DETROIT: THE SEA AND THE SKY, AND YOU AND I

The Sea and the Sky, and You and I
Curated by Allison Glenn

May 17 - August 30, 2025

THE SHEPHERD
1265 Parkview Street
Detroit, MI

Detroit’s Past, Present, and Possible Futures Converge in The Sea and the Sky, and You and I

On view at the Shepherd through August 30, 2025, The Sea and the Sky, and You and I is the second chapter in a two-part exhibition series presented by Library Street Collective. Curated by Allison Glenn, the show brings together over two dozen artists and cultural organizers whose work explores the deep, often overlooked relationships between people and landscapes—both real and imagined—in Detroit and beyond.

Taking its title from a line in Miles Davis’ 1959 composition All Blues, the exhibition reflects on how land is remembered, altered, and cared for in the face of climate change and shifting political landscapes. More than half the participating artists are based in Detroit, grounding the exhibition in the city’s rich legacy of self-organized, artist-led public art and community engagement.

Works reference everything from Drexciyan mythologies to industrial debris, and themes range from land use and environmental justice to ancestral memory and speculative futures. Participating artists include Dawoud Bey, Halima Afi Cassells, LaKela Brown, Ebony G. Patterson, Mario Moore, and Jamea Richmond-Edwards, among others.

A dynamic slate of programming runs alongside the exhibition, in collaboration with long-standing community partners such as Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum, The Heidelberg Project, and The Garage. Together, the exhibition and its partners offer a kaleidoscopic view of how artists are reimagining relationships between humans, land, and legacy.

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