CriticCar – Detroit: Giving Voice to Creative Detroit

Journalist Jennifer Conlin was awarded a Knight Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts grant aimed at creating new models for arts and cultural journalism in the digital age. Produced by Artrain, Inc., CriticCar – Detroit will give voice to creative Detroit by capturing and posting the public’s response to variety of cultural events mirroring Detroit’s diversity and creativity. If deemed a success, CriticCar will expand to other cities.

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To listen to the panel discussions, go to:  https://soundcloud.com/art-x-detroit, or click on the embedded clips below.

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Featured artists include: 2011 Kresge Visual Arts Fellows: Corrie Baldauf, Liz Cohen, Olayami Dabls, Design 99, John Dunivant, Bruce Giffin, Scott Hocking, Laith Karmo, Richard Lewis, Hubert Massey, Heather McGill, Mark Newport, and the 2012 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow, Heidi Kaloustian.

More on the exhibition here

MOCAD Museum Hours

Wednesday, Saturday, & Sunday: 11AM – 5PM

Thursday & Friday: 11AM – 8PM

Monday & Tuesday: CLOSED

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“The People’s Vision,” a mural by Hubert Massey

Thanks to everyone who came out and supported Art X. We appreciate your excitement, your willingness to explore new artists, and are thankful for the meaningful exchanges that happened. It was an extraordinary 5 days of programming celebrating the creativity and imagination of the Kresge Eminent Artists and Artist Fellows. This year’s Art X surpassed expectations all around from the buzz on the streets to the crowded venues for the more than 65 performances, readings, exhibitions and panel discussions.

Special thanks to all the venues that participated, including: The Carr Center, the College for Creative Studies, The Detroit Institute of Arts and the Detroit Film Theatre, the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Max M. Fisher Music Center/The Music Box, First Congregational Church, the Garfield Lofts Building, the Majestic Entertainment Center/the Magic Stick/Majestic Theatre, the Michigan Science Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), the N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, the Scarab Club, Wayne State University’s Old Main Building and the Wayne State Press Building, and The Wright Museum. Events like Art X are simply not possible without the participation of Detroit’s arts and cultural organizations.

And here’s to the 38 artists who participated in this year’s festival: 2011 Kresge Eminent Artist Bill Harris and 2012 Kresge Eminent Artist Naomi Long Madgett. The 2011 Kresge Visual Arts Fellows: Corrie Baldauf, Liz Cohen, Olayami Dabls, Design 99, John Dunivant, Bruce Giffin, Scott Hocking, Laith Karmo, Richard Lewis, Hubert Massey, Heather McGill, and Mark Newport. The 2012 Kresge Literary Arts Fellows: Cheryl Alston, Mary Jo Firth Gillett, Lolita Hernandez, Kim Hunter, Michael Hurtt, Stephen Mack Jones, Heidi Kaloustian, Peter Markus, Ken Meisel, Marsha Music, Kathleen Pfeiffer, and Mark Stryker. The 2012 Kresge Performing Arts Fellows: Maria Costa, Don Doop Duprie, Laurie Eisenhower, Bryce Harding, Xiao Dong Wei, Kris Johnson, Natasha Miller, Passalacqua, Terry Peake, Chris Pottinger, Ara Topouzian and Shara Worden. Art X is an amazing example of the creativity, innovation and hard work going on within the Detroit arts scene!

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Metro Times Editor Bryan Gottlieb joins Craig with a preview of events at the 2nd Annual Art X Detroit taking place this week including his picks for the some of the exciting events, performances and artwork of the Kresge Fellows who make up the culturally rich event.

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By Vickie Thomas

For the last two years, Detroit native Aku Kadogo has taught at a university in South Korea.  She has been a resident of Australia since 1978.  The theater director, choreographer, performer and educator is now back home working with Kresge Foundation Eminent Artist Bill Harris for Art X Detroit 2013.

During a recent rehearsal of her stage performance based on Harris’ book, Booker T. and Them, I had a chance to chat with her about her project and her pride in the MotorCity.

“We agreed to work together so I took his book – he calls it a blues bio – and I’ve taken some excerpts and I’m bringing it to life,” said Kadogo.

The performers take the stage Thursday night at the Charles Wright Museum of African-American History.

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The opening-night ceremony of Art X Detroit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit on Wednesday had some of what you would expect, including lots of mingling among the Detroit art scene’s movers and shakers, installations by many of the festival’s artists and remarks from the event’s organizers.

Then there was performance artist and singer Shara Worden, one of the 30-plus Kresge Fellows whose work and performances populate the event taking over Midtown through Sunday.

Read the entire story here with photos

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By Eric Lacy | elacy@mlive.com 
Follow on Twitter on April 10, 2013

DETROIT, MI – Art will encompass Midtown Detroit for the remainder of this week as part of a five-day multidisciplinary celebration called Art X Detroit.

The event is free to the pubic and features a special visual arts exhibition that runs through April 28 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), 4454 Woodward Ave.

Art X Detroit offers a variety of dance, musical and theatrical performances, literary readings, workshops, in-depth panel discussions and more.

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Art X Detroit debuted in 2011 as a free five-day ode to Detroit’s dynamic arts scene. The biennial event features literary, performing and visual artists honored as fellows and eminent artists by the Kresge Foundation, and attracted thousands of people to the city’s Midtown district.

With the coming of spring, Art X Detroit is blossoming again — welcome news for those interested in experiencing the works of several dozen respected Metro Detroit cultural innovators.

Read the entire story here. (with photos)

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From WDET Craig Fahle Show: Detroit has earned a reputation as a hotbed for arts and creative development. George Jacobsenof Kresge Arts discusses the long-term impact of supporting the arts in the Detroit area, and is joined by 2012 Kresge Artist Fellows Xiao Dong Wei and Kim Hunter who give listeners a taste of their upcoming Art X Detroit 2013 performances.

Performing artist Xiao Dong Wei is a vocalist and multi-insturmentalist. Wei’s Art X performance, “Wolf Smoke”, will feature unique arrangements of world music and traditional Chinese instruments. Today, Wei plays the Chinese string instrument, the Erhu (are-hoe).

Poet Kim Hunter is a lifelong Detroiter and public schools Poet-in-Residence through Inside-Out Literary Arts Detroit. His Art X Detroit reading of the short story The Official Report on Human Activity or Long for an Elephant, an Essay will feature a musical and video accompaniments.

Read the whole article here.

More about Kim Hunter here. More about Xiao Dong Wei here.

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