AltWeeklies Wire
Rock Posters Supreme: The Scoop on Detroit's Emerging Artistsnew
There's an emerging crew of graphic artists who, in this MySpace age of ease, still opt to equip themselves with Sharpies, scissors and spray cans, sketching, screen-printing and staring at their computer screens for hours each night.
Metro Times |
Rebecca Mazzei |
07-01-2008 |
Art
War Zones, Shipwrecks and Romance Caught on Cassettenew
What follows are excerpts from three tales, discovered on discarded cassette tapes. Three men, at different stages in their lives, reflect on relationships -- with their parents, with strangers in a strange land and even with a buzzing 1920s city named Detroit.
Metro Times |
Rebecca Mazzei |
04-22-2008 |
Culture
Alexis Peskine's Agitprop Comes to Detroitnew
His pop-inspired graphics express the unrest that still exists in the aftermath of colonialism and slavery.
Metro Times |
Rebecca Mazzei |
04-01-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Royalty Up in This Bitchnew
Hip-hop celebs get graceful makeovers from an international art star.
Metro Times |
Khary Kimani Turner and Rebecca Mazzei |
02-26-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Literary Dreamers Find Homes at Tiny DIY Pressesnew
Whatever's overly cloying gets edited, marketed and sold by the NYC publishing industry -- anything else often gets a great big "It's a go!" from a chipper editor, but gets redlined once it reaches the marketing department. Here's what independent publishers can do.
Metro Times |
Rebecca Mazzei |
08-21-2007 |
Books
