This Week at the DIA 2/15-2/19

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Friday Night Live! & Sunday Music Bar: Brandee Younger Trio

Friday at 7 & 8:30 p.m / Sunday at 1 & 3 p.m.

Harpist Brandee Younger is a versatile musician who has created a unique niche in traditional and nontraditional harp arenas. She is joined [...]

Art Therapy in the News

Getting Drawn Into Therapy “Therapy, more specifically art therapy, can be an enjoyable alternative, where painting, sculpting and drawing can be a path to mental well-being.”
Art Room: Charity Project – “Kate middleton patron charity hosting primary school therapy project. One of Kate Middleton’s patron charities is hosting an artist-in-residence project which hopes to [...]

Obama praises Detroit students at White House science fair

Obama praises Detroit students at White House science fair
Way to go Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy in Detroit! The team of students (all 13 years old) participated in a science fair hosted by The White House that included more than 100 students from across the country. President Obama stopped by their project, which was [...]

5 reasons to see Fela! at Detroit Music Hall

5 reasons to see Fela! at Detroit Music Hall
Showing at Detroit Music Hall February 14, 2012 – March 4, 2012
5. Fela! on Broadway has received 11 Tony nominations and three Tony Awards for Best Choreography, Best Costumes, and Best Sound (and Detroit Music Hall is amazing!)
4. An opportunity to learn some history about the amazing [...]

Black History Month at the DIA

During February the DIA is celebrating Black History Month with special events. Below is a list of events still to come:
Admission
$8 adults, $6 seniors, $4 children. The museum is free for members. To become a member, call 313-833-7971 or email membership@dia.org.
Admission is free on the second Sunday of each month, courtesy of the Ford Foundation.
Museum [...]

Art Therapy in the News

Art as therapy growing in acceptance
An Rx Based on Artistic Expression
UNC Hospitals using iPads, art to treat children
Cotuit Center for the Arts and Debra Hope Colligan present ‘Healing Through Art’
The exhibit opens February 15 and the opening reception is on Feb. 18 from 5-7 pm.
“What is Art Therapy?”: On Asking Van Gogh to Play the [...]

Art Therapy in the News

Artist, heal thyself
Tapping into the power of creative expression to restore mind, body and soul
Art Brings Back Memories “It’s not about the art. At the art therapy class for people with Alzheimer’s at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery, it’s about accessing memories and feelings and expressing them.”
Families Concerned As APA Attempts To Redefine Autism
some adults [...]

Art Therapy in the News

Art Therapy in the news can range from art shows featuring artists with disabilities that use art as therapy either on their own or with an art therapist to an interesting discussion on the career of an art therapist. There are many approaches to art therapy and I am happy to see the topic get [...]

Welcome to the artworld Studio West!

Work Skills Corporation has opened Studio West, the Home of Art with a Heart – a new art gallery in Brighton Michigan. Studio West will showcase the artwork of persons with disabilities and others who support them, through art classes and art therapy programs. Friday night, November 18th, Studio West opened its doors to an [...]

Monday Roundup

some positive press about Detroit art and artists in the LA Times:
Detroit Evolving into a Haven for artists by Anrew Bener
Cranbrook Art Museum reopens after years of renovation with new show:
No Object is an Island: New Dialogues with the Cranbrook Collection showing from 11-11-11 to 3-25-12
Cranbrook Art Museum reopens with design exhibit
Michael H. Hodges/ Detroit [...]