Problems at the Russell Industrial Center Highlight Detroit’s Lack of Viable Artist Space

March 8, 2017

Listen to WDET’s Ryan Patrick Hooper’s report and discussion with Cultureshift host Amanda LeClaire.

Scott Spraugue RIC

After two weeks of confusion, tenants at the Russell Industrial Center in Detroit will be allowed to stay in their studios at the sprawling arts complex. The situation has raised the issue of the lack of affordable, legal artist studio space in the city. Listen to WDET’s Ryan Patrick Hooper’s report and discussion with Cultureshift host Amanda LeClaire. 

Read the full Detroit Free Press article here.

 

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  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and managing editor and lead reporter of WDET's new environmental series, the Detroit Tree Canopy Project, as well as WDET's CuriosiD podcast. She was the host of WDET’s CultureShift and a founding producer of the station’s flagship news talk show *Detroit Today*. Amanda also served as a Morning Edition host at WDET and previously worked as a host, audio and video producer, and reporter for Arizona Public Media.

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