Scarab Club
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The Scarab Club (or the "Historic Scarab Club of Detroit") is an artists' club, gallery, and studio in Detroit, Michigan's Cultural Center, located at 217 Farnsworth, Detroit, MI 48202, across from the Detroit Film Theatre and the Detroit Science Center.
The Scarab Club began as an informal association centered around a marine painter named Robert Hopkins. The members met regularly to talk art, eat dinner, and critique paintings. Renamed the "Scarab Club" in 1913, the club grew in popularity, and member Lancelot Sukert designed the current clubhouse, which opened its doors on October 5, 1928. The interior of the club is decorated with objet d'art created and contributed by members over the decades. The building showcases exquisite tile sculptures from Pewabic Pottery, including the Scarab Club logo. The ceiling beams of the lounge once served as the club's guest book, and poet Vachel Lindsay signed as one of the first visitors. Since then, signing the beam has become a ceremonial honor, and the autographs of art world luminaries such as John Sloan, Diego Rivera, Pablo Davis, Marcel Duchamp, Bill Murcko, Norman Rockwell, and John Sinclair grace the beams.
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