Downtown Mt. Clemens adds art to retail mix

Art of every kind is helping to round out the retail options in downtown Mt. Clemens. The city center's latest additions, an art gallery and tattoo parlor, help cement this idea.

Downtown Mt. Clemens has always stressed its arts credentials through loads of public art pieces throughout the city center and preservation of existing architecture. The city has also gone above and beyond to help attract and keep artistically inclined businesses, such as River of Glass, a glass blowing studio that took over an old gas station on the edge of downtown.

The latest eclectic addition is Detroit Ink, a tattoo parlor. It will also offer Made in Detroit clothing, along with tattoo art and body piercing. Body art like tattoos and piercings is considered one of the earliest forms of art. The new store is located at 62 Cherry St. Mall.

It joins the Rock Art Gallery as the newest addition to downtown Mt. Clemens. The gallery specializes in original paintings of famous rock groups to lunch boxes and alarm clocks decked with music icons. Chinese artist Haiyan is running the store that will stress the Motor City’s musical roots.

Source: Arthur Mullen, executive director of the Mt. Clemens Downtown Development Authority
Writer: Jon Zemke

Downtown Mt. Clemens adds art to retail mix

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