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3711 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 576-5111
3711 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 576-5111
Detroit Artists Market (DAM) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit contemporary art gallery. We have shown and sold work by the best visual artists in the Detroit area since 1932. We offer a full schedule of exhibitions, gallery talks, special events, and our Elements sales gallery full of original art to collect or give as gifts. DAM is supported through the generosity of our members, patrons, customers, and artists.
The American Red Cross of Southeast Michigan serves: Lenawee, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Claire, Washtenaw and Wayne counties.
On an average night in Detroit, more than 10,000 individuals and families are homeless. COTS Emergency Shelter operates at or near capacity consistently throughout the year, providing approximately 50,000 shelter nights each year to about 2,800 homeless individuals and families. Presently, the state of Michigan is ranked fifth in national homelessness polls.
WRCJ 90.9 FM is a listener supported non-profit public radio station licensed to Detroit Public Schools and managed by Detroit Public Television. The station is located inside the Detroit School of Arts, a public high school training young people for careers in performing, visual and media arts. 90.9 FM broadcasts classical music from 5 am to 7 pm each day and jazz overnight. Dave Wagner is the program director and on-air host during morning and afternoon drive time, while Chris Felcyn hosts middays. Bob Studebaker and Bob Parlocha are the evening jazz hosts during the week. WRCJ receives no direct funding from the State of Michigan, City of Detroit or Detroit Public Schools. The primary source of our annual operating budget is voluntary contributions from listeners like you. Thank you!
Midtown Detroit, Inc., a nonprofit community development organization that supports economic growth in Detroit's Midtown district. MDI’s initiatives are shaped by the collaboration of key community stakeholders and are supported by the many dedicated funders that recognize the importance of Midtown’s revitalization and its positive effect on the community. We are involved in over 30 collaborative projects and programs that address the challenges and opportunities of the greater Midtown Detroit community. Over the years, MDI has addressed and overcome barriers to growth taking on new initiatives that have significantly developed and improved the community. These changes have sparked tremendous growth and heightened visibility making the Midtown community a prime destination for visitors and residents.
The ACLU fights for civil liberties and believes they must always be respected. The ACLU works in the Courts, in Congress and at the grassroots level to defend the Constitution wherever it is threatened.
AMP grew out of the annual Allied Media Conference, which began in 1999 as a celebration of independent publishing and do-it-yourself culture. The AMC has expanded to a large and diverse gathering, offering hands-on trainings in a wide-range of media practices, from breakdancing to video-blogging to building radio transmitters and wireless mesh networks. The AMC fosters strategies for how these practices can support and inspire grassroots organizing for social justice. AMP moved the AMC from its original home in Bowling Green, OH to Detroit, MI in 2007, connecting with the city’s rich legacy of community media and social movements. The AMC has become a one-of-a-kind convergence point for the most visionary and effective media-based organizers from across the U.S. and beyond, who come to Detroit every year to teach and to learn. AMP’s local programs model and innovate practices in education, economic development and community organizing. We facilitate organizing around issues of technology access, participation, common ownership, and healthy communities through the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition. Our Detroit Future Media program is a 6-month training course in core digital media competencies, and their application in shaping Detroit’s future through education, entrepreneurship and community organizing. Through Detroit Future Schools, we pair graduates from Detroit Future Media with K-12 teachers to design and implement digital media arts-integrated curricula in the classroom. We are building web platforms that support and celebrate the collaboration and creativity of our network. AMPTalk is an online forum for idea-development and resource-sharing amongst the participants of the Allied Media Projects network. Allied365.org is an online catalog where participants in the Allied Media Conference, Detroit Future Media, and Detroit Future Schools showcase and distribute their services, curricula, and other offerings.
At Matrix Human Services we’re educating children, supporting families and rebuilding neighborhoods in Detroit. Operating in more than 40 Detroit locations, Matrix provides services to more than 25,000 individuals and families annually. In addition, Matrix operates the largest federally funded Head Start program in the city of Detroit serving more than 1,900 children. All Matrix programs are rooted in our ASPIRE Matrix Model (Adults, Students, Parents, Inspiring Radical Empowerment), the next generation of Transition to Success™ designed to empower families and individuals to achieve economic self-sufficiency. This wrap around care is changing lives! Learn more. Give. Volunteer. Discover Matrix Human Services at http://www.matrixhumanservices.org
The Children’s Hospital of Michigan Auxiliary funds programs and projects that support care, education, and well-being of pediatric patients. Nearly every department in the Children’s Hospital of Michigan has received funding through the monies raised by the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Auxiliary to provide needed services for patients and their families. The primary source of funding is Something Special Gift Shop which is owned and operated by the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Auxiliary.
WRCJ 90.9 FM is a listener supported non-profit public radio station licensed to Detroit Public Schools and managed by Detroit Public Television. The station is located inside the Detroit School of Arts, a public high school training young people for careers in performing, visual and media arts. 90.9 FM broadcasts classical music from 5 am to 7 pm each day and jazz overnight. Dave Wagner is the program director and on-air host during morning and afternoon drive time, while Chris Felcyn hosts middays. Bob Studebaker and Bob Parlocha are the evening jazz hosts during the week. WRCJ receives no direct funding from the State of Michigan, City of Detroit or Detroit Public Schools. The primary source of our annual operating budget is voluntary contributions from listeners like you. Thank you!
