Quilting has a rich and diverse history worldwide, with roots tracing back to ancient Egypt. Explore various quilt patterns and create your own unique design using fabric and glue on a board.

Visit the Art Making Studio and create a 1.5" pin-back button. Draw your own design or select an image from a magazine to craft your very own wearable piece of art.

Use wax crayons and found objects to create colorful, one-of-a-kind prints on paper. Explore different textures and techniques as you experiment with various materials to make unique designs that reflect your creativity.

Use leather, beads, wire, and metallic markers to design and create a whimsical musical instrument. Experiment with different textures, colors, and materials as you assemble your one-of-a-kind piece.

Unlock your creativity in this polymer clay workshop! Learn techniques to mix colors, shape beads, and create unique designs. Whether you're a beginner or looking to expand your skills, you'll leave with handmade jewelry, keychains, or accessories.

Trice Clark, Detroit’s Handy Woman, is a mom and maker with a passion for art. From selling school jewelry to showcasing her work at Eastern Market and Michigan Fashion Week, she’s known for using limited resources to create innovative pieces. With skills in woodworking, welding, and more, Clark has spent the last decade teaching DIY workshops and empowering others to craft while saving money.

This program is made possible in part by the PNC Foundation

Watch your colorful design shrink to nearly half its original size in a toaster oven, then use it to create your very own keychain or pendant.

Uchiwa is a traditional style of paper fan commonly found in Japan. Learn about the history and tradition of making uchiwa as you design and create a fan of your own.

Join InsideOut Literary Arts for a hands-on creative writing workshop led by acclaimed poet, artist, and educator Brittany Rogers, inspired by Tiff Massey’s exhibition 7 Mile + Livernois. Participants will explore Massey’s vibrant tribute to Detroit while discussing themes such as adornment, beauty, and class. Through poetic forms like odes and ekphrastic poetry, participants will craft their own creative responses to the exhibition. This workshop is designed for teens and adults.

Participants will meet in Dining Room A & B (on the main floor next to the cafeteria) before visiting the exhibit.

InsideOut Literary Arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts is made possible by Tri-County millage support and Joseph C. Richert, Esq.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, author Nancy Nichols discusses her new book, Women Behind the Wheel: An Unexpected and Personal History of the Car. The automobile had an outsized impact on American culture and industry. Nichols will explore how car design is uniquely gendered, and the distinct role it has played in defining modern womanhood. 

Books will be available for purchase and a book signing will follow the lecture.

Presented with live American Sign Language interpretation

This event is sponsored by the Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art. A private reception for FMCA members will follow the lecture. Become an FMCA member to access special members-only experiences.

The Friends of African and African American Art will present the 32nd Annual Alain Locke Awards to artist Titus Kaphar.

Kaphar will receive the Alain Locke International Award for his work as an artist, sculptor, and filmmaker, creating socially and politically powerful works that reflect on the experiences of Black Americans and his own life story. 

Kaphar "confronts history by dismantling classical structures and styles of visual representation in Western art, which, in turn, subverts centuries of art historical traditions." A Michigan native, Kaphar lives and works in New Haven, CT. 

He received an MFA from the Yale School of Art and is a distinguished recipient of numerous prizes and awards including a 2018 MacArthur Fellowship, a 2018 Art for Justice Fund grant, a 2016 Robert R. Rauschenberg Artist as Activist grant, and a 2015 Creative Capital grant.

The Alain Locke Recognition Award will be received by Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker, renowned for his drawings, sculptures, printmaking and installation art.

Free with registration. A reception will follow the awards event.

• 2 – 3:30 p.m. Awards, Lecture Hall
• 3:30 – 5 p.m. Reception, FJC Dining Rooms