A non-profit arts organization is setting up shop inside a vacant police precinct in southwest Detroit.
The old 3rd Precinct is now owned by the 555 Nonprofit Gallery and Studios. The organization is run by volunteers and, according to it's website, provides "affordable studios and workspace, gallery space, exhibition programs, arts education programs, and an artist in residency program."
From the AP:
The 7,000-square-foot ex-precinct has been stripped to raw concrete. Its 21 jail cells remain intact. 555 wants to put in a gallery space, build seven private studio spaces and an Education and Programming Studio. As for the jail cells, 555 says they're "ready to be used for creativity."
555 plans to hold a fundraiser in their new space this evening featuring "food and drink, live aerial performance and music."
-John Klein Wilson, Michigan Radio Newsroom
