BULK Space Presents: Spring Fling Fundraiser & Art Sale
Saturday, June 7, 2025
2:00–6:00 PM
BULK Space | Detroit, MI
This June, BULK Space invites you to our Spring Fling Fundraiser & Art Sale, a celebration of the artists, educators, and organizers who help our community thrive. Join us for an afternoon of art, food, music, and mutual support as we raise funds to sustain BULK’s programming, operations, and collective vision.
This event will feature an art sale showcasing work from BULK members and teaching artists—the people who have made our exhibitions, workshops, and public programs possible over the past year. Come celebrate with us and help ensure the future of artist-led space in Detroit.
💸 Sliding Scale Tickets Available💸
You can pay any amount between $1–$50+. Just select “Get Tickets” and then go to “Pay What You Can” at checkout and enter an amount that works for you.
Purchase your Tickets HERE!
FOOD: the DYOD (Dress Your Own Dog) Bar curated by Chef April! with choices of Chicken, Beef, & Plant-Based Hotdogs with plenty of toppings.Sides:
- Roasted Veggies
- Smoked/Pulled Turkey
- Street Corn
- Black Eyed Pea Salad
- Coleslaw
- Baked Beans
What to Expect
- An art sale featuring original work by BULK artists & educators
- Cookout fare grilled by April (Jes’s mom!) with help from volunteers
- Music by KESSWA & Kenjiro
- Raffle prizes from friends and supporters
- Refreshments, joy, and community care
- Live Screenprinting by One Custom City
Ticket Levels
- General Admission – $50
Entry, food, and 2 raffle tickets
(Sliding Scale Available) - Co-Conspirator (Ghost Ticket) – $50
Can’t make it? Buy a ghost ticket—we’ll send you a sticker pack and thank you note - Media Lab Steward – $500
2 tickets + shoutout in our materials. Supports creative access and shared equipment - Creative Catalyst – $1,000
3 tickets + sponsor recognition. Helps fund our artist-led programming and events - BULK Space Champion – $2,500
5 tickets + named thank-you at the event. Supports a full season of programming and space accessibility
Event Details
- Date: Saturday, June 7, 2025
- Time: 2:00–6:00 PM
- Location: BULK Space, North End, Detroit
- Rain or Shine
Are you interested in sposoring the fundraiser? Please reach out to us at info@bulk-space.com.
BULK Space is a Detroit-based arts organization committed to enriching the city's cultural landscape by providing inclusive platforms for artists, particularly those from marginalized communities. Our mission is to dismantle barriers in the arts by offering workshops, residencies, publications, public programs, exhibitions, and access to our Media Lab. We are dedicated to fostering equitable access to opportunities and resources, enabling underrepresented artists to thrive.
UPCOMING PROJECTS
PAST PROJECTS
BULK Space
is dedicated to supporting Detroit's cultural landscape by actively serving as a dynamic network for artists, curators, and arts enthusiasts. Specializing in uplifting marginalized artists and fostering underrepresented artistic practices, we collaborate with other organizations to ensure equitable access to resources and opportunities. Our commitment lies in supporting artists' growth and exploration through transformative initiatives, empowering them to make a lasting impact on our communities and beyond.info@bulk-space.com
@bulk_space
2857 E Grand Blvd Unit 101, Detroit, MI 48202
BULK Space is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the state of Michigan. All Donations are tax deductiable.
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@bulk_space
2857 E Grand Blvd Unit 101, Detroit, MI 48202
BULK Space is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the state of Michigan. All Donations are tax deductiable.
Donate to BULK Space today.
Co-Director
Jes Allie
is an independent curator and arts organizer. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Curatorial Practice from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2024. With over ten years of experience in the art and culture, she has had the opportunity to work with a number of national and international arts organizations and institutions such as the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), Red Bull Arts, Contemporary&, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), SPACES, Independent Curators International, Lincoln Center and ApexArt. Her main focus is exploring how the arts continue to act as a means of cultural preservation among change.
