Buckham Gallery

“In representational painting and drawing, everything arises from a primordial act: seeing. This action, so mundane and prosaic, is the paradoxical existence of two opposite mindsets. When gazing at something, we either experience it as a nonobjective knowledge, or we identify it as a mental image—something constructed in the mind. This fascination with phenomenology, metaphysics, and cognitive processing has become the philosophical and conceptual foundation for my paintings.” Alexandra Franz is a recent graduate from the University of Cincinnati, where she majored in Art History, minored in Fine Arts, and received a certificate in Museum Studies Alexandra Franz - In Situ Vivian, oil on panel, 6 x 6”, $1,200 Late Spring Exhibitions with Alexandra Franz, Jason Franz, and The Human Form on view through June 13, 20206. Gallery Hours: Wednesday & Thursday: 11 AM - 5 PM Friday: 11 AM - 6 PM Saturday: 12 PM - 5 PM Buckham Gallery’s 42nd Season is sponsored in part by the Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust administered by Huntington Bank. Buckham Fine Arts Project is supported in part by individual donations and awards from: the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work! #buckhamfineartsproject #buckhamgallery #figurepainting #figurativeart

On View Kayla Jean Smith, Hisayasu Takashio, and Clayton Furr with The Human Form, an Exhibition of Sculptures The Human Form, an Exhibition of Sculptures A National Juried Exhibition For all of recorded human history, we have created images in our likeness, images that act as vessels for our expression of existence and life and humanity. Through our bodies, we interact and experience the world; no wonder the history of art teems with our interpretations of this fragile and wonderful vehicle. As sculptor Leonard Baskin stated: "The human figure is the image of all (people) and of one (person.) It contains all and can express all." Buckham Gallery presents a national juried exhibition of three dimensional works that depict, reference, or are otherwise inspired by our human form. Selected Artists: Jacob Ashba, Carol Cameron, Sarah Divita, Clayton Furr, Laura Gabriel, Nickie Gunning, Heather Kaplan, Ania Ksiezyc, Asia Mathis, Reanna Navarro, Iris Eve Schaer, Kayla Jean Smith, Jeanette Strezinski Late Spring Exhibitions with Alexandra Franz, Jason Franz, and The Human Form on view through June 13, 20206. Installation view with: Kayla Jean Smith, Fembriae, PLA, Steel, Mylar confetti, 12 x 6 x 4”, NFS Hisayasu Takashio, Unconsciousness-1, wood, graphite, velvet, 22 x 14 x 7", $3,500 Clayton Furr, Impatience, charred Poplar, 15 x 5 x 6”, $950 Gallery Hours: Wednesday & Thursday: 11 AM - 5 PM Friday: 11 AM - 6 PM Saturday: 12 PM - 5 PM Buckham Gallery’s 42nd Season is sponsored in part by the Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust administered by Huntington Bank. Buckham Fine Arts Project is supported in part by individual donations and awards from: the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work! @kaylajean_smth @takashiohisayasu @p.b.d.photography #figurativeart #ContemporaryArt #buckhamgallery #buckhamfineartsproject #figurativesculpture

Thank you for joining us last Friday for Flint’s ARTWALK and the opening reception of Late Spring Exhibitions with Alexandra Franz, Jason Franz, and The Human Form, an Exhibition of Sculptures. Alexandra Franz - In Situ Jason Franz - Life Drawings The Human Form, an Exhibition of Sculptures A National Juried Exhibition Selected Artists: Jacob Ashba, Carol Cameron, Sarah Divita, Clayton Furr, Laura Gabriel, Nickie Gunning, Heather Kaplan, Ania Ksiezyc, Asia Mathis, Reanna Navarro, Iris Eve Schaer, Kayla Jean Smith, Jeanette Strezinski Late Spring Exhibitions with Alexandra Franz, Jason Franz, and The Human Form on view through June 13, 20206. Gallery Hours: Wednesday & Thursday: 11 AM - 5 PM Friday: 11 AM - 6 PM Saturday: 12 PM - 5 PM Buckham Gallery’s 42nd Season is sponsored in part by the Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust administered by Huntington Bank. Buckham Fine Arts Project is supported in part by individual donations and awards from: the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work! @alexandrafranzart @jasonfranz #buckhamfineartsproject #contemporaryart #buckhamgallery #figurativecontemporaryart #flintartwalk #FigurativeArt #contemporarypainting

