Ed Brown

Name(s): Ed Brown
Mediums known for: Ideas and whatever is necessary for the task, mostly found objects and common construction materials
Years in Detroit: 8 years
Affiliations: Robert Kidd
Contact: Ed@cavedetroit.com

”Math Pizza” and ”World History Pizza”, 6”x10”x1” each, altered found text books, wood glue
”Mantra Garden”, 58”x17”x17”, when the viewer ”chants” into the microphone the signal is sent [...]

Race, Poverty & Public Schools by Andy H.

I noted a couple of weeks ago on Motown to TreeTown that I would be following up with more posts on Ed Glaeser’s Triumph of the City, which I finished reading in Austin while I was attending South by Southwest. Throughout the book, Glaeser emphasizes education as one of the crucial determinants of urban [...]

With Fresh Eyes by Andy H.

At Urbanophile, Aaron Renn writes:
When I talk to people in various Rust Belt cities about how they perceive their urban cores, there’s a clear generation gap in evidence. As a Gen-Xer, I am close to the fulcrum of this, so I see it clearly.
”Gen-X and the Millennials have a much more optimistic and positive views [...]

Sabrina Nelson

Name(s): Sabrina Nelson
Mediums known for: Never met a medium I did not like
Years in Detroit: 44 years
Affiliations: Marygrove, CCS, Oakland University, Detroit Public Schools
Contact: 313-574-1170

Sabrina Nelson – ”Osun has two faces, she is in my my hair and in the waters”, fabric, ink, digital photo, paper, thread, 32” x 40”, 2008
Sabrina Nelson – [...]

Winter Photo Blog / 2011

It’s time for me to clean out the pictures from my harddrive that I have from shows and studios I visited in the cold dreary months. Listed here are some of my favorite works that didn’t get a mention in the press or on thedetroiter.com, but for me at least epitomize Detroit.
I’m noticing too that [...]

March 12th a day no artist should be ’staying in’.

What’s happening March 12th? A Free Workshop about Residencies at MOCAD followed by Mashed Potatoes, a joint festival between The Lot and Popps Packing to help us discover what each of us innovative Detroiters are up to!

FESTIVAL DETAILS
7pm-11pm
Popps Packing 12138 St Aubin
Hamtramck
Mashed Potatoes is a free festival of idiosyncratic and innovative cultural organizations happening now [...]

Chris McGraw – A War A Rose Opening reception at Northend Studios

A War A Rose, objects connected disconnecting- while ideas dissected destroy the united. Get lost in the exploration of the infinite and you will always find 10,000 beating hearts, blooming outward towards peace.
This is Christopher McGraw’s first solo show in Detroit. The artist is exhibiting work about the beauty of war- [...]