Crafts
Young Rembrandts: Power of Drawing
Sunday April 17, 2016: 1:00pm to
2:00pm
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
Grades 1–5
Crafts
Young Rembrandts: Power of Drawing
Sunday April 10, 2016: 1:00pm to
2:00pm
Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room
Grades 1–5
Crafts
Young Rembrandts: Power of Drawing
Sunday April 3, 2016: 1:00pm to
2:00pm
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
Grades 1–5
Crafts
Young Rembrandts: Power of Drawing
Sunday March 20, 2016: 1:00pm to
2:00pm
Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room
Grades 1–5
Crafts
Young Rembrandts: Power of Drawing
Sunday March 13, 2016: 1:00pm to
2:00pm
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
Grades 1–5
Crafts
Young Rembrandts: Power of Drawing
Sunday March 6, 2016: 1:00pm to
2:00pm
Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room
Grades 1–5
Exhibits
Nature and Nurture: Art Teachers as Artists
Tuesday February 2, 2016: 9:00am to
Wednesday March 9, 2016
Malletts Creek Branch: Exhibits
Lectures & Panel Discussions
Where's It Hanging: Marketing Your Art
Wednesday March 9, 2016: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Blog Post
The Gorgeous American Qur'an
by evelyn
Artist Sandow Birk’s beautiful new book American Qur'an is truly a revelation. Birk worked on this project for almost ten years. His website states his motivation:
“At a time when the United States was involved in two wars against Islamic nations and declared itself to be in a cultural and philosophical struggle against Islamic extremists, American artist Sandow Birk’s latest project considers the Qur’an as it was intended – as a universal message to humankind.”
This project took him all over the world and introduced him to the many complexities of Islam. He ultimately hand transcribed the Qur’an using traditional methods and then placed the text over top illustrations of everyday American life. American Qur'an should not be misconstrued as an illustrated Qur’an, but rather a Qur’an whose sacred text enriches the images it shares the pages with.
If you are interested in reading the Qur’an in full for the first time, I would not start with this hefty book; AADL does have more standard translations of the Qur’an and it’s easily found online. However, if you want to see a beautiful interpretation of the Qur’an that is uniquely American, you should check this book out!
Exhibits
New Art Prints by Michigan Artists
Tuesday January 19, 2016: 9:00am to
Thursday February 25, 2016
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room Exhibit