EVENTS

Residency open studio Sunday March 30th,  2025        2PM-5PM Robin Dluzen, Chicago/Detroit Robin Dluzen is an artist, curator, and art critic formerly based in Chicago. Her artwork has been featured in venues across the country, including the Holter Museum of Art (Helena, MT), Dorchester Art Project (Boston, MA), Zolla/Lieberman Gallery (Chicago), Bert Green … Continue reading “Robin Dluzen Open Studio”

Sunday, March 16, 2025      2PM- 5PM Please join us for a special Open Studio event with our Artists in Residence Nelson Smith. Nelson is an artist based in central Kansas, originally from Detroit. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a Bachelor’s from the College … Continue reading “Open Studio Event: Nelson Smith”

  Popps Packing is excited to welcome Torri Lynn Ashford to their residency program for January and February 2025. UPCOMING: SAVE THE DATE!!! 3-Day Hand Puppet Workshop Friday, February 21, 5pm-6:30PM Saturday,  February 22, 1pm-4PM Sunday,  February 23, 1pM-4PM Location: Popps Packing,  12138 St. Aubin, Hamtramck, MI Description: Participants will create hand puppets using paper … Continue reading “Hand Puppet Workshop with Torri Ashford”

Please join us this Friday, 12/20 at 7PM for a special Screening of “Homeland” as well as other works in progress created during Adrienne’s 2 month residency at Popps Packing. Based in Copenhagen Denmark, Adrienne is a self taught photographer and filmmaker who has been practicing photography for over eight years and experimenting with film … Continue reading “Open Studio With Adrienne Hayden Friday, 12/20. 7PM”

Saturday, November 9, 2024 7PM-11PM A one night performance event featuring new works by Levon Millross, AKA Stargazer. This new collection of wearable sculptures by Levon Millross is profoundly inspired by the rich landscapes and vibrant culture of Hawaii, a place he has cherished over the years. Bursting with lively colors and playful forms, the … Continue reading “Archipelago : A night of Fashion with Stargazer”

Open Studio Alert with AIR Emma Sandstrom Thursday, October 24th 2024 6PM-9PM. Emma Sandstrom is concluding a two-month residency at Popps Packing, where she has been developing an ongoing project about fossils, specifically ammonites. She has experimented with found materials and photographs, focusing on the myths surrounding ammonites before scientific explanations emerged.       … Continue reading “Residency Open Studio W/ Emma Sandstrom”

Open Call to Artists: Popps Packing Studio Residency,  Popps Packing invites serious studio artists to apply for a 1-3 month long studio residency available for Spring-Fall 2025.  Residency Details: Duration: 1-3 month, Starting  April 2025 The space accommodates 2 resident artists at one time Accommodation: Resident artists will be provided with a private bedroom within … Continue reading “Studio Residency 2025”

Popps Packing in excited to welcome Claudia Holzinger for a month long residency during November 2023. Holzinger is an artist based in Germany and Austria and describes herself as a teller of new pictorial stories who creates expansive installations in which photography acts as the main narrative. During her residency, Holzinger hopes to continue working … Continue reading “Welcome Artist in Residence, Claudia Holzinger”

Artist Talk with Franziska Klose Sunday, September 24 / 4 pm at Popps Packing, 12138 St Aubin St, Hamtramck, MI 48212 @poppspacking —————————————– Please join us for an intimate artists talk with Franziska Klose , an artist and photographer based in Leipzig, Germany who was first in residence at Popps Packing in 2015 . Klose … Continue reading “ARTIST TALK WITH FRANZISKA KLOSE, Sunday 9/24, 2023 @4PM”

Closing Reception December 4, 2022 12-4PM Gallery Hours: Wednesdays 11-4PM or  by appointment Contact: Poppspacking@gmail.com, 248-568-9167 Popps is excited to present our first exhibition in 3 years, A snake in the grass, featuring the paintings of Julia Callis and the pottery and sculptures of Virginia Torrence . Callis and Torrence have been  quiet forces in … Continue reading “10/29/22 – 12/4/22 A snake in the grass @Popps Emporium”