Exhibits

Current Locations

KickstART Farmington (My work is in the Gift Shop)
33304 Grand River
Farmington, MI 48336
(near the Civic Theater)

Life in the Craft Room
33304 West 12 Mile Rd., Farmington, MI
https://lifeinthecraftroom.com/
Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri, Sat:  9 am – 4 pm
Wed: 10 am – 6 pm

MI Artisan Market
33304 West Twelve Mile Rd
Farmington Hills, MI

2021

  • Farmington Hills City Hall, Farmington Hills, MI, Jan 2019 – Dec 31, 2021

2020

  • Our Town Art Show and Sale, Birmingham Community House, Birmingham, MI, Sep 10-30
  • Members Show; Northville Art House, Northville, MI, Mar 6 – 28
  • Black & White; Northville Art House, Northville, MI, Feb 7 – 29

2018

  • Strong Women; Hannan House, Detroit, MI, Jan 26 – Mar 31
  • Starring The Gallery, Northville, MI, 2016-2018

2017

  • Never Again (Again);  Annex Gallery, Highland Park, MI, Apr 29 – May 13

2016

  • Wish You Were Here; Detroit Artists Market, 4719 Woodward, Detroit, Sep 1-30
  • If You Build It They Will Come; Detroit Artists Market, 4719 Woodward, Detroit, Aug 1-31

2014

  • Membership Exhibit at Ellen Kayrod Gallery at Hannan House, Warren and Woodward, Detroit, July-Aug
  • Coffee and (_____) at Jefferson and Chalmers, Detroit, May 1-31
  • Sight Fest at Ellen Kayrod Gallery at Hannan House, Warren and Woodward, Detroit, Jan-Mar

2013

  • Christmas Craft Fair; Doherty Elementary School, West Bloomfield, Nov 8th
  • Ellen Kayrod Gallery at Hannan House, Warren and Woodward, Detroit, Oct 25th

2012

  • Art for the Holidays; Detroit Artists Market, 4719 Woodward, Detroit, MI; Nov. 9 -Dec. 23rd
  • Detroit Artists Market Garden Party; 1116 Iroquois Detroit, MI 48214,  June 21st
  • Homage Show; Riversedge Gallery, 3024 Biddle St, Wyandotte, MI, Feb 17- Mar 16

2011

  • Christmas Boutique; Wyandotte Arts Center, aka Downriver Council of the Arts, 81 Chestnut, Wyandotte, MI 48192, Dec. 1-23
  • Art for the Holidays; Detroit Artists Market, 4719 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, Nov 11-Dec 23
  • Stable Invitational; Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Hannan Foundation, 4750 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, May 27 – July 22
  • Detroit Artists Market Garden Party and Sale, 4226 Lincoln, Detroit, MI, June 16
  • Hannan Spring Open; Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Hannan House, 4750 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, March 25 – May 20
  • The Lighter Side; 2 Woman Show with Cheryl Marie Phillips, Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Hannan House, 4750 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, Feb 4 – March 18

2010

  • Our Rivers Our Lakes; Grosse Pointe Art Center, 16900 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe, MI, Aug 13 – Sept 25
  • Humor Me; Grosse Pointe Art Center, 16900 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe, MI, June 25 – July 31
  • Kennedy Center Gift Shop; 2700 F Street NW, Washington DC, May 10 – June 26
  • Healing Power of the Arts; The Art Experience, 175 S Saginaw St #109, Pontiac, MI, June 17th- July 8th
  • Healing Power of the Arts; , Orion Art Center, 115 S Anderson St, Lake Orion, MI, July 15th- August 6th
  • The Green Show; Grosse Pte. Art Center, 16900 Kercheval, Grosse Pte, MI, Mar 19 – May 1
  • Urban Edge; Grosse Pointe Art Center, 16900 Kercheval Grosse Pte, MI, Jan 22 –  Mar 6
  • Anton Art Center; Michigan Annual XXXVI, 125 Macomb Place, Mt. Clemens, MI, Jan 22 – Feb 27

December Christmas Holiday Art Markets

  • Detroit Artists Market, 4719 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI
  • Downriver Council for the Art;, 81 Chestnut, Wyandotte, MI
  • Holiday Craft Fair, Costick Center, 28600 11 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, MI
  • Grosse Pointe Art Center, 16900 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe, MI
  • Holiday Fair; Riverside Art Center, 76 N Huron St., Ypsilanti, MI
  • Holiday Show/Christmas Boutique; Downriver Council for the Arts, 81 Chestnut, Wyandotte, MI, Nov 19 – Dec 22
  • Art For the Holidays Fair; Detroit Artists’ Market, 4719 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, Nov 12 – Dec 23
  • Holiday Shopping Expo; Costick Center, 28600 11 Mile Road, Farmington Hills

