by The Carr Center | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
On December 4th of last year, Detroit lost a literary giant. The New York Times wrote, “Naomi Long Madgett, the longtime poet laureate of Detroit was as well known for publishing the work of others as she was for her own verse.” A gifted poet, publisher, educator and...
by The Carr Center | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
For over 10 years the Carr Center has hosted Dance Day in Detroit in partnership with the University of Michigan Dance Department Associate Professor Robin Wison, a founding member of the New York City Dance Company Urban Bush Women (seen above), and the Freshman...
by The Carr Center | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
On Thursday, April 22 at 8PM ET, the Carr Center will Livestream the National Endowment for the Arts 2021 Jazz Masters Tribute Concert, in collaboration with SFJAZZ. This special online-only concert, in honor of the 2021 NEA Jazz Masters — Terri Lyne Carrington,...
by The Carr Center | Mar 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
In March 2007 & 2008, The Carr Center presented our “Jazz at the Carr Center” Series with Resident Artist in Jazz, Rodney Whitaker and the MSU Professors of Jazz. The concerts celebrated some of Detroit’s finest female jazz vocalists, Alma Smith, Ursula Walker,...
by The Carr Center | Mar 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Opening Friday, April 2, inside The Carr Virtual Center,“The In Between”, Curator Chelsea A. Flowers had this to say about this upcoming exhibition.“COVID-19 has transformed the normativity of our creative practices. Challenging and transforming the ways in...
by The Carr Center | Mar 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
With All Our Might is a juried exhibition for visual artists at the Carr Center Contemporary. The exhibition includes 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, and time-based works that are a direct response to the experience of life during the global pandemic. 2020 was a year of...
