Here’s something new: my first television interview. How kind of John Sauvé to invite me to appear on his long-running TV show, he was a generous and upbeat host! I’ve come a long way in terms of being able to watch myself talk on video without cringing – I watched […]
DETROIT — In today’s technology-driven society, something feels anachronistic about people who choose to live in harmony with nature. In Detroit, this sort of lifestyle often manifests in urban agricultural communities that eschew email and office jobs for field work — communities of people who are more likely to drop […]
EAST LANSING, Mich. — For artist Helina Metaferia, perhaps the most important part of her solo exhibition By Way of Revolution, at Michigan State University’s (SCENE) Metrospace, is a circle of folding chairs that stands in the middle of the space, visible to passers-by on the downtown sidewalk. “The space […]
DETROIT — Mirror, Mirror at College for Creative Studies’ Center Galleries is a complex, engaging, and unique presentation of fully realized works by 14 artists who all exhibit extraordinary and singular visions. Curated by artist Anthony Marcellini in conjunction with Center Galleries Director Michelle Perron, the installation demonstrates the power of a keen curatorial […]
A fun thing that’s been happening recently is that I’ve been given the opportunity to review more books, for Hyperallergic and other places! This is great for several reasons, mostly that I love books and love to read and cannot afford books for the most part, especially nice ones. So […]
Perhaps I am not the target audience for Bret L. Rothstein’s “fan letter to unruly objects,” The Shape of Difficulty (2019, Penn State University Press), because it presupposes that its reader is under some kind of duress. The introduction begins with a question: “What in the world possessed you to […]
Make your FREE reservation now at reservations@under-main.com UnderMain invites you to attend Critical Mass III: In The Mid this March. In its third iteration, after being hosted in Lexington and Louisville, the conversation will now move to Northern Kentucky to be held at The Carnegie Center in Covington. The Critical Mass Series is based in […]
DETROIT — For much of its recent history, Detroit has been shrouded in darkness, both metaphorically and literally: in December 2012, 40% of the 88,000 lighting fixtures in the city were broken or in need of repair. In response to these conditions, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History proposed […]