RECENT ARTICLES – Tagged "PRESS" – PLAYGROUND DETROIT

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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Detroit Metro Times Mike Han PRESS solo exhibition

September 11, 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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Detroit Month of Design 2023 Mike Han PRESS

August 15, 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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Detroit Metro Times Dreamwork Meredith Morrison PRESS

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

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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Detroit artist Keto Green Mental Health Awareness Month Metro Times PRESS solo exhibition

May 31, 2023

Metro Times // Zoe Beaudry wants to open your chakras in latest exhibit ‘And And And And’

The Detroit-based painter’s photorealistic work is a safe haven for vulnerability By Randiah Camille Green on Fri, Mar 31, 2023 Artist of the week: Zoe Beaudry Zoe Beaudry is deeply dissatisfied with the lack of connection between human beings in our conscious state. “On every level — an interpersonal level but also a systemic level — the […]

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April 02, 2023

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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February 17, 2023

Axios // Detroit artist’s “The Eye of Horus” exhibition debuts at Cranbrook

Original Article: words by Annalise Frank, on Nov 18, 2022 Detroit-based Bakpak Durden, an artist whose work can be seen on murals across the city, debuted their first solo museum exhibition. Driving the news: “The Eye of Horus” runs now through March 19 at Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills. Details: Durden’s show is titled after an ancient Egyptian […]

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Bakpak Durden Cranbrook Art Museum Detroit artist PRESS

November 22, 2022

Bakpak Durden’s ‘The Eye of Horus’ steals the show at Cranbrook Art Museum

Work by Scott Hocking and James Benjamin Franklin is also featured in the museum’s fall season Original Article A human skull explodes into pieces on a wall at Cranbrook Art Museum. In the center of the room sits a strange apparatus reminiscent of a 22-legged steel spider. Each limb reaches out to visitors with a […]

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Cranbrook Art Museum PRESS VISUAL ART

November 14, 2022

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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Detroit el central Ivan Montoya PRESS

November 01, 2022

MetroTimes // A selection of upcoming fall 2022 art happenings in metro Detroit and beyond

Fall arts guide By MT Staff Original Article Detroit Month of Design Through Sept. 30: This annual monthlong celebration of Detroit’s UNESCO designation as a “City of Design” returns with the theme of “United By Design.” As usual, the festival takes place in various venues across the metro area, and this year features more than 65 indoor, […]

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Detroit Eastern Market Michigan PRESS

September 15, 2022