Title: Detroit and the Movies
Description: This summer's exhibit is part of an annual summer exhibit series on the cultural history of Detroit, arranged and curated annually since 2014 by Detroit Mercy Libraries' Maurice Greenia, Jr. '76. Greenia is a longtime McNichols Campus Library assistant, poet, Detroit-based multi-media artist and avid filmgoer. He delved into his personal collection of Detroit Film Theatre (DFT) memorabilia in order to celebrate the DFT’s 50th anniversary. A small art exhibit featuring the work of Jennifer Gariepy, Gazine Greenia, Mary Fortuna, Jim Puntigam, Jack Johnson, Miriam Marcus, Roger Hayes and other local artists, is also on display.
More information about the exhibit can be found in Campus Connection. For more information about Greenia's special collection at the University of Detroit Mercy Libraries, vist the digitized special collection.
Curation and design: Maurice Greenia, Jr. '76 (a.k.a. Maugre), McNichols Campus Library assistant and multi-media artist
Dates: July 2024 - September 6, 2024
Memorabilia on the history of Detroit's movie theaters, drive-ins and movies filmed in the metro Detroit area.
Programs, promotional material, and other memorabilia from the Detroit Film Theatre, which launched in 1974 at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Programs, promotional material, and other memorabilia from the Detroit Film Theatre, which launched in 1974 at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Art from various artists, from the personal collection of Maurice Greenia, Jr.
Art and images, including self portraits/photographs of Maurice Greenia.
Film memorabilia from the collection of Maurice Greenia, Jr.