Top Ten Cultural Events of 2011 (Detroit and Metro-Detroit)

1.  Art X Detroit, another Kresge event that celebrates and supports creatives
2.  Cranbrook Art Museum re-opening – they set the bar yet again
3.  Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s triumphant return after 6 month strike
4.  Big anniversaries: The Heidelberg Project celebrates 25 years and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit celebrates 5 years
5.  Noel Night returns [...]

Helping Our Brothers and Sisters in Need

Are you interested in getting your New Year’s Resolution started before the New Year? Well, here is one charitable activity that could benefit from your help. This article is a first in a series of articles by Tina Woodin. Tina will focus on churches and synagogues and other holy places around town to tell their [...]

What’s up at the DIA through 12/31

HOLIDAY PUPPET performanceS

music

IN THE GALLERIES

dia museum shop

Drop-in Workshops

free student field trips

HOLIDAY PUPPET performanceS 
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Holiday Puppet Performance: Tangle of Tales

Monday-Wednesday at 2 p.m.

Using a variety of puppet sizes, the Grey Seal Puppets perform three favorite folks tales from around the world – “The Frog Prince” from Germany, “Three Billy Goats Gruff” from Scandinavia, and “The Three [...]

Happy Holidays from TheDetroiter.com!

Happy Holidays from TheDetroiter.com! As we go into this long holiday weekend, we reflect on this past year and our hopes for TheDetroiter.com. We have hit some of our goals, and there has been a lot of momentum and energy behind TheDetroiter to see it grow and better serve the creative community. As always, we [...]

This Week at the DIA — through 12/25

IN THE GALLERIES

music

Drop-in Workshops

Help Us Reach Our Goal

free student field trips

 The Visitation, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640, oil on cedar panel.
Detroit Institute of Arts  

in the galleries
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Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus
Through February 12, 2012

The approximately sixty small, intimate paintings, drawings, and prints in this exhibition show how Rembrandt van Rijn dramatically changed the [...]

Empty Buildings No Longer Abandoned

Detroit has abandoned buildings. How is that for an obvious and empty phrase? There are bad drivers on I-75, Detroit used to have a lot more people, and you were a jerk in high school. While these statements may be true, who cares? Everyone knows that these statements are true, so bringing them up [...]

Monday Roundup — 12/19

Detroit indie rock bank Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., keeps making headlines — and they will be on Conan next month!

Detroit Film Critic Society announces 2011 winners, “The Artist” tops the list

Highschooler Elizabeth Sabol wins 2012 Auto Show Poster Award

Shout out to Center for Creative Studies’ hilarious ad campaign

Speaking of CCS, Detroit Artists Market has a [...]

Detroit Twits — 12/18

@seekandwonderin Marty Singer–http://pinterest.com/pin/260505159665361302/ Detroit Institute of Arts is a wonderful place to get lost in art and beauty. Rembrandt exhibit is stunning.

DIADetroit Detroit Inst of Arts –Thanks to @Target, 8000 students can look forward to a DIA field trip next year! Apply by Jan. 13, 2012. More info: http://bit.ly/uukCbl

@RadioJenG Jennifer Guerra–#ARTPOD is back! We visit [...]

Outside Inspiration: Melanie Cohn

All artists need support. We hope that the articles and reviews that we provide here provide some support to local artists. Michigan is blessed with several organizations that focus on providing much needed support to artists (and there seems to be new ones every day). For example (and as a reminder), ArtServe Michigan will host [...]

Art Detroit Now — Area art happenings

Your online guide to great contemporary art in Detroit. 

December 15 – News, exhibitions, openings and events.
 

ArtServe Michigan & Mocad 

Artist Development Summit 

Developed by ArtServe Michigan and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit and presented in partnership with the College for Creative Studies and Cranbrook Academy of Art, this 1.5-day summit is designed to empower artists of [...]