sculpture garden planning class at Del Ray 2009
instructors: Janice Polzin and Christy Spidell
I work at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit in the Community Arts Partnerships office. We equip artists with teaching skills and they go into the community (schools, comm centers, and religions institutions) and teach high quality art to Detroit’s youth for free. Saturdays, we provide portfolio building classes that work with each student to build their portfolio and help them get into art & design schools/careers.
DNAW (detroit neighborhood arts workshop) Family Day 2006
student drawings
community+public arts: DETROIT unites public art artists in Detroit and they work to beautify the city and unite communities through public art pieces. We have a public art artist roster open to anyone creating public art in the city - used as a resource that we direct our many inquiries to.
mosaic benches in sw detroit - 2008 project
lead artist: Mary Laredo Herbeck
I was devastated when they whitewashed the highways into Detroit last week (for the final four). Beautiful graffiti murals are gone and everything is so impersonal and sterile. Detroit is a vibrant community and art is its breath. Art is Detroit’s past, present, and future.
photo of graffiti taken by 07-08 SURA Arts Academy student
chadsey-condon neighborhood
photo instructors: Ashlee Rezin and Micaela Ruiz
Follow this link to learn more about the threat to art in Michigan.
http://www.miartattack.org/
