art (ABDM) at Midland Center for the Arts, this exhibition provides a forum for the most recent developments by Michigan artists. The gallery spaces at Midland Center for the Arts provide a dramatic stage for the display of contemporary work and are especially suited for the exhibition of large-scale works. Each year we bring to Midland reputable arts professionals from around the country to serve as jurors for the exhibition. From leading artists, to curators, to directors to galleries and museums, our jurors bring their experience and knowledge about the contemporary art scene into the curatorial selection and awards designations. Cash awards and exhibition awards underscore the formal and expressive accomplishments of the artists included in the exhibit.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Grandeur, 2015, Oil on Linen, 46.5 Inches High x 165.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception & Award Presentation
Saturday, October 23 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Juror: Jason Franz
Jason Franz: Founding Executive Director & Chief Curator,
Visual Artist and Educator for Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati Ohio.

Midland Center for the Arts:
The Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art
1801 W. St. Andrews, Midland, MI 48640
Armin Mersmann, Senior Visual Arts Curator and Greater Michigan Art Exhibition Committee: Tel (989) 631.5930

Fall Museum Hours
Monday – Friday: Closed
Wednesday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

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ArtPrize 9

ArtPrize is an open, independently organized international art competition which takes place for 19 days each fall in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  More than five hundred thousand dollars in prizes are awarded each year, which include a $200,000 prize awarded entirely by public vote and another $200,000 prize awarded by a jury of art experts.

Any artist working in any medium from anywhere in the world can participate. Art is exhibited throughout downtown Grand Rapids—museums, bars, public parks, restaurants, theaters, hotels, bridges, laundromats, auto body shops, vacant storefronts and office spaces. Artists and venues register for the competition then find each other through an online connections process in late spring. No one at ArtPrize selects a single artist or artwork, directs an artist where to show work or directs a venue what to show. In 2016, 1,453 works created by artists from 40 states and 44 countries were exhibited in 170 venues.

ArtPrize is free and open to the public and now attracts over 500,000 visitors, making it the most attended public art event in the world in 2014 and 2015, according the The Art Newspaper’s annual “Big Ticket List.”

ArtPrize 9 will take place from September 20 to October 8, 2017

Women’s City Club

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Inclemency, 2017, Oil Painting, 46.5 Inches High x 66.5 Inches Wide

Opening Day
Wednesday, September 20th, 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Vote Code: 65126
Must Register in Person at ArtPrize in Order to Vote
http://www.artprize.org/65126
Voter Registration is at Hillside HUB @ Women’s City Club

Women’s City Club
254 East Fulton Street, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Hillside

Venue Hours
Monday – Saturday: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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Collectors Show / Fall 2017

The Venue Tower

September 14 & 15

‘Collectors Show’ is an exhibition designed to forge artist-collector relationships and help kickstart an emerging art market in West Michigan. Created by Tyler Loftis, New York-based artist originally from Michigan, the FALL 2017 edition of the biannual fine art exhibition will take place on September 14 and 15, during ArtPrize Nine Preview Week.

Loftis seeks to combine the diverse group of ArtPrize artists with professional contemporary artists as well as famous American artists of the last century – to create a context for the emerging and established collectors in the area to see and understand the work. Show will remain up through ArtPrize 9 Award Ceremony, October 8th.

A complete list of featured artists for this show includes: Lennart Anderson, Milton Avery, Neil Blaine, Lois Dodd, Euan Euglow, Arshile Gorty, Hans Hofmann, Wolf Kahn, Philip Pearlstein, Fairfield Porter, Paul Resika. 

Please visit www.thecollectorsshow.com to learn more about the event.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Rolling Hills (Landscape Study), 2017, Oil on Linen, 12 Inches High x 14 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, September 15: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 7: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

The Venue Tower
15 Ottawa NW Downtown Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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The Scarab Club Plein Air Challenge

Scarab Club Lounge: August 26th – September 16th, 2017

See work created by 55 local artists in and around Detroit. The Plein Air Challenge is a one-day event, where all work is created 8am – 4pm and hung the same day.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Untitled, 2017, Oil on Linen, 6 Inches High x 12 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Saturday, August 26th, 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

Michigan Fine Arts Competition

June 23rd – August 25, 2017

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC) has hosted the Michigan Fine Arts Competition annually since 1982 when the Detroit Institute of Arts turned the statewide competition over to the BBAC.  Every year, more than 500 artists from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, & Wisconsin enter the competition. The MFAC is juried by artist(s) or curator(s) of distinction, who select current work of highest quality.  Cash awards support working artists, while recognizing the contributions they make to the cultural fabric of our region.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Cloudscape: Twilight of Grandeur, 2016, Oil Painting, 52.5 Inches High x 74.5 Inches Wide

Opening Reception and Awards Presentation
Friday, June 23rd, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Juror: Andrew Rosinski
Andrew Rosinski (b. 1987, Traverse City, Michigan, USA) is an artist, filmmaker, & independent curator. In 2009, he founded Dinca, a contemporary art blog surveying the most noteworthy & innovative artworks that exist in physical, digital, & time-based spaces. In 2010, he earned a BA in Film & Video from Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, he founded Vision Quest, a contemporary moving image & media arts festival. In 2014, he was awarded a Propeller Grant, a program by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as part of its initiative to promote informal and independently organized visual arts activities across the United States. His artwork — moving image, painting, sculpture & objects, text, digital media — has exhibited at the Museum of the Moving Image, NYC; the Serpentine Gallery Marathon, online/London; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Doc Films at the University of Chicago; EXPO Chicago; Threewalls’ 12th Annual Gala; the Ann Arbor Film Festival; The Wrong – New Digital Art Biennale; bubblebyte.org; the Off and Free Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea; the Axiom Center for New and Experimental Media; and at Brown University’s Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. During 2005–2016, he resided in Chicago & Detroit; he currently lives and works in NYC.

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Summer Gallery Hours
Monday – Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Ann Arbor Art Center

REMIX

June 8th – July 22nd, 2017

An exhibition including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture & objects, text, new media, and moving image, as well as new and traditional modes of artmaking combined in unexpected ways.

Artwork may be an abstraction of recognizable imagery; satirical, ironic or social commentary on its subject; influenced by the internet age, and the network in which it exists; or may employ visual rhetoric of advertising, corporate branding and commercial software tools.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Unhurried, Uncertain, Oil on Linen, 31 Inches High x 43.5 Inches Wide, 2017

Opening Reception and Celebration
Thursday, June 8th, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Juror: Noel W. Anderson
Noel W. Anderson is Assistant Professor at NYU’s Art and Art Professions Department in Printmaking. Anderson holds three degrees: a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University, a Master of Fine Arts from Indiana University in Printmaking, and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in Sculpture.

Ann Arbor Art Center
GALLERY 117
117 West Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
http://www.annarborartcenter.org / (734) 994.8004
Gallery Installation Video

Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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HATCHBACK 11 ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION

April 1st – April 29, 2017

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Approaching Storm, Oil on Linen, 9 Inches High x 14 Inches Wide, 2017

Opening Reception
Saturday, April 1st, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Juror: Treena Flannery Ericson

Hatchback Artist Talk
Donald Cronkhite and other participating artists will have an open discussion about their work and art in general.  Saturday April 8, 2 – 3:30 p.m.

Hatch Art
3456 Evaline Road, Hamtramck, MI 48212
http://www.hatchart.org

Gallery Hours
Saturday: 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY COLLECTIVE / CURATED INVITATIONAL

March 31st – April 13, 2017

Art exhibition by WSU alumni, graduates, students, and faculty.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Gloaming, Oil on Linen, 30 Inches High x 93 Inches Wide
Gray Series No. 20, Oil on Linen, 46.5 Inches High x 46.5 Inches Wide
Ephemeral Amber, Oil on Linen, 66.5 Inches High x 46.5 Inches Wide

Opening Reception
Friday, March 31st, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Down River Council for the Arts
James R. DeSana Center for Arts & Culture, 81 Chesnut, Wyandotte, MI 48192
dc4arts@downriverarts.org / http://www.downriverarts.com

Gallery Hours
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday & Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Friday: Closed – open for special events
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday & Monday: Closed – open for special events

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The Scarab Club

Silver Medal Exhibition

February 22nd, 2017 – April 1st, 2017

The Scarab Club announces its Silver Medal Exhibition, an annual unthemed, all-media exhibition. Since 2015 the Silver Medal has been given in honor of the late Gilda Snowden. Gilda’s husband, William Boswell, will present the medal at the reception for the exhibition on Friday, February 24th.

The purpose of the Silver Medal Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Twilight of Grandeur, 2016, Oil Painting, 52.5 Inches High x 74.5 Inches Wide

Juror: Jo Powers
Jo Powers grew up in Downriver, Wayne County where her father had his own sign painting business. Watching him work and associating with his materials greatly influenced her art sensibilities. As an undergrad at WSU, she combined art studies with German language studies, which led to a year of study abroad at the University of Freiburg. While there she also attended the State Academy of the Plastic Arts. After completing her BFA at Wayne State University, Ms. Powers entered Syracuse University where she earned her MFA in painting. She returned to the Frankfurt area in Germany where she taught for the University of Maryland’s European Division and worked for an English pantomime theater group painting stage backdrops. Back in Metro Detroit she free-lance illustrated for publications such the Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press, the Dallas Morning News, the L.A. Times, and for the Chicago Tribune. During this time Ms. Powers began exhibiting her paintings at the Detroit Artists’ Market and at the Detroit Focus Gallery. She credits a grant from the Michigan Council for the Arts in 1985 with launching her painting career. Other grants funded her three-year artist-in-residence at Dominican High School, as well as collaborations with Detroit Dance Collective. In the late nineties, Jo Powers began teaching at Macomb Community College, College for Creative Studies, and at Oakland Community College. Ms. Powers has exhibited in Detroit and in Chicago. Her work is in private collections in the U.S., Germany, and Australia.

