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Guest Artist Workshop: Collaborative Mural with Rachelle Baker

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Saturday, Sep 20, 2025
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

Join Rachelle Baker to help create a vibrant collaborative mural on canvas that will later be displayed at the DIA!

Rachelle Baker is a multidisciplinary artist from Detroit, MI, with a background in relief printing (screenprinting, lino/woodcutting), illustration, comic art, video art, and music. She draws inspiration from Shoujo manga, anime and comics’ bad girls, stoic women dancing in the backgrounds of late ’90s/early 2000s R&B videos, and the sound cats make when they yawn. She is a Capricorn with a Scorpio moon.

Published books include Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream by Blair Imani (Ten Speed Press), Shirley Chisholm is a Verb by Veronica Chambers (Dial Books/Penguin Random House), Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop by Clover Hope (Abrams Books), and Stamped (for Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds (Little, Brown Young Readers).

Mural by Rachelle Baker

Join Rachelle Baker to help create a vibrant collaborative mural on canvas that will later be displayed at the DIA!

Rachelle Baker is a multidisciplinary artist from Detroit, MI, with a background in relief printing (screenprinting, lino/woodcutting), illustration, comic art, video art, and music. She draws inspiration from Shoujo manga, anime and comics’ bad girls, stoic women dancing in the backgrounds of late ’90s/early 2000s R&B videos, and the sound cats make when they yawn. She is a Capricorn with a Scorpio moon.

Published books include Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream by Blair Imani (Ten Speed Press), Shirley Chisholm is a Verb by Veronica Chambers (Dial Books/Penguin Random House), Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop by Clover Hope (Abrams Books), and Stamped (for Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds (Little, Brown Young Readers).

Drawing in the Galleries: Fashionable Living

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Friday, Sep 19, 2025
6 – 8:30 p.m.

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Sunday, Sep 21, 2025
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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In the Museum

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

Create a pencil drawing to take home while exploring the collection up close. No experience is necessary, and all supplies are provided.

For ages 6 through adult. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Capacity is limited.

A patron working on a bright red canvas in the Fashionable Living galleries at the DIA

Create a pencil drawing to take home while exploring the collection up close. No experience is necessary, and all supplies are provided.

For ages 6 through adult. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Capacity is limited.

Drawing in the Galleries: Ancient Cultures of the Americas

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Friday, Sep 12, 2025
6 – 8:30 p.m.

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Sunday, Sep 14, 2025
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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In the Museum

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at works from the collection. No experience is necessary, and all supplies are provided.

For ages 6 through adult. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Capacity is limited.

Asian Galleries

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at works from the collection. No experience is necessary, and all supplies are provided.

For ages 6 through adult. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Capacity is limited.

Guest Artist Workshop: Collaborative Mural with Kelly Golden

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Saturday, Sep 6, 2025
12 – 4 p.m.

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Art-Making Studio

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

Join Kelly Golden, a Detroit-based, traditionally trained sign painter and neon sign fabricator, to create a large-scale collaborative painting and learn more about what it means to make a mural!

Kelly Golden, painting the Faygo logo on a wall

Join Kelly Golden, a Detroit-based, traditionally trained sign painter and neon sign fabricator, to create a large-scale collaborative painting and learn more about what it means to make a mural!

Drawing in the Galleries: American

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Friday, Sep 5, 2025
6 – 8:30 p.m.

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Sunday, Sep 7, 2025
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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In the Museum

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience necessary, and all supplies are provided.

For ages 6 through adult. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Capacity is limited.

Masked

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience necessary, and all supplies are provided.

For ages 6 through adult. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Capacity is limited.

Drop-In Workshop: Paper Flowers

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Friday, Oct 10, 2025
6 – 8:30 p.m.

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Saturday, Oct 11, 2025
12 – 4 p.m.

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Art-Making Studio

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

Come to the studio and create your own paper versions of the flowers that inspire you from our collection. Choose from marigolds and more as you explore color, shape, and texture to design beautiful paper blooms to take home. All materials are provided, and no experience is necessary — a fun, creative activity for all ages!

Paper flowers

Come to the studio and create your own paper versions of the flowers that inspire you from our collection. Choose from marigolds and more as you explore color, shape, and texture to design beautiful paper blooms to take home. All materials are provided, and no experience is necessary — a fun, creative activity for all ages!

Drop-In Workshop: Oil Pastel Portraits

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Friday, Oct 3, 2025
6 – 8:30 p.m.

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Saturday, Oct 4, 2025
12 – 4 p.m.

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Sunday, Oct 5, 2025
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

Inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s Self-Portrait (1887), stop by the DIA’s Artmaking Studio to create your own unique portrait using vibrant oil pastels. Explore color, texture, and expression as you experiment with this classic medium. No experience is necessary, and all materials are provided.

Oil Pastel Portraits

Inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s Self-Portrait (1887), stop by the DIA’s Artmaking Studio to create your own unique portrait using vibrant oil pastels. Explore color, texture, and expression as you experiment with this classic medium. No experience is necessary, and all materials are provided.

Drop-In Workshop: Great Lakes Wildlife Puppets

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Friday, Sep 26, 2025
6 – 8:30 p.m.

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Saturday, Sep 27, 2025
12 – 4 p.m.

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Sunday, Sep 28, 2025
12 – 4 p.m.

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Art-Making Studio

5200 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
United States

Learn about the creatures that inhabit our Great Lakes region, from fish to frogs, and create a colorful puppet to take home.

Examples of great lakes creatures made in the DIA's artmaking studio

Learn about the creatures that inhabit our Great Lakes region, from fish to frogs, and create a colorful puppet to take home.

Drop-In Workshop: Bookmarks

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Friday, Sep 12, 2025
6 – 8:30 p.m.

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Saturday, Sep 13, 2025
12 – 4 p.m.

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Sunday, Sep 14, 2025
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

Use markers, gel pens, and a selection of collage papers to design and create your own personalized bookmarks. All materials are provided, and no experience is needed — a fun and creative activity for all ages!

An assortment of handmade bookmarks made in the DIA's art-making Studio

Use markers, gel pens, and a selection of collage papers to design and create your own personalized bookmarks. All materials are provided, and no experience is needed — a fun and creative activity for all ages!

Drop-In Workshop: Pamphlet Stitch Books

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Friday, Sep 5, 2025
6 – 8:30 p.m.

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Sunday, Sep 7, 2025
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

Use a variety of decorative papers to create your own handmade book, bound using a traditional form of stitching. All materials are provided, and no experience is necessary — just bring your creativity!

Examples of pamphlet books made in the DIA's Artmaking Studio

Use a variety of decorative papers to create your own handmade book, bound using a traditional form of stitching. All materials are provided, and no experience is necessary — just bring your creativity!

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