by The Carr Center | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Oluwatoyin Akintoroye (Toyin**), is a working artist still in the early stages of their career. They began getting to know other artists through university activities and installing shows around the city of Detroit, where they were born and raised. Through...
by The Carr Center | Oct 27, 2022 | Meet The Artist
Photographer Hugh Grannum, a native of Brooklyn, NY, on staff at The Detroit Free Press since 1970, is also widely known outside the field of photojournalism. He has conducted a number of photography workshops, taught at Wayne County Community College, from 1977 to...
by The Carr Center | Oct 27, 2022 | Meet The Artist
Brilliant Detroit Visual Artist Carole Harris, is a lifelong Detroiter and graduate of Wayne State University, who describes her life’s passion this way… “My work relies on improvisation. I am fascinated with hue and pattern, often drawing inspiration from...
by The Carr Center | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Ruminations: The New Standard”By Mark StrykerFormer Arts Reporter and Critic at Detroit Free Press I’ve been thinking about the New Standards/Jazz Without Patriarchy initiative that’s been unfolding over the last two weeks in Detroit. There are so many aspects to...
by The Carr Center | Oct 19, 2022 | Meet The Artist
Charenée Wade is known for her expert vocal improvisational ability and her seriously swinging groove, she evokes a classic jazz sound akin to Betty Carter and Sarah Vaughan. With her Motéma debut, Offering: The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson (June 23),...
