Dearborn Gallery Crawl Features 9 Spots For Art Lovers

DEARBORN, MI — Spotlighting the arts and cultural community of Dearborn, the second annual Dearborn Gallery Rally will show off the city’s talent on April 7 with a self-guided tour exploring each of the city’s arts-centric spots. It’s part of a month-long celebration of the arts in Dearborn and is free to the community. Each gallery will feature a unique exhibit, open to the public, and some feature interactive events and performances.

Attendees can check out a few or join them all. Here’s an outline of the Gallery Rally:

• This year’s gallery crawl will begin with the Henry Ford College’s Annual Student Art Exhibition at their Sisson Gallery from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• The Glass Academy will feature glassblowing and special tours from noon to 4 p.m.
• UM-Dearborn’s Alfred Berkowitz Gallery will present artist Dave Acosta in live demonstrations from 2-5 p.m. as part of their current exhibit “Zap! Pow! Bam! The Art of the Comic Book Cover.”
• The Dearborn Public School Teachers Art Show will be at the Henry Ford Centennial Library’s Rotunda Gallery from 3-5 p.m.
• The Arab American National Museum Gallery will feature a mural making project along with their exhibition “An Exploration of Art & Humanity by Nabil Mousa” from 4-6 p.m.
• The Padzieski Art Gallery in the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center will be offering “Art & Appetizers” from 5-7 p.m. in conjunction with their three artist exhibition, “Rock - Paper - Paintbrush.”
• The Old City Hall Artspace Lofts Galleries will present “An Evening of Spring Art” by their resident artists along with an exhibit of artwork from Dearborn Public School students from 6-8 p.m.
• The Rally continues with Green Brain Comics and their “Forms of Fandom” exhibition from 7-9 p.m.
• The crawl ends with the last addition to this year’s festivities, the Pop-Up Gallery at 3700 Monroe (at Carlysle) offering an “Arty Party” after party from 8-11 p.m.

For details and more information on special programming, including maps and locations for the self-guided Gallery Rally gallery crawl, visit dearborncommunityfund.org.

American Landscape: Images of Art & Humanity by Nabil Mousa, which is on display for the Gallery Rally, until April 8. Courtesy Arab American Nat’l Museum.