Gallery Exhibitions
The Chelsea Center for the Arts Gallery, located inside CCA's historic building, provides a venue for local youth and adults to showcase their artwork through curated shows and artist receptions.
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
Stand In The Place Where You Live
An exhibition in celebration of The Legacy Land Conservancy's 40th Year! in collaboration with the Chelsea Center for the Arts.
Dates: November 11, 2011 - February 29, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, December 2, 6-8pm - please join us
  
  
Participating Artists:
Barbara Bushey, Deborah Campbell, Nancy Feldkamp, Steve Gilzow,
Birgit Hutteman-Holz, Angelis Jackowski, Janet Kohler, John Lloyd,
Nancy McKay, Brenda Miller, Susan Moran, Lynn Quick, Anne Rubin, Cathy
VanVoorhis, Nora Venturelli, Elaine Wilson
Click HERE for more information about the collaboration.
Past Exhibitions
New Instructors at Chelsea Center for the Arts
The Chelsea Center for the Arts invites all to come and see the exhibition "New Instructors at the CCA," featuring a sampling of the work of three new visual arts instructors for the fall 2011 term - Eric Strebel (Industrial Design), Sicily Amaris McRaven (Fiber Arts), and Kate Barker (Photography). The CCA is expanding its offerings in the visual arts, especially for teens and adults and presents this exhibition as a way to experience the artwork of its new instructors. The exhibition runs from Sept. 12 through Oct. 28 at the CCA Gallery, with a 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 11. exhibition reception.
Joseph Bergman No Hidden Meanings
No Hidden Meanings features drawings, works of art on paper, and digital prints by 
Ann Arbor artist Joseph Bergman ran from July 10-August 28 2011. Bergman received
his BFA degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and his MFA degree from
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. He taught drawing,
graphic and three-dimensional design, printmaking, and digital imaging at Siena
Heights University in Adrian, Michigan from 1972 to 2006, at which time he was
given the title of Professor Emeritus.
CCA Studio Collective's Exhibition 
Exhibition ran from May 7 – June 30, with a reception held on June 11. Artists from CCA's two long-running studios (Artists Teaching Artists and Cathy Barry's Studio) join forces to display their work.
After School Art Club Showcase
Exhibition ran Saturday June 4, 1-3pm at the CCA.
Chelsea All School District Art Exhibition
Exhibition ran from April 12 – 23, with a reception on April 23 at the CCA and a reception on May 7 at the River Gallery.
School district art teachers select a range of exemplary artwork, featuring a variety of media across all grade levels, to showcase Chelsea's vast pool of artistic talent. Selected works are then moved to the Chelsea River Gallery and are on display May 7-14.
Watercolor paintings by CCA's "Artists Teaching Artists" exhibited at the Silver Maples Retirement Center Gallery
Exhibition ran from March 7 - April 29,with a reception held at Silver Maples on March 10.
Cathy VanVoorhis 
Exhibition ran from February 27 – April 2, with a reception on March 12.
Cathy has been painting landscapes of wilderness areas for over thirty years. She is particularly inspired by northern lakes and forests in Michigan and Canada.
Adrian Deva
 Exhibition ran from January 16 - February 26, with a reception on February 12.
"Paintings from this series are a result of a lengthy exploration on the concept of abandonment and deterioration of human-made environments in the post-industrial age."
Ben Bigelow
Exhibition ran from December 5 - January 15, with a reception on January 8.
"For me, art happens when the subject you are looking at is familiar and unfamiliar. Lately I’ve been inspired by glimpses of a moment."
Rob Riemenschneider
Exhibition ran from October 17 - November 28, with a reception on November 7, 2010.
Nemanja Rosic: Electric Dreams 2.0
Nemanja Rosic Artist Statement: My work is a result of my fascination with the electronic information processors. Access to information has become a necessity, and our reliance on information processors is "umbilical-cord-dependant" today. Microchips and electronic circuitry hold in their consistent, uniform, symmetrical and textural design a potential for visual metaphors. These metaphors can be applied in a larger context than the original industrial function of the created design. By dissecting and re-assembling the chips / processors / circuitry via painting, I combine an aesthetic perspective into this industrial product. I strive to give the micro-circuit the physicality and pictorial strength it needs to become a beautiful and visually powerful macro-object. As an artist I marvel the intricacies of science and hope to glorify them beyond their utilitarian functions.
Four Seasons: Group Exhibition
Exhibition ran from June 19 - August 31, with a reception on June 24th.
Katie Rubin: Recent Prints
Katie Rubin attended the University of Michigan where she received her BFA in Industrial Design. Rubin then worked for the Smithsonian Institution as assistant designer to a permanent exhibition titled On Time in the National Museum of American History. Rubin received her MFA at Eastern Michigan University in Printmaking. She now resides in Ann Arbor again where she teaches at the University of Michigan School of Art and Design and at Washtenaw Community College. She has received several awards and honors for her prints and continues to show nationally.
Chelsea School District Art Show
Selected artwork from this show was graduated to a juried exhibition at the River Gallery of Fine Art. Exhibition ran from April 24 - May 2, with a reception on May 2nd from 1pm- 3pm.
Cathy Barry: OVERVIEW
Overview is an apt title for the current exhibition at the Chelsea Center for the Arts. Featuring work of Cathy Barry, long-time CCA painting instructor, this exhibition displays colorful and vibrant work inspired by the land, water, and weather as viewed from an aerial perspective.
Read more about Cathy from AnnArbor.com
Reflection of Artists Teaching Artists
This exhibition featured paintings created during our Thursday Open Studio workshop and featured the work of: John Mitchell, Sr., Libby Price, Barbara Ruth, Arly Spink, Sally Wetzel, William Wetzel, Janet Alford, Marlene Piasecki Beck, Rose Bradley, Missy Cowan, Mary Fitzgerald, and Tom Lyons.
HYDROLOGY
The endless cycle of water-from sea to vapor to rain to ice and back to rivers, lakes and oceans--was the theme for this exhibition at the Chelsea Center for the arts. Co-sponsored by the Huron River Watershed Council and the Legacy Land Conservancy, the exhibit explored humans' relationship to water and to the natural cycles of the planet. Curated by Cathy Barry.
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