The term collage, derived from the French "coller," to glue, describes artwork made from a mix of different materials. Using this distinctive process, use a mix of paper to create a neighborhood scene.

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.

Learn how sugar skulls are used for Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexican and Mexican American communities while you decorate one of your own.

Experience the highlights of the DIA by taking a free guided tour of the museum. Tours depart from Great Hall at the following times:

• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 1 p.m.
• Friday - 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• Saturday, Sunday - 1 p.m.

Tours last 45-60 minutes.

Educators are invited to join us on 11/18 for a workshop featuring a series of sessions focused on creativity, technology, and digital fabrication! Participants will meet best-selling author Peter Reynolds and discover new strategies for creatively engaging students. 

The day will include multiple sessions from which participants will build their own agenda. Options will include research-based principles of creativity inspired by the work of Vincent van Gogh, web-based animation, digital fabrication inspired by van Gogh, and more. Registrants will be contacted after securing their spot to schedule their day in full. 

This one is expected to sellout, so register today!

SCECHs Pending

Thank you to Ford Motor Company Fund and Flagstar Foundation for making this program possible.

Vincent van Gogh was a master of capturing the people and places that shaped him into the artist we all think we know. The letters of Van Gogh offer further insights into the man behind the paint. As in his paintings, a strong sense of self, scene, situation, and setting emerge in his letters.

In this writing workshop offered in conjunction with the exhibition Van Gogh in America, we will look closely at several of these letters to see the writer behind the artist and be inspired to paint with words the world as we know it. 

Peter Markus is the Senior Writer with InsideOut Literary Arts. Markus is the author of a number of books of fiction, among them We Make Mud and The Fish and the Not Fish, which was selected as a Notable Michigan Book in 2015. Markus's most recent book is the collection of poems, When Our Fathers Return to Us as Birds, which explores the death of his father and how this experience shaped Markus to see the world through sharper eyes.
 

Using pre-made clay beads and a mix of other materials, guests are invited to make their own mini hanging clay totem, inspired by the work of Katie Bramlage. Clay pieces created by Katie, the DIA Studio Staff, and other community artists will be available to choose from, while supplies last. 

Born and raised in the Great Lakes region, Katie Bramlage has always collected stories, sticks, and stones. Through the study of physical geology and interior design, while spending time out in the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific NW, she found her medium, clay. In 2011 she received her BFA with honors in Crafts from the College of Creative Studies and has shown her work in a number of juried art fairs and gallery shows in the Detroit area. Her work is currently produced in her home/studio in Hazel Park MI and can be found online, in her Rust Belt Market shop, and in select galleries.

This program is made possible by the PNC Foundation.

Dr. Elizabeth Cleland, Curator of European Sculpture & Decorative Arts, and Dr. Adam Eaker, Associate Curator of European Painting, both of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will lead members of the Visiting Committee for European Sculpture & Decorative Arts and the European Paintings Council in a virtual exploration of their major upcoming exhibition, The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England, on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art October 10, 2022, through January 8, 2023, and at the Cleveland Museum of Art February 26 through May 14, 2023.

Considering joining the VCESDA or the EPC for access to this and other exciting members-only events!
 

David Hinton is an American poet, and translator who specializes in Chinese literature and poetry. The arts were considered forms of Zen Buddhist practice in ancient China, and mountain landscapes were integral to that practice.  

Hinton’s new book, Wild Mind, Wild Earth: Our Place in the Sixth Extinction explores how Zen is a path to reveal the kinship of mind and nature, one that must be re-animated to counter our modern ways of devaluing and exploiting our planet.  

Detroit Zen Center monks will offer a guided meditation as part of this program and facilitate a conversation with Hinton and audience members after his presentation. (75 min.) 

Katie Yamasaki’s newest picture book, Shapes, Lines, and Light: My Grandfather’s American Journey, celebrates the life of her grandfather, the acclaimed Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki. Please join Katie for a joyful and reflective afternoon of storytelling and art-making for friends and families of all ages.