The Detroit arts world will be in the spotlight this week.
The first ever Art X Detroit event runs Wednesday, April 6 - Sunday, April 10 and will feature everything from hip hop performances to classical and jazz music to poetry readings.
The event features the 40 artists who have won visual, literary, or performing arts fellowships through the Kresge Foundation over the past two years.
Lewis Aguilar is a 2010 Kresge Literary Arts fellow. For Art X Detroit, he’s written a story about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera and their time in Detroit. A dramatic reading of the work will take place at Rivera Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts:
"I will have people reading that story in the form of a 3-act play, while more than 100 images are being shown on a very large screen behind them."
Chido Johnson was a 2009 Kresge “Visual Artist” fellow, and he’s excited to display his new work during Art X Detroit. He says "Detroit has been identified over and over again as a decayed city, and this is a way to really emphasize how rich and cultural it is.
Johnson collaborated with groups across the metro Detroit area to create cars made out of wire. The cars will be pushed on the sidewalk in front of the Detroit Institute of Arts this weekend.
Art X Detroit are free and open to the public.
You can see a full event schedule here.
