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ANNOUNCING PANEL DISCUSSION 04 – INCENTIVES : FUNDING ADVOCACY

Friday, October 28th, 2011

 

rogueHAA is pleased to announce the next event in its 2011-2012 panel discussion series: Provocations: Challenging Detroit’s Design Discourse

PANEL DISCUSSION 04: “INCENTIVES – Funding Advocacy”
November 15, 2011 – Panel Discussion: 6pm-8pm, reception to follow
Cass City Cinema at The Burton Theatre
3420 Cass Avenue

Detroit’s deep history  of commercial innovation and industrial production has created innumerable stories of prosperity and devastation.  From this spectrum of aspiration and consequence has emerged a fertile environment that gives root to new creativity and opportunity, while establishing a remarkable legacy of philanthropic and institutional support. This environment has created a sophisticated network of resources, where large scale national foundations, anchor institutions, and influential local leaders work alongside small scale arts groups, community development coalitions, entrepreneurs, and development advocates to cultivate locally focused programs. 

In the space of this network, numerous projects are underway, and many more are yet to come.  Our discussion will catalogue these efforts, discuss their impact, and outline new and innovative strategies for grants, incentives and other programs in the future. 

Participants:
Melinda Anderson – Detroit Creative Corridor Center
Heather Carmona – Woodward Avenue Action Association
George Jacobsen – Kresge Foundation
Rishi Jaitly – Knight Foundation
Sue Mosey – Midtown Detroit Inc
Dan Kinkead – Event Moderator, HAA

Following the panel discussion we will post a video and written summary of the event.  We will also provide an open comment board for others to share their thoughts on the dialogue.  As always, this event is open and free to the public. (more…)

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ARTIST X: NOAH STEPHENS

Friday, September 16th, 2011

 

Artist X. As part of this blog’s ongoing mission to raise the level of design discourse, rogueHAA has created a new series of posts entitled, “Artist X”.  This series will highlight local artists, showcasing unique and innovative projects found within the city.  By presenting multiple creative disciplines, we hope to build community relationships, spark Detroit specific design dialogue, encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration, and ultimately, strengthen the existing Detroit creative class.

Noah Stephens – In April 2010,  Noah saw a Dateline NBC program that implied conditions in Detroit were so dire that wild raccoon meat had become a staple food. That month, He started The People of Detroit photodocumentary as a counterbalance to sensationalized media portrayals of Detroit. Eight months after starting the project (and only 2 years after buying his first camera), a creative director in Shanghai saw the photo project and hired him to shoot an ad campaign for McDonald’s China. Noah has  been doing photography and writing full-time ever since. (more…)

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MAD MEN PITCHES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

 

 

 

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LecturesHAA:[Re]generating Urbanism

Friday, November 5th, 2010

October’s panel discussion marked the end of the 2010 LecturesHAA program: Challenging Detroit: (Re)generating Urbanism. Please stay tuned for the release of the upcoming 2011 series topic and event schedule. The LecturesHAA team would like to thank everyone who helped make this year such a great success and we look forward to continuing the dialogue next year.

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Urban Artscape Discussion

Thursday, November 4th, 2010


THE URBAN ARTSCAPE : A (Re)generation strategy from HAA on Vimeo.

October 5th marked the last in the 2010 LecturesHAA series: “Challenging Detroit: (Re)generating Urbanism.” The ninth and final event for this year brought together a panel of distinguished artists from around the city to discuss art as a catalyst, strategy, intervention, and regenerative enterprise in Detroit. Hosted by Willy’s Overland Lofts, The event aimed to thicken the discourse surrounding urban art as well as establish greater understanding for the breadth of artistic possibilities specific to Detroit.

The presenters included Jim Boyle, Co-founder of Public Pool Artspace and Vice President of Integrated Marketing at Lovio George, Chazz Miller, Director of Public Art Workz, Dan Pitera, Executive Director of Detroit Collaborative Design Center, University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture, and Noah Resnick, Principal of uRbanDetail and Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture. From a panel diverse in both artistic background and expertise came a lively discussion which focused on the fact that Detroit offers a unique landscape for imaginative, daring, and wildly creative acts which would prove difficult, or even illegal, if attempted elsewhere. (more…)

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Frenetic Urbanism

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010



For a few days last week, the small urban triangle known as Capitol Park and the surrounding area were radically transformed for the filming of Transformers 3. Piles of rubble, explosions, robots, and a new streetscape were installed as part of director Michael Bay’s elaborate set. This sort of temporary urbanism is becoming more and more common as the Michigan film incentive draws site scouts to the area. In upcoming films, Detroit will be portraying Paris, the Soviet Union, Switzerland, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and many other U.S. cities. In recent months residents have witnessed rallies by the ‘Peoples’ Liberation Army’, dramatic life of a retired CIA operative, even stumbled upon a rogue NYC subway station at the Guardian Building. While it is exciting to experience the instant gratification of these fleeting installations, we should not to overlook the slow but lasting progress occurring in urban spaces like Capitol Park. (more…)

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Park(ing) on Woodward Ave.

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Last Friday, HAA joined hundreds from around the world to celebrate Park(ing) Day, a one day event that highlights the need for more livable and vibrant public spaces in our cities.  With some help from Unilock and Landscape Forms, pavers and sod where placed on a parking spot at the corner of Gratiot and Woodward.  Soon, there was a green patch of space, an unusual site especially when one is accustomed to see a car in its place instead.  Onlookers were curious. Drivers paused. Parking enforcement stopped, then questioned, and questioned some more, but finally drove off.  This was the idea—to get people to notice, ask questions, and interact. For those that stopped by, they got the message and left with a smile on their faces.

For more information on Parking Day: http://parkingday.org/

City Bird and Bureau of Urban Living Park(ing) Day

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Accepting Accidents @ Re:View Contemporary Gallery

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Accepting Accidents @ Re:View Contemporary Gallery

Works by Cedric Tai

September 11 – October 9, 2010

Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 11, 7 pm – 11 pm

In Accepting Accidents, Detroit-based artist Cedric Tai’s solo exhibit at Re:View Contemporary, Tai explores the unintentional and how we adapt, react, adjust, and create in response to accidental and unexpected circumstances. click here for more information

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Park(ing) Day 2010

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

In 2005, ReBar, a San Francisco art and design studio, converted a single 2 hour metered parking space in downtown San Francisco into a temporary public park.  The goal was to provoke an examination of the values that generate public urban space by briefly transforming territory typically reserved for vehicles. The intervention aimed to address a broader range of public needs by providing a public green space.

Today, Park(ing) Day has evolved into an annual worldwide event that empowers the community to enact urban change by creatively altering parking spots for the betterment of the public.  This year, Park(ing) Day will be on Friday, September 17th.  HAA will be participating in this unique project, and is in the process of selecting a location and designing the Park(ing) spot.  Please check back for updates.

If you would like to create your own Park(ing) space or would like more information, please click here: http://parkingday.org/

License to Participate: http://parkingday.org/src/NPD_license_2010.pdf

Park(ing) Day network: http://my.parkingday.org/

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Artist X : Introductions

Friday, April 9th, 2010

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Artist X.  As part of this blog’s ongoing mission to raise the level of design discourse, rogueHAA has created a new series of posts entitled, “Artist X”.  This series will highlight local artists, showcasing unique and innovative projects found within the city.  By presenting multiple creative disciplines, we hope to build community relationships, spark Detroit specific design dialogue, encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration, and ultimately, strengthen the existing Detroit creative class. (more…)

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