Kelly's Bar gets a side of art thanks to Jimbo Easter

By Michael Jackman

Jun 28, 2016 at 1:12 pm

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Photo by Michael Jackman

Lampinen (left) and Easter (right) get ready to adorn a wall with more art.

Kelly's Bar in Hamtramck got gussied up a bit yesterday thanks to a couple of punks.

Photo by Michael Jackman

The beer-drinking cowboy.

No, it wasn't just any punks. It was recent Kresge Arts in Detroit fellow Jimbo Easter, with an assist from fellow Kresge fellow Timmy "Vulgar" Lampinen. The early evening found the two, and a few others, climbing a ladder and decorating the bar's east wall with a few whimsical cut-outs of people, including a skeleton behind a steering wheel, a pipe-smoking gnome, and a beer-drinking cowboy.

Photo by Michael Jackman

Easter affixes art to the wall of Kelly's Bar.

It's just the kind of thing a couple of free-and-easy performance artists do on a Monday night.

Speaking of Easter and Lampinen, you'll likely be able to see both those guys at an art show this Saturday. It's put on by Hatch Art, and it's called Splatter Brains and Poster People, and it takes place 6-10 p.m. at Hatch Art, 3456 Evaline St., Hamtramck; 313-346-5465.

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Michael Jackman

Born in 1969 at Mount Carmel hospital in Detroit, Jackman grew up just 100 yards from the Detroit city line in east Dearborn. Jackman has attended New York University, the School of Visual Arts, Northwestern University and Wayne State University, though he never got a degree. He has worked as a bar back, busboy,...