The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History presents Luminosity: A Detroit Arts Gathering, a year-long exhibition marking its 60th anniversary. Featuring over 60 original works by local artists alongside pieces from the museum’s archives, Luminosity fosters a dialogue
Jasmine Graham was a Detroit ’90s baby. Growing up in the Motor City, she rode a wave of positive Black women across primetime television, at home, across the street, and in Detroit history. Recognizing that many of us — even
Artist, Ivan Quiñones II is an ideas man. Last year, he had an idea to present art as a fashion runway show. In March 2024 he executed the project, named it SEIZE, and designed it to mimic a high-stakes art
Titus Kaphar approached his first film the way he would any other work of art. The Kalamazoo, MI native is a painter and mixed-media artist whose work examines Black presence and absence, visibility and erasure. Often carving into and reconstructing
For a few remaining days, a historic moment is unfolding across three of Detroit’s major arts and cultural institutions: The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), the Museum of Contemporary Art & Design (MOCAD), and the Charles H. Wright Museum of
On June 8, twelve designers from diverse backgrounds will showcase their themed designs in a tablescaping competition and brunch hosted by the Detroit Pierians. “What is a tablescape?” some have asked. Tablescaping is the art of place setting. It involves
If you are a visual artist and you are Black — particularly if you are a woman and, specifically, if you are a textile artist — you owe your visibility on the world’s stage to Faith Ringgold. She carved and
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will display a new exhibit titled Ibo Landing, featuring an exclusive series of larger-than-life charcoal drawings by Jamaican-American artist, Donovan Nelson. The exhibit, with support from the United Nations Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic
The Woodward Dream Cruise is a big deal during the summer in Detroit, MI and is held annually in August. People come from miles around to revel in car-culture through a weekend-long parade of classic cars and hot-rods floating up
James Baldwin has arrived one year early for his 100th birthday celebration. He appeared at Harlem’s Interchurch Center in the form of drawings, paintings, installations, film and poetry, courtesy of extraordinary Detroit artist Sabrina Nelson. A creative and art-couture maven,
Elonte Davis is east side through and through. This means something to native Detroiters who will ask each other from the start, “Where are you from?” East side or the west side is what we’re inquiring. It’s all love —
The Sacred Spaces project highlights Detroit’s authentically Black-owned and operated art spaces throughout February
A self-taught artist, native Detroiter James Charles Morris has been surrounded by art all his life. It has surfaced in his intellect – Black life philosophies manifested through prose and photography – and culminates in digital and mixed media projects
Phil “Fresh” Simpson, an irrefutable force on the Detroit arts scene, opens his first solo exhibition in four years at CHROMA Detroit on Saturday, July 30, 2022. Also known as the Chief Smile Guy, Simpson began developing the Smile Brand
Going strong for more than a decade, the Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club (DFABC) took a major hit during the pandemic. The lively in-person meetings came to a screeching halt and, although DFABC’s on-line presence continued to flourish, members sorely
