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Lawrence Glenn 700 524 Hannan Center
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Lawrence Glenn

As part of WDET’s program of community outreach, producer Mike Blank and the Hannan House have been collecting and producing oral histories from senior citizens throughout the region. This collection focuses on Seniors’ contribution to communities through volunteering. Reverend Dr. Lawrence Glenn has been involved with volunteering for a long time. He helped to organize…

Marian Stephens 150 150 Hannan Center
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Marian Stephens

As part of WDET’s program of community outreach, producer Mike Blank and the Hannan House have been collecting and producing oral histories from senior citizens throughout the region. This collection focuses on Seniors’ contribution to communities through volunteering. Marian Stephens is a retired educator. She is a strong advocate for children’s education and art programs.  She…

Mary Simpson 525 700 Hannan Center
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Mary Simpson

As part of WDET’s program of community outreach, producer Mike Blank and the Hannan House have been collecting and producing oral histories from senior citizens throughout the region. This collection focuses on Seniors’ contribution to communities through volunteering. Mary Simpson has lived in Detroit for about 74 years. She has been contributing to the area…

Francis Parker 700 525 Hannan Center
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Francis Parker

As part of WDET’s program of community outreach, producer Mike Blank and the Hannan House have been collecting and producing oral histories from senior citizens throughout the region. This collection focuses on Seniors’ contribution to communities through volunteering. Francis Parker went from being a school principal to being a hospice volunteer. She considers herself a…

James McCree 150 150 Hannan Center
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James McCree

As part of WDET’s program of community outreach, producer Mike Blank and the Hannan House have been collecting and producing oral histories from senior citizens throughout the region. This collection focuses on Seniors’ contribution to communities through volunteering. Mr. McCree was born in Massachusetts, went to college in Tennessee, but his volunteering path didn’t start…

Eleanor Anderson 700 525 Hannan Center
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Eleanor Anderson

As part of WDET’s program of community outreach, producer Mike Blank and the Hannan House have been collecting and producing oral histories from senior citizens throughout the region. This collection focuses on Seniors’ contribution to communities through volunteering. Eleanor Anderson is a retired school teacher that loves to volunteer around the city. She has been…

Detroit Institute of Arts Community Program, May-June 2015 400 300 Hannan Center
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Detroit Institute of Arts Community Program, May-June 2015

During the recent Diego Rivera/Frida Kahlo exhibit at the DIA, Hannan artists not only had an opportunity to tour the exhibit but also to create their own retablos as seen in the gallery. Using clay, workshop artists designed, fashioned and painted their individual retablos, telling stories they shared with each other. For five weeks in…

“Sunbeam” Project 846 634 Hannan Center
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“Sunbeam” Project

Bob Sestok conducted a series of workshops with older artists (see below) in 2010 to share mutual experience and ideas from which he drew inspiration for the “Sunbeam” sculpture now installed as the center piece in a newly created pocket park in front of the Luella Hannan Memorial Foundation. Sestok describes his piece as a…

“Transitions” Tile project, front lobby installation at Hannan Foundation 1443 720 Hannan Center
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“Transitions” Tile project, front lobby installation at Hannan Foundation

Artists: Matt Lachowski, and Deanne Rogers, with in-kind support from the Ceramic Department at Wayne State University. Senior artists from at Hannan reviewed the work visiting the design studio at WSU and meeting with the artists throughout the project. Commissioned by the Foundation in 2010, this installation was conceived and designed to provide a link…

The Community Group Program at the DIA 314 241 Hannan Center
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The Community Group Program at the DIA

The Community Group Program at the DIA is a unique opportunity for the museum to partner with local agencies to provide one-of-a-kind art experiences in the galleries and studio with DIA teaching artists. This program is based on studio teaching philosophy which engages students, encouraging personal expression and reflection through art. Projects are tailored to…

Master Artist Series at the Hannan Café – November and December 2014 275 206 Hannan Center
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Master Artist Series at the Hannan Café – November and December 2014

Four master artists/ educators were engaged to bring their talents and experience to the community in multi-generational tours and drop-in workshops free and open to the public. Families and people of all ages were recruited to attend. Eric Mesko, Small Wooden Sculptures Participants created small wooden animals, people and structures. Participants were focused on creating…

Vito Valdez, Stories in Art and Culture, Painting, Collage and Mixed Media 215 229 Hannan Center
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Vito Valdez, Stories in Art and Culture, Painting, Collage and Mixed Media

Beginning with a tour of galleries at the DIA,   participants learned from Vito about the physical making of a variety of work, the maker/artist and the story they left behind.  They toured several galleries at the DIA    and returned to Hannan for lunch and artist’s talk followed by discovery of self exercises and drawing…

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