EXHIBITS CALENDAR:
Toledo Artists’ Club Hosts Reflections Show
The Toledo Artists’ Club will host a juried exhibition titled Reflections through Friday, July 23. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. For additional information, call (419) 531-4079. The Toledo Artists’ Club is located at Toledo Botanical Garden at 5403 Elmer Dr., Toledo.
BGSU To Host Northwest Ohio Art Show
The work of area artists will be on display at Bowling Green State University’s Fine Arts Center as part of the Northwest Ohio Art Show, through Sunday, July 25. Hours are noon to 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, and noon to 4:00 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
Nine Local Artists Display Works At Owens
The Walter E. Terhune Gallery at Owens Community College will feature the exhibition Toledo Emerges through Thursday, July 29. Prints, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, glass works, painting and mixed media works by nine emerging Toledo-area artists will be on display. Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call (567) 661-2721.
Solstice Celebrates Angelwood Gallery’s 17th Year
The Angelwood Gallery, 24195 Front St., Grand Rapids, presents Solstice, its annual summer show to celebrate its 17th year in business. The show will run through Saturday, July 31 and features new work from year-round artists as well as new artists to the gallery.
For more information, e-mail angelwoodgallery@aol.com or call (419) 832-0625.
Artists Collect Items For Recycled Object Sculpture
Members of the public are invited to contribute to a 50-foot-long recycled object sculpture at Imagination Station this summer.
Area residents may donate blue, green and purple post-consumer plastic objects that have curved forms and no blunt corners. Suggestions include kitchen utensils, toys and toy parts. Food and drink storage containers, square and rectangular objects, cups, plates and bowls will not be accepted. Donations may be made on Thursdays through Sundays until July 31. Visitors may help local artists create the sculpture on Thursdays through Saturdays during regular hours.
The work, which will depict the downtown section of the Maumee River, will be installed permanently at Huntington Center.
Space 237 To Host Reclamation Art Exhibit
Space 237’s summer art exhibition, Reclamation, will run through August 20. Featured artists include Vlad Bubnov, photography; Ross W. Ramsdell, tempera/gouache; Peter Paul Kawagaelg Williams, acrylic/ink; and Julie Shine Webster, ceramics. The show examines the cyclical aspect of nature as it is destroyed by man’s urban encroachment. It is reborn when the city falls into decay and nature and animals reclaim the land.
Costume Jewelry Exhibit On View At Library
All That Glitters: The Fabulous Fakery of Costume Jewelry will be on view through Tuesday, August 31 at the Main Library, 325 Michigan St., Toledo.
The free display, located in the humanities department, features a variety of costume jewelry, including necklaces, bracelets, earrings and holiday pins spanning several decades. Pieces include a simulated pearl necklace designed as a VIP gift for one of President Obama’s inaugural balls, and an iridescent rhinestone and gold filigree necklace and matching drop earrings in their original presentation box.
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