as an outdoor art environment in the heart of Detroit, Michigan. Today, the project is recognized around the world as a demonstration of the power of creativity in creating hope and a bright vision for the future. The Heidelberg Project hopes to offer a new approach to the growing problems of urban sprawl and decay facing many American cities (...)

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Son of More from the Heidelberg Project
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The Heidelberg Project was created in 1986 by artist Tyree Guyton and his grandfather Sam Mackey (Grandpa Sam) as an outdoor art environment on Detroit's eastside, a neighborhood referred to as Black Bottom. The Heidelberg Project is, in part, a political protest, as Tyree Guyton's childhood neighborhood began to deteriorate after the 1967 riots. Following his stint in the Army, Tyree Guyton described coming back to Heidelberg Street and the surrounding neighborhood as if a bomb went off. At first, the project consisted of a series of houses on Detroit's Heidelberg Street, painted with bright dots of many colors in conjunction with salvaged items being attached to the houses. It was a constantly evolving work that transformed a hard-core inner city neighborhood where people were afraid to walk, even in daytime, into one in which neighbors took pride and where visitors were many and welcomed. Tyree Guyton worked on The Heidelberg Project every day with the children on the block. He and director, Jenenne Whitfield, gave lectures and workshops around the country. Their main goal was to develop The Heidelberg Project into the city's first indoor and outdoor museum; complete with an artist colony, creative art center, community garden, amphitheater, and more. Please go to www.heidelberg.org to help out. the city has tried to demolish this collection twice, in 1991 and again in 1999 ( this one resulted in the destruction of 3 of his works of art - houses that were on Heidelberg Street ). Some text above from en.wikipedia.org


Twins
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I haven't posted a picture of the Heidelberg Project in quite a while, nor have I posted an HDR picture in quite some time ( yes folks, I know you've been waiting a while and YES, this one IS HDR ). I also get asked frequently where this is located, so you've got everything wrapped up in this shot. :) Using art to provoke thought, promote discussion, inspire action and heal communities... The Heidelberg Project is art, energy and community. It’s an open-air art environment in the heart of an urban community on Detroit’s East Side. Tyree Guyton, founder and artistic director uses everyday, discarded objects to create a two block area full of color, symbolism and intrigue. Now in its 21st year, the Heidelberg Project is recognized around the world as a demonstration of the power of creativity to transform all those whose lives it touches. The Heidelberg Project offers a forum for ideas, a seed of hope, and a bright vision for the future. It's about taking a stand to save forgotten neighborhoods. It's about helping people think outside the box and its about offering solutions. It's about healing communities through art - and it's working! , Text taken from www.heidelberg.org - please go there and take a look around, buy a book or shirt or make a donation. Tyree and his group have done some amazing things with abandoned houses and discarded items, turning them into art. Is it just me or with the new flickr layout do the thumbnails look blurry, while the larger images are not?


The Heidelberg Project - Detroit
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EXPLORED! It's been awhile since I posted an HP shot so here's one from last week. Using art to provoke thought, promote discussion, inspire action and heal communities... The Heidelberg Project is art, energy and community. It’s an open-air art environment in the heart of an urban community on Detroit’s East Side. Tyree Guyton, founder and artistic director uses everyday, discarded objects to create a two block area full of color, symbolism and intrigue. Now in its 23rd year, the Heidelberg Project is recognized around the world as a demonstration of the power of creativity to transform all those whose lives it touches. The Heidelberg Project offers a forum for ideas, a seed of hope, and a bright vision for the future. It's about taking a stand to save forgotten neighborhoods. It's about helping people think outside the box and its about offering solutions. It's about healing communities through art - and it's working! , Text taken from www.heidelberg.org - please go there and take a look around, buy a book or shirt or make a donation. Tyree and his group have done some amazing things with abandoned houses and discarded items, turning them into art.


Heidelberg Project 2 (Dotty-Wotty House)
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Heidelberg Project Detroit, MI Artist: Tyree Guyton For more info visit the Website: www.heidelberg.org/ DOTTY-WOTTY HOUSE www.heidelberg.org/Pages/What/Vision/houses.htm Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said We are all the same color on the inside and inspired Guyton to create this celebratory statement of color. The polka dots are a symbol celebrating the diversity of our city, our nation and our world. The Polka Dot House is our foundation for universal harmony. The Polka-dot house is also a dedication to Guyton's late grandfather and first teacher, Sam Mackey, a renowned artist who lived in the house and worked side by side with Guyton. Our ultimate goal is to dedicate the Dotty Wotty House as a memorial to Sam Mackey. The Sam Mackey Museum will house memorabilia of the Heidelberg Project in its continuing struggle. Currently the artist's mother and family reside in this house and, although they enjoy the attention, they want to see the Sam Mackey Museum become a reality.


