The Heidelberg Project | By Sherry Trautman | Traveling Michigan
The Heidelberg Project, located in the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood in Detroit’s East Side was initiated in 1988 when Mr. Tyree Guyton envisioned transforming the vacant lots and abandoned houses in the neighborhood where he once grew up.
Address: 3600 Heidelberg Street.
As someone with an artistic mind, I’m profoundly drawn to Tyree Guyton’s famous multi award-winning outdoor art environment, The Heidelberg Project. Taking in all the colors and ideas is inspirational.
While wandering among the piles of lonely suitcases dreaming of adventures, I passed a larger than life Homer Simpson, dozens of forgotten shoes hanging on a fence, a shopping cart filled with old electronics and a discarded doll that stared back at me with forlorn eyes.
Perhaps the most eye-popping element of the environment is the two-story house painted with huge colorful polka dots.
Tyree Guyton's vision of the Heidelberg Project is to:
A sign reads, “We give paint brushes instead of guns.”
The Heidelberg Project recently developed a free arts education program called the Heidelberg Arts Leadership Academy. The program aims to empower students to become active change agents in their community.
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As with any big city, please use caution and common sense as you look around the exhibit.
Do not enter the vehicles or homes and keep a watchful eye of your surroundings at all times.
The Heidelberg Project Warning: Please beware of panhandlers soliciting for donations or unauthorized tours of the Heidelberg Project.
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