Placemaking Conference
Placemaking Week is a global gathering of placemakers that emphasizes hands-on learning and innovative social events, while leaving behind a public space legacy. Embracing a wide variety of sectors and disciplines, the event creates a dynamic forum where attendees develop and share concrete strategies to advance placemaking both locally and globally.
Interface
Michigan Central Art and Newlab Detroit present Interface, an exhibition of new work by the Creative Residency, 2025 Art + Technology Fellows: Nicolás Kisic Aguirre (Mexico City/Lima), Salam Rida (Detroit), and Ananda Ray (Detroit). On view April 9-11, 2026, the presentation brings together three practices that explore technology’s role in shaping memory, labor, and community. Interface is the inaugural public exhibition of the Art + Technology Fellowship, marking the culmination of a six-month residency in which artists work within the Michigan Central and Newlab innovation ecosystem.