DETROIT – The Detroit Historical Society chose “Currents in Color” by Brontae Williamson to become a mural in Paint-By-Number style on Belle Isle.
The mural will be located in The Strand at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum.
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Williamson says her piece reflects diversity between people and the natural world and Detroiters love for the city’s beauty.
Brontae Williamson is a multi-disciplinary designer with a product design degree from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.
Currents in Color will be translated into a 32 x 8-foot horizontal mural made of 16 4-foot square paint-by-number style panels.
The Paint-By-Number style honors Paint-By-Number‘s Detroit developer, Dan Robbins.
Panel painting will be open to the community throughout the summer and later assembled and hung on the building.
Panel painting information has not yet been released.
The Detroit Historical Society received submissions from local artists, the society aimed to find a piece for a mural to showcase Detroit’s art community, region and maritime history.
The society is an independent non-profit organization that manages the Detroit Historical Museum in Midtown and the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle.
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is located at 100 Strand Drive on Belle Isle.
Admission is $5 for adults and children and free for Detroit Historical Society members and children under 6.
For more information, visit detroithistorical.org.