Charlie Michaels

Site Coordinator
Detroit Connections

Charlie Michaels oversees the School of Art & Design's Detroit Connections Project, which fosters innovative visual art and design teaching in Detroit schools and cultural institutions. Working closely with faculty, University of Michigan students, school teachers, and children, Michaels designs and coordinates undergraduate outreach courses, educational activities, and creative projects that seek to establish collaborative and reciprocal learning environments for both University of Michigan students and community partners in Detroit. http://www.detroitconnections.org
“Art & Design in the Center of the World: Community Engagement in Ghana” School of Art and Design international engagement course in collaboration with Cross Cultural Collaborative, Nungua, Ghana, Summer 2012
“Photographs by Children in Ayigya Zongo” Photography workshop and exhibition with children from Ayigya Primary School, Kumasi, Ghana, 2011

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