Category Archives: Artists & Galleries

Matthaei Botanical Gardens - Ann Arbor

April 2, 2008 – 12:39 pm

Plumeria by IShutterToThink
Named after former Michigan regent Frederick C. Matthaei, Sr. and his wife Mildred, who donated 200 acres of land, the Matthaei Botanical Gardens are operated buy the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Spring is a great time to visit and watch the Gardens come to life. Here is a downloadable Visitor Guide [...]

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Absolute Michigan sponsor: ArtServe Michigan

March 17, 2008 – 7:47 am

We thought it might be a good idea for us to introduce some of the businesses and organizations that help to support what we do on Absolute Michigan, ask you to patronize them if you can and also to sponsor Absolute Michigan if you want!
ArtServe Michigan is a statewide arts and cultural advocacy organization [...]

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Photo Friday: Pier Marquette by robynbird10

March 7, 2008 – 10:52 am

Robyn Porteen is a Grand Rapids based photographer. In addition to very cool manipulated photos like her Carnivale and Surreal collections she has some sets of photos of Grand Rapids and the natural world.
You can see more of her work at her Porteen Studio web site.

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Michigan March Event Calendar

February 27, 2008 – 3:27 pm

Our Michigan event calendar for the month of March features all kinds of signs that spring is just around the corner (with some reminders that objects around the corner may be further off than they appear.

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Hip Hop Icons featured in Detroit exhibit

February 1, 2008 – 9:17 am

The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) will host an exhibition of portraits by Russian-born American painter Alexander Melamid in Holy Hip-Hop! New Paintings by Alex Melamid.
The life-size portraits of twelve icons of hip-hop culture capture the larger than life personas embodied by these men, who are among the wealthiest and most influential [...]

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Michigan Books: One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge

January 16, 2008 – 8:38 am

One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge (Hyperion Books for Children) is the story of Judge's mother and grandmother, set during World War II in Pinckney. The book is illustrated with a combination of paintings, collages of original photographs, and foot tracings. Foot tracings? From the publisher's page on [...]

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#26,000: Alley by jpwbee

January 16, 2008 – 7:32 am

The 26,000th photo added to the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr!
jpwbee writes: My favorite alley. The mural is so unexpected and so good.

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Michigan Books: Connecting the Dots: Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project

January 4, 2008 – 9:02 am

Connecting the Dots: Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project from Wayne State University Press features the remarkable story of an artist's quest to transform his urban neighborhood. Through essays from a variety of contributors , the book explores both the beginning of Tyree Guyton's journey as an artist and his impact on his Heidelberg Street neighborhood in [...]

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Shop Michigan: Your Downtown

December 20, 2007 – 8:54 am

Old Downtown by cmu chem prof
Of course Absolute Michigan is all about buying what gifts you can through the web sites of Michigan's shops, stores and manufacturers. However, as the clock ticks down, shipping times mean you're probably going to have to finish up offline.
Our Michigan shopping section can help there too with hundreds of [...]

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Five Things you need to know for Tuesday, December 4, 2007

December 4, 2007 – 10:18 am

Welcome to the "Big Tuesday" edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan (sequel to our critically acclaimed Big Wednesday edition). For us, some big news was the fact that the Nick of Time Gang in Lansing managed to replace the service tax with something a lot fairer and more sensible. AP writer [...]

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