We will be temporarily closed starting February 8, 2025.
Karis Gaston
Join us on 12/13/2024 for Karis Gaston's Youth Artist-in-Residence art exhibit from 5pm-7pm at The RED. Free and open to the public.
October festival!
Join us on for our October Festival at 80 Clairmount Street, Detroit, MI 48202. Email admin@livecoal.org for information. Click to purchase tickets!
Join us for...
Story time with mr. louie
Books, music, magic - Mr. Louie can do it all! This event is free and open to the public. Donations accepted to help us keep these wonderful programs going! Story hour is from 11:15am-12:15pm at The RED - 80 Clairmount, Detroit, MI 48202.
LIVE COAL ARTS MOBILE SUMMER PROGRAMMING
Lego® Mosaic Quilts
As part of our summer Live Coal Arts Mobile programming, we are inviting children ages 18 and under to submit and donate drawings to be considered for our Lego® Mosaic Quilts* summer exhibition. Selected drawings will be used to inspire the creation of Lego® Mosaic Quilts and be displayed inside the Arts Mobile in summer 2021. Dates for exhibition are TBD.
*This project is not an official Lego® company project.*
Deadline for Submissions is May 25, 2021.
Submission Form
Art & Theater Camp!
Art & Theater Camp - July 22-25, 2019; Performance, July 26 @4pm
This summer, The RED will host its first ever Art & Theater Camp (ATC) for children ages 6-11. ATC will be facilitated by a group of middle and high school theater students and supervised by Live Coal's staff. There are 12 slots open for this camp! Click the registration form to find out more information. Deadline for registration is July 20, 2019.
Art & Theater Camp Payment
Art & Theater Camp Child #1 Payment
$100.00
$100 for Child #1
Art & Theater Camp Payment
Art & Theater Camp Child #2 Payment
$90.00
$90 for Child #2
May 2019
Storytime with Mr. Ming Louie!
Join us on Friday, May 3, 2019 from 3:45pm-4:45pm for Storytime with Mr. Louie! Mr. Louie will entertain us with books, music, and more.
The Italy Show
Photography by students from Henry Ford Academy and Educator Mara Magyarosi-Laytner. Opening May 24, 2019 from 6pm-8pm.
2019 Events
Grand Opening of The RED!
Even though we opened our doors to the public in fall 2018, we did not have our permanent collection of student art on the walls. Please join us on Saturday, April 13th form 1pm-4pm at 80 Clairmount Ave. for the official Grand Opening of The RED! Event includes exhibition of student work, Open House of Clairmount Studios, music, refreshments, and more. This is a free event!
3/29/2019 JEAN ALICIA ELSTER
Join us as the award-winning author of The Colored Car, Jean Alicia Elster, wraps up National Reading Month with a book talk and reading followed by a signing. Both The Colored Car, and the companion book Who’s Jim Hines, will be available for purchase.
March 29, 2019 • 6:00pm-7:00pm
80 Clairmount St | Detroit, MI 48202
Join us on 11/30 for a drop-in-workshop.
Participants will make handmade cards using cutout snowflakes and paper to create cards. Participants can then write a note to someone special! Workshop inspired by the photography of Wilson Bentley, the first person to photograph snowflakes. Workshop led by Olivia Kinker. Free and open to the public. Donations accepted.
46th Annual Noel Night!
Live Coal will conduct a holiday-themed workshop on Saturday, December 1, 2018 from 11am-3pm at the Detroit Public Library Main Branch. Free and open to the public.