3 Questions Reflecting on Art X Detroit

Art X was focused energy in one week in one part of Detroit. Just like the Kresge Fellowships themselves it felt unprecedented and powerful.
So we asked the same 3 questions to 4 different people: A local artist (Andrew Thompson), someone new and curious about Detroit (Tunde Wey), a teacher at Wayne State University (Mame Jackson) [...]

CCS Fine Arts Students bring on the satellite shows once again!

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The College for Creative Studies, Fine Arts Department is proud to present HELP THY
KINGDOM RESOLVE, a group exhibition featuring new projects by Joanna Care, Andrea
Del Rio, Tyler Delor, Anthony Eritano, Nicole Housey, Lucas Korte, Alexandra Mank, Sean
Maxwell, Krystal Mukhtar, Jesse Snow Stephen Szymanski, Karleigh Thompson and Layla
Weidner. The opening reception will be held Friday [...]

Kevin Tobin @ North End Studios

Kevin Tobin @ North End Studios from Cedric Tai on Vimeo.
This video is now private, please message Kevin Tobin for the password! In the meantime, please enjoy Gilda’s video of the same night.

Cranbrook Thesis Show 2011

Cranbrook Thesis Show 2011 from Cedric Tai on Vimeo.

Garage Sessions at Cranbrook Thesis Show 2011 from Cedric Tai on Vimeo.

Erin Moran Martinez

Name(s): Erin Moran Martinez
Mediums known for: Printmaking and Mixed Media
Years in Detroit: 3 years
Affiliations: 555, The New Buoys Club, Living Arts Committee, Marygrove Institute for Arts Infused Education Committee
Contact: palomavessel@gmail.com

”Please don’t demolish me!” (head piece) cardboard, tape, paint, 12”x18”x18”, 2011
”Please don’t burn me!” (head piece), cardboard, tape, paint, 4”x4”x6”, 2011
”Remember me, Compassion” linoleum [...]

Scott Berels

Name(s): Scott Berels
Mediums known for: Sculpture and Installation
Years in Detroit: 6 years
Affiliations: Wayne State University Art and Art History, GreenThumb Gallery
Contact: 248.835.5898, sberels@gmail.com

”It is what it is #1”, cast aluminum, porcelain, 18”x9”x7”
”It is what it is #3”, cast bronze, porcelain, 12”x9”x9”
”It is what it is #4”, cast bronze, porcelain, 18”x10”x9”
”It is what it [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]