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  • StudioVisit.SophiaMoreno
  • Studio Visit: Sophia Moreno
  • Sophia Moreno is a designer and artist based in Detroit. Her work delves into themes of hyper-femininity, excess, and adornment, with a particular interest in exploring low-brow aesthetics....

    Studio Visit

    July 28, 2024

  • StudioVisit.MorganStrong
  • Studio Visit: Morgan Strong
  • Morgan Strong is a multimedia artist, currently based in Detroit. Her work is interdisciplinary and sculptural—consisting of many 3D elements, and various mediums, with a particular gravitation toward metals and fibers. She often blends these two modes together in her main body of work, juxtaposing the harsh and fragile...

    Studio Visit

    May 13, 2024

  • StudioVisit.MahaHmayed
  • Studio Visit: Maha Hmayed
  • Maha Hmayed is a Lebanese Detroit-based mixed media analog collage and lens-based artist. She channels inspiration from the ethereal realms of her dreams, working intuitively and tapping into her subconscious mind through the exploration of the human psyche, desires, fears, and the interpretation of symbols...

    Studio Visit

    March 4, 2024

  • StudioVisit.JoshuaKochis
  • Studio Visit: Joshua Kochis
  • Joshua Kochis considers his creative practice as a collaboration with the natural world, and the ecology of Southeast Michigan in particular...

    Studio Visit

    January 22, 2024

  • Studio Visit: Cyrah Dardas
  • Dardas uses her art practice as a tool in remembering the lost relationships between humans and non-human beings because of the extractive nature of capitalism by regulating and healing our collective body to restore interdependency...

    Studio Visit

    November 20, 2023

  • StudioVisit.NicholasPolisuk
  • Studio Visit: Nicholas Polisuk
  • Nicholas Polisuk (b.1989, Detroit, MI) is an artist whose practice is concerned with the preservation of print media. Their recent work has focused on assembling two-dimensional collage works from collected print and digital materials...

    Studio Visit

    August 7, 2023

  • StudioVisit.KelseyArrington
  • Studio Visit: Kelsey Arrington
  • Through her artwork, Arrington investigates the depths of identity in the context of American sociocultural anthropology. Working through a process of research and photographic manipulation, she aims to excavate personal truths regarding her own Blackness and womanhood.

    Studio Visit

    June 21, 2023

  • StudioVisit.EmiliaNawrocki
  • Studio Visit: Emilia Nawrocki
  • Emilia Nawrocki creates work using their own body to explore the facets of her identity along with the battle of one's relationship with their body image when struggling with mental illness, societal expectations, etc...

    Studio Visit

    April 22, 2023

  • StudioVisit.MaddieDuda
  • Studio Visit: Maddie Duda
  • Maddie Duda's work explores a variety of techniques with an emphasis on painting with acrylic paints and sewing using second-hand materials. Her work draws inspiration from childhood memories and vintage items to explore themes of nostalgia and the contrast between light and dark. With dreamy color palettes and touches of glitter, her work is far from minimalist...

    Studio Visit

    February 20, 2023

  • FigureClub.HeatherAnger.RichRiquist
  • Figure Club
  • The Figure Club of Detroit provides the opportunity to sculpt from life...

    An interview with Heather Anger and Rich Wiquist

    January 30, 2023