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AUGUST 29, 2012

Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") in its three surrounding counties. As one Detroit Free Press commenter wrote: "You are not getting it. Several Detroit comments were in this vein. This perspective was rampant in Michigan.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Some events: Aaron Dworkin , a pretty amazing individual in many ways, is putting together SphinxCon , a conference happening this weekend in Detroit with a focus on "empowering ideas for diversity in the arts." In some ways, what's more interesting is the world beyond this bubble. You should go and tell us all about it.

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Arts Question North Carolina Museum 48

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JULY 23, 2019

Lumin at Detroit Institute of Art Now on to the interactives…I’ve been thinking a great deal about the function of interactives in museums. In this case, I find the most interesting ones to be made by artists. I’d much rather think of museums as all rising with the tide, then being torpedoed one by one.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

It’s worth mentioning that the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit also hosted a Maker Faire at their facility this year. There is a whole range of recyclers, hackers, metalworkers, weavers, builders, circuit benders, and artists up and down the East Coast that NYSCI connected with through the Maker Faire planning. Why at NYSCI?

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