Co-Director
Jova Lynne
is a working artist and arts administrator. Lynne received a Master of Fine Arts in Photography at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2017, and has exhibited in a variety of galleries and public museums including the Detroit Institute of Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. She is a grantee from various foundations which have supported her work in media and social practice-based projects in Kingston, Jamaica and Berlin, Germany in addition to the United States. Jova Lynne’s work is part of the permanent collections of Harvard Art Museums, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Cranbrook Art Museum amongst others. Lynne has most recently served as the Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at Tyler School of Art and Architecture and is the Artistic Director at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
Co-Director
Clare Gatto
is an artist, educator, and arts organizer living and working in Detroit, MI. They have attended artist residencies Vermont Studio Center, ACRE, Velferden Scene in Norway, and Sim in Iceland. Gatto is a recipient of Culture Sources 2023 Creators of Culture and Flourish Fund. In February of 2024 they were artists in residence at The Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred.
Co-Director
Meg Kelley
is an interdisciplinary artist with training in both photography and sculptural media. Through image and object making, their work’s main exploration lies in the relationship between the digital space and the human experience. What is fluid and what must stay behind.Kelley earned a BFA from University of Cincinnati (DAAP) in 2013, and went on to receive an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2017. Now residing in their hometown Chicago, they continue their art and administrative work as a co-director and co-founder of Bulk Space.
Collaborators
Al Residency Coordinator, DesignVenusloc Residency Coordinator
Past Collaborators
Sara Nishikawa Exhibitions & ProjectsTia Nichols Programming & Projects
Community Partners
Room ProjectAllied Media Projects
Talking Dolls
Knight Foundation
Red Bull Arts Detroit
Branding and Design by
Lauren Williams
BULK SPACE IS SUPPORTED BY:
James L. Knight Foundation
Kresge Innovative Projects Detroit Plus
Seed and Bloom: Made possible by The Gilbert Family Foundation and the Kresge Foundation
Priority Health Total Health Foundation
CASAMARA CLUB
Projection Mapping Workshop
With Merel NoorlanderJune 12, 2024 6PM - 8:30PM
This Program focuses on the basics of projection mapping as a form of non-linear storytelling, creating playgrounds. We will be looking at the possibilities, pros, unforeseen obstacles, and other experiments in public and inner spaces with the confidence that the visuals and (non-lineair) stories will reach whoever they need to belong to. All freely accessible in public space, where we no longer rely upon a “gallery space or art studio” as the horizon of all constitutive meaning but instead as a fluid possibility for thought and practice with exchange and connection.
This will take place at BULK Space Media Lab, offering each participant the space for experimentation with their own footage. No experience is required for this workshop
Participating Artists & Collaborators:
Merel Noorlander
Merel Noorlander (they/them) is an artist, curator and educator navigating between Salt Lake City, Detroit and Amsterdam (The Netherlands), who grew up in the Red-Light District, amongst a self-chosen queer family, and captain of their boat. They investigate expanded forms of media that focus on collective empowerment within sex tech, community-based media design and participatory processes, in strong collaboration with LGBTQIA+ communities. They are interested in how storytelling can function as a guide, a tool — an instrument for pleasure, a playground for imagination right at each person’s doorstep. They currently lead a Design Research through Video & Projection Mapping at the Multi-Disciplinary Design Division (MDD), University of Utah.
THE FIRST MIRROR
IS A NIGHT SKY
by Aiko Fukuchi January 18th, 2024
27th Letter Books
Join us Thursday, January 18th, to celebrate the release of Aiko Fukuchi's book "The First Mirror is a Night Sky". We're excited to host an evening filled with readings by AikoFukuchi, Owólabi Aboyade, and Alise Alousi at the 27th Letter Press, starting at 6:30 PM.
Address: 3546 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48216
This event is mask mandatory for everyone's safety.
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LINK TO VIDEO by Radical Play
Address: 3546 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48216
This event is mask mandatory for everyone's safety.
LINK TO VIDEO by Radical Play
The First Mirror is a Night Sky is the result of Aiko's creative efforts while in residency with Bulk Space in 2021. The book follows a young person's perspective as they navigate structures and tensions without yet having the language or context to do so. Utilizing multiple mediums including prose, visual work and poetry, the book offers a rhythmic and layered narrative.
