Featured Resources
Lessons From Asian Art: Time (and Place) Will Tell
Updated Jul 20, 2022
Through classroom and museum experiences, high school students will be able to compare and contrast the roles of a variety of three-dimensional objects from Japanese, Chinese, and Korean cultures.
Image: Korean. Pillow with Lions, 12th–13th century. Stoneware with slip and celadon glaze, 4 3/4 × 9 1/2 × 3 inches. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund, and Benson and Edith Ford Fund. 80.39.
Through classroom and museum experiences, high school students will be able to compare and contrast the roles of a variety of three-dimensional objects from Japanese, Chinese, and Korean cultures.
Mindfulness and Art
Updated Jul 20, 2022
Using this self-guided activity, visitors connect principles of mindfulness and art in the DIA collection.
Using this self-guided activity, visitors connect principles of mindfulness and art in the DIA collection.
Courageous Conversations: Histories
Updated May 30, 2017
These video modules, created by the Detroit Institute of Arts, feature Metro Detroit high school students from diverse backgrounds. The videos are designed to support educators in facilitating conversations about such potentially challenging topics as identity and race in their classrooms. The modules can be used as a pre- or post-visit resource or independently of a visit to the museum. Along with the links below for each video module, there are discussion prompts that may be helpful for guiding conversations with students. Educators can modify and use these flexible and open-ended prompts in many different ways to inspire thinking and discussion among students.
Discussion Prompts
We are constantly being bombarded with information. How often do we question the source and perspective of the information provided?
How might we develop our own informed opinions?
These video modules, created by the Detroit Institute of Arts, feature Metro Detroit high school students from diverse backgrounds. The videos are designed to support educators in facilitating conversations about such potentially challenging topics as identity and race in their classrooms. The modules can be used as a pre- or post-visit resource or independently of a visit to the museum. Along with the links below for each video module, there are discussion prompts that may be helpful for guiding conversations with students. Educators can modify and use these flexible and open-ended prompts in many different ways to inspire thinking and discussion among students.
Discussion Prompts
We are constantly being bombarded with information. How often do we question the source and perspective of the information provided?
How might we develop our own informed opinions?
Teen Arts Council
The Teen Arts Council is a group of 12 high school students who design and implement meaningful, empowering, and entertaining programs for metro Detroit teens.