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New online gallery includes Dennis Murphy

On Friday, April 17, 2009, The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit will launch Contact, an online gallery of artists, including local painter Dennis Murphy. The Online exhibition itself will launch at 7pm on April 17. Please visit at the gallery www.contactexhibition.com.

posted April 2009

Image, Imagination & Intuition Winners

Winners have been named in the Image, Imagination & Intuition show. The show continues through May 9, 2009.

Winners:

1st place - Jerrold Carton: Atalanta and the Golden Apples, oil on canvas
2nd place - Susan Taylor Glasgow: Chandelier Dress, glass
3rd place - David Spear: Apple, charcoal

Honorable mentions:

John Andrews: Playground, intaglio vopper etching monoprint
Jerry Berneche: Moonlight, watercolor & tempera
Brooke B Cameron: The Killing Fields: Tuol Seng Prison, photo vinyl gravre
Janice Coffman: The Art Class, digital art
Bob Hartzell: Jeff, silk screen
Cynthia Morris: Flea Market Find, colored pencil
Byron Smith: Storm over Boonville, watercolor
George 'Papa' Tutt: Dark Glasses, egg tempera

posted April 2009

Altered Realities Winners

Winners have been named in the Altered Realities show. The show continues through March 28, 2009.

Winners:

1st place - Susan Taylor Glasgow: Building a Nest
2nd place - Dan Howeth: Dan Howeth
3rd place - Tori Pelz: Subsistence

Honorable mentions:

Bob Hartzell: Michelle
Thom Smith: The Wizard of the Bible Belt
Julie Kendall: The Brown Virgin
Jerrold Carton: Jane Doe representing the subdued majority called Womanhood

Susan Taylor Glasgow: Building a Nest

posted March 2009

Politically Speaker Winners

Winners have been named in the Politically Speaking show after judging by Chrissy Crawford. The show continues through February 22, 2009.

1st place - Jacob Crook: A Decrease in Demand
2nd place - Jane Mudd: Never Ending Story
3rd place - Nancy Brown: Yum Yum Should Never Be for Sale

Honorable mentions:

Zane Corn: Democracy
Dennis Murphy: Glad to Die
Jennifer Weigel: Paranoia
Jiayi Xiong: Is it hot in here?
Juan Pablo Villalobos Romero: El Gran Dia
Oliver Clark: Democracy
Kelsey Reimler: Toy Soldier


Jacob Crook: A Decrease in Demand

Jane Mudd: Never Ending Story

Nancy Brown: Yum Yum Should Never Be for Sale

posted January 2009

3M grant boosts CAL’s youth education efforts

The Columbia Art League is pleased to announce a major grant from the 3M Foundaton. CAL's own David Robertson, manager of 3M's Columbia plant, helped immensely with the grant application.

posted January 2009

Give a Gift of Art Members' Show

The Columbia Art League is pleased to announce the winners Give a Gift of Art Members' Show.

Winners:

1st place - Jessie Lawson: Birdwoman
2nd place - Bob Hartzell: Space
3rd place - Avery Danziger: Statue of Liberty, Paris, France

Honorable Mentions
Richard Dutton: Landview Now
Thom Smith: Nativity
Gloria Gaus: Missouri River in Winter

Give a Gift of Art Members' Show Reception slideshow
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posted December 2008

Columbia Invitational Award Winners

Spring Loaded Head The Columbia Art League is pleased to announce the winners in the inaugural Columbia Invitational exhibition.

Bank Purchase Awards:

Laura Beard: Sugarcake
Bede Clarke: Hermit
Philomene Bennett: Winter
Gary Passanise: One

Winners:

1st place - Matthew Zupnick: Spring Loaded Head (right)
2nd place - Peter Haigh: Reflections - Study #8/The Tarn
3rd place - Jason Pollen: Oacyte

Columbia Invitational Award Winners slideshow (opens new window)

posted October 2008

Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting

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