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Metro Times // Mike Han uses destruction as a means of creation in Playground Detroit exhibit

‘United by Design’ is up for the month of September as part of Detroit Month of Design By Randiah Camille Green on Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 12:29 pm The cycle of life is creation, life, destruction, and rebirth. Designer and graffiti artist Mike Han is adding another layer to that: preservation through destruction. Rather than birthing […]

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September 11, 2023

Top Ten Detroit Month of Design 2023 Events to Attend

Detroit is best known as an underground city that sparks innovation and grit. Our thought leaders, change-makers, and hustlers inspire the entire world. Design Core Detroit is helping to move the city forward with its 13th annual design festival. What was once only a week-long event has evolved into a month-long celebration of collaboration, community, […]

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August 28, 2023

Axios Detroit // Mike Han leaves his mark on local design

Collaboration, sustainability and vandalism are main themes in local artist and designer Mike Han's upcoming gallery exhibition at Playground Detroit.

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August 15, 2023

NICK SPEED LIMITED EDITION Nix Electronix, HH-50 CELEBRATES HIP-HOP’S 50TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY

In celebration of the day that Hip-Hop transformed the turntable into an instrument, Nick Speed is releasing his latest art piece, a portable record player entitled, ‘Nix Electronix, HH-50.’ Each customized record player, a series of 50 Limited Edition hand-numbered and autographed units, represents a year of Hip-Hop between 1973 and 2023. Each record player […]

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August 12, 2023

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Detroit Month of Design 2023: United By Design Happening September 1-30th

Every September, partners across Detroit—from emerging studios to established companies and educational institutions—come together to show off their latest works and ideas. These cross-disciplinary events take place in all corners of the city, highlighting the talent and innovation that makes Detroit a UNESCO City of Design. The 13th Annual Detroit Month of Design Festival is […]

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August 09, 2023

Detroit MetroTimes // Nick Speed to release limited-edition turntables on hip-hop’s 50th anniversary

August is a busy month for the producer and DJ, with a Charivari afterparty and Ice Cube gig Aug. 11, 1973 marks the first documented hip-hop party in the Bronx, New York, thrown by DJ Kool Herc. This is largely considered to be the birth of the genre. On the 50th anniversary of this date […]

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August 08, 2023

Detroit Metro Times // Meredith Morrison weaves memories into beads at Playground Detroit

Her ‘Dreamwork’ meditation cloth exhibit runs through August 12 By Randiah Camille Green on Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 10:36 am Meredith Morrison’s “meditation cloths” aren’t made of fabric. They’re a mass of tiny beads strung together in a pattern resembling a mycelium network. They certainly look like some type of futuristic cloth, however, as they hang […]

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August 01, 2023

Artsy // 10 Small Galleries That Are Spotting Emerging Talent

Foundations is Artsy’s new online fair spotlighting fresh works from galleries known for picking exciting rising artists. Here, Artsy Editorial selects 10 standout galleries with programs filled with fresh rising talent.

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July 17, 2023

Interview with Meredith Morrison on “Dreamwork” Solo Exhibition Opening on July 7th

Meredith Morrison’s solo exhibition, Dreamwork, focuses on the meditative aspect of her bead-working practice as the focus to slowly create what she refers to as “meditation cloths.“ Until recently, her work has been firmly rooted in memory, archiving, or the preservation of materials she finds significant. Her latest series of work deviates from this by […]

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June 28, 2023

Detroitisit // PLAYGROUND DETROIT Mixes Up Creativity and Community for the Detroit Art Scene

Co-founders Paulina Petkoski and Samantha Banks Schefman Set the Tone for the Detroit Art community to Emulate the Likes of New York & Los Angeles Jasmine Graham Art 06/07/2023 Detroit is a city that is rich in art and art history. Detroit captures viewers with eye-catching murals like the Stevie Wonder Mural on the Music […]

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June 12, 2023

Metro Times // How Detroit artist Keto Green found purpose in discarded objects

The painter persevered through homelessness and suicide to shine with ‘Against It All’ at Playground Detroit Keto Green will paint on anything he can find. Doors from abandoned houses, pieces of plywood, and broken windows become canvases for his brightly colored paintings. “I find stuff that you would never think would be a piece of […]

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May 31, 2023

Interview with Keto Green on “Against It All,” Solo Exhibition Opening on May 20th

Keto Green is a contemporary artist from Detroit, Michigan and an 2022 Emerging Artist Fellow. He creates artwork from found objects, including painted doors that represent his personal struggle and relationship with hardships such as evictions and oppressive poverty conditions. His series of paintings feature various portraits and faces, created on various objects such as […]

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May 08, 2023