Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided.

For ages 6 and up (children 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Free with museum admission; capacity is limited.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided.

For age 6 and up (children 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Free with museum admission; capacity is limited.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided.

For ages 6 - Adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Join Michigan Poet Laureate, Nandi Comer, and InsideOut Literary Arts for a creative writing workshop inspired by the photos of James Barnor. Participants will discuss and explore a variety of writing forms and techniques and find entry points and inspiration in an array of portraits that deepen connection to the social and political context of the exhibit.

NANDI COMER is the Poet Laureate of Michigan. She is the author of two poetry collections, American Family: A Syndrome and Tapping Out. She has won numerous awards and fellowships including a 2019 Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellowship. She currently serves as a poetry editor for Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora and as the Director of the Allied Media Projects Seeds Program. 

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided.

For ages 6 - Adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided.

For ages 6 - Adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided.

For ages 6 - Adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

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.

Seven SCECHs pending.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided.

For ages 6 - Adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.