One Detroit contributor Stephen Henderson, host of American Black Journal, speaks with the 2026 Kresge Eminent Artist Tyree Guyton and his manager, Jenenne Whitfield, about receiving metro Detroit’s highest arts honor. Guyton, an artist best known for creating The Heidelberg Project, an outdoor neighborhood art space in Detroit, explains how he felt when he heard that he had won the award.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of The Heidelberg Project, and Whitfield discusses the recent news that the project’s complete archive collection will be housed at the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University. Guyton also talks about his future plans.