>> Tati: HELLO, EVERYBODY!
WEEKEND!
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT
IS MAKING PEOPLE STOP AND TAKE
NOTICE.
>> Chuck: IT'S AMONG THE TREES
AND SOMETHING IS GROWING THAT
YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT TO SEE.
>> Jason: ALEX ATWELL SHOWS US
THE PROJECT TURNING ONE DETROIT
NEIGHBORHOOD INTO A LIVING ART
♪♪
>> WE ALL KNOW IN SOME WAYS IT
APPEARS LIKE THERE'S TWO
DETROITS, EVERYTHING THAT IS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING
IN DETROIT ARE BEGINNING TO
FILTER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
THIS IS PART OF IT.
>> MY NAME IS WALLET BAILEY, I'M
A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST IN THE
DETROIT AREA, RETIRED FROM
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND NOW
IN MY RETIREMENT, MY WHOLE IDEA
IS TO PASS ART ON TO THIS NEXT
GENERATION
I'M HERE INSTALLING TWO OF THE
AR FOREST STRUCTURE
IT'S A CUSTOM-MADE MURAL PROJECT
FOR A PARK-LIKE AREA.
THE IDEA IS TO GROW AN ART
PROJECT RIGHT OUT OF THE GROUND
AND THE SOIL OF THE PARK.
NEED ART?
>> BECAUSE ART IS BECOMING A
PROCESS BY WHICH BEAUTIFICATION
TAKES PLACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ARTIST.
YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE A CREATIV
QUALITY.
>> Reporter: HOW COOL IS IT THAT
THE YOUTH GET TO BE PART OF IT?
>> YOU HAVE TO THINK, PLAN, AND
THEN EXECUTE IT.
IT REALLY REQUIRES PAYING
ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
>> I'M MOVING IT.
>> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT, IT
BUILDS CONFIDENCE.
OH, I FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO
THIS.
THE NEXT THING THAT COMES ALONG,
YOU SAY, I FIGURED THAT OUT AND
THING.
>> AND THAT'S WHAT'S IT'S ABOUT,
ART AND CULTURE, TAKE CREATIVE,
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THIS KIND OF POSITIVE ENERGY
BRINGS AN IMPORTANT SPIRIT TO
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THIS IS BRINGING ART FROM
DOWN TO UP.
IT'S ALL ABOUT ENGAGEMENT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT GRASS ROOTS,
NEIGHBORHOOD, ENTHUSIASM, TO
MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER.
>> ONCE IT'S UP AND SHINING AND
EXCITING AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS
HAPPY, IT WILL BE GREAT, MAN!
C'MON, MAN!
[LAUGHTER]
>> Jason: WHEN I WAS A KID, I
SPENT TIME AT ELIJAH HOWELL
PARK.
>> ART FOREST IS AN EXCELLENT
PROJECT FOR PARKS AND
RECREATIONAL AREAS.
>> Jason: WHY DO THIS WITH KIDS?
OF COURSE, THEY NEED CULTURE AND
NEED TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
>> DETROIT IS CHANGING.
IT'S BECOME A CREATIVE CENTER,
AND THERE ARE KIDS OUT HERE WHO
SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE
CREATIVE CENTER.
SO ART FOREST PROJECTS, THEY CAN
BE CREATIVE, EXPAND THEIR
THINKING, AND IT'S SOMETHING
THEY CAN CHERISH.
>> Jason: IT WOULD BE COOL TO
SEE IT POP UP IN PARKS ACROSS
THE CITY.
AS AN ARTIST, DO YOU HAVE TO
WEAR THE BLACK TURTLENECK, IS
THAT IN THE ARTIST CODE?
[LAUGHTER]
>> NO, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING TO
PUT ON THIS MORNING.
>> Jason: AND YOU BROUGHT THREE
EXAMPLES OF YOUR REVERSE
PAINTING ON PLEXIGLASS.
>> ABOUT 1977, I LEFT THE WHOLE
IDEA OF CREATING ART ON PAPERS
AND CANVAS.
I WANTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> Jason: I'M GONNA TILT IT
FORWARD SO THE LIGHTS DON'T
CATCH IT.
>> I WANTED SOMETHING TO GIVE
ART AN IDENTITY.
I STARTED EXPERIMENTING AND
FOUND PLEXIGLASS.
>> Jason: SO THIS IS ACTUALLY
FRAMED.
ARTWORK.
>> Jason: THIS ONE, I WAS DRAWN
TO THIS BECAUSE IT MADE ME THINK
OF A 1976 ALBUM COVER FOR
EMERSON LAKE AND PAUL TUTMAN --
AND PALMER.
>> I LOVE SCIENCE FICTION.
AND FINE ART.
AND DETAILS, STUDI OF
CIVILIZATIONS LOST.
I'M A STA TREKKIE PERSON.
AND I CREATE THIS O WITH VERY
INTRICATE LINES SO THAT THE
DETAIL WOULD BE EXCELLENT.
>> Jason: AND WE HAD TO STA
THIS ONE UP BECAUSE IT WAS TOO
THIN FOR THE EASEL.
AND I'LL STAND IT UP SO THE
LIGHT DOESN'T BOUNCE OFF OF IT.
THEM.
BUT THIS IS A FAMOUS AFRICA
STATUE, IT'S THE ANTELOPE DESIGN
WITH A MODERN LOOK TO IT.
AND THERE ARE MANY OF THEM IN
MUSEUMS ACROSS THE WORLD.
>> Jason: VERY COOL!
ART?
>> ON JANUARY 14th, I WOULD LIKE
TO INNOVATE THE PUBLIC TO A FREE
AND OPEN DRESSY AFFAIR AT THE
CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM.
SCREEN.
>> AND IT WILL BE A SHOW THAT
TRAVELS FROM EARLY DRAWINGS IN
ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL ALL
THE WAY UP TO ART FOR THE 21st
CENTURY AND BEYOND.
BAILEY: A RETROSPECTIVE.