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Thirty years later, the Heidelberg Project is a Detroit Landmark. It is internationally recognized as a demonstration of the power of the human spirit and the resilience of the city of Detroit. However during the evolution of the Heidelberg Project, Guyton never left his studio practice.
- Staff, Board of Directors & Advisory Board
Tyree Guyton, Founding Artist Jenenne Whitfield, Special...
- Mission + Vision
Art Environment: 3600 Block of Heidelberg, Detroit, MI...
- Timeline
The HP celebrates its 20th anniversary with an international...
- The Founding Artist
The Heidelberg Project — Tyree Guyton, Founding Artist....
- History
In 1986, artist Tyree Guyton returned to Heidelberg, the...
- Staff, Board of Directors & Advisory Board
- Childhood and Education
- Early Career
- Mature Period
- The Legacy of Tyree Guyton
Tyree Guyton was one of ten children, born to George Guyton and Betty Solomon Guyton. He was raised on Heidelberg Street in east Detroit by his mother and elder siblings. He recalled that his neighborhood had been "really beautiful, with well-kept houses on all the lots and happy kids playing in the street". But that changed abruptly in 1967 when r...
Back in Detroit in 1986, Guyton found Heidelberg Street (as with many parts of the of the city) much changed, due largely to a sharp upturn in drug-related crime. He decided to use art to improve the area which he did by creating a massive installation, reminiscent of the "Visionary Environments" (that is, large-scale immersive, architectural insta...
By 1996 Guyton's reputation was starting to gain international recognition through a photographic exhibition that toured Europe. His rising profile saw him receive his first significant grant from the City of Detroit Cultural Affairs Department in 1997. The money was used to develop a Café and Welcoming Center in Heidelberg. Although he still faced...
While it is not strictly accurate to refer to Tyree Guyton as an "Outsider Artist", his work, particularly his career spanning Heidelberg Project, is strongly reminiscent of "Visionary Environments" created by Outsider artists like Leonard Knight, Nek Chand, and Simon Rodia. At the same time Guyton's work falls within the category of Activist art a...
- American
- August 24, 1955
- Detroit, Michigan
The Heidelberg Project is an outdoor art project in the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood on Detroit's east side, just north of the city's historically African-American Black Bottom area. It was created in 1986 by the artist Tyree Guyton, who was assisted by his wife, Karen, and grandfather Sam Mackey ("Grandpa Sam").
The Heidelberg Project is an outdoor art environment that was developed by artist Tyree Guyton on Heidelberg Street, on Detroit’s east side. Guyton started the project as a response to the deterioration of his own neighborhood, as well as many other Detroit neighborhoods after many years of decline.
Aug 21, 2019 · The Heidelberg Project CBS News. Guyton's so-called Heidelberg Project now attracts an estimated 200,000 visitors a year from all over the world, adding more than $3 million annually to...
