Michigan artists

New bills regarding birth control accessibility, the inspiration and work of a singer-songwriter based in northern Michigan, a conversation with the Michigan State University Womxn of Color Initiatives' 2024 Artist-in-Residence, and one year of the Dearborn Department of Health.

Painter, educator, and gallerist Nora Chapa Mendoza received the 2024 Kresge Eminent Artist Award. Stateside visited her home and studio in West Bloomfield.

A catch-up on automotive no-fault insurance reform bills and other legislative news, a speculative fiction novel imagining a world where the French never ceded Detroit, and a conversation with the Detroit-based painter, educator, activist who has recently won the 2024 Kresge Eminent Artist Award.

Challenges in finding long-term housing for refugees, a visit to a chocolate shop in Kalamazoo that's focused on more than chocolate, a history of police surveillance of activists in Detroit, and an artist who dove into painting and embroidering after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

How the Israel bombardment of Gaza is affecting voters in Dearborn, a new study on the Michigan State Police and racial disparities, the resurgence of Latin for Detroit Lions fans, and weaving dreamy, three-dimensional landscapes up north.

A catch up on Michigan's Republican Party infighting, and a conversation with acclaimed Detroit collage artist Judy Bowman.

A conversation with a Metro Detroit rabbi about how Hanukkah feels for her congregation this year, a multidisciplinary small press that focuses on "for us, by us" storytelling, and the impacts of a proposed state law requiring insurance parity for mental health care.

A large community gathering in support of Palestine yesterday evening, a partnership to promote design education for youth in Flint, the Port Austin Artist Residency Program, and apple harvests in northern Michigan.

It’s not easy to capture what it’s like being a kid on paper. But Michigan artist Rose Bousamra depicted moments of childhood beautifully in the graphic novel, Frizzy.

Detroit-based muralist Elton Monroy Durán talks about his artistic influences, his love for the city, and his approach to design.