Mariners Inn has a long standing partnership with Wayne State University to bring new ideas, information, and services to our clients through our partnership with their students and various academic programs. One partnership that has been particulary beneficial is our membership in ArtCorpsDetroit.
Retired Detroit Public Schools Vocal Teacher and current Courville Concert Choir Enrichment Program Artistic Director gets interviewed after the choir performs for men at Mariners Inn.
The Mariners Inn Residential Program was invited back to the Detroit Institute of Arts for another season of gallery tours, arts, and crafts. Bob, the case manager, took a handful of our gentlemen to the DIA for four straight weeks in May of 2012.
A mosaic that’s remniscent of Van Gogh’s Starry Night hangs in the lobby of Mariners Inn, the Cass Corridor shelter and treatment center for homeless men. The blues and golds look like that famous painting, but instead of a night sky spanning across this triptych, there’s a bridge that spans from dark to light as the mosaic tiles move toward the door.
“It’s transformation,” says Maxine Gardner a volunteering art therapist at Mariners Inn.
Mariners Inn is partnering with the Arts Corps Detroit. Arts Corps Detroit is a community-based program at Wayne State University that offers service-learning courses and volunteer opportunities for students and others who want to help revitalize the urban community through the arts. ArtsCorpsDetroit is open to all Wayne State University students and also invites participation from the Detroit community. Many of the art projects you'll see on our website and in our building were made possible through this amazing partnership and we look forward to many more amazing creations to come!
Take a second and check out their website at http://artscorpsdetroit.wayne.edu/index.php where you can see not only some of the art projects Mariners Inn has been involved in but also some of the other partners!