Tree of soles - The Heidelberg Project
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EXPLORED! This tree ( The Soles of the Most High ) is adorned with hundreds of shoes, as well as artwork of shoes nailed to the tree. Since 1986, Tyree Guyton has been making art out of discarded items,including houses and cars. For more information on this very cool 2 block outdoor art exhibit, please go to www.heidelberg.org. This tree is scheduled to be cut down very soon. That is the Dotty Wotty house in the background, one of the icons of the Heidelberg Project. This is a color picture that has not been edited, the sun behind the tree blocked out most of the color in this shot. The shoes are in the tree to help raise the soul of the communities here in Detroit. I currently have this picture ( the frame is a very cool charcoal gray with a texture that matches the tree ) on exhibit in Royal Oak Michigan through the Exposure Detroit Group. It is the first picture that I got to have in an exhibit. :)


Detroit Artist Tim Burke ( The Heidelberg Project )
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Tim Burke has been an artist in Detroit for 30 years now. Known mostly for his work at the Detroit Industrial Gallery at the Heidelberg Project ( the gallery opened in 2000 ) , he has some great work that precedes that time period, including this one. This is from the late 80's. The frame? The frame is actually the bright yellow fence that this painting hangs on in this OUTDOOR exhibit. I've had the pleasure of knowing Tim for a few years now, he is very creative, and is passionate about both art and the fight against addiction. If you'd like to see more of his work, or even purchase some of his art ( which is displayed at several art galleries in the area including the D.I.A. ) please go to www.detroitindustrialgallery.com or even stop by the Heidelberg Project and see some for yourself - it's always open. WWW.Heidelbergproject.Org


Close-up of abandoned building - Heidelberg Project
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I've got a full version of this one in my Heidelberg Set. I liked the color of the tire and decided to get a close-up of it as you can see right through the building ( the back has caught on fire 3 times due to arson, art was added to this building as it became an eyesore to the neighborhood ). For more information on Tyree Guyton's award winning outdoor art exhibit - The Heidlberg Project - please go to www.heidelberg.org This building was originally a dry cleaners, probably built in the 30's or 40's. Tyree has made a career out of taking discarded and abandoned items ( including cars and houses ) and making an extremely cool and ever changing outdoor art exhibit. I go down there every other weekend ( sometimes every weekend ) as there are always new items on display, and others that have been stored for display later,


American Phone - Heidelberg Project
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Just like in people, there are variations in paint of the same color, slightly different whites, blues, etc meshing together, overlapping each other, supporting each other, communicating with each other, working together. The funny thing is, in about 3 or 4 years kids are going to look at this picture and not recognize what a pay phone was.... The dot used to be painted on an abandoned building to designate it was abandoned and to be demolished. Detroit artist Tyree Guyton has taken the dot, and made it into his symbol. Using discarded and abandoned items ( including houses and cars ) he has made an incredible 2 block outdoor art exhibit. For more information on the award-winning art exhibit called the Heidelberg Project, please go to www.heidelberg.org


Tree of Soles in color - The Heidelberg Project
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Since 1986 ( also the year this piece was created ) , Tyree Guyton has taken discarded items, including cars and houses, and made an award-winning, outdoor art exhibit. This is a piece that I have called Tree of Soles ( the actual name is The Soles of Those Most High ) , intended to raise the soles of the community. There are a hundred shoes in the tree, as well as art of shoes on the tree. This message has been so powerful,that Tyree has been invited to Venezula and Australia to duplicate this tree. The Prime Minister of Australia even added apair of his own shoes for the exhibit. For more information of the Heidelberg project, please go to www.heidelberg.org.


Close-up from the Heidelberg Project
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Tyree Guyton has taken discarded items ( even including abandoned houses ) and made a 2 block area of art entitled the Heidelberg Project. This non-profit art exhibit opened in 1986 and is extremely cool. A huge dot used to get painted onto a building that was designated for demolition. Tyree has taken the symbol of the dot and made it into the Heidelberg Project's emblem. Please go to www.heidelberg.org to get more info on this project, or even buy a t-shirt, his new book, or make a donation. Money goes to help continue art education in elementary schools. So.... The War and a Cross on TV, what do YOU see this as a symbol for?


