Artist: Scott Hocking Location: Fireside Inn, Port Austin, MI Breakfast: SH – Cheeseburger on a pretzel roll, side of coleslaw, Coke SRS – Cheeseburger on a pretzel roll, side of fries, Diet Coke It’s funny how you can hear something and in your mind you accept it, but when you see it realized, it strikes […]
Artist: Toby Millman Location: Maine Street Restaurant, Hamtramck Breakfast: TM – Coffee (w/ cream), French toast, scrambled eggs, bacon SRS – Coffee (black), French toast, eggs over hard, sausage It’s Toby Millman’s birthday today, so breakfast at the Maine Street Restaurant is on me. Though located on the main street of Jos Campau, Maine Street […]
Artist: Marie T. Hermann Location: Sister Pie Breakfast: MTH – Coffee (black), slice of chocolate creme pie SRS – Coffee (black), slice of sour cherry & bourbon pie Let’s just get this out of the way: Marie T. Hermann is about the nicest person I’ve ever met. Her enthusiasm extends to all things, big and […]
Artist: Greg Fadell Location: His studio Breakfast: Nespresso (black), La Croix (peach & pear) I met Greg Fadell at a dinner following the Franklin Sirmans lecture at the MOCAD a few weeks ago. It is always refreshing to meet someone with a similar level of disinterest in small talk in a social context designed largely for small talk. […]
Artist: Rose E. DeSloover Location: Rose’s Fine Food Breakfast: RED – Half order of buckwheat pancakes, coffee (cream) SRS – Grandpa Richard’s pancakes, side of pork sausage, coffee (black) Excited to be moving forward with Rose on her project–I see what’s developing between us is, in some sense, a kind of art-consultancy exercise. The work we make as […]
Artist: Casey Rocheteau Location: Brooklyn St. Local (Casey: “Every time I try to convince people Detroit isn’t becoming Brooklyn, it goes and does something like this.” Breakfast: CR – Eggs over easy, rye toast, salad (they were out of roasted potatoes), bacon, coffee (black) SRS – Ham & cheddar omelet, fries (they were out of roasted potatoes), […]
Artist: Mary Fortuna Location: My place Breakfast: Vegetarian chili & salad Well, I knew that I had dinner plans with Mary Fortuna, but I wanted to include our conversation in Breakfast with the Artist, because she is such a great artist, like, one of the artists where I stalk her every artistic move, hungry to […]
Artist: Sandra Cardew Location: Sandra’s studio Breakfast: Green tea Are all fiber artists basically introverts at heart? If you take Sandra Cardew and I as your sample set, then yes. And when two basically introverted people find that they both share a love of fabric, multi-media art, and sewing, well, we get along like a little introverted house […]
Artist: Andrew Thompson Location: Russell St. Deli Breakfast: AT – Vegetarian Hash, rye toast SRS – Raisin bread French toast, side of bacon, NO BANANAS First of all, any visit to Russell St. Deli counts as a “Breakfast with the Artist,” because chances are good that you’ll encounter at least one of the trio of artists-in-charge over there, […]
Artist: Rose E. DeSloover Location: Rose’s Fine Food Breakfast: RED – Bangin’ on the Border, green salsa on the side SRS – Silverman’s Special, eggs over medium, grits, add bacon If you’re like me, your brain doesn’t work that well first thing in the morning, so I was sure to pick a meeting time that […]