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Detroit Art Week 2019 Announces Schedule of Exhibitions and Events

Detroit Art Week returns for its second year from July 17 – 21st as an annual celebration of contemporary art and culture in Detroit. For five days, DAW invite visitors and residents to attend exhibitions, studio visits, performances, panel discussions and various special programs, alongside the parties, music, nightlife, and culinary experiences that make Detroit […]

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Interview: Gisela McDaniel on Upcoming Debut Solo Exhibition “Lush P(r)ose”

Gisela McDaniel is a diasporic indigenous Chamoru feminist artist based in Detroit, MI. Her art explores how women who survive or resist sexualized violence create unique paths towards healing and reclaiming their own bodies. As a survivor herself, she dialogues with indigenous women of color, multiracial and immigrant women as a means to allow them […]

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Young Curators, New Ideas V presented by Detroit Art Week at Trumbull & Porter

Detroit Art Week, happening on July 16 – 21, 2019, is an annual self-guided tour and citywide celebration of contemporary art in Detroit, which has announced the independent curators participating in Young Curators, New Ideas V (YCNI V) will take place from Wednesday, July 17 to Sunday, July 21, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. […]

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SAFE SPACE Group Exhibition on view through May 3rd at Detroit Public Library

SAFE SPACE, a group exhibition curated by We-Are-Familia, is currently on view at the Detroit Public Library, open to the public now through May 3, 2019, which features the work of 24 local artists and designers. This exhibition celebrates Detroit’s thriving arts scene while bypassing the traditional realms of galleries and museums. Instead, it brings their […]

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Scott Berels Solo Exhibition “Degradation Reservation” Debuts on May 4th

Scott Berels is a sculptor and visual artist living and working in Detroit, Michigan. He is also the founder of Def Fab Design, an independent fabrication workshop located in a 5000-square foot warehouse space for commercial and residential clients, as well as general contractors including CNC machining, welding, woodworking and 3D design. His artwork is focused in […]

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Detroit Art Review // Dustin Cook @ PLAYGROUND DETROIT

April 7, 2019. In a recent New York Times review of the exhibition “Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold” held at the Met Breuer in the Winter of 2019, critic Holland Cotter wrote of the Argentine-Italian Modernist “As for Fontana, he understood that his own most important contribution remained the “Holes” and “Cuts,” which both brutalized […]

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MetroTimes // Detroit artists can have their work featured on a billboard this summer

Posted By Lee DeVito on Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 11:49 am Attention Detroit artists: Here’s a chance to have your work seen by thousands. Playground Detroit is partnering with SaveArtSpace to put the work of Detroit-area artists on six billboards around the Motor City this summer.  The campaign will be curated by Detroit-based artist Ellen Rutt. Artists are invited to […]

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Call for Artists: SaveArtSpace to curate public art billboards for Detroit Art Week 2019

SaveArtSpace, a Brooklyn/Detroit-based public art non-profit has partnered with PLAYGROUND DETROIT to bring public art to Detroit via ad space and group gallery exhibition during Detroit Art Week, in celebration of Ellen Rutt’s upcoming featured installation opening to the public on Saturday, July 20th. We invite artists of all ages and talents to submit between April 2 and May 28, 2019. […]

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Interview: Dustin Cook on his upcoming Solo Exhibition “Tumble”

Dustin Cook is a Detroit-based visual artist and designer. He is a graduate of College for Creative Studies, and as a featured artist in the Student Exhibition 2017, his eye-catching paintings left a serious impression. Since graduating, his artwork has been exhibited in various group exhibitions at PLAYGROUND DETROIT and KO Gallery. Tumble presents a […]

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Cristin Richard announces Performance Installation “Point of Return” on March 22nd

If you are aware of what kind of sacrifice went into creating an object, does it not influence how you value and care for it, or how long you keep it? In Point Of Return, Detroit artist Cristin Richard opens up a conversation about “value” in contemporary society. Set within the glorious Presidential Ballroom of historic The Detroit […]

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Chef Shanel Dewalt’s Soul Food Sunday Dinner celebrates Bre’Ann White’s Exhibition Family-Style

Featured Artist Bre’Ann White is collaborating with Chef Shanel Dewalt for a special Soul Food Sunday Dinner in celebration of her debut solo exhibition, Definition of Red. This family-style dining experience will take place in the gallery space limited to 40 guests to completely immersing guests with inspiring art, fine dining and good company. This is a […]

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Bre’Ann White releases “Definition of Red” Limited Edition Prints

Definition of Red, Bre’Ann White’s debut solo exhibition opened on February 16th at PLAYGROUND DETROIT, presenting her latest series of stunning photographs. To celebrate her first gallery exhibition, she has released a selection of images as limited edition prints for purchase online, in addition to her framed large works on view in the gallery through […]

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