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Drop-In Workshop: Pop Art Pins

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Saturday, Feb 11, 2023
12 – 4 p.m.

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Sunday, Feb 12, 2023
12 – 4 p.m.

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*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.

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Art-Making Studio

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

Families Workshops

Visit the Art-Making Studio and create a 1" or 3" pin-back button. Draw your own design or find an image from a magazine to create your very own wearable piece of art.

Examples of pins made in the DIA's art-making studio.

Visit the Art-Making Studio and create a 1" or 3" pin-back button. Draw your own design or find an image from a magazine to create your very own wearable piece of art.

Drawing in the Galleries: Modern & Contemporary Galleries

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Friday, Feb 10, 2023
6 – 8:30 p.m.

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*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.

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In the Museum

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

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Families

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.

Two children work on drawings in the Contemporary galleries as a DIA Studio staff member watches on.

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.

Drop-In Workshop: Collaborative Neighborhood Collage

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Saturday, Feb 4, 2023
12 – 4 p.m.

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Sunday, Feb 5, 2023
12 – 4 p.m.

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Free with general admission

*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.

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Art-Making Studio

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

Families Workshops

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.

Participants will have the option of including their collage in a collaborative neighborhood art installation in the Learning Center Hallway. Participants who do leave their collage for the installation will have the option of picking it up during the Light Catchers Drop-In Workshop on Saturday 3/25 and Sunday 3/26.
 

A colorful example of a neighborhood collage made in the DIA's art-making studio.

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.

Participants will have the option of including their collage in a collaborative neighborhood art installation in the Learning Center Hallway. Participants who do leave their collage for the installation will have the option of picking it up during the Light Catchers Drop-In Workshop on Saturday 3/25 and Sunday 3/26.
 

Drawing in the Galleries: *Con|temporary

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Friday, Feb 3, 2023
6 – 8:30 p.m.

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Free with general admission

*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.

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In the Museum

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

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Families

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.

Two children work on drawings in the Contemporary galleries as a DIA Studio staff member watches on.

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.

Mosaic in Concert: Let the Good Times Roll

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Thursday, Feb 9, 2023
7 p.m.

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Saturday, Feb 11, 2023
2 p.m.

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Free with general admission

*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.

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Detroit Film Theatre

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

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Families Performances Heritage Month

Let the Good Times Roll illuminates the joys and complexity of growing up. Underscored by the music of Rock & Roll pioneers and torchbearers from Little Richard to Gary Clark Jr., Let the Good Times Roll is a musical revue that reminds us of the beauty of the present and the promise of the future.

For more information about reserving a ticket for Mosaic in Concert visit their website here

Black History Month programs are generously supported by the Arn and Nancy Tellem Foundation.

Mosaic youth choir lined up in rows on stage wearing matching black t-shirts with the Mosaic logo

Let the Good Times Roll illuminates the joys and complexity of growing up. Underscored by the music of Rock & Roll pioneers and torchbearers from Little Richard to Gary Clark Jr., Let the Good Times Roll is a musical revue that reminds us of the beauty of the present and the promise of the future.

For more information about reserving a ticket for Mosaic in Concert visit their website here

Black History Month programs are generously supported by the Arn and Nancy Tellem Foundation.

Drop-In Workshop: Snowflakes

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Saturday, Jan 28, 2023
12 – 4 p.m.

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Sunday, Jan 29, 2023
12 – 4 p.m.

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Free with general admission

*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.

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Art-Making Studio

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

Families Workshops

Bring the beauty of winter indoors as you make old-fashioned paper snowflakes.

Examples of paper snowflakes made in the DIA's art-making studio

Bring the beauty of winter indoors as you make old-fashioned paper snowflakes.

Drop-In Workshop: Watercolor Wax Resist Postcards

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Saturday, Jan 21, 2023
12 – 4 p.m.

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Sunday, Jan 22, 2023
12 – 4 p.m.

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Free with general admission

*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.

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Art-Making Studio

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

Families Workshops

Create postcards of your own design to send to friends and family.

Examples of watercolor postcards made in the Detroit Institute of Arts' Art-Making Studio

Create postcards of your own design to send to friends and family.

Drop-In Workshop: Winter Counts

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Saturday, Jan 14, 2023
12 – 4 p.m.

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Sunday, Jan 15, 2023
12 – 4 p.m.

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Free with general admission

*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.

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Art-Making Studio

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

Families Workshops

 A winter count was used by Native American communities of the Northern Great Plains to record their histories and to keep track of the passage of years. Use leather and colorful markers to create one of your own. 

Examples of winter counts made in the DIA art-making studio

 A winter count was used by Native American communities of the Northern Great Plains to record their histories and to keep track of the passage of years. Use leather and colorful markers to create one of your own. 

Drawing in the Galleries: European, Medieval & Renaissance

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Friday, Jan 27, 2023
6 – 8:30 p.m.

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Free with general admission

*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.

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In the Museum

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

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Families

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.

A patron sits on a stool, working on a large drawing pad on their lap

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.

Drawing in the Galleries: Modern galleries

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Friday, Jan 20, 2023
6 – 8:30 p.m.

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Free with general admission

*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.

Location:

In the Museum

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

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Families

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.

Visitors drawing on stools in the modern art galleries at the DIA

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.

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