PASC APRIL 2024 NEWSLETTER

Interior of PASC Detroit studio (top) and PASC Detroit gallery (bottom) at LANTERN

PASC Detroit at LANTERN Opens

A New Era of Art and Inclusion in Detroit

We are thrilled to announce the beginning of a new era of art and inclusion in Detroit with our move into PASC Detroit at LANTERN studio, and the opening of If Anyone Can Hear This, curated by Scott Vincent Campbell, our inaugural exhibition at PASC Detroit Gallery. PASC Detroit at LANTERN is Detroit's first public progressive art studio and gallery, located at 9301 Kercheval Ave, Suite 2, Detroit, MI 48214.

PASC is an anchor tenant in LANTERN, a newly developed mixed-use building we share with arts organizations like Signal-Return, professional artist studios, a music residency Assembled Sound, restaurants, and retail spaces. Under the transformative vision of the Library Street Collective, LANTERN is part of several developments in the Detroit East Village neighborhood, nicknamed Little Village, which is becoming an arts and cultural hub in the heart of Detroit, the first UNESCO-designated City of Design in the United States.

This move signifies a monumental chapter for PASC, Services to Enhance Potential (STEP), and the Detroit art world, situating us alongside other pivotal neighboring art organizations such as Signal-Return, The Shepard, I. M. Weiss Gallery, Pewabic Pottery, Louis Buhl Gallery, and others, in this vibrant arts-and-culture-centric neighborhood. The proximity to other professional artists and the broader art community will empower PASC artists, expanding their cultural identity from artists with disabilities, to simply artists, playing a pivotal role in the evolution of Detroit's art and culture scene.

To help us with this monumental move, PASC is launching the PASC Detroit LANTERN Finishing Campaign. We are asking for your support to help us cover our remaining building costs, rent and utilities, and additional materials and equipment needed for this move.

RSVP TO THE OPENING AND DONATE TO THE CAMPAIGN

In this new venue, with an interior studio and gallery designed by architecture firm LOHA, PASC will relocate our Detroit studio program, while also hosting a variety of exhibitions, public programs, and events, increase engagement for our artists, and deepen conversations on art, equity, and the inclusion of diverse voices. Moreover, this central hub of artistic activity will showcase the innovative PASC model and introduce STEP's extensive support services to a broader audience, thereby increasing access and resources to a larger community.

Since its inception, PASC has been dedicated to enhancing access to artistic expression and career development in the arts for individuals with diverse abilities in greater Detroit, a community historically underserved in professional arts programming. The launch of PASC Detroit at LANTERN amplifies STEP's commitment of supporting individuals in the pursuit of their chosen goals and the achievement of personal satisfaction in their lives.

In conjunction with the move into our new space, we are excited to announce our first public exhibition If Anyone Can Hear This curated by Scott Vincent Campbell, marking the beginning of PASC's enhanced programming in our first permanent gallery space in Detroit. This inaugural exhibition, featuring the work of 25 PASC artists from all three PASC studios, marks the beginning of PASC's enhanced programming in our first permanent gallery space in Detroit. More details below. 

We invite the community to celebrate this new chapter for art and inclusion with us. Other organizations in the building will also be opening their doors. We hope to see you at the opening on May 9th.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

Ronald Griggs, People on the Bus, 2024, pencil and acrylic on paper, 30 x 22 in

If Anyone Can Hear This

Opening May 9, 5-7pm

Exhibition Dates: May 9 - June 15, 2024

PASC Detroit Gallery

9301 Kercheval Ave, Suite 2,

Detroit, MI 48214

Gallery Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 12-5pm

Curated by Scott Vincent Campbell

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Scott Vincent Campbell writes this about the exhibition, "We've just barely emerged from our time of Covid isolation, but have quickly found ourselves thrust into one of mass collective action. This journey that we've all been on and the plethora of emotions that it stirs, has left me pondering, what does it mean to search for one's tribe? I don't necessarily mean people who are the same as you, or even similar, but the puzzle pieces that are meant to be around you, and fit into your own irregular and contorted edges. This question served as the organizing guide for this exhibition. Solitary figures looking for their match; not because they are lonely, but actually quite the opposite. Self-actualized, and honest, they understand that in the end what's important is our relationships. As PASC inaugurates this new gallery space, it only feels right to build an exhibition around the idea of individual pieces finding their larger puzzle."

Exhibiting Artists: Jotina Ballard, Chanucy Bullock, Alyce Carter, Dennis Cenzer, Dwayne Curry, Chantell Donwell, Zaneb Elhassan, Nick Granch, Eric Green, Ronald Griggs, Rodney Hudson, Stanley Hudson, Shawn Jackson, Joseph Lucas, Richard Marshall, Nathaniel McNeal, Keisha Miller, Debbie Osteen, Alsendoe Owens, Joseph Ramps, Bruce Rice, Randy Rodriguez, Rodney Stevens, Aaron Taylor, James Tischler, Lorenzo Waters, and Willie Whitehead

 PASC AT BASBLUE: PUBLIC TALK AND RECEPTION

April 18, 12-1:30pm

Art of BasBlue

Location: BasBlue, 110 E. Ferry St, Detroit

Exhibition Dates: March 10 – June 30

Curated by Alison Wong

On April 18, at 12pm, We will have a public reception and talk with Alison Wong, Anthony Marcellini, PASC Program Manager and Brent Mikulski, CEO of STEP, about the temporary exhibition of PASC artwork at BasBlue.

