Learn about the history and contemporary applications of Risograph, alongside a printmaking demonstration with Detroit artist Rachel Delmotte. Participants will experiment with analog mark-making techniques to create their own riso print to take home.

Materials and supplies are provided, and all levels of experience are welcome.

This program is made possible by the PNC Foundation.

Many people doodle as a way of spontaneously expressing ideas. Grab some drawing materials and see what you come up with!

Use markers, ribbons, gel pens and collage papers to make your own unique bookmarks.

This year’s FAAAA Annual Meeting will feature "A Performance Celebrating Sango, the Yoruba God of Thunder." This special presentation on Sango, the powerful and enigmatic God of Thunder of the Yoruba people, will highlight select art in the DIA’s African gallery. These Sango-related art pieces include key ritual emblems and the recreated shrine, a one-of-a-kind installation inspired by a well-known historic shrine that is now defunct.

Abiodun Omolara Williams, a woman of Yoruba descent who is also a Michigander and former radio broadcaster for "Voice of Nigeria," will perform songs, chants, and dances exploring Sango’s rich history and enduring legacy in Yoruba culture across the globe.

The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

Perfect for the whole family, this program is an afternoon on the DIA's North Lawn. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs. Detroit Dance City Festival's Summer Stage program features performances from local, national, and international talent.

Saturday will also feature a College Fair from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. for all aspiring dancers seeking to further their dance careers after high school.

Saturday performances include works by:

• Dakota Blue
• Diversiform Dance Project Youth Company
• Kaylin Bazick and Turning Pointe School of Dance
• Mrudani School of Performing Arts
• Colorado State University
• Western Dance Project
• Embodied Dance Collective
• Unspoken Dance
• Misfit Dance Collective
• Co/Lab Dance Company
• Julia Schaeffer
• Morgan Walker
• Aura Orengo
• ArtLab J Youth Creative Intensive

Sunday will feature family outdoor activities from 1:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. to get everyone moving with a K-POP dance class and kids ballet class!

Sunday performances include works by:

• Oehrlein Dancers
• Scott Stafford
• Kaleidoscope Movement
• Srijan Dance Company
• 2nd Street Swing
• Bridget Vander Hoff
• ArtLab J II

This program is free with museum admission and takes place on the DIA's North Lawn. Limited capacity seating begins 30 minutes prior to performance.

Detroit Dance City Festival (DDCF) is an annual community building event curated by ArtLab J that celebrates dance in its various forms and disciplines. DDCF brings the work of renowned local, national, and international performing artists, choreographers, and companies to the stage in a weekend full of performances, master classes and networking events. For full festival lineup, please check out detroitdancecityfestival.com

Join us for a showcase designed to highlight local, national, and international talent. Rivera Court Stage shares diverse styles of dance with Detroit Dance City Festival audiences in an inspiring museum setting.

Friday's showcase features works by:

• Rachel Stratton
• Claire Bechard
• Sophia & El Kronox
• Compañeros de Flamenco
• Dance Uprising
• HBY Ensemble
• Malaak Aburahmeh and Nina Contreras
• Haley Tarling and Dancers
• Thayer Jonutz
• Embodied Arts Collective
• Eleanor Raygorodsky
• Dua Colon

Saturday’s showcase features works by:

• Lauren Blair Smith Dance Company
• Oakland University Repertory Dance Company
• Movement Reservoir
• Bodies of Water
• The ChoreoJoey Project
• Suttle Dance
• Sean Hoskins & Tower Dancers
• Natalia de Miguel Annoni
• Currents Dance Theatre
• Savanna McFadden and Sophie Williams
• Angelina Diaz

This program is free with museum admission. Limited capacity seating begins 30 minutes prior to performance in the DIA’s Rivera Court. Ticket reservations are encouraged from detroitdancecityfestival.com

Detroit Dance City Festival (DDCF) is an annual community building event curated by ArtLab J that celebrates dance in its various forms and disciplines. DDCF brings the work of renowned local, national, and international performing artists, choreographers, and companies to the stage in a weekend full of performances, master classes and networking events. For full festival lineup, please check out detroitdancecityfestival.com

Join Detroit photographer Elonte Davis as he shares techniques and inspirations from his work.

