November 11, 2022 (Detroit) – November and December at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) brings family programs, a return of some Detroit Film Theatre favorites, holiday cheer and more.  In December, the DIA welcomes the 14th Annual Community Group show, on view through January 29, 2023.

General admission is always free for residents of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.

Exhibitions

• 14th Annual Community Group Art Exhibition opening December 9, 2022, on view through January 29, 2023

The DIA has been proud to partner with local social service agencies for over twenty years through the Community Group Program. Artists in this exhibition represent veterans, community mental health organizations, and seniors from Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.

• Conscious Response: Photographers Changing the Way We See on view through January 8, 2023.

Conscious Response explores the history of visual storytelling and image-making as seen through the eyes of over 25 artists.

• Van Gogh in America on view through January 22, 2023

Van Gogh in America celebrates the DIA as the first public museum in the United States to purchase a painting by Vincent van Gogh, his Self-Portrait (1887). On the 100th anniversary of its acquisition, experience 74 authentic Van Gogh works from around the world and discover the fascinating story of America’s first introduction to this iconic artist, in an exhibition only at the DIA.

• Van Gogh’s Artistic Roots: The Hague School and French Realism on view through January 29, 2023.

Van Gogh particularly admired the painterly innovations of the Hague School––a group named for the city in the Netherlands where its core artists lived and worked beginning about 1870.

 

Ongoing

• GooseChase | Self-guided Scavenger Hunt available on the GooseChase App.

Tour the museum and discover new works with our app-based scavenger hunts.

• Big Picture Guided Tour Tuesdays–Thursdays, 1 p.m.; Fridays, 1 & 6 p.m.; Saturdays & Sundays, 1 p.m.

Experience the highlights of the DIA by taking a free guided tour of the museum. Tours depart from Great Hall, and last 45–60 minutes.

 

All programs are free with museum admission, unless otherwise noted.

NOVEMBER

Friday, November 11

Drawing in the Galleries: Ancient Greek & Roman 6–8:30 p.m.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided. For ages 6–adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

 

Saturday, November 12

Drop-in Workshop: Rhythmic Ribbon Batons 12–4 p.m.

The ribbon baton is used in floor exercises for gymnastic and dance. Make a simple version using paper, ribbon and decorative tapes.

 

Sunday, November 13

Drop-in Workshop: Rhythmic Ribbon Batons 12–4 p.m.

See Nov. 12 for description

Detroit Film Theatre: My Imaginary Country 2p.m.

Director Patricio Guzmán turns his attention to the events that led to the Chile’s presidential election of last year, when seemingly without warning, a revolution began in the streets of Santiago. Approximately 1.5 million people took to the streets of the capital, demanding a future based on justice, education, healthcare, and, above all, a constitution comprised of laws and rights to replace the rules of a military dictatorship. In Spanish with English subtitles. Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online.

 

Friday, November 18

Drawing in the Galleries: American Galleries 6–8:30 p.m.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided. For ages 6–adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Friday Night Live! The Grossman Family: Musical Journey Through Time 7:30 p.m.

Virtuoso violinist and Juilliard Instrument Curator, Eric Grossman is joined by Lida Lopez Mancheva on piano and Cecelia Grossman on cello for a musical journey through the world of classical music throughout Europe, as well as Cuba, the U.S. and beyond.

 

Saturday, November 19

Free Family Fun! Guest Artist Workshop: Mini Ceramic Totems with Katie Bramlage 12–4 p.m.

Guests are invited to make their own mini hanging clay totem using clay beads and other mixed media inspired by the work of metro-Detroit artist Katie Bramlage.

This program is made possible by the PNC Foundation.

Detroit Film Theatre: Vincent & Theo 2 p.m.

Vincent & Theo focuses on the relationship between the van Gogh brothers, with Vincent’s artistic genius and Theo’s business sense, the two spiral into their own forms of madness, entangled in each other’s lives. Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online.

Detroit Film Theatre: Loving Highsmith 7 p.m.

Much like her books, such as The Talented Mr. Ripley, American author Patricia Highsmith led a double life, concealing her sexuality from her family and readers. This documentary features intimate reflections of her friends, family and lovers, while simultaneously revealing a woman ahead of her time—one who paid dearly for her audacity. In English, German and French with English subtitles. Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online.

