Home is where the Art is - Online and In Person 03/2022
Home is where the Art is. What makes you feel at home?
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Opening Reception: Friday, March 18, 2022 from 6-8pm
3rd Friday Art Crawl • Open Studios • Refreshments • Demos • Art Activities
College for Creative Studies Detroit students’ crowdsourcing installation titled “Kinfolk” – The Family Table as Social Practice. How can we create family table talks in nontraditional ways? When you invite people to have dinner with you, it strengthens the bond and helps establish a closer relationship.
Art from The ARC Downriver in our Community Gallery
Wyandotte Martial Arts will be demonstrating Kick and Punch Painting on our second floor.
Soulful Good News Cardio Drumming will be in the theater introducing their new program
Exhibit Run: March 18 – April 2, 2022
Parking and admission are free to the public to view. Safe social distancing required and please visit our main page to see the most up to date restrictions.
Kinfolk: The Family Table as Social Practice
Originally, the family unit consisted of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins; It was multigenerational. If a need presented itself, there were others available to step in and help. By the 1920s, the majority of American households were detached nuclear families. This shift in family structure has caused units to become individualistic and completely self-sufficient. Convenience, privacy, and mobility became more important than family loyalty.
Many people value the tradition of eating at the dinner table with their entire family. According to an article by Psychology Today, people connect over food. Inviting people to dinner creates an environment where you can connect and interact organically. It was a designated time to check in and interact with everyone in the household. Over time, we’ve lost those values, and consequently we’ve lost so many relationships within our families. In today's society, it’s rare to catch a family sharing a meal at their dining table, much less engage with each other while they do so. Family dinners make us more cohesive because everyone’s on the same page. The absence of the family table talk creates unhealthy habits and patterns in youth, which ultimately puts them at a disadvantage.
There are various contributors to the breakdown of “togetherness”. A drunk father who broke his family with drinking, verbal and physical abuse is symbolized in the broken glass table seating. Technology clutters our ability to truly engage one another during family meals. Those who sit on the perimeter away from the table represent those who have decided to abandon the practice altogether.
With that being said, how can we create family table talks in nontraditional ways? Kinfolk is a term that refers to the people who we consider family, regardless of blood relations. The people at the table don’t have to be limited to biological family, we can expand it to include friends, peers, etc. As we do that, we “build a family of friends” and this group becomes our support system. When you invite those people to have dinner with you, it strengthens the bond and helps establish a closer relationship.
NeAsia Hopkins is an artist from Saginaw, Michigan. Most of her pieces are paintings, drawings and collages. However, she utilizes a wide range of materials and techniques to illustrate her ideas. She incorporates everyday materials with traditional techniques in efforts to create a familiar and relatable feeling for viewers. Hopkins draws inspiration from the life experiences of herself and those who surround her. Her artwork focuses on economic justice and improving the circumstances of people in disadvantaged communities. She aspires to invoke thought and bring attention to social issues. NeAsia is currently based in Detroit, Michigan. She is attending the College for Creative Studies in order to further her practice.
Renee Michelle Biggs is a painter, sculptor, carver, and installation artist from Detroit, Michigan. She uses color and composition to create visually stunning 2D and 3D works. Her interdisciplinary practice focuses on medium and methodology.
Download the complete guidelines and entry form by clicking on the image above.
The Downriver Council for the Arts is accepting work in a variety of mediums for our exhibit titled “Home is where the Art is”. The aim of this exhibit is to showcase a person, place or thing relating to where one lives, considers home or gives the feeling of home. Artists are asked to create art that portrays something that makes them feel most comfortable. The DCA is looking for a variety of interpretations of what home means to you.
To enter, please download the complete guidelines by clicking on the image. You can enter online below for both in person and online exhibits. Or you can print, fill out the form and bring it in.
Entry Deadline: Tuesday, March 15 by 8pm
NOTE: This is an in-person art exhibition with an online exhibit option. Instructions are in the guidelines.
To enter your images online, please click on the box at the left. You can pay your entry fee via the button below. Please be sure to read the complete guidelines before submitting your artwork.
This is an in-person exhibit, with the added option of exhibiting online. You can pay your entry fee online with the button below, or in-person/over the phone.
$20 entry fee DCA member: in-person exhibit + online exhibit
$30 entry fee non-member: in-person exhibit + online exhibit (includes 1 year DCA membership) 🌟
$5 entry fee DCA member: online exhibit only
$10 entry fee non-member: online exhibit only
FREE for students ages 14-22 : in-person + online exhibit
🌟 Non-members submitting entries for the first time to a DCA exhibit will receive a one year free membership. This is only valid once for persons who have not been a member in the last 3 years.
Please pay your entry fee via the button below. Thank you!
