Where to See The 
FET!SH Project

FET!SH Project performance at 
8 p.m. during the 6- 1 p.m. event 
on Sept. 1: Month of Design’s 
Opening Party at Spot Lite, 2905 
Beaufait St., Detroit. Free admis-
sion. https://designcore.org/event/
detroit-month-of-design-kick-off-
party-20220901/.

FET!SH Project performance at 
8 p.m. during the 6-11 p.m. event 
on Sept. 15: Month of Design’s 
Eastern Market After Dark, Shed 
2 at Eastern Market, Detroit. Free 
admission. https://designcore.
org/event/eastern-market-af-
ter-dark-20220915/.

Meet the FET!SH Artists 
Reception from 6-9 p.m. Sunday, 
Sept. 18, at the Andy Art Center, 
3000 Fenkell Road in Detroit. 
Free admission. Works from this 
project will be on display at the 
art center throughout the month 
of September as well. https://
www.andyarts.org/upcoming.

To learn more about FET!SH, go to 
www.thefetishproject.art. 
 
 Follow developments on Instagram 
at www.instagram.com/the.fetish-
project. 
 
Find out more about the Detroit 
Month of Design at https://tinyurl.
com/4whwzjyw.

Meet the Women of FET!SH

Fifteen women artists have collaborated on the FET!SH Project 
and will model their art-to-wear works in a flashmob-style 
fashion show during two special Detroit Month of Design events 
on Sept. 1 and 15. Laura Earle, her husband, Rich, and fellow 
artist Sara Kilany created the energetic soundtrack for the 
performance. The original percussive composition was made 
from the sounds of women walking across a variety of floor 
surfaces and the sounds of shoes dropping. 

• Laura Earle (pictured) — “Measuring Up” and “Men Control the Conversation”

• Susan Shlom (pictured) — “Out From Under”

• Lynn Edwards Newman (not pictured) — “Out From Under” 

• Idelle Hammond-Sass (pictured) — “Conversation with the Matriarch”

• Jeanne Bieri — “Cross Your Heart”

• Loralei R. Byatt — “Goody 2 Shoes”

• Sara Kilany— “Free Flow”

• Martine MacDonald — “She Flies with Her Own Wings”

• Sarah Mark — “Fast Fashion Lake of Fire” and “Miss Femvertising”

• Lynne Muth — “Age of Invisibility” and 
 

“The Care We Carry”

• Laura Quattrocchi 

— “Bloodrite”

• CM Sears — “Fit to be Tied” 

and “Queen Sized Super 

Powers”

• Ann Smith — “Foraging 

Vest”

• Vasu Tolia 

— “Flying”

• Susan 

Lindson — 

“The Universe 

 Dress”

JEWISH ARTISTS 

TOP FAR LEFT: 
Susan Shlom of 
West Bloomfield 
(pictured) collabo-
rated on the piece‚ 
“Out from Under,” 
for the FET!SH 
Project.

TOP RIGHT: Lynn 
Edwards Newman 
(not pictured) col-
laborated on the 
piece, “Out from 
Under,” which is 
part of The FET!SH 
Project.

BELOW FAR LEFT: 
“Conversation with 
the Matriarch” was 
created by Idelle 
Hammond-Sass 
(pictured) for the 
FET!SH Project. 

BELOW RIGHT: 
Laura Earle 
(pictured) is 
the curator of 
an art-to-wear 
performance piece 
titled the FET!SH 
Project that will 
be shown during 
Detroit Month of 
Design. Her piece, 
“Measuring Up,” 
shown here, is 
among 20 looks 
featured in the 
show.

Asia Hamilton and Laura Earle 
co-curate Womxnhouse 22 in Detroit 
during Month of Design.

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