Gallery 555

Art on a shoestring hangs by a thread

by Laura Bien

posted 3/1/2004

The dull gray facade of a big warehouse on Michigan Avenue just east of downtown Ypsilanti hides a thriving, vibrant art colony. Through sheer willpower, the seven members of Gallery 555's managing collective have transformed 13,000 square feet of an abandoned industrial cave into an inviting, spacious gallery and a series of ministudios for local artists.

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