In this episode, we dive into a conversation with Yvette Rock. Rock was born in Paramaribo, Suriname in 1975. She received a BFA in 1997 from Cooper Union in New York City and an MFA in Painting from the University of Michigan in 1999. Yvette is the co-founder of Detroit Connections at U of M, and founder and Executive Director of Live Coal - a non-profit organization in Detroit. She has been an artist-in-residence in Detroit schools since 1999, and an active member of her community as a professional artist for 24 years.

Yvette exhibits widely throughout southeast Michigan. Her accolades include three Knight Arts Challenge awards and a Documenting Detroit Fellowship. As a visual artist, community development activist, wife, and mother of five children, Yvette brings a wealth of life experience and insight into her art practice.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The power of play and experimentation

• Paramaribo, Suriname

• Memory & Motherhood

Resources:

• Yvette Rock

  • www.yvetterock.com

  • www.livecoal.org

• Websites:

• Referenced Works

• In Cedars Loving Arms

• Detroit RePatched

• Awards

• Three-time Knight Arts Challenge Awardee.

• Documenting Detroit Fellowship

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