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ART X
Detroit
highlights
City's
flourishing
Arts
scene
with
more
than
50 free
Arts
events
in 20
cultural
venues,
April
9-26
National
and
Community
Cultural
Leaders
and
Artists
Take
Stage
with
Exciting
Panels,
Discussions
and
Artist
Talks
DETROIT
–
Beginning
next
week,
Midtown
Detroit
and
beyond
will
come
alive as
the
canvas
for Art
X
Detroit:
Kresge
Arts
Experience
(AXD), a
free
celebration
of
Detroit's
thriving
arts
scene.
In the
city's
remarkable
collection
of
galleries
and
museums,
the
public
is
invited
to
experience
visual
art
installations,
dance,
musical
and
theatrical
performances,
film
screenings,
literary
readings,
workshops
and
more,
featuring
the
works of
the
nearly
40
Kresge
Eminent
Artists
and
Artist
Fellows.
AXD is
April
9-26 and
staged
over
three
weekends
(April
9–12,
16–19,
25–26)
at
nearly
20
venues
throughout
the
city.
Arts
enthusiasts
will
experience
works
and
performances
at
Detroit
cultural
institutions
including
the
Museum
of
Contemporary
Art
Detroit
(MOCAD),
the
Detroit
Institute
of Arts
(DIA)
and
Detroit
Film
Theatre
(DFT),
and the
Charles
H.
Wright
Museum
of
African
American
History,
among
others.
New
venues
include
the
Detroit
Opera
House,
the
Garden
Theater,
Cinema
Detroit,
Salt &
Cedar
and
Trinosophes.
Alongside
works
debuted
and
shared
by the
Kresge
Eminent
Artists
and
Artist
Fellows,
the
festival
features
an
exciting
line-up
of
panels,
discussions,
and
artist
talks
featuring
AXD
participating
artists,
national
and
community
leaders,
cultural
critics
and
more.
Beginning
with a
reading
and
lecture
on
Thursday,
April 9
as part
of the
AXD
Opening
Night,
audiences
are
invited
to
experience
over a
dozen
conversations
scheduled
throughout
the
duration
of the
festival.
A
complete
list is
available
here.
Highlights:
AXD
Panels,
Discussions,
& Artist
Talks
LYNNE
TILLMAN
AND THE
STATE OF
ARTS AND
CULTURAL
CRITICISM
Reading
&
Lecture
Thursday,
April
9th
(Opening
Night) |
5-6:30PM
| MOCAD
– Café
Novelist,
short
story
writer,
cultural
critic,
and
former
2010
KAID
panelist
Lynne
Tillman
will
read
from her
book
What
Would
Lynne
Tillman
Do?
Tillman's
reading
and
lecture
will be
followed
by a
Q&A,
book
signing
and
reception.
Reservations
suggested.
WHY THE
ARTS
MATTER:
A
CONVERSATION
ON ART,
ENGAGEMENT,
AND
COMMUNITY
Public
Conversation
Saturday,
April
18th |
1:30
p.m. -
2:30
p.m. |
Charles
H.
Wright
Museum -
GM
Theatre
Art X
Detroit
welcomes
Jane
Chu,
Chairman
of the
National
Endowment
for the
Arts,
for a
public
conversation
with The
Kresge
Foundation
President
& CEO
Rip
Rapson.
Moderated
by
Juanita
Moore
(Executive
Director,
Charles
H.
Wright
Museum),
Jane and
Rip will
discuss
why the
arts
matter
and the
critical
role
arts,
culture,
and
creativity
play in
restoring
and
animating
communities
across
the
country,
including
Detroit.
Please
note:
This
panel
has been
rescheduled
from the
time
indicated
in the
printed
program.
THE ART
OF FOOD
SOVEREIGNTY
Panel
Discussion
Saturday,
April
25th |
12:00
p.m. -
2:00
p.m. |
MOCAD –
Café
Organized
by
Burnside
Farm and
Keep
Growing
Detroit,
this
panel
will
explore
what
food
sovereignty
is, why
it
matters,
and the
creative
and
artistic
ways
that
urban
farmers
in
Detroit
are
cultivating
a more
food
sovereign
city.
AXD
Opening
Night
The
opening
night of
Art X
Detroit
is a
free,
open-to-the-public,
multi-venue
celebration
on
Thursday,
April 9,
5 p.m. –
11 p.m.
at MOCAD
and The
N’Namdi
Center
for
Contemporary
Art. The
evening
will
open
with a
reading
and
lecture
by
cultural
critic
Lynne
Tillman,
and
includes
the
opening
of the
ongoing
AXD
Visual
Arts
Exhibition,
film
screenings
and live
performances
by AXD
artists
at MOCAD,
N’Namdi,
DIA
Detroit
Film
Theatre
and
Detroit
Symphony
Orchestra
Music
Box.
Learn
more
about
opening
night
festivities
here.
The
ongoing
Visual
Arts
Exhibition
at MOCAD,
April
9-26,
will
keep the
spirit
of Art X
alive
with
selected
works
from the
2014
Kresge
Eminent
Artist
and
fourteen
Kresge
Artist
Fellows,
featuring
iconic
photography,
2D
animation,
raw
meal-making,
Impressionist-style
paintings,
an
interactive
floor
sculpture,
mixed-media
installations,
and much
more.
Detroit's
flourishing
arts
scene
continues
to
generate
excitement
nationally
and
internationally,
and the
third
edition
of AXD
features
Kresge
Eminent
Artists,
Michigan
Opera
Theatre
founder
and
acclaimed
composer
David
DiChiera
(2013
Eminent
Artist)
and
iconic
Detroit
photographer
and
educator
Bill
Rauhauser
(2014
Eminent
Artist).
Since
2008,
The
Kresge
Foundation
has
provided
$3
million
to honor
more
than 100
artists
living
and
working
in metro
Detroit
through
its
Kresge
Eminent
Artist
and
Artist
Fellowship
programs.
The
programs
are
administered
by
Kresge
Arts in
Detroit
at the
College
for
Creative
Studies.
AXD
partners
include:
Kresge
Arts in
Detroit,
College
for
Creative
Studies,
Creative
Many and
MOCAD.
Media
partners
include:
WDET-FM,
FOX 2,
Metro
Times
and ZIPR
Magazine.
For more
information,
visit
www.ArtXDetroit.com
or call
(313)
420-6000.
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