FPB Studio LLC, Pontiac, MI

Artist Statement

Wild Gold harvests native grasses and grains from vacant lots around Detroit, mixing them with a soy-based bio-resin to form custom cast panels. The parabolic shade structure is suspended in a gridded structural basket-frame, levitating above the ground and casting speckled shadows beneath. The rich texture of the aggregate panels transforms depending on the light, alternately glowing and becoming silhouetted. Congregating beneath the structure, visitors are reminded of the act of gathering, which is embedded and inherent within the structure.

OUR VALUES

ACTION • HUMILITY • PLACE-BASED • COURAGE TO LEARN & HAVE DIALOGUE • KEHILA/ABUNDANCE • DIVERSITY & INCLUSION • KINDNESS & COMPASSION • INTEGRATING RITUAL & ACTION

Thank you to the following foundations for their generous support of our work and mission to serve Jewish Detroit.

Norman and Esther Allan Foundation • Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation • William Davidson Foundation • Max and Marjorie Fisher Foundation • Gilbert Family Foundation • The Jewish Fund • D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation • Donald R. and Esther Simon Family Foundation • Ben Teitel Fund