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TALKING DOLLS STUDIO



Collective Incubator Residency

SUMMER 2025
  1. Residents are here June–August 2025!︎︎︎

Current Events & Exhibition

  1. IR 2024 exhibitions will begin fall of 2025! 

Past Exhibitions & Events
2025 SEASON  
  1. 08/02/25 Artist Talk with Nontsi Mutiti & Lillian Magodi
  2. 07/12 –08/05 MUBATANIDZWA: LINK
  3. Donate to our Fundraiser for more Detroit–Zimbabwe Exchanges!
  4. A Suite for Malcolm
  5. The Potluck 2025!

IR 2022
  1. bree gant

MDW Fair

SUMMER 2022
  1. Atlas
  2. Assembly

OG 2022  
  1. Reuben Telushkin

IR 2021
  1. Rebecca Frantz
  2. Zahra Almajidi
  3. Know One
  4. TEIKAUT
  5. Lindsay Skvarek
  6. Yuming Song
  7. Jingying Su

OG 2021   
  1. Aaron Jones

IR 2020
  1. Violet Luczak 
  2. Ciaran McQuiston
  3. Rachel DeBoard

IR 2019
  1. Laura Gibson
  2. Rebekah Sweda 


Talking Dolls —

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The mission of Talking Dolls is to empower our northeast Detroit neighborhood through justice-focused initiatives. We create a nexus of progressive art and community-led activism through access to our shop, artist studios, and gallery space for workshops, performances and celebration. It is led by co-directors Wes Taylor, Ron Watters, and Andrea Cardinal.
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Meet the 2025 Talking Dolls Incubator Residents!

Collective Public Summer 2

Detroit, MI

Talking Dolls is pleased to present the summer 2025 cohort of the Collective Public Summer Incubator Residency! They each have been working in the studio since June, and will complete the residency at the end of this month. Stay tuned for more info on each of their practices, which span from fiber arts, sculpture, jewelry design, fashion, painting, film, and music. Welcome Sudani Shaah, Melissa Sclafani, Ari Harris, Sun-Jae Park, Madi Imperio, Jacob Wheeler, Na Bonsai, and Mukhliseenah Hajj!


Residents:

Sudani Shaah
Melissa Sclafani
Ari Harris
Sun-Jae Park
Madi Imperio
Jacob Wheeler
Na Bonsai
Mukhliseenah Hajj