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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Open Exhibition at Whitdel Arts

Feb. 5th – 26th, 2011
Reception: Saturday, Feb. 5
th, 6:00-9:00pm

Assistant Dean of College for Creative Studies and internationally renowned artist offer unique opportunity for Detroit area artists.

Detroit area artists will be exhibiting artwork in Whitdel Arts’ Open Exhibition, kicking off the 2011 season.  Work of all mediums will be presented, including drawing, painting, printmaking, photo, sculpture, installation, video, etc.

In addition, Whitdel Arts is pleased to offer Detroit area artists an opportunity to have their work critiqued during a studio visit by artist Charles McGee and notable arts and culture critic Rebecca Mazzei.  

Charles McGee, who is the founder of the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID), has paintings, assemblages and sculptures in prestigious national and international collections, and on permanent display at the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.  Rebecca Mazzei is currently the Assistant Dean at the College for Creative Studies and former Arts and Culture Editor of the Metro Times.

Once the exhibition opens to the public, McGee and Mazzei will select two to three artists each who they will visit in their studio to discuss and critique their work.  “This is a great opportunity for artists to gain some valuable feedback on their work by two highly respected individuals in the Detroit art community”, says Whitdel Arts co-director Lauren Montgomery.  

The exhibition will open to the public on Saturday, February 5 from 6pm to 9pm.  The exhibition will run through February 26th, 2011.

A division of CAID, Whitdel Arts is an 1800 sq. ft. professional exhibition space that showcases the work of local and international established and emerging artists.  

Whitdel Arts is located at 1250 Hubbard Street, Suite B1, Detroit MI 48209.  Whitdel Arts is also located on the web at www.whitdelarts.com  or www.facebook.com/whitdelarts.  For more information e-mail info@whitdelarts.com




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Sydney Redigan
Public Relations
The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit
(313) 520-7461




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