Willis Tribe, Late
Period - 1981-97?
(See also Willis Tribe,
Early Period & Avalon Bakery)
 After the Willis Gallery had
moved to the Fisher Building and Jackie Feigenson had dissolved the Willis
Gallery Co-op, the original building lay empty, apart from the Bastard
Gallery Exhibition, 1978 and the "Detroit Book of the Dead"
Exhibition in1980.
New blood started the gallery up again in 1981. This second wind - I like to refer to it as the Willis Tribe Late
Period - was less elite, more diverse and longer lasting than the first
manifestation. Countless artists and curators got their first start during
this period, with each year bringing a new Director onto the stage. The
Gallery lasted until 1997, when the Avalon
Bakery took over the building.
SG
Art Directors & Shows:
Shirley Parish - 1981- 82
Tricia (Patricia) Soderberg 1982-83
Gilda
Snowden - 1983-84
List
of Artists who were exhibiting while she was Art Director if the Willis.
Sheree Rensel
- 1984-85
Click here for a
link to posters that were produced during Sheree's tenure.
Gary Eleinko - 1986
Gary Zych
-
1987
Jim Pallas
says, "I did a show called
"Hearts and Vanity" at the WIllis in 1987."
Mike Mikolowski - 1992
Matthew Hanna in - 1993
Mary Fortuna says "Matthew
was the one who did the first of the Box shows."
Mary Fortuna says, "I
had a show with Dave Roberts in November 1993, - Terrors of the Flesh
Anne Lemanski in - 1994
Mike
McGillis in - 1995
Mary Fortuna says, "I
had a show with Robert Taormina in July 1995 - Memory Lapse/The Event
Horizon
Robert Taormina in - 1996
Any other Directors?
Links:
Willis Gallery Posters on Matthew Hanna's website
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