Author: tvasher
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Donald Frith
Rack & Ruin is a collection of images documenting pool culture across Detroit, Michigan, captured between 2022 and 2025. It showcases the people and establishments that make up a tight-knit, diverse community. Shot on both film and digital, primarily in medium format, some of the images are sharp, other hazy or just behind the break. That mix felt right. Unpolished and a little loose, this collection is meant to feel lived in, like the spaces it came from.
The phrase “rack & ruin” suggests decay or collapse. That rise, fall, and rise-again narrative of Detroit has been worn thin, especially for those who’ve called it home. Here, the title leans more into the cycle itself — the defeat, the reset, the return to the table a little wiser and more determined. Or maybe it’s the rand and ruin of memory this collection is meant to preserve.
These images are fragments, glimpses of a community that’s awake and thriving somewhere in the city at any given hour. There’s no single story here. Just what I saw, what stuck, and what felt worth keeping.
Donald Frith is a photographer, Director, and Editor based in Detroit and available for collaboration everywhere.
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Carie Branch
Carie Ann Branch is a Hamtramck based muralist who makes odd art for odd people. Murals, line design, and street art captivate Carie’s imagination. Their art is bold, high contrast, and eclectic, utilizing bold color to express whatever strange thought needs to get out.
Live mural painting of the High Dive’s back patio. Chill cocktails and mocktails in a great bar with even greater people.
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John Salvage & Dustin Mensinger
Live acoustic sets with displayed artwork from Amanda Skapnit, Andrea Bonaventura, BVIS, Kate Manning, Mike Ratt and Papiwark
live accoustic performances from Dustin Mensinger(4:45pm) and John Salvage(5:30pm). various artists’ work displayed and sold throughout the bar.
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Erin K Schmidt & Laura Beyer
Through the lens of book and paper art, the exhibit explores the rumination about time spent and elapsed, the lyricism of nature as well as the possibilities of book structure from intimate to installation. Hatch Art Gallery will be open from 12pm – 9pm, with an opening reception starting at 6pm.
Additional offerings include “The Mechanical Requiem” by Ed Griggs and Luke Macgilvray in The Jail Cell, and several of our resident artists will have open studios over the course of the day. All events at the Hatch Art Center are free and open to the public.
Hatch Art is a grassroots nonprofit organization in Hamtramck, serving the Metro Detroit region. Founded and operated by a dedicated group of local artists, Hatch is committed to uplifting area artists through contemporary art exhibitions, arts-based programming, and more. It thrives through the active involvement of the people it serves.
Erin K. Schmidt has her BFA from Michigan State University. After studying book arts at Bowling Green State University she pursued her MA in Book Arts from Camberwell College of Arts at the University of the Arts London, graduating with distinction. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be found in private and public collections.Laura Beyer has over 20 years of printmaking experience. Her work has been collected by esteemed organizations throughout the area, including colleges and universities, private collectors as well as the Detroit Institute of Art.
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Trixie’s Bar
Trixie’s will host local artists without space in our backyard from noon through 8 pm. We will also have live local acoustic acts starting at 5 pm. At 7 pm the Michigan native and current Vermont based band Jaded Ravins will take the stage. This guitar and bass duo compliments their excellent song writing and instrumentation with beautiful vocal harmonies. All events are free.
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Motivational Museum Curated by Khalil Muhammad
A day for the community to walk through, explore, and purchase or appreciate artwork from both local and international artists. The exhibition brings together paintings from Detroit to Bangladesh, highlighting Hamtramck’s identity as a true cultural melting pot.
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Laveen Gammie
The Barbershop Art Gallery will have our current exhibition on view, Always On My Mind. The show is a solo presentation by Chicago-based ceramicist, video, and installation artist Laveen Gammie, which puts on display her sensibility for poetic placement and disguised morbidity.
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Daniel Eller
The Barbershop Book Gallery will have on sale our extensive photography book collection, curated by longtime collector and publisher Daniel Eller. Our stock ranges from affordable $10 options up to hard-to-find rare selections.
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Festive Essentials
Beautiful Jewelry and Art work
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Hatch Studio Artists
The Hatch Art Center was originally constructed as a dormitory for nuns and nursing students, and then used for the city’s police headquarters for three decades. The rooms on the second floor are used for artist studios, and art lines the hallway. Take a peek behind the studio door, artists will be present and opening their spaces to the public over the course of the day. Participating artists include Kayce Gifford, Grace Queen, Coral Sifre, Mike Kelly, and more!
Additional offerings include Stolen Moment by Erin K. Schmidt and Laura Beyer in the Hatch Art Gallery and The Mechanical Requiem by Ed Griggs and Luke MacGilvray in The Jail Cell. The Hatch Art Center will be open from 12pm – 9pm, with an opening reception starting at 6pm. All events are free and open to the public.
Hatch Art is a grassroots nonprofit organization in Hamtramck, serving the Metro Detroit region. Founded and operated by a dedicated group of local artists, Hatch is committed to uplifting area artists through contemporary art exhibitions, arts-based programming, and more. It thrives through the active involvement of the people it serves.