public art

The historic Scarab Club's new gallery manager Donna Jackson spoke with us about her approach to community engagement—and the profound impact the Detroit arts scene has had on her own life.

More details on protests happening at the homes of University of Michigan regents. Then, rehabbing a folk art treasure, it’s a visit to Hamtramck Disneyland. And a check-in with the little girl who would not let the world look away from Flint during the water crisis.

At the Washtenaw County Courthouse, a new project is setting out to transform the space into a positive and healing environment through art, song, dance, and spoken word.

Detroit artist Scott Hocking showed us around the city that in many ways is his studio. He's a specialist in creating beauty in the spaces most people have left behind, but his latest installation is much more public facing: in front of the Huntington Place convention center downtown.

David Zinn is one of Ann Arbor's best artists. His canvas? The sidewalk.

When Detroit artist Sydney James set out to create a mural of Malice Green, a Detroit man killed by police in 1992, she wanted to represent him not as a…

It's been a noisy couple of weeks with the political conventions. Speeches. Shouting. Protestors. In fact, it's been a loud, noisy, campaign season that's…

If you’re traveling in Metro Detroit on I-96 you might see something a little out of the ordinary near the Milford Road exit: an orange man.The orange…

Ann Arbor's city council is sending almost $100,000 of public art money back to city services. Last year, they pulled the plug on a controversial plan…

Walking along the bridges outside Michigan Stadium, visitors will soon pass under shimmery aluminum tiled banners of trees blowing with the wind. They…