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Real Art Detroit // bakpak durden at playground detroit

I Feel Like I’ve Been Here Before By Kim Fay via REAL ART DETROIT Bakpak Durden’s solo exhibition, currently on view at Playground Detroit, explores perspective, neurodivergence and intersectional identity. Their series of paintings examine specific experiences that we -as humans- come up against and have to power through in order to maintain the “normalcy” […]

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MetroTimes // Bakpak Durden, BLKOUT Walls, and Black figurative art in Detroit

By Steven Panton Published on November 17, 2021. It is common knowledge that body language can say a lot about our day-to-day emotional state. But the body is also an archive; it stores scars and trauma and talks about the life we have lived to this point. In I Feel Like I’ve Been Here Before, a solo […]

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ProsperUs // Impact Stories: PLAYGROUND DETROIT

With their innovative and ambitious mindset and eye for all things art and design, Paulina Petkoski and Samantha Bankle Schefman co-founded PLAYGROUND DETROIT, but would never have predicted it when the two first met at Groves High School in Birmingham, Michigan. Petkoski spent several years living in NYC after graduating with her BFA in International […]

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Detroit Art Review // Adeshola Makinde: Relevant @ Playground Detroit

Words by NADJA ROTTNER The insertion of a work of art into the public sphere through mass media means is a dictum of Chicago-based Nigerian American visual artist Adeshola Makinde, who began his career as a self-taught practitioner three years. Having established the framework of a photomontage artist, “collage commissions” such as “the beauty is…FEEL […]

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MetroTimes // Adeshola Makinde’s ‘Relevant’ highlights civil rights protest signs of past and present at Playground Detroit

Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 3:37 pm Art by Adeshola Makinde, courtesy of Playground Detroit “WE DEMAND AN END TO POLICE BRUTALITY NOW!”, 2019 // 22″ X 11″ feet, Billboard, W Warren Ave & Wesson St, Detroit, Michigan‬. Black Power! Police Brutality Must Go! Education For All! What has been made very clear in recent years […]

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SEEN Magazine // Virtual Insanity: Frank Lepkowski’s Perspective on the Digital World

Frank Lepkowski grapples with the effects of living in a digital world July 1, 2021 By Patrick Dunn for SEEN MAGAZINE Photography by Darrel Ellis  Scrolling through the endless entertainment of the internet can feel like a pleasantly passive pastime, but Frank Lepkowski wants people to remember that it takes a certain mental toll.“When you […]

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Hour Magazine // Local Artist Sun Wang to Show First Solo Exhibition at Playground Detroit

The painter explores social-economic and cultural struggles with ”Quiet Moonlight” Emma Klug, February 18, 2021 Painter Sun Wang will present his first solo exhibition on Feb. 19 with the opening of Quiet Moonlight at Playground Detroit. The show will feature the Pontiac-based artist’s kaleidoscopic paintings, which explore the relationship between Eastern and Western cultures. On display through March […]

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Travel + Leisure // Detroit’s Shinola Hotel Just Curated the Perfect Weekend Escape

Two days packed with Detroit excellence. BY STACEY LEASCA JANUARY 29, 2021 CREDIT: EMILY BERGER/COURTESY OF SHINOLA HOTEL Detroit is ready for you to come back to enjoy everything the city has to offer, with an especially warm welcome by Bedrock Detroit and the Shinola Hotel. Bedrock Detroit, a full-service commercial real estate firm, launched its new initiative, “Decked out Detroit,” […]

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Fox2 Detroit // Beacon Park’s Hum and Glow art installation is inspired by Detroit

The Hum and Glow Winter Art Installation features a series of outdoor art panels by Michael Polakowski until Feb. 28, celebrating the city of Detroit. Original article: https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/892558

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Fox2 Detroit // Bedrock is hosting Shop, Eat & Be in the D to encourage holiday shopping in downtown Detroit

DETROIT (FOX 2) – Bedrock is making sure you do your holiday shopping in downtown Detroit. It is part of its “Shop, Eat & Be in the D” campaign. More than 50 local brands will be represented in six pop up locations. “My practice is anchored in exploring the temporal nature of our world and understanding our […]

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Crain’s Detroit // Downtown Detroit Markets replaced with pop-ups in empty storefronts for coronavirus holiday season

Bedrock, Rocket Community Fund replace usual market to allow shoppers to be more spread outEvents also planned alongside shopping open through early JanuaryFewer businesses participating than previous years Bedrock LLCDetroit retailers are popping up in six vacant downtown storefront spaces for the holiday season. DOSE Collective set up its clothing, accessories and gifts shop at […]

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