#mocad

[walkingdetroit]

Garfield Street

As a new(ish) Detroiter, I'm always exploring new streets and discovering hidden gems along the way. After checking out MOCAD last year, I kept walking down Garfield Street to see what else was along my path.

You've probably seen the fluorescent "Everything Is Going To Be Alright" sign outside Woodward's Museum of Contemporary Art, but did you know there's an entire alley of shops and cafes along Garfield?

I stopped into Seva after visiting the DIA on Friday after hearing about their vegan Coney Dog. Although it was a rotating item and no longer on the menu, I opted for a bowl of soup and their vegan garlic bread. Seva has a great Happy Hour from 4-6, featuring half-off appetizers and drink specials.

While you're in the neighborhood, check out Sugar Hill Clay and the N'Namdi Center!

[instructionsonback]

Simulation Conquest

18” x 24”

By

Jaevonn Harris

[moonbyair]

Revok @ MocaD

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🙏🏿#ArtIsAWeapon #Artist: Judy Bowman @judybowmanartist #Artwork: Mary Don't You Weep #judybowmanart #judybowmanartist #mothermary #babyjesus #merrychristmas #collageart #collage #blackjesus #contempoaryart #collageart #finearts #MOCAD #detroitartist @mocadetroit #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CmUrIPFvvsL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[digitalcreationtest]

[daredevildimes]

MOCAD, Detroit, 2024

[potentialproblem01]

Mocad

[magouka]

Ellen Fullman performs at MOCAD

[graywyvern]

( via / via )

"I am aware of the pejorative associations of the word 'escapist,' but I insist that we need all the escapism we can get and even that isn’t going to be enough."

"Am perhaps hitting peak ouroborian metaverse consciousness as I am tweeting about the fact I just read a 400-page PhD dissertation about Twitter." --@paisleyrekdal

There's fake news--then there's fake elements.

Right-Guesser

Nearly to the moon, those summit window-washers, only a short span beyond: & i on the ground gazing directly up at the two (only because my neighbor did) --i stare at that gibbous moon esconced in azure illusion, & think

one riddle more to cure me of riddles

Live at MOCAD.

"Too many people think my fiction sets out to scare them. No. Almost never. My fiction, to the degree that it can be said to have a goal, sets out to make the reader feel awe, wonder. It's just that the path to awe is often disquieting." --@auntbeast

Ocean.

[walkingdetroit]

Stumbled upon this lone ice sculpture on the sidewalk outside of MOCAD. 🧊

[laikanet]

On the wall (at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit - MOCAD) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkWYsAAvZzM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[freshthoughts2020]

UNITED

18” x 24”

by

JAEVONN HARRIS

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🎨#ArtIsAWeapon #exhibitopening

I saw this gorgeous exhibit last year at @mocadetroit in Sydney's hometown, and I am so excited to see it again in mine!!!

Sydney G. James @sydneygjames

Girl Raised In Detroit

On view at Jane Lombard Gallery January 12 - February 17, 2024

Opening Reception January 12, 6PM-8PM

📍58 White Street, #NYC

☎️212.967.8040

⏰️Tuesday - Friday, 10AM - 6PM; Saturday, 11AM - 6PM

Reposted @janelombardgallery Jane Lombard Gallery is excited to present “Girl Raised in Detroit,” a solo exhibition by Detroit-based artist Sydney G. James. Following her recent exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, “Girl Raised in Detroit” will feature new and existing large-scale sculptural paintings and installations. The featured works continue James’ exploration into themes of community, connectivity, and identity.

👚

Known for taking on the walls of buildings as her substrate of choice, James pares down her portraits for Girl Raised in Detroit by a magnitude that delicately balances intimacy with monumentality. On canvas, James delineates members of her immediate circle on a larger-than-life scale using striking, vivid colors that evoke joy, pain, strength, and resilience. Orchestrating an artist-muse relationship that speaks to her subjects’ lived experiences and personal histories, James fosters an environment wherein both parties can engage in reciprocal emotional support. In her series Bereavement?, James depicts her subjects respectively shedding masks made from repurposed clothing items that carry personal traumas, acknowledging the freighted history of sequestering racial struggles behind a façade.

The artist seeks to establish spaces of freedom and security that mirror the creative sanctuaries of the city that raised her...

“Girl Raised in Detroit” opens with a reception on January 12 from 6 - 8 PM. Come meet the artist!

🔗read more:

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Image 1: Sydney G. James, “Serving Tee Liberation,” 2023. Multimedia on canvas, 96 x 174 inches.

Image 2: Portrait of the artist. Photo by Lamar Landers. @sydneygjames

Images 3-7: Mine at MOCAD May 2023

#SydneyJames #Artist

#DetroitArtist #BlackArtists #BlackWomanArtist

#BlackGirlArtGeeks

[juliesandothings]

from the Nep Sidhu: Paradox of Harmonics show at MOCAD

https://mocadetroit.org/nep-sidhu/

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CAN WE FIX IT?!

9” x 12”

by Jaevonn Harris