The Artists Workshop Society was an artist run collective founded on November 1st, 1964, by John Sinclair, Magdalene Arndt (Leni Sinclair), Charles Moore, Robin Eichele, George Tysh, and ten others, who rented a house as a gallery and performance space on the campus of Wayne State University. This small independent and interracial group of poets, artists, and musicians were the seeds that would inspire a cultural revolution in Detroit, whose branches extended beyond its borders. This influence would find its way into jazz, psychedelic rock, heavy metal, noise and other experimental music, as well as poetry and the growth of Detroit’s new alternative presses.

The Detroit Artists Workshop exhibition features art, books, photos, films, flyers and Detroit Artists Workshop Press materials and reveals cultural roots and celebrates artistic sources, that can be followed to the art of Detroit and beyond today.

The Horse Hospital

Chamber of Pop Culture | The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, LONDON, WC1N 1JD