Salt in the Water

When someone tried to break into our house last year, Cedric and I were both told, independently of one another, to buy a shotgun.  “It is a sure way to scare people off,” conveyed co-workers and friends.  Vigilante justice: it is part of the Do It Yourself (DIY) narrative in Detroit, albeit DIY is often [...]

Robert Bailey

Name(s): Robert Bailey
Mediums known for: Painting, more recently paint on paper
Years in Detroit: Entire Life
Affiliations: Knows Kathy Rashid
Contact:

“I WUB U”

“YUM YUMS”

“YUMMY YUM YUMS”

“CUPCAKE WITH STRAWBERRY”

“FRENCH VANILLA FROSTING”

“BON BON”

These webpages are courtesy of thedetroiter.com, we asked local artists who their favorite local artists were (who didn’t and may have never had their own [...]

The Public Art Project Call for Artists! Currently up: “Everything at Once” (Krieger, McGillis, Snider)

Do you ever wonder what your work would look like if you could blow it up in scale and make it public? The billboard on Woodward Avenue and Maplehurst in Ferndale has a beautiful new collaboration piece and your work could be next! It’s a street level venue that is seen probably by thousands of [...]

Kathleen Rashid

Name(s): Kathleen Rashid
Mediums known for: Painting, Huge Puppets
Years in Detroit: 55 years in Detroit
Affiliations: The Detroit Institute of Arts, 555 Gallery, SWAN
Contact: krashid@dia.org, 313.833.0126

''Bread in a Bag'', oil on canvas, 20''x16''
''Sock'', oil on canvas, 30''x40''
''Soap'', oil on canvas, 18''x24''
''Faucet'', oil on canvas, 18''x24''
''Lock'', oil on canvas, 18''x24''
''Rubber Band'', oil on canvas, 18''x24''

These webpages are [...]

A tour, two pours and a sunrise.

July 30th will go down as one of those Detroit summer days where too many enticing things were happening at once. On a day like this organized people are arranging and re-arranging datebooks or Google calenders, and the only sure thing we all know is that we’re starting the day with Eastern Market. The Maker [...]