All participants will also create a polaroid portrait mixed media collage using a variety of artmaking materials like decorative papers, magazines, paint markers, and more.

This program is made possible by the PNC Foundation.

Members See It First!

The Art of Dining: Food Culture in the Islamic World brings together 230 works from the Middle East, Egypt, Central and South Asia, and beyond to explore connections between art and cuisine from ancient times to the present day. Paintings of elaborate feasts, sumptuous vessels for food and drink, and historical cookbooks show how culinary cultures have thrived in the Islamic world for centuries. Highlighting the relationship of these works to preparing, serving, and enjoying food, the exhibition engages multiple senses and invites us to appreciate the pleasures of sharing a meal.

Image: India. Bowl with Handles, ca. 1640–50, Dark green nephrite jade. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase, M.76.2.2

© Museum Associates / LACMA

Composer/singer Sunitha Anathaswamy studied music in Bangalore and specializes in the vocal art of traditional Kannada Bhavageete and Ghazals, songs based on romantic poetry. Multi-instrumentalist Xiao Dong Wei became a ‘Master of the Erhu’ (a two-string violin) at the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and also plays the pipa (a four-string lute) and guzheng (a 21-string zither). Both artists settled in metro Detroit and became influential performers, educators, and now collaborators. This joyous performance will fuse music from both their cultures and include guest appearances by their friends and family.

Concert of Colors is metro Detroit’s free annual global music festival, an upbeat event celebrating diverse World music traditions-including the indigenous music of the Motor City. The festival also hosts the Forum on Community, Culture and Race, a series of conversations with artists, cultural and community leaders examining the role of the arts in overcoming social barriers.

For a complete schedule of Concert of Colors programs at the Detroit Institute of Arts and neighboring institutions visit the festival website.

Concert of Colors is produced through the partnership of Culture Source, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, ACCESS,  University of Michigan – Detroit Center, Michigan Science Center, Detroit Historical Museum, College For Creative Studies, Hellenic Museum of Michigan, Third Man Records, Lowriders of Detroit, Science Gallery Detroit, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Midtown Inc., University of Michigan Dearborn, Arab American National Museum, WDET, The Scarab Club, International Institute of Metro Detroit and Marx Layne & Company.

This year, the Don Was Allstar Revue takes on the theme of Peace, Love, and Understanding. The revue, a collection of anti-war songs that were chosen as a musical elixir of relief during troubled times, will be produced by Don Was and performed by legendary Motor City artists. Special guests include Marshall Crenshaw, Steffanie Chris’ tian, Milton Bennet, Herschel Boone, Carolyn Striho, Corktown Popes, Gretchen Gonzalez Davidson, Julie Benjamin, Kara Meister, MIK E.

Concert of Colors is Metro Detroit’s free annual global music festival, an upbeat event celebrating diverse World music traditions-including the indigenous music of the Motor City. The festival also hosts the Forum on Community, Culture and Race, a series of conversations with artists, cultural and community leaders examining the role of the arts in overcoming social barriers.

For a complete schedule of Concert of Colors programs at the Detroit Institute of Arts and neighboring institutions visit the festival website.

Concert of Colors is produced through the partnership of Culture Source, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, ACCESS,  University of Michigan – Detroit Center, Michigan Science Center, Detroit Historical Museum, College For Creative Studies, Hellenic Museum of Michigan, Third Man Records, Lowriders of Detroit, Science Gallery Detroit, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Midtown Inc., University of Michigan Dearborn, Arab American National Museum, WDET, The Scarab Club, International Institute of Metro Detroit and Marx Layne & Company.