Detroit Institute of Arts

Get Ready to GET VERSED

Terry Blackhawk | Posted 05.17.2012

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The care we give children is returned tenfold by our young people, and their talents and generous hearts will make a better world for us all.

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Talented Teens Channel Detroit's Legendary Singers

Posted 05.10.2012

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If you wish Detroit youth today produced music similar to sounds of the 1960s, you're in luck: For the next two weekends a group of talented teens wil...

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Young Artists Get Their Start At Prestigious Art Museum

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.26.2012

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While parents everywhere know their own kids are creative geniuses, on Saturday Detroiters will have a chance to see just how talented young local art...

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Inside DPS: Extraordinary Artistic Talent Blooms in Ordinary Corner Classrooms

Jennifer Mrozowski | Posted 04.26.2012

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Hundreds of creative and amazing pieces of art by Detroit Public Schools students will be shown in the 75th annual Detroit Public Schools Student Exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts beginning Saturday.

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A Hot Spot For Light Art

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.24.2012

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When it comes to light art, Detroit is the place to be. In the fall, two festivals will transform the city's nights with contemporary, multimedia a...

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LOOK: DIA Lights Up The Night With Moonbeams For Motown

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.13.2012

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If you're walking down Woodward Avenue in midtown Detroit some evening this weekend, make sure to look up. Artist Michael Rodemer has installed a ...

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Painting In The Haunted Spice Factory: Hernan Bas Talks About His Work

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.11.2012

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Hernan Bas isn't sure if he's 33 or 34 years old. The painter has been too busy working to keep track of his birthday. Bas, who's made painting hi...

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Beautiful in Their Resilience: Youth Voices of Detroit, Revealed

Terry Blackhawk | Posted 05.23.2012

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I have long felt that our students have a somewhat different relationship to their city than children in other parts of the country, that they take Detroit as their muse and that the city actually becomes a character in their work.

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Local Theater Celebrates 79th Anniversary Of Detroit's Diego Rivera Murals

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 03.20.2012

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For generations, Mexican artist Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry murals have held powerful sway over the imaginations of visitors to the Detroit Instit...

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'Detroit Revealed,' Revealed

Posted 03.16.2012

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Whether you haven't seen the popular "Detroit Revealed" exhibit or want to dig a little deeper, it's the perfect weekend to head over to the DIA to ca...

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LOOK: Charles McGee: 87 Years Old And Still Growing As An Artist

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 02.27.2012

In 2011, Charles McGee suffered a stroke that took a toll on his health. But you'd hardly know it. While McGee has scaled back some since the time...

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3-D Film 'Plant' Touring Shuttered Packard Factory Is More Than Ruin Porn

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 02.07.2012

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If you haven't yet had a chance to see "plant," the three-dimensional video installation at the Detroit Institute of Arts, you're in luck. The museum'...

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A Balancing Act

Annmarie Erickson | Posted 03.27.2012

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Rembrandt and Jesus. Jesus or Rembrandt? Which name headlines the marquee? Is it the world-renowned painter? Or does Jesus automatically trump everyone on the playing field because, after all, he is Jesus?

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Planet D To Channel Sun Ra's Outer Space Rhythms At The DIA

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 12.30.2011

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Visitors to the Detroit Institute of Arts can expect a close encounter of the "cozmic" kind Friday night when local space-age swing band Planet D None...

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Top Ten Detroit Cultural Moments 2011

Colin Darke | Posted 02.29.2012

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This past year brought us great art exhibits, theatre, and music -- if you were in Detroit and could not find something to do, you had your eyes shut!

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Echoing Art in Detroit

Terry Blackhawk | Posted 01.21.2012

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Seventeen years ago, Bob Shaye, a Detroit native and supporter of my foray into poetry activism with Detroit youth, sent me a letter that changed my life.

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Rembrandt's Jesus At The DIA (PHOTOS)

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 11.21.2011

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DETROIT -- Here's why you should go see the Detroit Institute of Arts show "Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus," opening Sunday: There are a lot of jaw-d...

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Detroit: A Cultural Garden

Colin Darke | Posted 01.18.2012

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Detroit is lucky. Its founders valued art. Its founders prepared the cultural soil well, so that ideas flourish here.

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Many a City Is 'Title Town'

Dave Astor | Posted 09.06.2011

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Do you read so much fiction that visiting a city almost always reminds you of certain novels?

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Artist Tim Burke Recycles Detroit History, And Rescues Himself (PHOTOS)

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Detroiter Tim Burke calls himself an artist, a scavenger, and a non-practicing alcoholic. Devoted to the reuse of refuse, the 40-something sculptor us...

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