C+PAD will be hosting a Community Forum meeting at the new Garage Cultural, a new creative community space brought together by Ismael Duran and Lydia Gutierrez. The forum will take place on January 26th at 5:30 pm at 3439 Livernois & Otis in Southwest Detroit. This expansion meeting will be an opportunity to have an open dialogue to discuss the successes we have seen with C+PAD, areas of improvement and growth within the southwest community. Come make your voice heard, and discuss the possibilities of expansion into literary and performing arts!
Feliz Navidad ~ Merry Christmas
Ismael Duran and Lydia Gutierrez invite you to celebrate “A Christmas Posadas and Bazar,” in their new proposed art and cultural center in development. The Garage Cultural Center of Art and Creativity located at 3429 Livernois & Otis in Southwest Detroit will be open to the public on Friday, December 16th from 4pm-9pm and Saturday, December 17th from 12pm (noon)- 7pm. There will be Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Traditional foods, a Photographic Exhibit, a Kid’s Ceramic Show, and Christmas songs. The event is free and free exhibitor’s tables are available. Bring something nice to donate to the Center, anything from an old chair, art work, some nails, screws, paint, piece of furniture, etc. and show your support for this new community initiative. Below is the official flyer information, and contact information.
FELIZ NAVIDAD – MERRYÂ CHRISTMAS
ISMAEL DURAN and LYDIA GUTIERREZ
INVITE YOU TO CELEBRATE
” AÂ CHRISTMASÂ POSADASÂ AND BAZAR “
IN OUR NEW PROPOSED
ART ANDÂ CULTURALÂ CENTER
in development ( under construction )
“Â GARAGEÂ CULTURAL”
CENTER OF ART AND CREATIVITY
3439 LIVERNOISÂ & OTIS
SOUTHWEST DETROIT.MI 48210
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16
4 pm. – 9 pm.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17
12 pm.(Noon) – 7 pm.
ARTS CRAFTS – ENTERTAINMENT – TRADITIONAL FOODS
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT -Â CHRISTMASÂ SONGS
KID’S CERAMIC SHOW
Photographic Exhibit
Amelia Duran
( Southwest Detroit)
Painting and Grabados
Tato Ayres
(Cuba)
Paintings
Leon Chavez Teixeiro
(Mexico D.F.)
Ceramic Art Work
Students of Diana Alba
and Mary Duran
FREE ENTRANCEÂ – ENTRADA GRATIS
FREE EXHIBITOR’SÂ TABLE ARE AVAILABLE
(Just bring something nice to donate to the Center)
Old chair, art work, some nails, screws, paint, piece of furniture,etc.)
CONTACT: ISMAEL DURAN -Â (313) 475-2205
EMAIL:Â garagecultural@gmail.com
web:Â www.duranproductions.com/garagecultural
” WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DREAM FOR OUR COMMUNITY “
ALL WE NEED IS LOVE
WE WILL BE PRESENTING OUR ACTION PLAN
for the GARAGE CULTURAL TO THE COMMUNITY
Downtowns of Promise
The Cody-Rouge Community & Joy-Southfield Community Development Corporation will be presenting the Joy-Southfield, Commercial Corridor Strategic Plan, Phase 2 Design and Implementation on December 14, 2011, at 6:30pm at the Detroit Public Library – Thomas Edison Branch 18400 Joy Road, Detroit, MI 48228. The goal of the Commercial Corridor Strategic Plan is to make Cody-Rouge the Greenest Neighborhood in the city, attracting economic growth and improving the quality of life for the residents in the community. They need your input and support in the planning stages of this initiative, so Come and Let Your Voice Be Heard! For more information, call 313-581-7773 x104.
Earth Sky Repose Groundbreaking
Artists Karen Sepanski and Tom Davis began the groundbreaking of the latest C+PAD project at the Northend Community Garden, Earth and Sky Repose, in early November. Over thirty attendees were present at the Oakland Avenue Community Garden where Tom and Karen began the earthwork project.
Earth Sky
Earth and Sky Repose will be a refuge of serenity and contemplation that beckons the community to enjoy shared spaces within the Oakland Avenue Community Garden and Greenhouse, a.k.a. the Northend Community Garden. Located in the Northend community, this earthwork project strives to create an area of quiet relaxation that garden participants as well as all members of the community can enjoy. The berms and stone outcrops create a buffer from Oakland Avenue traffic noise, while inviting that same traffic to explore the spaces within. The stepping stones that meander through a dry stone river bed draw one past stone benches, glass and stone sculpture, to a stone capped cistern with a mysterious interior. All of this will sit upon a passive water collection system designed to capture and direct rain water to the underground cistern.
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- Earth and Sky Repose Model
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- Earth and Sky Repose Model
The project team for Earth and Sky Repose is a cooperative effort between two diverse artists Tom Davis and Karen Sepanski. Both have successfully produced numerous public, commercial and private commissions in locations throughout the nation. Tom, a master stone mason, will be working primarily on site to oversee and install the hard-scape features, the cistern dome, the glass mosaic, the sculptures and benches, and the site mechanics. He will also assist in the fabrication of the basalt columns and benches. Glass artist Karen Sepanski, will be coordinating student activity int he studio to create sculptures and benches for the project, and will assist Tom in the installation of the sculpture and benches. Tom will coordinate small groups of youth and community members, who along with experienced contractors and emerging artists, will facilitate on-site installation.
