Joy Buddies: The Living Garden

Meet the Joy Buddies, playful sculptural symbols of joy, creativity, and togetherness that have inspired audiences around the world and are now making their Detroit debut. Created by award-winning sculptor Mini Mukherjee in collaboration with Detroit's vibrant creative community, Joy Buddies: The Living Garden is an immersive exhibition presented at Detroit's iconic Guardian Building. 

All ages welcome. 

Joy Buddies: The Living Garden is made possible by the creativity and dedication of an extraordinary group of cultural partners, artists, and collaborators:

• Guardian Building

• Design Core Detroit

• Lisa Gebhardt Event Design

• Studio Terrain

• Justin Millhouse

• Chuck Jones Center for Creativity

• Looney Tunes

• Detroit Symphony Orchestra

• JosephBrandon Thomas

• Shantell Martin

• Samata Narra

• Charity Neal

• Jérôme Leroy

UN SUSTAINABILITY GOALS

We use Detroit's UNESCO City of Design designation as a call to action for Detroiters to embrace the Sustainable Development Goals in their own communities, contributing to the active effort of solving global interconnected issues.