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Deee troit.
Anyone want to play in Deeeeeeetroit.
I moved here form Detroit in January and there is a huge fun project happening there June 10th -17th.
David Best will be building a temple with the MI BM folks.
If you are interested in going out and/or need a place to stay, let me know and I will forward you on - or you can email:
volunteers@detroitdreamproject.org
Read on if you want to know more!!!
WHAT: Large Scale Community Art Installation Groundbreaking
WHEN: June 10 - 17
WHERE: Northwest Detroit, Brightmoor, Old Redford
WHO: The Society to Promote Art and Recreation in the Community (Detroit), Motor City Blight Busters (Detroit), and The Black Rock Arts Foundation (San Francisco)
Groundbreaking for the “Detroit Dream Project”
Three grass-roots organizations from Detroit and one from San Francisco broke ground in Northwest Detroit May 10th on a project which will culminate in a large-scale art installation in June of this year. The Temple of the American Dream, designed by sculptor David Best, will serve as a testament to the positive impact of public art resulting from community collaborations.
NORTHWEST DETROIT. During Spring and Summer 2008, The Society to Promote Art and Recreation in the Community (SPARC) and Motor City Blight Busters, both local Detroit organizations, will work with renowned San Francisco sculptor David Best to transform an empty green space in Old Redford into a unique community park. The centerpiece of the park will be an ornate pavilion called The Temple of the American Dream. The structure was conceived by Best, the local participating organizations and volunteers from near and far interested in bringing public art to Detroit. When completed, the semi-permanent piece will serve as a pavilion for neighborhood and community activities for a period up to five years.
Groundbreaking began Saturday, May 10th after a year-long grass-roots fundraising and planning effort by local volunteers from both organizations. They began working with Best to design the pavilion in the hopes of demonstrating to other local groups how community organizations can work together to create civic spaces in neighborhoods which lack them.
The Motor City Blight Busters, headed by John George, will celebrate 20 years of transforming the area (referred to as Old Redford) from despair-wrought neighborhoods into a vibrant, clean and well-organized community. They donated the land known as Peace Park to SPARC for the project. It is located in the vicinity of Lahser Rd. and Grand River Ave. near Artists Village – a café, art studio, learning center and gathering space which already facilitates many of the local events and activities. The Temple project also expands on the efforts of SPARC, a burgeoning non-profit arts organization with experience with large-scale art installations at various events in the city and across the country. SPARC will be providing management and technical expertise to the project. The project is also supported by the Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF), a San Francisco-based organization with a mission to promote civic participation through the installation of public and interactive art projects. SPARC sought BRAF’s four years of experience in civic arts collaborations to plan, fund and design the structure.
David Best, also a board member of BRAF, and local volunteers will assemble the structure from reclaimed materials where possible. These will be gathered by the artist and members of the project on the 2000 mile journey between the two cities. By using reclaimed materials, the artist and his collaborators hope to convey a message about the inherent value remaining within what is commonly discarded by Americans. The collaborators hope their efforts will stimulate more civic-mindedness, economic growth and recovery as well as create a model for collaborations in other communities whose members hope to achieve similar results.
About SPARC:
The Society to Promote Art and Recreation in the Community (SPARC), formed in 2005, draws together people from a broad range of backgrounds who share a common belief that creating art and collaborative events together is an essential element of building strong communities. An all volunteer group, SPARC's primary inspiration for the Detroit Dream Project was the realization both that art is something everybody can do, and that building “big” depends only on igniting the imaginations of enough people. The Temples built by artist David Best gave SPARC the inspiration for how to implement those ideas. Volunteering with John George and Motor City Blight Busters showed SPARC that acting on those two simple ideas will change Detroit at a fundamental level in concrete, positive ways.
About Motor City Blight Busters:
It is Motor City Blight Busters’ primary mission to help stabilize, revitalize and rejuvenate the socio-economic plight of the city of Detroit. Their aim is to restore the city to the state of great prominence it once held. They feel that the achievement of this objective hinges on their ability to instill their unwavering sense of pride (for the city) in each and every one of its residents. For only through such pride can the long desired standard of excellence be re-established and maintained.
About David Best:
Based in Petaluma, California, David is well-known for his collaborative approach to building art projects as well as for his driving desire to use recycled and reclaimed materials. David holds a master’s degree in sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute and has shown pieces in major museums. He typically creates together with people who don’t consider themselves artists. David has worked with more than 10,000 volunteers on various projects from art cars to multi-story installations. David began building Temples in 2000 to provide places for personal reflection and memorialization of those lost. David is the artistic lead for the Temple of the American Dream.
About Black Rock Arts Foundation:
The Black Rock Arts Foundation, a San Francisco-based 501c3 nonprofit organization, emerged in 2001 with ambitious goals aimed at enriching civic life through art. Its growth since then reflects a spreading awareness of the benefits community-based art projects can bring to broader society. Art can thrive outside the walls of museums and galleries, in public places that encourage direct involvement with people who encounter it. The Black Rock Arts Foundation consistently seeks to include an expanding universe of people to participate in the creation, presentation and experience of art.
Becca
I moved here form Detroit in January and there is a huge fun project happening there June 10th -17th.
David Best will be building a temple with the MI BM folks.