Reception
Friday, February 24th, 2017 / 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Talk
Thursday. March 16, 2017 / 6:00 p.m.

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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The Scarab Club

103rd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition

Nov. 23rd, 2016 – Dec. 30th, 2016

The 103rd Gold Medal Exhibition is an annual unthemed, all-media exhibition showcasing the work of SC members. The purpose of the Gold Medal Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of Scarab artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Cloudscape: Ephemeral Vert Demont, 2015, Oil on Linen, 46.5 Inches High x 52.5 Inches Wide
Ethereal Amber, 2015, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 47.5 Inches Wide

Juror: Elizabeth Youngblood
Elizabeth Youngblood is a visual artist and designer living and working In Detroit. She has a wide ranging practice which includes drawing, ceramics, fiber and hand-made books. Her design practice includes hand produced scarves and what she refers to as ‘wearables’ which are based on her 2- and 3-dimensional drawings. Deeply rooted in a respect for the craft of making and for the time required to ‘make’, she explores themes of time, loss and the process of thought. Subtlety, small modulations in color, texture and the nature of the materials with which she works are hallmarks of any of the mediums in which she works. Youngblood is an alumna of The Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Noel Night
Sat. Dec 3, 2016 / 5:00 p.m. – midnight
Join us for the Mid-town Detroit’s annual kick-off to the holiday season

103rd Annual Boar’s Head Dinner
Sat. Dec 10, 2016 / 6:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Details: http://scarabclub.org/boarshead/

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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ArtPrize 8

ArtPrize is recognized as the most-attended public art event on the planet according to The Art Newspaper, and was recently highlighted in The New York Times’ 52 Places To Go in 2016.

For 19 days in the early fall, around 400,000 attendees descend upon three square miles of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan where anyone can find a voice in the conversation about what is art and why it matters. Art from around the world pops up in every inch of downtown in over 160 venues—museums, galleries, bars, restaurants, theaters, hotels, public parks, lobbies, buildings, walls, bridges, laundromats, and auto body shops—and it’s all free and open to the public.

ArtPrize 8 will take place from September 21 to October 9, 2016

DeVos Place Convention Center

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Cloudscape, 2016, Oil Painting, 52.5 Inches High x 74.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Wednesday, September 21st 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.  Complimentary refreshments will be served and a cash bar will be available

Vote Code: 62701
Must Register in Person at ArtPrize in Order to Vote
http://www.artprize.org/62701
Voter Registration is at Monroe North Hub @ DeVos Place

WGVU Radio Interview
Artist Donald Cronkhite | wgvu

DeVos Place Convention Center
303 Monroe Avenue NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Venue Hours
Monday -Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday – Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART 88th ANNUAL REGIONAL ALL – MICHIGAN EXHIBITION

May 12th – August 3rd, 2016

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Amber Series No. 7, 2016, Oil on Linen, 52.5 Inches High x 74.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Thursday, May 12th from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Juror: Tom Lundberg
Tom Lundberg, Professor of Art at Colorado State University

Muskegon Museum of Art
296 West Weber Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49440
Art Martin, Associated Curator / Collections Manager: Tel (231) 720.2575

Museum Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday:  11:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Level One Bank Community Art Gallery

June 4th – July 18th, 2016

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
CLOUDSCAPES: EXPLORING THE DRAMATIC
Solo Exhibition

Open Reception
Friday, June 10th from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Level One Bank Community Art Gallery
22635 Woodward Avenue, Ferndale, MI 48220
Telephone: (248) 414.6500  Fax: (248) 414.6580

Bank Hours
Monday -Thursday: 9:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: Closed

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DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB

January 14th – March 31th, 2016

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE & SHIRLEY PARISH
CLOUDSCAPES: EXPLORING THE DRAMATIC & MEDITATIVE
Two Person Exhibition

Artist Reception
Tuesday, March 8th from 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB
241 Madison Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226
Telephone: (313) 963.9200  Fax: (313) 963.8891

University of Michigan-Dearborn / Stamelos Art Center

Picturing Places and Spaces

January 20th – April 1st, 2022

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Gray Sereies No.16, Oil on Linen, 19.5 Inches High x 46 Inches Wide

Stamelos Gallery Center
1st Floor, Mardigian Library, UM-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128

Black Box Gallery

Solo Art Exhibition: Trappings of the Ephemeral

January 14th – February 13th, 2022

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ten Thousand Branches, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 54.5 Inches Wide, 2019 / One of Twenty Paintings on Exhibit

Opening Reception
Due to the rise in cases, we will not be having an official opening reception on the 14^th, however the show will be open and available to view at ones leisure during the dates provided above. Masks ARE required in the gallery at ALL TIMES for the safety of our patrons and staff.

Black Box Gallery
1034 Monroe St., Dearborn, MI 48124
Phone: (313) 562.1232

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

My Favorite

January 13 – March 3, 2022

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Woman in a Red Coat, Oil on Linen, 75.5″ high x 52.5″ wide, 2015  (Framed)

Gallery Hours
You can preview the “My Favorite” show below and visit the gallery to see it in person. Gallery hours are: Thursdays, 2-6:30 pm thru March 3 Saturday, 10 am -1 pm thru February 26

You are also invited to hear the artists talk about their work and why it is their favorite. Chris Zientek will moderate an artists’ forum at 6:30 pm on Thursday, Jan. 13, at The War Memorial.  Leslie Getz will moderate a virtual forum at 2 pm on Sunday, Feb. 13, via zoom.

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MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART 92ND MICHIGAN CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION

September 23rd – November 10th, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Blue Crescendo, Oil on Linen, 53 Inches High x 75.25 Inches Wide, 2021

Open Reception
Thursday, September 23rd from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Juror
Karen Hampton:

Muskegon Museum of Art
296 West Weber Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49440
Art Martin, Director of Collections & Exhibitions / Senior Curator: Tel (231) 720.2575

Museum Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday:  11:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

Our Rivers, Our Lakes

September 23 – November 4, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Autumn Flurries by the Lake Shore, Oil on Linen, 28 Inches High x 31 Inches Wide, 2021 / Misty Rain Over Carpenter, Oil on Linen, 10 Inches High x 12 Inches Wide (Framed)

Gallery Talk & Award Presentation
6:30 pm, Thursday, Sept. 23

Juror
Sabrina Miller:
Sabrina Miller is an Ecosystem Biologist/Wetland Specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District Regulatory Office. Her passion is habitat restoration and protection in the Great Lakes Region for future generations. In addition to her regular duties with the Corps, she is a member of the Regulatory Outreach Team preparing presentations and other informational materials for the public about wetlands and waterways.

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The Butler Institute of American Arts

85th National Midyear Show

July 18th – September 5, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ten Thousand Branches, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 54.5 Inches Wide, 2019

Juror
Paul Ching-Bor

The Butler Institute of American Arts
524 Wick Avenue, Yongstown, OH 44502
Phone: (330) 743.1107
email: info@butlerart.com

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

40th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition

June 8 – August 21, 2021

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC), a nonprofit community art center serving the Detroit region, has hosted the Michigan Fine Arts Competition annually since 1982 when the Detroit Institute of Arts turned the statewide competition over to the BBAC. Every year, more than 500 artists from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois & Wisconsin enter the competition. The MFAC is juried by artist(s) or curator(s) of distinction, who select current works of the highest quality. Cash awards support working artists, while recognizing the contributions they make to the cultural fabric of our region.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Blue Crescendo, Oil on Linen, 53 Inches High x 75.25 Inches Wide, 2021

Juror
David Lusk:

David Lusk likes looking at art: in person or online; from a blind submission or during a fancy appointment; at a museum or gallery or art fair or artist’s studio.  Because of that fact & his ability to help people understand that they should live surrounded by art, he has had a successful & fun-filled 33 years dealing art.

Lusk’s eponymous business, David Lusk Gallery, has outposts in Memphis & Nashville, Tennessee — far from the artworld hotspots, but still home-base for artists of fantastic creativity & appreciative clients.  The Gallery represents a diverse group of painters, photographers & sculptors from across the United States, as well as a handful of artist estates. 

The Gallery maintains an active schedule of exhibitions at both locations, creating over 24 distinct & carefully curated shows annually, that even in the year of COVID were still well-received.  The Gallery participates in a handful of international art fairs each year & its website, DavidLuskGallery.com, is an award-winning location for looking at art & learning about artists.  The Gallery regularly works with museums both small & large & major private collectors to advance its artists’ careers.  The New York Times, Miami Herald, Time Magazine, Southern Living, The Huffington Post are just a few media outlets that have discussed David Lusk Gallery & its artists.

