Yoga Class: Reflection Movement with Lauren J. Williams

Join us for a reflective yoga experience led by Lauren J. Williams, and view Frank Lepkowski's solo exhibition, Endless Summer on Thursday, July 17th at 8PM at 2845 Gratiot Avenue.

Join Yoga Guide Lauren J. Williams for an evening of mindful movement at PLAYGROUND DETROIT. This practice is a journey of reflecting on the past month, integrating the lessons we've learned, and preparing for the new lunar cycle.

The class will include breathwork, beginner-friendly movement, and meditation. People of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds are welcome. Come prepared to embrace your shadow and integrate it to elevate your spirit. Whether you are a new or seasoned practitioner, this class is perfect for you.

RSVP to attend. Capacity is limited.

Bring your own yoga mat.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Lauren J. Williams is a yoga guide and professional ice skater with over a decade of experience who is passionate about social justice, inspiring creativity, and healing. She has spent years practicing yoga instruction in the Detroit community throughout various recreation centers, studios, and college campuses.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Endless Summer is Frank Lepkowski’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. His paintings are a reflection on how we freeze time. What begins as a digital image becomes transformed—romanticized and reimagined—until it’s no longer just a captured moment, but a memory distilled.

Endless Summer continues a deeply personal exploration into memory, media, and the act of image-making. His paintings are a reflection on how we freeze time: first through the immediacy of a smartphone photo, and then through the slow, interpretive act of painting. What begins as a digital image becomes transformed—embellished, romanticized, reimagined—until it’s no longer just a captured moment, but a memory distilled.

At the heart of his work is the tension between the fleeting nature of lived experience and the permanence we try to assign to it. The glossy, hyper-corrected digital photo becomes a metaphor for nostalgia itself—a polished, perfected version of a moment that may have been far more complex in reality. These paintings are not merely nostalgic; they interrogate nostalgia’s illusions.

They ask what it means to want a moment to last forever, and what we lose in that pursuit. As the title suggests, there’s a yearning—for an eternal beauty, an unbroken serenity, an endless summer—that digital life tempts us with, but ultimately cannot provide.

On View through July 19th2845 Gratiot AvenueDetroit, MI 48207

VIEWING HOURSThursday - Saturday, 12-5PM or By Appointment

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Frank Lepkowski is a Detroit-based artist whose practice bridges technology and human experience. Lepkowski creates custom software and interactive tools that rely on physical interaction, translating these digital experiments into layered, analog compositions. His work reflects the overload of the digital age, rendered through bold textures and saturated color.

His work has been commissioned publicly by Louis Vuitton, Takoi and Complex Media. He is a recipient of the 20/20 Emerging Artists Fellowship through Playground Detroit and the Knight Foundation. His work has been featured in Complex Media, Acclaim Magazine and Oyster Magazine.

He has mounted solo and two-person exhibitions at Playground Detroit (Detroit, MI), LVL3 Gallery (Chicago, IL), and Skylab Gallery (Columbus, OH) and has shown his work internationally in group shows. Most recently, he had a solo booth at Future Fair in New York City. He is a special lecturer in Oakland University's department of Art and Art History.

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