Collecting, Documenting, and Sharing Detroit Arts Culture: In and Around Wayne State, 1960s-1980s

摘要

Collecting, Documenting, and Sharing Detroit Arts Culture: In and Around Wayne State, 1960s-1980sIn the 1960s, as explosive social and political movements gave rise to the rejection of post-World War II middle-class society, Wayne State University and its nearby environs emerged as a cultural force. A loosely drawn community of artists, poets, musicians and politicos became active participants in this boldly expressive movement, with much activity centered in the Cass Corridor, adjacent to campus. While this mirrored what was going on in other parts of the country, Detroiters had their own source material, inspiration, and tools for expression.This panel will present and discuss this important time in Detroitu27s cultural history, and a number of projects undertaken to preserve its heritage. Featured will be a video which includes the work of a number of Cass Corridor artists from that time period, and two collaborative oral history projects which document the stories of Detroitu27s art, poetry, and music communities.The panel will be of interest to artists, art educators, art historians and those interested in Detroit arts history, as well as documentary practices.Conference session summary is available here.Presentations:Sandra Schemske: Video presentation: u27Time and Place: Art of Detroitu27s Cass Corridor from the Wayne State University Art Collectionu27 (not available in DigitalCommons@WayneState)Dr. Joseph Turrini: Training Oral Historians for the Cass Corridor Documentation Project (not available in DigitalCommons@WayneState)Dennis Nawrocki: u27Ménage À Detroit’: Three Generations of Expressionist Art in Detroit 1970-2012Gilda Snowden: Documenting the local gallery scene on YouTubeMonika Berenyi: The Detroit City Poetry ProjectDiane Sybeldon: From the Library...: Collecting, Documenting and Sharing Detroit Arts Culture In and Around Wayne State, 1960s-1980s