Arts

“Ink Master” Alum Cee Jay “Inky” Jones and the Modern Tattoo Industry

“Ink Master” is a well-known reality show which follows different tattoo artists through different rounds of challenges to determine who is the “master.” Season Two featured Cee Jay Jones, also known as “Inky,” which comes from her roller derby name, Inky Gash.  “I skated for seven and a half years for the Detroit Roller Derby. Everyone calls me Inky for short,” Jones explained.  Jones has been tattooing for 27 years but started as a muralist and aspiring gallery artist. As her art reached different tattoo

“Ink Master” is a well-known reality show which follows different tattoo artists through different rounds of challenges to determine who is the “master.” Season Two featured Cee Jay Jones, also known as “Inky,” which comes from her roller derby name, I

Local Artists find Welcoming Support at Dearborn Fine Arts Club

Naomi Sharpe

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A Different Kind of Yarn: My Journey into Crochet

Photos courtesy of Inaam Makki

About half-way through my freshman year of high school I decided to pick up knitting.

Getting Ready for its Rebirth: Youmacon 2024

Cosplay of characters from “Adventure Time.” Photo by Holly Collins.

Cosplay of characters from “Adventure Time.” Photo by Holly Collins.

Henry Ford College Theatre Presents A Letter to the Late Harvey Milk

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Jesse Mattox and Henry Ford College Theatre cast in "Dear Harvey." Photo courtesy of HFC Theatre.

Strength from Vulnerability: The Art of Kelz

Vexatious Liberation, Kelz

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The DIA Takes Visitors to Tiff Massey’s “7 Mile + Livernois”

I've Got Bundles and I Got Flewed Out (Green), 2023, Canvas, Kanekelon beads. Tiff Massey 7 Mile + Livernois exhibit photo courtesy DIA

Last May, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) opened the “7 Mile + Livernois” exhibition, featuring the work of Tiff Massey, a Detroit artist whose art centers around “adornment and community.” At 42 years old, Massey is the youngest artist to have a s

The Buena Vista Estate: Home of the Pink Castle and the Mysteries Behind It

Buena Vista, also known as the “Pink Castle,” is a property in New Boston, Michigan. Photos by Toria Legris.

Driving through the backstreets of New Boston, Michigan, you may not think anything of it—lots of land and family homes.

Detroit’s “We Are Scorpio” Celebrates Black Female Rock

jessica Care moore (left) and Stephanie Christi_an (left) of _We Are Scorpio_ photo courtesy We Are Scorpio

jessica Care moore (left) and Stephanie Christi'an (right) of "We Are Scorpio" photo courtesy We Are Scorpio

Second Annual “HFC-24” Challenge Cultivates Creativity and Camaraderie

Nicholas Lasky, Un-played Ground

Henry Ford College’s Fine Arts department hosted its second annual HFC-24 on Sept. 6 and 7. HFC-24 is a 24-hour competition in which Fine Arts students must complete and then showcase a project based on themes and prompts created by faculty members.

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