Over one million people walk through our doors each year making us an ideal community space to showcase your work at either of our Downtown or Malletts Creek Branch locations. From paintings and photographs to ceramics and glass works to special collections, a wide variety of media and shows are considered. Fill out an exhibit application today, and take advantage of this wonderful community resource.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
The Downtown Multi-Purpose Room is booked through May, 2010.
The Downtown 3rd Floor is booked through May, 2010.
The Downtown Lower-Level Display Cases are booked through October 15, 2009.
Malletts Creek is booked through December 15, 2009.
The Ann Arbor District Library has an extensive permanent collection comprised of work by local as well as regionally and nationally known artists. Much of the collection is due to the generosity of the Ladies’ Library Association, which has long supported the arts at the library, donating paintings and sculpture for the Malletts Creek and Pittsfield locations and contributing annually to our large collection of art books.
On display at Malletts Creek Branch, June 18 through July 29.
Karen Gallup's collages play with perspective, moving objects out of their natural relationship to one another. She loves to include the implausible and to cause the viewer to do a double take. Her interest in images of books and their colors, texture, size and arrangements, has resulted in the "Library Series", a major part of this exhibition. She lives in Ann Arbor with her husband, Al, and a dog and cat.
On display at the Downtown Library Multi-Purpose Room & Lower Level Glass Display Cases, June 2 through July 19.
To celebrate 50 years of originality, the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair is exhibiting original posters, art, and photographs spanning its first half-century. Visitors to the exhibit can explore the history of the Fair through narrative panels chronicling each decade from its humble beginnings to its place today as one of the most highly regarded art fairs in North America. Included in the exhibit is an original retablo by artist Nicario Jiminez depicting the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair. Also check out the online collection of images from the history of the Fair that is a part of AADL's pictureAnnArbor collection.
On Display at the Downtown Library Third Floor Exhibit Area, June 2 through July 16.
As part of its commitment to advancing the contemporary understanding of architecture, the Huron Valley chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Huron Valley) announced the recipients of its 2008 Honor Awards Program at its annual awards ceremony at the University of Michigan’s League on April 18th, 2008.
Fifteen projects, designed by registered Architects practicing in the Huron Valley Chapter area were submitted for consideration by an independent jury. Four of the projects were selected by the jury to receive a merit-based Honor Award. All submissions will be exhibited at several locations throughout the year.
Aleksis Lahti was born in Ann Arbor and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1963 with a BS in design. He also attended the Accademia Di Belle Arte in Florence, Italy. He has been self-employed since 1967 doing architectural, interior, product, and graphic design, and has taught drawing at Lawrence Technological University for more than thirty years.
According to the artist, "These new drawings just happen. I add small elements of line or color a little at a time. Any of these drawings could go on and on. They are finished only because I stop drawing. The line or color cannot be removed. I can only go forward not back." The drawings will be on display at Malletts Creek Branch from May 2 through June 16, 2009.
Try it yourself! Control powerful magnets and levitate a puddle of ferrofluid in this amazing hands-on exhibit in the Downtown Library lobby. The exhibit will be on display for through March 18. To learn more about Michael Flynn's work, visit www.FunExhibits.com.
Library patron Sean Patrick visited a few days ago and made this high quality film of the magnetoscope, set to the music of his local band, In Braille. We love it when our patrons are inspired by the Library!
Control powerful magnets and levitate a puddle of ferrofluid in this new hands-on exhibit by inventor, Michael Flynn. Ferrofluid is a nano-engineered oil containing magnetic particles that are only 5 nanometers in diameter. Rapid advancements in nanotechnology are harnessing many other surprising properties from nanoscale physics for use in our normal, full-scale experience. You can learn more about this exhibit at www.FunExhibits.com, and during the month of March you come see it in action at the Downtown AADL!
Enjoy colorful creations by Judy Schmidt of Ann Arbor Storyteller’s Guild fame who incorporated the Monkey Wrench, Flying Geese, Bear Paw and other designs into her beautiful quilts. Stop by the glass case in the Downtown Youth Department to see books about the Underground Railroad and the much discussed Quilt Code and then check out Karen Simpson's lovely quilts on the far wall of the Youth Department. Maybe they will inspire you to color a quilt design of your own and hang it beside hers!
Purple Rose Theatre Company is considering a new dark comedy, Quiet City Boston by Michael Brian Ogden, for their 2010-11 season. Watch a Concert Reading of the play at the Downtown Library on Tues., July 7 at 6 PM by a full cast of Purple Rose actors. Then stay and offer your opinion on the work. PRTC Artistic Director Guy Sanville will direct the reading. Quiet City Boston is for mature audiences (contains some adult language and violence).
Learn the history of Ypsilanti from the people devoted to documenting it, the Ypsilanti Historical Society. This online archive features 35 years of the publication Ypsilanti Gleanings, with articles on the people and places of Ypsilanti, historic documents and diaries, and a gallery of photos from over a century of Ypsilanti history.