2009

  • Small Works Show: Think Small, Lawrence St. Gallery, 22620 Woodward, Ferndale, MI, Dec 2 -26
  • DAM Garden Party, 481 Kercheval, Grosse Pte Farms, MI, June 18
  • Southwest Artist Network of Detroit 2nd Cinco de Mayo; “Our Creative Life,” Ladybug Gallery, Whitdell Bldg., 1250 Hubbard Street, Porter, Detroit, MI, May 2 – July 31
  • Women Image Women, part of the Crone Celebration; The Scarab Club, 217 Farnsworth, Detroit, MI, April 3
  • Exposures ’09; Lawrence Street Gallery; 22620 Woodward, Ferndale, MI, April
  • Urban Edge; Juror: Charles McGee, Grosse Pointe Art Center, 16900 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe, MI 48230, Mar 20 – May 2

2008

  • Holiday Show; Northville Art House, 215 W. Cady St., Northville, MI, Nov – Dec
  • Healing Power of the Arts: The Art Experience, Summit Place Mall, Waterford Sept 28 – Oct 25; Orion Art Center, 115 S Anderson St, Lake Orion Oct 30 – Nov 20
  • Holiday Market: Detroit Artists Market; 4719 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Nov 7 – Dec 24
  • One Woman Show; City Gallery, Costick Center, Farmington Hills MI; Nov 10 – Dec 29
  • Spirit of Detroit (Paint by Numbers); Detroit Artists Market, 4719 Woodward, Detroit, MI, June 6 – July 12
  • Detroit Artists Market Garden Show; 99 Lothrop, Grosse Pte Farms, MI, June 13
  • Arte/Musica Italy; Municipality of Piandisco, Juried Exhibit,  June 12-15
  • Detroit Neighborhood Initiative; 7310 Woodward, 4th floor, Detroit MI,  May
  • Village Fine Arts Assoc.; Poetry & Art Night, Milford Township Library, 330 Family Dr., Milford, MI, Gala Evening, April 26
  • Faces of Immigration; Bagley Housing Gallery, 2915 Bagley, Detroit, MI, May 3 – June 14
  • Small Works Show; Northville Art House; March 7- 30
  • Our Throw Away Society: An Art Exhibition Exploring the Stigma of Mental Illness, Homelessness and Poverty; Madonna University, Livonia, MI, Feb15 – Mar 16

2007

  • Detroit Artists Market Holiday Fair; Detroit, MI – Nov 9 – Dec 22
  • Artcite; 109 University Place, Windsor, Ontario, Canada – Dec 7-22
  • Healing Power of the Arts; Orion Art Center, 115 S Anderson; Lake Orion Aug 13 – Sept 9
  • The Art Experience; Summit Place Mall, Waterford, MI, Sept 30 – Nov 3
  • ArtFirst!; University Medical Center, Princeton, NJ, April 14 – May 18
  • Collaborative Deconstructed Dolly Workshop and Self-Portrait Show; Grosse Pointe Art Center, 1005 Maryland Ave, Grosse Pointe Park, MI; Mar 2 – 17
  • Venus of Willendorf: Redefining the Goddess; The Duderstadt Gallery, University of Michigan, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI, Feb 9-25

2006

  • Synergy Fine Art Gallery, 4111 W. 12 Mile Rd., Berkley, MI, Featured artist; Dec 5 – Jan 20
  • Threads; Johanson Charles Gallery, 1345  Division in the Eastern Market, Detroit, MI, Oct 6 – Nov 5
  • 3rd Annual Intergenerational Community Exhibition; Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Hannan House; 4750 Woodward, MI,  June 23 – Aug 4
  • Healing Power of the Arts; Summit Place Mall, Waterford, MI, May 18 – June 7
  • Healing Power of the Arts; Orion Art Center, Lake Orion, MI, June 9 – 30
  • Paint a Miracle, Rochester, MI, July 13 – 15
  • Outside the Box, Grosse Ile Island Fest, Grosse Ile, MI, June 1
  • Members Exhibit 2006, Detroit Artists Market; June 16 – July 22
  • Elements Gallery, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI; Ongoing
  • ARTFIRST!; University Medical Center at Princeton, Princeton, NJ; April 9 – May 5
  • Commission: Tryptych Tile Painting for residential Detroit loft.

