The following was written as a project proposal for my final metalsmithing class at Wayne State University. I was tasked with writing a proposal for a specific body of work which explained the concepts and design choices that would go into the resulting art pieces. The project ultimately veered off in another direction, but this proposal still stands as a description of what could be. A ‘hypothetical-art,’ if you will...
Wyatt Thiry
May 12, 2025
art, literature - detroit city
A series of paintings by Marissa Jezak, inspired by the aesthetics of Detroit’s Movement 2024 festival...
Marissa Jezak
August 5, 2024
art - detroit city
This place has been relatively neglected compared to the well groomed public park across the canal; to find the location for the show, we toured the landscape of high grass, fallen trees and broken concrete paths. Marissa Jezak was the curator of the show, inviting artists who she felt had an affinity for magic, folklore and craft...
Ashley Cook, Genevieve Goffman, Oda Haugerud, Marissa Jezak, Madeline Kuzak and Jackie Valadez
October 31, 2022
art - detroit city
On September 23, 2022, the exhibition With a Flick of a Tale opened at Loner, an unconventional exhibition space in Paris located in the attic above the apartment of Gilles Jacot, who directs and curates for the space. As a collaborative project between Linda Voorwinde and Ashley Cook, the show served as a recollection of a series of chaotic events in Detroit and Hamtramck that happened 5 years ago in 2017...
Linda Voorwinde and Ashley Cook
October 27, 2022
art, culture - detroit city, central europe
Chloe Sells
April 25, 2022
art - detroit city
In the end I’m not trying to find anything too specific. I just enjoy the thrill of looking in deep waters of the self, sometimes using Jungian archetypes as guidance tools, but in the end it’s all about getting in contact with the stuff dreams and nightmares are made of, because we wouldn’t be without it...
Juan Diego Covarrubias
December 6, 2021
art - latin america
We often see the curatorial arts rely heavily on white-walled galleries and cube-like centerfolds embellished by cocktail parties and small talk. The simpler the space, the easier for the viewer to digest the art, correct? With conceptual art cementing its place within the contemporary art world, the traditions of art institutions, as well as the art market, are in question. How do we make art spaces more accessible to a broader audience, therefore easing the process of artists’ presentation of work?...
Lydia Kuzak
February 8, 2021
art - detroit city
After a cloudy day of avoiding potholes, driving at sunset while everything glows orange is a necessary meditation. Driving around in a city this big introduces techniques and etiquette specific to the neighborhoods—learning when to roll through the lights or maintain speed while someone is stood in the turning lane is part of demonstrating respect for the areas passed through. Detroiters made the cars, and they make the rules too. Enjoy the view while it lasts and stay reckless...
Amelia Gillis
January 11, 2021
art, literature - detroit city
At TCF they scream “stop the steal”, we insist that there’s no evidence. We insist on science, reason, civil society, even democracy after it was a fiction all year. The water in the Catskills is so cold it stops time. I imagine I can float here for ten years, steeling myself for another 6 months of 2020. I’ll have all the answers when I get out of the water. The teenagers 5.9 feet away are from the future. Maybe that’s why I keep getting plucked out of the frying pan, to give them the pros and cons of civilization before our world is forgotten forever. There’s a lot to be said for it, which is why we keep ending up in a defensive position...
Walter Lucken IV and Dominic Palarchio
December 28, 2020
art, literature - detroit city
The goal of psychoanalysis is to turn neurotic suffering into normal human misery. Obsession as attempt to solve ambivalence felt to be dangerous...Smoldering reek of shame. Blood smiles out at me...You can’t turn it off. Diversion to diversion to diversion to diversion...
Levi Okla
September 7, 2020
art, literature - detroit city