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Join our plenary speaker, Viranel Clerard, founder and curator of the Detroit Mural Project, on a walking tour through downtown Detroit’s art landscape. Detroit has become one of the most vibrant centers of street art in the country. Hundreds of murals from some of the most famous street artists in the world, and gifted local artists now grace Downtown, Eastern Market, Southwest Detroit, and the Grand River corridor. Bringing an inspired jolt of creativity, street art illuminates the civic and ethnic identity of Detroit’s neighborhoods. Street art is a metaphor and a manifestation, promising a better future, while breathing life into the city. The tour will examine Detroit’s transformation through the resurgence of authorized and unauthorized street art. Viranel Clerard will provide a guided tour through Detroit’s art history and culture.

Group will meet in the hotel lobby with LAC representatives at 9:00 am.