2005

  • Stepping Out In Black & White; Benefit for Opera House; Howell, MI, Dec 30
  • Benefit for Institute for Children – Noel Night: Juris Gallery; Historic Hecker-Smiley Mansion, Home of Charfoos and Christensen, P.C., 5510 Woodward Ave. Detroit MI, Dec 2 – 4
  • Detroit Artists Market Holiday Show; Nov 11 – Dec 23
  • SCENE Metrospace “Cir*cus/Car*ni*val” Exhibition; 303 Abbott Rd, E. Lansing, MI, Nov 18, 2005 – Jan 8, 2006
  • THREADS: an Art contest for the Wardrobe; Johansson Charles Gallery, 1345 Division St, Detroit’s Eastern Market, Sept 16 –  Oct 1
  • All Area Exhibition 2005; Studio 23 / The Arts Center, 901 North Water Street, Bay City, MI, June 30 – July 31
  • Chair-ity: Chairs around the World; Arts Council of the Windsor Region; The Walkerville Theatre, 1564 Wyandotte St. E. (The Old Tivoli), Ontario, Canada, May 28
  • IslandFest 2005 Chair-Arty; Grosse Ile Alliance for the Arts; Outside-the-Lines Gallery, Grosse Ile, MI; June 2-5
  • FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE: Women’s Art Exhibition, Wallace Smith Theatre Gallery, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI,  May 12 – June 3
  • Round mosaic table and wall hangings on display at the former MUGS Coffee House, Commerce Township, MI
  • M.O.R.E.-Manufacturers of Real Excellence – Carousel of 72 slides of Ellen’s work along with those of many other artists at the Detroit Artists Market, curated by Mitch Cope.
  • The American Mosaic Project; Eleven-Eleven Sculpture Space, 1111 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC
  • Detroit Artists Market Members Invitational; Detroit Artists Market, 4719 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI,  Feb 11 – Feb 18
  • Love and Diversity; Huron Valley Cultural Association, Highland, MI, Jan 29 – Feb 28
  • 40 x 40: Self-Portraits by Women; Companion Exhibit to Menopause the Musical; The Gem and Century Theatres, 333 Madison Ave, Detroit, MI, Oct 15 – Feb 15

2004

  • American Mosaic Project; Irving Arts Center Focus Gallery, Irving TX
  • In Pieces: Mosaic Art Invitational; TZ Gallery, 1834 W. North Ave; Chicago, IL
  • ANN ARBOR ALL MEDIA Show; Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
  • THREADS Wearable Art Show; Johansson Charles Gallery; 1345 Division St; Eastern Market, Detroit, MI
  • Contemporary Fiber: Without Boundaries; J Charach-Epstein Gallery; West Bloomfield, MI
  • The House That Art Built; Habitat for Humanity, AKA Gallery; Pontiac, MI
  • Home: Benefit/Art Auction; Center for Creative Exchange, Kayrod Gallery, Hannan House, Detroit, MI
  • MASKorAIDE Auction & Gala for C.O.T.S.; GM Wintergarden, Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI
  • PieceWork: Mosaic & Assemblage by 8 Women Artists; N. Charleston Cultural Ctr, SC
  • Chair-arty at Outside-the-Lines Gallery; Island Fest; Grosse Ile, MI
  • Collaborating Artist with Katie Serewicz on Mural Project with students of Kennedy Center, Pontiac, MI, for wall of Beaumont Hospital facility in Berkley, MI, sponsored by the HOPE Center, Suite Dreams, and Julie Easterday of Stone House Interiors
  • PieceWork: Mosaic & Assemblage by 8 Women Artists, Rabold Gallery, Aiken, SC
  • Backsplash Installation; Private residence, Southfield, MI
  • American Mosaic Project: Orangeburg Fine Arts Center, Orangeburg, SC

2003

  • Art Area 51; Two-Person Show; Wyandotte, MI
  • Without Restraints: Reshaping Familiar Forms in Fiber;  Janice Charach Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
  • Holiday Show; Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
  • Actual Size;  Detroit Contemporary Gallery,  Detroit, MI
  • Urban Kaleidoscope;  Art Exchange Gallery/Museum, Detroit, MI
  • Art of Triumph;  Bonner-David Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
  • 81st Annual All-Media Exhibition; Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Metro Times Photo Show; Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
  • Beasts, Bugs and Blooms; Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
  • Off-the-Wall;  A.C.T. Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • Wind-Word, Taylor, MI
  • Rivers Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI
  • Society of American Mosaic Artists; Miami Convention
  • Critique; Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

2002

  • Desire; Holiday Show; Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
  • Midwest Aids Prevention Project Auction; Edsel & Eleanor Ford Mansion, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
  • Sole of Humanity; John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
  • Diverse and United; Bagley Housing Association, Detroit, MI
  • 15th Annual National Women’s Art Exhibition; From Our Perspective, Oakland Community College, Oakland County, MI
  • Holiday Show; A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • Ruth Mott Foundation; Butterfly Garden; Flint, MI

2001 & Previous

  • 2001 Kravis Performing Arts Center-West Palm Beach, FL
  • 2000 Midwest Aids Prevention Project Auction, Edsel & Eleanor Ford Mansion, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
  • 2000 Off-The-Wall; A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • 1998 – 1999 Dollhouse Antics-Madison Ave, NY
  • 1991 The Chess Shop-NY, NY