Top Ten Cultural Events of 2011 (Detroit and Metro-Detroit)

1.  Art X Detroit, another Kresge event that celebrates and supports creatives
2.  Cranbrook Art Museum re-opening – they set the bar yet again
3.  Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s triumphant return after 6 month strike
4.  Big anniversaries: The Heidelberg Project celebrates 25 years and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit celebrates 5 years
5.  Noel Night returns [...]

Art Detroit Now — Area art happenings

Your online guide to great contemporary art in Detroit. 

December 15 – News, exhibitions, openings and events.
 

ArtServe Michigan & Mocad 

Artist Development Summit 

Developed by ArtServe Michigan and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit and presented in partnership with the College for Creative Studies and Cranbrook Academy of Art, this 1.5-day summit is designed to empower artists of [...]

Detroit Twits = 12/11

@DIADetroit Detroit Inst of Arts–The DIA’s marketing plan for Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus featured in @nytimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/business/provocative-museum-campaigns-bring-artists-to-life.html?_r=2&ref=business

@DetroitPlaces Detroit Places
More mentions for Detroit entertainment choices: http://sch.mp/btH

@ freep Detroit Free Press
Google pays homage to a Detroit art favorite, Diego Rivera http://on.freep.com/uH8Ey1

@ Mark_Stryker Mark Stryker
Art for the holidays: My survey of shows at Detroit museums @freep [...]

Art Detroit Now — 12/2

Your online guide to great contemporary art in Detroit.

December 1 – News, exhibitions, openings and events.
 

MIDTOWN DETROIT, INC.
39th Annual Noel Night

Over 60 Midtown venues open their doors to the public FREE of CHARGE during this Cultural Center-wide holiday “open house.” Activities include horse-drawn carriage rides, holiday shopping, family craft activities and performances by over 120 area music, theatre, and [...]

“Ruin Porn or Artists’ Beacon—What is the 2010 take away for Detroit’s art scene?” By Colin Darke

With great pomp and revelry, Spain celebrated Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America in 1492. The discovery seems less of a finding in light of the civilization in America before 1492. But without that, I wouldn’t be here, and I like to be here. With catchy headlines and (at times) passive-aggressive compliments, the national news outlets [...]

Martha Friedman delights at MOCAD

Slices of a pimento (olive) loaf, waffles, eggs, and cow tongue are the ingredients of a promising artist. These items have all fallen on the discerning eye of Brooklyn-based sculptor Martha Friedman. While her work is initially jovial, it has a deeper subtext that challenges and delights the viewer.
Her latest show, Rub, runs through December 30, [...]

Stream of Consciousness Photo Blog

These are just a bunch of images that’ve caught my eye going through backed up photos, some at exhibitions, some outdoors, some new, some old. Two of these images are taken recently from the newly arted-out Kresge offices in Troy!

I liked how people looked amongst the work at the Cranbrook thesis show. Just [...]

MOCAD and Green Brain Comics: Improv Comic Jam/Drawing Party

Friday, March 5, 2010 from 4PM to 7PM
“Comic Jam” is an event held regularly by Green Brain Comics in Dearborn, in which participants are encouraged to partake in the creation of spontaneous, improvised comics and free form drawings with other artists and illustrators. For one night only the Comic Jam will move to MOCAD, where [...]

Deastro with special guest Shooting Spires at MOCAD

Friday, February 5, 2010, 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

Shooting Spires is the solo-project of Brooklyn-based art rock ensemble Parts and Labor bassist/keyboardist, BJ Warshaw. The sound of this one-man-band hearkens the earliest Eno-inflected releases by Roxy Music, with a rich layering of keyboards, drum machines, over-driven guitars and voice, accented by occasional blasts [...]

READING at MOCAD: FALL ‘09 LITERARY SERIES

Curated by Tyrone Williams with readings by Taylor Brady and Brenda Iijima
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 7PM
Admission: Free
Brenda Iijima
Taylor Brady
Taylor Brady was born in Dunedin, Florida in 1972 and currently lives in San Francisco, where he is active in the Nonsite Collective. His first chapbook, Is Placed/Leaves, appeared in 1996 from Meow Books in [...]