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PLAYGROUND DETROIT PRESENTS FEATURED ARTIST EXACTLY HI-TOPS

Katherine Persiconi Craig, known as Exactly Hi-Tops is internationally-known for her public art installation, “The Illuminated Mural” in Detroit’s North End neighborhood. Since the mural’s completion in 2010, this work of art has graced The Washington Post, VICE Magazine, the Palladium Boots catalog and featured in local news publications; and appears in the “Detroit Lives” documentary from Vice TV. […]

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WHAT’S YOUR WIFI? GROUP ART SHOW CURATED BY DIGITAL ARTIST MOLLY SODA

NEW HIVE (DOT COM) PRESENTS “WHAT’S YOUR WIFI,” Curated by Molly Soda Molly Soda is an internationally-known digital media artist, who moved to Detroit in 2013 from Brooklyn and also happened to be named one of the “Most Important Artists of 2013” by Complex Magazine. The majority of her work is created on NewHive.com, which […]

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ART DETROIT NOW HOSTS ‘3RD THURSDAY’ TO ENCOURAGE GALLERY VISITS

Art Detroit Now is hosting 3rd Thursday, a new monthly art gallery ‘crawl’ in Detroit which as the name implies, takes place the third Thursday of every month. There are 30 galleries participating for this exciting new addition to the art scene. Hour Detroit Magazine recently interviewed Milana Duthie, who is the managing director of […]

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: IAN SWANSON, DETROITER TURNED BROOKLYNITE

A couple of years ago, artists Ian Swanson and Cedric Tai seemed to be everywhere in Detroit. Everywhere you turned, they were involved with a great local art project. They had their own gigs, teamed up on joint projects, and both were heavily involved with thedetroiter.com, which is an art-focused Detroit-centric website ‘serving a creative community.’ Their collective energy was great […]

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