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Current Exhibition
Eastern Michigan University MFA Art Exhibition: Collected Poems
March 7 - April 4, 2025
Gallery Hours: Fridays 5-7, Saturdays, Sundays 3-5pm
or by appointment
gallery@22North.org
March 7 - April 4, 2025
Gallery Hours: Fridays 5-7, Saturdays, Sundays 3-5pm
or by appointment
gallery@22North.org
Sculpture, paintings, works on paper, mixed media, and digital art by a diverse group of emerging artists honing their craft and ideas in Ypsilanti today.
Participating Artists
Nadel Ajeb
Court Annuschat
Katherine Bullock
Colin Cathcart
Sean Harris
Fateme Honarvar
Liam Morris
Yidl Niño
John Sullivan
22 North Gallery is honored to host an exhibition of work by students in the Eastern Michigan University Art and Design MFA program for the fourth consecutive year. The School of Art & Design appreciates this local, real-world opportunity that requires students to prepare their work for a broad audience.
Every week of the fall and winter semesters, meet—this semester, on Wednesday evening. It’s officially a course: AD 674, Critique and Professional Preparation Seminar. Lectures are rare, and dialogue is at the center. It’s an opportunity for the faculty to create an environment where students can safely—and frequently— experience something that may sound unwelcome and even threatening to many of us: criticism.
Students encounter, in the words of the course description, “constructive criticism [italics added], collaboration and a free exchange of ideas” with “multiple opportunities for each student to have their work critically discussed by their peers and guests.”
The course also promises a focus on “content, intent, historical context, and their relationship with formal issues.” Everyone is expected to participate, to engage with peers and outside experts in the work of refining their “methods for visual research, writing and speaking about artworks.” After four iterations of the course, some 50+ weeks in total, A&D students become accustomed to questions, suggestions, and challenges from their professor, other faculty, and their peers. They get more resilient and confident. Their work gets better.
The artists whose work appears here have taken the kind of risks that move art, and all kinds of creativity, forward. We applaud them. And we are grateful to you as a visitor for taking up your role in this dialogue as a member of the art community.
Every week of the fall and winter semesters, meet—this semester, on Wednesday evening. It’s officially a course: AD 674, Critique and Professional Preparation Seminar. Lectures are rare, and dialogue is at the center. It’s an opportunity for the faculty to create an environment where students can safely—and frequently— experience something that may sound unwelcome and even threatening to many of us: criticism.
Students encounter, in the words of the course description, “constructive criticism [italics added], collaboration and a free exchange of ideas” with “multiple opportunities for each student to have their work critically discussed by their peers and guests.”
The course also promises a focus on “content, intent, historical context, and their relationship with formal issues.” Everyone is expected to participate, to engage with peers and outside experts in the work of refining their “methods for visual research, writing and speaking about artworks.” After four iterations of the course, some 50+ weeks in total, A&D students become accustomed to questions, suggestions, and challenges from their professor, other faculty, and their peers. They get more resilient and confident. Their work gets better.
The artists whose work appears here have taken the kind of risks that move art, and all kinds of creativity, forward. We applaud them. And we are grateful to you as a visitor for taking up your role in this dialogue as a member of the art community.
Eastern Michigan University MFA Art Exhibition
Collected Poems
April 4, 6-9 pm
First Fridays Ypsilanti
Collected Poems
April 4, 6-9 pm
First Fridays Ypsilanti
2025 Upcoming Exhibition Schedule
March 15 - April 9
Eastern Michigan University Graduate Student Show
Eastern Michigan University Graduate Student Show
May - June
Leslie Sobel
Leslie Sobel
June - July
Kyle Hint
Kyle Hint
August-September
Takeisha Jefferson
Takeisha Jefferson
October - November
TBD
TBD
November - December
SE Michigan Ceramists
SE Michigan Ceramists
About Us
The Gallery at 22 North provides exhibition space, exposure, and collaboration to emerging and under-recognized visual artists in the I75-US23 corridor from Central Kentucky to Northern Michigan.
Music at 22 North includes emerging to established performers in an intimate house concert setting.
In addition to our own projects, we seek collaborations with community organizations.
For artists interested in showing at 22 North: we are accepting proposals for 2024. Please send your resumé, a brief statement about your work, and a link to digital images of your work to gallery@22north.org
We are located in the heart of downtown Ypsilanti at 22 North Huron street, just north of Michigan Avenue.Free public parking across the street.
22 North
22 N. Huron Street
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
gallery@22north.org
Music at 22 North includes emerging to established performers in an intimate house concert setting.
In addition to our own projects, we seek collaborations with community organizations.
For artists interested in showing at 22 North: we are accepting proposals for 2024. Please send your resumé, a brief statement about your work, and a link to digital images of your work to gallery@22north.org
We are located in the heart of downtown Ypsilanti at 22 North Huron street, just north of Michigan Avenue.Free public parking across the street.
22 North
22 N. Huron Street
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
gallery@22north.org