About AXD
AXD is a yearlong, city-wide, multi-disciplinary series featuring 22 newly commissioned exhibitions, performances, and events developed by Kresge Artist Fellows, Gilda Award recipients, and Kresge Eminent Artists immersed throughout Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park. AXD explores the changing landscape and narrative of the city and its neighborhoods.
recap Catalog & podcast launch event
August 19 6:30-8:00 PM
Thank you to all of those that joined us for this Zoom event to celebrate the successful run of 22 commissioned art projects by Kresge Artist Fellows and Gilda Award recipients in neighborhoods across Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck. The online presentation coincided with the release of an eight-episode Living X Podcast—hosted by Ryan Myers-Johnson, Executive Director of Sidewalk Detroit—and an advanced copy promotion of the catalog available in print and digital formats.
The event featured performances, readings, discussions, and screenings by AXD artists: Sacramento Knoxx, Marsha Music, Senghor Reid, Richard Newman - The Hinterlands, and Julia Yezbick. Check out the video below, as a recap!
“It’s about now as well as our recent and distant past, and yet-to-be envisioned future. The artists are exploring the significance, ambiguity, resilience and uncertainty of this contemporary moment. That’s what the X stands for.”
