Detroit — Having spent more than 20 years as a musician, Audra Kubat and her partners are working to transform an abandoned home in the city…
Detroit — Having spent more than 20 years as a musician, Audra Kubat and her partners are working to transform an abandoned home in the city’s Northwest Goldberg neighborhood into a music sanctuary.
Kubat, an indie folk artist from Rosedale Park on Detroit’s west side, launched the Detroit House of Music project that aims to bring artists from around the area to teach music to kids in the neighborhood, house traveling artists and serve as a small place for shows.
“The real vision is to create a space for our neighborhood where we can bring artists like myself to share what they do in an informal way,” Kubat said. “We’re not seeing great music programs in schools as much now and I know because I go into schools to teach kids songwriting, but I think it would be a lovely thing to have a space to teach kids and empower artists that are already here and traveling ones.”
Kubat, known for giving back and teaching music in Detroit schools, launched the project while working on her seventh album.
The four-floor 1894 Victorian home, at 5603 14th St., is a former motel that sat empty until Kubat acquired it from a Detroit nonprofit six months ago.
Fifteen musicians, artists and community supporters gathered Saturday to help in the cleanup and construction of the project, which is expected to be completed this summer.
