Make your own unique print in this workshop, using found objects and simple wax crayons. All supplies provided. No experience necessary.

Learn to make paper flowers, just in time for spring. Come to the Artmaking Studio and make your own versions of the flowers from our collection that inspire you. All supplies provided. No experience necessary.

Visit the DIA's Artmaking Studio and use foamcore, toothpicks, pipe cleaners, and beads to make your own fantastic bug puppet on a stick!

In this workshop you’ll learn to make a journal for recording your adventures and travels, using heavy card stock, paper, and a rubber band. No experience needed. All supplies provided.

(USA/1978 — dir. by Sidney Lumet) 

Adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical of the same name, The Wiz reimagines L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz  with an all-Black cast. Diana Ross plays Dorothy, a Harlem schoolteacher who finds herself magically transported to the urban fantasy Land of Oz. As she travels to find the mysterious Wiz, Dorothy befriends a Scarecrow (Michael Jackson), the Tin Man (Nipsey Russell), and the Cowardly Lion (Ted Ross). 

This Motown Productions film has become a cult favorite, with many innovations that impacted popular Black cinema from the 1970s. While at the museum, be sure to check out the DIA's special exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898 – 1971 on view through June 23, 2024.  
 

In conjunction with Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898 – 1971, Mr. B’s 27th Annual Piano Celebration will explore the works of composers such as Jelly Roll Morton, Meade “Lux” Lewis, Jimmy Yancey, Blind John Davis, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Errol Garner, Earl “Fatha” Hines, and many others. Featured guest pianists will include Lluis Coloma, Brendon Davis, and Elder Robert Moore.

This is an excellent opportunity to experience the original sounds and rhythms of the artists that came to define American music across the twentieth century. 

The Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings and conductor Timothy Weiss celebrate the solar eclipse weekend with a performance exploring light, dark, and creativity.

This program features Canti Dell’Eclisse by Bernard Rands, Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy, and Franz Joseph Hayden’s String Quartet in B-flat, op. 76, no. 4. 
 

Schroeder Cherry's puppet play tells the historic events of the Birmingham Children’s Crusade through the lens of a child. A meticulously hand-crafted rod puppet acts as our narrator, telling of a recent discovery he made of his grandfather’s past.

With 3D puppets and wooden cut-outs, Cherry skillfully animates the struggles, courage, and determination of young protesters who participated in marches and demonstrations during the 1960s. Through this captivating and interactive storytelling medium, Cherry honors the resilience of these young activists. (45 min.)

For families with children 8 and up. Presented with live ASL interpretation.

Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen explores new sounds by applying elements of American jazz to the classical, church, and folk music of his youth. The result is an immediately identifiable Norwegian kind of jazz, a descendant of the original with new sources of inspiration that has established Gustavsen as one of Scandinavia’s leading artists.

The trio will preview selections from their soon-to-be-released tenth album which features Gustavsen (piano and electronics), Steinar Raknes (double bass and electronics), and Jarle Vespestad (drums).

“...the cleanest, most genuine manouche jazz being performed in Michigan,” a style originally developed by Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt (Local Spins). Led by guitarist Andrew Brown, the project has gathered a community of musicians who channel the tenacious agility that this music demands.

Djangophonique features Tyler Rindo (clarinet), Jorian Olk-Szost (double bass), Nicholas Martin (rhythm guitar) Katie Smith (vocals) whose soulful approach channels the mystery and appeal of an era.