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PLAYGROUND DETROIT PARTNERS WITH THE DETROIT GRASS STATION TO CURATE ARTWORK FROM EMERGING DETROIT ARTISTS

PLAYGROUND DETROIT has partnered with our friends at The Detroit Grass Station to curate a new selection of even more emerging Detroit artists work for sale. Debuting work at are featured artists W C Bevan, Brian H Newman, & Paul Johnson. We have also worked to facilitate the commission of the sick new murals on […]

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PONYRIDE ANNOUNCES THE FIRST AWARDEES OF THEIR APPLEBAUM AND KNIGHTS ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Ponyride, a collaborative working space for social entrepreneurs and artists located in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, has partnered with the Applebaum Family Compass Fund and the Knights Art Challenge to develop an annual residency program. The six selected emerging and established artists, who have been juried by local curators, collectors, and creators, are awarded a stipend […]

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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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LISTEN NOW: RACEHORSES ARE RESOURCES DEBUT 7″ SINGLE COLLABORATION WITH EXACTLY HI-TOPS

Nick Speed, legendary Detroit producer, DJ and emcee, has been working on a new side project- Racehorses Are Resources alongside with an incredible line-up of fellow Detroiters including Chris Peters, Quelle Chris, and Nick Cicchetti. Unlike most bands, they consider their music undirected or forced- it rather simply “happens,” with the end result revealing itself […]

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1XRUN ANNOUNCES FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MURAL FESTIVAL IN EASTERN MARKET FEATURING 45 LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

1xRUN & Eastern Market announced this morning the arrival of the International Mural Festival in Detroit during September 2015. 1xRUN has assembled an incredible line-up of over 45 Detroit-based artists as well as international artists to participate in the first annual public art celebration. “Public art has long been an integral part of the Eastern […]

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PLAYGROUND DETROIT PRESENTS CRISTIN RICHARD SOLO EXHIBITION

PLAYGROUND DETROIT is proud to present the work of our debut featured artist Cristin Richard with a solo exhibition at The Playground. Richard’s body of work focuses on “the human condition, the body and identity. Majority of the time, the work is a sort of knee jerk reaction to questions I’m pondering, or experiences I’ve had.”  The […]

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PLAYGROUND DETROIT PRESENTS BROOKLYN ARTIST LIZA LACROIX ‘DETROIT JUNE 2015’ IN PARTNERSHIP WITH POPPS PACKING

Liza Lacroix has spent the duration of her Detroit residency exploring traditional boundaries of abstract painting by incorporating 3D elements cut from her otherwise unsatisfactory-to-her, previously-made works. These strips and organic shapes of canvas are the most adored remnants of the former paintings saved from the sacrifice in order to live on in fresh and […]

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PONYRIDE ANNOUNCES ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THROUGH JUNE 29TH

Ponyride is offering multiple funded artist residencies this Fall 2015 and into the future. The deadline for submissions is noon on Monday June 29, 2015. There is no application fee for applying. ARTIST RESIDENCY FOR INFO/TO APPLY: http://www.ponyride.org/ The open call closes: Monday, June 29th at 12:00 PM EST Awards will be announced: The week […]

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THE DREAM IS NOW EXHIBITION FEATURING PAULA SCHUBATIS’ & HER STUDENTS ARTWORK

Fine artist & Detroit Community High School Teacher Paula Schubatis presents “The Dream Is Now,” an exhibition featuring her own work as well as the collaborative artwork that her students and her have made together. Schubatis is showcasing her large-scale installations in the old theater space on the third floor of The Carr Center. The […]

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PD PRESENTS: BROOKLYN ARTIST LIZA LACROIX FOR POPPS PACKING SUMMER RESIDENCY PROGRAM

PLAYGROUND DETROIT is excited to announce our partnership with Popps Packing to host our 2015 Summer artist in residence, Brooklyn- based painter Liza Lacroix. “Liza Lacroix subverts the canon of painting, rejecting a singular concept of abstraction. Her work is a culmination of figuration, formalism and ultimately catharsis. Lacroix’s recent series draws from the mythic […]

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TRANSPLANT: BROOKLYN/DETROIT/BEYOND AT BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS 2015

During Bushwick Open Studios, Detroit-based arts non-profit, Spread Art will present two days of exhibition and programming featuring Brooklyn and Detroit artists, exploring patterns and effects of individual and group migration through site-specific movement, sonic and performance art in the street. Spread Art, an organization led by Christina deRoos and Thomas Bell, was once based […]

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BURGER THANG AT DETROIT CONTEMPORARY CURATED BY NEUE HAUS DETROIT

Neue Haus Detroit presents Burger Thang, a show of recent works by Matt O’Brien, Chris Moore and Greg Bokor. Around 1982 a small group of kids from Mt. Clemens, Ann Arbor, Hudsonville, Bloomfield Hills, East Lansing and Maumee, Ohio all would meet at a ‘hole in the wall’ around the corner of Cass Avenue and […]

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