Public Pool

Their Beginning: Public Pool is a new art cooperative designed to create and support a wide range of contemporary art experiences. Founding members include writer Steve Hughes and his wife, artist Anne Harrington-Hughes, author and Team Detroit creative director Toby Barlow, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) board member Jessie Doan, advertising-industry creatives Mary Trybus and Jim Boyle, who is also a former Detroit Institute of Arts executive, artist/curator Tim Hailey, who’s also the former co-director of New York City non-profit gallery HEREart, writer and musician Walter Wasacz, and musician Jennifer Paull.

Hours and Location:
Saturdays 1-6PM
Public Pool is located at 3309 Caniff in Hamtramck

Mission Statement: PUBLIC POOL: Pooling resources. Pooling ideas. A fluid exchange. A place for people to strip down and swim. A place for everyone. It’s good.

Contact Info and How They Find Artists:
Contact 313.506.9048 or e-mail publicpoolhamtramck@gmail.com

Something Different: One of the few galleries that are really embedded into the downtown of a city, let alone Hamtramck!

Artists Who Have Been Involved with the Space: Mira Burack, John Corbin, Andrew Davis, Tim Hailey, Scott Hocking, Kathy Rashid, Gilda Snowden, Graem Whyte

A member-run arts cooperative.