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From the Director, July 2021
July 10 marks one year since we re-opened the museum with Covid-19 restrictions. With the exception of one week in April, the DIA has been continuously serving our visitors since then.
Read Details Art Kits for DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan
The Detroit Institute of Arts studio staff have found a way to provide art enrichment to patients at DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan during the pandemic by creating drop-off art kits for patients and their families.
Read Details From the Director, June 2021
Earlier this year, we were contacted by an editor at Hyperallergic, a national online arts publication, requesting a meeting to talk about the DIA’s millage-based funding, and whether it might be a model for other institutions to both gain financial stability and community relevance.
Read Details From the Director, May 2021
On the last day of class before I graduated in Geography and History from the University of Madrid, our professor told us: “During all these years you have studied hard and deserve congratulations. However, don’t think that you know anything. Attending university has prepared you to open your mind and learn. Now go into the world and learn.”
Read Details From the Director, April 2021
Since I arrived at the DIA in 2008, I have been amazed by the diverse talent and expertise that one can find in the different departments across the organization.
Read Details Minds on Art
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) partners monthly with the Alzheimer’s Association Michigan Chapter on the virtual Minds on Art program, a unique opportunity for individuals in the early and mid-stages of the disease to create meaningful experiences together through art.
Read Details Empty Bowls 2021
The DIA has partnered with Empty Bowls Detroit annually since 2015 in providing handmade bowls created in the museum’s artmaking studio along with visitors and partners.
Read Details From the Director, March 2021
It was almost 25 years ago, during a business trip to London, that I first saw the work of the artist Josefa de Ayala, also known as Josefa de Óbidos.
Read Details From the Director, February 2021
Last Friday, during my weekly walk through the museum galleries, I was thinking how fortunate we have been to safely keep the DIA open since last July while many museums across the world have been closed.
Read Details From the Director, January 2021
Like for most of us, this holiday season has been very different. In my case, it is the first time in 50 years that I have not been able to be with my family in Spain. We are a large Mediterranean family, and the last week of December is the only time of the year when we all get together.
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