Arise and Temple Rock are siblings and encourage each other’s creativity. They both won Mint’s Metro Detroit Youth Arts Competition in 2021.
Creative sister and brother are Metro Detroit Youth Arts Competition 2021 winners
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Plein air painting tips and tricks
Painting outdoors – or en plein air painting – started 200 years ago with groups of French and English artists. Artist John Constable’s paintings View on the Stour (1819) and The Hay Wain (1821) were created outdoors and won gold medals at the prestigious Salon in Paris. Impressionists Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro captured light and modern life by painting al …
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.
Better than Pinterest: Creative summer arts or craft activities and places in Detroit
Visit Mint in three parks this summer, or head to many other places, in person or online, for your creative child and family fun.
Heroes earn low wages and high praise – and ours show up in Grand Rapids
The heroes of the covid-19 pandemic wear scrubs and stethoscopes or care for frail seniors. They carry a megaphone, cook eggs and work overnight to refill grocery shelves. And they show up in the paintings Mint Artists summer workers created last year, which formed our first traveling exhibit Heroes; Now & Then. That exhibit will be on display at the …
Mint Alumni Ackeem Salmon, artist, art teacher and so much more
Mint Alumni Ackeem Salmon creates mixed media and photographs, art directs, teaches art to Detroit students. He is exploring his roots and his future simultaneously.
Get ahead: Create more art that seems more timely, ahead of time
Last week’s Inauguration celebration of the United States’ first female and first Black Vice President seemed like a remarkable event, and it brought an array of images of Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden to our Instagram feeds. Some digital, drawn or painted images were created weeks earlier in anticipation of their move to the top of American politics and …
More beautiful ways Mint practices ‘Generosity All Around’
Mint continues to grow and give back in Detroit. Here’s a half dozen of the ways from the pandemic year.
Generosity All Around: Mint gives back in Detroit during a tough pandemic year
“Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.” – artist, cartoonist and author Ashleigh Brilliant [space_20] This year, as the world shut down, slowed down and took stock, Mint Artists Guild embraced the strength and beauty of generosity. We knew it would be a tough year for children and youth in Detroit, with …
Meet Mint marketing intern Sydney Catton, who is cooking up new campaigns
She spent two and a half years living near Palmer Park, and first crossed paths with Mint Artists Guild at the Palmer Park Art Fair. She impressed us with her commitment to creativity and community as well as her varied marketing experience and for many coffee and tea shops. So we hired Sydney Catton as our marketing intern for 2020-2021. …
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