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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Huey Mnemonic takes over City Club along with a Stellar Detroit Lineup on March 24

We wrote about Huey Mnemonic back in 2021 when he was featured with the lead single on Tresor’s 30th Anniversary compilation, and since that time things have only continued to grow. He was featured on last year’s Movement lineup and will return again for 2023, plus he recently played a set in support of Richie […]

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Intersectional Black identities put into focus with new exhibition at Playground Detroit

Original article What’s happening: A new solo exhibition from Detroit artist Lo Braden, also known as Lo Cayne, has opened at the Playground Detroit gallery, open now through Saturday, March 11. The portrait series titled “Black + _______” showcases Lo Braden’s work, while also offering future subjects the opportunity to book individual portrait sessions with the […]

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ARTIST OPEN CALL: Apply to Modern Ancient Brown Visiting Fellowship & Post-Baccalaureate Residency in Studio Art and Critical Studies through January 30

Established in 2019, the Modern Ancient Brown Foundation supports and nurtures BIPOC artists and writers through the creation of a new Core Program housed in Detroit.

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INTERVIEW: NICHE HITCH X BOBBY LV ON DEBUT COLLABORATION COLLECTION

Floral artist Lindsay McWhorter (Niche Hitch) has released a collaboration with multi-disciplinary artist and CCS alumni Bobbly L. Veresan to establish a permanent object from a once ephemeral medium.  An everlasting floral arrangement built from altered plant materials, intentionally designed to complement the vessel it exists in. Each vessel is created utilizing different clay materials, […]

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Seeds Today, Flowers Tomorrow

Artist Ivan Montoya’s New Exhibit, ‘Semillas,’ Reaps New Life From an Old Saying by El Central | October 27, 2022 | in Community, Culture & Arts | Reading Time: 8 mins read By Ofelia Saenz with pictures by Alejandro Ugalde Original Article As visitors to Playground Detroit enter the gallery, it’s hard not to be drawn in by […]

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