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 off and attendees will be invited to a special screening of Mats Grorud’s The Tower in the Detroit Film Theatre (2:00 p.m.).

All current educators welcome. Space is limited, so please consider others when reserving your spot.
 

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.

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.

Signal-Return will be popping up in Prentis Court to celebrate the exhibition Printmaking in the 21st Century and provide visitors with a chance to learn a bit about the letterpress printmaking process and create a print of their own to take home.

Signal-Return is a Detroit nonprofit dedicated to preserving and teaching traditional letterpress printing, and building a community center for art, craft, design and collaboration. 

Please join us for the Women’s History Month Educator Workshop at the Detroit Institute of Arts! During the workshop, participants will learn about what the DIA offers educators, experience a model field trip highlighting the work of women, and hear from DIA curator Dr. Denene De Quintal about the exhibition Vitality and Continuity, which celebrates some of the critical roles Anishinaabe, Inuit, and Pueblo women fulfill in their families, communities, and the art world.

Participants will also experience a facilitated artmaking session inspired by female mentors and influences.

4 SCECHs Pending
 

Returning after a two-year pause, the Consulate General of Japan in Detroit, Japan Business Society of Detroit, and Japan Cultural Development invite you to celebrate Hinamatsuri, Japanese Girls Day, at the DIA on Sunday, March 5!

Visitor favorites like the tea ceremony, hina doll display, ikebana arrangements, and koto (Japanese zither) performance return along with storytelling and origami workshops.

This year, the work of four Michigan based female Japanese artists - calligrapher Kyoko Fujii, Mokuhanga paper artist Nobuko Yamasaki, mixed-media artist Hiroko Lancour and illustrator Mino Watanabe - will be featured. Visitors will also have the opportunity to try tea and participate in hands-on workshops. See schedule below.

Performances & Live Demonstrations 

• 10:15am Opening Ceremony & Welcoming Remarks  | Great Hall   
• 12:45pm & 2:45pm Music performance by Ensemble Hanabi | Great Hall 
• 11:00am & 1:00pm Sa-do, Japanese Tea Ceremony Performance and Tea Serving* by Masters of Omote-Senke and Ura-Senke | Crystal Gallery  
• 11:00am, 12:15pm, 2:15pm, and 3:15pm Nihon Mukashi Banashi (Storytelling) Performance by Ms. Shannon O’Leary | Great Hall
• 11:45am & 1:45pm Shodo, Japanese Calligraphy Performance by Ms. Kyoko Fuji | Great Hall 
• 12:15pm & 2:15pm Koto Music Performance by MIYABI | Kresge Court 

Limited Workshops (pre-registration online or on-site day of) 

• 11:00am & 2:00pm Ikebana (Flower Arrangement) Workshop by Ikebana International | Student Lunchroom register on-site only 
• 12:30pm & 3:30pm Japanese Sweets Workshop by Toyota | Student Lunchroom register on-site only 
• 12:00pm & 2:00pm Washi Making Workshop by Michigan Japanese Heritage Center | Studio register online here 

All day fun in the Great Hall and Rivera Court

• Artist Display & Demonstrations by Ms. Kyoko Fuji, Japanese Calligrapher, MS. Hiroko Lancour, Mixed-media artist; Ms. Mino Watanabe, Artist/Illustrator; Ms. Noboku Yamazaki, Mokuhanga artist
• Tea Please! Tea Tasting
• Garapon By Aisin 
• Origami Workshop
• Hina Doll Display 
• Mikoshi Display 
• Kimono Display 
• Flowers Display
• Children Play Tools Display 

Presented in partnership with the General Consul of Japan in Detroit, Japanese Business Society of Detroit and the DIA’s auxiliary Friends of Asian Arts and Culture. 

The Friends of African and African American Art present the 30th Annual Alain Locke Awards on Saturday, February 25th at 5:30 p.m. in Kresge Reception. The award ceremony will honor artists Ming Smith and Henry Heading.   

The Alain Locke International Award will be presented this year to Detroit-born photographer Ming Smith, known for her black and white street photography depicting various aspects of humanity.  Smith was the first woman to become a member of the Kamoinge Workshop, founded in 1963, a collective of Black photographers documenting Black life in New York, which is still active today. By the late 1970s, she had become the first African American female photographer whose work was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City.  In 2023, Smith was selected as one of the recipients of The International Center of Photography’s Infinity Awards honoring outstanding achievements in photography. Currently, her art is being exhibited at MOMA. Valerie Mercer, curator and department head of African American Art at the DIA, will lead Smith in a conversation about her photography and career.    

The local Alain Locke Recognition Award will be presented to Detroit artist Henry Heading. A longtime member of the Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club, Heading’s realistic paintings feature African American celebrities and everyday people of interest to him.