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Summer Gallery Hours
Mon.-Thurs., 9am-5pm & Fri. & Sat., 9am-4pm

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ART MILE

This summer, Art Mile returns with a full month of exhibitions and events celebrating the arts in Detroit

June 14 – July 11, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Golden Hour, Oil on Linen, 8 x 10 Inches, 2021, Grosse Pointe Artists’ Association: Inquire Artwork
Gloaming, Oil on Linen, 28.5 x 93.5 Inches, 2011, Wayne State University: University Art Collection
Amber Series No.4, Oil on Linen, 66.5 x 46.5 Inches, 2018, Robert Kidd Gallery: Inquire Artwork

Grosse Pointe Artist’ Association
Best of the Best:

Featuring artists who have won best of show in recent juried exhibitions:

Bob Beras | Donald Cronkhite | Leslie Getz | Bruce Giffin | Dan Hackett | Saralee Howard | Hiroko Lancour | Loretta Markell | Kathleen McNamee | Vasu Tolia

The Grosse Pointe Artists’ Association Gallery at The War Memorial
32 Lake Shore Drive | Grosse Pointe Farms | grossepo

Wayne State University
University Art Collection:

The Wayne State University Art Collection is used to educate, inspire, foster creative thinking and promote the advancement of social and cultural leadership. Founded in 1968, this evolving collection has grown to over 6500 works of art that celebrate Detroit artists, and features the most comprehensive collection of Detroit’s famed “Cass Corridor”, a counter cultural art movement that flourished at and around the university during the mid 1960’s to late 1970’s. Many artists in this collection have become some of the most important visual artists to emerge from Detroit and whose voices are prominent in the international conversation on contemporary art today.

Wayne State University Art Collection
656 W. Kirby. Detroit, MI 48202 | University Art Collection

Robert Kidd gallery
Birmingham Michigan Art Gallery:

The Robert Kidd Gallery, located in downtown Birmingham, was founded 30 years ago by Robert Louis Kidd and Ray Frost Fleming. Both Kidd and Fleming, graduates of The Cranbrook Academy of Art, exhibit the work of promising young artists in a serious and professional environment.

Upcoming Solo Exhibition:
Cloudscapes, The Color of White, May 2022

Robert Kidd Gallery
107 Townsend Street, Birmingham, MI 48009 | Cronkhite: Inquire Artwork

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

Faculty Show

April 30 – June 3, 2021

The general public is invited to come to the BBAC to see our exhibits – in groups of no more than four.  Masks must be worn at all times & social distancing must be observed. We will monitor exhibit-going traffic & may restrict entry depending upon the number of people in the galleries. (At this time, there will not be opening receptions for scheduled exhibits.)

NOTE: If you are interested in purchasing any of the exhibited art, you can do so at the BBAC during gallery hours, Monday-Friday, or phone 248.644.0866.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Autumn Flurries, Oil on Linen, 28 Inches High x 31 Inches Wide, 2021

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Gallery Hours
Mon.-Thurs., 10am-6pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am-4pm

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HATCHBACK 15 ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION

April 3rd – April 24, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Woodward Facade, Oil on Linen, 11 Inches High x 7 Inches Wide, 2019

In order to spread our visitors out evenly throughout the month of April, participating artists in Hatchback have
agreed to announce times they will be present. This may help you decide when you want to see the show.
Current schedule posted here.

Juror
Senghor Reid:

Senghor Reid grew up in Detroit’s urban environment, has always yearned to be closer to nature. In his recent series of paintings titled “Distilled,” he explores the question: What do water resources like Michigan’s lakes and rivers mean to us. This makes him the perfect juror for the Association’s popular exhibition, Our Rivers, Our Lakes.

Hatch Art
3456 Evaline Road, Hamtramck, MI 48212
http://www.hatchart.org

Gallery Hours

Extended Hours Saturday, April 3, 2021 12:00 Noon – 9:00pm

Gallery Hours Thursdays (6pm-9pm) and Saturdays (noon-6pm)

Masks required, limited occupancy

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The Art Guild

The Painted Moment

March 11 – April 14, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Golden Hour Before The Storm, 2020, Oil Painting on Linen, 23 x 72.5 Inches

VIRTUAL RECEPTION
The Art Guild will hold a virtual reception on Thursday, March 11th at 7:30 p.m. Winners will be announced along with comments on the work.

Juror
Christine Lafuente:
Christine Lafuente is an American painter known for her still lifes, landscapes, and interior scenes. Characterized by a blurred and painterly realism, Lafuente’s works are created working directly from life and completed in one sitting, allowing the paint to be applied wet into wet. Born in 1968 in Poughkeepsie, NY, she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and worked as an artist-in-residence at the Fleischer Art Memorial from 1997–2002. During that time, Lafuente began teaching at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia and went on to earn her MFA from Brooklyn College in 2004, where she studied under Lennart Anderson. Her works are in the collections of Princeton University, the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, and the Arco Chemical Company in Philadelphia, among others. Christine currently lives and works in Brooklyn throughout the year and spends summers painting in Maine.

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

The challenge: Try something new

February 2 – March 11, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ten Thousand Branches, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 54.5 Inches Wide, 2019
Awarded 2nd Place

Juror
Chuck Duquet:
Chuck Duquet has developed an uncanny sense of art markets over his more than 20 years of collecting around the world. He opened his gallery Collected Detroit because he believes in the depth of artistic talent in the city and supports efforts to make Detroit a destination and resource for serious artists and collectors. Click here for more on Chuck and Collected Detroit.

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NORTHVILLE ART HOUSE

15th Annual Members’ Exhibition

FEBRUARY 17 – MARCH 6, 2021

Showcasing current member artists who provide the community with joy, interaction, and inspiration. The work of over 80 members will be presented in-person as well as in a virtual exhibition.

MEMBERS’ CHOICE AWARDS – Northville Arthouse invites all of their members to recognize the extraordinary work of their members through their Members’ Choice Awards. The artists receiving the most recognition will receive a swag bag and highlighted on their digital media platforms.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Nankin Lake, After the Storm, Oil on Linen, 31 Inches High x 43.5 Inches Wide, 2017

Member’s Choice Award Winner
One of five members selected for this award

Open Reception
Saturday, November 20th, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Virtual Exhibition
The exhibition can be viewed online with enhanced gallery labels discussing the work and/or background of the artists.

Northville Art House
215 West Cady Street, Northville, MI 48167
1 Block south of Main, 2 blocks west of Center
Phone: 248.344.0497

Gallery Hours
Wednesday – Thursday:  10:00 a.m. –  6:00 p.m.
Friday – Saturday:  11:00 a.m. –  3:00 p.m.

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

Soul Searching

October 22, 2020 – January 27, 2021

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Golden Hour Before The Storm, 2020, Oil Painting on Linen, 23 x 72.5 Inches

Juror
Grace Serra:
Grace Serra, who has worked in the field of public art for more than 30 years, is committed to using the arts as a tool to impact lives in a positive way. She is the art curator at the Wayne State University Collection and the University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex. She has served as arts coordinator for the Art in the Stations Public Arts Project for the Detroit People Mover, Detroit Receiving and Children’s Hospital Art Collection Programs and has taught courses in the visual arts, art history and arts administration at Wayne State University, Eastern Michigan University and Henry Ford College. Serra received degrees in painting from Wayne State University (BFA) and the Dominican University in Florence, Italy (MFA), as well as a MA in Arts Administration from Eastern Michigan University.

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NORTHVILLE ART HOUSE

Small Works Juried All-Media Exhibition

NOVEMBER 11 – DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Northville Art House received 428 compelling works by 88 national and international artists including Canada, Michigan and thirteen additional states. Our jurors made selections based on a number of factors that would appeal to our Metro Detroit community including, but not limited to, technique, imagination, and subject matter. The space of the gallery and cohesiveness of the 160 selected works by 66 artists as a whole were also taken into consideration.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Sunrise Cloudscape Study, Oil on Linen, 7 Inches High x 9 Inches Wide, 2019

Open Reception
Saturday, November 14th, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. with Award Presentation at 2:00 p.m.

Northville Art House
215 West Cady Street, Northville, MI 48167
1 Block south of Main, 2 blocks west of Center
Phone: 248.344.0497

Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Friday:  12:00 p.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Saturday:  12:00 p.m. –  4:00 p.m.

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

39th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition

July 10 – August 27, 2020

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC) has hosted the Michigan Fine Arts Competition annually since 1982 when the Detroit Institute of Arts turned the statewide competition over to the BBAC.  Every year, more than 500 artists from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, & Wisconsin enter the competition. The MFAC is juried by artist(s) or curator(s) of distinction, who select current work of highest quality.  Cash awards support working artists, while recognizing the contributions they make to the cultural fabric of our region.

After much deliberation and consideration of the safety of their students, exhibiting artists, and the general public, and following with guidelines from Governor Whitmer, The BBAC have decided that their 2020 Michigan Fine Arts Competition will be a virtual only exhibition available to view on our website.

View 91 works of art juried in from more than 400. View Exhibition: https://bbartcenter.org/michigan-fine-arts-competition/

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Black Veil Over Lake Erie, Oil on Linen, 46.5 Inches High x 66.5 Inches Wide, 2020

Juror
Kevin Grogan:
Kevin Grogan has directed the Morris Museum of Art since April 2002. Between 1980 and 2002, he held directorships at the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Fisk University, and the Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood (now the Cheekwood Museum of Art). From 1971 until 1980, he served on the staff of The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., filling a variety of curatorial and administrative roles. He is active in numerous professional organizations, including the American Alliance of Museums, the Southeastern Art Museum Directors Forum, and the Southeastern Museums Conference. He has served on the boards of numerous local and national organizations, including the Folk Art Society of America and the Art Museum Partnership. A native of Washington, D.C., he was educated at Franklin and Marshall College, the American University, and Vanderbilt University. He and his wife, Kate, an educator, are the parents of two grown children.

