Congrats @CultureLabDET for receiving support from @NEAarts for raising awareness about how investment in arts and culture contributes to sustainable neighborhood development.
Honored to receive support from @NEAarts! Over the next two years we’ll be working with @CityofDetroit to facilitate collaborations with local neighborhoods and artists to show how investment in arts and culture contributes to sustainable neighborhood development. Thank you!
An artist panel on found material in contemporary African-American art, a special activation of Nari Ward's "Naturalization Drawing Table," and more, this week at the New Museum: https://t.co/269XriBBXA
Can't wait for full release of "Never Silent. Never Still," which showcases the 18 2018 Kresge Artist Fellows? For now you can watch the trailer. Full release goes online later this week. https://t.co/u7lMkywDGF
Happy Spring! In the spirit of this season of renewal, Culture Lab Detroit has dived into a process of evaluation and we want to hear from you! Share your thoughts about arts in Detroit by completing a 2 minute survey and be entered into a drawing for $50 https://t.co/rrkeF0ckHq
Nari Ward's smaller sculptures — not his larger, site-specific works — feel most profound at the New Museum, which is giving him a midcareer retrospective, our critic Martha Schwendener writes in her review https://t.co/qptL9mgs6F
Toni Morrison is 88 today, and we all should explore and revisit her work today to honor her. Her birthday feels like a holiday of sorts for black writers, in particular, and this 2003 Hilton Als profile illustrates why. https://t.co/8LlX8Cd9vx
“Being a black woman writer is not a shallow place but a rich place to write from. It doesn’t limit my imagination; it expands it,” Toni Morrison, who turns eighty-eight today, said. https://t.co/FVq9RCgXeN
Ian Finkelstein's Duality Detroit is celebrating black history month by highlighting musical genres pioneered by African American artists. A different genre is featured each week, Wednesdays starting at 9pm at @motorcitywine. https://t.co/RUZCm6KCHl
i want to introduce you to eddie. eddie asked his mom to play “i’m here” and in doing so MADE MY WEEKEND. hope your day is as good as eddie’s today, tho i’m afraid you’ll never have this kind of sauce.
Culture Lab Detroit 2018 participant, @dreamhampton writes about Detroit Activist Siwatu-Salama Ra for @Essence - important read. https://t.co/4eo5xhKVJS
Detroit visit reviewed in @art_agenda: "'Those who see Detroit as a no-man’s land just waiting to be developed, should take heed of @dreamhampton's words: This city is a place 'with a black history, a black present, and a black future.'” https://t.co/n8r0Ip8DQk