The Broad Art Museum is a free, contemporary art museum with an expansive collection located on the campus of Michigan State University. Its website says the Broad embraces “actively anti-racist approaches to exhibitions and programming.” The museum’s current exhibition, “Latoya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family in Three Acts,” runs to Jan. 29. For five years, photographer Latoya Ruby Frazier documented the personal toll of the Flint water crisis with the aim of keeping Flint in the national conversation about environmental justice and access to clean water. This exhibit is a collaboration with two other Michigan museums, the Stamps Gallery at U of M and the Flint Institute of Arts.
547 E. Circle Dr., East Lansing
Thursday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(517) 884-4800
This year’s lead exhibition is a retrospective celebrating 10 years of the MSU Broad Art Museum and the life and work of its architect, the late Zaha Hadid. (See P. 11.) “Zaha Hadid Design: Untold” opens Friday (Sept. 10) and runs till Feb.12. “Art Along the River, Grand” runs Sept. 10-Dec. 18. This exhibition explores public art in the Greater Lansing area, with an interest in “what public art is, who it is made by, and who it is for.”
409 W. Circle Dr., East Lansing
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(517) 355-2370
The Michigan State University Museum is described as the place “Where Science and Culture Meet.” Admission to this Smithsonian-affiliated institution is free and includes permanent and rotating exhibits designed for all ages. The inaugural exhibit in The Sandbox gallery is called “Gameplay” and features video games designed by MSU students and faculty. The exhibit encourages visitors to “contemplate the impact of video games on our society,” and to play the games. It is open now and runs through the end of December 2022.
This year’s lead exhibition explores the global climate crisis. “1.5 ° Celsius” references the temperature rise to which humans must limit global warming. Having already increased the planet’s heat to 1.1° Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the clock is ticking, loudly. Museum Director Devon Akmon says, “We seek to spark immediate action by inviting our guest to imagine new ways of addressing social and environmental issues." The exhibition runs till Feb. 25.
1210 Turner St., Lansing
Tuesday-Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m.
The MICA Gallery serves as a hub for artists, concerts and creative events in Old Town. The gallery provides exhibition opportunities for visual artists, musicians, poets, and performance artists. MICA showcases contemporary visual art exhibits and corresponding programming with an emphasis on community transformation. MICA Presents Michigan BluesFest runs Sept. 15-17 on four stages. During BluesFest, each artist has agreed to premiere a song, composition or arrangement never performed publicly before.
702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing
Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Michigan History Museum features five floors of Michigan’s history with yearly exhibitions that dive deeper into historical people, events, and artifacts. Adult admission is $8, but Sundays are free for everyone. The current exhibit, “Mathias J. Alten: An American Artist at the Turn of the Century,” explores a German immigrant’s life and artistic work. Alten is remembered for impressionist oil paintings that celebrate our state’s natural landscapes. The exhibit is runs through Nov. 6.
The Michigan History Center also offers numerous opportunities for the public to participate in Michigan’s history. This September marks the fifth annual Heritage Gathering Conference, highlighting important events and people in Michigan’s Underground Railroad movement, including histories of freedom seekers as told through their descendants.
300 S. Washington Sq. Suite 100 Lansing
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The Lansing Art Gallery promotes and celebrates the work of Michigan artists. The nonprofit is firmly settled into its new home in the historic Knapp’s Centre downtown. The space features both fine art and a retail gallery with plenty of programming such as artist talks, ArtPath, and art-making kits for children of all ages.
The exhibit “Essays on Invisibility,” which closes Oct. 22, features printmaking work by Paloma Nunez-Regueiro. The artist draws on her life experiences as the daughter of a Chinese father and a Mexican mother whose family relocated numerous times throughout North, South, and Central America.
The gallery’s Michigan Made | Holiday Art Exhibition (Nov. 2-Dec. 23) features original artwork in any medium created by Michigan artists.
(Editor’s note: Chelsea Roberts, who wrote this story, also serves on the board of the Lansing Art Gallery.)
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