Motown Masala

Jugaad in the D—Ingenuity and Resistance in Detroit,” 

An exhibition celebrating the creative spirit of making, modifying, and mending in urban communities.

Curated by Deepa Butoliya and Ulysses Newkirk,

Media and updates hosted on Grape-Vine.io

 

March 28th to May 9th, 2025,

Red Door Digital, 

7500 Oakland Ave,

Detroit, MI 48211.

This exhibition explores the ingenuity of intuitive repair, adaptive design, and community-driven innovation, highlighting the ways Detroit’s material culture reflects resilience and resourcefulness.

We are gathering makers, modifiers, and menders who transform locally available resources into solutions, blending survival with creativity and resistance with joy.

Bubble Day Work Parties start Friday, March 7

Witness the process of making a gallery space from ideation to opening.

Upcoming Events

Join the City Master Plan Process

The city of Detroit has an ARPA-funded sub-committee that is supposed to amend the city’s Master Plan. If you go through this link you can become a part of this group and can become a part of the process yourself.
Click the link below to get involved.
Bit.ly/DetroitPublicFocusGroups

Working Parties

Let’s Learn Some Communication Arts, Together

Upcoming Events

Meet the 13 Dummy

Customizable 3D printed action figures.

Grape-Vine i/o

Meet the North End’s Communications Team

Beginning here, in WordPress.

Behind it, is code. Because Code is still Poetry.

You can type. or…

choose a block

Jason and the story collectors will be recording and transcribing stories from North End neighbors, and learning how to effectively share them on our WordPress site.

Piper, Gabby, and the Communications Team will be assembling and launching portable wifi networks, using portable power packs.

Somebody wonderful will be providing wholesome delicious sounds and snacks.

And someone will be at the gathering or in its video chat, talking about something in the North End you’re interested in.

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A Gathering of Imaginary Friends

January 30 @ 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST

Meet NorthEnd Grapevine i/o

Online, In Print, and by Phone. 

We’re introducing a new communitywide news outlet. 

One that includes the wants and needs of almost everybody in the NorthEnd and its surrounding neighborhoods.

  • North End wifi PNK Portable Network Kit
  • Technology and Health resource centers
  • Bubble Day: the Arts and Sciences of imagINeering
  • Build a Raspberry Pi Minecraft Server
  • Build a Dummy 13 action figure
  • Music and Sound Lab in the Loading Dock
  • Food and fun in the Great Hall
  • Preparations for Jugaad Detroit, Motown Masala on the 2nd Flight