Arts Archives

‘Let’s raise a glass together. To you. To us. To Detroit,’ the longstanding brewery says

Tags: Arts, Bars, Local Businesses, Things to Do, Critics’ Picks, Atwater Brewery, 313 Day, Detroit, 313 Day events, Detroit events, Atwater Brewery & Tap House, Slideshow

The ‘Detroit Be The Change’ murals were all painted by international artists at below market rate, according to local artists

Tags: Arts, Visual Art, Labor, Politics & Government, Detroit Be The Change murals, Detroit ACE, Street Art for Mankind, Detroit, City Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship (ACE), Sydney James, Rochelle Riley, murals in Detroit, Slideshow

A sturgeon, porcupine, pheasant, and monarch butterflies will be featured

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, News, Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Nature, Dequindre Cut, Detroit, wildlife, Grand Trump Railroad, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, Detroit Harvest Fest and Food Truck Rally, Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, muralist, art, Ed Irmen

You can visit the exhibit from Sept. 1-24

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Things to Do, Visual Art, Art, Beacon Park, Detroit, World Premiere, Oliver Landreville, Artists

The exhibition runs through Sept. 2.

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Things to Do, Critics’ Picks, Detroit Artists Market, Art, Detroit, Gallery, Nonprofit

Move over 313 — here comes 679?

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, News, 313, Detroit, 679, area code, phone, Michigan Public Service Commission

Van Gogh still beckons

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Vincent Van Gogh, Van Gogh in America, DIA, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts

The brilliant native son who led an immense and inspired life will be celebrated in Detroit

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, John Sims, Detroit, Irwin House Gallery, Video

RoboCop vs. the Clock Tower

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, RoboCop, Detroit, The Detroit Unity Bell, Carlos Nielbock, Clock Tower Project, Slideshow

The group could be the longest continuously operating Black arts organization in the U.S.

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Arts Extended, Detroit, Shirley Woodson, Dr. Cledie Taylor, Marian Stephens

Shoe game

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Detroit, Nike, Burn Rubber, Two 18, Roland Coit, Air Jordan 2, Cover Story, Slideshow

Beloved by the community, the artist and activist died in August

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts, Detroit, art, poetry, Wayne County Community College, labor, unions, activism

The Eastern Market mural festival is back after two years off amid the pandemic

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Murals in the Market, Detroit, Eastern Market

Ford is bringing his Hip-Hop Architecture Camp to Highland Park’s Cortland Community Impact Cente

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Michael Ford, Hip-Hop Architect, Detroit, Highland Park

How a free live music festival helped bring together metro Detroit’s ethnic groups

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Music, Concert of Colors, Detroit, Michigan, festivals, Cover Story

The artist covers the city in color

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Phillip “Phil” Simpson, Wyland, whales, Smile, Detroit, Rocket Companies

From Bride of Funkenstein to Twisted Storyteller

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Satori Shakoor, Charlie LeDuff, Detroit, the Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers, Marygrove

Glass houses

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Visual Art, Detroit, Elysia Borowy, Carl Craig, 1364, Lafayette Park, Mies van der Rohe, art, gallery

CANVS Street Art will tell users location of public art in Detroit and artist behind it

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Detroit, art, murals, street art, Slideshow

Cara Courage is already out after getting the job in February

Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, MOCAD, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, museum