Popps Packing

PInewood Derby Auction and Race

2011-09-24T06:23:00.000-07:00

October 8th, 6PM-11PM

Pinewood Derby Time! Kooky cars! Racing! Fun! Grilled cheese! Live Music! Trophies! Auction!

A few of the participating artists like: Dave Krieger, Dave Roberts, PD Rearick, Amy Abbot, Davin Brainard, Mary Fortuna, James Viste, Topher Crowder, Nicola Kuperus, Adam Miller, Bill Cieslega, Sean Hages, and many many more.

The Squash House in Detroit, MI

2011-08-18T09:01:00.000-07:00

We need your help!!

Graem Whyte (team Popps) and Power House Productions have teamed up to transform an abandoned house, in the NoHam neighborhood of Detroit, into a Squash House. This Rec. Center/Community Garden project will be slated for completion in the fall of next year, but only if you donate. Every little bit helps.

Read more about the project and check some pictures and sweet incentives on the link below.

You can donate what you can by pressing the orange "donate" button on the link below.

http://www.crowdrise.com/squashhouse/fundraiser/graemwhyte

thanks,

Team Popps

SQUASH HOUSE!!!

2011-08-18T08:57:00.000-07:00

THE SQUASH HOUSE NEEDS YOUR HELP! PLEASE DONATE TO THIS AWESOME PROJECT.

PRESS THE ORANGE "DONATE "BUTTON ON THE LINK BELLOW.

http://www.crowdrise.com/squashhouse/fundraiser/graemwhyte

Popps Packing Presents: 6/6/6 and Resistance is Futile

2011-05-16T06:26:00.000-07:00

Opening Reception May 28, 2011, 7-11 PM

In the Gallery:

6/6/6: Six Artist, Six Cities, Six Connections

With the proliferation of social networking and technology-based

communication, making real connections becomes more important

than ever. Each artist in this exhibition has selected one other artist who

lives and works in a different community, forming a network of local art

communities and creating personal and global connections among

artists. Appropriately for a show about drawing connections, the show takes the

drawn line as its subject and features artists from all over the country.

Artists include: Jeff Badger, Portland, ME; Carl Baratta, Chicago, IL;

Amanda Curreri, San Francisco, CA; Joanne Lef rak, Santa Fe, NM;

Kathy Leisen, Detroit, MI; and Dan Schank, Philadelphia, PA

http://666exhibition.blogspot.com/

In the Garden:

Resistance is Futile:

Art that embodies perseverance in the face of adversity

Artists: OmniCorp Detroit,

Apetechnology, Steven Kuypers and Jeff Karolski

Mashed Potatoes Expo

2011-05-15T10:01:00.000-07:00

In March 2011 Popps Packing and The Lot were proud to present Mashed Potatoes: An expo. Displayed expo style in the the Popps Packing gallery, this free event highlighted more than 30 inovative, grass roots, cultural organizations happening now in Detroit.

There were name tags, mashed potatoes, homemade sausage, locally roasted coffee, a raffle and much more. Hundreds of people came out to learn about the amazing things happening in their backyards and to meet each othere face to face.

Thanks to everyone who participated and contributed to the event!

Special thanks to Motor City Brewing Works and Slows BBQ for donating spirits and sustenance and to Steve Cherry of Hamtramck Radio for providing the amazing jams all night.

Stupor

Name Tag Station

Cass Rag AM 1610 The Station

Yes Farm Young Nation

Bohemian in Exile

Corridor Sausage

Zymology Guild

AM 1610 The Station, Hamtramck Radio

Mashed Potatoes by Miss Jane Sassy Pants

Tesla Coil (Omni Corp. Detroit)

"Hold it! there is a raffle going on right now and I need your attention"

Mashed Potatoes: AN EXPO

2011-03-02T08:05:00.001-08:00

March 12

7-11PM

at Popps Packing, 12138 St. Aubin Hamtramck

Mashed Potatoes is a free festival of idosyncratic and innovative cultural organizations happening now in detroit. Displayed in the Gallery of Popps Packing, itself an evolving artspace, Mashed Potatoes is a social event, a way to learn about what is going on around us, and an excuse to wear nametags.

While by no means a comprehensive survey, this event highlights specific initiatives that inspire, empower, challenge, and surprise us with their unique approaches to art, music, social justice, food, storytelling (just to name a few). They are collaborative and community minded, and we want to celebrate them with you.

We can all get stuck in our own corner of the world. this event provides an opportunity to find out about crazy cool cultural investigations that you didn't know about before, and to meet people face to face instead of on facebook.

The Dig

2010-10-31T15:02:00.000-07:00

Closing Party -Andy Krieger NEW WORK! (and some old)

2010-09-23T07:46:00.000-07:00

Closing Reception October 15ths 7PM-12PM

with special Performance by Outrageous Cherry, who will be performing their classic record 'Out There In The Dark' with Deb and Chad back on drums and bass as well as Baffled Again. this is a one night Event!

