Archive for November, 2011
Photo Essay — Harmonie Park
Harmonie Park
For our first photo-essay, I walked around Harmonie Park. Harmonie Park is home to the Virgil Carr Cultural Center (has regular art exhibits and jazz performances); one of my favorite restaurants– Vincente’s Cuban Cuisine; and one of Detroit’s newest galleries—Long-Sharp/Curis; and it is home to some of Detroit’s most beautiful buildings.
As an aside, I took [...]
Review of “DTW to LAX// Austen, Beasley and Shaouni” at Butcher’s Daughter Gallery
At the opening of “DTW to LAX // Austen, Beasley and Shaouni,” the new group show at Butcher’s Daughter Gallery, Hartmut Austen was describing the process behind his paintings, which depict flooded landscapes and ghostly, iconic figures. “Things change,” he said, “and no one can explain anymore how any of it happened.” The three participating [...]
Letter from the Editor—Strong Foundation
Several years ago, I picked up a friend from Metro airport. He came to town for my wedding—this was his first time in Detroit. I drove him through downtown to see the new Compuware building. He was amazed by our architecture. The Compuware building is great, but he loved the number of beautiful late nineteenth [...]
Monday Roundup — 11-7
The HuffPost will launch HuffPost Detroit on 11/17
Attention Writers and Performing Artists: Kresge Fellowship applications are now available (what would you do with $25,000)
Chevy celebrates its 100th birthday
MoCAD set to make major renovations as it searches for a new Director
Detroit’s Adventure Pass — Discounts to Detroit’s cultural gems
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Detroit Twits — 11-06
@kellydarke Kelly Darke
Photos of the Holiday Market Nov 4th – Dec 17th 2011 By Art Effect Gallery – Detroit http://fb.me/1fgQvJ4ts
@DetArtistsMkt DetroitArtistsMarket–A really nice feature of our friend and neighbor Luis Croquer from Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) -… http://fb.me/1entbgsRV
@modeld Model D–Dear Detroit, W Magazine: Art thrives in Detroit, “the city of tomorrow”: http://bit.ly/rKSUMM
@hyperallergic hyperallergic–An [...]
Art Detroit Now — Art Happenings in Detroit
Art Detroit Now — Calendar of Events
Outside Inspiration: Man Bartlett
People (you know “people”) observe that we are always performing — especially artists . . . especially in this information-overload time in history. With everyone performing and projecting certain images of themselves, it is difficult to know people. The $cary art world establishment often forces an artist to perform and capture a false but marketable [...]
Artist Spotlight: Andrew Krieger
What if a gifted artist liked “crafts”? Could a talented artist turn a seemingly manufactured process into a contemplative, meaningful piece of art? The simple answer: Yes.
I first saw one of Andrew Krieger’s constructed pieces at the Detroit Artists Market. I looked at it, noticed that he had created three dimensional figurines to stick onto a [...]
The Collaboration Ecosystem By Julia Gluesing
I have spent much of my professional life investigating collaboration, what it is, and when and why it works (or doesn’t). The Fall 2011 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review came into my email inbox last week, and I was reminded about something very important about collaboration. I read the lead article by Ben [...]
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