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Library Street Collective Exhibition Features Cranbrook Academy of Art Painting Alumni

July 27th, 2020
Willie Wayne Smith

Willie Wayne Smith – No Turning Back Now, 2019
Oil, acrylic, and airbrushed acrylic on canvas
60h x 76w inches

WE USED TO GATHER presented by Library Street Collective in Detroit, Michigan, features several Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni. Conrad Egyir (Painting ’18), Natalie Wadlington (Painting ’20), and Willie Wayne Smith (Painting ’10 and current Painting Co-Artist-in-Residence) have recent works in the exhibition alongside other artists including Nina Chanel Abney, Marcus Brutus, Canyon Castator, Ryan Travis Christian, Timothy Curtis, Maja Djordjevic, Shepard Fairey, Amir H. Fallah, Travis Fish, Jammie Holmes, Todd James, David Leggett, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Gisela McDaniel, Rebecca Morgan, Katherina Olschbaur, Pedro Pedro, Anja Salonen, Tylonn J. Sawyer, Jess Valice, Paul Verdell, Tyrrell Winston, and Allison Zuckerman.

Read more about WE USED TO GATHER here.

Painting of a woman in a black shirt against a yellow background

Conrad Egyir – JustTina, 2020 Oil with mixed media on panel 48h x 48w inches