TheDetroiter.com
Type of site
news
Available inEnglish
OwnerY-Arts Detroit[1] Previous owner = John Sousanis and Nick Sousanis
Created byJohn Sousanis and Nick Sousanis
RevenueN/A
URLhttp://www.thedetroiter.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationN/A
LaunchedOctober 2002
Current statusactive

TheDetroiter.com is a website providing articles, blogs, interviews, a calendar of events and editorials for the Detroit, Michigan arts and cultural community. Its motto is "Unearthing a great American city, one story at a time."[2][3]

Brothers John Sousanis and Nick Sousanis launched TheDetroiter.com in October 2002.[4] At the time, Oakland Press theater critic John Sousanis focused on coverage of the performing arts, while Nick concentrated on the fine arts. Conceived as a small series of web pages, John and Nick were responding to what they recognized as a lack of media coverage of a vibrant arts and theater scene in Detroit. In its first four years of operation, TheDetroiter.com has grown from coverage of performing and fine arts to reviews of restaurants, editorials on urban development and documentation of lifestyles in Detroit.[5] TheDetroiter also offers short histories on some of Detroit's art galleries.[6] TheDetroiter helped find art galleries and designed the gallery guide for Art Detroit Now, a Detroit area gallery crawl.[7][8]

It provides current, in-debth cultural critiques about various Detroit art venues, which include the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit,[9] the Detroit Institute of Arts,[10] the Contemporary Art Institute,[11] Re:View Gallery,[12] and the Detroit Artists Market.[13] The following Detroit based writers have contributed to the online publication:

  • Tom Carbone
  • Gregory Tom
  • Vince Carducci
  • Tommy Onyx
  • Heather McMacken
  • William Eric Graham
  • Rima Nickell
  • Dennis Alan Nawrocki
  • Christine Hill
  • Lynn Crawford
  • Jacque Liu
  • Miroslav Cukovic
  • Eric C. Novack
  • Cedric Tai [14]
  • Clara DeGalan [15]
  • Colin Darke [16]

References

  1. ↑ In 2008, the Sousanis brothers passed the reins of the site over to YArts, the Arts and Humanities branch of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit. thedetroiter.com continues to grow and evolve, working hard to fulfill its mission as a service to this creative community. "Y-artsdetroit.org | thedetroiter.com". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
  2. ↑ See article about thedetroiter at Model Media, http://www.modeldmedia.com/inthenews/detroiter10607.aspx
  3. ↑ Also see the New York Daily News brief mention of thedetroiter.com as the Motor City's fine art webzine in its coverage of author Marc Dones, Mhttp://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2006/01/30/2006-01-30__i_should_get_to_say_two_wor.html
  4. ↑ "Call for Artists: Game Show Detroit". Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  5. ↑ Shea, Bill (25 September 2006). "Nick Sousanis, 33.(Thedetroiter.com)(Biography)". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  6. ↑ "TheDetroiter.com tells what came before the galleries". August 14, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  7. ↑ See the article in Crain's Detroit about thedetroiter.com's help with the gallery crawl, http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20080505/SUB/805050302/-1#
  8. ↑ "Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit". www.mocadetroit.org. Archived from the original on 2007-01-13.
  9. ↑ "Local artists spotted in the Detroit Institute of Arts".
  10. ↑ "2009 Actual Size Biennial".
  11. ↑ "Log into Facebook". Facebook. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  12. ↑ "Review: DAM Unmentionables".
  13. ↑ Cedric Tai an artist and educator, was born in Detroit in 1985. He grew up in Northville, Michigan and received his BFA in studio art and teaching certification from Michigan State University. He has a studio practice in the Russell Industrial Center and works as an educator at both the College for Creative Studies, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit and the Detroit Institute of Arts. He works actively to promote the Detroit arts community through curated shows, and through thedetroiter.com. Cedric was recently named Kresge Artist Fellow in the Visual Arts. One of 18 inaugural fellows selected to receive 25K. In the near future he will be attending the Glasgow School of Art for his MFA. http://www.thedetroiter.com/v3/2011/08/a-tour-two-pours-and-a-sunrise/
  14. ↑ ""Unhooked from Time" at Gallery Project".
  15. ↑ http://www.thedetroiter.com/v3/2011/01/ruin-porn-or-artists%e2%80%99-beacon%e2%80%94what-is-the-2010-take-away-for-detroit%e2%80%99s-art-scene-by-colin-darke/comment-page-1/#comment-15990 www.colindarke.com

5. Voss, Elizabeth (June 20, 2008). ["YMCA buys thedetroiter.com."] DetroitMakeItHere.com. YMCA buys thedetroiter.com Retrieved 2010-04-17.

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