Ok, I need your help with something… As I was out digging in the yard yesterday, leveling off a small patch of ground next to the house for a raised herb garden, my shovel hit what I at first thought was a very large rock. When I cleared away the topsoil to investigate, though, I […]
By Mark | November 4, 2014
A few months ago, the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation presented a $1,000 cash grant to artist Lea Bult for the establishment of a small, 24-hour micro gallery in what had been a vacant shop window looking out on Ashley Street, near the intersection with Liberty, in downtown Ann Arbor. And, now that it’s up and […]
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By Mark | October 13, 2014
It’s somewhat disjointed, but I shot a few snippets of video on Friday as I was putting the Illuminated Underground Micro-Gallery into the ground at the Water Street Sculpture Park, and I wanted to share it with those of you who weren’t able to make it out and see it in person this past weekend. […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged apple seeds, apples, beard hair, Dale Grover, hydrogen cyanide, Maker Works, Rob Todd, subterranean gallery, Water Street Commons, Water Street Sculpture Park |
By Mark | October 10, 2014
It took almost the entire day, but the new gallery is now open.
By Mark | October 5, 2014
I’m in the basement tonight, breathing in black mold and trying my best to make good on a promise. For the past few years, I’d been kicking around an idea for a tiny subterranean micro-gallery, which would be visible to only one person at a time, though a tiny window cut into the ground. The […]