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You've Got Photos: Downtown Wyandotte Art Scavenger Hunt

The two-hour event had teams searching the downtown area for answers to clues.

Dozens of people combed through downtown Wyandotte on Saturday looking for clues in hopes of winning prizes.

In conjunction with the Detroit Institute of Arts' Inside|Out project, the Wyandotte Downtown Development Authority and the Downriver Council for the Arts sponsored .

Teams ran around the city for two hours and were awarded points for performing various tasks, including using sidewalk chalk to draw an interpretation of an art piece, creating a toilet paper robe, completing a puzzle, purchasing specific items in downtown businesses and sitting next to a stranger in a restaurant.

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The first- and second-place winners received ribbons and prize baskets, which were chock full of goodies, including passes to the DIA, DIA swag, candy from and gift certificates to a few downtown Wyandotte businesses.

The Artful Dodgers, whose team motto was "art’s in our name and winning’s our game" came in first place.

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The Starry Nights, whose team motto was "you can eat sleep and breathe art, but don’t cut off your ear," came in second place. They also won an online contest for having the best team name.

DDA Director Natalie Rankine said a total of 14 teams participated and all had a good time.

"The event was very successful," she said. "The downtown businesses were very cooperative in allowing us to hide clues and helping people find the items in their stores or neighboring businesses. It was great to see everyone walking around on such a beautiful day."

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