The DIA's 86th Annual Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Exhibition will be online and in-person in 2023.
This annual exhibition is the longest standing continuous relationship the DIA has with an educational organization and features imaginative works created by Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) students in grades K-12, ranging from paintings, prints, drawings, photography, ceramics, videos, jewelry, and more.
The exhibition will be on view on the first floor in the Wayne and Joan Webber Education Wing and is free with museum admission.
Main image: Khalia Savage, "Flower Study," painting, Grade 12, Teacher: Patrick Burton
Highlights
Faith Banks, "Self Portrait," painting, Grade 10, Teacher: Patrick Burton.
Nala White, "A Spacey, Starry Mind," painting, Grade 12, Teacher: Elisabel Vega-Argueta
Sincere Harris, "Skull," drawing, Grade 6, Teacher: Monica Sina.
Kyara Inostroz, "Fall Trees," mixed media 2D, grade 5, Teacher: Kendra Lincourt.
Kyara Inostroz, "My Robot," drawing, grade 5, Teacher: Kendra Lincourt.
Francisca Cabellero-Alvarado, "Slab Vase," ceramics, Grade 8, Teacher: Kendra Lincourt
Sara Torres-Pantoja, "Rainbow Nose," mixed media 2D, Grade 6, Teacher: Kendra Lincourt.
Martrice Hardy, "Self Portrait #2," painting, Grade 10, Teacher: Patrick Burton.
Mariana Palafox, "Flower Crown," mixed media 3D, Grade 8, Teacher: Kendra Lincourt.
Mercede Lowe, "We Two," painting, Grade 12, Teacher: Patrick Burton.
Jabar Evans, "Ode to Jean Michel Basquiat," painting, Grade 11, Teacher: Patrick Burton.
Jaffion Crawley, "Spark," photography, Grade 12, Teacher: Ruffy B. Lim
Reya Ahmed, "Till death cannot part," painting, Grade 11, Teacher: Khayman Jones.
Airam Camarena-Rios, "Disconnected, My Struggle with Being Bipolar," sculpture, Grade 8, Teacher: Kendra Lincourt
Maria Medina-Ramirez, "Overcoming My Struggles," sculpture, Grade 8, Teacher: Kendra Lincourt
Tiniah Kelley, "Ga(y)ze," drawing, Grade 9, Teacher: Ruffy B. Lim.
Terrill Hicks, "Cherry Blossom Promise," mixed media 2D, Grade 11, Teacher: Ruffy B. Lim
Talia Gibson, "Ancestral Reverence," photography, Grade 11, Teacher: Ruffy B. Lim.
Cynthia Rojo Flores, "Otomi Weaving," fibers, Grade 8, Teacher: Kendra Lincourt
Khalia Savage, "Flower Study," painting, Grade 12, Teacher: Patrick Burton
Amariana Jordan, "Passage of Time," mixed media 2D, Grade 12, Teacher: Ruffy B. Lim.
Abida Sultana, "Searching for Sky Whales," painting, Grade 12, Teacher: Elisabel Vega-Argueta
Niko Jones, "A Ghastly Crew," drawing," Grade 12, Teacher: Elisabel Vega-Argueta.