Local Artists Compete for Cash & Dream Trip to Art Basel in MARTK’D Art on Canvas Contest

Artist easels before the MARTK’D Art on Canvas Contest As the sun set over the city, the Ambassador Bridge and views of Detroit’s skyline presented as a canvas, setting the stage for a high-stakes battle of creativity. Twenty local artists transformed the city into their personal canvas, all wanting to be the winner of cash prizes and the ultimate prize of an all-expenses-paid trip to Art Basel 2025, an opportunity to redefine their artistic careers, hosted by the MARTK’D Art on Canvas Contest. As the showdown of creativity unfolded, all artists had to come with their A-game, as some of the rules from judge’s Fashion Icon and entrepreneur April Walker, Ludlow Dawes III, Jules Stanford, and Vice President of Field Distribution and Operation at AAT David Campbell were to “be original,” “introduce others to Detroit,” and make sure their pieces “had the Grit that Detroit is known for.”  “One having tastemakers like April Walker, Jules, Ludlow, and David from AAA, having that diverse group of judges and letting the artists be exposed to that, is super important,” Walcott expressed. “Two, being able to do it in this space (I|O Rooftop) because this is an elevated space, but we’re bringing culture...