REVIEWS

Just as computers develop and morph into new forms and adapters become obsolete, so do signifiers. “Blue is for boys and pink is for girls” is the phrase that motivated this piece. We are in an amazing time of cultural change and I want to make comment and take notice.

ART REVIEWs

Solo Exhibits

• Some Sacred Moment, Rebecca Mazzei, Metrotimes,6-28-06
• Crazy for Kryptonite, The Barn, Charles Slat, Monroe Evening News, 1-13-05
• Artist Uses Color to Probe Ideas, Mott CC Gallery, Grayce Scholt,The Flint Journal, 11-12-04
• Colors of Bowling Green Displayed, Amyjo L. Brown, Bowling Green News, 9-28-99
• Mural in BG Features ‘Wood County Colors,’ Ken Kinney, Sentinel-Tribune, 9-99
• Bowl Banner Bursts With Color, Roger Green, Ann Arbor News, 1-1-98
• Minimalists Choose and Use Color for Great Effects, Marygrove Gallery, Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press, 11-6-98
• Artist Uses Paint Colors, Names to Create Portraits, Kristyn Kelley, Monroe Evening News, 9-24-98
• What a Concept: Colorful Portrait Attracts Attention, Monroe, MI, Dennis Oblander, The Guardian, 9-17-98
• Billboard Artist Sees Red, Revolution Gallery, Joy Hakanson Colby, Detroit News, 8-14-97
• Sacred Moments in the News, Barbara Johns, Contact Alumni Magazine,Spring, 1995
• A Rose Is a Rose Is a...String? Gallery 7, Joy Hakanson Colby, Detroit News, 1978

Group Exhibits

• The Quiet Room, Elizabeth H. Voss, The Oakland Press, 7-1-07
• An Eccentric Circle, Meadowbrook Gallery, Frank Provezano, The Detroit Free Press, 3-6-01
• Expanding Visions of Creation: The Art of the Cathartic Circle, Meadowbrook Gallery,
Jenna McWilliams, Spinal Column Newsweekly, 3-28-01
• Common Chemistry Gives Eclectic Show A Nice Jolt at Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Joy Hakanson Colby, Detroit News, 3-24-01
• Detroit’s Center Galleries Show makes the Abstract More Interesting, Joy Hakanson Colby, Detroit News, 7-9-99
• 7 Artists Get Flirty with Abstraction, Center Galleries, Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press, 7-11-99
• Off the Wall, Revolution Gallery, Patti Lanoue Stearns, The Detroit Free Press, 4-21-98
• From Quirky Undies to Liturgical Shoes, ‘Clothes’ is Fun Fashion Romp, Center Gallerie,
Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press, 6-22-97
• Art Couture: Gallery Creates an Ensemble Out of Some Unusual Hang-ups, Center Galleries,
Joy Hakanson Colby, Detroit News, 6-11-97
• Center Gallery Show Worth Recollecting, Roger Green, Ann Arbor News, 3-29-97
• Eight Female Artists Put Attitude in Their Work at the Michigan Gallery, Marsha Miro, The Detroit Free Press, 11-19-93