Wayne State University (WSU)
Alternative Spring Break Detroit
During ASBD, we will use a variety of experiences to better understand and enjoy our own backyard. You will have the opportunity to learn about Detroit (past and present), dine at various restaurants, as well as get to know how movers and shakers of non-profit organizations, local government, WSU, urban businesses, and the art community […]
College for Creative Studies (CCS)
Print: Detroit
Using the City of Detroit as its inspiration, students will employ various research methodologies as astarting point for creating prints. Projects will be approached through one of three perspectives:experiential, historical and political. Techniques introduced will include relief printing, laser cutting,print from found objects and silkscreen. Students will print both with and without a press to […]
Detroit: Past and Present
This course is designed to meet two broad objectives: 1) to provide a comprehensive introduction tothe historical narrative of the city of Detroit and the American urban experience; and 2) to practiceskills of critical analysis in research, writing and presentation. We will accomplish these objectives byresearching primary documents and artifacts; reading personal narratives; viewing selectdocumentaries […]
Care of the City: Detroit, Art, and the Practice of Reinvention
Care of the City explores new ways of thinking about the philosophy and poetics of the late moderncity, concentrating on contemporary Detroit. Through an exploration of new art practice, along withthe development of urban gardening as a form for what Mary Caroline Richards called the renewal ofart through architecture, this class will explore contemporary art […]
Documenting Detroit Revisited
This Special Topics [Fall 2021] course provides students the opportunity to produce a new body of photographic work including historical research, an archival re-photographic project related to the Detroit Historical Society’s (DHS) “Documenting Detroit” series-a photography project lead by Bill Rauhauser from 1972 to 1984-and new portraits of The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. […]
Community Arts Partnership
The College for Creative Studies (CCS) is committed to making art and design education accessibleto the community. The Community Arts Partnerships (CAP) program cultivates collaborations betweenCCS and metro Detroit community organizations to bring CCS’s educational resources to underservedpopulations. CAP programs are individually crafted, providing unique and effective art and designeducation and enrichment programs for young […]
University of Michigan
Semester in Detroit
The Semester in Detroit spring/summer and fall programs accept undergraduate students from all schools and departments at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. All students, from First years to Seniors or Super Seniors are eligible to apply. Students from Grand Valley State University, UM-Dearborn, and UM-Flint are eligible to apply for fall programs only. The same […]
Detroit Initiative
In this experiential field course students are assigned to work with community-based organizations on a variety of community education projects. Internships are supervised by the instructor and program staff. COURSE: PSYCH 325 / AMCULT 321
Detroit Studies 