RECENT ARTICLES – Page 19 – PLAYGROUND DETROIT

“Signs of the Time” Public Art Campaign Hits Streets of Detroit for Detroit Art Week 2019

“During the selection process I recognized what makes something an impactful work of art, versus what makes a good billboard. When looking through the 700+ submissions [from the public artist open call], I wanted to choose work that felt like really wanted to see in that ad space. I’m stoked to reclaim billboard space that […]

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Adeshola Makinde Dessislava Terzieva Detroit Art Week Ellen Rutt Elysia Vandenbussche Erik Henderson Jonah Welch PD PRESENTS ProjectArt Thomas “Detour” Evans Viscaya Wagner VISUAL ART

July 11, 2019

“Hot Logic” Concert Series Kicks Off This Friday at MOCAD Presented by MeanRed ft. Bonobo, Dej Loaf & more

MeanRed has a built their reputation as a music presenter through their impressive show bookings in both New York City and Detroit. Returning to the Motor City once again this July, they have teamed up with the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit to present a new outdoor Summer music series, “Hot Logic.” “The Museum of […]

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Bonobo Dej Loaf EVENTS Ian Fink MeanRed MOCAD Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit MUSIC SHIGETO

July 02, 2019

INTERVIEW: Detroit Lines Release Of “Hit My DM’s” Vinyl + Tapes with Black Noi$e, skywalker & dream beach at El Club

Detroit Lines is a relatively low-key collaborative project compromised of the area’s most talented underground producers, including members Black Noi$e, Caleb Stone, Jonah Baseball, Megablown and Ji Hoon dream beach, Raphy, and skywlkr. Starting from casual beginnings playing at the bowling alley, the group eventually landed a solid placement with Borussia x Puma, resulting in […]

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Detroit Lines El Club EVENTS MUSIC

July 02, 2019

“United States of Detroit” Documentary to Release for Streaming on June 18th

Award winning film, United States of Detroit is being released on iTunes on June 18th, with a powerful story about people in the neighborhoods of Detroit available for streaming in 45 countries across the globe. The United States of Detroit is an exciting, groundbreaking new documentary available to the public for the first time. Stylized […]

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documentary FILM The United States of Detroit

June 17, 2019

Detroit Metro Times // Gisela McDaniel confronts sexual trauma and inspires empowerment in striking exhibition at Playground Detroit

Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 10:17 am For the past three years, Detroit-based artist, Gisela McDaniel, has retold her multiple experiences with sexual trauma almost every time she’s picked up a paintbrush. But she did so willingly, as part of her debut solo exhibition Lush P(r)ose — which debuts at Playground Detroit on Saturday, June 15 — and has reclaimed […]

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PRESS

June 14, 2019

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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EVENTS VISUAL ART

June 10, 2019

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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Chamoru Detroit painter feminist Gisela McDaniel Pacific Island PD PRESENTS VISUAL ART

June 08, 2019

MOVEMENT 2019: MONDAY HIGHLIGHTS [PHOTO RECAP]

Memorial Day concluded Movement Festival 2019 after two days of nonstop music, the long weekend came to a close with the crowd favorites including Yaeji, who closed the festival out for die-hards that braved the rain. PLAYGROUND DETROIT photographer Broccoli to capture top-tier performances from artists such as Madlib and GRiZ. For more images, check […]

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EVENTS Golf Clap Loren MUSIC Yaeji

June 01, 2019

MOVEMENT 2019: SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS [PHOTO RECAP]

Sunday, May 28th was a day packed with powerhouse performances from a talented array of Detroit musicians with a focus on local hip-hop including Sheefy McFly, DJ Minx, and the unparalleled Danny Brown, along with a performance from Gucci Mane that broadened the day’s musical parameters. PLAYGROUND DETROIT photographers Bre’Ann White (@breannwhlgn) and Broccoli were on […]

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danny brown DJ Minx EVENTS Gucci Mane Movement Festival 2019 MUSIC Sheefy McFly

May 31, 2019

MOVEMENT 2019: SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS [PHOTO RECAP]

Movement Festival 2019 opened on Saturday with full-force- of nature, that is- due to dangerous storm conditions, the festival was promptly evacuated around 4pm to keep attendees safe while the rains pounded down. After (the mighty) but brief storm passed, electronic music hardly missed a beat, lining up once again to enter Hart Plaza to […]

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Amelie Lens Carl Craig Detroit techno DJ Holographic EVENTS Josh Wink Marie Davidson MGUN Movement Festival 2019 MUSIC Seth Troxler Soul Clap TYLR Wajatta

May 30, 2019

DYNAMITE: MOVEMENT AND LANGUAGE BY MACEO PAISLEY COMES TO DETROIT

Maceo Paisley is a Los Angeles based dancer, thinker, and optimist who uses art as a means to investigate the human condition, make critical interrogation of social structures, and find personal healing. For the past 10 years his, work has ranged from commercial dance with the like of Black Eyed Peas, and Justin Timberlake, to […]

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EVENTS PD PRESENTS

May 28, 2019

Feminist Brand Northern Fashion Launches in Stores at The Market at Macy’s

The Future of Fashion is Female: Detroit-based Northern Fashion recently launched its fashion brand this past April with a feminist spin on each piece they designed. Available online as well as at The Market at Macy’s, Northern aims to encourage a positive narrative while speaking about women by way of fashion. The brand’s pieces include […]

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LIFESTYLE POINTS OF INTEREST

May 28, 2019