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).

Open to all current members. Come see Tiff Massey: 7 Mile + Livernois!

The DIA auxiliary Friends of Art & Flowers (FAF) presents its 24th annual Elizabeth Sites Kuhlman Lecture and Luncheon Monday, April 29, at 10:30 a.m.

This year’s speaker is French Master Florist Frédéric Dupré. One of the world’s premiere floral designers and teachers, Dupré was named  Best Craftsman in France in 2011 and was a competitor for the World Cup title in 2015. He will focus on architecture and texture, designing only with organic materials to enlighten and entertain lecture attendees. 

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).

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).

The DIA is proud to welcome you to our annual Teacher Appreciation Breakfast! Enjoy a complimentary breakfast buffet and converse with colleagues in the historic Crystal Gallery.

Prizes from the DIA Shop will be raffled and attendees are invited to a special screening of the film Native Son in the Detroit Film Theatre at  2 p.m. 

All current educators are welcome. Space is limited, so please consider others when reserving your spot. Limit two spots per registration.

One of the most controversial novels of its day, Richard Wright's Native Son (first published in 1940) exposed the relentless injustices of urban Black life, as seen through the eyes of the main character, the complicated, violent chauffeur-turned-murderer Bigger Thomas. In prison for murder and sentenced to death, Thomas reflects on the circumstances that led to his fate.

Wright himself stars in this new restoration of the 1951 film adaptation. Native Son is preceded by a filmed introduction by the historian Jacqueline Najima Stewart. (84 min.) 

This screening is part of a companion series of film and music events presented in celebration of Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898 – 1971.   
 

Reception preceding the AAW lecture Listening to Robin Mills: Black Community in the Paintings of William Sidney Mount 

The Power of Music, 1847. William Sidney Mount (American, 1807–1868). Oil on canvas; framed: 67 x 78 x 7.5 cm (26 3/8 x 30 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 43.4 x 53.5 cm (17 1/16 x 21 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1991.110

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).

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).