Mint Artists Guild: Fresh art & creative advice from Detroit

Our new exhibit Heroes: Now & Then opens on Wednesday at The Scarab Club in Midtown Detroit. Read about three of the heroes in our new blog post.

Mint Artists Guild is growing again, and with your help we will hire Lucky 13 youth to be paid to paint and create this year. Yes, 13 Detroit young people - 30 percent more than last year - will land with Mint this year, with your support.  Our spring fundraiser on ioby features a double the donation - so please give now: https://ioby.org/project/youth-jobs-creativity

Chalk chases away boredom. It stirs creativity. And it shares positivity. Join our Cheerful #chalkchallenge and #chalkyourwalk. Learn more about creative chalk activities in the Mint blog.

Mint Artists Guild is creating a lot of smiles and a lot of creative activities kits, in partnership with Arts & Scraps and Brilliant Detroit. Read about this and meet our new board member, poet Will Langford in our e-newsletter.  You may subscribe in the top left corner of the e-letter.

Meet Mint board member and jewelry artist Trinity Brown in our new blog post. She’s a senior in high school and already has started an emerging artists show, supported by Mint. Read more here: https://www.mintartistsguild.org/meet-mint-artists-jeweler-and-board-member-trinity/

Mint is excited to be part of Noel Night on Saturday with two Mint Alumni joining us and two of our current artists too. The alumni are TaNiah McQueen, who will offer mini canvases and handmade bookmarks, and Alexis Wright, who will offer paintings, some of them featuring rainbows.

Mint will be part of a group of Food Lab ethical food businesses and crafters who are setting up in Barth Hall in Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 4800 Woodward Ave. The church sets up a living nativity with animals outside and invites in a variety of musicians and musical groups, so it’s definitely worth a stop.

Eye On Detroit - Paint Detroit with Generosity

Artists give back.  And so do we. Please read our new blog post that shows three big ways we are generous, in Detroit.  

And if you are feeling generous, stop by our Generosity Tea this afternoon, from 2-5. It’s inside the Fisher Bakery, 3011 W. Grand Blvd., and we are buying tea for the first 12 people who show up!

Visit Mint Artists Guild this Sunday at Eastern Market for our first of three pop ups.  Our emerging artists will sell digital art - including work by Journey Shamily, shown with red hair, plus abstract paintings by Prince and characters by Bryan.  Mint also will offer a free arts and crafts activity and will sell our holiday greeting cards - including the new poinsettia card -  and a few other items.  Join us this Sunday rom 10-4, or plan to attend on Dec. 8 or Dec. 22.