Livernois Soup and Light Up Livernois events help buoy cash-strapped Avenue of Fashion businesses

Livernois Soup and Light Up Livernois events help buoy cash-strapped Avenue of Fashion businesses

Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion, one of the city’s most vibrant neighborhood business districts, hit a speed bump with scheduled construction along the shop’s busiest corridor. It’s a massive project, albeit temporary one, according to shopowners contendng with foot traffic drops created as a result of limited parking and impassable sidewalks. The $8 million streetscaping project […]

Nancy Rodwan turns unwanted items into art treasures, exhibit opens March 24 at Annex Gallery

Nancy Rodwan turns unwanted items into art treasures, exhibit opens March 24 at Annex Gallery

What do you do with unwanted items cast off by family, friends and just acquaintances? Just ask Detroit artist Nancy J. Rodwan. She transforms them into art. Rodwan’s reworked everyday goods like clothing, kitchen utensils, obsolete electronics, books, toys, and car parts into paintings, sculptures, fiber art, assemblages, and collages – as well as into […]