Spinning the jams will be Bionic Sasquatch

blogs.metrotimes.com/index.php/2010/10/1017 5

"I am a Michigan based artist, working in the Detroit area. My work is influenced by a love of the movies and with each painting or construction, I am essentially making a short film while using only static images. I will often pull images out of a 2 dimensional surface then carve them or cut them out of wood then paint or draw them and try to reconfigure them back in to the work, thus making a 3 dimensional painting that tries to also work as sculpture, but I most definitely think of my work as a painting first.

I am trying to capture in most pieces a particular moment. A moment of joy, of sorrow, of loneliness, panic, triumph or isolation, to name a few."

- Andy Krieger

Gallery is open saturday October 2nd, 9th, and 16th from 1-6PM

kriegerart.blogspot.com/

www.artdetroitnow.com

www.detroitgalleryweek.com

Memory Field

2010-08-20T17:22:00.000-07:00

Memory Field is a public art project by Graem Whyte and Faina Lerman.

The project site is Calimera Park, located in N.E. Detroit on Joanne Street between Pinewood and Lapin within the Osborn Neighborhood.

In response to the communities request for a rememberance stone , a 100ft earth ripple was created out of soil and low-mow micro clover. A 1700 gallon cistern was installed underground to collect water for the community garden and the ripple.

The Osborn neighborhood is a culturally diverse community of a moderate-

income children and families. It is one of the few neighborhoods in the city that has seen a

growth in population of 11%. The majority of that growth was in children under the age of 18.

There are more children concentrated in the Osborn neighborhood, than anywhere

else in the state, per capita.

Process....

The bobcat had a hard time moving through this muddy swamp and the cistern had to be repositioned due to the soaking wet earth.

thinking...

Whats left of a baseball field in the overgrown and mostly neglected Calimera Park.

WEASEL CAMP II

2010-07-19T07:28:00.000-07:00

Critters by Mary Fortuna

Puppet show by Maurice Greenia Jr.

...other stuff

Aluminum pour

Slippery Weasel Society: Alison Wong, Andy Krieger, Arturo Rodriguez, Carl Butler, Matt Hanna, Jeanne Bieri, Jerome Ferretti, Mary Fortuna, Todd

this weeks feature in Model D.

2010-07-13T14:59:00.000-07:00

See the ink below to read this article;

Popp's Packing: An organically evolving garden of artistic delights

The Golden Casket Of Earthly Marvels: Bulging the Question

2010-05-22T12:05:00.000-07:00

Highlights from opening night

May 22nd

A curatorial collaboration between Popps Packing and The Lot

Garden Installations by David Prince, Design 99, Mary Bath Carolan & Robert Reese, Scott Hocking & Graem Whyte. Performance by Tzarinas of the Plane, drawings by Miroslav Cukovic and film by Guillotine Productions

Drawing Power by Mary Beth Carolan and Robert Reese

An interactive sculpture that transformed through two stages of energy. The first

stage, a high energy dance performance lit with high powered industrial lights that

draw power from the grid. As night fell, solar powered lights kicked in, drawing power only

from the storage provided by the sun that day. The sculpture transformed into a quieter experience

as dancers (Tzarinas of the Plane) lured audience members in to gaze at the solar light show.


Heartland Machine by Design 99
Heartland Machine is a sculptural self-contained information kiosk showcasing the character active in this region.

See more of Design 99 at MOCAD.
"To Much of a Good Thing" Opens May 27,2010




Balloon Launch by David Prince
Balloon Launch project interprets the process of scientific inquiry as an activity based in wonder, and depicts discovery not as an endpoint, but as an opportunity for new openings.



The Hole Part 2 by Scott Hocking and Graem Whyte




....and the Mystery Pods that landed sometime this spring




"DRAWings"Miroslav Cukovic

The ever talented Slovenian artist Cukovic brings drawings that make you want to cry because they are so good and you can't quite put your finger on what it is about them that makes you look at them for so long.

And

8mm Film Collage by Guillotine Productions
When you run a used record album business, you end up with not just LPs but a variety of older media. Like 8mm films. Hello Records' Wade Kergan, Davin Brainard & Kathy Leisen are Guillotine Productions: specializing in Belle Isle bike rides and film collage.

Fall 2009 Highlights

2009-10-03T21:29:00.000-07:00

The Hole: Phase 1 by Scott Hocking and Graem Whyte

in the garden

Photo by Gregory Holm

The Big Dig

video and editing by Faina Lerman

Fog Hole

Fog by Greg Holm,Video and editing by Faina Lerman & Music collage by Ted Poicota

Critical Components by Nina Bianchi

in the middle gallery

The Great Descend by Tzarinas of the Plane

Pod transformation

Running like a chicken with it's head cut off

"Whats that I hear?"