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TALKING DOLLS STUDIO



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The mission of Talking Dolls is to empower our northeast Detroit neighborhood through justice-focused initiatives. We create a nexus of progressive art and community-led activism through access to our shop, artist studios, and gallery space for workshops, performances and celebration. It is led by co-directors Wes Taylor, Ron Watters, Andrea Cardinal, and Reuben Teleushkin.


Current Events & Exhibition



Union Hall Arts Residency

SUMMER 2026
  1. A pilot Detroit-based residency to support emerging artists who are rank-and-file union members! ︎︎︎

Past Exhibitions & Events
2026 SEASON  

  1. The Potluck Detroit 4th Annual Festival! 05/22–05/25 2026


  2. Ricky Blanding Ceramics: Solo Show

2025 SEASON
  1. Artist Talk with Nontsi Mutiti & Lillian Magodi
  2. MUBATANIDZWA: LINK
  3. Donate to our Fundraiser for more Detroit–Zimbabwe Exchanges!
  4. A Suite for Malcolm
  5. The Potluck 2025!


A R C H I V E

Collective Incubator Residency

SUMMER 2025
IR 2022
  1. bree gant

MDW Fair

SUMMER 2022
  1. Atlas
  2. Assembly

2022  
  1. Reuben Telushkin

IR 2021
  1. Rebecca Frantz
  2. Zahra Almajidi
  3. Know One
  4. TEIKAUT
  5. Lindsay Skvarek
  6. Yuming Song
  7. Jingying Su

2021   
  1. Aaron Jones

IR 2020
  1. Violet Luczak 
  2. Ciaran McQuiston
  3. Rachel DeBoard

IR 2019
  1. Laura Gibson
  2. Rebekah Sweda 
Mark



TD / 01.14–01.22 2023

A Point On A Line



             A Point On A Line investigates how we string together memories. What do we recall and how do we see the moments that shape us? Our histories are never a direct path but rather a dotted line, a wiggle or wave, with curved and jagged edges and missing pieces. How do we string these moments together?






Our histories are never a direct path but rather a dotted line, a wiggle or wave, with curved and jagged edges and missing pieces.





Rebecca Frantz is from Los Angeles, California. She received her BA in Art History at Franklin & Marshall College, her MFA in Studio Art from San Francisco Art Institute, and her MFA in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art. While attending Cranbrook she was awarded the Gallery A Award, the Larson Venture Award, the Windgate Fellow to Arrowmont, and was a finalist for The Hopper Prize. Currently she teaches ceramics and drawing at Santa Monica College.
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