Events

PLAYGROUND DETROIT presents Zahra Almajidi at Season Fair as an extension of her debut solo exhibition on view during Detroit Month of Design 2026. On view during Detroit Month of Design by PLAYGROUND DETROIT, Casting The Net is Zahra Almajidi’s debut solo exhibition that flows between the spaces of constructed memory and contradictory materiality. Employing both analog and digital fabrication methods, the fine artist and metalsmith’s exhibition utilizes jewelry, digital prints, and design objects to envision a future that asks: […]

Presented in conjunction with Zahra Almajidi’s Detroit Month of Design 2026 exhibition, Casting The Net, this intimate hands-on workshop invites participants to explore an accessible and playful approach to working with metal. Using thin brass foil, participants will learn techniques for embossing, forming, and drawing to create their own charms and decorative ornaments. Finished pieces can be transformed into wearable jewelry using simple chains and jump rings or displayed as small works of art. Zahra will also introduce participants to […]

Don’t miss your opportunity to hear from fine artist and metalsmith Zahra Almajidi on “Casting The Net,” her debut solo exhibition on view on view during Detroit Month of Design. Her exhibition flows between spaces of constructed memory and contradictory materiality, functioning as a speculative act of world-building. Rather than focusing on a past that has been systematically erased, Almajidi’s body of work investigates the following: How does one build upon the design and craft traditions of ancestors to forge […]