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Detroit exhibit tells Black history through Black art 02:23 (CBS DETROIT) - In honor of Black History Month, the Carr Center and Bedrock have teamed up to reimagine Black storytelling through art.
But Detroit is the living embodiment of Black history in the making, especially when it comes to Black art. The mycelium that connects Black Detroit artists across generations bears fruit at ...
McGee, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 96, was inspired to open Gallery 7 after curating a well-received group show of seven Black male artists at Detroit Artists Market in 1969. Four of the ...
Four bold and dazzling new art exhibitions are currently on display at Bloomfield Hills' Cranbrook Art Museum, with much of the wall space devoted to young, Black and Detroit-based artists.
Black artists in Detroit in the early 1980s ventured into the future to create a transformative global genre: techno. Why it matters: Their legacy of experimentation and liberation, built on ...
Irwin House Director Misha McGlown says Detroit’s vast number of Black art spaces is rare compared to other cities like New York. “I’m in New York. I’m back and forth between here and Harlem.
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 ...
Marcel Stewart wants Black people to expand their horizons. The Detroit artist recently spoke to rolling out about an upcoming show he’s featured in and his career. The event is actually going ...
DETROIT MI - Black Excellence Scholarship event at the Detroit Institute of Art Tuesday February 4, 2025 (Amanda J. Cain/Detroit Pistons) ...
DETROIT – The Carr Center in Detroit stands as a beacon, uniquely dedicated to amplifying the Black art experience. However, CEO Oliver Ragsdale Jr. said the decades-old institution has come on ...
Tiff Massey’s ‘Whatupdoe’ (2024). Detroit Institute of Art. The change in scale gives it architectural flair, bringing to mind the buildings and houses lining the streets of Detroit, and the ...
Longtime Detroit art collector and archivist Henry Harper, revered across the region for his expertise, called “Everyday People” “the best show that’s been displayed in Detroit in the last ...