That little art project I told you about a few days ago is coming along nicely. I could have probably done a better job with the construction of the box, but I imagine that it’llĀ support the weight of people walking over it once it’s in the ground, which is all that really matters. I’d purchased […]
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Hummer burial in Detroit
Today, as progressive groups from around the nation were massing in Detroit in preparation for tomorrow’s much anticipated U.S. Social Forum, the folks from Code Pink, together with Tyree Guyton and volunteers from the Heidelberg Project, came together to bury a burned-out Hummer. Here, from a May post on the Code Pink website, written on […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit, Politics Also tagged art cars, Code Pink, Ellery Street, Fuck You H2, gas mileage, General Motors, GM, H2, Heidelberg Project, Heidelberg Street, Hummer, Humvee, protest art, SUVs, tax loopholes, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Tyree Guyton, U.S. Social Forum, visionary art, WXYZ 8 Comments
Announcing the FLY Children’s Art Center
My friend Ruth Marks is launching an incredibly cool children’s art program in Ypsi called FLY, and I had an opportunity this weekend to ask her a few questions about it… Here’s the interview: MARK: So, what’s FLY? RUTH: FLY Children’s Art Center is a non-profit organization that makes meaningful art making experiences accessible to […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti Also tagged 826, activities for kids, art, Cincinnati, Dearborn Public Schools, FLY, FLY Children's Art Center, For the Love of Ypsilanti, Hair Wars, Happen Inc, kinetic sculpture, kinetic Sculpture race, local non-profits, marble chutes, mobiles, new models for non-profits, powers and limitations of masking tape, risk taking, Ruth Marks, San Francisco Children's Art Center, scenery painting, sewing, teaching in public school, Willow Run Community Schools 9 Comments