This short from filmmaker Fred Culpepper documents the creation of the Monuments public art installation from artist Craig Walsh.  Walsh was commissioned to create a set of his living sculptures in celebration of Ann Arbor's bicentennial.  Those chosen to be represented in the project were community leaders Bonnie Billups Jr., Joyce Hunter, and Martin Contreras & Keith Orr.  This video provides in introduction to these figures as it tracks Walsh in the capturing of source material and the installation of his large-scale, temporary public sculpture piece.

An interview by archivist of popular culture Michael Erlewine of rock-poster artist Gary Grimshaw, along with samples from various periods of Grimshaw's work. Erlewine also tells how he got into making posters himself in the 1960s for his band the Prime Movers Blues Band.

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Leah Bass-Baylis was born in 1954 in Ypsilanti. Her parents Thomas and Louise Bass–a doctor and teacher–were influential members of Ypsilanti’s Black community. She studied dance at Ypsilanti’s Randazzo Dance Theater and graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta in 1976.

Join Payton and discover the history of abstract art and learn ways to understand, appreciate, and evaluate non-representational works of art! For this activity you will need either oil pastels, soft pastels, or acrylic paint. As always, if you don’t have everything on this list, don’t worry – feel free to be creative and find substitutions for any supplies you may not have on hand.

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