Art calendar: 5-25

5/26/2011
'Robbie's Boat' by 4-year-old Robbie LeBlanc, son of Charlie and Julie LeBlanc of Toledo, will be among the works on display in a free exhibit being held in conjunction with the International Art in Early Childhood Conference in the University of Toledo Center for the visual Arts. The exhibit will open Friday through June 26.
'Robbie's Boat' by 4-year-old Robbie LeBlanc, son of Charlie and Julie LeBlanc of Toledo, will be among the works on display in a free exhibit being held in conjunction with the International Art in Early Childhood Conference in the University of Toledo Center for the visual Arts. The exhibit will open Friday through June 26.

Except where indicated, all area codes are 419.

Toledo Museum of Art: 2445 Monroe St.; 255-8000; The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb; through July, 2012. Levis Galleries: The Baroque World of Fernando Botero; through June 12. Gallery 18: Selections from the 18th-Century Galleries; through June 19. Canaday Gallery: Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons; through July 24. Hitchcock Gallery: What's Wrong with Me? Art and Disease; through Aug. 7. Hours: Tue.-Thu., 10 a.m.-4; Fri., 10 a.m.-10; Sat., 10 a.m.-6; Sun., noon-6.

Ahava Spa and Wellness Center: 34 S. St. Clair St.; 241-5877; Beth Hill: photographs; ongoing.

American Gallery: 6600 Sylvania Ave.; 882-8949; 38 Artists; through July 21. Gallery hours: Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6; Mon., Sat., 10 a.m.-5.

Angelwood Gallery: 24195 Front St., Grand Rapids; 832-0625; Delight: ceramics, pottery, and porcelain; through June 10. Hours: Sat., 11 a.m.-4; Sun., noon-4.

Art on Central: 6540 W. Central Ave.; 350-6871; glass, ceramics, jewelry, paintings, photography; on permanent view. Hours: Mon.-Thu., 10 a.m.-7; Fri., Sat., 10 a.m.-6; Sun., 1-5.

Blair Museum of Lithophanes: Toledo Botanical Garden, 5403 Elmer Drive; 245-1356; Hands Illuminating Porcelain: The Lithophanes of Hannah Blackwell. Hours: Sat.-Sun., 1-4; through Oct. 30.

Black Sheep Photography Gallery: Levis Commons, Perrysburg; Cheryl Hardy: photographs; ongoing.

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History: 315 E. Warren Ave., Detroit; 313-494-5800; Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise: An Artist's Journey; through Sun.; The Test: Tuskegee Airmen Project; through June 19; Eyes on Africa and the African Diaspora: The Photography of Asha Walidah and Bill Gosa; through July 12. The Heidelberg Project: Art in the Streets; through Nov. 29; The Chris Webber Collection: Exceptional People During Extraordinary Times, 1755-Present; through March, 2012; And Still We Rise: Our Journey Through African American History and Culture; ongoing. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5; Sun., 1-5.

Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland; 877-262-4748; Indian Kalighat paintings, prints, and drawings; through Sept. 18. CLE OP: Cleveland Op Art Pioneers; The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa; both through Feb. 26, 2012. Hours: Thurs., Sat., Sun., Tue., 10 a.m.-5; Wed., Fri., 10 a.m.-9.

Collingwood Arts Center: 2413 Collingwood Blvd.,; 244-2787; resident artists' show and John Walz: photographs; both through Tue.

Copper Moon Studio: 7154 Front St., Holland; 867-0683; Stacy Wetzel and Amy Wetzel: fused and stained glass, jewelry, photography and paintings; on permanent view. Hours: Tue.-Thu, 11 a.m.-6; Fri., 11 a.m.-5; Sat.-Sun., noon-5.

Detroit Institute of Arts: 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-833-7900; It's a Zoo in Here! Prints and Drawings of Animals; through Sept. 25. Hours: Thurs., Wed.; 10 a.m.-4; Fri., 10 a.m.-10; Sat., Sun., 10 a.m.-5.

Downtown Latte: 44 S. St. Clair St.; 243-6032; Easel and Tripod, paintings and photographs; through Sat. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m.-9; Sat., 7:30 a.m.-3.

D'vine Design: 116 Louisiana Ave., Perrysburg; 874-2816; jewelry, paintings, sculptures, metal works, rug weaving, poetry art; on permanent view. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5; Sat., 10 a.m.-5.

Ella Sharp Museum: 3225 4th St., Jackson, Mich.; 517-787-2320; Emmet Gallery: Chelsea Painters: More than the Sum of Our Parts; through June 25. Pyron Gallery: Jennie Lovan Green: Glimpses of Everyday Life; through Oct. 8. Hurst Gallery: When and Where: A Celebration of Clocks; through June 19. Hours: Thurs., 10 a.m.-7; Tue., Wed., Fri., Sat., 10 a.m.-5.

Firenation Glass Studio: 7166 Front St., Holland; 866-6288; original works by Matt Paskiet: ongoing. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5.