If you are interested in going out and/or need a place to stay, let me know and I will forward you on - or you can email:
volunteers@detroitdreamproject.org
Read on if you want to know more!!!
WHAT: Large Scale Community Art Installation Groundbreaking
WHEN: June 10 - 17
WHERE: Northwest Detroit, Brightmoor, Old Redford
WHO: The Society to Promote Art and Recreation in the Community (Detroit), Motor City Blight Busters (Detroit), and The Black Rock Arts Foundation (San Francisco)
Groundbreaking for the “Detroit Dream Project”
Three grass-roots organizations from Detroit and one from San Francisco broke ground in Northwest Detroit May 10th on a project which will culminate in a large-scale art installation in June of this year. The Temple of the American Dream, designed by sculptor David Best, will serve as a testament to the positive impact of public art resulting from community collaborations.
NORTHWEST DETROIT. During Spring and Summer 2008, The Society to Promote Art and Recreation in the Community (SPARC) and Motor City Blight Busters, both local Detroit organizations, will work with renowned San Francisco sculptor David Best to transform an empty green space in Old Redford into a unique community park. The centerpiece of the park will be an ornate pavilion called The Temple of the American Dream. The structure was conceived by Best, the local participating organizations and volunteers from near and far interested in bringing public art to Detroit. When completed, the semi-permanent piece will serve as a pavilion for neighborhood and community activities for a period up to five years.
Groundbreaking began Saturday, May 10th after a year-long grass-roots fundraising and planning effort by local volunteers from both organizations. They began working with Best to design the pavilion in the hopes of demonstrating to other local groups how community organizations can work together to create civic spaces in neighborhoods which lack them.
The Motor City Blight Busters, headed by John George, will celebrate 20 years of transforming the area (referred to as Old Redford) from despair-wrought neighborhoods into a vibrant, clean and well-organized community. They donated the land known as Peace Park to SPARC for the project. It is located in the vicinity of Lahser Rd. and Grand River Ave. near Artists Village – a café, art studio, learning center and gathering space which already facilitates many of the local events and activities. The Temple project also expands on the efforts of SPARC, a burgeoning non-profit arts organization with experience with large-scale art installations at various events in the city and across the country. SPARC will be providing management and technical expertise to the project. The project is also supported by the Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF), a San Francisco-based organization with a mission to promote civic participation through the installation of public and interactive art projects. SPARC sought BRAF’s four years of experience in civic arts collaborations to plan, fund and design the structure.
David Best, also a board member of BRAF, and local volunteers will assemble the structure from reclaimed materials where possible. These will be gathered by the artist and members of the project on the 2000 mile journey between the two cities. By using reclaimed materials, the artist and his collaborators hope to convey a message about the inherent value remaining within what is commonly discarded by Americans. The collaborators hope their efforts will stimulate more civic-mindedness, economic growth and recovery as well as create a model for collaborations in other communities whose members hope to achieve similar results.
About SPARC:
The Society to Promote Art and Recreation in the Community (SPARC), formed in 2005, draws together people from a broad range of backgrounds who share a common belief that creating art and collaborative events together is an essential element of building strong communities. An all volunteer group, SPARC's primary inspiration for the Detroit Dream Project was the realization both that art is something everybody can do, and that building “big” depends only on igniting the imaginations of enough people. The Temples built by artist David Best gave SPARC the inspiration for how to implement those ideas. Volunteering with John George and Motor City Blight Busters showed SPARC that acting on those two simple ideas will change Detroit at a fundamental level in concrete, positive ways.
About Motor City Blight Busters:
It is Motor City Blight Busters’ primary mission to help stabilize, revitalize and rejuvenate the socio-economic plight of the city of Detroit. Their aim is to restore the city to the state of great prominence it once held. They feel that the achievement of this objective hinges on their ability to instill their unwavering sense of pride (for the city) in each and every one of its residents. For only through such pride can the long desired standard of excellence be re-established and maintained.
About David Best:
Based in Petaluma, California, David is well-known for his collaborative approach to building art projects as well as for his driving desire to use recycled and reclaimed materials. David holds a master’s degree in sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute and has shown pieces in major museums. He typically creates together with people who don’t consider themselves artists. David has worked with more than 10,000 volunteers on various projects from art cars to multi-story installations. David began building Temples in 2000 to provide places for personal reflection and memorialization of those lost. David is the artistic lead for the Temple of the American Dream.
About Black Rock Arts Foundation:
The Black Rock Arts Foundation, a San Francisco-based 501c3 nonprofit organization, emerged in 2001 with ambitious goals aimed at enriching civic life through art. Its growth since then reflects a spreading awareness of the benefits community-based art projects can bring to broader society. Art can thrive outside the walls of museums and galleries, in public places that encourage direct involvement with people who encounter it. The Black Rock Arts Foundation consistently seeks to include an expanding universe of people to participate in the creation, presentation and experience of art.
Becca
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Permalink Reply by Caroline on -
I grew up in Livonia--welcome to Colorado! I've been following this project online. Unfortunately, I'm going to be in Detroit on either side of these dates. I'm home May 23-25, then June 25 or so.
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Hope you get to participate--looks awesome!
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Permalink Reply by Becca Monkey on -
If you are around June 20 or 21st - that is the big party...
Aren't you really glad you moved here!?
I am on the board of SPARC, so I am participating as much as I can from here.
Have a great weekend.
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