Midtown Detroit, Inc., a nonprofit community development organization that supports economic growth in Detroit's Midtown district. MDI’s initiatives are shaped by the collaboration of key community stakeholders and are supported by the many dedicated funders that recognize the importance of Midtown’s revitalization and its positive effect on the community. We are involved in over 30 collaborative projects and programs that address the challenges and opportunities of the greater Midtown Detroit community. Over the years, MDI has addressed and overcome barriers to growth taking on new initiatives that have significantly developed and improved the community. These changes have sparked tremendous growth and heightened visibility making the Midtown community a prime destination for visitors and residents.
Art X Detroit is a biennial multidisciplinary celebration of the arts in Detroit, and will specifically showcase the 2013-2014 Kresge Artist Fellows and Eminent Artist Awardees. Art X Detroit will be held over ten days in April 2015 and will also feature an exhibition at MOCAD that will run from Wednesday, April 10 through Wednesday, April 28, 2015. Most scheduled events, presentations, panel discussions, installations, etc., will be concentrated within Midtown Detroit’s Woodward Corridor. The 2015 dates for Art X Detroit are: WEEK 1: Thursday, April 9 Friday, April 10 Saturday, April 11 Sunday, April 12 WEEK 2 Thursday, April 16 Friday, April 17 Saturday, April 18 Sunday, April 19 WEEK 3 Saturday, April 25 Sunday, April 26 Art X Detroit is administered by Midtown Detroit, Inc. (MDI) in conjunction with The Kresge Foundation. An event planning committee, comprised of staff from MDI, The Kresge Foundation, ArtServe Michigan, the College for Creative Studies, and MOCAD guides the planning process for the event.
Get ready to help save lives by putting on your walking and running shoes and participating in the 2014 UAW-Ford Michigan Marrow 5K! This 4th annual walk and fun run will be held at Stony Creek Park in Shelby Township on Saturday, August 9th at 9:00 a.m.
At Matrix Human Services we’re educating children, supporting families and rebuilding neighborhoods in Detroit. Operating in more than 40 Detroit locations, Matrix provides services to more than 25,000 individuals and families annually. In addition, Matrix operates the largest federally funded Head Start program in the city of Detroit serving more than 1,900 children. All Matrix programs are rooted in our ASPIRE Matrix Model (Adults, Students, Parents, Inspiring Radical Empowerment), the next generation of Transition to Success™ designed to empower families and individuals to achieve economic self-sufficiency. This wrap around care is changing lives! Learn more. Give. Volunteer. Discover Matrix Human Services at http://www.matrixhumanservices.org
The American Red Cross of Southeast Michigan serves: Lenawee, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Claire, Washtenaw and Wayne counties.
Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corporation (CCNDC) was formed in 1982 as a subsidiary of the Concerned Citizens of Cass Corridor (4C’s), a neighborhood-based community organization representing residents and business owners within the Cass Corridor. The Cass Corridor is generally defined as the area north of the Fisher Freeway (I-75), west of Woodward Avenue, south of the Edsel Ford Freeway (I-94), and east of the John C. Lodge Freeway (US-10). The area was developed for predominantly multiple family, commercial, retail and institutional uses. A number of prominent institutions are located within these boundaries, including Wayne State University, the Detroit Symphony, Orchestra Hall and the Max, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Children’s Center and the new Cass Technical High School. The CCNDC organization has responded to community concerns through partnerships with tenants to acquire distressed buildings from absentee landlords. In fact, CCNDC was formed as a result of the tenants in the Vernon Murphy Apartments, (487 Charlotte), successfully acquiring their building in a judgment against an absentee landlord. CCNDC became the development subsidiary of the community organization to undertake the renovation. To date, CCNDC has 27 buildings with a total of 310 units of affordable housing in the Cass Corridor neighborhood. In addition, CCNDC has three commercial buildings which house our offices, Cass Corridor Community Center, Ocelot Print Shop, Back Alley Bikes, The Hub, and local offices for Rhode Construction.
Komen Detroit is a year-round resource to Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties providing breast cancer education, grantmaking, patient and family navigation, public policy advocacy and volunteer opportunities.
On an average night in Detroit, more than 10,000 individuals and families are homeless. COTS Emergency Shelter operates at or near capacity consistently throughout the year, providing approximately 50,000 shelter nights each year to about 2,800 homeless individuals and families. Presently, the state of Michigan is ranked fifth in national homelessness polls.
