Hello P;
I am glad to see you are writing for the Metro Times, and I hope it becomes a steady beat for you. I find an elegance in your arts journalism that alternates between academic and organic. Surely, your supporters in the Detroit arts world are wondering: when will P write us with requests to help with her new art house? Surely there is much that can be done with cleaning, gardening, painting, furnishing, and even funding.
Possibly, it is a great book project for you; how does an abandoned house transform from nothing to an oasis? How does a person start the much talked about Soho process? How much cooler does a city become when a single house comes back to life?
Some quality about Detroit gives root to art houses: we have a number, such as Tyree Guyton's Heidelburg Project, Dr. Michael Farrell's Art House, and even the Trumbleplex.
This is not an extensive list: I cannot find the name and address of an art house on Outer Drive, for example. Your book (should you chose to write one) could be a blueprint for making an art house blossom anywhere. It's an old process in Detroit, too. Surely, Pewabic Pottery is Detroit's oldest art house.
This how-to written by a Trumbleplex founder is a scream Even better, getting titles to abandoned properties for art houses is going to become much easier once the Land Bank Fast Track Authority goes into action. The laws for the authority have already been signed into law.
Hoping all is well with you, Wilbo
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