Programs & Events

Event Calendar

Filtering by: “Exhibitions”

We exChange
Aug
31
to Oct 1

We exChange

 

We exChange: An Assemblage of Possibilities

Exhibition (Main Gallery) : August 31-October 1, 2022

Reception : Friday, September 2, 5-8 pm

Gallery Talk : Thursday, September 22, 6 pm

 
 
 
 

Participating artists

Visual:
Taurus Burns
Judy Bowman
Simone DeSousa
Karianne Spens-Hanna
Jerome Patryjak
Dalia Reyes

Literary:
Justin Rogers
Lujine Nasralla
Kristin Palm
Tawana Petty
Billy Mark
Anna Clark

Audio Intro to We exChange
Zak Rosen, Audio producer for the We exChange project

ABOUT THE PROJECT
We exChange is a three-phase, year-long collaboration inviting 12 metro Detroit visual and literary artists to explore and co-create work reimagining the meaning of change in a time of chaos — its limits and its unexpected possibilities. In each phase of the project — loosely inspired by the French surrealist art game known as exquisite corpse and the prescient words of Black science fiction writer Octavia Butler — the artists each create new works influenced by images and words from the prior phase.

The Scarab Club is proud to partner with Signal-Return to showcase the culminating works as well as an immersive audio experience designed to help the public simultaneously explore the concept of change. The suite of custom prints on display reflect the willingness of individual artists to collectively blend their ideas, approaches and work into unplanned joint creations. The exhibition also marks the first time that all 12 artists will view their works in connection with one another and as sparks for exchange with the public.

We exChange is co-directed by Signal-Return Director and visual artist Lynne Avadenka and writer Nichole M. Christian.

Participating creative contributions:
Zak Rosen, Audio Producer
adrienne maree brown, Essayist
Gabriela Baginski, Photographer

We exChange, a project of Signal-Return, is supported by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.

 
 
 
 
 
View Event →
In the Air: The SC Plein Air Challenge
Aug
28

In the Air: The SC Plein Air Challenge

 

In the Air: The SC Plein Air Challenge

EVENT: SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2022

Exhibition (Lounge) : August 28-October 1, 2022

Reception : Sunday, August 28, 4-6 pm

 
 
 
 

Free and open to the public. There is no entry fee for the event, but registration is limited to 60 artists--so sign up early.

Paint from 8 am - 3 pm

Free and open to the public
There is no entry fee for this exhibition, but registration is limited to 60 artists--so sign up early!

REGISTER FOR THE SC PLEIN AIR CHALLENGE

In 2017 the Scarab Club hosted Plein Air Challenge--its first plein air exhibition. More than 50 artists signed up to accept the challenge to paint or draw an original work of art between the hours of 8 am and 3 pm. When the artists returned their work, it was installed in the lounge. It was a great community effort, and wonderful to see easels set up throughout the city with artists painting landscapes and cityscapes. Due to the great response, we have made it an annual event.

The Scarab Club invites artists to participate in its 2022 Plein Air Challenge exhibition. The exhibition will showcase work painted between the hours of 8 am and 3 pm on Sunday, August 28th. 

Sunday, August 28, 2022
Please note that, in case of inclement weather on Sunday, August 29th the alternate date will be Sunday, September 3rd

8 am-Noon: Participating artists will have the back of their canvases or paper stamped at the SC (217 Farnsworth/Detroit, MI). Artists may bring 2 canvases or sheets of paper (no larger than 16’'x20") to be stamped on the back with the SC logo. This is not a juried exhibition. All participating artists who return completed works will have one work (of their choice) included in the exhibition.

8 am-3 pm: ARTISTS PAINT en plein air at locations of their choice in and around Detroit.

3 pm DEADLINE: Paintings returned to SC and installed in lounge. Artists will complete tags with title, media, dimensions, and price when they return their completed work.

