Langford acknowledged the influence of many in attendance, including her parents. Artist Addie Langford made an appearance at the N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art on Sunday, Nov. 24, to talk about the debut of her painted work, one of three solo galleries within “CONSTRUCTIONS,” which also includes work by Heloisa Pomfret and Nanette Carter. She […]

Jacqui Au kicked off the reading with a mixture of levity and gravity. Woodward Line Poetry, a monthly poetry series at the Scarab Club, held its regular meeting Wednesday, Nov. 20, with a curated collection of work from local ladies, Jacqui Au, Destiny Dorozan and Laura Beyer. Au led off the evening with a series of […]

Director and co-writer Rola Nashef introduces her film. Tonight (Nov. 19) is your last chance to see the first release of “Detroit Unleaded,” a small, independent film co-written and directed by Rola Nashef. The filmed premiered in the United States on Wednesday, Nov. 13, for a weeklong opening run at the Detroit Film Theatre. Nashef […]

The opening party for “Cut Paste Borrow Burn” at Public Pool. Saturday, November 9th marked the opening of “Cut Paste Borrow Burn,” a show of new work by two artists, collagist Christina Galasso and multimedia artist Anne Harrington Hughes, at Public Pool in Hamtramck. Detail of “Beautifully Broken” by Christina Galasso. “Water Meets Sky” by Anne Harrington […]

To see “Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams,” a collection of work never previously shown by Jessica Frelinghuysen, without the context of her finished work and installation pieces, is like hearing the set-up for a joke but missing out on the punchline. Or put better, seeing the assorted gouache rough sketches, video sculpture, and snippets of […]

Alley Culture – the best possible outcome to wandering down alleys. Friday, November 1st brought the opening of “Working Title” at Alley Culture, and surely there has never been a cozier or more welcoming experimental gallery space. It takes the brave of heart to wander down alleys in Woodbridge, but on Fridays and Saturdays from 3-6 […]

One ofrenda featured the work of a high-school teacher’s 12th graders’ skull self-portraits, prompted by the question, “What would you like to leave behind as a legacy?” In celebration of the traditional Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos, the DIA sponsored a special installation of 10 traditional and nontraditional “ofrendas,” which are altars created by […]

Tima is the robot girl at the center of Metropolis (2001). On Sunday, October 27th, the Detroit Film Theatre screened the 2001 anime version of Metropolis, loosely based on the original 1927 German silent film of the same name, directed by Fritz Lang. Aside from the very basic character elements of a wealthy industrialist, his […]

Detail from “Fertility Goddess’ Survival Kit” (2013). Congratulations are due all over the place at Popps Packing—to the Popps Packing family on their new addition, Joseph, who is six weeks old and a living work of art, and to Lauren Rice, whose show of new work, “Tools for Better Living,” opened at the Popps Packing […]

The scene at 2739 Edwin coalesces around Robert Bailey’s odd microcosms. Saturday, October 12th was the rare opportunity to gaze into the world of Robert Bailey. “.”—a presentation of his work—opened at 2739 Edwin, and this Saturday, October 26th  is the final chance to see it before it closes. The closing will include an artist’s talk […]

On Friday, October 18, the MOCAD (a Knight Arts grantee) hosted the first Detroit installment of Brain Frame, an ongoing series of performative comix readings started in Chicago by art student and experimental filmmaker Lyra Hill. As with the Chicago event, which takes place regularly every other month, Hill was on hand to host an evening […]