We just earned our Gold Seal of Transparency from @candiddotorg ! Keep up with our accomplishments on our #NonprofitProfile here: /profile/7526719/buckham-fine-arts-project Buckham Fine Arts Project is supported in part by individual donations and awards from: the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work! #buckhamgallery #contemporaryart #buckhamfineartsproject #nonprofit

The Eighth Annual Smallidge Lecture to be held on May 9 at 2 PM. This year’s panel discussion will explore the art of the human figure with Alexandra Franz and Donovan Entrekin. Alexandra Franz - In Situ “In representational painting and drawing, everything arises from a primordial act: seeing. This action, so mundane and prosaic, is the paradoxical existence of two opposite mindsets. When gazing at something, we either experience it as a nonobjective knowledge, or we identify it as a mental image—something constructed in the mind. This fascination with phenomenology, metaphysics, and cognitive processing has become the philosophical and conceptual foundation for my paintings.” Alexandra Franz is a recent graduate from the University of Cincinnati, where she majored in Art History, minored in Fine Arts, and received a certificate in Museum Studies. The Human Form, an Exhibition of Sculptures National Juried Exhibition Donovan Entrekin was born in Flint, Michigan, and trained as a painter and printmaker at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying under influential figurative artists such as Irving Petlin, Sidney Goodman, and Bruce Samuelson. He is a member of Buckham Fine Arts Project in Flint and has served as the Director of the FIA Art School since 2015. The event will start at 2 PM with a panel discussion and moderated by Janice McCoy. Refreshments will be provided. Admission is FREE and open to the public. About the Smallidge Fund for the Arts The Smallidge Family Fund was established in 2015 to honor the memory of Bernice & Dave Smallidge and their passion for the arts and the arts community in the Flint area. Buckham Fine Arts Project is supported in part by individual donations and awards from: the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work! @alexandrafranzart @donovanentrekin

Friday, May 8, is Flint's ARTWALK and Buckham Gallery's opening reception of three concurrent exhibitions exploring art of the human figure, with Alexandra Franz, Jason Franz, and The Human Form, an Exhibition of Sculptures. Join us for Flint’s ARTWALK and reception with the artists on May 8, from 6 to 9 PM. This community favorite event is FREE and open to the public! Alexandra Franz - In Situ Jason Franz - Life Drawings The Human Form, an Exhibition of Sculptures A National Juried Exhibition Selected Artists: Jacob Ashba, Carol Cameron, Sarah Divita, Clayton Furr, Laura Gabriel, Nickie Gunning, Heather Kaplan, Ania Ksiezyc, Asia Mathis, Reanna Navarro, Iris Eve Schaer, Kayla Jean Smith, Jeanette Strezinski Buckham Gallery’s 42nd Season is sponsored in part by the Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust administered by Huntington Bank. Buckham Fine Arts Project is supported in part by individual donations and awards from: the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work! @ashba.art @kienic55 @council.of.9 @takashiohisayasu @asiamathisart @hgkaplan1 @ania.ksiezyc @kaylajean_smth @rand0m_p3rs0n_95 @p.b.d.photography @strezins @iris_eve_art @ladiver62 @alexandrafranzart @jasonfranz #buckhamfineartsproject #contemporaryart #buckhamgallery #FigurativeArt #figurativecontemporaryart #flintartwalk

