Design Studio 6 - Detroit

Remember Boblo?

Meet Hettie McDaniel

Black excellence on full display! Hettie McDaniel began painting in her small kitchen apartment only after retiring from her job as a postal worker at age sixty-five. Using affordable acrylics and repurposed cardboard, she documented her vivid childhood memories of community resilience and Southern folklore. Her striking, culturally rich artwork caught the attention of an international art curator through a local community center showcase. Yesterday, her collection officially debuted at a premier gallery, with art collectors flying in from across the globe to view her masterpiece creations.

What do you think about the new Hotter Than July Exhibit T?

It features artwork titled "Celebration" created by my farher Charles McGee for the 2008 Detroit Festival of The Arts.

Celebrate Detroit Summer Nostalgia with us July 11 - 18, 2026!

For more info visit: www.designstudio6detroit.com

Belle Isle

Belle Isle is a 982 acre island park sitting in the Detroit River between Michigan and Ontario that has been one of Detroit's most beloved natural and recreational spaces since Frederick Law Olmsted, the same landscape architect who designed Central Park in New York, drew up its master plan in 1883. Detroit has been going to Belle Isle for over 140 years and the island has given back to the city in every season without interruption through everything Detroit has been through in that time.

The island contains an aquarium, a conservatory, a nature center, a yacht club, a coast guard station, and miles of shoreline along both the Detroit River and the Lake St. Clair side that produce some of the finest views of the Detroit skyline and the international waterway available anywhere in the region. The Scott Fountain sits at the western tip of the island as one of the most impressive public fountains in the country, a marble structure completed in 1925 that remains extraordinary over a century later.

Belle Isle became a Michigan State Park in 2014 after the city transferred management to the state, a transition that brought significant investment and improvements to an island that had fallen into disrepair during Detroit's hardest decades. The restoration work has been real and visible and the island that Detroiters grew up visiting looks better now than it has in generations.

Belle Isle is Detroit's backyard, its breathing room, its place to watch the freighters pass and the sun set over the river and remember that even in the middle of one of America's great industrial cities something genuinely beautiful has always been right there waiting.

Teeka La'Shawn

Are you ready to Reset. Rest. And Relax? This event is for you.
Enjoy Breathwork,meditation, movement and create your own relaxing fragrance keepsake.
June 13th 3pm
Sign Up Here:
Holy Yoga +Perfume Bar
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holy-yoga-perfume-bar-tickets-1989651623566?aff=ebdsshother&utm_share_source=listing_android&sg=79c3a21617120d4faaad19561efdad0e5ef443c9c8647efbe8fb905613bc9957d1e5f4ca9ce1a41fe7d1b1e24262f83a85e9ccac297494bc55782d3c3cdec86fa4bc28e2ad505004542c1f9733

ARTIST CALL:

“HOTTER THAN JULY”:
EXHIBITION CELEBRATING DETROIT SUMMER NOSTALGIA

This exhibit is a neighborhood-centered celebration of Detroit’s culture, creativity, and everyday beauty, featuring artists and designers rooted in Bagley, Fitzgerald, University District, and Martin Park.

Come together with neighbors, friends, and family to enjoy great music, share cherished memories, and celebrate people, places and summertime traditions that make our Detroit communities feel like home.

JULY 11 - 18, 2026

Neighborhood artists and designers who want to submit one piece of artwork
complete the attached agreement and send it via email to Design Studio 6 [email protected] by June 1, 2026

Artwork submissions are due July 6, 2026

hotterthanjuly detroitcreatives detroitsummer summernostalgia summerinthecity☀️ summervibes