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- ↑ M. Stryker, "Avant-garde adventure is this weekend" Detroit Free Press June 7, 2007
- ↑ J. Leforge, "Festival of arts caters to all" The South End (Detroit) June 14, 2004, p. 3
- ↑ Pat Sweeting, "Detroit Celebrates The Arts This Weekend" WWJ, June 4, 2008. "Hard at work since the 50 tons of sand was unloaded on the Wayne State University campus, a trio of California artists from the firm Sandscapes were busy creating this year's masterpiece for the 22nd Annual Detroit Festival of the Arts."
- ↑ Pete Bublitz, "During rain and shine, Detroit Festival of the Arts delivers a good time" The South End June 11–17, 2008. "It was an idea selected not by the artists in Sandscapes, but by the sponsors."
- ↑ "Jazz Power Presents: What Happens To A Dream at MLK Festival – Jazz Power". 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ↑ "The Detroit Festival of the Arts is now Midsummer Nights in Midtown!".
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