Category: Meet the Artist

Join us. Save the rivers. Help create cool art.

Mint Artists Guild was fortunate to connect with artist Adrienne Outlaw last year during ArtPrize. This year, we’re even more lucky to partner with her on the Grand Dome geodesic art sculpture that’s up now near the Blue Bridge in Grand Rapids. The Grand Dome was created using Adrienne’s designs, vision and connections from colorful plastic covered triangle panels made …

Meet Miriam Uhura, an artist and community builder

Miriam Uhura connects with other artists, and finds inspiration in the little things. She believes in showing up.

Meet some of the characters behind our art cards

Meet some of our artists behind the Mint art greeting cards. They are creative types with varied career paths.

Meet Oluwaseyi Akintoroye, a Mint creative leader, artist, and mentor

Meet Oluwaseyi Akintoroye: A Mint team leader, artist, photographer, student at Wayne State University and so much more. Calm, creative, and caring, Oluwaseyi Akintoroye has been a member of Mint Artists Guild for about four years. She has worked with Mint Artists Guild as a summer mentor/team leader for more than two years. During that time, she’s helped Mint grow …

Model, photographer and business woman, meet Mint’s new intern Tyesha McLean

Mint intern Tyesha McLean is on a journey of self love and growth.

Meet Toni Topp, our creative marketing intern

She’s creative and business-like and more.

Meet the rest of the 2021 winners and celebrate Imagination and Unity

They believe in the power of imagination – and in Detroit’s beauty and unity. Their art and poetry celebrates all that – and gives us something to think about. This year’s winners of the Metro Detroit Youth Arts Competition are just as diverse as the 2020 winners. But many were drawn to the new theme “Just my imagination … running …

Creative sister and brother are Metro Detroit Youth Arts Competition 2021 winners

Arise and Temple Rock are siblings and encourage each other’s creativity. They both won Mint’s Metro Detroit Youth Arts Competition in 2021.

Join us in August – a very art-filled month

Join Mint at two very artsy events in August, including a garden party fundraiser hosted by artist / arts patron Ellen Stone, whose painting is shown.

Six ways to plan for artists’ care during an art fair

Mint Artists Guild is going to the art fairs again this year – starting with Palmer Park Art Fair this weekend. We will set up at the Belle Isle Art Fair in early August, the Funky Ferndale Art Fair in September and some pop up art events in between. We spend a lot of timing getting ready for these fairs, …