8:00 – 9:00 pm – Detroit institute of Art – Rivera Court
Multi-media Presentation, The Troublemakers: The True, Epic Story of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Depression-era Detroit, with Louis Aguilar

9:30 – 11:00 pm – Detroit Institute of Art – Rivera Court
Flamenco Dance Performance, Raices/Roots, with Valeria “La Chispa” Montes and Company

12:30 – 1:15 am – Majestic Theater Center – Magic Stick
Music Performance, Timmy Lampinen’s band, Timmy’s Organism. Human Eye will not be performing. This performance will be preceded and followed by a DJ.

• MOCAD – 4454 Woodward
• Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History – 315 E. Warren
• College for Creative Studies – 201 E. Kirby
• Detroit Institute of Arts – 5200 Woodward
• Detroit Public Library, Main Branch – 5201 Woodward
• Detroit Science Center – 5020 John R
• The Heidelberg Project/Guyton Studio – 42 Watson
• Leopold’s Books – 15 E. Kirby (in the Park Shelton)
• Majestic Theater Center – 4140 Woodward
• N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art – 52 E. Forest
• The Scarab Club – 217 E. Farnsworth
• Tech II (the former Dalgleish Cadillac Building) – 6160 Cass
• Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center – 311 E. Grand River
• Wayne State University – various locations
• First Congregational Church – 33 E. Forest
• University Cultural Center Association – 3939 Woodward
• Various neighborhood hotspots in Midtown Detroit, including:  Avalon International Breads, Bureau of Urban Living, as well as various restaurants.

Call the University Cultural Center Association at 313.420.6000 for more information on Art X Detroit, or to obtain your program today!  For a printable pdf of the Art X Detroit schedule, click here.

Friday, April 1, 2011
Location: Detroit Institute of Art, Exterior Building Wall on John R Street

Detroit

Announced today, the schedule for the five-day festival, which begins April 6, opens a window on the depth and diversity of artists, musicians and writers working in metro Detroit. The festival will feature the work of 38 Kresge Foundation artist fellows and eminent artists appearing at more than 40 separate events — all free of charge — from art exhibitions to music and dance performances, literary readings and panel discussions.

The festival will be held in more than a dozen locations through the Midtown neighborhood.

The Troy-based Kresge Foundation is sponsoring Art X. The foundation has poured millions into local arts and culture in recent years, including the creation of annual $25,000 individual artist fellowships and $50,000 eminent artist awards.

A major exhibition of work by the visual arts fellows will be seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit through April 24. Elsewhere, musicians such as the rapper Invincible and experimental jazz-classical composer Joel Peterson will perform, poet Rachel Harkai and novelist Lynn Crawford will be featured in readings and a plethora of panel discussions will address topics such as environmental art, the role of the artist in the 21st Century and publishing new works.

More at artxdetroit.com or detroitmidtown.com.

Contact Mark Stryker: 313-222-6459 or mstryker@freepress.com