Author: Graem Whyte

IT’S JESSERCISE TIME!

Join Jessica Frelinghuysen on Saturday, October 24th at 2:00 p.m. for an energetic participatory performance art aerobics class and check out her current show at Popps “It’s Exercise Time”- An Aerobic Art Show.

Followed by a real Yoga class with certified guest instructor, Imani Metta from Detroit Yoga Lab, at 3:00 p.m. – all welcome.

We will hydrate with champagne weights and beer.12105859_949453958452509_918093760654130558_n

This weeks performance will be documented, so show up with your special workout uniform and join the fun!
The more the merrier- so tell your friends!
All body types and levels welcome.

See you at 2:00 on Saturday!
“Jessercise” starts at 2:00 p.m. (class lasts about 20 minutes.)
Gallery will be open 1:00-5:00 p.m.

www.paperhelmets.com – Jess’s website

Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival

Saturday, October 10

“It’s completely organic. It’s homegrown. It’s 100% Hamtramck.”- Steve Hughes of Public Pool art space. 

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The 6th annual Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival (HNAF) kicks off Friday, October 9th at Popps Packing with the opening reception by Hamtramcks own, Jessica Frelinghuysen & resumes Saturday, October 10 at 12pm with a heroic bloody mary brunch at BUMBOS.  From there the festival takes over the city as artists open their home studios and music rises from backyards and empty lots.

Festival maps will be available at the kick off event at Popps Packing on October 9th and at other participating venues including 9338 Campau Gallery and Public Pool. A link to the map will be available on the HNAF FB page. 

HNAF HAPPENINGS at POPPS!!

Popps_Swap_062-6PM- BARTER BAZZAR,  A community exchange and sharing event! Located on the Cactus Lot across the street from Popps. Everyone has something to offer!!!

4PM – Participatory performance “JESSERCISE”, by Jessica Frelinghuysen at Popps Packing, 12138 St. Aubin

5PM- Live performance by James Cornish on the Popps Shop Stage, 12138 St. Aubin

 

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6-8PM- Snake Church, a one night exhibition by Kathy Leisen at Popps Emporium, 2025 Carpenter

 

 

 

JESSICA FRELINGHUYSEN: “IT’S EXERCISE TIME!” An Aerobic Workout Art Show

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9

Opening Reception: 7-10PM

Participatory class-performance: Jessercise!  8PM, with a repeat performace on October 10 at 4PM

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On October 9th, America’s Most Talented and Glamorous Artist shows you how to keep fit and stay fun. Using a remarkable and oblique approach, based on her own past experience with the persistence of exercise in the face of delicious Detroit food, Jessica Frelinghuysen takes you on a journey to a better you!

Come ready to sweat delicately along with Jessica on Friday, October 9th at 8:00 p.m. when she holds her open participatory class-performance: Jessercise!  (5 dollar donation covers champagne-bottle hydration weights)

Followed by Guest Trainer, Mark Parker of Royal Oak’s RetroFit gym! at 8:30 p.m.  Voted #1 training facility by Metro Times for years and years. Mark will make your buns tight and your heart light!

(Bring an exercise mat and a donation)

Jessica will hold a repeat performance during the Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival Saturday on Saturday, October 10th at 4 p.m.  These performances are open to the public and encourage participation, so bring your tennis shoes and mats. 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

THIGMOTROPIA, an installation by HANNAH CHALEW

Behind Poppa Joe’s Guest House, 2037 Carpenter, Detroit

4:30-7:30

Thigmotropia is a work in progress, a collaboration with nature and the variability of the elements, as well as a platform to explore possibilities for cross-pollinations between the built environment, cultivated plants, and the weeds that grow up in between.

As humans, we have an innate desire to control and cultivate nature, but in our absence the built environment becomes a trellis for nature to overrun. Thigmotropism is the name of the process by which a plant moves or grows in response to touch or contact stimuli; it is the mechanism by which vines grow over solid objects like trees or houses.Located on an abandoned lot in Detroit, Thigmotropia is a living sculptural installation where vines grow over built structures, creating second skins that reference both architectural and organic forms. 

Thigmotropia is also an invitation to reframe the role of “weeds” in the urban fabric. The installation allows vines to transcend their negative connotations as the harbinger of decay by collaborating with them to create living sculptures that provide an evocation of future use and new life.

 

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LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS AGO

AUGUST 19, 23  & 29- CLAY AND PIT FIRING WORKSHOPS

Like a Thousand Years Ago, is a project by Jennifer Bennett (Germany) in partnership with Popps Packing and FILTER Detroit. Popps Packing will be hosting a series of clay and pit firing workshops with Jennifer, who has collected and processed clay from Ohio and Detroit that will be used by participants to create small scale works such as sound balls, beads, little sculptures and vessels.  All works that will be fired over night in a pit, an ancient practice still employed around the world.

These workshops are FREE and open to participants of all ages.

Clay Workshop 1- Wednesday, August 19, 5-8PM

Clay Workshop 2+ Pit Firing 1- Sunday, August 23, 2-5PM

Pit Firing 2- Saturday, August 29, 2PM

http://www.jenniferbennett.net
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