Ford Gallery: inside Spaghetti Warehouse, 42 South Superior St., Toledo; 419-255-5038; pop art, fine art, and sculptures; ongoing. Hours: Sun.-Thu., 11 a.m.-10; Fri., Sat., 11 a.m.-11.

Frame Shop Art Gallery: 7101 Orchard Centre Drive, Holland; 868-7101; Andrei Protsouk, Marcus Glenn, James Spearman, A. Chen, J.W. Scott: serigraphs; G. Smith: blown glass; R. Mazzei: fused glass; on permanent view.

Georgette's: 311 Conant St., Maumee; 891-8888; Rudolph Schroeder: pen and ink, acrylics; through Tue. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 6:30 a.m.-3; Sat., 8 a.m.-4.

Heidelberg University: Arrowhead Park, 1757 Indian Wood Circle, Maumee; Northwestern Ohio Watercolor Society's Spring Exhibition; through June 24.

Hudson Gallery: 5645 N. Main St., Sylvania; 885-8381; Jane Goldman: Audubon Suite: The Loaned Book; through Sat. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat., 10 a.m.-3.

Mr. Atomic Gallery & Studio: Common Space, 1700 N. Reynolds Rd., room 204; contemporary art; on permanent view. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-9.

National Center for Nature Photography: Secor Metropark, 10001 W. Central Ave., Berkey, O.; 10,000 Acres ... Protected Forever; Dragonflies; How Water Speaks to Us; through Aug. Hours: Sat., Sun., noon-5.

Ottawa County Historical Museum: 126 W. Third St., Port Clinton; 732-1039; George Jensen: digital slide show of paintings; ongoing.

Owens Community College: Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 30335 Oregon Rd., Perrysburg; 567-661-7000; Walter E. Terhune Gallery: Prizm Creative Community: Art-A-Fair; through June 9. Hours: Mon.-Thu., 10 a.m.-5.

Parkwood Gallery: 1838 Parkwood Ave.; 254-2787; Hammersmith, Nunn, Tayui; through June 17. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-4:30.

Prism Glass Works, Ltd.: 102 W. Wayne St., Maumee; 897-4100; Sharon Carothers, Julie Carothers: stained, leaded, and fused glass, panel and Tiffany-style lamps, mosaics, and glass jewelry; on permanent display. Hours: Tue., Wed., Fri., noon-5:30; Thu., noon-8; Sat., 10 a.m.-4.

Richmond Gallery: 417 W. Main St., Marblehead; 798-5631; Ben Richmond: oils, watercolors, prints; on permanent view. Hours: daily, 10 a.m.-5.

River House Arts: 115 W. Front St., Perrysburg; 874-8900; Transforming Touch: Contemporary Fiber Art; through June 18. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6; Fri., Sun., noon-4.

River Raisin Gallery: 154 E. Chicago Blvd., Tecumseh, Mich.; Homegrown: John Ahearn, pottery, Ashlee Hill, photo illustration, Sara Kandell-Gritzmaker, ceramic sculpture; through July 15. Hours: Wed., Fri., Sat., 10:30 a.m.-4.

Sam B's Restaurant Gallery: 163 South Main St., Bowling Green; 931-8732; national and international artworks: through Aug.

Sanger Branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library: 3030 W. Central Ave.; 259-5370; Christine Bellestri, windowpane paintings and Angela Sample, functional vessels made from clay: through Tue. Hours: Mon., Tue., noon-8:30; Wed.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5:30; Sun., 1-5:30.

Silver Lining Gallery: 122 Mechanic St., Waterville; 441-0025; 100 local artists: glass, jewelry, photographs, pottery, paintings; on permanent view. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5.

Space 237: 237 N. Michigan St.; 255-5117; Flamingos, Dust Bunnies, and Decay; through June 24. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11 a.m.-5; Sat., noon-4.

Toledo Artists' Club: Toledo Botanical Garden, 5403 Elmer Drive; 531-4079; Porches Show; through Fri. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 1-5; Sat., 1-4.

Toledo-Lucas County Public Library: 325 N. Michigan St.; 259-5207; Flappers and Philosophers: Reliving the Roaring Twenties; through June.

20 North Gallery: 18 North St. Clair St.; 241-2400; ARTOLEDO 2011: Emerging Artists Exhibition; through June 3. Hours: Wed.-Fri., noon-4; Sat., 1-5.

University of Findlay: Lea Gallery, 1000 N. Main St.; 800-472-9502; Jodi Olthouse: portraits; through June 3. Hours: daily, 8 a.m.-8.

University of Michigan: Museum of Art: 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor; 734-763-0395; Out of the Ordinary: Selections from the Bohlen Wood Art and Fusfeld Folk Art Collections; Life in Ceramics: Five Contemporary Korean Artists: both through June 26. Babble, Blabber, Chatter, Gibber, Jabber, Patter, Prattle, Rattle, Yammer, Yada yada yada: slide show by Amalia Pica: opens Sat., through Sept. 18. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5; Sun., noon-5.

Zyndorf Glass and Arts Studio/Gallery: 7965 West Central Ave.; 517-0051; fused glass and eclectic art; ongoing. Hours: Wed.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5.