Art
The Pros and Cons of Being an Activist Filmmaker
Kate Levy has come to recognize that direct involvement with her subjects may come at the expense of her artistic practice, so she took a different approach.
Kate Levy
Interview
An Activist Documentarian Charts Detroit's Water Affordability Crisis
"Lack of transparency is the enemy of democracy," said filmmaker and activist Kate Levy. "As an artist, that’s an easy thing to make work about."
Art
After Flint Water Crisis, Police Murders, and More, Midwestern Artists Get Mad
TOLEDO, Ohio — Midwesterners are many things, but they aren’t, as a rule, complainers.
Art
A Family Auction House's Rise and Fall as a Microhistory of Detroit
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — It is the pitiful fate of objects to serve as proxies for our failed dreams, relationships, and ambitions.