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HYPERTENSION at the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery
May 21 2013 at 12:00 PM
Old Main
The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History's Elaine L. Jacob Gallery is pleased to present HYPERTENSION, April 26 through July 19, 2013. HYPERTENSION brings together multi-media artists and designers whose work reflects the blurring of artistic disciplines evident in our contemporary visual culture. The selected works disrupt boundaries between the cerebral and the physical; between past and present. They encourage us to absorb and interpret information across multiple channels, channels that often trigger paradoxical emotions, expanding both the intellectual and emotional involvement of the viewer. Artists:Michael BoswellElliott EarlsPatrick HillMargi Weir  
Wayne State Insiders ArtWalk featuring the McGregor Reflecting Pool
May 22 2013 at 12:00 PM
Alumni House
Architect Minoru Yamasaki described his vision of the Wayne State University campus as “an island of urban delight.” A major part of that vision has been returned to its past grandeur, and the Wayne State Insiders have the opportunity to see it firsthand. Please join us from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, as we tour the University Art Collection, including the newly restored McGregor Sculpture Garden and Reflecting Pool. The event begins at Alumni House, where we will learn more about Yamasaki’s vision and the restoration project before joining docents from the Women of Wayne Alumni Association for a tour of the remarkable sculptures installed around our beautiful urban campus. The Wayne State Insiders includes alumni, friends, students, parents, faculty and staff who serve as informal ambassadors for Wayne State and our Midtown community. We welcome anyone excited about the positive impact of WSU and Detroit’s urban renewal. The more we learn, the more we can share and the greater our collective impact.
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The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History is dedicated to the understanding, production and presentation of works of art in all media. It seeks to explore and develop visual literacy as well as technical, critical and conceptual skills. The curriculum combines history, theory, practice and technology with interdisciplinary learning that aims to nurture a balance between technical proficiency, experimentation with new ideas and studying the visual arts as a means of understanding the intellectual and cultural history of humanity. By receiving a comprehensive training in the visual arts within the context of a liberal arts education, students are encouraged to master the various avenues of creative investigation and learning within the department as well as in other departments of the college and the university at large. Each student is thereby able to progress from fundamentals to creative and intellectual maturity and given the tools of professionalization in a variety of different areas while immersed in the rich diversity of cultural and research opportunities offered by the university as a whole.

For those interested in the Art History Undergraduate program, please click here; Art History Graduate program, please click here.

James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History
150 Art Building
Detroit, MI  48202
(313) 577-2980
Fax (313) 577-3491
art@wayne.edu

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