His wife, Stephanie is encouraging anyone from the CCS community to attend, and also to bring and/or forward any memories, stories, etc., that you may have of Matt.

The service will be this Saturday, at 1:30 p.m. It will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church in Mount Pleasant, located at 206 W. Maple, phone number (989) 773-7448.

Directions: I-96W to 127N (formerly 27). Get off on the first Mt. Pleasant exit, this exit ramp will go off to the left and turns into Mission St. Take Mission St. to M-20W (also known as High St.) and turn left. The second light after this is Main St., a one-way street, turn right. Take this to Maple and turn left. The church is approximately 1 block down on the NW corner.

Please pass this information on to anyone that you feel would like to attend, and/or send their memories of Matt to Stephanie.

Mary Fortuna remembers:
I don’t know what connection Matt may have had with the corridor, per se, but he was enormously important to the Detroit art community, both through CCS and the Artist’s Market. Matt was a dear friend, an amazing artist and craftsman, a gifted teacher and mentor, and a warm and wonderful human being. He gave me the single best and most helpful critique of my work I’ve ever had, even though he was never actually my teacher."