Exhibitions

“If the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center isn’t on your radar as a place that mounts great shows, it should be.” – Michael Hodges, Detroit News Fine Arts Writer

Artists interested in exhibiting @ the BBAC: click here for more information.

The general public is invited to come to the BBAC to see our exhibits.

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NOTE: If you are interested in purchasing any of the exhibited art, you can do so at the BBAC during gallery hours or phone 248.644.0866.

Exhibitions supported by Bank of Ann Arbor / Birmingham

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2026 Exhibitions

FEBRUARY 6 – MARCH 12 2026

CURRENT STUDENT WORKS SHOW

Juror: Elizabeth Youngblood

Born and educated in Detroit, Elizabeth Youngblood is an artist, educator, designer and a maker. Youngblood’s art-making practice includes working in the mediums of drawing, ceramics, weaving, bookbinding and more. She’s been a faculty member at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and SUNY Purchase, NY, managed branding with Unisys and designed at the New York Times. Currently, Youngblood maintains a studio practice and leads many workshops while exploring new art techniques.

Life in the Current by Betsy Coats

Click here to view the artists juried into the show.

MARCH 20 – APRIL 30 2026

Cranbrook Alumni: Mechanical / Botanical

Organized by Ian McDonald: An exhibition exploring issues surrounding the control of nature and its limits. Ian McDonald, Mark Vander Heide, Lisa Farris, María Cecilia Ferrer, Michael Takahata, Erika NJ Allen

Ian McDonald

Mark Vander Heide

Lisa Farris

Erika NJ Allen

Michael Takahata

Group Ceramic Show: Animalia

Organized by Elliott Kayser: Five clay artists explore the timeless impulse of humans to create pots in the form of animals, an impulse that highlights our ties to nature, non-human animals, and each other. Elliott Kayser, Eric Ordway, Megan Thomas, Candice Methe, Shawn Ireland

Elliott Kayser:

Eric Ordway:

Shawn Ireland:

Ron Teachworth: Appropriation: Artists and Their Work

To “appropriate” is to take possession of something. Appropriation artists deliberately copy images to take possession of them in their art. They are not stealing or plagiarizing, nor are they passing off these images as their very own. This artistic approach does stir up controversy because some people view appropriation as unoriginal or theft. This is why it’s important to understand why artists appropriate the artwork of others.

Students of Fran Seikaly

MAY 8 – JUNE 4 2026

Mel Rosas: a retrospective

Mel Rosas received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Drake University in Des Moines. He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Mel is an emeritus professor with the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History and Design, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan where he served from1976 – 2021. Mel has exhibited his drawings and paintings extensively in local and national venues and one can view his work in numerous corporate and private collections on national and local levels. His paintings and drawings are included in numerous private and corporate collections including the Chemical Bank, New York, NY, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, Carnegie/Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, FL, and the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.

El muelle II, oil on panel

El abismo, oil on panel

Kelley Kozloff: Horizons, expanded

Kelley Kozloff is a self-taught painter based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She paints with oils and cold wax medium on canvas or wood to create multi-layered and textured artwork. Following years in careers in occupational therapy and non-profit management, Kelley began painting in the fall of 2021. She loves the kinesthetic experience of creating her work and the personal connections she has developed as an artist with collectors and fellow artists. In 2023, Kelley was selected by The Guild of Artists and Artisans as an Emerging Artist for the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair. Kelley has exhibited at juried art fairs regularly since then; her current schedule includes Art Birmingham, the Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair, and The One of a Kind Shows in Chicago, Illinois. Over the past year, her work has been showcased in four solo exhibitions in galleries and spaces in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

“My horizons are of my imagination only, conjured places my mind enjoys visiting. I find endless inspiration in this imaginary point in our geography, where colors range from muted to exuberant and the light continuously changes. Looking at the horizon, our sense of place, time, and scale all contract and expand. Everything is possible in this space between earth and sky.” ~ Kelly Kozloff

with patience

on the cusp

Hannah Graber: To my Darling, Julie

“’To my Darling, Julie’ explores efforts toward self-connection through an intimate investigation of the human experience. The imagery in this series is drawn directly from the artist’s family film archive, with photographs dating back to the 1920s. This collection embraces themes of comfort and nostalgia, inviting the viewer to discover a sense of familiarity within the lives of strangers.” ~ Hannah Graber

3 Women

I’ve Searched Far and Wide for a Place Like This

Strawberry Ice Cream

Students of Nobuko Yamasaki & Kyoko Fujii

JUNE 19 – AUGUST 13 2026

45TH MICHIGAN FINE ARTS COMPETITION

Juror: Marshall N. Prince, Ph.D.

Marshall N. Price is the Chief Curator and Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and serves as adjunct faculty in the university’s Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies. He received a Ph.D. in Art History from the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Before joining the Nasher Museum, Price was Curatorial Assistant at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and from 2003 until 2014 held the position of Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the National Academy Museum, New York. He has organized numerous exhibitions including Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene, Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960, Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush, 1967-75, Jeffrey Gibson: Said the Pigeon to the Squirrel, and John Cage: The Sight of Silence, among others.