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Summer Gallery Hours
Monday – Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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HATCHBACK 14 ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION

April 4th – June 19, 2020

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Woodward Facade, Oil on Linen, 11 Inches High x 7 Inches Wide, 2019

Virtual Exhibition
Artwork listed on website

Juror: Michael Hodges
Michael H. Hodges covers the fine arts for The Detroit News, where he’s worked since 1991. He is also an author, winning First Place for Biography in the Midwest Book Awards for “Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit”.

Hatch Art
3456 Evaline Road, Hamtramck, MI 48212
http://www.hatchart.org

A Virtual Exhibition
Link to Exhibition

Gallery Hours
Saturday: 12:00 noon – 6:00 p.m. / Thursday: 6pm–9:00 pm

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The Scarab Club

Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition ( Silver Medal Exhibition)

February 19th – April 30th, 2020

The Scarab Club announces its Silver Medal Exhibition, an annual unthemed, all-media exhibition. Since 2015 the Silver Medal has been given in honor of the late Gilda Snowden. Gilda’s husband, William Boswell, will present the medal at the reception for the exhibition on Friday, February 24th.

The purpose of the Silver Medal Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ten Thousand Branches, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 54.5 Inches Wide, 2019

Juror: Meighen Jackson
Painter and paper artist Meighen Jackson’s recent solo show at Janice Charach Gallery is about bodies in motion – climbing, evolving, revolving and taking some tumbles along the way.  It features Jackson’s lifelong interest in dynamic line and her first foray into large sculptural installations.  Jackson, a metro Detroit-based painter, educator and lecturer on contemporary art  is represented nationally by Walter Wickiser Gallery in Manhattan and shows regionally with M Contemporary and Ward Gallery. She is a former head of Chrysler Corporate Identity, Graphics and Printing Services.  Jackson holds an MFA in painting from the University of Cincinnati and undergraduate degrees from Michigan State University.

Reception
Friday, February 21st, 2020: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. / Awards at 7:00 p.m.

Gallery Talk
Thursday. March 12, 2020: 6:00 p.m.

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250

Gallery Talk
Link to Gallery Talk by Meighen Jackson

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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DETROIT ARTIST MARKET

2020 All Media Exhibition

January 17 – February 15, 2020

Featuring 46 Outstanding Artists
Forty-six artists celebrate Detroit culture and heritage through works in mixed media, colorful painting, and sculpture. This exhibition was juried by Dr. Hubert Massey, whose body of work is like a tapestry of social rhythm and expanding color.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Nankin Lake, After the Storm, Oil on Linen, 31 Inches High x 43.5 Inches Wide, 2017

Open Reception
Friday, January 17th from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Juror: Dr. Hubert Massey
Dr. Hubert Massey is an award-winning Kresge Fine Arts Fellow whose distinctive fresco murals grace the halls of such visible Michigan destinations as the Flint Institute of the Arts, Detroit Athletic Club, and his alma mater, Grand Valley State University, where he earned an honorary doctorate of fine arts in 2012. In 2014 the DRCFA commissioned Hubert to create the first large-scale mural for TCF Center since 1987. A fresco painting, the mural features images and tells stories of Detroit community pride. Hubert studied at the University of London’s Slade Institute of Fine Arts and later learned the centuries-old fresco technique from former assistants of legendary artist Diego Rivera. Today Hubert is the only known African American commissioned fresco artist in America.

Participating Artists
Robert Beras, Boisali Biswas, Harold Braggs, Jim Bundshuh, Kristen Canda, Saylem Celeste, Leslie Cieplechowicz, Barbara Clay, Ronald Clegg, Krista Conyers, Yoriko Cronin, Donald Cronkhite, Darin Darby, Valarie Davis, Rita Dickerson, Shawn Renee Forman, Bettye Foster, Took Gallagher, Linden Godlove, Bruce Giffin, Mint Artists Guild, Katherine Hanley, May Hiddleston, Joyce Jeffrey, Dorothy Jett-Carter, Bella Kubo, Matt Lewis, Elise Martin, Michael McNeil, Steve Miller, Carole Morisseau, Emilia Nawrocki, Joan Painter-Jones, Catherine Peet, Laura Reed, Amelia Rennell, Renee Rials, Richard Riley, Christine Ritchie, Yvette Rock, Catherine Royer, Fran Seikaly, Lawrence Sekulich, Tricia Soderberg, Bryant Tillman, and Ruth Warnock.

Detroit Artist Market
4719 woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201
Matt Fry, Director: Tel (313) 832.8540 / mfry@detroitartistsmarket.org

Gallery Hours
Monday & Sunday: Closed
Tuesday – Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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Kresge Foundation Headquarters

Art In The Office

JANUARY 2020 – DECEMBER 2021

The Kresge Foundation is a private, national foundation that works to expand opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development in Detroit. The purpose for “Art In The Office” is to integrate art into the daily lives of those working at the Kresge Foundation. Ethereal Amber is one of several paintings chosen for the this annual project.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ethereal Amber, Oil on Linen, 41.5 x 47.5 Inches, 2015

Curator
Peter B Gahan: President and owner of Detroit Art Specialists (DAS) http://www.detroitartspecialists.com/

Detroit Art Specialists (DAS)
Peter Gahan
​Huntington Woods, Michigan
​Tel 248-808-7960

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NORTHVILLE ART HOUSE

Black & White

FEBRUARY 7 – FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Black and White will showcase the power and range of monochromatic colors through works that comprise of only blacks, grays, and whites. Architect, artist and juror Donn Angel Perez has selected 56 works by 45 artists.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Tempest, Oil on Linen, 31 Inches High x 43.5 Inches Wide, 2018

Open Reception
Friday, February 7th, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. with Award Presentation at 7:00 p.m.

Juror
Donn Angel Pérez:

Participating Artists
Dale Alcocer, Gerald Alderman, Alexis Beucler, Denise Carter, Donald J. Cronkhite, Patricia Domanski, Carol Foerster, Scott Foster, Kath Frajbis, Veronique Gambier, Carolyn Garay, Starnescia Godbott, Debbie Grifka, Kevin Grow, David Haggard, Caleb Henkelman, Peggy Kerwan, Friedhard Kiekeben, Janet Kondziela, Angela Larson, Maria Latour, Dennis McCarty, Kathleen McNamee, Barbara Eko Murphy, Jennifer Muse, Michael Nowotny, Kelly O’Neill, Sarah Olson, Tasha Peace, Robert D. Perrish, Susan Perrish, Jim Rehlin, Venice Rioux, Denise Rohde, Nancy Savage, Karen Schlanderer, Chuck Schroeder, M.J. Seltzer, Matruka Sherman, Sandra Steed, Ellen Stern, Jos Stumpe, Julie Varner, Marty Walker, and Lori Zurvalec.

Northville Art House
215 West Cady Street, Northville, MI 48167
1 Block south of Main, 2 blocks west of Center
Phone: 248.344.0497

Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Friday:  12:00 p.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Saturday:  12:00 p.m. –  4:00 p.m.

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HENRY FORD COLLEGE

Landscapes Through Michigan Eyes: Landscape Painting, Drawing, and Photography by Michigan artists

Featuring twenty six works of art from eleven Michigan-based artists, Landscape Through Michigan Eyes considers how these artists approach natural, rural, and imaginary landscapes. Using various media, from ink to paint to photography, each brings a unique version and vision of landscape. A popular genre for centuries, landscape remains fresh and relevant, bringing a meditative quality that blends nature and design.

October 15  – November 27, 2019

Artists include
Artist Include Donald Cronkhite, Edward Duff, Bill Jackson, Meighen Jackson, Matt Lewis, Jim Nawara, Lucille Nawara, Rick Vian, Emily Vastbinder, Tommy Wilson, and Emily Woods.

Open Reception
Friday, October 18, 2018, 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Co-Curator:
Donald Cronkhite & Steve Glazer

Exhibition Review:
Detroit Art Review

Henry Ford College
Sisson Art Gallery: Building F – The MacKenzie Fine Arts Center
5101 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128

Fall Gallery Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 10th: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
or by appointment: (313) 845-6485, sglazer@hfcc.edu
Visit the Sisson Gallery on the internet at: sisson.hfcc.edu

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

Ominous Skies: a cloud study – Paintings by Donald Cronkhite

September 11 – October 6, 2019

Donald Cronkhite’s passion for clouds has fueled his work for more then 15 years.

Like the Romantics in the 1700s, he sees clouds as a vehicle for expressing emotions and often focuses on capturing that high-drama moment just before the violence of the storm surfaces or as some describe it: all hell breaks loose.

In the spirit of the Realists, he uses photographic detail so that this moment of high tension and expectation immediately resonates with the viewer.

And like the Expressionists, he encourages the viewer to look so closely at the approaching storm clouds that the experience is exaggerated and the large scale of many of his pieces envelop the viewer into the powerful and mystifying clouds on his canvas and perhaps in their everyday lives.

