Meet two newcomers to Mint Artists Guild and one veteran artist, all of them heading to the Palmer Park Art Fair.
Meet this trio of Mint Artists at the Palmer Park Art Fair
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Creating art increases empathy and writing skills, researchers say
Elementary and middle schools in Houston who were offered more arts and music experiences in school and after school saw “remarkable impacts on students’ academic, social, and emotional outcomes,” researchers found. Their standardized writing scores increased 13 percent, compared to the control group, and their compassion for others rose 8 percent. Students also had fewer disciplinary problems and were more …
Second trio of Mint Artists attend Cass Tech; that’s where similarity ends
Meet DeWayna, De’Shaia and Prince, three artists from Cass Tech, who are in the Mint tent at the Palmer Park Art Fair.
Meet three Mint Artists and buy their work at Palmer Park
A brief introduction to Annie, Alexis and Trinity, three of the 13 Mint Artists at the Palmer Park Art Fair.
Space it out in preparing for major event
Trinity Brown creates and sells jewelry – often a lot of it – at the Mint tent at the Palmer Park Art Fair. At a recent Mint workshop, she shared how she sometimes has procrastinated on finishing work, adding the hooks to earrings the night before the fair and created many pieces in the final days beforehand. This year, though, …
The beauty of volunteers, or how Mint got a first class website for free
It started with a call for a volunteer to work on a WordPress website in Detroit. The posting on VolunteerMatch drew lots of interested individuals – close to 20 of them from almost that many states.We quickly narrowed the list to a half dozen and then through interviews, chose one amazing woman Michelle, who became our first web developer. She …
Make the most of your job interview: Interview tips for emerging creatives
If you’re searching for a creative summer job, with Mint Artists or elsewhere, get ready for job interviews. These may be nerve wracking or thought provoking, frustrating or fruitful. And they are generally one key to landing a job. There’s plenty of research and advice available on job search and job interviews, some of it written by me for Fortune …
Sounds sweet, looks beautiful: Mint at the DSO
Mint Artists Guild has reached another milestone: A piece of our art now belongs in a major arts institution’s collection. Success sounds sweet after we donated a Paint Detroit with Generosity painting to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The painting, created last year in the Mint Creative Summer Jobs program by worker Charles, will hang in the DSO’s new education wing. …
Help us create more good in Detroit
Give to Mint Artists’ spring campaign today so we may hire more youth. Mint Artists spring fundraiser underwrites a lot of good – good opportunities for Detroit youth, good summer jobs, good art that is donated to local nonprofits, good fun in our free Art in the Park arts and crafts in Palmer Park – and more. The fundraiser supports …
Summer jobs for creative youth
Summer job interviews are coming up with Mint Artists Guild!
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