Detroit Repertory Theatre to Hold Champagne Reception

The Detroit Repertory Theatre Gilda Snowden Gallery is proud to announce the "Meet The Artist Champagne Reception" for Marvalisa Coley on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. The Champagne Reception is free and open to the public and is an opportunity to meet the artist and purchase her works which are on display in the Gallery during the run of the Theatre's production of THE KISS OF THE SUN FOR PARDON (March 26 to May 17, 2015). The DRT Gilda Snowden Gallery is located within the Detroit Repertory Theatre in the geographical heart of the city at 13103 Woodrow Wilson Street, Detroit, MI 48238. Call (313) 868-1347 for more information or visit detroitreptheatre.com

Artist Marvalisa Coley About The Artist

Marvalisa Coley has been an artist all of her life. She discovered her artistic talent in early childhood. She found herself doodling whenever possible creating characters from her imagination. She had a natural ability to draw characters from the pages of her coloring books and pictures from magazines. She now has her own signature style and technique. She's become best known for her colorful abstract shapes bordered in black, primarily created from subconscious ideas. Her earlier use of drawing markers has evolved into an almost exclusive use of acrylic paint.

On September 12, 2003, Marvalisa resigned from her full-time job as a Computer Room Operator with The Home Depot to pursue an art career. More recently

Pink Yellow and Orange Wildflower by Marvalisa Coley

she has become an award-winning artist and has participated in numerous gallery and museum exhibits in Toledo, New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Colorado Springs, St. Paul, Canada and the Metro Detroit area, which includes a solo exhibit at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

About the Detroit Repertory Theatre Gilda Snowden Gallery

Original works of arts are displayed in the lobby of the Repertory throughout the DRT's season. Michigan artists submit their portfolios. When chosen, their works are exhibited and sold during the run of each DRT production. The Rep collects no commission.

The Detroit Repertory Theatre Gilda Snowden Gallery is alternative exhibition space for emerging and mid-career artists of the Metropolitan Detroit area. Space is given for one-person, two-person, or group theme shows of two-dimensional works of art.

Jocelyn Rainey is the new Curator of Exhibitions at the Rep. Jocelyn Rainey is an award-winning artist, art educator and gallery owner. She is Dean of Arts Instruction at Wayne County Community College District. Her work has been exhibited in galleries across the nation, such as the Jackson Fine Art, the Danny Simmons Corridor Gallery and the Black Fine Arts Festival as well as theUniversity of Michigan Art and Design Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts.

About the Detroit Repertory Theatre
The oldest professional (Union) non-profit theatre in the State of Michigan,
the Detroit Repertory Theatre's mission
is guided by the belief that the sense of community
is stronger than the forces that splinter and
that efforts to preserve unity deserve the same
attention and support
as the justly cultivated efforts to retain diversity.
The implicit goal in all the theatre's efforts is
to produce the best possible professional theatre while
fostering cultural democratization of the arts,
and fighting by example,
the disturbing level of racism that still exists.
Detroit Repertory Theatre is located in the geographical heart of the city at
13103 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit, MI 48238
Parking is Attended, Lighted, Fenced-In and Free.
(313) 868-1347 www.detroitreptheatre.com