Cronkhite won this solo show as the best of show in the Grosse Pointe Artists Association’s recent Our Rivers, Our Lakes exhibition.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Nineteen Cloudscape Paintings

Gallery Talk
The association is hosting a gallery talk with Cronkhite at 7 pm on Thursday, Sept. 19, in the Art Studio at The War Memorial.  Click here for more information.

Master Class
From 10 am – 2 pm, on Saturday, Sept. 21, he will offer a master class on clouds. Click here to register.

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MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART 91ST MICHIGAN CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION

September 5th – November 23rd, 2019

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ten Thousand Branches, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 54.5 Inches Wide, 2019
Fervent Weather Approaching, Oil Painting on Linen, 17 Inches High x 42 Inches Wide, 2018

Open Reception
Thursday, September 5th from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Juror
Amy Chaloupka:

Amy Chaloupka, received her BFA from Western Washington University and MFA in Sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has exhibited widely and created several public works, including permanent installations in Santa Fe, Chicago, and Madison, Wisconsin.

Since 2008, Chaloupka has curated more than 15 contemporary exhibitions featuring national and international artists for the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. While there, she contributed to several published catalogue essays related to exhibitions.

Now living and working in the Pacific Northwest, Chaloupka is Curator of Art at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, Washington. In addition, she serves on the Arts Commission for the City of Bellingham and teaches within the Art and Art History Departments at Western Washington University. Recent exhibitions curated include: Crossover: Cruce de Vias, at the Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA (2015), Colorfast at the Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA (2016) Nek Chand: The World In A Garden at the Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. (2017), and the forthcoming retrospective, Ed Bereal: Wanted for Disturbing the Peace (2019), at the Whatcom Museum.

Muskegon Museum of Art
296 West Weber Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49440
Art Martin, Director of Collections & Exhibitions / Senior Curator: Tel (231) 720.2575

Museum Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday:  11:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

Summer Pleasures

August 6 – September 8, 2019

The spirit of the Grosse Pointe Artists Association (GPAA) began in 1927 when a group of artists organized a juried exhibition at a local club. Soon after, the association began offering art classes and by 1942, the American Federation of the Arts listed GPAA in its American Art Annual. The association has had many homes in its 90-year history. Its first home was at The War Memorial, and after years of moving from one commercial space to another, GPAA returned to The War Memorial in May 2016. In a published history of the organization, GPAA founding member John Vogt passionately describes the organization’s efforts to “improve the quality of life in the Pointes by making art an integral force in the community.” Ninety years later, the only change is that GPAA has broaden its scope to include the Pointes and their neighbors.

Purpose /Theme
In his famous book on Walden Pond, essayist and poet Henry David Thoreau described himself as “rich in sunny hours and summer days.” In the spirit of Thoreau, artists are asked to illustrate the riches they find in summer.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ethereal Amber, Oil on Linen, 41.5 x 47.5 Inches, 2015
Summer Sky at Twilight ,Oil on Linen, 9 x 13 Inches, 2018

Open Reception
Sunday, June 23, 2:00 PM

Awarded 2nd Place
Opening Reception and Award Presentation

Juror
Ani Garabedian:

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

Michigan Fine Arts Competition

June 21 – August 22, 2019

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC) has hosted the Michigan Fine Arts Competition annually since 1982 when the Detroit Institute of Arts turned the statewide competition over to the BBAC.  Every year, more than 500 artists from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, & Wisconsin enter the competition. The MFAC is juried by artist(s) or curator(s) of distinction, who select current work of highest quality.  Cash awards support working artists, while recognizing the contributions they make to the cultural fabric of our region.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ten Thousand Branches, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 54.5 Inches Wide, 2019
Twilight, Oil on Linen, 17 Inches High x 41 Inches Wide, 2019

Opening Reception and Awards Presentation
Friday, June 21st, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Juror
Jarald Melberg:
http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/March-2017/Jerald-Melberg/

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Summer Gallery Hours
Monday – Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Grosse Pointe Artists Association

Our Rivers, Our Lakes

June 23 – August 4, 2019

The spirit of the Grosse Pointe Artists Association (GPAA) began in 1927 when a group of artists organized a juried exhibition at a local club. Soon after, the association began offering art classes and by 1942, the American Federation of the Arts listed GPAA in its American Art Annual. The association has had many homes in its 90-year history. Its first home was at The War Memorial, and after years of moving from one commercial space to another, GPAA returned to The War Memorial in May 2016. In a published history of the organization, GPAA founding member John Vogt passionately describes the organization’s efforts to “improve the quality of life in the Pointes by making art an integral force in the community.” Ninety years later, the only change is that GPAA has broaden its scope to include the Pointes and their neighbors.

Purpose /Theme
This exhibition is a celebration of the fresh water all around us. The Great Lakes, combined with countless inland lakes, rivers and streams, provide rich artistic inspiration.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Storm Over lake Erie, Oil on Linen, 13 Inches High x 15 Inches Wide, 2019
Nankin Lake, Livonia MI, 31Inches High x 43.5 Inches Wide, 2017

Open Reception
Sunday, June 23, 2:00 PM

Best of Show
https://grossepointeartcenter.org/exhibitions/#!event/2019/5/11/our-rivers-our-lakes-call-for-entry-deadline-may-31

Juror
Senghor Reid:

Senghor Reid grew up in Detroit’s urban environment, has always yearned to be closer to nature. In his recent series of paintings titled “Distilled,” he explores the question: What do water resources like Michigan’s lakes and rivers mean to us. This makes him the perfect juror for the Association’s popular exhibition, Our Rivers, Our Lakes.

Gallery Hours
Monday – Saturday:  9:00 a.m. –  9:00 p.m.
Sunday:  Closed

 

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Annual Mercedes-Benz Local Reach / Global Perspectives Exhibition

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America

2019 – 2020 Exhibition

Mercedes-Benz believes that art is a catalyst for positive change and that contemporary art plays a critical role in creating a stimulating work environment thus enhancing the quality of life in our communities. Our annual Experiencing perspectives art program supports that belief by spurring conversations that spark dynamic ways of seeing and thinking. It also speaks to one of Mercedes-Benz Ore Values – Inspired and Empowered people.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Gray Series No. 20, 2008, Oil on Linen, 66.5 x 46,5 Inches

Art Reception: Food, Music, and Wine
Thursday, July 18: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. / Exhibition Catalog Available at Door

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
12120 Telegraph Road, Redford, MI 48239

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NORTHVILLE ART HOUSE

ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION

MARCH 1 – MARCH 23, 2019

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Approaching Strorm, 2017, Oil on Linen, 9 Inches High x 14 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, March 1, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Northville Art House
215 West Cady Street, Northville, MI 48167
1 Block south of Main, 2 blocks west of Center
Phone: 248.344.0497

Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Friday:  12:00 p.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Saturday:  12:00 p.m. –  4:00 p.m.

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The Scarab Club

Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition (Silver Medal Exhibition)

February 22nd, 2019 – March 30th, 2019

The Scarab Club announces its Silver Medal Exhibition, an annual unthemed, all-media exhibition. Since 2015 the Silver Medal has been given in honor of the late Gilda Snowden. Gilda’s husband, William Boswell, will present the medal at the reception for the exhibition on Friday, February 24th.

The purpose of the Silver Medal Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Dusk, 2015, Oil Painting, 14 Inches High x 16 Inches Wide

Juror: Sue Carman-Vian
Sue Carman-Vian has had a thirty-year career as a painter, performance artist and film and video maker. She received an MFA from Wayne State University in 1984. She received the Michigan Council for the Arts Grant in 1986 for the Public Billboard Project, and was an award winner in the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1991. Sue has written, directed, produced and performed in nine productions from 1984-2008. Some of these productions were sponsored by Marygrove College. She has written, directed, produced and performed in eleven films/videos from 1986-2009. Most of these were made in conjunction with her performance art pieces. Sue has exhibited in numerous one- and two-person exhibitions and many group shows from 1986 to present. She has taught performance art at Wayne State University and Marygrove college in Detroit, MI. Since 2010 she has collaborated on a public arts billboard project and continues to perform her pieces in group performance events. Her work is narrative and autobiographically inspired by events in her life as they relate to her as a person and artist. Her use of universal themes help the viewer become aware of the value, relevance and place of art in society.

Reception
Friday, February 22nd, 2019 / 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Talk
Thursday. March 7, 2019 / 6:00 p.m.

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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HENRY FORD COLLEGE

CHASING THE LIGHT – SOLO EXHIBITION

October 15  – December 14, 2018

“Chasing the Light” is a glimpse of a fourteen-year experiment building upon the transitory and fleeting quality of storm cloud formations. Utilizing paint as the vehicle for documentation, each painting is a visual record of an ever-changing natural environment impacted by the drama of light. The work in “Chasing the Light” attempts to capture a fleeting moment in time while evoking an emotional response and challenging the imagination of the viewer.

