The Hustle: Creators and Makers
NOW OPEN in the Allesee Gallery of Culture
Detroit’s Black community has a long-standing tradition of entrepreneurship that dates to the early 1800s with masons, loggers, farmers and traders. In our modern era of box stores and conglomerates, Detroit still contains a rich mosaic of small Black-owned businesses that keep the city thriving, despite decades of economic hardship. Detroiters have developed a strong culture of work and determination. To succeed in Detroit, you need to know how to hustle.
See the third exhibition in our series, featuring Creators and Makers.
Honorees were selected from crowd-sourced nominations in 2022.
The Creators and Makers:
- Luci Butts - Chilled Peels Lemonade
- Ali Evans - GODNII
- Akil Alvin - Digital Detroit Media (DDM)
- Sherrie Savage - Naturally ILLustrated, LLC
- Emmanual Smith - “Mr E in the D”
- M. Kay Willingham - Art in Motion
- Richard Blanding - Scrap Soils
- Marc D’Andre - 7Mile Radio
- Tyrell Slappey, Terrance Crowell and Markita Richardson - Round 1 Gaming Lab
The Hustle is sponsored by Gilbert Family Foundation, Toyota Motor North America, AAA-The Auto Club Group, Bank of America, PNC Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Dykema.
Media sponsors: Michigan Chronicle and The LEE Group.
