This summer, join fellow art enthusiasts on ARTBus as we head to Detroit for a day of exclusive tours and experiences at Midtown Detroit’s premier art galleries, including N’Namdi Gallery, Simone DeSousa, the Detroit Artists Market and more. You and your friends will check out the most talked-about exhibitions of the season, meet gallery directors, and get an insider’s view of Midtown Detroit’s flourishing art scene.
Sit back and relax – Let us get you there in style! We will travel to Detroit on a luxury motor coach with spacious and comfortable seating.
[hr]SATURDAY, AUGUST 18
ARTBus departs from the Ann Arbor Art Center at 9:00 am and returns by 6:00pm
This event is full. Please join the waitlist and we will contact you in case a seat opens.
Tickets for ARTBus: $100 for members/$115 for non-members and include round-trip transportation, light refreshments at our first stop, and a number of exclusive art experiences. ARTBus tickets are non-refundable and all proceeds benefit the Art Center. If you are unable to attend and want to transfer your ticket to a friend or family member, please contact Meaghan Clark at 734-926-4123.
ITINERARY
• We’ll start our day with mimosas and muffins at the Detroit Artists Market where Gallery Director, Matt Fry, will tell us the history of DAM and provide a private tour of “The Heat is On”, the annual members exhibit, before public gallery hours.
• Moving along in the Cultural Corridor, we’ll visit the Simone DeSousa Gallery to see two exhibits: “Off the Press”, a show of Cass Corridor printmaking artists, and the solo exhibition of Megan Heeres’ bookmaking works. Gallery Manager, Virginia Torrence, will give us a private tour and a brief history of the gallery. Before leaving, we’ll step into the Edition gallery and shop their selection of one-of-a-kind, accessible art and gift items.
Simone Desousa Gallery
• Enjoy some free time midday for lunch and shopping around the Cass Corridor, or choose to join Art Center staff for more exclusive gallery tours!
• After lunch we will regroup at the N’Namdi Gallery for a private tour of their current exhibitions – A must-see!
N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art – Photo by by Doug Coombe
• We will finish our day at Detroit’s historic Scarab Club where we’ll view two exhibitions: in the main gallery, KRĒM, curated by Stephen Schudlich, is a show of the country’s top illustrators and in the lounge, “In the Air”, the Scarab Club’s Plein Air Challenge that showcases the works created after a full day of outdoor painting around Detroit.
The Scarab Club: Detroit’s artist hangout since 1907. Photo by The Detroit News – Click to read full article