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Art & Culture
April 29 – May – 5: The Flint Institute of Arts (FIA), 1120 E. Kearsley Street, Flint * (810) 234-1695 * flintarts.org
- (Monday-Wednesday & Friday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.) Visit the FIA and browse through their outstanding collections of American, European, Native American, African and Asian art including paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and decorative arts featuring a complete set of 17th century French tapestries.
- “Reflections on Water in American Painting: The Phelan Collection” – These 50 paintings, drawn from the collection of Arthur J. Phelan, illustrate the trends of different artists that shaped American art in transportation and recorded economic shifts as inland maritime commerce slowly diminished in the wake of railroad expansion. Highlights include a rare 1828 painting by John S. Blunt as a U.S. Naval frigate and James Bard’s meticulously rendered Hudson River steamboat.
- “Ship Shape: Models of Great Lakes Vessels” – Model shipbuilding is an endangered folk art and an important part of our Great Lakes maritime culture. Drawn from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum in Detroit, this exhibition explores the art of model ships through many examples of various shapes and sizes.
- “Great Lakes Painting: The Inlander Collection” – This exhibit forms a remarkable tribute to artists working in the region between 1910 and 1960. The collection is defined geographically featuring artists who worked in those states surrounding the Great Lakes basin: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
- “David Maxim Figure Portraits” – San Francisco painter David Maxim has advanced on a broad front, from off-the-wall constructions to images of mountains to whimsical paintings that place historical painters in imagined landscapes. In all his endeavors, Maxim has shown himself to be an accomplished draftsman. Come view what he is best known for, high-relief constructions and classically developed paintings.
- “Around the World with 80 Objects” – On display from the FIA’s vault, these far away and long ago authentic objects will captivate and inspire all.