 
Dtctygrl
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Username: Dtctygrl
Post Number: 18
Registered: 03-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 5:24 pm: |    |
Does anyone have information on the Detroit Art Association? |
Charlottepaul
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Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 1561
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 6:55 pm: | |
Never heard of that group. Are they small, new, or for a niche market of art? |
Dtctygrl
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Username: Dtctygrl
Post Number: 19
Registered: 03-2007
| | Posted on Friday, August 31, 2007 - 4:22 pm: | |
My great-grandmother, Jennie Wendell (Mrs. Emory Wendell), is listed in the book "Artists of Early Michigan" (by Arthur Hopkin Gibson) as having an exhibit in the first Detroit Art Association showing, 1876. I haven't been able to find any information on the DAA and wondered if anyone knew anything about it. |
Johnlodge
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Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 2176
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, August 31, 2007 - 4:42 pm: | |
Hmm 1876 is pretty early, but perhaps this could be a lead.
In 1906, local Detroit civic leaders founded the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts. In 1926, it became the first organization in the country to offer formal education in the Arts. In 1933 they made national news by recognizing the automobile as an art form, and added industrial design to their courses. In 1958, in order to closer to the cultural center, they moved to John R. and Kirby. In 1975 they changed their name to the Center for Creative Studies.
My alma mater! ;) |
Downtown_dave
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Username: Downtown_dave
Post Number: 185
Registered: 07-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 2:14 pm: | |
Was the the early beginning of the Detroit Artists Market? Another long-time art association... |