Dreamland was a collaborative event between Blueprint and Doll’s Night, two of Detroit's most inclusive dance parties and organizations. Learn about this collaboration from the creators themselves...

Saybin Samone Roberson and Catie Goins

June 24, 2026

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The Soothsayings of Iris, created in 2020 by artists Lauren Huret and Maria Guta, is a film that examines the topic of influence in the digital age. Through the employment of Vogue’s “73 Questions” rapid-fire interview format, the fictional character Iris, who is a mystical influencer living in Switzerland, gives a tour of her home while answering questions ranging from basic interests to esoteric craft...

Ashley Cook interviews Maria Guta and Lauren Huret

December 16, 2024

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There’s something circuitous about seeing masses of textile art, in the old Boyer-Campbell Building, in the Milwaukee Junction neighborhood of Detroit. The building was once a factory and warehouse for an automotive supply company...

Lisa John Rogers

September 28, 2024

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A liveliness radiates from the vivid, energetically charged works by Progressive Art Studio Collective (PASC) members, currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Featuring 37 artists, the exhibition marks the progress of the past three years of the program, which offers artistic guidance and exhibition opportunities for adults with disabilities in the Metro Detroit area...

Marissa Jezak

January 1, 2024

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These five artists and curators decided to come together with a commitment to create platforms for their peers on the margins through as many ways as possible. Since 2017, they have organized talks, exhibitions, performances, workshops, publications as well as participated in already established initiatives around Detroit, the United States, and abroad...

Ashley Cook

May 2, 2022

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The history of art in Detroit encompasses the story of C-Pop, an exhibition space that started when Michael Lask responded to Rick Manore's ad in The Metro Times about old concert posters...

Michael Lask and Rick Manore, narrated by Ashley Cook

April 18, 2022

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The work presented in their most recent exhibition Outer Heaven at No Place Gallery in Columbus, Ohio holds a sense of stoicism above their previous exhibitions...

Ashley Cook

November 16, 2020

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