What does Detroit sound like? This seemingly basic question yielded complicated answers, as composer and MIT Professor of Music and Media Tod Machover discovered once he began work on “Symphony in D”—a collaboration between himself, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and innumerable people in Detroit, all funded by Knight Foundation. Machover, having executed a […]
DETROIT — The sounds of the city have long been an inspiration to composers — think of iconic soundscapes from Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to Bernstein’s West Side Story score. There is a difference, however, between creating music inspired by a city — but still wholly executed within the context […]
For all those looking to break up their holiday shopping weekend with a high culture infusion, consider dropping in to Simone DeSousa Gallery this Saturday, November 28th, for the opening of the new group show and first-year holiday tradition, EDITION/15. The exhibition furthers the gallery’s mission to engage and nurture […]
While the Detroit Lions unexpectedly triumphed over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (a Knight grantee) hosted an art world take on the tailgate party in its parking lot: a carefully choreographed bisection of a town car. The “All-New 2015 Rightsized Limo” is a […]
Spotted downtown and shot on the fly from my vehicle, some of Michelle Tanguay’s unmistakable large-scale portraits on vinyl, currently being employed to gussy up some of the work-in-progress downtown. I swear, there are so many ongoing projects around this city, it’s like one big studio. The work on display […]
Artist Olayami Dabls is best known for the African Bead Museum and its surrounding sprawling sculptural installation, for which he received a $100,000 Knight Arts Challenge grant. Relatively unknown were a series of figurative watercolors, all depicting nude figures, that he began painting in 2011, creating as many as 75 […]
DETROIT — A limousine can be many things: transportation of choice for prom, a status marker, and a bit of a paradox. Look at me, limo clientele seem to be saying, but don’t look at me. Regardless, a limousine certainly serves as a handy metaphor for material excess and the […]
Artist: Clara DeGalan Location: her studio, Hamtramck Breakfast: CDG & SRS – Coffee, apple slices, nut & dried berries It’s funny how you can get to the same place as someone else by a completely different path. Clara DeGalan was born and raised on the East side of Detroit, and […]
At first glance, there is little common ground between the two sides of Susanne Hilberry Gallery; unusual, because both sides are part of a solo show, Miles to Empty, by Detroit native Shannon Goff. Goff has two distinct bodies of work in the show: a playful collection of pastel-shaded ceramic […]
The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers is an organization that seeks to promote connectivity, understanding and humanity through the sharing of honest personal stories–a mission that is supported in part by a $30,000 Knight Arts Challenge grant. The society achieved a triumphant actualization of its goals on Nov. 5, packing […]