Make your own Papel Picado, which literally means “punched” or “perforated” paper. This form of traditional folk art is popular throughout Mexico where brightly colored strings of papel picado are strung across streets, public spaces and in homes during secular as well as religious celebrations and festive occasions.  

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.

Come to the studio to make your own paper versions of the flowers you find in our collection that inspire you.

To celebrate our return to the DIA, Kenneth Myers, the DIA’s Byron and Dorothy Gerson Curator of American Art, will give us an update on Covid-era acquisitions by artists such as Marsden Hartley and Arthur Dove.

Ken’s talk will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. 

This event, from the Associates of the American Wing auxiliary, is sponsored by the Ida and Conrad H. Smith Fund.

To celebrate our return to the DIA, Kenneth Myers, the DIA’s Byron and Dorothy Gerson Curator of American Art, will give us an update on Covid-era acquisitions, including the major work pictured above. Ken’s talk will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

For participating AAW members, cocktails will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Great Hall, with dinner in Rivera Court following the lecture at 7:30 p.m.

Please RSVP for the dinner by Thursday, September 15, 2022.

This event, from the Associates of the American Wing auxiliary, is sponsored by the Ida and Conrad H. Smith Fund.

Opportunity for all DIA members to self-tour the exhibition. Use your FREE member tickets during Member Preview Days, Member Mondays or throughout the exhibition.

The Friends of African and African American Art will present its 2022 Margaret Herz Demant Award for African Art to Professor Benedict O. Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). 

Please join us on Sunday, September 25th, for an award ceremony honoring Professor Oramah for his contributions to promoting and collecting African art, both in Africa and internationally. Professor Oramah oversees Afreximbank's Art Program, which acts as a patron for the preservation, collection, and showcasing of African art in the Bank's corporate offices and promotes the visibility and commercial viability of Africa's contemporary artists through planned art-related activities. To date, Afreximbank has built a pipeline of finance focused on creative and cultural industry projects—classical and contemporary art, fashion, music, and art training--to the tune of $500 million.  

Professor Oramah's talk will focus on how Afreximbank's programs are bolstering the creative industries in Africa through strategic investment. He believes that with suitable investments, the arts have the potential to contribute to the structural transformation of the continent, thereby creating jobs and increasing exports and other development outcomes. He will also explore how the current programs can benefit the promotion and exhibition of works by African artists in the Diaspora. 

This event is open to the public; however, seating is limited, and advance registration is required. 

Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test as well as masks are required to attend events in the Lecture Hall.