Divisions, Subsidiaries, & Affiliates Befitting our mission of bringing together contemporary arts and contemporary society, we present a diverse series of concerts, performances, exhibitions, lectures, forums, educational programs, and public installations. The CAID continues to nurture its current partnerships while establishing new connections with artists and other organizations, supporting and recognizing the innovative creative ideas and endeavors that have a meaningful, lasting impact on our city and its social, economic and political environment. The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit offers a variety of programs and services to the creative community of Detroit through its divisions, subsidiaries and affiliates. Whitdel Arts A division of The CAID, Whitdel Arts, which is located in Southwest Detroit, is an 1,800 sq. ft. professional exhibition space. The gallery showcases the work of established and emerging local and international artists. Whitdel Arts is entirely run by volunteers, including local artists, designers, educators and administrators, all with a strong desire to help their community and local art scene. The purpose of Whitdel Arts is to provide an environment centered on the creative process and the interaction and dialogue derived from it. -Local Community and Economy Building - Whitdel Arts strives to achieve the CAID’s Vision of developing a creative, sustainable, ecologically sound, and healthy localized economy and a strong social fabric within the city of Detroit. To achieve this, the organization produces events aimed at bringing the community together in ways that support creative local businesses and empower Detroit residents to contribute to the health and sustainability of their city’s local economy. -Educational Programming - Whitdel Arts provides the opportunity for young and emerging artists to learn professional skills and experiences related to their creative endeavors, such as learning to write a resume, artist statement and biography, building websites, etc. Whitdel also hosts guest lectures and visiting artists for the purpose of educating Detroit artists in the skills required for artistic professionalism. Whitdel Arts’ Media Lab is an important resource for continuing the work of some of our most important and ambitious programs. The media lab boasts over ten computers, access to the Internet, and high-quality photo printers and scanners. Additionally, Whitdel Arts offers hands on art making workshops to the public and its general membership. Ladybug Studios A co-operative clay studio and gallery, Ladybug Studios provides local artists with a professional space to create, exhibit and sell ceramic art. In true co-operative fashion, artists hold classes and workshops to educate students from Detroit, and its surrounding areas, in exchange for the use of studio space and a reduced monthly membership due. Ladybug Studios’ goal is to identity, sponsor and promote educational activities and programs that cultivate awareness, interest and understanding of the art by the general public. Ongoing programs include a monthly free drop in workshop for families held on the first Saturday of every month. detroit contemporary One of CAID’s newest divisions, the detroit contemporary, is an art gallery, theatre, film and TV studio, community garden, and creative social hub. This year detroit contemporary will present an 11-Show Exhibition Season, a bi-monthly Performance Laboratory event of experimenting works in front of a live audience, and a monthly dance night called Magic City Soul Club. Last year the detroit contemporary space was devoted to the birth of a new employee-owned broadcasting company. At the start of 2011, production began on Tonight@theCAID, a "Detroit-based, internet-broadcast, talkshow;" the first programming effort of the Detroit Broadcasting Company (DBC). Tonight@theCAID was filmed in front of a live studio audience, and completed a 13- episode season featuring . The start of this year brought the return of exhibitions and over the summer detroit contemporary paired up with the Boll Family YMCA. Sixteen young adults from the Y's Fresh Eyez program worked for six weeks to transform a neglected yard into a new Community Outdoor Classroom. The gardens were made possible with generous support from The Home Depot Foundation along with hundreds of small donations from members and individual donors. As detroit contemporary continues to host live music, dance, poetry, and theatrical performances it also serves as a partner and incubator for new social enterprises including Detroit Broadcasting Company, Detroit Land Trust and Closed-loop Economy Group. detroit contemporary's mission is to create positive social change by providing a space where new ideas are shared and supported, where creative expressions are celebrated, and where the imagination is the driving force behind both our work and play. As the seeds of next spring's garden germinate; the incubating minds and talents of detroit contemporary are hatching. Detroit Land Trust The Detroit Land Trust is a partnership between property owners, artists, architects and other individuals and organizations that acquires, designs, develops, maintains and occupies residential, commercial and agricultural properties in Detroit. The trust will provide opportunities for community land ownership through limited partnerships managed by another CAID subsidiary the Closed-loop Economy Group. Individuals may purchase shares of the real estate company or may trade labor in exchange for an ownership stake. The first goal in 2013 of the Detroit Land Trust will be to raise enough capital to purchase homes and vacant land at auction that will be converted to artist residencies, classrooms, community centers and agricultural facilities. Detroit Broadcasting Company Creating media for the people, by the people, The Detroit Broadcasting Company (DBC) is a socially conscious for-profit company that is 100% owned and controlled by its employees--grass roots nonprofits, and people from the communities that DBC reaches and serves. DBC serves the community by producing internet based television programming that includes a Detroit based sitcom, a cooking show hosted by Detroit youth and a talk show that features people from Detroit who impact our politics, culture, and society. The talk show, the first program in production, completed its first season in 2011 and is available to view online. The mission, values and vision of the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, its founding non-profit member, guide the company’s goals. The purpose of DBC is to create positive social change in Detroit through media. There are currently five programs either already in production or in the planning phases of production. These programs are Tonight@theCAID, Detroit’s World Kitchen, Lambert Street, New Newsstand for New News, and Directors’ Cut.