Michigan Avenue Billboard Art Collective
Transform a vacant lot liability into a community asset; demonstrating art + design as an intelligent and balanced solution that will foster a prosperous, livable, and resilient commercial corridor into the future.
Leader
Michigan Avenue Business Association (MABA) .
Location
25th and Michigan Ave Detroit, MI 48216
About the project
Help us raise funds to secure public art billboard space for July & August and provide an honorarium to local artists through the Michigan Avenue Billboard Art Collective Project!
The Michigan Avenue Billboard Art Collective Project is a collaboration of community partners whose aim is to broaden the reach of public art, especially for those whom traditional art exhibitions have proven inaccessible. We are dedicated to the belief that art ignites change and has the power to transform public spaces, neighborhoods, and commercial corridors.
We are thrilled to announce a community partnership with Southwest Solutions will allow us to activate the vacant lot at 25th & Michigan Avenue in Southwest Detroit, provide billboard art sponsorship for the month of June, as well as provide for an artist(s) honorarium.
Holding House Artspace, located on the adjacent corner to the project, recently put out a call for art and accepted submissions from local artists interested in the unique opportunity to display their work alongside historic, Michigan Avenue. The response and quality of art work received was amazing! We began to consider, rather than being a one-off, how could we make a bigger impact by programming the site throughout the Summer and provide an opportunity to even more local artists?
The Steps
Here's where you come in! We are reaching out to our friends, neighbors, and the greater Detroit community to become a part of the positive momentum being created along Michigan Avenue. 100% of your commitment will go toward securing the use of the billboard space for July & August and providing an honorarium to the winning artists, who will be selected with input of neighboring community members.
We have just three weeks to reach our target goal of $2,600! Please consider joining our efforts by contributing today!!
Why we‘re doing it
The Michigan Avenue Business Association (MABA) is focused on the 3.5 mile section of Michigan Avenue anchored by I96 to the East and Wyoming to the West. We are a group of resilient business owners and community stakeholders commited to creating a more vibrant Michigan Avenue. The Michigan Avenue Billboard Art Collective Project specifically aims to focus positive attention and energy to this underutilized and often overlooked stretch of Michigan Avenue and the adjacent Core City & Chadsey-Condon neighborhoods. We thank you for your support!