Re-Do - Online and In Person 05/2022
Re-do
We asked artists to remake a project to visualize artistic growth and transformation over time.
To see the online exhibit, click here.
Exhibit Run: May 26 – June 18, 2022
Closing Reception: Friday, June 17, 2022 from 6-8pm
3rd Friday Art Crawl • Open Studios • Refreshments • Demos • Entertainment • Art Activities
As part of the Downriver Council for the Arts July exhibition titled “Re-Do,” resident artist, Tim Porter, worked with children to create an Augmented Reality Experience. The children, who are a part of the wide-ranging community arts projects and classes at the DCA, were asked to come up with their own characters for the project using graphite and/or acrylic paint to visually convey their concepts.
Porter then took their original characters and created digital sculptures using Zbrush, an all-in-one-digital sculpting application. Pixologic ZBrush is a digital sculpting tool that combines 3D modeling, texturing and painting. An augmented reality authoring and publishing tool was then used to place the models into the real space of the DCA gallery. For the full experience, exhibition attendees can view the digital images, in the round, using a smartphone or tablet.
"The imagination of the kids is what has really made the art collaboration a success. The whimsical characters they each created were a natural fit to the process," Porter reflected. As a full 360 AR experience attendees to the exhibit can walk around the digital installations as if they were really in the gallery space. The presentation will consist of the original artwork, done by the students, paper boxes showing all six sides of the sculptures along with the completed 3D/AR experience.
The Re-Do closing event will also feature work from 27 artists including paintings by DCA resident artist, Andy Morsello, as well as collaborative sculpture by 2010 Kresge Artist Fellow and performance artist, Frank Pahl and artist Tim Holmes. Performance/Demonstration of Pahl/Holmes’s piece, entitled "The Johnson," will occur sporadically throughout the evening's event.
As part of our ongoing community outreach we will have a table dedicated to people who want to create their own Re-Do. DCA instructor and artist, Elroy Grandy, will be working on clay projects with the public. If you like making art be sure to stop by.
Book Signing with children’s book author, Anita Greene. Megger the Egger is a “tall tail” about Meg, the cat, and her journey to “okayness”. She finds out it is very okay to have feelings and doubly okay to be just who she is. With the help of Sheriff Charlie, her Dad, and Gutzi, the Super Cat, she finds out how to deal with her anger, discovers her talents, and makes some wonderful new friends. Come along on her journey, especially if you like softball! Anita lives in a suburb near Detroit with her two fantastic daughters, 2 dogs, and 5 cats! She has been an entertainer, singing teacher, school social worker, and realtor. She loves reading and writing books. This is her fourth children’s book.
The projects can be seen in its entirety during the closing reception held June 17, 2022 from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Downriver Council for the Arts located at 81 Chestnut, Wyandotte, MI. This event is free and open to the public.
Download the complete guidelines and entry form by clicking on the image above.
Call for art!
The Downriver Council for the Arts is giving you an opportunity to remake a work of art! It can be your own art that you weren’t happy with the first time. It could be someone else’s art that you wanted to try in your own style. Want to try a new piece with different materials, change the concept a little, or just show your growth as an artist? Now is your time! We encourage artists to submit the old and new piece for submission. Reconfigure, reimagine, reinvent your art!
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, May 24 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
$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
Please pay your entry fee via the button below. Thank you!
