Growing Up Creative in Detroit: Panel Discussion Aims to Unravel How Detroit’s Creative Community Has Changed

Tonight at the Detroit Center for Design and Technology, attendees will hear from four local entrepreneurs and artists who have successful businesses in the city

DCDT Talk

Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. 

Detroit’s Month of Design continues tonight, September 26, by going beyond the visual arts. 

With an influx of non-profit organizations, foundations, and artists, the Detroit region’s creative class has changed considerably in recent decades.

Tonight at the Detroit Center for Design and Technology, attendees will hear from four local entrepreneurs and artists who have helmed successful businesses in the city.

Listen to CultureShift’s Amanda LeClaire and organizer Karen Evans discuss what to expect

Author

  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and managing editor and lead reporter of WDET's new environmental series, the Detroit Tree Canopy Project, as well as WDET's CuriosiD podcast. She was the host of WDET’s CultureShift and a founding producer of the station’s flagship news talk show *Detroit Today*. Amanda also served as a Morning Edition host at WDET and previously worked as a host, audio and video producer, and reporter for Arizona Public Media.