Returned artwork must be ready for installation. Framed works, or museum wrapped canvas preferred. Works on panel must be wired. Unframed works on paper will be installed with push pins.

RECEPTION: Sunday, August 28th, 4-6 pm in the second floor Scarab Club lounge.

PICK-UP: Sunday, October 2nd, noon-4 pm. 

ELIGIBILITY: Participation is open to all artists over 18 years of age. The SC Plein Air Challenge has a theme of landscapes and cityscapes painted in and around Detroit.

ENTRY FEE: There is no charge for participation in the SC Plein Air Challenge

SALES: All work must be for sale (no NFS or POR). The Scarab Club takes a commission of 30% for members; 45% for non-members. Images of artwork will be used for promotion of the exhibition.

QUESTIONS?
Contact Treena Flannery Ericson at: tericson@scarabclub.org

Image: Stephen Magsig, Dix Avenue Bridge, Oil on canvas, 2016

 
 
 
 
 
View Event →
Call for Entry: 109th Gold Medal Exhibition & Annual Book
Aug
11
to Oct 16

Call for Entry: 109th Gold Medal Exhibition & Annual Book

 

Call for Entry:
109th Gold Medal Exhibition & Annual Book

Grace Serra, Juror

Deadline:
Sunday, October 16, 2022, 5 pm
Jury Results: Saturday, October 22, 5 pm
Entry Fee: $40 entry fee includes 1 copy of the SC Annual book

 
 
 
 

The Scarab Club invites submissions for its annual member exhibition and book. It is an unthemed, all media exhibition. Participation is open to all SC member artists in good standing who are 18 years or older.

Sign in to your EntryThingy account or create an account to submit work for the exhibition and book.
Detailed information and entry instructions available at EntryThingy.

PLEASE NOTE: This is the annual SC member exhibition. You must be a member to be eligible to submit work for the the exhibition and Annual book.

Not a Scarab Club member yet? Visit the SC membership page.

JUROR
Grace Serra is the Art Collection Curator at Wayne State University and Exhibition Curator at the University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex. She has worked in the field of public arts for over thirty years, coordinating major art installations in the Detroit People Mover Stations, Detroit Receiving Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Michigan.

Serra has served as adjunct faculty at Henry Ford College, Macomb College, Eastern Michigan University and Wayne State University teaching visual arts, art history and arts administration courses. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) from Wayne State University, Master of Arts (Painting) from Dominican University, in Florence, Italy and Master of Arts (Arts Administration) from Eastern Michigan University.

SC ANNUAL BOOK
All SC members who complete and pay for a submission to the 109th Gold Medal Exhibition, regardless of whether their work is accepted for the exhibition, will have an image of their work included in the Annual, a book published each year by the SC. 

QUESTIONS? Contact Treena Flannery Ericson at tericson@scarabclub.org

Image: Scarab Club Gold Medal, designed by Alfred Nygard, 2022

 
 
 
View Event →
Ukrainian Artists: Echoes of an Ancestral Homeland
Jul
13
to Aug 27

Ukrainian Artists: Echoes of an Ancestral Homeland

 

Ukrainian Artists: Echoes of an Ancestral Homeland

From the Private Collection of Dr. Andrew and Mrs. Christina Dzul

Exhibition (Lounge) : July 13 - August 27, 2022

Reception : Friday, July 15, 5-8 pm

 
 
 
 
 

This exhibit represents the work of 20th century Ukrainian artists in the diaspora. Many were trained in Ukraine or Europe and were uprooted from their ancestral homeland Ukraine during the turbulent years of man-made famine, World Wars, and foreign invasions. They and their families sought to survive and thrive artistically in foreign lands.

While establishing their lives in a new country much of their art was inspired by Ukrainian symbolism, history, nature and art. This is evident even in the works of William Kurelek who was the son of an immigrant from Ukraine who settled in Canada in 1923.

