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Grosse Pointe Art Center Celebrates 75 Years
Grosse Pointe Art Center will celebrate the milestone throughout 2012 with art extolling everything from the imaginary friends of our childhood to the human face to the Great Lakes.
Grosse Pointe Art Center is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year with an exhibition lineup comprised of both fresh themes, such as “Where The Wild Things Art,” and perennial favorites, including “Our Rivers, Our Lakes.” “Celebration” will be the overarching idea governing the 2012 shows, said executive director Amy DeBrunner, as the organization honors decades of commitment to the community’s artistic enrichment. The group began in relative obscurity in the 1930s, when members of Grosse Pointe’s social elite—including Dodges and Fords—met on the shores of Lake St. Clair to paint watercolors. DeBrunner said GPAC has calculated its 75th anniversary using a date in 1937 when the group gathered to discuss forming an association. The …
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