It has been one year since The First Annual Seminole Street Artist's Colony and Exhibition made its way to Motown. Detroit Ho! introduced us to initiative, literary readings and art exhibitions, to generosity, to ourselves, to change, to new and old friends, to home and community gardening, growlers of beer, to the dynamic application of ideas in the realm of landscape architecture, poetry hip hop and art, to the olive guy, to DIA Fridays, Eastern Market Saturdays, Avalon Bakery everydays, the US Social Forum and the Allied Media Conference with its puppetry and dancing, to the most gorgeous gay pride parade of all time, to saying hello to strangers, to the man rollerblading the wrong way down Jefferson Avenue braiding his way like a reckless ballerina gracefully among oncoming cars, to soul food, to big explosive soul love, moments of heartache, to the beauty of dreaming, and to so much more. Who knows what future projects that such a powerful summer will lead to in the future.
While certainty remains of collaborative work in the future, the "First Annual" project has officially closed. If you've found your way to this web address and aren't super familiar with the motor city, I encourage you to look back at our time together, in the hopes that you'll start looking for articles about D-town or even choose to make a trip yourself. Feel free to offer us some feedback, or otherwise keep in touch.
Thank you, Detroit, for an amazing experience! I cannot more highly suggest that EVERYONE click on this last link and let the students at the Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences wish our farewell for us. Please keep your eye and heart out for this incredible land of hope, strength, progress, innovation and renaissance! These kids are trying to raise funds to make another music video in the future, so keep an eye out for ways to help.