The Heidelberg Project
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Considered the most famous house in the Heidelberg Project, this house ( the Dotty Wotty House ) has been in Tyree's family since 1947. This is where Tyree first was inspired to paint, the dots represent two things: His Grandfathers love of jellybeans, and the unity of all people. Since 1986, Tyree Guyton has been taking discarded and abandoned items, including houses and cars, and has turned them into an award-winning outdoor 2-block art exhibit. Please see www.heidelberg.org to learn more about this non-progit organization that helps to raise funds to keep art education in elementary schools. .


HP '97 OJ house
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old school! 1997! Heidelberg Project Detroit, MI Artist: Tyree Guyton For more info visit the Website: www.heidelberg.org/ Obstruction of Justice - The OJ House www.heidelberg.org/Pages/What/Vision/houses.htm Symbols of the chase, faces of the jury and mocking chaotic references to how the media showcased the trail address the absurdity of such a focus when atrocities and injustices abound all around us every day. The Heidelberg Project now owns the OJ House and plans to renovate the structure are in place for 2003.


Iron Man ( Art by Tim Burke - Heidelberg Project )
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Tim Burke is an amazing artist that has been involved in the Detroit Art Scene for over 20 years, the last 6 at the Heidelberg Project in Downtown Detroit. Tim is an expert at taking discarded items and creating art out of them. I have some other pictures of his work in my Heidelberg Set here on Flickr. You can take a look at some more of his work ( pictures by the artist himself ) at and more on the Heidelberg Project at www.Heidelberg.org . Tim also has some items available for sale at various art galleries in the area, including the gift shop at the Detroit Institute of Arts.


Return of the Heidelberg Project
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The Heidelberg Project has over 275,000 visitors a year. I met Tyree Guyton ( the man who came up with the idea and orchestrated this huge and very cool 4 block outdoor work of art ) today for the first time. An extremely nice and humble man, if you like my pictures of his work here, please go to www.heidelberg.org, buy a tshirt, book, or any of the other cool stuff they have there. The Heidelberg Project is a non-profit organization, and a Detroit-based community organization designed to improve lives and neighborhoods thru art.


Warning not on the label
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Artist: Tim Burke - The Heidelberg Project, an award-winning outdoor art exhibit solely comprised of discarded items. It first opened in Detroit in 1986. I love Tim Burke - he has a great imagination and adds a little bite of sarcasm or irony to his pieces. This was part of an exhibit that covered an entire wall of a building. It has been made into smaller pieces ( although I do have a picture of a big piece of it in my heidelberg set ). Tim has pieces at several galleries around Detroit and the U.S., as well as items in the Detroit Institute of Arts giftshop.


Faces in the Hood - The Heidelberg Project
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This great piece of art from Tyree Guyton used to be a car hood and is now displayed in the Heidelberg project, a fantastic 2 block outdoor art exhibit. Please go to www.heidelberg.org to get additional information, make a donation, or even buy a book or t-shirt ( I bought 2! ) . The Heidelberg Project is in outdoor art exhibit started in 1986 by Tyree Guyton. He has displayed art composed of disposed and abandoned items ( including houses and cars ) and has over 275,000 visitors a year to his 2 block, outdoor exhibit.


More from the Heidelberg Project
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This is one of the buildings that caught on fire ( 3rd time in a year ) last week but none of the art was damaged. Since 1986, Tyree Guyton has taken discarded items ( including houses/cars, etc ) and made a very cool, 2 block outdoor award-winning art exhibit called The Heidelberg Project. For more information please go to www.heidelberg.org . After the building caught fire the first time ( as well as the one next door ) , the neighborhood thought it was an eyesore and Tyree added the artwork that you see.


Vic and Logan at the Heidelberg Project
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Twenty-five years ago, artist Tyree Guyton returned to Heidelberg, the street where he grew up on Detroit’s East Side, and found it in shambles, riddled with drugs and deepening poverty. Bruised by the loss of three brothers to the streets, Guyton was encouraged by his grandfather to pick up a paintbrush instead of a weapon and look for a solution. More on the Heidelberg Project I like this because it is different My Son Vic


The Heidelberg Project
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The Heidelberg Project in Detroit started in 1986. It is part art project, part political statement. The project has become a tourist destination attracting 275,000 visitors a year. The story of the Heidelberg Project is an interesting one that is too long to post here. For more information about it check out the following websites: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg_Project www.heidelberg.org/


Animal Farm Tree- Heidelberg Project
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This tree was inspired by the book Animal Farm, in which animals took over a communty. since 1986, Tyree Guyton has been taking discarded items ( including cars and houses ) and has made an incredible 2 block outdoor art exhibit. This exhibit has over 275,000 visitors per year. For more information on this non-profit organization, please go to www.heidelberg.org. Money raised by the Heidelberg Project help to fund continuing Art Education in Elementary Schools.