“Filming Future Cities” with the University of Michigan: April, 2025 – a film installation showcasing young people’s perspectives of Detroit through art, dance and music.

Special Programs: Come Discuss the Future of Detroit Community in Our Living Room
MAY 8, 2025 AT 2 PM: IS MIDTOWN A COMMUNITY?

WITH NEIL BARCLAY (DIRECTOR, CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM), EVANS TASIOPOULOS (CREATIVE DIRECTOR, HELLENIC MUSEUM), AND ANYA SIROTA (ARCHITECT, AKOAKI AND UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)

MAY 10, 2025 AT 1 PM: THE LIVING ROOM IN PUBLIC - CREATING SPACES OF ART, INTIMATE EXCHANGE, AND SOCIAL CHANGE WITH VERA GRANT (VISITING CURATOR, CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM), LAUREN HOOD (FOUNDER, INSTITUTE FOR BLACK URBANISM, DETROIT AND URBAN PLANNER, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN), AND RICKY WEAVER (VISUAL ARTIST, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)

MAY 11, 2025 AT 2PM: MOTHERS BUILDING COMMUNITY IN DETROIT WITH MONIQUE THOMPSON (FEEDOM FREEDOM GROWERS) AND MAMA SHU (FOUNDER, AVALON VILLAGE)

SPONSORS

MELLON FOUNDATION AND

DEPARTMENTS OF AFROAMERICAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES 

 AND ANTHROPOLOGY (UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)