Gallery Project is a fine art collaborative. Its mission is to provide a venue for contemporary art that is culturally aware, individualistic, courageous, and thought provoking.
Gallery Project presents nine themed exhibits annually. Emphasis is placed on gathering local, regional, and nationally based artists whose work speaks in a unique voice to the chosen theme. Exhibits are curated by Gallery Project directors, guests, and collaborators, who are a fluid group of 8-12 working artists representing a diverse range of visual arts and geographic linkages.
Gallery Project emphasizes the dual role of the Artist/Curator, requesting that curators show their own work along with the work of the selected artists with whom they share a strong thematic vision.
Collaborators, who are selected on a year-by-year basis, share in the management of the gallery. Studio Artists contribute time to the gallery and use studio space to develop and install work for upcoming exhibits. Gallery Assistants contribute their time to the gallery.
Rocco DePietro and Gloria Pritschet, who founded Gallery Project in the Spring of 2005, are its Directors.
The Gallery Project is located in the Historic District of downtown Ann Arbor, one block from Main Street, in a newly renovated 2,000 square foot space. Its high ceilings, state of the art lighting, light maple and slate floors, invite large expressive work. The slate area is often reserved for special projects such as installations, wall narratives, and improvisational art. An industrial space, three steps up from the project area, serves as an additional gallery and studio for artists-in-residence. A lower level is being developed for innovative work with film, video, and sound.
Schedule 2009
- Jan 21 - Mar 1, Change
Reception: Jan 23 - Mar 4 - Apr 12, Obsession
Reception: Mar 6 - Apr 15 - May 24, Visual StoryTelling
Reception: April 17 - May 27 - July 5, Race
Reception: May 29 - July 8 - Aug 16, Shrines and Altars
Reception: July 10 - Aug 19 - Sept 20, Contemporary India
Reception: Aug 21 - Sept 23 - Nov 1, Landscape and Memory
Reception: Sept 25 - Nov 4 - Dec 6, Capturing Motion
Reception: Nov 6 - Dec 9 - Jan 11, Fashion Show
Reception: Dec 11
Current Collaborators
Rocco DePietro, Co-Director
Joe Johnson
Emily Linn
Catherine Meier
Gloria Pritschet, Co-Director
Joshua Smith
Lisa Steichmann
Jack Summers
Andrew Thompson
Gregory Tom
Cristen Velliky
Gallery Assistants
Margaret Chen
Jennifer Kensok
Michelle Mijal
Rosanna Zhang
Lea Bult
SUPPORT
The
collaborators volunteer their time and expertise to curate exhibits,
work in the gallery, and take responsibility for an aspect of gallery
operations, such as graphics, website design and maintenance, press relations,
development of promotional materials, and planning public functions.
A
generous grant from Julio DePietro, a filmmaker and former Ann Arbor
resident, provides sustaining support for Gallery Project.
For More Information
For
additional information, please call Gallery Project at 734-997-7012 or
visit us at 215 South Fourth Avenue in Ann Arbor. Spring/Summer hours are Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 9; Sunday, noon to 4. Winter hours are Tuesday to Thursday, noon to 6; Friday to Saturday, noon to 9; Sunday, noon to 4.
Artists who wish to participate in themed exhibits, should send a brief e-mail identifying the theme and including up to three applicable images (zip files only). Please send the e-mail to submissions(at)thegalleryproject(dot)com. At this time, we are not accepting open submissions.