Mint continues to grow and give back in Detroit. Here’s a half dozen of the ways from the pandemic year.
More beautiful ways Mint practices ‘Generosity All Around’
Category: News
Generosity All Around: Mint gives back in Detroit during a tough pandemic year
“Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.” – artist, cartoonist and author Ashleigh Brilliant [space_20] This year, as the world shut down, slowed down and took stock, Mint Artists Guild embraced the strength and beauty of generosity. We knew it would be a tough year for children and youth in Detroit, with …
Meet Mint marketing intern Sydney Catton, who is cooking up new campaigns
She spent two and a half years living near Palmer Park, and first crossed paths with Mint Artists Guild at the Palmer Park Art Fair. She impressed us with her commitment to creativity and community as well as her varied marketing experience and for many coffee and tea shops. So we hired Sydney Catton as our marketing intern for 2020-2021. …
How we are adapting our holiday shopping this year
[space_20] Your holidays are going to be different this year, and so are ours. Â Yet we hope you still will celebrate and give creative gifts, some from Mint’s creative Detroit youth. We know you’re buying more of them online. This move to online purchases has accelerated since the pandemic started in the U.S. and also in Brazil, South Africa, Turkey …
Generosity times 2: Mint shares it in an art show and in our first calendar
[space_20] Generosity will show up in two beautiful and inspiring ways from Mint Artists Guild this fall and winter. The first: Mint has created a calendar honoring five years of Paint Detroit with Generosity paintings donated to local causes. It gives 13 beautiful images to brighten every month of 2021. The second: Mint is sharing 25 original paintings, created by …
Stick with us for beautiful stickers and holiday gifts
Mint is launching a line of stickers, based on original youth art. They are meant to inspire faith, beauty, hope and generosity.
Forget the cape. Read these hero books for children and for all
The world needs more heroes. We work with Book Beat and Pages book shops to recommend books about them.
Meet us on Livernois for so much creativity and connection
In a fashionable move into one of the most creative neighborhoods in Detroit, Mint will spend most of October on Livernois. Known as the Avenue of Fashion, the mile-long strip of Livernois between Seven and Eight Mile roads houses a half dozen art galleries and a similar number of creative businesses, murals by local and national artists, Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, …
Sydney G. James’ big, excellent advice for emerging artists
Sydney G. James believes in creating more and bigger work. “If you take a job for 50 cents or $5 million, the work should be identical. That’s your currency,” she told the Mint Artists this summer. Read more advice from this Detroit powerhouse artist.
Our Heroes: See them now at the Scarab Club in Midtown Detroit
In these challenging times, we need heroes. Come meet some of ours at a new show at The Scarab Club in Midtown Detroit.