Dozens of shops, galleries to open for Art Walk

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Michael Provenza's 'Summer' can be seen along with works by other artists at Sur Saint Clair Gallery, One South St., during the July 21 Art Walk. Enlarge

The next Third Thursday Art Walk will be 6 to 9 p.m. July 21, when dozens of downtown and near-downtown galleries, studios, and shops will be open.

A new business, the Art Supply Depo, 29 South St. Clair St., will debut during Art Walk but will have a preview from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Proprietors Jules Webster and Dana Syrek will sell fine-art papers, paints, brushes, inks, pencils, canvas, and aim to be a community center particularly for artists living and working near downtown. The Depo will feature a reading room, meeting and gallery space, and free wi-fi.

Also opening with a reception during Art Walk will be Visions of Beauty & Consequence, the drawings of Ani Avanian and mixed-media fiber by Sandra Jane Heard. The show will continue through Aug. 26 in Space 237 at 237 North Michigan St.

Sur Saint Clair Gallery at One South St. Clair St. will show the work of Michael Provenza, Mr. Atomic (Mark and Michael Kersey), Jeffrey Rodriguez, Dale Lehmann, Brooke Harland Isabell, Mary Ellen Graham, and Sandy Hall.

At 1500 Adams St., next to Manhattan's Restaurant, the Peep Show, uncensored erotic art and poetry of 30 artists, will be open during Art Walk, but will host a reception Saturday from 8 p.m. to midnight. Admittance is restricted to people 18 years and older.

Art Walks are coordinated by the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo. Information: 419-254-2787.

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Irregular Polygons of Frank Stella, a series of huge angular paintings done in 1965 and 1966, will close July 24 at the Toledo Museum of Art. The show is free and includes an activity table for creative expression. Museum director Brian Kennedy will lead a tour at 7 p.m. Friday in the Canaday Gallery.

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The annual Children's Art Show continues through Aug. 4 in the Terhune Art Gallery in the Center for Fine and Performing Art at Owens Community College on Oregon Road. The pieces were made by youngsters attending the college's Child Care Center, ranging from 4 months to 5 years of age. The show was inspired by the Reggio Emilia educational philosophy, utilized by the center's instructors when teaching art. The approach allows a child's interests to guide her or his artistic projects. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

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Opening Saturday and continuing through Oct. 23 at the University of Michigan Museum of Art is Multiple Impressions: Contemporary Chinese Woodblock Prints, featuring 114 prints by 41 Chinese artists in various stages of their careers. It was organized by the museum with support from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. Information: umma.umich.edu.

Also at the Ann Arbor museum, a tour of its collection of Tiffany objects, many from a New York mansion of the Gilded Age, will be at 10:30 a.m. on July 30 and again on Aug. 13. Led by Tiffany researcher Shelley Brocci, the hour-long tour and discussion will be followed at 11:30 a.m. by a short discussion of the new book Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland. Information: 734-647-0522.

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