EileenDiv recently uploaded this awesome shot of the Russel Center to GLUE's flickr pool. This mural is the largest of the midwest, and every time I see it--whether in person or not--there's a new facet of the mural I get sucked into. The new mural celebrates Detroit's history, especially through the chimera-like tribute to Detroit's Lions, Pistons, Red Wings, and Tigers.

Speaking of athletic tributes, Detroit got a shout-out at the Super Bowl during an awesome Chrysler commercial. With great shots of the city, an endorsement from Eminem, and the slogan "imported from Detroit", millions of Super Bowl watchers got to see a side of Detroit that the media doesn't often publicize....

Matt James is the Chair of the Dayton Circus Creative Collective, which grew out of a cooperative art event thrown in 2005 call "The Sideshow." Now the Circus is on its way to non-profit status, runs a community garden, featuring a stage and public art installations, continues to participate in the annual Sideshow, is producing a new D'art Magazine, and fosters creativity with different projects around Dayton...

Cleveland Public Art recently announced its summer projects, among them, this gem (pictures are under Mall B in the projects menu of CPA's website): "The Verdant Walk is a new temporary art and landscape installation on Mall B in downtown Cleveland by Toronto-based artists and landscape architects Peter North and Alissa North of North Design Office. The project was installed in May 2008 and will remain until 2010. The installation creates a stunning landscape by bringing more than 4,000 square feet of native Ohio grasses to the city's center, punctuated by a series of seven sculptures illuminated at night by new-technology solar fabric panels..."