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Jul 24, 2020 · An Urban Canvas. Today, the street is home an outdoor art environment called the Heidelberg Project. Two city blocks serve as an urban canvas that incorporates houses, the street, sidewalks, and discarded items. What began in the 1980s as a way to spotlight urban blight is evolving into an art community and “culture village.”.
Art Environment: 3600 Block of Heidelberg, Detroit, MI 48207. Office: 3442 McDougall, Detroit, MI 48207. Phone: (313) 458-8414 | Email: information@heidelberg.org
Mar 2, 2021 · In-person tours of the Heidelberg Project were canceled in March, 2020, but I’ve taken the advice on the project’s website and downloaded an app to help guide my pandemic-era exploration. The app was designed in 2018 and won a MediaPost Appy Award, according to Heidelberg Project Program Director Margaret Grace.
May 9, 2019 · The Heidelberg Project has become, in recent years, one of the most visited sites in Detroit, attracting 200,000 visitors annually. ... Before leaving Detroit, I went back down Heidelberg Street ...
Aug 21, 2016 · The project also exists on 27 city-owned parcels, though the Heidelberg organization has recently held discussions with the city about a potential use for, and possible acquisition of the properties.
Apr 19, 2021 · In 1986, Tyree Guyton started work on the Heidelberg Project – an outdoor sculpture in an urban community on Detroit’s east side – with the help of his grandfather, Sam Mackey, an artist in his own right. Guyton knew he wanted to be an artist at the age of nine, when his grandfather first placed a paintbrush in his hand.
Honorary Director, Heidelberg Project Board of Directors. Founder, The Heidelberg Project. Tyree Guyton (b. 1955) was born and raised in Detroit on the street that gives its name to his most famous work - the Heidelberg Project. Though Guyton was introduced to art as a child by his grandfather, his spent his early years in the US Army.
