Pathways by Carol Cook Reid

Biddle Gallery will host a Pathway Patterns by Carol Cook Reid and Roosevelt Marching Chiefs Fundraiser
Friday, May 21 between 6:00 and 9:00 pm.

A foundation pattern composed by the artist will be installed at the opening. Gallery visitors will be encouraged to add to this foundation. Hundreds of Pathway Pattern parts will be presented as choices to explore relationships between the parts, discover pathways, and build a community pattern of many parts by many hands. The pattern will continue to expand and evolve in an interactive installation at the gallery between May 21 through June 12, 2010.

Pathway Patterns by Carol Cook Reid is an evolving, interactive installation. Visitors are invited and encouraged to participate by extending -- and connecting -- fragments of patterns collected from 12 community groups into one integrated community pattern. Patterns were constructed by staff or participants in the following: Bowen Branch Library, NW Activity Center, Cass Technical High School, Children's Hospital of MI, Project Challenge - Focus:HOPE, Friends School-Detroit, General Motors Hamtramck Assembly plant, The Hub of Detroit, the N.O.A.H. Project-Central United Methodist Church, Wayne State Univ. Student Center, and the YMCA of Metro Detroit.

During this event, Bearclaw Coffee Co® of Brownstown will donate 20% of coffee bag sales to the Roosevelt Marching Chiefs. Fresh coffee will be served and donations accepted. Bearclaw Coffee is owned by former Lincoln Park resident Laura Chinavare Smith. Laura and her husband, Jim Smith opened their franchise located at 24146 Sibley Road in 2007. They have expanded their coffee bag sales to include fundraising opportunities for various schools in the metro Detroit area.

The Roosevelt Marching Chiefs are in desperate need of new uniforms. Their 90 usable uniforms are not sufficient to suit their 100 plus members and many of these uniforms have missing buttons, holes, and stains that cannot be removed. After many fundraisers and individual contributions, the Wyandotte Music Boosters were able to raise 25,000.00 towards the purchase of 150 new band uniforms. Twenty thousand dollars more is needed to pay off the balance. Band members will perform at Biddle Gallery during this event.

Pathways will continue to grow and evolve through June 12, 2010