Samara is an artist and curator whose work is deeply rooted in building sustainable, community-centered support systems for artists in Detroit. She founded Buffalo Prescott in 2024 in collaboration with Leto Rankine, and together, they have developed a model that combines residency, exhibition, and public programming to meet artists where they are, with particular attention to care, long-term practice, and accessibility...
A Conversation with Samara Furlong
June 1, 2026
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The next phase of art is in tech. Ashanti Africana is the creative director and lead designer behind Naaz Lab — an experimental creative lab creating immersive, interactive art experiences meant to be felt, explored, and experienced...
Saybin Samone Roberson and Catie Goins
January 19, 2026
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“Rickski” (b.1981, Detroit, MI) is a self taught, observational painter who’s work combines figurative illustration and abstraction, while using various painting mediums and traditional methods. His roots in painting/art making started many years ago as a young graffiti writer and has eventually evolved into a disciplined studio practice exploring oil painting on canvas to more recently working with watercolor/gouache...
Studio Visit
July 13, 2025
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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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Mary-Ann Monforton is back in Detroit after living in New York City for 48 years. Here she offers a glimpse of her NYC life and what she is doing since her return...
Ashley Cook
October 17, 2024
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Hamtramck, Michigan is the home of a few different ceramic studios, with the newest one being Porcelinen. Vanessa Beard has been working as a ceramicist for many years, officially starting her business in 2019, and opening a storefront and studio in 2022...
An interview with Vanessa Beard
August 26, 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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In Beatrice’s time stewarding Arnold’s, the city of Detroit was re-narrativized at least 10 times, from all sides. It was a wild time to be alive in the world, and a wild world to be trying to make sense within, especially as a young artist...
Beatrice Von Rague Schleyer and Mïï Gunn
October 16, 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Figure Club of Detroit provides the opportunity to sculpt from life...
An interview with Heather Anger and Rich Wiquist
January 30, 2023
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