Detroit Gallery Week Introduction

Detroit’s Gallery Week will start September 30.  With over 16 galleries and museums participating, it will be difficult to visit each one. With that in mind, I’ve  reached out to several galleries to give their staff the opportunity to introduce their space to you, and to let you know what you can expect to see [...]

The Conversation continued

As mentioned here , I started a conversation last week with an art writer/enthusiast named  Robin Grearson about my art process and about concepts of beauty generally (click here if you want to read the previous part of the conversation).
Colin:  To clarify, I do not believe there is an ultimate beauty that would come across as one finite [...]

And so it begins . . .

 
Click here to see a great Kick-Off video to get excited about the Detroit Design Festival–>DDF – Fathead from Charlie Kelly on Vimeo.
The Kick Off Party is tonight at New Center Park, starting at 6 p.m.  Are you taking part in the Detroit Design Festival?  Send pictures to colindarke@hotmail.com
And if you are on the other side [...]

It’s official, we have Geniuses

I always have trouble spelling “genius,” which is one of many reasons that I will never be confused for one.  Yet we have a lot of geniuses running around Michigan – in particular, we have a lot running around the University of Michigan.  The MacArthur Foundation just announced the recipiants of this year’s Genius Grants–$500,000 [...]

Detroit Design Festival brings you “Ties that don’t suck” at 71 Pop

You cannot beat a slogan like, “Ties that don’t suck!” “Ties that don’t suck” is Cyberoptix TieLab’s promise, and thanks to 71 Pop  you can judge for yourself in person. And thanks to the Detroit Design Festival  Cyberoptix TieLab will have an open house this Wednesday at 71 Pop.
Was that hard to follow? For some [...]

Monday Roundup

The Fall art season officially started last week with several art openings around town (we will have reviews soon), and now the festivals start. For this week’s Monday Roundup, we whet your appetite for coming attractions.

ArtPrize starts in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, and runs through October 9 – if you haven’t heard of it, you [...]

Letter from the Editor — What’s Happening?

“A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit,” Carrie Bradshaw. To all of my macho friends, I am sorry for that reference . . . I’ve watched Sex in the City (my wife made me do it!). I also watch Tim Gunn’s “Make it Work” think tank Project Runway (no one made me do it). [...]

Detroit twits

There  are a lot of people that talk about the Detroit art scene.  Some just do it in 140 characters or less.  Here are some of my favorite tweets from last week.

@DIADetroit Detroit Inst of Arts Enjoy free DIA admission on the second Sunday of each month on behalf of the Ford Motor Company Fund! [...]

Get off of the computer — go do something . . . like

 It’s Saturday, so you should be outside enjoying the day . . . or maybe at the Detroit Institute of Arts, or maybe go to these events:

        The Detroit Artists Market highlights eight artists from its 2010 All Media Exhibition in its Personal Visions show, which runs through October 15.  

        MOCAD presents Stéphanie Nava’s Considering [...]

Buckets of Money for Detroit Arts

ArtPlace throws buckets of money at Midtown Detroit Inc. ($900,000), MOCAD ($350,000), and TechTown ($80,000)