Oh, Detroit! With your sprouting art scene, amazing yet abandoned mansions, eerie industrial sites but perhaps the most importantly– with your atmosphere of new beginnings, hope and community. How can a Brooklynite even begin to start approaching the Motor City and finding out about its creative community?
Well, one way is to get on the bus with organization Playground Detroit and enjoy the long fall weekend (September 25-29), experience Detroit Design Festival and DLECTRICITY, and whole slew of other creative events; and hang out with cool locals and learn what’s really happening in Detroit.
Playground Detroit is now accepting applications to bring 10-12 creative individuals from NYC (and particularly from Brooklyn) to hop on the #NYC2DET Creative Caravan in the evening of September 24 and to return on Monday morning on the 29th. One roundtrip ticket to #NYC2Detroit costs $500 and it includes a bus roundtrip from New York to Detroit, accommodation at Hostel Detroit, one group meal per day, and a weekend full of local cultural immersion, networking opportunities, and most importantly attendance of awesome events including Detroit Design Festival.
