Participants will experience the Africana field trip and explore the special exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898–1971. Learning resources designed to support Regeneration will be discussed and a guided art-making session in the DIA Studio will be offered.

All educators welcome. SCECHs pending.
 

All educators are welcome to experience a rejuvenating yoga or mindfulness session in historic Rivera Court. Art-making opportunities and a complimentary smoothie bar will be provided.
 

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 and up (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 and up (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Stop by the art-making studio and create your own bookmarks with markers, gel pens, ribbon, and collage papers. 

Don’t miss the amazing talents of William Chapman Nyaho, a Ghanaian American pianist, solo recitalist, and chamber musician. Nyaho has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean, and has developed a repertoire focused on composers of African descent.

He is a guest artist at colleges and universities around the US, and is in high demand as a judge for national and international piano competitions. 

The Firewalkers are a hot new R&B, blues and rock band from Detroit, specializing in the pre-Motown sounds of the late 1950s and early '60s.

The band includes some of the city's finest musicians and is fronted by the fiery vocals of Laura Mendoza, (White Shag, The Ricky Rat Pack, Mark Farner’s American Band) featuring David James (Jon Rice Band) on guitar, Rudy Varner (Chris Casello Trio, JC and the Royal Keys) on upright bass, and Loney Charles (Jack Scott) on drums.  

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 and up (children 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Detroit-based textile artist Najma Ma’at Wilson will demonstrate how to make stitched collages. Participants will use basic stitching techniques with needles, thread, and fabrics. Materials are provided.

Ma’at’s love of fiber arts was inspired by her mother. She has a degree in fiber design from the Center for Creative Studies, and a master’s degree in education from Boston College. She taught for 20 years in locations as close as Cass Technical High School and as far as Cotonou Benin, West Africa.

After retiring, Ma’at and a lifetime friend co-owned Detroit Fiber Works for 8 years, selling and showing works of local Detroit artists and providing a space for community conversations until 2020. She is returning to creating her own work from her home studio.
 

2022 | directed by Marya Zarif and André Kadi  

This animated feature, based on the web series and graphic novel by artist and writer Marya Zarif (who co-directed this film), tells the story of Dounia, a joyful, spirited girl. She’s being raised by her grandparents in Aleppo.

Despite Dounia’s life circumstances (her mother died when she was young, her father is in jail, and the strife and violence of war are increasing), Dounia delights in her life: the marvelous Syrian dishes her grandmother cooks, the lively marketplace she visits, and her friendly neighbors.

When her family is forced to flee the war, Dounia takes only a handful of seeds and her unquenchable belief that she will connect with the magical spirit known as Princess of Aleppo to help guide them to safety.

For ages 6 and up. (72min.)