A Space to Build Community Around Your Creative Practice
It's one thing to take a workshop. It's another to be surrounded by an ongoing intergenerational community of supporters that inspire you and spur you on, through the ups and downs, over the course of your creative life.
Intergenerational
Kids to elders, learning from each other.
Place-Based
A neighborhood home for creative community.
Connected
The NAS Network carries learning online.
Active Communities
Multi-year learning communities building knowledge together
BIPOC Fiber Club
Fiber Arts & Community
A welcoming space for BIPOC fiber artists to gather, share techniques, and build community through textile arts. Monthly meetups include weaving, knitting, crocheting, and other fiber practices.
Etude Open Stage
Musical Practice & Performance
We partner with EtudeProduction.org to support artists and their open stage program that matches performers with spaces.
Detroit Soundmapping Collective
Soundmapping & Place-Based Storytelling
Creating geotagged audio experiences that map neighborhood stories, memories, and soundscapes across Detroit.
Sidewalk Detroit
Spatial Justice & Community Storytelling
Sidewalk Detroit explores spatial justice through community engagement and neighborhood storytelling. Their headquarters are at NAS.
Slow Stitch Detroit
Sustainable Fashion & Fiber Arts
A creative incubator in Piety Hill building a more sustainable and equitable fashion future through making, education and community.
Sonotex
Spatial Audio & Sound Design
Exploring immersive sound design, spatial audio technologies, and sonic experiences. Creating pathways to emerging careers in audio technology.