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"Breadcrumbs" by Akea Brionne, 2024. Digitally rendered image woven on jacquard, glitter, and rhinestones.

Stateside

Stateside Podcast: Akea Brionne on weaving together past and present

April Van Buren

Detroit artist Akea Brionne uses a digital loom to create painterly tapestries rooted in the Black experience. Her fresh approach to an age old craft recently earned Brionne accolades, and a $50,000 prize from the Knight Foundation.

“Pedal to Porch is a neighborhood bike ride that includes stops along the route where residents of the neighborhood use their front porch as a stage to tell their story,” Cornetta Lane told us.

Community

"Pedal to Porch" program asks Detroit residents to grab their bikes and get to know the community

Stateside Staff

The Knight Cities Challenge is an opportunity for 26 Knight Foundation Communities across the nation, including Detroit, to answer the question:What’s…

Arts & Life

AP reporter becomes a singer-songwriter-musician in his off hours

Stateside Staff

His name is Jeff Karoub. You've heard him here on Stateside in his role as an Associated Press reporter covering the Detroit area.But today, we met a…

Arts & Life

Mobile video booth lets anyone be an arts critic

Jennifer Guerra

A new form of “grass roots” arts journalism could soon be in store for Detroit.Jennifer Conlin lives in Michigan and is one of the finalists in the…