It's always something at
CCS...
The CCS-Woodward Lecture Series
Presents:
Ross Bleckner
The CCS-Woodward Lecture Series
Presents:
Ross Bleckner
Wednesday, April
17 at 7:00pm:
Bleckner is a painter who make images that
are visually dramatic and subtly representative of the artist's interest in
human confrontations with tragedies. Time—and, by extension, mortality—has been
a prevailing theme of Bleckner's work since he began exhibiting in the late
1970s. Much of Bleckner's work deals with the AIDS crisis and "the idea that
something beautiful, like a cell, can mutate into something treacherous."
Bleckner received a Bachelor of Arts from New York University in 1971, a Master
of Fine Arts from Cal Arts in 1973, and has taught at many of the nation's most
prestigious universities. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum held a major
retrospective of his works in 1995, and his works are held in esteemed public
collections around the world. For ten years, Bleckner
served as president of the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
(ACRIA), a non-profit community-based research and treatment education center.
More recently, he has been working with the United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime in Northern Uganda to help rehabilitate and raise money for ex-child
soldiers. In May
2009, Bleckner was awarded the title of
Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations.
The Woodward Lecture Series is made possible by a generous
endowment gift from an anonymous donor.
Lectures are free, open to the public, and take place in CCS's Wendell W.
Anderson Jr. Auditorium, Walter B. Ford II Building, Walter & Josephine Ford
Campus, in Detroit's Midtown Cultural Center. Seating and parking are available
on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, please call 313-664-7800 or visit www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/events/woodward
Culture Lab Detroit presents
An Evening of Conversation & Collaboration featuring David Stark
World-renowned event designer, author, and installation artist President and Creative Director, David Stark Design and Production
Thursday, April 18, 6pm
A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education
College for Creative Studies
485 West Milwaukee, 11th Floor, Detroit, MI
For a list of speakers and more information, go to: http://culturelabdetroit.org
CCS Center Galleries presents:
PHASES OF AN IMAGE: A Conversation with the ArtistsRACHEL REYNOLDS | ROBERT ZAHORSKY | CORRIE BALDAUF
Saturday, April 20 at 1:00 p.m.
Photo: PD
Rearick
Join Rachel Reynolds, Robert Zahorsky and Corrie Baldauf as they talk about their exhibition, and release a new book documenting their collaborative project, Phases of an Image, an installation of sculptures, drawings and site-specific paintings. Visitors to the exhibition are invited to step inside the frame, push the key, ride the swing, find the match, read the letters, sit down or stand back and simply ponder their perceptual experience.
The exhibition run through April
27
| Center Galleries | 301 Frederick Douglass | Detroit, MI 48202 |
