Exploration of what artist ownership looks like in regards to land, property, and businesses in Detroit. This panel will feature artists who own businesses, property, or land, with an emphasis on illuminating how they acquired their assets. Break-out sessions will focus on exploring different models of land use, intentional communities, and property ownership in the Detroit creative community. Panelists are invited to participate in break-out sessions.
To select a breakout session, return to the home page and enter into a breakout session of your choice. The sessions are labeled by the presenter's name, Billy Mark, Bryce Detroit, and Alice Bagely. Sessions will last approximately 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, attendees can return to the Artistry of Assets: Property Ownership and Land Use for Detroit for a final wrap up discussion.
Monique is Co-Founder of Mona Lisa Development, a socially responsible real estate development firm with property management, consulting and general contracting capabilities. A Detroit-Based and Women-Owned business, Mona Lisa Development is...
Alice Bagley is a farmer and TimeBanker living on Anishinaabe land in Detroit, Michigan. She is a coordinator and member of Unity in Our Community TimeBank and member-owner of City Commons Cooperative. The main constant in her life has been...
Bryce Detroit is the multidisciplinary Afrofuturist artist, music producer, performance-based storyteller, curator, activist, and pioneer of Entertainment Justice, demonstrating the power of music entertainment arts to preserve, produce, and...
Billy Mark is an interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Detroit. He’s married to fiber artist, Sarah Mark. His areas of exploration lately have been embodied poetics, experimental liturgies, site-specific music and poetry, and the...