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Outside Inspiration: Noah Becker
For our first “Outside Inspiration” installment, I looked to our friendly neighbor: Canada. Because Canada houses Noah Becker’s enormous creative spirit (Well, to be more accurate, Canada and New York City try to house Noah Becker’s enormous creative spirit — he goes between the two often, and is currently in New York). Noah is the [...]
What Dread — Book Review by Norene Cashen Smith
What Dread
Zilka Joseph
Finishing Line Press
20 Pages
What Dread is a little chapbook with big ideas, great sensitivity and boundless wonder. Zilka Joseph’s last book, Lands I Live In, looked inward to her cultural identity and what it means to experience the duality of being from two different places: the U.S. and India.
This new collection sets its [...]
Mapping Collaboration in Detroit By Julia Gluesing and Ken Riopelle
It is quite common these days to walk down the street and hear people talking about social networking, or to see people using social network tools in a whole variety of ways in work and in their personal lives. However, the idea of social networks has been around for almost a hundred years, since anthropologists [...]
Letter from the Editor — Creative Collaboration
In the dialogue about positive change in Detroit, individuals routinely emphasize the need for collaboration. Instinctively, we know that collaboration is a good thing — two heads are better than one (of course there can always be too many chefs in the kitchen and too many cliches for an article). But what are the keys [...]
Detroit Twits, 10/30
@MetroParent Metro Parent, The halls of the DIA are haunted this weekend. Check it out: http://ow.ly/7cu9s
@ArtServeMI Artserve Michigan, TODAY IN #Detroit Decorate Sugar Skulls at The Detroit Institute of #Arts http://j.mp/sVOBZ9
@PureDetroit313 Pure Detroit, #Art scene #Detroit article “Arts Motors On” http://bit.ly/sllDw0 http://Wmagazine.com
@michiganblogger: Detroit, the Arts, Jerry Paffendorf and Dennis Leary by @DetroitLIVES http://bit.ly/tXf6ni
@DetroitPlaces Detroit Places, [...]
Artist Spotlight: Austin Brady
With our last spotlight, we wanted to showcase an up and coming artist. Austin is a student at CCS who draws with great dexterity, and shows a spirit for experimentation and a passion to learn more and to grow as an artist. So he is someone you should keep on your radar because he has the right [...]
Artist Spotlight: Darcel Deneau
Darcel’s artwork reveals the pulsating heart of Downtown Detroit. She creates painterly cityscapes of Detroit that capture the energy of the streets of Detroit during different times of the day. She gives us just enough detail so that the details inform us that we are Downtown, yet the details do not restrict her spirit and passion for this City.
Looking at her paintings you [...]
Artist Spotlight: Ron Zakrin
I thought this image would be a good one for the Halloween weekend. This image is what greets you when you visit Ron Zakrin’s website — I believe it is a wild monkey, with gold teeth, some gold chains, a lizard’s body, and some wings … it’s a little terrifying. It is also a good [...]
And so it begins again — Conversations by Robin Grearson and Colin Darke
Colin:
I apologize for that awkward silence. I had an influx of ideas and then . . . pop, my head exploded. It happens. For those who forgot where we left off, click here to read our previous posts.
Your last post opens the door to a lot of questions – a lot of questions. How do [...]
Artist Spotlight: Marla Karimipour
Disclaimer: I have a bachelor of fine arts with an emphasis in watercolor painting. So I am a fan of watercolor paintings. There is just something special about the immediacy of a watercolor painting, and the need to have a light touch. An artist with a light touch can create gentle, engaging paintings that seem [...]
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