The entrance to the gallery is on the eastern side of the building.

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U245 Student Gallery (College for Creative Studies)

201 E. Kirby
Detroit MI 48202

This gallery on the Col­lege for Cre­a­tive Stu­dies (CCS) campus is intended to give stu­dents prac­ti­cal experience in managing an art gallery. Some­times called "U245 Student-Run Gallery." The other CCS galleries are the Char­ach Fam­i­ly Gal­leries and the Valade Fam­i­ly Gal­lery.

It was, as of 2025, a very amateurish operation, with spo­rad­ic sup­port from the college administration. The cam­pus se­cu­ri­ty guards seem to be unaware that this gallery even exists. You might have to walk around the whole perimeter of the building once to even find any indication of where the gallery is.

But starting in 2026, the college administration increased support for the gallery in a way that suggests the gallery will be taken more seriously in the future.

On September 25, 2026, the gallery held a still life drawing night open to the public. I'm told this was not be an isolated occurrence, nor the last occurrence.

Current exhibition

• Devices of Wonder: Optics, Glass & Image, Amanda Brown, Chloe Diggs, Mia Lincoln, Grace Osmialowski, Ella Purcell. Opened October 16 and slated to run to October 29.

Upcoming exhibitions

• Something about tech. Call for art (open to current students only) closed October 2. Not sure when the exhibit will be. The selected artists will install their own work.

Past exhibitions

• Instincts, various artists. April 17, 2026 — May? ??, 2026.
• Fragments, various artists. March 6, 2026 — March 27, 2026.
• Pieces of Home, Samantha Abad, Jess Barnes, Alden Boyd, Emma Choi, Holly Hazen, Neo Hopkins, Riley Klein, Grace Osmalowski, Lillian Shaleesh, Rocky Smith, Delainey Wyville. February 28, 2025 — March? ??, 2025?
• Girlhood, Maddie Duda, Riley Klein, Morgan Strong. Emillie Yonker. March 21, 2024 — April 5, 2024.
• Shoulder to Shoulder, Natalie Merkle, Ally Hetzer, Marissa DeStefano, Lilly Thomson, and Jaclyn Iskow, curated by Lillian Openshaw. December 1, 2023 — ??? ??, 2024?
• Student sculpture exhibition opening. November 12, 2021 — ??? ??, 2022?
• Big Boy, Justin Miller, Robert Veresan. March 29, ??? 2019 ???? — ??? ??, ??? 2019 ????
• Cash & Carry. November 30, 2018 — December 14, 2018.
• Lay, Lie, CCS crafts majors working in glass and art furniture. ??? ??, 2018 — November 9, 2018.
• ...not sure if there were exhibitions in early 2018...
• The 4th annual Voices art show. March 14, 2017 — ???.
• Common Threads, fibers class students. January 13 — 30, 2017.
• Subtle Shifts, Tyanna Blue. December 2 — 23, 2016.
• DET-ZIM, Chido Johnson et al. November 11 — 29, 2016.
• Fresh Meat, Class of 2020 exhibition. October 28, 2016 — November 4, 2016.
• ...many more...

A complete and comprehensive list would go back at least to 2012, perhaps decades, I'm not sure. Maybe I'll settle for going back to 2014.

External links

• Official website

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