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We’re changing the world through art, starting right here in Detroit. The Heidelberg Project is an outdoor art environment in the heart of an urban area and a Detroit based community organization with a mission to improve the lives of people and neighborhoods through art.
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We’re changing the world through art, starting right here in...
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Our Mission, Vision & Core Values - The Heidelberg Project
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Locations & Contact - The Heidelberg Project
- Tyree Guyton, Founding Artist
Tyree Guyton, Founding Artist - The Heidelberg Project
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Two major exhibitions of deconstructed works from the...
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History - The Heidelberg Project
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Thirty years later, the Heidelberg Project is a Detroit...
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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"). [1]
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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.
Mar 2, 2021 · The Heidelberg Project has been controversial in Detroit since its inception. It was dismantled twice in the 1990s by people serving in the Detroit government, who thought the project drew attention to the city’s struggles with urban blight.
Aug 21, 2019 · The Heidelberg Project has a proposal at City Hall to turn this once blighted neighborhood into a vibrant artists' village, with live-work studios, an arts academy and businesses that cater to...
