APEX

APEX is an art installation focused onTaylor Child’s family bar the APEX and the culture of the nightlife in Detroit during Paradise Valley in the 1940s. Childs will showcase fashion inspired by her connection with the bar through the lens of her grandmother's stories about black land ownership. The APEX is located in the North End, a neighborhood composed initially of Jewish and other European immigrants. As Detroit’s population boomed, the North End saw an increasing percentage of black residents from the South. Purchased after their migration from Georgia and renamed the APEX Bar/Lounge, the venue specialized in live blues bands and was a staple of a thriving music community on Oakland Avenue.

Event Details

• Opening: Thursday, September 5th from 10am - 6pm
• Closing Fashion Show: Friday, September 27th from 8pm - 10pm

About Taylor Childs

Artist and Detroit native, Taylor Childs explores the representational visual vocabulary and themes of family, the after effects of the African Diaspora, the perception of people, consumerism, bling culture, and how the Diaspora affects African Americans contemporarily. Taylor translates this into a narrative where these themes are applied to explorations of fabric manipulation through textile tradition in order to create a dialogue representing African American life.