Seating is limited, please RSVP for the talk here: https://forms.gle/xpVESvr1gRmJ5Kav5 

Alison Wong, Curator and Director of Wasserman Projects, has curated a selection of artwork by thirty-four PASC artists as part of the Art of BasBlue program supported by Wasserman Projects Fund. BasBlue is a non-profit organization made possible by the BasBlue Foundation, dedicated to empowering economic mobility and leadership skills, and providing resources for personal and professional development for underrepresented and under-resourced women and non-binary individuals in Southeast Michigan.

The exhibition will be staged in the BasBlue building, a renovated midtown Detroit mansion, located at 110 E. Ferry St, Detroit, MI 48202. Artworks will be available for purchase online at the following address:

www.wassermanworks.com/collections/basblue

Featured artists Stanley Brown, Sherri Bryant, Alyce Carter, Sereal Crawford, Detroit Angel Tweety, Santina Dionisi, Julieann Dombrowski, Chantell Donwell, Robert Duncombe, Zaineb Elhasan, Derek Ellis, Lewis Foster, Ronald Griggs, Khristopher Harris, Rodney Hudson, Susan Hudson, Shawn Jackson, Joseph Lucas II, Tracy Mason, Ryan McDonaugh, Nathaniel McNeal Jr, Keisha Miller, Debbie Osteen, Alsendoe Owens, John Peterson, Angela Rhodes, Dale Roberts, Renee Rogan, Marquise Rucker, Gayle Sanford, Thomas Saunders, Aaron Taylor, Jeremy Taylor, and Lauren Williams.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Dennis Cenzer, Nighttime Light Orbs, 2023, mixed media on paper, 18 x 24 in

COSMIC CONNECTIONS

PASC Southgate Gallery

13721 Eureka Road, Southgate, MI

Exhibition Dates: February 29 – May 31

Curated by Hannah Lilly

Hannah Lilly, PASC Lead Art Advisor, has curated Cosmic Connections our next show at our PASC Southgate gallery. This exhibition showcases several PASC Southgate and PASC Westland artists, who present artworks that reveal our universal 'cosmic' connections through figurative and abstract language, from depictions of planets, to our human and natural commonalities.

Featuring: Manual Bart, Autumn Bez, Jirard Bond, Stanley Brown, Therrin Burns, Alyce Carter, Dennis Cenzer, Jon Coleman, Ryan Cooke, Santina Dionisi, Robert Duncombe, Zainab Elhasan, Bethany Fater, Alex Ferguson, Derrick Hall, Montgomery Matthews, Billy Medley, Megan Mowers, Justin Pollard, Josef Rampp, Randy Rodriguez, Amanda Ross-Ferree, Marquise Rucker, Nicolas Tamsen, James Tischler, and Theodore Thornton

Chantell Donwell, Dance Party, 2023, colored pencil and pen on paper, 18 x 24 in

A TAPESTRY OF TRANSFORMATION

Curated by Chloé Hajjar, Kristi Ternes and Eleni Zaharopoulos 

March 28 - April 26, 2024 

Art Gallery at City Hall 

Westland City Hall 

36300 Warren Rd, Westland, MI 48185 

www.cityofwestland.com/604/The-Gallery-at-City-Hall 

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 9am-5pm  

A Tapestry of Transformation is an exhibition at The Gallery at Westland City Hall featuring 38 artists from PASC, where each artwork serves as a cultural thread woven together to tell the story of our collective. Representing the tastes, desires, and dreams of American society, the exhibit embodies the essence of our culture, historical references and the interplay of identities. Depictions of celebrities and civil rights leaders mingle with fast cars and beauty parlors, while the pastoral sublime of a bicycle on a sunny day fraternizes with the frenetic depiction of a sports car. Threading in and out, overlapping over and under, the world as we know it comes into focus.

Participating Artists: Heba Ayoub, Jotina Ballard, Rubin Bates, Jirard Bond, Bobby Brooks, Sherri Bryant, Stanley Brown, Desirai Chapman, Ryan Cooke, Sereal Crawford, Dwayne L. Curry, Detroit Angel Tweety, Mandy Demorest, Jeremy Dillard, Chantell Donwell, Je’Vonnie Evans, Lonell Garret, Eric Green, Ashley Hawkins, Laquan Hogan, Susan Hudson, Shawn Jackson, Phillip Kraft, Johnie Lockhart, Richard Marshall, Sandra McCain, Ryan McDonagh, Nathaniel McNeal Jr, Dameon Miller, Vanessa Montgomery, Khiry O’Neal, John Peterson, Deanna Poppenger, Dylan Reeves, Tessann Rondeau, Marear Smith, Raymond Wells, and Willie Whitehead 

Progressive Art Studio Collective is a program of Services to Enhance Potential (STEP) a non profit organization which provides support and services to over 1,400 persons with developmental disabilities and mental health differences in Wayne County.

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