Many of the pieces were collected originally by Dr. Paul Dzul and his wife Irene. He was an active member and leader in the Ukrainian community in the Metropolitan Detroit as well as being a prominent otolaryngologist, Associate Professor Emeritus (WSU) and the founder of the American Ukrainian Medical Foundation in 1996. After his passing in 2015, the collection was entrusted to his son Dr. Andrew Dzul and daughter-in-law Christina who expanded on the collection by acquiring new art pieces. On display is a selection of representative pieces of artists such as Edward Kozak, Viktor Cymbal, Alexis Gritchenko, Jacques Hnizdowsky and others.

 

The Ukrainian Artists: Echoes of an Ancestral Homeland exhibition is done in partnership with the Ukrainian American Museum and Archives, located in Hamtramck, MI. Visit the UAAM website for more information about their exhibitions and programming.

Image: Edward Kozak, Girl with Poppies, Oil on canvas

 
 
 
 
View Event →
Birmingham Society of Women Painters: Across the Street
Jul
13
to Aug 27

Birmingham Society of Women Painters: Across the Street

 

Birmingham Society of Women Painters: Across the Street

Marat Paransky, Juror

Exhibition (Main Gallery) : July 13-August 27, 2022

Reception : Friday, July 15, 5-8 pm

Gallery Talk : Thursday, July 28, 6 pm

 
 
 
 

Participating Artists

Robbie Best, Jan Brown, Pat Duff, Patty Eisenbraun, Jan Filarski, Ellie Gause, Shirley Gower, Laura White Host, Ann Kelly, Donna Kennedy, Susan Kwolek, Kathleen Mansell, Loretta Markell, Barbara Maxson, Judi Mindell, Cindy Parsons, Nancy Raitt, Fran Seikaly, Susan Shlom, Donna Thibodeau, Vasu Tolia, Kathie Troshynski, Lorraine Tyler, Helen Vlasic, Fran Wolok, Martha Zausmer,

Since 1944 the Birmingham Society of Women Painters has promoted the achievements and leadership of women in the arts. In 1957, with support from business and community leaders, the organization founded the Bloomfield Art Association. Three years later the coalition developed an innovative proposal, exceptional for its time, to transform an obsolete Birmingham public works facility into a vibrant community center for the arts, which continues to grow and thrive today as the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center.

Marat Paransky, Juror

Marat Paransky was born in Ukraine in 1986. By the time his family settled in Metro Detroit they had lived in three countries and on three continents. Marat spoke three languages, but his favorite language was visual. Paransky finished Wayne State University with a dual degree: a BFA in Drawing and Printmaking, and a BA in Political Science. He received his MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley University's College of Art & Design in Cambridge, MA. Paransky's work has been exhibited throughout Michigan, as well as Windsor, ON, the Boston area, San Francisco, Fayetteville, AR, and Nashville, TN.

Image: Patty Eisenbraun, Pear Chair, oil on canvas

 
 
 
 
 
View Event →
Mighty Real/Queer Detroit: Remembrance of things Past
Jun
1
to Jul 9

Mighty Real/Queer Detroit: Remembrance of things Past

 

Mighty Real/Queer Detroit: Remembrance of things Past

Curated by patrick burton

Exhibition : June 1-July 9, 2022

Amplifying Black Voices: Freedom and Liberation, a Juneteenth Celebration with Tommye Blount, Mars Marshall, Lester Rambus, and Deidre D.S.Sense Smith

Wednesday, June 22, 6 pm

 

Image : Maureen Petrucci, Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense

 
 
 

Works by

Charles Alexander, Brian Buczak, Jeff Britting, Jan Brown, patrick burton, Patrick Bunyan, Brian Carpenter, Stephanie Crawford, Julio Dominguez, LeRoy Foster, Timothy Gass, Katy Hait, Erin Brott-Holtzman, Richard Jerzy, Marcus Leatherdale, Marcus Mannino, Ron Madalinski, Annie Meyer, Merel Noorlander, Kasper Ray O’Brien, Henry Petrucci, Maureen Petrucci, Deborah Rockman, Gregory Sobieraj, Joe Sposita, Jack O. Summers, James Stephens, Jarrad Tacon-Heaslip, Constantinos (Gus) Tsatsanis, Patrick Webb, Frederick Weston, S. Kay Young

