Detroit Artist and Icon Gilda Snowden Is Living History

Gilda Snowden
Like the artist herself, Gilda Snowden’s studio space is steeped in a rich history. Artists Jerome Ferretti and Aaron Timlin previously occupied the space, so it almost vibrates with creative energy.

To focus on a single work of Snowden’s art is like trying to choose from hundreds of Pinocchios as they came to life, [...]

MONA Announces Prinzhorn Prize Winners

Mountain Man by Nicole Eisenman
The Museum of New Art (MONA), the first artist-run museum in the world, has announced the winner of its Prinzhorn International Art Prize for contemporary artists. The Detroit museum was founded in 1996 by artists who wanted to create a space for the exploration of new art and to encourage critical [...]

Free Documentary Film: “Our School”

[ October 21, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] October’s Detroit Abides, A Free Transition Movie Night
Wednesday, October 21st, 7 – 9 pm
in Eastern Market’s Shed 5

This month’s topic: The Detroit Public School System

Please Note: As we move into Fall weather please remember to bring a sweater, blanket and friends to stay warm. Though Shed 5 is enclosed and heated, it is a large [...]

Access Arts: at Belle Isle Park

[ October 24, 2009; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] An Installation, Earthworks, and Performance Exhibition
OCTOBER 24, 2009, 1-5pm

Access Arts is a community arts project focused on creating opportunities in public spaces for artists to make and display work. On October 24, 2009, our second exhibit at Belle Isle Park opens and will be on display for the following seven days. During this time, [...]

Altered Clothing and More October Action at Yes Farm

Wednesday October 14, 2009 from 6-8 pm: Clothing Collection
Sunday October 18th from 8-11: Rock Out!
Friday November 13th 7-10 PM: The Altered Clothing Show
On Wednesday October 14th- The Yes Farm is collecting clothes for artists to work with for the upcoming Altered Clothing Show. Stop-by The Yes Farm and drop-off your unwanted clothing so [...]

The Return of Alvin’s Bar with “Black Hats Jam Session”

Wednesday October 14, 2009, 7-10 p.m.
John Sinclair & His Mojo
M.L. Liebler & The Automatic Mojo
San Francisco’s Lisa Recker & Michael Kudreiko
John Sinclair
M.L. Liebler
The New Alvin’s is Remodeled and Ready to Rock’N’Po Again. Come on down and hang a bit this Wednesday
Alvins is an historical venue where many famous artists came to play [...]

Art Detroit Now: “The Detroit Frontier” at The Cass Cafe

[ September 26, 2009 12:00 am to November 21, 2009 12:00 am. ] “Paintings inspired by the Metro Detroit landscape”
Art Detroit Now October 2tnd and 3rd, 2009
Sept 26-Nov 21, 2009
“Weathermen” by Laura MacintyreDarcel Deneau,
Nicole MacDonald,
Laura Macintyre,
Taurus Burns,
Clinton Snider,
Bryant Tillman

HOURS:
Mon-Thurs 11 AM – 2 AM (kitchen closes at 11 PM)
Fri & Sat 11 AM – 2 AM (kitchen closes at 1 AM)
Sun 5 PM – 1 AM (kitchen closes [...]

First Annual Artists’ Auction at Lady Bug Gallery

The Southwest Artists’ Network of Detroit (SWAN-Detroit) will host its first-ever silent art auction from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Lady Bug Gallery on Saturday, October 10th.
Lady Bug is located at 1250 Hubbard St. in Detroit, (313) 319-9714.
Works come from some of Detroit’s hippest artists, among them Matthew Hanna, Christine Bossler, Sergio De Giusti, [...]

Hush Commemorates “The Open Book” with Detroit Homecoming Show

[ October 23, 2009; 12:00 pm; ] Digital Release Party and Live Show at St. Andrew’s Hall on Oct. 23, 2009

Detroit rapper Hush returns to St. Andrew Andrews Hall for his first show there in over 8 years to celebrate the release of “The Open Book” – a 12-track opus now available on iTunes. Doors are at 9 pm and [...]

How Can a “Music of the Spirit” Die?

Amiri Baraka – “Whether African Song, Work Song, Spiritual, Hollers, Blues, Jazz,
Gospel, etc., no matter the genre, the ideas contained in Afro-American art, in the
main, oppose slavery and desire freedom.”
Jazz is dead! Here we go again. The recent Wall Street Journal article by Terry Teachout, (the journal’s drama critic? Why is he writing about [...]