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DESIGN CORE DETROIT ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF DESIGN IN THE CITY COMPETITION

As part of Detroit Month of Design 2020, the competition pairs twelve emerging fashion and accessory designers with independent commercial businesses in Detroit. Design Core Detroit has selected the winners of its new Design in the City competition, made possible by a $45,000 grant from Gucci as a part of its new Changemakers Impact Fund. […]

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Art Mile Launches on July 29th as Citywide Digital Arts Exhibition Featuring the Detroit Arts Community

Launching July 29, Art Mile is a citywide digital art exhibition that champions Detroit’s vibrant and diverse arts community by promoting public programs and online acquisitions. In celebration of its launch, Art Mile will host a week of public programs from July 29–August 5, featuring digital installations, artwork sales, virtual museum tours, and live events such as panel discussions, […]

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Détroit Is the New Black X Ponyride to Celebrate Juneteenth

Ponyride, in collaboration with Détroit Is the New Black are hosting a 2-day Juneteenth celebration featuring a Block Party, virtual panel discussions, live performances from world-renowned poet, Jessica Care Moore, and the launch of Détroit Is the New Black Hyper Local online market. Partial proceeds of all sales from the Marketplace benefit Ponyride and Boys & Girls Clubs […]

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City of Detroit Announces Juneteenth Celebration and Call For Public Art

The City of Detroit will kick off Juneteenth 2020 with a week-long series of programming and virtual conversations celebrating Black culture and educating viewers on important issues impacting the Black community. Topics addressed will empower viewers to engage in most relevant discussions aimed to offer healing and empowerment to the black community in Detroit. The […]

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Détroit Is The New Black Announces #BLM Art Installation

Détroit Is The New Black has teamed up with We Are Culture Creators for a very special day party to create an interactive art installation and provide lunch for protesters and folks that are seeking community on Saturday, June 6th, from 12-4PM. (Featured image credit, Xavier Cuevas). After the downtown Detroit-based retail store found itself at odds with landlord, […]

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In The Studio: A New Weekly IG Live Series Debuts April 1st

Announcing In The Studio:A New IG Live Seriesfeaturing Detroit artists in their studiosEvery Wednesday at 5PM On March 24th, Michigan issued a “Safe Home, Stay Safe” executive order, asking small businesses to close our doors in order to protect public health and safety and as a result, the gallery location will remain closed indefinitely. Our past exhibitions and upcoming […]

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Video Premiere & Review: “Point of Return” features Performance Installation by Cristin Richard

One year ago, Detroit artist Cristin Richard sparked a conversation about “value” in contemporary society at The Detroit Club with her performance installation, Point of Return. We are pleased to premiere the short-film highlighting the 3-hour durational performance in retrospective, along with art critic and Kresge Literary Arts Fellow, Rachel Harkai’s review (below video) Gut Feelings: Cristin […]

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“The Hum & Glow of Winter” Public Art Installation by Michael Polakowski debuts at Beacon Park on February 27th

“The Hum and Glow of Winter” is a new public artwork series by Michael Polakowski that will be on view throughout this winter at Beacon Park, in downtown Detroit. These bold and graphic art installations are on display at Beacon Park in the garden beds along Grand River Avenue through mid- March for park visitors […]

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Call for Proposals: 30th International Sculpture Conference Detroit

The International Sculpture Center (ISC), is seeking panel proposals for the 30th International Sculpture Conference in Detroit, MI this September 30- October 3, 2020. This conference will feature the annual ISC littleSCULPTURE show, ARTSlams and breakout sessions, engaging panel discussions, evening parties, hands-on workshops, a keynote address, open studios and gallery hops, optional art and culture trips, public […]

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Artist Hajime Kinoko Brings Contemporary Shibari Performance to MOCAD on Saturday, 2/1

Hajime Kinoko is considered Japans’s foremost contemporary practitioner of Shibari, a traditional Japanese form of rope-binding. The word Shibari means “to limit someone’s movement so they can not move freely,” not to be confused with Kinbaku, which means, “to bind tightly.” Kinoko explained this important distinction in a 2018 interview with Office Mag: “…the way […]

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EP Release: Rocksteady Disco Presents “Placebo Palace” by Eddie Logix

Released today, Placebo Palace is the newest EP album from an artist and music producer loved and known by many as Eddie Logix. This EP is perhaps not what you would most likely expect from a quick review of Eddie’s discography- however, his keen ear for music and his technical prowess have allowed him to […]

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Scott Klinker “Structures of Light” Exhibition Opens January 10th at 1301 Broadway

Structures of Light is a solo exhibition by designer and artist Scott Klinker on view to the public through January 2020. The installation features abstract 3D structures that define space with a new lighting technology, LED neon. The experience is like entering the space of a glowing, geometric line drawing. The exhibition will be on […]

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