By B.J. Hammerstein
Poet Naomi Long Madgett, musician Shara Worden and Free Press music writer Mark Stryker are among the talents who will be featured when the second edition of the Art X Detroit: Kresge Arts Experience kicks off April 10 at more than a dozen venues in Detroit’s Midtown area.
The five-day cultural celebration, funded by Troy’s Kresge Foundation, will feature literary events, dance, visual art installations and musical and theatrical performances that showcase the talents of local artists who have been honored through the Kresge Eminent Artist and Artist Fellowship programs. Since 2008, the foundation has provided $2 million to support artists through the programs.
This year’s free events feature:
• Madgett, who will read from her work and present a salute to five other Kresge honorees at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
• Worden, who will present a new surround-sound instrumental composition featuring the Detroit Party Marching Band. The performance will begin on Art X’s opening night at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
• Stryker, who will present “An Evening with Charles McPherson,” a salute to one of the leading figures in Detroit’s modern jazz explosion of the 1950s, at the Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
For more details and a complete schedule of events, go to www.artxdetroit.com.