By bringing this collection of talented individuals together, we will foster a sense of pride and accomplishment that will permeate the very fabric of the Northend community.
Youth: Help Create Public Art with C+PAD
Calling Youth Artists!
There are a number of C+PAD art projects that will begin in the next few months, and artists are looking for youth to be involved. This is a huge opportunity for youth in the Northend, Cody Rouge and Osborn neighborhoods to develop their portfolios and get an opportunity to work with local artists on projects that connect with the community, and gain hands-on experience working with different mediums.
Projects include:
- Earth & Sky Repose led by artists Tom Davis & Karen Sepanski, with help from Northend Community Garden leader Jerry Ann Hebron,
- The Food Justice Amphitheater led by Nivek Monet & Lindsey Jewel in Rouge Park in the Cody Rouge neighborhood, and
- The Edible Hut project in Osborn led by Mira Burack and Kate Daughdrill in Calimera Park with help from community leaders Linda Vinson and Malik Yakini.
If you are interested or know someone who is interested in working on these projects, please contact us at the C+PAD office. 313-664-1549 or CPAD@collegeforcreativestudies.edu.
Reading Garden in Progress
The C+PAD project is coming together at Argyle Studios in west Detroit!
The tree at the center of the reading garden has been sculpted, and the mold making has begun.  The tree was modeled after an Elm tree in the Detroit neighborhood of Claytown and was enlarged to eleven feet in diameter. The tree stump will be cast in concrete and will contain a time capsule for the community to contribute to and access every five years.
Once installed, the tree will act as the center piece of the reading garden with four larger than life sculptures of neighborhood children on and around it. Â A ring of bricks salvaged from the demolished Munger and Chadsey schools will be placed around the tree along with casts of bricks made by community members.
Anyone wishing to personalize a brick can contact 555 Gallery (Monte Martinez), Sheila Crowell, or C+PAD. Be a part of Detroit history in Chadsey/Condon and Claytown!
ArtPrize 2011
Headed to Grand Rapids for Art Prize this week? Take a few minutes to stop by and see what our local Detroit artists are doing!
As a part of this year’s ArtPrize competition, 555′s Carl and Monte sculpted Spawning Helix, and installed the 12ft tall by 16ft long sculpture at the Plante Moran building located adjacent to the Grand Rapids Fish Ladder Park on the Grand River.
The sculpture was inspired by the spawning salmon making their way up the Fish Ladder Sculpture which allows the salmon to swim up river to spawn. The sculpture was conceived, sculpted, and installed in a two month time period with help from Alonzo Edwards, Charles Toeppe, Terrel Shaw, Larry Halbert, Eric Froh, Keith Phillips, and Norm Kobylarz. Support from Kellie Goines and Erin Martinez was invaluable.
Edible Hut for the Osborn community
The Edible Hut in the Osborn community will be an addition to the Calimera Park community space. This C+PAD project is situated to complement the Memory Field and the Nsoroma garden; the structure is intended to unify and activate the park as a community gathering space.
Combining elements of a traditional hut, an outdoor sculpture, a neighborhood garage, and an edible garden, this project will be a collaborative process that includes a team of artists, architects, community members, youth from the neighborhood and teachers and students from the Nsoroma Institute. Facilitating this piece will be artists Mira Burack and Kate Daughdrill, who are collaborating with Charlie O’Green, and Tadd Heidgerken on the drafting, engineering, construction and architectural design of the space. Offering a location for community activities, the edible hut can be used to find shade while gardening, serve summer lunches, hold outdoor classes, sell vegetables from the garden and come together for meals, meetings, music and shared activities.
The walls of the hut will be constructed of reclaimed materials from a well-maintained, de-constructed Detroit garage, relating the hut to the familiar architecture within the neighborhood. The roof will be a garden of perennial plants such as strawberries, thyme, lavender and mint, while the inside of the space will incorporate peaceful colors to create an enchanting space for gathering, rest and pleasure.
The Conley Library Reading Garden
The Reading Garden at Conely Library, a public arts project of C+PAD, will be a symbol of the Chadsey/Condon/Claytown community’s past, present, and future, and is intended for use as an outdoor reading area and gathering place for neighborhood and library sponsored events. This public art piece will include a life-sized sculpture of four children reading and playing surrounded by a garden pathway. The base of the sculpture is a large elm tree trunk, with roots exposed, representing the diverse ethnic identities that are the fabric of the community. Within the tree trunk will be a ‘time capsule’ containing a diary of the community that exists in present day, and is to be opened every five years for continued documentation of meaningful public engagement with the Reading Garden through time.
The landscape will be constructed with reclaimed materials gathered to be preserved and restored for use from former demolished Chadsey/Munger school sites.
For the garden pathways, bricks were reclaimed from the school sites as they were being demolished in March 2011. Individuals from the neighborhood and members of Bridging Communities, Inc. worked diligently to secure the donation of bricks from the Detroit Public Schools for the projects, and cleaned them for use in the piece.
Artists Monte Martinez and Carl Goines work on the tree trunk casting, while neighborhood families decorate bricks in a project-sponsored workshop at the Conley Library that included brick-making workshops for youth and adults creating clay pieces to be included in the Reading Garden pathway.The child figures will also be modeled after four youth selected from children who are active members of the library community.
These photos are from a community brick making workshop, and also images of the projected finished piece.
Chadsey Condon Sept 2011 – Click on the link to download the flier for the project.
