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Tyree Guyton, DFA is the founder and artist of the critically acclaimed Heidelberg Project (HP) in Detroit. Founded in 1986, the HP is an internationally recognized public art installation created to challenge the status quo, create a community for art, and cultivate a unique gathering space for all who seek inspiration outside museum walls. Guyton will take you on an in-depth journey into history of the HP and how it has become the corner-stone of Detroit’s burgeoning art community. He will presents information useful to artists, students, arts organizations, community organizers, teachers, and philanthropists seeking to understand how art and creativity become a catalyst for urban revitalization.
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Key Lecture Points
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The Heidelberg Project continues to be a source of academic, policy-related, and arts scholarship. A brief review of academic literature retrieved under searching “Tyree Guyton” yields well over 200 articles (using Google Scholar). The Heidelberg Project anchors work in:
• Reinvention and revitalization of urban spaces (e.g. cities)
• Local literacies and geographies of urban neighborhoods
• Politics of creativity, urban renewal and education
• Urban ecology
• Environmental justice through public art
• Imagineering new communities and neighborhoods
• Art as medicine for communities, residents and organizations.
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Additional Information
For more information on Lectures, Workshops, Exhibitions and Installations, international presentations, please contact:
Jenenne Whitfield, Managing Partner
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Testimonials
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