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Photo of the Week: The Girl with the D Earring

March 14, 2021 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

black wall of tall building displays mural of woman wearing pink Old English D earring.

The stunning 8,000-square-foot mural is impossible to miss as you travel eastbound on Grand Boulevard from Woodward Avenue into the Milwaukee Junction area of Detroit, Michigan near the New Center.

Painted by local artist Sydney James, The Girl with the D Earring mural stands nine stories tall on the west wall of the 107-year-old Chroma building, recently renovated by The Platform development company.

James is well known in Detroit for her murals across the city, including Our Issue and Black List (which I highlighted a few years ago on this blog) as part of Murals in the Market at Eastern Market. Continue reading Photo of the Week: The Girl with the D Earring

Filed Under: Inspiration, Michigan Tagged With: art, Detroit, mural, photo of the week, Sydney James

Photo of the Week: Zebra Herder 1 & 2

April 12, 2020 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

White and black painted steel zebras appear to be grazing in the grass.

Created of painted steel, the zebra sculpture catches your eye as you travel Ford Road in Canton Township, Michigan.

Zebra Herder 1 & 2 is the work of retired iron worker Mike Sohikian of Genoa, Ohio. It’s one of more than a dozen installations on Ford Road, part of the 14th Annual Sculpture Exhibit in Canton Township. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Zebra Herder 1 & 2

Filed Under: Michigan Tagged With: art, Midwest Sculpture Initiative, Mike Sohikian, outdoor sculpture, photo of the week, sculpture, Zebra Herder 1 & 2

Photo of the Week: Set Your Goals on Fire!

February 2, 2020 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

bright red sculpture of metallic flames reaching toward the blue sky brightens up campus lawn.

The brilliant red steel, aluminum, and mirror sculpture can’t be missed as you walk the southwestern section of Schoolcraft College’s campus.

Created by Marilyn Strandt, Set Your Goals on Fire! is a five-foot tall metallic spiral of interweaving red flames reaching to the sky, with a mirror in the middle of the sculpture.

According to Strandt, she envisioned students standing inside the spiral sculpture, seeing themselves in the mirror, and asking

themselves if their actions are getting them what they really want out of life.

Students can use metal keys inside the drop box near the sculpture to write their initials and goal.

yellow metal key with inscription of eat healthy, eat to live, not live to eat dated September 26, 2019.

The metal key is then spun on the rods until it lands on the hot coals at the base of the sculpture.

Set Your Goals on Fire! was part of the 2018 ArtPrize art exhibit in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

After the exhibit, Strandt donated her sculpture to Schoolcraft College.

Supported by a grant from the Schoolcraft College Foundation and the Rockall Fund, Set Your Goals on Fire is one of almost two dozen sculptures installed on the Livonia, Michigan campus as part of the Schoolcraft College Outdoor Sculpture Initiative.

Strandt’s sculpture can be found outside the McDowell Center in the southwest corner of campus.

Filed Under: Michigan Tagged With: art, Marilyn Strandt, photo of the week, public sculpture, Schoolcraft College, sculpture, Set Your Goals on Fire!

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