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Levon Kafafian Trunk Show on Sunday December 20th at Farmer Street Pop Up

Join weaver and visual artist Levon Kafafian at 1435 Farmer Street for an in-store trunk show of gorgeous handwoven scarfs, wraps and textiles. Levon Kafafian creates tactile and sensory works on the threshold of transition, applying the process of weaving beyond thread into visual, performative and social practice. Kafafian practices in the Detroit community through […]

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GRiZ Announces 7th Annual ‘12 Days of GRiZMAS’ Event Series December 12-23rd

GRiZMAS will treat fans around the world to all the performances, activities, and community service initiatives, culminating with the GRiZMAS Mini Digital Festival on December 23rd. The Festival will feature performances by GRiZ Alongside Destructo, AC Slater, J.Worra, Blunts & Blondes, Codes, Sunsquabi, ProbCause, and 10+ unannounced artists.   With Detroit public schools under more pressure […]

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Farmer Street Pop-up featuring 25+ Artists Grand Opens Downtown on #SmallBusinessSaturday

PLAYGROUND DETROIT is popping up in downtown Detroit on Farmer Street, next to The Shinola Hotel. On #SmallBusinessSaturday Nov. 28th, Farmer Street Pop-up opens with a public Grand Opening at 1435 Farmer Street Suite 117 for the holidays through December. Farmer Street Pop up will feature artwork, gifts and exclusive products from over 20 emerging […]

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Red Bull Arts Detroit presents Omar S: Conant Gardens Party Store

“Omar S: Conant Gardens Party Store is an exploration of the particular interests and passions of the legendary, elusive electronic musician, DJ, and producer, Omar S. Comprised of an interactive, virtual exploration of his personal collection, which ranges from arcade games to records to vintage VHS tapes, as well as a physical installation that will host a series […]

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Intersect Chicago / SOFA Online Art Fair Opens November 6-12th

PLAYGROUND DETROIT is proud to be an exhibitor with Intersect Chicago, a virtual art fair replacing SOFA for the 2020 edition due to COVID-19. The fair will be open to the public, virtually, from November 6th at 12am ET through November 12 at 9pm ET. FLCL, Marlo Broughton, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2020 […]

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PLAYGROUND DETROIT Exhibiting at Intersect Chicago / SOFA, Online November 6-12, 2020

PLAYGROUND DETROIT is proud to be an exhibitor with Intersect Chicago, a virtual art  fair replacing SOFA for the 2020 edition due to COVID-19. Detroit artists featured have been selected include Marlo Broughton, Bakpak Durden, Frank Lepkowski, Lindsay Splichal, Victoria Shaheen and John Sippel. These artists represent a cross-section of various mediums of including painting, sculpture, craft, photography […]

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Bulk Space Workshop “Writing for the Contemporary” for Marginalized Artists starts October 1st

Bulk Space‘s upcoming workshop, “Writing for the Contemporary” is organized by Jova Lynne, Jessica Allie, Meg Kelley, Sara Nishikawa and Clare Gatto, to create space for marginalized artists to have some of the most essential conversations about entry points into the art world right now. It’s through the lens of writing, but it is also about […]

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Excess Baggage: Design in the City X Cristin Richard Installation at Lisa Spindler Studio through September

Excess Baggage is a point of reflection, a way to consider our connection to the natural world. Detroit Artist and 20/20 Emerging Artists Fellow Cristin Richard, has a fascination with material, both its sensory qualities and the information it communicates about history, society and the current environment. She has been selected to showcase her latest […]

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Detroit Month of Design 2020: September Schedule Highlights

In celebration of Detroit’s designation as the first and only UNESCO City of Design in the United States, Detroit Month of Design (MoD) will take over the city from September 1-30, 2020. There are more than 75 events and special projects including talks, tours, exhibitions, workshops, installations and more. This year’s programming will reflect on […]

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BUILDING MATERIALS: Lindsay Splichal X Detroit Month of Design Opens September 17th

PLAYGROUND DETROIT presents BUILDING MATERIALS, a site-specific exhibition by Lindsay Splichal that explores printmaking, sculpture, and installation. Lindsay Splichal builds space-responsive print monotypes that reflect on the familiarity of the domestic in her family’s construction heritage. In BUILDING MATERIALS, she will create space-responsive print monotypes explored through the lenses of sculptural and print installation, alongside […]

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Matrix Human Services ArtWorks Detroit Fundraiser By-Appointment Preview at Wasserman Projects

For the past 25 years, Matrix Human Services’ ArtWorks Detroit event has leveraged the love of art to raise critical funds for children and families in need throughout Detroit. This year, the funds are more vital than ever as they will go towards COVID-19 relief programming, so the event will go on in an expanded format from August 24-27th […]

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Detroit Month Of Design 2020 Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

Detroit Month of Design (MoD) returns this September 2020, marking a ten year milestone for the festival, produced by Design Core Detroit. This year, Month of Design will target the vital role inclusive design will play in cultivating Detroit’s new reality—one in which our cities, systems and products are designed to help all people thrive. What was initially thought to be a purely celebratory year for the MoD, has become a year marked […]

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