contribute work

After a series of fitful stops and starts, Bradford was invited by Thelma Golden, then the assistant director and head curator of the Studio Museum, to contribute work to her 2001 “Freestyle” show, where he exhibited with future luminaries like Julie Mehretu and Sanford Biggers.

Smith invited Slick to contribute work to a show she was curating “from a Native point of view.”

They recruited more than 50 local artists — fashion and textile designers, muralists, painters, graphic artists and ceramists — to contribute work to the “Don’t Sleep on Detroit” showcase, which will also act as Deviate’s fall 2022 fashion presentation.

He recruited eight younger artists to contribute work that offers a glimpse of the next generation.

Each year between now and then, another author will contribute work.