Presents

PAINTINGS BY DONALD CRONKHITE
Exhibition Highlight: Grandeur, 2015, Oil on Linen, 46.5 Inches High x 165.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, October 19, 2018, 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

WHFR Radio 89.3 – Henry Ford College
Henry Ford Radio Interview

Henry Ford College
Sisson Art Gallery: Building F – The MacKenzie Fine Arts Center
5101 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128

Fall Gallery Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 10th: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
or by appointment: (313) 845-6485, sglazer@hfcc.edu
Visit the Sisson Gallery on the internet at: sisson.hfcc.edu

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MIDLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS

57TH GREATER MICHIGAN ART EXHIBITION:

September 22 – November 4, 2018

The 57th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition is one of the few remaining statewide visual arts competitions in Michigan. Organized by Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art at Midland Center for the Arts, this exhibition provides a forum for the most recent developments by Michigan artists.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Unhurried, Uncertain, Oil on Linen, 31 Inches High x 43.5 Inches Wide, 2017

Open Reception and Award Winners Announced
Saturday, September 22 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Juror
Deborah Rockman
Professor of Art in the BFA and MFA Drawing programs at Kendall College of Art and Design / DeborahRockman.com

Midland Center for the Arts:
The Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art
1801 W. St. Andrews, Midland, MI 48640
Questions: Sarah Brandt / 989.631.5930 x1299

Fall Museum Hours
Monday – Friday: Closed
Wednesday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

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BLACK BOX GALLERY

CROSSING PERSPECTIVES:

Finding Similarities of Culture Through Artist’ Landscape

SEPTEMBER 14 – OCTOBER 12, 2018

Featuring 19 Artists from the USA, China, Japan, Sweden, Brazil, and Iran
Crossing Perspective’s goal is to produce a unifying message that celebrates the multicultural landscapes -both figurative and literal – that draw from the artists’ heritage, travels, and desire to foster a conversation that builds bridges through both our similarities and differences.

DONALD CRONKHITE
Gloaming, Oil Painting on Linen, 30 Inches High x 93.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, September 14 from 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Artist Talk
Saturday, October 6, 1:00 PM

BLACK BOX GALLERY
3700 Monroe Street, Dearborn, MI United States 48124 / Phone: 313-914-3437

Gallery Hours
Sunday – Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

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MIDLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS

ARTPRIZE THE MICHIGAN CONNECTION:

June 23 – September 9, 2018

Featuring 40 Outstanding Artists
Grand Rapids’ ArtPrize is the most-visited show of its kind. This exhibition will showcase the ArtPrize entries of up to 40 Michigan artists. Included will be the massive pencil drawing Cavalry by Chris LaPorte, $250,000 winner of ArtPrize 2010. This exhibition is presented with the approval of, but is not a collaboration with, ArtPrize.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Twilight of Grandeur, 2016, Oil Painting, 52.5 Inches High x 74.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Saturday, June 30 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Midland Center for the Arts:
The Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art
1801 W. St. Andrews, Midland, MI 48640
Armin Mersmann, Senior Visual Arts Curator / 989.631.5930 x 1404

Fall Museum Hours
Monday – Friday: Closed
Wednesday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

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The Scarab Club Plein Air Challenge

Scarab Club Lounge: July 28th – September 8th, 2018

Last year the Scarab Club hosted IN THE AIR–its first plein air exhibition. This year seventy artists signed up to accept the challenge to paint or draw an original work of art between the hours of 8 am and 4 pm. When the artists return their work, it will be installed in the lounge–wet! It’s a great community effort–and will be wonderful to see easels set up again throughout the city, with artists painting landscapes and cityscapes.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Woodward Facade, 2018, Oil on Linen, 8 Inches High x 6 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Saturday, July 28th, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Anton Art Center

MOTHERHOOD

July 28 – September 5, 2018

Featuring 42 Works of Art by 25 Artists
A juried visual art exhibition featuring works of varying media on the complexity of motherhood. Artists respond to how mothering effects a person’s body, mind, and identity, and how motherhood influences creative work, or vice versa.

This exhibit features 42 selected artworks by 25 artists from near and far, including regional artists from southeast Michigan, out-of-state artists from Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, New York, and Missouri, and international artists from Singapore and Canada. A variety of media used includes photography, ink, graphite, colored pencil, charcoal, felt, oil paint, watercolor, mixed media, sterling silver, breast milk, nursing pads, mohair, acrylic, etc.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
A New Face, Oil on Linen, 14 Inches High x 14 Inches Wide
6 Days Old, Oil on Linen, 12 Inches High x 12 Inches Wide

Jurors – Anton Art Center exhibition committee

Open Reception & Rewards
Saturday, July 28 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Awards announced at 3:00pm)

Anton Art Center
125 Macomb Place, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
Telephone: (586) 469.8660
Stephanie Hazzard, Exhibition Manager: sahazzard@theartcenter.org

Gallery Hours
Sunday & Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Saturday:  10:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

Michigan Fine Arts Competition

June 22 – August 23, 2018

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC) has hosted the Michigan Fine Arts Competition annually since 1982 when the Detroit Institute of Arts turned the statewide competition over to the BBAC.  Every year, more than 500 artists from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, & Wisconsin enter the competition. The MFAC is juried by artist(s) or curator(s) of distinction, who select current work of highest quality.  Cash awards support working artists, while recognizing the contributions they make to the cultural fabric of our region.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Fervent Weather Approaching, 2018, Oil Painting on Linen, 17 Inches High x 42 Inches Wide

Opening Reception and Awards Presentation
Friday, June 22nd, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Jurors
Emily Mae Smith: http://www.EmilyMaeSmith.com
Adam Henry: http://www.AdamHenryStudio.com

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Summer Gallery Hours
Monday – Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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DETROIT ARTIST MARKET

2018 BIENNIAL ALL MEDIA EXHIBITION: TERRAIN

APRIL 27– MAY 26, 2018

Featuring 40 Outstanding Artists
Juried by Jim Nawara, this exhibition features works inspired by observed, interpreted or imagined landscapes. Three outstanding works were selected for cash awards.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ethereal Amber, 2015, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 47.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, April 27th from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Juror: Jim Nawara
Jim Nawara earned a BFA degree from the Art Institute of Chicago and his MFA degree in painting at the University of Illinois, Champaign. Nawara is a Professor Emeritus of Painting & Drawing in the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History at Wayne State University in Detroit. His landscape paintings, drawings and prints have been exhibited in more than 250 international, national, and regional group exhibitions as well as nine solo exhibitions. Nawara has received substantial grant support for his work including three Creative Artist Grants from the Michigan Council for the Arts. His work is represented in numerous museums, corporate and university collections.

Juror’s Comments
The works for this exhibition may present engaging, evocative images and ideas that employ illusion, allusion, and/or representation of observed, interpreted, or imaginary landscapes. Natural and unnatural phenomena in urban, suburban or rural landscape subjects, concepts about geology, memory and landscape, history embedded in landscape, archaeology, space archaeology, aerial views, maps and cartography, seascapes, layered space, camouflage in landscape, still life in landscape, figure in landscape, skyscapes, nocturnes, weather effects, atmospherics, optical phenomena in landscape (opposition effect, sun pillars, fogbows, glories, etc.), or microcosmic and macrocosmic landscapes may be of interest.

Detroit Artist Market
4719 woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201
Matt Fry, Director: Tel (313) 832.8540 / mfry@detroitartistsmarket.org

Gallery Hours
Monday & Sunday: Closed
Tuesday – Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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Collectors Show / Spring 2018

The ArtPrize Hub

April 27 & 28

‘Collectors Show’ is an exhibition designed to forge artist-collector relationships and help kickstart an emerging art market in West Michigan. Created by Tyler Loftis, New York-based artist originally from Michigan, the FALL 2017 edition of the biannual fine art exhibition will take place on September 14 and 15, during ArtPrize Nine Preview Week.

Loftis seeks to combine the diverse group of ArtPrize artists with professional contemporary artists as well as famous American artists of the last century – to create a context for the emerging and established collectors in the area to see and understand the work. Show will remain up through ArtPrize 9 Award Ceremony, October 8th.

This exhibition will feature artwork by contemporary and 20th century artists: Arthor Dove, Marsden Hartley, Janice Biala, Robert De Niro Sr, and Fairfield Porter.

Please visit www.thecollectorsshow.com to learn more about the event.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Twilight, 2017, Oil on Linen, 10 Inches High x 20.75 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, April 27: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Continued Exhibition
Saturday, April 28: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The ArtPrize Hub
41 Sheldon Blvd SE Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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Annual Mercedes-Benz Local Reach / Global Perspectives Exhibition

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America

2017 – 2018 Exhibition

Mercedes-Benz believes that art is a catalyst for positive change and that contemporary art plays a critical role in creating a stimulating work environment thus enhancing the quality of life in our communities. Our annual Experiencing perspectives art program supports that belief by spurring conversations that spark dynamic ways of seeing and thinking. It also speaks to one of Mercedes-Benz Ore Values – Inspired and Empowered people.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Grandeur, 2008, Oil on Linen, 13.5 x 34.5 Inches
Gray Series No. 16, Oil on Linen, 19.5 x 46 Inches
Gray Series No. 15, Oil on Linen, 17 x 39 Inches

Art Reception: Food, Music, and Wine
Thursday, April 19: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. / Exhibition Catalog Available at Door

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
12120 Telegraph Road, Redford, MI 48239

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NORTHVILLE ART HOUSE

ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION

MARCH 2 – MARCH 24, 2018

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Rolling Hills, 2017, Oil on Linen, 12 Inches High x 14 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, March 2, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Northville Art House
215 West Cady Street, Northville, MI 48167
1 Block south of Main, 2 blocks west of Center
Phone: 248.344.0497

Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Friday:  12:00 p.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Saturday:  12:00 p.m. –  4:00 p.m.

