FORWARD ARTS

PROGRAMS

DEPARTMENT OF ART DETROIT

Department of Art Detroit is the visual arts division of Forward Arts. The Department includes the Belle Isle Art Exhibit in partnership with City of Detroit's Parks and Recreation department, Scripps Park Art Exhibit in partnership with Woodbridge . . .

BELLE ISLE ART EXHIBIT

Belle Isle Park is one of the city’s greatest assets and we are proud to be given the opportunity by City of Detroit to work within . . . CONTINUE READING

DETROIT SEES

Detroit Sees is a pilot project of Forward Arts’ visual arts and education program, Access Arts Detroit. The idea was brought . . . CONTINUE READING

SCRIPPS PARK ART EXHIBIT

In 2011 we began exhibits at Anna Scripps Park, located at the intersection of Grand River and Trumbull, in partnership with . . . CONTINUE READING

YOUTH ART LABS

In 2010, the Access Arts program started our youth art labs, specializing in the creative process and public art. Partnering with . . . CONTINUE READING

SOUND IT OUT

If you went anywhere in the world, Melbourne, Namibia, Estonia, China...people know about Detroit music. . . .

YOUNG LIONS DETROIT

The idea of our Young Lions Detroit program was the inspiration for which Forward Arts was conceived as an organization. It exists to develop a larger audience for jazz among under 40 Detroiters and highlight young jazz musicians. The program, with Detroit . . . CONTINUE READING

EMERGING ART LEADERS

In 2010, Simone Perraza and Dominic Arellano planned to meet each other on a Saturday to talk about, unknowingly, the same idea – Emerging Arts & Cultural Leaders of Detroit. What came in time was a fleshed out idea that actually in 2008 . . .