Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience necessary. All supplies provided. For ages 6 and up (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult).

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Please join us for this two-day introduction to the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), an inquiry-based teaching method that improves a student's ability to describe, analyze, and interpret content through observing and discussing art.

During the workshop, participants will learn about the method's development and how it can impact student writing, analyze the process for facilitating a VTS conversation, and get coaching from DIA educators. All educators welcome. Please register for both dates.

Six SCECHs pending.

The Detroit Institute of Arts Teen Council formally invites teens ages 13–19 to our 2024 Annual Teen Summit! Join us for an evening filled with mingling, live music, refreshments, and art-making.

Plus, hear from professionals in multiple artistic fields and engage with numerous teen-focused organizations. Capacity is limited.

The theme of the event is Art Deco. Cocktail Attire requested!

Please note: A form of ID will be requested at check-in. A student ID, state ID, or other ID showing your age will all be accepted.

Join us for the Detroit City Chess Club simul match with Jessica Hyatt. Hyatt, 18, is the highest-rated African American female chess player in history! With a peak United States Chess Federation (USCF) rating of 2168, and a FIDE rating of 1948, she is on her way to clinching the master title!

In 2019, Hyatt won the New York State Scholastic Championships, and has since been invited by the USCF to represent the US internationally as a part of their youth team (2019–present). In 2022, Hyatt received a special honoree at the Liberty Science Center’s Genius Gala.

In 2023, she became the Pan-American Youth Female Under-18 Blitz Champion, the KCF All-Girls Nationals Champion, and represented the US for the World Youth Chess Championships. Along with chess, Hyatt plays ranked junior tennis and golf, and is a jazz pianist.

Join InsideOut Literary Arts for an immersive, hands-on creative writing workshop inspired by the exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898 – 1971. Participants will explore the art, objects, film clips, and themes represented in the exhibition to draft creative pieces including short silent film “scripts” inspired by poetic forms. The workshop is designed for teens and adults.

Instructors:

• Alesyn McCall

An award-winning filmmaker/multidisciplinary artist with experience in education and performance. Alesyn holds her Bachelor of Arts from Howard University with a major in Television and Film Production and a Master of Arts in Arts Administration from Wayne State University.

• Shawntai Brown

A writer for screen and theater, Shawntai is co-creator of the collective Black LGBT+ Plays. Shawntai earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from Western Michigan University and a Master of Arts in Literacy Learning from Marygrove College. Her award-winning short film Don't Break Up Over Text is currently in the festival circuit.

Join InsideOut Literary Arts and some of Detroit's finest youth and adult poets for a reading celebrating the creative and enduring legacy of African Americans in film, from its very beginning through the start of the Civil Rights Movement.

Inspired by Regeneration Black Cinema 1898 – 1971, the event will showcase new poetic works written during visits to the exhibition. Featuring performances by MARS Marshall. La Shaun phoenix Moore, Kahn Davison, Brittany Rogers, Scheherazade Washington Parrish, Charisma Holly, and Kya Mills.

The reading will take place in the Kresge Reception area, adjacent to the Regeneration galleries.

Robert Jones and Matt Watroba have been musical partners since they first met more than 20 years ago, hosting back-to-back radio shows on WDET-FM. They started performing together and developed a friendship based on mutual respect and a love for traditional American music. Jones and Watroba travel the nation extolling the virtues of American Roots Music — folk, blues, spirituals, work songs, chants, and more — or what they refer to as "music that matters."

Concert of Colors is metro Detroit’s free annual global music festival, an upbeat event celebrating diverse World music traditions-including the indigenous music of the Motor City. The festival also hosts the Forum on Community, Culture and Race, a series of conversations with artists, cultural, and community leaders examining the role of the arts in overcoming social barriers.

For a complete schedule of Concert of Colors programs at the Detroit Institute of Arts and neighboring institutions, visit the festival website at concertofcolors.com

Concert of Colors is produced through the partnership of Culture Source, the Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, ACCESS,  University of Michigan – Detroit Center, Michigan Science Center, Detroit Historical Museum, College For Creative Studies, Hellenic Museum of Michigan, Third Man Records, Lowriders of Detroit, Science Gallery Detroit, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Midtown Inc., University of Michigan Dearborn, University of Michigan – Detroit, Arab American National Museum, WDET, The Scarab Club, International Institute of Metro Detroit, and Marx Layne & Company.

Join PRISM, the DIA's LGBTQ+ and allyship employee belonging group, for a "Night Out with PRISM" before the screening of I'll Be Your Mirror: Queer Documentary Shorts.

Mix and mingle with PRISM members and the film program curator Adam Baran in the Detroit Film Theatre's Crystal Gallery at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be available for purchase.

Please visit the event page for I’ll Be Your Mirror: Queer Documentary Shorts to learn more about the films.

Join us for a relaxing morning in the DIA’s Kresge Court, featuring DJ Adriel Fantastique and the music of ambient masters including Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Laraaji, Cluster, and others. Delicious brunch options, mimosas, Bloody Marys and more will be available for purchase.

The event will be themed to Pride Month, and serves as a precursor to the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival performance in Rivera Court at 2 p.m.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience necessary. All supplies provided. For ages 6 and up (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult).