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 [...]

More –This Week at the DIA — Mosaic Youth Theatre and Rembrandt on the cheap

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Woodward Wonderland: A Detroit Holiday Celebration!
 
 
 

December 9 & 10 at 8 p.m.
December 11 at 4 p.m.

Metro Detroit’s newest holiday tradition returns to the Detroit Institute of Arts! Filled with whimsical holiday stories innovatively staged, joyous songs from the Mosaic Singers and special guests and surprises, Woodward Wonderland: A Detroit [...]

This Week at the DIA

IN THE GALLERIES

music

ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES

lecture

Drop-in Workshops

Brunch With Bach
Michigan Harp Ensemble: Angelaires Again!
Sunday at 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. 

Five harpists perform a musical memoir of one of the most famous harp ensembles ever created, the Angelaires. The Michigan group plays a historical tribute to the Angelaires, performing music written expressly for them when they toured in [...]

Writing 101

Our latest 101 entry is about writing.  I am not a great writer, but I seek advice from good writers and try to improve my writing on a regular basis. I regularly come across writers that make some of the same mistakes that I have made in the past. So I have compiled a short [...]

In the KNOWN

Graffiti is a special form of art particularly because of not only its origin, but its acquired taste and story. Graffiti has surpassed artistic barriers, and has even grasped political attention. More often than not, society has placed a negative connotation on this art/movement, but I’d like shed some light on the beauty of it.
I [...]

Letter from the Editor—DIA XOXO

You don’t really hear about emotive love letters.  They seem to be relegated to the quaint past, and maybe replaced by simple emails or the dreaded sexting.  But in its essence, a love letter is an outpouring of emotion that you cannot restrain by planning or editing the letter.  It is raw.  I love the [...]

Photo Essay: Cruising Cass

I love Cass Corridor. It is another example of this city’s living narrative: it has new buildings, old buildings, beautiful buildings, and ugly buildings, and people . . . bustling people. It’s hard to find a parking space. Historically, it has always been easy to find a parking space in Detroit, but lately it is [...]

The Collaboration Ecosystem By Julia Gluesing

 I have spent much of my professional life investigating collaboration, what it is, and when and why it works (or doesn’t). The Fall 2011 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review came into my email inbox last week, and I was reminded about something very important about collaboration. I read the lead article by Ben [...]

Outside Inspiration: Noah Becker

For our first “Outside Inspiration” installment, I looked to our friendly neighbor: Canada. Because Canada houses Noah Becker’s enormous creative spirit (Well, to be more accurate, Canada and New York City try to house Noah Becker’s enormous creative spirit — he goes between the two often, and is currently in New York). Noah is the [...]

What Dread — Book Review by Norene Cashen Smith

What Dread
Zilka Joseph
Finishing Line Press
20 Pages
What Dread is a little chapbook with big ideas, great sensitivity and boundless wonder. Zilka Joseph’s last book, Lands I Live In, looked inward to her cultural identity and what it means to experience the duality of being from two different places: the U.S. and India. 
This new collection sets its [...]