Michigan Education Association
October 18, 2017
Voices Flowed Like Water
For seven months this year, the words of Flint-area students poured from copper pipes whenever spigots were turned in an innovative “sound mural” commissioned by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University.
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Michigan Education Association
October 18, 2017
Flint Teacher Finds ‘Bigger Purpose’ in Water Crisis
There’s a saying that dates back to the Roman philosopher and playwright Seneca—Aut inveniam viam aut faciam—I shall either find a way, or make one. It could be the motto of MEA member Jessyca Mathews, a Flint-area high school teacher and writer who’s channeled anger into action, changed victims to activists, and turned the voiceless powerful.
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
August 26, 2017
On View
An artist helps youths creatively express their thoughts on a water crisis; a library offers protest banners that can be checked out like books; a performance provokes deep personal and social inquiry; and the stories of people excluded from history are elements of the creative practices of four SAIC artists who embody the term “citizen artist.”
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Think Copper
June 19, 2017
Michigan State Art Project Uses Copper Pipes to Tell Flint Residents’ Story.
A system of copper pipes in Michigan has people talking, but it’s not what you might think.
MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities
march 21, 2017
IPF donates copper for art exhibit surrounding Flint water crisis
The interactive exhibit, produced by Jan Tichy as part of the MSU Federal Credit Union Artist Studio Series, is made entirely of copper pipes that were provided by MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities.
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Words of Flint’s Anguish Flow Like Water Through These Pipes
Open one of the spigots at Michigan State University’s Broad Art Museum and it’s not water that rushes out, but sound.
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NRDC
march 14, 2017
Pipes Stream Poetry in an Interactive Response to Flint’s Water Crisis
Lead poisoning can stunt my growth / And mess with my mind / We would like help if you don’t mind. Rather than water, words from poet Ken Silas, a student at Carman-Ainsworth High School in Flint, Michigan, flowed through a copper pipe and out of the faucet I’d just turned on, bearing my introduction to Beyond Streaming: A Sound Mural for Flint, conceived by artist Jan Tichy.
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Hyperallergic
march 3, 2017
Michigan Radio
January 27, 2017
Exhibit brings high school students from Lansing, Flint together to depict life without safe water
A project facilitated by Chicago-based artist Jan Tichy brought high school English students in Flint together with high school art students in Lansing to depict life in Flint without safe water.
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Student voices from Flint, Lansing in art exhibit on water crisis
MSU’s Broad Art Museum is hosting an exhibition called “Beyond Streaming: A Sound Mural for Flint” through April 23rd. The project unites Chicago artist Jan Tichy with students from Flint Carmen-Ainsworth and Lansing Everett high schools to explore the Flint water crisis together. WKAR’s Scott Pohl has the story.
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WKAR
January 25, 2017
Lansing State Journal
January 22, 2017
New exhibit at Broad Museum addresses Flint water crisis in art
Michigan State University’s Broad Art Museum is known for its soaring planes of stainless steel and glass, but a network of copper pipes has the center of attention at the moment.
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Communication Pipeline
The irregular angles and slanted walls of Michigan State University’s Broad Art Museum get another layer of complexity this week. Shiny copper pipes snake their way through the museum’s education wing. But unlike most of the pipes in the building, these don’t carry water. These pipes carry sound.
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City Pulse
January 18, 2017
Portrait of the Artist as an Artist: Jan Tichy
“Portrait of the Artist as an Artist” is an interview series with the goal of showing that making a career as an artist is achievable and how. For our first interview of 2017, F Newsmagazine sits down with Chicago-based artist and educator Jan Tichy.
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F Newsmagazine
january 13, 2017
Chicago Artist Responds to Flint Water Crisis with Exhibit
The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University (Broad MSU) is gearing up to present an exhibition on the Flint water crisis by Chicago-based artist Jan Tichy as part of the MSU Federal Credit Union Artist Studio Series.
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Pride Source
November 3, 2016
Artist Works with Students in Response to Flint Water Crisis
The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University presents an exhibition by Chicago-based artist Jan Tichy as part of the MSU Federal Credit Union Artist Studio Series.
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