Photo of the Week: Set Your Goals on Fire!

bright red sculpture of metallic flames 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… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Set Your Goals on Fire!

Photo of the Week: Stevie Wonder Mural at Detroit Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts

On the side of a building, a young-looking Stevie Wondein orange jacket smiles as he plays piano.

Finished in mid-summer 2019, the 100-foot-tall colorful mural of Stevie Wonder can’t be missed as you walk north on Brush toward Detroit’s Music Hall.

The mural stands out on the south wall of the Music Hall, rising out of the back of a downtown Detroit parking lot.

Created by London-based artist Richard Wilson, the 8,000-square-foot mural is something Wilson felt so committed to, he painted the mural on his own money. Estimated cost: around $10,000. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Stevie Wonder Mural at Detroit Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts

Photo of the Week: Let’s Go For a Run!

young girl holds on to the leash of her dog as she gleefully runs.

After enjoying delicious food at a lovely small family-owned Colombian restaurant on the outskirts of Dayton, Ohio, I discovered this fun-loving sculpture near the parking lot. In my mind, I can envision the young girl and her dog running through their yard on a summer’s day. Sadly, no information about the artist who created the… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Let’s Go For a Run!