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Illuminated Mural to be Preserved in Milwaukee Junction ‘Chroma’ Development

The Platform announced today that it has started work on Chroma, a project that transforms a historic cold storage building in Detroit’s iconic Milwaukee Junction neighborhood into a home for local creative entrepreneurs and businesses. “We have been working toward this moment of construction commencement for two years and are grateful for the support of […]

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#SAVETHERAINBOW: KATIE CRAIG AKA EXACTLY HI-TOPS SUES DEVELOPER OVER THE ILLUMINATED MURAL

BREAKING NEWS: In a showdown over the legal status of public art in the United States, our previously featured artist Katherine Craig, also known as Exactly Hi-Tops, has filed a lawsuit in federal court today, seeking protection under the Visual Artists Rights Act for her work The Illuminated Mural—a nine-story mural on the side of 2937 […]

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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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