matthew j piper: December 2017

About

I'm a Detroit-based writer, editor, and librarian at large. I'm particularly interested in modern and contemporary art, architecture, and urbanism.

I'm the editor-in-chief at Essay'd, where we publish short, illustrated essays about contemporary Detroit artists. My work has also been featured in Curbed, Detroit Research, Infinite Mile, KnightArts, Model D, and the second edition of Thanks For the View, Mr. Mies.

I'm currently researching a book about the ongoing impact of the socially engaged abstract public art that proliferated in Detroit in the early 1970s.

When I'm not doing the above, I lead operations, communications, and member relations at the Green Garage, a sustainable shared workspace in the Cass Corridor.

All views expressed here are my own.

matthew j piper

Sunday, December 17, 2017

After last week's big snow