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Anton Art Center

MICHIGAN ANNUAL 45TH STATEWIDE ART COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION

January 27 – February 23, 2018

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Twilight of Grandeur, 2016, Oil Painting, 52.5 Inches High x 74.5 Inches Wide

Juror: Dennis Nawrocki
Dennis Nawrocki has been a faculty member at CCS, Wayne State University, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago from the mid-1970s until the present, in both full-time and adjunct capacities. He has held museum positions at the Detroit Institute of Arts, University of Michigan Museum of Art, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. He directed Center Galleries at CCS for a number of years in the 1980s. Author of Art in Detroit Public Places (1999) and a freelance critic, Nawrocki has reviewed national and international exhibitions for Art in America, New Art Examiner (Chicago), and Metro Times (Detroit).

Open Reception & Rewards
Saturday, January 27 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Awards announced at 3:00pm)

Anton Art Center
125 Macomb Place, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
Telephone: (586) 469.8660
Stephanie Hazzard, Exhibition Manager: sahazzard@theartcenter.org

Gallery Hours
Sunday & Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Saturday:  10:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.

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The Scarab Club

104th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition

Nov. 15th, 2017 – Jan. 6th, 2018

The 103rd Gold Medal Exhibition is an annual unthemed, all-media exhibition showcasing the work of SC members. The purpose of the Gold Medal Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of Scarab artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Grandeur, 2015, Oil on Linen, 46.5 Inches High x 165.5 Inches Wide

Juror: Dennis Nawrocki
Dennis Nawrocki has been a faculty member at CCS, Wayne State University, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago from the mid-1970s until the present, in both full-time and adjunct capacities. He has held museum positions at the Detroit Institute of Arts, University of Michigan Museum of Art, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. He directed Center Galleries at CCS for a number of years in the 1980s. Author of Art in Detroit Public Places (1999) and a freelance critic, Nawrocki has reviewed national and international exhibitions for Art in America, New Art Examiner (Chicago), and Metro Times (Detroit).

Open Reception
Friday, November 17 from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Talk
Thursday, November 30, 6:00 p.m.

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250
Treena Flannery Ericson, Galleries Director: tericson@scarabclub.org

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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 CROOK TREE ARTS CENTER

2017 JURIED FINE ARTS EXHIBITION

October 21, 2017 – January 6, 2018

The 2017 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition of 2D and relief work will be presented in the Ermy B. & Gordon B. Bonfield Gallery from October 21 through January 6. The 2017 Juried Fine Arts Exhibition is open to all Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ontario residents, and to all members of Crooked Tree Arts Center regardless of residency. Awards will be announced at the opening on Saturday, October 21, between the hours of 2-4 p.m.  Free admission to the public.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Twilight, 2017, Oil on Linen, 10 Inches High x 20.75 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Saturday, October 21 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Juror: Patrick Wise
Patrick Wise spent several years employed by the Detroit Institute of Arts, and has been a curator for the DIA’s education exhibitions (2010-2015). His work is in the permanent collection at Children’s Hospital of Detroit. Patrick has led a portrait workshop at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) in conjunction with Alex Melamid. He earned his Master of Arts from Wayne State University, and is an award winning painter and college professor.

Crooked Tree Arts Center
461 East Mitchell Street, Petoskey, MI 49770
Sheila Ruen, Galleries Director: Tel (231) 347-4337

Museum Hours
Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm. Wednesday mornings we open at 10am.
Saturdays from 10am-4pm. Closed Sunday.

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MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART 89th ANNUAL REGIONAL ALL – MICHIGAN EXHIBITION

September 28th – November 8th, 2017

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Ethereal Amber, 2015, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 47.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Thursday, September 28th from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Juror: Petra Fallaux
Petra Fallaux, Independent Writer, Curator, Juror, Teacher, Grant Panelist, and Artist. She is the former director of the Hewlett Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, where she oversaw eight to fourteen exhibitions a year that included multi-disciplinary shows in the visual and performing arts and various sciences. Fallaux was the founding director of the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, which serves as the University’s primary contemporary art gallery. Today, she works as an independent writer, curator, juror, teacher, grant panelist, and artist. She has curated or juried exhibitions of not only traditional media, but new media including textiles, film, architecture, industrial design, holograms, and digital. A teacher, Fallaux specializes in film and film editing, dyeing and screen printing, and arts management and administration.

Muskegon Museum of Art
296 West Weber Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49440
Art Martin, Director of Collections & Exhibitions / Senior Curator: Tel (231) 720.2575

Museum Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday:  11:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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MIDLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS

THE 56TH ANNUAL GREATER MICHIGAN ARTS EXHIBITION:

September 23 – November 5, 2017

The 56th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition is one of the few remaining statewide visual arts competitions in Michigan. Organized by Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art (ABDM) at Midland Center for the Arts, this exhibition provides a forum for the most recent developments by Michigan artists. The gallery spaces at Midland Center for the Arts provide a dramatic stage for the display of contemporary work and are especially suited for the exhibition of large-scale works. Each year we bring to Midland reputable arts professionals from around the country to serve as jurors for the exhibition. From leading artists, to curators, to directors to galleries and museums, our jurors bring their experience and knowledge about the contemporary art scene into the curatorial selection and awards designations. Cash awards and exhibition awards underscore the formal and expressive accomplishments of the artists included in the exhibit.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Grandeur, 2015, Oil on Linen, 46.5 Inches High x 165.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception & Award Presentation
Saturday, October 23 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Juror: Jason Franz
Jason Franz: Founding Executive Director & Chief Curator,
Visual Artist and Educator for Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati Ohio.

Midland Center for the Arts:
The Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art
1801 W. St. Andrews, Midland, MI 48640
Armin Mersmann, Senior Visual Arts Curator and Greater Michigan Art Exhibition Committee: Tel (989) 631.5930

Fall Museum Hours
Monday – Friday: Closed
Wednesday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sunday: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

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ArtPrize 9

ArtPrize is an open, independently organized international art competition which takes place for 19 days each fall in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  More than five hundred thousand dollars in prizes are awarded each year, which include a $200,000 prize awarded entirely by public vote and another $200,000 prize awarded by a jury of art experts.

Any artist working in any medium from anywhere in the world can participate. Art is exhibited throughout downtown Grand Rapids—museums, bars, public parks, restaurants, theaters, hotels, bridges, laundromats, auto body shops, vacant storefronts and office spaces. Artists and venues register for the competition then find each other through an online connections process in late spring. No one at ArtPrize selects a single artist or artwork, directs an artist where to show work or directs a venue what to show. In 2016, 1,453 works created by artists from 40 states and 44 countries were exhibited in 170 venues.

ArtPrize is free and open to the public and now attracts over 500,000 visitors, making it the most attended public art event in the world in 2014 and 2015, according the The Art Newspaper’s annual “Big Ticket List.”

ArtPrize 9 will take place from September 20 to October 8, 2017

Women’s City Club

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Inclemency, 2017, Oil Painting, 46.5 Inches High x 66.5 Inches Wide

Opening Day
Wednesday, September 20th, 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Vote Code: 65126
Must Register in Person at ArtPrize in Order to Vote
http://www.artprize.org/65126
Voter Registration is at Hillside HUB @ Women’s City Club

Women’s City Club
254 East Fulton Street, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Hillside

Venue Hours
Monday – Saturday: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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Collectors Show / Fall 2017

The Venue Tower

September 14 & 15

‘Collectors Show’ is an exhibition designed to forge artist-collector relationships and help kickstart an emerging art market in West Michigan. Created by Tyler Loftis, New York-based artist originally from Michigan, the FALL 2017 edition of the biannual fine art exhibition will take place on September 14 and 15, during ArtPrize Nine Preview Week.

Loftis seeks to combine the diverse group of ArtPrize artists with professional contemporary artists as well as famous American artists of the last century – to create a context for the emerging and established collectors in the area to see and understand the work. Show will remain up through ArtPrize 9 Award Ceremony, October 8th.

A complete list of featured artists for this show includes: Lennart Anderson, Milton Avery, Neil Blaine, Lois Dodd, Euan Euglow, Arshile Gorty, Hans Hofmann, Wolf Kahn, Philip Pearlstein, Fairfield Porter, Paul Resika. 

Please visit www.thecollectorsshow.com to learn more about the event.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Rolling Hills (Landscape Study), 2017, Oil on Linen, 12 Inches High x 14 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Friday, September 15: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 7: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

The Venue Tower
15 Ottawa NW Downtown Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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The Scarab Club Plein Air Challenge

Scarab Club Lounge: August 26th – September 16th, 2017

See work created by 55 local artists in and around Detroit. The Plein Air Challenge is a one-day event, where all work is created 8am – 4pm and hung the same day.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Untitled, 2017, Oil on Linen, 6 Inches High x 12 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Saturday, August 26th, 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

Michigan Fine Arts Competition

June 23rd – August 25, 2017

The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC) has hosted the Michigan Fine Arts Competition annually since 1982 when the Detroit Institute of Arts turned the statewide competition over to the BBAC.  Every year, more than 500 artists from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, & Wisconsin enter the competition. The MFAC is juried by artist(s) or curator(s) of distinction, who select current work of highest quality.  Cash awards support working artists, while recognizing the contributions they make to the cultural fabric of our region.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Cloudscape: Twilight of Grandeur, 2016, Oil Painting, 52.5 Inches High x 74.5 Inches Wide

Opening Reception and Awards Presentation
Friday, June 23rd, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Juror: Andrew Rosinski
Andrew Rosinski (b. 1987, Traverse City, Michigan, USA) is an artist, filmmaker, & independent curator. In 2009, he founded Dinca, a contemporary art blog surveying the most noteworthy & innovative artworks that exist in physical, digital, & time-based spaces. In 2010, he earned a BA in Film & Video from Columbia College Chicago. In 2012, he founded Vision Quest, a contemporary moving image & media arts festival. In 2014, he was awarded a Propeller Grant, a program by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as part of its initiative to promote informal and independently organized visual arts activities across the United States. His artwork — moving image, painting, sculpture & objects, text, digital media — has exhibited at the Museum of the Moving Image, NYC; the Serpentine Gallery Marathon, online/London; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Doc Films at the University of Chicago; EXPO Chicago; Threewalls’ 12th Annual Gala; the Ann Arbor Film Festival; The Wrong – New Digital Art Biennale; bubblebyte.org; the Off and Free Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea; the Axiom Center for New and Experimental Media; and at Brown University’s Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. During 2005–2016, he resided in Chicago & Detroit; he currently lives and works in NYC.