Buckham Gallery is pleased to announce "The Human Form, an Exhibition of Sculptures," one of three concurrent exhibitions exploring art of the human figure, opening this Friday, May 8, with Flint's ARTWALK! The Human Form, an Exhibition of Sculptures A National Juried Exhibition For all of recorded human history, we have created images in our likeness, images that act as vessels for our expression of existence and life and humanity. Through our bodies, we interact and experience the world; no wonder the history of art teems with our interpretations of this fragile and wonderful vehicle. As sculptor Leonard Baskin stated: "The human figure is the image of all (people) and of one (person.) It contains all and can express all." Buckham Gallery presents a national juried exhibition of three dimensional works that depict, reference, or are otherwise inspired by our human form. Selected Artists: Jacob Ashba, Carol Cameron, Sarah Divita, Clayton Furr, Laura Gabriel, Nickie Gunning, Heather Kaplan, Ania Ksiezyc, Asia Mathis, Reanna Navarro, Iris Eve Schaer, Kayla Jean Smith, Jeanette Strezinski May Exhibitions with Alexandra Franz, Jason Franz, and The Human Form open on May 8 and run through June 13, 20206 Join us for Flint’s ARTWALK and reception with the artists on May 8, from 6 to 9 PM. This community favorite event is FREE and open to the public! The Eighth Annual Smallidge Lecture will be held on Saturday, May 9 at 2 PM with guest panelist Alexandra Franz and Donovan Entrekin. Buckham Gallery’s 42nd Season is sponsored in part by the Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust administered by Huntington Bank. Buckham Fine Arts Project is supported in part by individual donations and awards from: the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work! #buckhamfineartsproject #contemporaryart #buckhamgallery #FigurativeArt

Buckham Gallery is pleased to announce "In Situ" by Alexandra Franz, one of three concurrent exhibitions exploring art of the human figure, opening this Friday, May 8, with Flint's ARTWALK! Alexandra Franz - In Situ “In representational painting and drawing, everything arises from a primordial act: seeing. This action, so mundane and prosaic, is the paradoxical existence of two opposite mindsets. When gazing at something, we either experience it as a nonobjective knowledge, or we identify it as a mental image—something constructed in the mind. This fascination with phenomenology, metaphysics, and cognitive processing has become the philosophical and conceptual foundation for my paintings.” Alexandra Franz is a recent graduate from the University of Cincinnati, where she majored in Art History, minored in Fine Arts, and received a certificate in Museum Studies May Exhibitions with Alexandra Franz, Jason Franz, and The Human Form open on May 8 and run through June 13, 20206. Join us for Flint’s ARTWALK and reception with the artists on May 8, from 6 to 9 PM. This community favorite event is FREE and open to the public! The Eighth Annual Smallidge Lecture will be held on Saturday, May 9 at 2 PM with guest panelist Alexandra Franz and Donovan Entrekin. Buckham Gallery’s 42nd Season is sponsored in part by the Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust administered by Huntington Bank. Buckham Fine Arts Project is supported in part by individual donations and awards from: the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work! @alexandrafranzart #buckhamfineartsproject #contemporaryart #buckhamgallery #figurativecontemporaryart #contemporarypainting

Buckham Gallery is pleased to announce "Life Drawings" by Jason Franz, one of three concurrent exhibitions exploring art of the human figure, opening this Friday, May 8, with Flint's ARTWALK! Jason Franz - Life Drawings “Most of my life drawings were made in 90 minutes in one sitting with a live model. From a distance, they may appear dim and difficult to see, but upon close inspection, one can see a frenetic energy of note-taking, analyzing, measuring, defining, and refining. The process of searching for and noting geometric proportions, reference angles, mass conceptions, and internal anatomical structure—as well as the vibrancy of living energy in the human body—is captured and conveyed through the many different layers and modes of working visible in each drawing.” Jason Franz is a Cincinnati-based artist, educator, and curator. He attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati when it was still a museum-school, earning his BFA in 1988, and later received his MFA from the University of Cincinnati in 1998. May Exhibitions with Alexandra Franz, Jason Franz, and The Human Form open on May 8 and run through June 13, 20206 Join us for Flint’s ARTWALK and reception with the artists on May 8, from 6 to 9 PM. This community favorite event is FREE and open to the public! The Eighth Annual Smallidge Lecture will be held on Saturday, May 9 at 2 PM with guest panelist Alexandra Franz and Donovan Entrekin. Buckham Gallery’s 42nd Season is sponsored in part by the Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust administered by Huntington Bank. Buckham Fine Arts Project is supported in part by individual donations and awards from: the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work! @jasonfranz #buckhamfineartsproject #buckhamgallery #contemporaryart #figurativecontemporaryart #figurativeart

