{"id":9117,"date":"2012-02-08T06:49:37","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T14:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fritzhaeg.com\/wikidiary\/?p=9117"},"modified":"2012-02-11T11:17:42","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T19:17:42","slug":"on-february-8th-2012-detroits-power-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fritzhaeg.com\/archive\/2012\/02\/08\/on-february-8th-2012-detroits-power-house\/","title":{"rendered":"On February 8th, 2012, DETROIT’S POWER HOUSE…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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winter scene at Power House Productions headquarters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

…established in 2006 by extreme urban-adventure-seeking visionary revolutionary activist artist and architect duo Mitch Cope and Gina Reichert, headquartered in a gradually evolving powerhouse laboratory with\u00a0veggie garden beds flanking a boat sculpture in front of pastel striped siding topped by a new system of passive\/active solar roofing – spawned a whole city quarter (as yet unnamed) of like-minded activity, and was perhaps my most vivid mental image of the ‘new’ Detroit before arriving – where yesterday afternoon Gina graciously gathered a group of neighborhood artist colleagues, then retreating to their nearby storefront\/home for tea, including\u00a0old friend Jon Brumit (of Dflux<\/a> and The 100$ House<\/a>), Graem Whyte<\/a> &\u00a0Faina Lerman (of Popps Packing<\/a> – ‘the ultimate laboratory for artists’ – plus the upcoming down-the-street Squash House,<\/a> a special place for both the vegetable and the sport), Kate Daughdrill (of Detroit Soup<\/a> and the upcoming Edible Hut<\/a>), Scott Hocking (whose iconic images of, projects in, and use of materials from, the abandoned buildings <\/a>of Detroit have become iconic), Zeb Smith, and Dutch visitor Erik Jutten, to help me get a sense of what exactly is going on in this town – and float ideas for the fall 2012 project plans that could possibly involve working with many local collaborative cultural collectives…(and if that wasn’t enough for one day, I earlier met Dabls at his museum<\/a>; Jon Brumit and\u00a0Katie McGowan at MOCAD<\/a>, and later Steve Hughes<\/a>, Carrie Dickason<\/a>, and Jessica Frelinghuysen<\/a> at Public Pool<\/a>; and finally Leon Johnson and Megan O’Connell for a delicious loftmade dinner and tour of their new start-up press and gallery Signal-Return<\/a> – now featuring an Alison Knowles show – in the warehouse meat-packing district of Eastern Market….whew – what a town of energetic folks!)<\/p>\n

POWER HOUSE PRODUCTIONS<\/em><\/a>
\n Neighborhood stabilization and revitalization through the arts and creative enterprises. PHP is an incorporated nonprofit whose mission is to develop and implement neighborhood stabilization strategies in a Detroit neighborhood near Hamtramck.\u00a0 Our program focuses on integrating artists live\/work spaces and using art and cultural resources to revitalize the neighborhood.<\/em> Incorporated in 2009, PHP is a community-based non-profit organization with 501(c)(3).\u00a0 We currently have two (2) main programs:<\/em>
\n1)\u00a0 Artist residency program \u2013 This program provides affordable housing for artists from across the world so they are able to develop long-term creative projects in the City of Detroit and contribute to Detroit\u2019s revitalization<\/em>
\n2) Neighborhood stabilization \u2013 This program incorporates a broad array of activities ranging from boarding up houses, to marketing vacant houses and creating live\/work spaces for artists.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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