 

Sunday, November 20

Free Family Fun! Guest Artist Workshop: Mini Ceramic Totems with Katie Bramlage 12–4 p.m.

See Nov. 19 for description

Detroit Film Theatre: Loving Highsmith 2 p.m.

See Nov. 19 for description.

 

Thursday, November 24

MUSEUM CLOSED in observance of the holiday.

 

Friday, November 25

Drop-in Workshop: Watercolor Postcards 12–4 p.m.

Join us in the DIA's Art-Making Studio to create postcards of your own design to send to friends and family.

Drawing in the Galleries: Japanese & Korean Art and Indian & Southeast Asian Art 6–8:30 p.m.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided. For ages 6–adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Detroit Film Theatre: Casablanca Beats 7 p.m.

A former rapper takes a job teaching hip-hop in an underprivileged neighborhood’s cultural center. Despite differences in identity, religion, and politics, Anas encourages his young students to bond and break free from restrictive traditions to follow their passions. This film is a vibrant coming-of-age musical with a feminist edge that transports viewers far from familiar clichés about the Arab world. Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival. In Arabic with English subtitles. Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online.

 

Saturday, November 26

Drop-in Workshop: Watercolor Postcards 12–4 p.m.

See Nov. 25 for description.

Free Family Fun! Puppet Performance: With Stars Above 2 p.m.

Follow Elvis Otter as he manages the feelings of loneliness and sadness that often come with the long nights of winter. With the help of his friends, they show him the joy and wonder that winter can bring. For families with children of all ages

Detroit Film Theatre: Casablanca Beats 7 p.m.

See Nov. 25 for description.

 

Sunday, November 27

Drop-in Workshop: Watercolor Postcards 12–4 p.m.

See Nov. 25 for description.

Detroit Film Theatre: Casablanca Beats 2 p.m.

See Nov. 25 for description.

 

DECEMBER

Thursday, December 1

Thursdays “at” the Museum: Film: Studio Visit: Jeremy Wheeler 1 p.m.

Visit www.dia.org/events for more information

 

Friday, December 2

Drawing in the Galleries: American Galleries 6–8:30 p.m.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided. For ages 6–adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Detroit Film Theatre: Utama 7 p.m.

In the arid Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living a tranquil life for years, but after the arrival of their grandson, tensions flare as he suggests to give up the increasingly harsh burdens of their way of life and move in with family members in the nearby city of La Paz.

Winner, Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic World Cinema, 2022 Sundance Film Festival. In Quechua and Spanish with English subtitles. Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online.

 

Saturday, December 3

Detroit Film Theatre: Utama 2 p.m.

See Dec. 2 for description.

Noel Night Free Family Fun! Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol 4:30 & 7 p.m.

As part of Midtown Detroit's annual Noel Night celebration, the Detroit Film Theatre will present Manual Cinema's take on Dickens’s holiday classic with an inventive shadow play adaptation, first performed in December 2020.

In this adaption, Aunt Trudy has been recruited to channel her late husband's famous holiday cheer by performing his annual puppet show over a Zoom call. As she becomes absorbed in her version of the story, it transforms into a stunning cinematic rendering of Dickens’s classic ghost story.

 

Sunday, December 4

Drop-in Workshop: Printmaking Notecards 12–4 p.m.

Use foam printing plates, water-based inks, and a wooden stylus to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind hand-pulled prints on paper. Fold in half to make a card. Envelopes are provided!

Detroit Film Theatre: Utama 2 p.m.

See Dec. 2 for description.

 

Thursday, December 8

Thursdays “at” the Museum: Film: Virtual Tour: Heroes and Leaders - Art of Those Who Made a Difference in the DIA's Collection 1 p.m.

This virtual tour explores wonderful works in the DIA’s collection that celebrates those with the courage and fortitude to make a difference.

 

Friday, December 9

Drawing in the Galleries: Modern Galleries 6–8:30 p.m.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided. For ages 6–adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Lecture & Meditation Experience: Wild Mind, Wild Earth: Zen and Ecology with Poet David Hinton 6:30 p.m.

