Detroit Neighborhood Pop Up Art Exhibit

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There are over 150,000 abandoned/vacant lots in Detroit creating dumping grounds for debris and a magnet for danger and violence all over the city. These locations take away the visual appeal of our city, put our children in danger and decrease the value of the land and the neighborhoods that these lots reside.

We can change this with Community Pop Up Art Exhibition Project.

This project takes an abandoned lot, clean it up and then place pieces of art from local artist on the land transforming it into a space that can be used by the neighborhood. Cleaning up the lot and transforming it also has the potential of bringing investors in to purchase the land and more good neighbors to homes or other property in the neighborhood.

HOW DOES THIS PROJECT WORK 1. Designate an abandoned lot in a community to carry out the project work 2. Connect with the community members to gather the support to clean the lot and the commitment to keep it clean.

3. Schedule clean up days and invite the neighborhood to come join 4. Install the art on the newly clean lot 5. Celebrate the clean space with the community by hosting a pop up art exhibit and community gathering on the lot 6. Meet with key neighborhood members and provide toolkit to help with maintaining the lot clean and to help create events and activities to occur on the lot year around.

Photos from Current Pop Up Exhibit (Central Detroit)

These photos document the transformation of not only an abaondoned lot, but the community aroiund the lot. In one week and collected resources, we were able to take this lawn from an overgrown unsued land to a gathering place. This lot is currently maintained by community members and have several events planned for the summer and fall of 2013.

COMMITTMENT Keeping abandoned lots clean takes commitment from us, but it takes a bigger commitment by the members of the neighborhoods. Before any work is done to any lots, we will work to find leaders in the community to champion the project. In most cases we will look for 5 members of the neighborhoods to work directly with on the lot transformation process. With the help of these leaders we will recruit more of the neighborhood. With more support the success level increases.

ART & call for local artist Art changes how people view their surroundings and use space. In many cases throughout history it is art and artist that create the visions that . Detroit has a vast creative community that a large part of the populatoin of Detroit does not know about nor do they get the chanve to The Pop Up Art Exhibits that will occur in these spaces change the Currently the art installed in the lots are part of Detroit100 Community Art Project which includes posters, sketchbooks, photos and videos from local Metro-Detroit artists. To participate in this project and have your work installed in Pop Up Exhibits, please visit www.dmjstudio.com/detroit100.

We are also taking proposals for outdoor installations from local artists. Proposals should include: Artist bio, 10 samples of current work, two - 3 page descrip-

DONATIONS and SPONSORSHIPS

Our goal is to revitalize 50 - 100 or more lots by 2016. To maintain the lots for indefinite amount of time, financial and volunteer support is needed. Here is the breakdown of the initial and annual cost to clean and maintain (based on 35 square foot lot): • Initial cleaning and community event - $700 • Art installation - $1300 • Maintaining lot $5000 • TOTAL: $7000 per lot

DONATIONS:

For individuals who want to donate to the project, an online form will be available.

All individual donations will go toward purchasing gardening and lawn materials, materials for art installation, art supplies for children and for recruiting community volunteers.

SPONSORS: Here are other ways for companies or individuals to become sponsors to Bronze: $5000 • Recognized on website, print collateral press releases and social media platforms as a Bronze Sponsor Silver : $10,000 • Recognized on website, print collateral press releases and social media platforms as a Silver Sponsor • Recognized at all Pop Up Community Art Exhibits as a Silver Sponsor • Featured Sponsor of 1 neighborhood clean up events Gold: $15,000 • Recognized on website, print collateral press releases and social media platforms as a Gold Sponsor • Recognized at all Pop Up Community Art Exhibits as a Gold Sponsor • Featured Sponsor of 1 neighborhood clean up event • Featured Sponsor of art installed at 1 lot location Platinum $20,000 • Recognized on website, print collateral press releases and social media platforms as a Level 2 Sponsor • Recognized at all Pop Up Community Art Exhibits as a Platinum Sponsor • Featured Sponsor of 3 neighborhood clean up events • Featured Sponsor of art installed at 3 lot locations

IN-KIND DONATIONS

In-kind donations of gardening tools, art supplies or other services that can help support this project is also acceptable. Please contact donna@dmjstudio.com to discuss in-kind donations and sponsorship levels.

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2051 Rosa Parks Blvd. | Detroit, MI 48216 www.dmjstudio.com | donna@dmjstudio.com