Programs
Our project-based public programming is aimed at filling the gaps in the Detroit art scene, collaborating with local institutions and creatives, and offering a platform and exposure for Detroit’s tremendous well of talent. From our recently launched Casual Safe to future workshops, events, and other projects, we take great pride in connecting with the scene through programming, activity, and community.
Current Projects
Casual Safe
Casual Safe
is harm reduction. In the partnership between Detroit Recovery Project and Buffalo Prescott, our mutual goal is to provide the tools we need to keep us safe. We want to make harm reduction more accessible and make the tools available where we are. We have been to parties, we have taken chances, we know.
Casual Safe is harm reduction for us. We think that harm reduction doesn’t have to be clinical. We think harm reduction should be approachable. We think that everyone should have narcan on their person. We think that sex should be safe and consensual. We think that pretending it isn’t happening is a terrible idea. Casual Safe is harm reduction for parties. No judgment, no questions. In 2021 almost 70% of all drug overdose deaths related to psychostimulants (encompassing most party drugs) reported co-involvement of opioids. That means if there was a drug overdose death from any range of pills, liquids, or powders, 7 times out of 10 fentanyl or some other opioid was involved.
Fentanyl is cheap and used to cut or replace what’s out there. In 2023 over 115 million pills laced with fentanyl were seized by law enforcement and 42% of seized pressed pills contained at least 2 mg of fentanyl, a potentially lethal dose.Casual Safe is a harm reduction art project. We want to make harm reduction accessible, approachable, cute. We want to make harm reduction interesting, visually appealing, cool. To this end, Buffalo Prescott selected artist resident Shaina Kasztelan to design the first run of packaging* for the Narcan Kits, Safe Use Kits, and Safe Sex Kits.
Kasztelan is a multidisciplinary artist based in Detroit, Michigan. She received a BFA from the College for Creative Studies in 2012 and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2024. In addition to her formal education, she has worked as a muralist, built theater sets, worked as a prop maker, and spent years building floats for America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Her work has been exhibited in many places including The Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI), the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Detroit, MI), and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities (Ann Arbor, MI). Notable murals include those painted for the NXNE Music Festival (Toronto, ON), Facultad de Artes y Diseño UNAM (Mexico City, MX), and as an assistant for the Glass City River Wall (Toledo, OH) which is currently the largest mural in the United States.Casual Safe is harm reduction.
Be on the lookout for artist wrapped Casual Safe vending machines later in 2024!