Isabelle Weiss is the founder and director of the I.M. Weiss Gallery, a Detroit-based exhibition space dedicated to representing artists whose work stands at the forefront of contemporary craft and design. Her education in the History of Art and Linguistics from the University of Michigan paired with an appraisal accreditation from International Society of Appraisers has equipped her as a crucial figure within Detroit’s creative community. This weekend she will be debuting her newest project, Art in Action...

An interview with Isabelle Weiss

March 4, 2026

Subgenre--Black Business, Mind Theirs: Christmas is not late, you are! But we got you covered with a shopping guide for those on CPT, shop local Black-businesses for your last-minute gifts that will really make someone smile!

Saybin Samone Roberson and Catie Goins

December 22, 2025

For anyone who has ever noticed the small old-time wooden hut during a casual stroll through Shed 4 of Eastern Market may have wondered what goes on inside. Maybe the window was closed to reveal a hand-painted clock by Tyree Guyton, but if it was open, you could see stacks of shoes spanning eras and trends, all waiting to be tended to by Moe Draper, the Detroit Boot Cobbler...

An Interview with Moe Draper

September 1, 2025

Mr. Spotless celebrates it's fourth Halloween as Detroit's first haunted car wash. Here, Runner Magazine interviews Fathel Salha, who came up with the idea to start this spooky seasonal attraction at his family's buisness...

An Interview with Fathel Salha

October 23, 2024

Art Clvb is a Detroit-based Market Network created in 2022 by Steve and Dorota Coy with the intention of facilitating connections between artists, collectors, curators, galleries, and individuals involved in the local art ecosystem...

Ashley Cook

September 23, 2024

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

With over 40 books in print, many of them sold out, there seems to be a vast array of different artists included in the Rotland Press collection, however there is a consistency in its visual and literary aesthetic, “mordant amusement and exuberant despair”...

An interview with Ryan Standfest

November 7, 2022

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

B_KS@ is a Detroit-based bookstore that sources rare and high-quality magazines and books from around the world, offering locals the opportunity to access and acquire them in person...

A conversation between Ruben Cardenas and Ashley Cook

March 14, 2022