Boll Lobby Gallery Archives - YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit

JFK, Legendary Photographer Remembered In Exhibit

A uniquely Detroit exhibit is at the Boll Family YMCA Lobby Gallery this month, marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It’s based around a book from the late Free Press photographer Tony Spina of images he’d taken while covering Kennedy over the years.

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Amy Kuras

November 15, 2013

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Creativity Is Spurred By The Unexpected

Boll member Sierra Smalley had her work on display in the lobby gallery. And while her photography is interesting and inspiring, her story is even more so.

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Amy Kuras

August 29, 2013

Social Responsibility

Exhibit Highlights Hidden Talents

A new exhibit at the Boll Family YMCA’s Lobby Gallery called “The Art of Transformation” aims to show us the humanity inside men struggling with addiction. It showcases the work of men who are clients of Mariners Inn created through the Mariners Inn art therapy program.

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Amy Kuras

July 4, 2013

Social Responsibility / Youth Development

School Spotlighted in Art Exhibit

Visitors to the Boll Family YMCA throughout the month of March may have noticed some fairly unusual things about the most recent art exhibit in the lobby. They’re organized not by theme or visual similarity, but by school subject. And the works are very diverse — not only paint and pencil, but handwork such as…

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Amy Kuras

March 28, 2013

Youth Development

Excel Photography Exhibit Debuts at Y

An exhibit at the Boll YMCA Lobby Gallery of photographs from Detroit youths participating in the Focus:Hope Excel project gives adults a valuable look at the world through the eyes of these young people, who are too often written off or marginalized. They work with professional photographers throughout the year, and master both photographic techniques…

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Amy Kuras

September 15, 2012

Social Responsibility

Exhibit Sheds Light on Street People

An exhibit of photographer Bruce Giffin’s portraits of street people is hanging in the lobby of the Boll Family YMCA through the month of August. The work won Giffin the 2011 Kresge Arts Fellowship, and this will be the last time it is on display in one place.

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Amy Kuras

August 16, 2012

Social Responsibility / Youth Development

Art Show Puts Talent on Display

A huge art exhibit that took over the lobby of the Boll Family YMCA this month was the work of the youngest artists at the Y — the children who attend the Child Development Center. More than 200 pieces were on display, including group projects parents could bid on in a silent auction.

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Amy Kuras

May 18, 2012

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JFK, Legendary Photographer Remembered In Exhibit

Creativity Is Spurred By The Unexpected

Exhibit Highlights Hidden Talents

School Spotlighted in Art Exhibit

Excel Photography Exhibit Debuts at Y

Exhibit Sheds Light on Street People

Art Show Puts Talent on Display