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook, Birmingham, MI 48009
https://bbartcenter.org/mfac/
(248) 644.0866

Summer Gallery Hours
Monday – Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Ann Arbor Art Center

REMIX

June 8th – July 22nd, 2017

An exhibition including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture & objects, text, new media, and moving image, as well as new and traditional modes of artmaking combined in unexpected ways.

Artwork may be an abstraction of recognizable imagery; satirical, ironic or social commentary on its subject; influenced by the internet age, and the network in which it exists; or may employ visual rhetoric of advertising, corporate branding and commercial software tools.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Unhurried, Uncertain, Oil on Linen, 31 Inches High x 43.5 Inches Wide, 2017

Opening Reception and Celebration
Thursday, June 8th, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Juror: Noel W. Anderson
Noel W. Anderson is Assistant Professor at NYU’s Art and Art Professions Department in Printmaking. Anderson holds three degrees: a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University, a Master of Fine Arts from Indiana University in Printmaking, and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in Sculpture.

Ann Arbor Art Center
GALLERY 117
117 West Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
http://www.annarborartcenter.org / (734) 994.8004
Gallery Installation Video

Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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HATCHBACK 11 ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION

April 1st – April 29, 2017

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Approaching Storm, Oil on Linen, 9 Inches High x 14 Inches Wide, 2017

Opening Reception
Saturday, April 1st, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Juror: Treena Flannery Ericson

Hatchback Artist Talk
Donald Cronkhite and other participating artists will have an open discussion about their work and art in general.  Saturday April 8, 2 – 3:30 p.m.

Hatch Art
3456 Evaline Road, Hamtramck, MI 48212
http://www.hatchart.org

Gallery Hours
Saturday: 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY COLLECTIVE / CURATED INVITATIONAL

March 31st – April 13, 2017

Art exhibition by WSU alumni, graduates, students, and faculty.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Gloaming, Oil on Linen, 30 Inches High x 93 Inches Wide
Gray Series No. 20, Oil on Linen, 46.5 Inches High x 46.5 Inches Wide
Ephemeral Amber, Oil on Linen, 66.5 Inches High x 46.5 Inches Wide

Opening Reception
Friday, March 31st, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Down River Council for the Arts
James R. DeSana Center for Arts & Culture, 81 Chesnut, Wyandotte, MI 48192
dc4arts@downriverarts.org / http://www.downriverarts.com

Gallery Hours
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday & Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Friday: Closed – open for special events
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday & Monday: Closed – open for special events

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The Scarab Club

Silver Medal Exhibition

February 22nd, 2017 – April 1st, 2017

The Scarab Club announces its Silver Medal Exhibition, an annual unthemed, all-media exhibition. Since 2015 the Silver Medal has been given in honor of the late Gilda Snowden. Gilda’s husband, William Boswell, will present the medal at the reception for the exhibition on Friday, February 24th.

The purpose of the Silver Medal Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Twilight of Grandeur, 2016, Oil Painting, 52.5 Inches High x 74.5 Inches Wide

Juror: Jo Powers
Jo Powers grew up in Downriver, Wayne County where her father had his own sign painting business. Watching him work and associating with his materials greatly influenced her art sensibilities. As an undergrad at WSU, she combined art studies with German language studies, which led to a year of study abroad at the University of Freiburg. While there she also attended the State Academy of the Plastic Arts. After completing her BFA at Wayne State University, Ms. Powers entered Syracuse University where she earned her MFA in painting. She returned to the Frankfurt area in Germany where she taught for the University of Maryland’s European Division and worked for an English pantomime theater group painting stage backdrops. Back in Metro Detroit she free-lance illustrated for publications such the Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press, the Dallas Morning News, the L.A. Times, and for the Chicago Tribune. During this time Ms. Powers began exhibiting her paintings at the Detroit Artists’ Market and at the Detroit Focus Gallery. She credits a grant from the Michigan Council for the Arts in 1985 with launching her painting career. Other grants funded her three-year artist-in-residence at Dominican High School, as well as collaborations with Detroit Dance Collective. In the late nineties, Jo Powers began teaching at Macomb Community College, College for Creative Studies, and at Oakland Community College. Ms. Powers has exhibited in Detroit and in Chicago. Her work is in private collections in the U.S., Germany, and Australia.

Reception
Friday, February 24th, 2017 / 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Talk
Thursday. March 16, 2017 / 6:00 p.m.

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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The Scarab Club

103rd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition

Nov. 23rd, 2016 – Dec. 30th, 2016

The 103rd Gold Medal Exhibition is an annual unthemed, all-media exhibition showcasing the work of SC members. The purpose of the Gold Medal Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of Scarab artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Cloudscape: Ephemeral Vert Demont, 2015, Oil on Linen, 46.5 Inches High x 52.5 Inches Wide
Ethereal Amber, 2015, Oil on Linen, 41.5 Inches High x 47.5 Inches Wide

Juror: Elizabeth Youngblood
Elizabeth Youngblood is a visual artist and designer living and working In Detroit. She has a wide ranging practice which includes drawing, ceramics, fiber and hand-made books. Her design practice includes hand produced scarves and what she refers to as ‘wearables’ which are based on her 2- and 3-dimensional drawings. Deeply rooted in a respect for the craft of making and for the time required to ‘make’, she explores themes of time, loss and the process of thought. Subtlety, small modulations in color, texture and the nature of the materials with which she works are hallmarks of any of the mediums in which she works. Youngblood is an alumna of The Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Noel Night
Sat. Dec 3, 2016 / 5:00 p.m. – midnight
Join us for the Mid-town Detroit’s annual kick-off to the holiday season

103rd Annual Boar’s Head Dinner
Sat. Dec 10, 2016 / 6:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Details: http://scarabclub.org/boarshead/

The Scarab Club
217 Farnsworth St, Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: (313) 831.1250

Gallery Hours
Wednesday -Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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ArtPrize 8

ArtPrize is recognized as the most-attended public art event on the planet according to The Art Newspaper, and was recently highlighted in The New York Times’ 52 Places To Go in 2016.

For 19 days in the early fall, around 400,000 attendees descend upon three square miles of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan where anyone can find a voice in the conversation about what is art and why it matters. Art from around the world pops up in every inch of downtown in over 160 venues—museums, galleries, bars, restaurants, theaters, hotels, public parks, lobbies, buildings, walls, bridges, laundromats, and auto body shops—and it’s all free and open to the public.

ArtPrize 8 will take place from September 21 to October 9, 2016

DeVos Place Convention Center

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Cloudscape, 2016, Oil Painting, 52.5 Inches High x 74.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Wednesday, September 21st 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.  Complimentary refreshments will be served and a cash bar will be available

Vote Code: 62701
Must Register in Person at ArtPrize in Order to Vote
http://www.artprize.org/62701
Voter Registration is at Monroe North Hub @ DeVos Place

WGVU Radio Interview
Artist Donald Cronkhite | wgvu

DeVos Place Convention Center
303 Monroe Avenue NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Venue Hours
Monday -Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday – Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART 88th ANNUAL REGIONAL ALL – MICHIGAN EXHIBITION

May 12th – August 3rd, 2016

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
Amber Series No. 7, 2016, Oil on Linen, 52.5 Inches High x 74.5 Inches Wide

Open Reception
Thursday, May 12th from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Juror: Tom Lundberg
Tom Lundberg, Professor of Art at Colorado State University

Muskegon Museum of Art
296 West Weber Avenue, Muskegon, MI 49440
Art Martin, Associated Curator / Collections Manager: Tel (231) 720.2575

Museum Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday:  11:00 a.m. –  5:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Level One Bank Community Art Gallery

June 4th – July 18th, 2016

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE
CLOUDSCAPES: EXPLORING THE DRAMATIC
Solo Exhibition

Open Reception
Friday, June 10th from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Level One Bank Community Art Gallery
22635 Woodward Avenue, Ferndale, MI 48220
Telephone: (248) 414.6500  Fax: (248) 414.6580

Bank Hours
Monday -Thursday: 9:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: Closed

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DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB

January 14th – March 31th, 2016

Presents

DONALD CRONKHITE & SHIRLEY PARISH
CLOUDSCAPES: EXPLORING THE DRAMATIC & MEDITATIVE
Two Person Exhibition

Artist Reception
Tuesday, March 8th from 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB
241 Madison Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226
Telephone: (313) 963.9200  Fax: (313) 963.8891