Potter’s Wheel Workshops
Our one-day Potter’s Wheel Workshops at the DIA are a great introduction to the art and craft of the potter. The focus is on the basics, giving you a hands-on learning experience as you explore simple...
View ArticleSummer Camp for…ADULTS!
Our youth Summer Camps are extremely popular and a lot of fun (click here if you want to find out more or register your 5-8 or 9-12 year old), so this year we decided to expand our Summer offerings and...
View ArticleSave the dates for spring photography programs at the DIA and around town
SAVE THE DATES! – The DIA will present upcoming programs in conjunction with Detroit Experiences: Robert Frank Photographs, 1955. Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:30 p.m. in DIA’s Lecture Hall, author Philip...
View ArticleDIA shines a light on Robert Frank's "Exile on Main Street" right here in...
My best guess is that Robert Frank took the photograph at right while wandering around somewhere in downtown Detroit along Michigan Avenue. The DIA was lucky enough to get the original, large-scale...
View ArticleSummer Adult Studio Classes: The Potter’s Wheel
The DIA’s One-Day Potter’s Wheel Workshops are for anyone interested in trying the potter’s wheel, whether you’ve never touched clay or have taken many classes before! Though the wheel takes years to...
View ArticleSummer Camp is Here!
Our first sessions of 2010 Summer Camp began today! Check out photos from our first day on our flickr page. There”s still time to register for our July sessions! Find out more and register online...
View ArticlePicture of the week – Chez Mondrian by André Kertész
For a good part of the summer, DIA Mellon Fellow Hope Saska has been immersed in the work of casino online Hungarian photographer André Kertész for preparation of an upcoming exhibition from our...
View ArticleMore swatches please…DIA photo gallery in transition
Since its reopening in the summer of 2008, the Albert and Peggy de Salle Gallery of Photography has been the site of four exhibitions, along with nails, wire, plaster and the general wear and tear...
View ArticleThe DIA’s Art Studio @ Children’s Hospital!
This week marks the two-year anniversary of a special outreach program in which our Art Studio participates at Children’s Hospital – a wonderful neighboring institution just a few blocks away from the...
View ArticlePhilip Gefter to lecture on life and work of photographer André Kertész...
Daily Beast blogger and former NYTimes page one picture editor will present a lecture this evening on the life and work of Hungarian photographer André Kertész. Join us a 7p.m. in the DIA’s Lecture...
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