Oil Impressions
By Sue Preiss
November 6 - January 28, 2012

East Lansing artist Sue Preiss' new exhibition in the Belen Art Gallery is all about color. Trained in the California Impressionist style, Preiss experiments with the harmony color can create and the different effects painters achieve with color to change mood or one's state-of-mind.

Treasures
By the Birmingham Society of Women Painters
February 5 - April 28, 2012

OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, February 5, 2-4 pm

The Birmingham Society of Women Painters (BSWP) was founded in 1944 to provide formal instruction and workspace for women painters. Today the BSWP is a dynamic organization of 60 artists working in diverse media. Membership to the BSWP is highly selected and limited. Members are committed to the highest standards in creative expression and arts education.The BSWP is highly regarded for its tradition of promoting arts awareness and education. In 1957 BSWP helped found the Bloomfield Arts Association and in 1960 the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. Members remain involved with museums and other Detroit area arts programs.

Inspired by the 40 small-sized works created by the members of the Birmingham Society of Women Painters, Treasures consists of works in a variety of Media..