Participating Artists from PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI: Eric Baczewski, Jotina Ballard, Jerri Burks, Ryan Cooke, Mandy Demorest, Lewis Foster, Lonell Garret, Nick Granch, Eric Green, Ronald Griggs, David Harris, Ashley Hawkins, Johnie Lockhart, Ryan McDonagh, Nathaniel McNeal, Keisha Miller, Khiry O’Neil, Hugh Rollocks, Thomas Saunders, Brahem Shaw, Ray Smith, Aaron Taylor, Jeremy Taylor, Jaylin Timmons, John Peterson, Major Washington-Hill & Lorenzo Waters
Participating Artists from Galerie Atelier Herenplaats, Rotterdam, NL: Marco Barbier, Marcel van de Velde, Edmarla Schot, Cengiz Imamdi & Livia Dencher
Location: PASC Detroit Gallery and Studio
9301 Kercheval Ave, STE 2, Detroit, MI 48214
Exhibition Dates: September 24 – November 11, 2026
Location: Galerie Atelier Herenplaats
Schietbaanstraat 1, 3014 ZT Rotterdam, Netherlands
Exhibition Dates: September 25 – December 5, 2026
Industry & Identity: Harenplaats x PASC is an international collaborative exhibition, featuring artists from Rotterdam and Detroit engaged in a dialogue about the cities in which they live and work. Through drawings and paintings, they explore how industry, labor, music, architecture, and the people themselves shape the identity of a city. While Rotterdam and Detroit each have their own distinct history, they share a spirit of resilience, determination, and continuous reinvention. Industry & Identity brings these connections together in an exhibition presented simultaneously in both Rotterdam and Detroit, co-presented at PASC Detroit Gallery Detroit and Galerie Atelier Herenplaats, Rotterdam. Founded in 1991 by artists, Galerie Atelier Herenplaats is an art studio for artists with disabilities, which works to build art careers for its artists with disabilities in the contemporary art world.
Opening less than a day apart, each simultaneously presented exhibition will display artists from both studios side by side, representing a shared Rotterdam and Detroit working-class history defined by industry, immigration, and perseverance. Rotterdam is driven by its port, Detroit by the automotive industry, yet the industrial spirit of both remains woven into the urban landscape. Two cities, two different backgrounds, yet with the same drive to reinvent themselves without forgetting where they came from.
Atelier Herenplaats artist Cengiz Imamdi's presents densely detailed drawings representing cultural influences key to his art practice. In this show he presents street scenes and musicians popular in the Netherlands, from black metal artists to the Dutch singer Sophie Straat. Inspired by Rotterdam’s harbor, ships, bridges, and architecture, Marco Barbier transforms urban and human subjects into simplified forms and structured compositions. Wendell Kerwhen creates energetic and expressive drawings and paintings, working with thick, rough lines and vivid color, built from rapid observations of the Rotterdam world surrounding him.
In “The New Car Ford”, PASC artist Jerri Burks pays tribute to one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers with bright neon colors. Keisha Miller highlights two iconic landmarks of Detroit architecture, Michigan Central Station and the Renaissance Center. In “Motown”, David Harris honors classic Motown artists through detailed pen outlines, while Ryan Cooke showcases Detroit’s rock ’n’ roll legacy in "Jack White and the Reflecting Water”, featuring the rock icon as Narcissus starting at his reflection in the water.
Since 1991, Herenplaats has been a center for artists with intellectual disabilities, neurodivergence, or psychiatric backgrounds where they can develop their artistic practice. While many of these artists face barriers to traditional art education, Herenplaats offers guidance, coaching, and opportunities for artistic growth tailored to their individual needs. The studio is led by professional artists who support approximately 48 artists to develop their own visual language and professional careers. Through its studio, gallery, and public program, Herenplaats creates opportunities for artists to exhibit and share their work with a broad audience.
Launched in 2021, PASC is the first progressive art and design studio and exhibition program in Detroit and Wayne County dedicated to supporting artists with developmental disabilities and mental health differences to advance artistic practices and build individual careers in the art and design fields. PASC is a program of Services to Enhance Potential (STEP), a non-profit service organization founded in 1972 that provides services and support for more than 1,400 individuals with disabilities and mental health differences across Southeastern Michigan.
