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John Sinclair updates
A peoples memorial is being planned at MOCAD art museum in Detroit on April 9, we will try and post an update soon. Love and Blessings to the Sinclair family and family of friends world → read more
Motor City Underground: Leni Sinclair Photographs 1963-1978
Leni Sinclair's life history is woven into the happenings, politics, and music of Detroit culture from the 1960s, 70s, and beyond. Motor City Underground opens with Leni's documentation of the  March on Washington in 1963,  → read more
Exhibition of the Artists Workshop in London
The Artists Workshop has been invited to display a selection of its archives at the Horse Hospital, a non-profit museum and public space in London that celebrates underground and avant-garde culture. The Workshop exhibition will → read more
James Semark Memorial with Robert Thibodeau
James Semark (1940-2010) memorial held at Book Beat 5.04.11: James Semark Memorial Robert Thibodeau was a friend to James Semark and is the owner of the Mayflower Bookshop. → read more
Roots & Branches; DAW Exhibition at CCS
Roots & Branches: The 50th Anniversary of the Detroit Artists’ Workshop The short-lived Red Door Gallery (1963-64) and Detroit Artists’ Workshop Society (1964-1966), were the first serious alternative, DIY, avant-garde and co-op galleries to exist in → read more
The Detroit Artists Workshop: a 50th Anniversary
The Detroit Artists Workshop was founded at 1252 West Forest in Detroit on November 1, 1964 and moved after fire destroyed the original premises in May 1965 to a storefront at 4865 John C. Lodge → read more
The New DAW Website
Detroitartistsworkshop.com is an extension of the former detroitartistsworkshop.org website (2004-2012) which was edited and designed by James Semark, an original founding member. Many parts of the original website are included here, alongside newer articles, artworks → read more
DAW 50th Anniversary celebration
The Detroit Artists Workshop was founded at 1252 West Forest in Detroit on November 1, 1964 and moved after fire destroyed the original premises in May 1965 to a storefront at 4865 John C. Lodge → read more