All in a Month...

Pinckney Homecoming 2009

Wii Bowling at Ma Howard's

Wedding

Me and Jay at the Wedding Reception

Halloween with Friends

Filming of Red Dawn outside our office window (New Center, Detroit)

Makeover

Birthday Party

Metromode - highlighting the positive

Metromode is a website that chose to go against the trend and highlight the positive instead of the negative. I was chosen to be featured on their "Jobs Landed" page that highlights those in metro Detroit that have landed a job within the last year or so. Check it out :) http://www.metromodemedia.com/jobslanded/Default.aspx

They approached me for a profile and this is what you'll find on the site:


Lynn Blasey

Job Title:	Community Arts Partnerships Program Coordinator
Company:	College for Creative Studies
College:	Michigan State University, Bachelor of Arts, History, East Lansing, MI
High School:	Pinckney Community High School, Pinckney, MI

I work in the Community Arts Partnerships (CAP) Department at CCS. CAP develops and maintains partnerships between CCS and the Metro Detroit community to provide unique and effective art and design education and enrichment programs for young people, schools, and community organizations.

Community involvement is a crucial component of CAP’s successful approach to providing programs that inspire young people from diverse backgrounds to make the visual arts a part of their lives, bring education in art, design and new technologies to the greater community, and inform young people about career opportunities in visual art and design. All CAP programs are free for Detroit youth and are facilitated by professional artist faculty. CAP programs serve over 4,000 kids annually. I also work with community+public art: DETROIT, a public art movement in the city to involve the community in the process of creating public art.

I manage 25-35 faculty in addition to interns and work study students. This includes payroll, communication, scheduling, billing, filing, supply orders, problem solving, teacher support, etc... I also schedule & coordinate Career Day tours of the CCS campus for area middle school students. Tours are designed to enhance their art experience and give those students interested in arts careers insight into what Art School can be like.

DEMF 2009

I had a wonderful time this year at DEMF... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Electronic_Music_Festival

Beatport Tent Monday Afternoon

Vitamin Water Tent Monday night

Vitamin Water Tent Saturday afternoon

Me Monday afternoon

Me and Tara Sunday Afternoon

Me, Tara, Kellen Sunday Night

For fun videos - look on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D6ECDA69A12E5D8D&search_query=DEMF+2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2BE7mvKu5Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D99pgGadS4

creations

I've gotten into sewing lately...


making shoes for the neighbor's dog

and some shirts for me.

shirt 1 front

shirt 1 back

shirt 2 front

Shirt 2 front detail

shirt 2 back (kinda bad, took it myself)

Arab American National Museum

The Arab American National Museum is the first museum in the world devoted to Arab American history and culture.

Arab Americans have enriched the economic, political and cultural landscape of American life. By bringing the voices and faces of Arab Americans to mainstream audiences, the museum continues its commitment to dispel misconceptions about Arab Americans and other minorities. The Museum brings to light the shared experiences of immigrants and ethnic groups, paying tribute to the diversity of our nation.

Art in Detroit

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/

DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts

DIWAN: a forum for the arts

DIWAN was awesome this year! Here are some pics to summarize.

Friday, March 27th

Open Mic Night

...and Dance Party

Saturday, March 28th

Panels

Comedy

Presenters of Arab Culture