This past summer, as I was killing knapwed at Water Street Commons, I had the good fortune of meeting Polly Yates, an artist from England who happened to be spending several weeks in Ypsilanti. After chatting with her a bit about her work, and the several pieces of artwork which have sprung up on Water […]
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Art, Food, Sex and Trauma: Mark Maynard shoots the shit with humankind’s most important artists… Episode 6: Polly Yates
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Amy Sacksteder, anonymity, art food sex and trauma, artist residency, Call the Midwife, Chicago, collage, Death, eye contact, Facebook, fish and chips, found objects, found photographs, ghosts, grief, interviews, Mark Dickson, midwifery, Neon Heater Gallery, Polly Yates, Roman Susan Gallery, salt and vinegar, sausage, savaloy, Stalin, street food, surveillance culture, Taylor Ervin, Theresa Rickloff, weeding, YardWork, Ypsilanti Historical Society 7 Comments
First Fridays Ypsilanti to grow with A2Awesome grant
Around the country, several communties have what are referred to as First Friday events, where, on the first Friday of each month, various venues coordinate new art installations and the like, encouraging people to come out, stroll between them, etc. Well, for the past several months, things have been ramping up locally, and, this past […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Awesome Foundation, Ypsilanti Also tagged AmeriCorps, art crawl, art students, art walks, Arts Alliance, Beezy's, Bona Sera, Caleb Zweifler, Community Rebirth, Deb Ennis, Depot Town, dishdogs, dishwashing, dishwolfing, DIYpsi, Eastern Michigan University, Elize Jekabson, fiber art, First Fridays, First Fridays Ypsilanti, FLY Children's Art Center, illustrations, Kayj Michelle, micro-philanthropy, paintings, photography, pop-up galleries, pop-up retail, public art, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside Park, San Jose, sculpture, Shadow Art Fair, Teresa Gillotti, Ugly Mug, vacant storefronts, Washtenaw Community College, workshops 11 Comments