The Mighty Real Queer Detroit project spans seventeen venues in metro Detroit. The exhibitions present a month-long historical examination of the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community and its longtime allies, featuring established and emerging Detroit artists, as well as artists whose careers were shortened by HIV/AIDS.

In conjunction with the project, a calendar of events highlighting panel discussions, artist talks, performances, and poetry readings will be issued in all media; a catalogue of selected artwork, including essays examining the exhibit from a variety of historical, cultural and personal perspectives, will be available. The exhibition catalogue will feature the juried works of 100 plus artists as well as important essays by Dr. Tim Retzloff, Dream Hampton, Dennis Nawrocki, Eve Kurcharski, and the project’s director, Patrick Burton.


As a further exploration, Mighty Real/Queer Detroit will address loss and remembrance by including significant, rarely seen and unexhibited art objects. Works

 
 
 
 
 
View Event →
51st Annual Photography Exhibition
Apr
20
to May 28

51st Annual Photography Exhibition

 

51st Annual Photography Exhibition

Joe Gall (AKA Camera Jesus), Juror

Exhibition : April 20-May 28, 2022

Reception : Thursday, April 21, 5-8 pm | Awards: 6:30 pm

Gallery Talk : Wednesday, May 18, 6 pm

Closing Reception : Date

 

Featured Image: Michael Hodges, Invasion, Hygienic Dress League, Archival digital print, 2022

 
 
 

For decades the Scarab Club has hosted an annual photography exhibition. It is an unthemed, juried exhibition, open to all artists, and including showcasing a wide range of contemporary photography, including experimental techniques, and video.

Participating Artist :

Robert Beras, Peter Carroll, Chrzanowski, Nathan Davidson, Adam Dewey, John Diephouse, Jessica Dietz, David Dominic, Darrel Ellis, Troy Forner, Marlena Frasier, Kelsey Clare Gaskell, Christopher Gene, Erin Gordish, Steven Hauptman, Brianna Hayes, Hailey Hayward, Michael Hodges, Clifford Hughes, Rob Kangas, Hailey Kasper, Rob Kennedy, Jack Kenny, Ravindra Kharmai, Ruffy B. Lim, Elisa Limon, Miles Marie, Mark McClelland, Connery McDowell, Janice Milhem, Italia Millan, Li Miller, Katherine Mollon, Emilia Nawrocki, Randy Owusu, Riley Palmer, Yvette Rock, Salvador Rodriguez, John Sippel, Ryan Southen, Pat Vartanian, Alan Ayub Vidali, Stela Zaharieva, Yuliia Zaluzhna, Matthew Zivich

Carl Wilson, Curator

Joe Gall, based in Detroit, is an award-winning photographer, extreme sportsman, and travel addict. He has photographed thousands of bands, artists, athletes and personalities spanning the cultural spectrum of architecture, sports, fashion, music, outdoors, and the entertainment industry. Clients include Red Bull, Adidas, AEG Live, Rolling Stone, Hour Magazine, General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and The Tony Hawk Foundation.

 
 
 
 
 
View Event →

Do all Scarab Club events have an admission fee?

No. We host several events throughout the year that do not require an admission fee.

To find out if an event is a ticketed event or free admission, please click on the event that you are interested in attending and you will be redirected to the event page for that event. Each event page list all event details, including admission requirements.

Where should I park when attending an event?

If you are a Member of Scarab Club, you can park in The Scarab Club parking lot located right behind The Scarab Club building.

If you are not a member, there are several parking opportunities that surround our building.