NEW Artist Opportunity! Vessel National Juried Exhibition @ Buckham Gallery $50 Shipping Stipend for ALL Selected Artists Deadline: July 10, 2026 Submission Fee: $25 For More Information visit: /vessel-cfe.html For all of recorded human history, we have created vessels in which to hold water, food, collections of objects, or human remains. These vessels often exist to serve functional purposes, while also decorative with scenes of life and humanity. Vessels have been made of wood, stone, clay, glass, metal, and also paper, fiberglass, etc… While the original vessels served functional purposes, we now create non-functional vessels to be admired in form and beauty. Buckham Fine Arts Project welcomes submissions of three dimensional works of vessels, either functional or non-functional, in a wide range of size and materials Founded in 1984, Buckham Fine Arts Project | Buckham Gallery is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the vision to support and nurture artists, build community and inclusivity, while challenging our audience to engage with contemporary art in new ways. In commitment to our vision to support artists, Buckham Gallery will provide a stipend of $50 to each artist selected for this exhibition to aid in shipping costs. We acknowledge this may not cover all costs associated with the shipment and return of artwork. The Vessel exhibition will be held September 11 - October 3, 2026 at Buckham Gallery in Flint, MI. For More Information visit: /vessel-cfe.html Buckham Fine Arts Project is supported in part by individual donations and awards from: the MICHIGAN ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work! #contemporaryart #buckhamfineartsproject #buckhamgallery #callforentry #callforart #exhibitionopportunity #vessel

One last look at The Foundation a Flint X Detroit Artist Exchange, an invitational by Pauly M. Everett. Buckham shares much gratitude for Pauly and the Exhibiting Artists: Ashely Worden (D), Brian Liljeblad (F), Charles Boike (F), Chloé Hajjar (D), Cliff Hughes (F), Daniel F. Kienitz (F), Emskript (D), Evan J. Condron (D), Ian Zapico (D), Jason Reed (D), Jesse Kassel (D), Judy Bowman (D), Justin Faber (F), Kensie White (F), Kobie Solomon (D), Krystal Cooke (F), Made By Mean (D), Martina Sanroman (D), Michael Ross (D), Michele Leclaire (F), Michelle Tanguay (D), Michelle Thibodeau (D), Nijah-Granny (F), Pauly M. Everett (F), Pinky T (F), Scraps (F), Seth Stolz (F), Seymor (D), Sheefy McFly (D), Zach Curtis (D More photos can be found here: /flint-x-detroit---the-foundation.html The gallery will be closed this week (May 3-7) as we prepare for the next show opening May 8 with Flint's ARTWALK, from 6 to 9 PM. Buckham Gallery’s 42nd Season is sponsored in part by the Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust administered by Huntington Bank. Buckham Fine Arts Project is supported in part by individual donations and awards from: the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work! #buckhamfineartsproject #contemporaryart #buckhamgallery #flintxdetroitartistexchange

Final Day: Roses for the Blues by DeMarcus Smith To learn more about the Roses for the Blues and the incredible individuals featured in DeMarcus Smith’s portraits please visit: /buckham-gallery-exhibition-april-2026/2026/4/8/small-portrait-bio April Exhibitions with "The Foundation" a Flint X Detroit Artist Exchange and solo exhibition with DeMarcus Smith is on view through May 2, 2026. Gallery Hours for today, Saturday May 2: 12 PM - 5 PM Buckham Gallery’s 42nd Season is sponsored in part by the Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust administered by Huntington Bank. Buckham Fine Arts Project is supported in part by individual donations and awards from: the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work! @marcmaking #portraitartist #contemporaryart #buckhamfineartsproject #rosesfortheblues #buckhamgallery