David Hinton is an American poet, and translator who specializes in Chinese literature and poetry. In his new book, Wild Mind, Wild Earth: Our Place in the Sixth Extinction, Hinton explores how Zen is a path to reveal the kinship of mind and nature, one that must be re-animated to counter our modern ways of devaluing and exploiting our planet.

Detroit Zen Center monks will offer a guided meditation as part of this program and facilitate a conversation with Hinton and audience members after his presentation.

Detroit Film Theatre: "Antoine-a-Thon" Truffaut Weekend: The 400 Blows 7 p.m.

“Antoine-a-Thon”
François Truffaut’s celebrated, autobiographical “Antoine Doinel” films span 20 years in the life of the late director and his great star, Jean-Pierre Léaud, not to mention the character that Léaud so brilliantly incarnates on screen. Rarely screened together, these five masterworks will be shown on one weekend, in chronological order, for the very first at the DFT from December 9 through 11, in newly restored versions.

Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online. A pass to all five films to this once-only “Antoine-a-Thon” is available here for just $20.

The 400 Blows (7 p.m.) –

In The 400 Blows François Truffaut’s re-creates the pivotal experiences of his own difficult childhood, including oppressive teachers, the lure of petty crime and the redemption to be found at the movies. In French with English subtitles.

 

Saturday, December 10

Teen Council Annual Summit 9 a.m.–3 p.m.

Calling all teens! This years’ annual Teen Arts Council Summit features a panel discussion of local youth organizations, lunch, breakout sessions designed to get teens moving, learning, and creating.

A giveaway will conclude the event.

Drop-in Workshop: Printmaking Notecards 12–4 p.m.

Use foam printing plates, water-based inks, and a wooden stylus to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind hand-pulled prints on paper. Fold in half to make a card. Envelopes are provided!

Free Family Fun! Film: Big Fish & Begonia 2 p.m.

From ancient Chinese legends comes an exciting tale of myth and magic. Under the ocean is a mystical race of beings that control the tide and the changing of the seasons. One of these beings, a restless girl named Chun, wants to experience the human world, not simply observe it. When she turns 16, she is allowed to transform into a dolphin to explore the human world.

Recommended for ages 9 and up. In Mandarin with English subtitles.

Detroit Film Theatre: "Antoine-a-Thon" Truffaut Weekend 7 p.m.

See December 9 for description.

Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online. A pass to all five films to this once-only “Antoine-a-Thon” is available here for just $20.

Antoine and Colette (7 p.m.)–

Truffaut’s charming and inspired 30-minute update on Antoine’s first steps toward adulthood after The 400 Blows shows our young hero three years later ―living on his own in Paris and hopelessly in love for the first of many times.

Stolen Kisses (7:30 p.m.)–

This third, breezy chapter in Truffaut’s chronicle of the never-easy adventures of Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud, as always) in the eventful year of 1968. Dishonorably discharged from the army and back on the streets of Paris, his new, unwisely chosen profession of private detective leads him to a myriad of comic encounters, impetuous choices, and the unending search for love.

 

Sunday, December 11

Detroit Film Theatre: "Antoine-a-Thon" Truffaut Weekend 1 & 5:30 p.m.

See December 9 for description.

Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online. A pass to all five films to this once-only “Antoine-a-Thon” is available here for just $20.

Bed and Board (1 p.m.) –

The fourth chapter in the chronicle of Antoine Doinel finds him on the horns of a new dilemma. Struggling to find steady work while his wife is pregnant with their first child, Antoine makes a decisive move ―he jumps into an affair with another woman, convincing himself that he’s found perfection, or at least, perhaps, an escape route.

Bittersweet, comic, wise and sobering, Bed and Board steadily takes Antoine up to the fine line that separates adolescence from actual adulthood.

Love on the Run (5:30 p.m.) –

Bed and Board was conceived as the last part of the Doinel saga, but Truffaut decided nearly a decade later to make one more visit to Antoine, this time in his thirties, to see if adulthood resulted in a less chaotic life.

Antoine’s memories of childhood and adolescence materialize through sequences from the previous films―a dazzling cinematic scrapbook of Jean-Pierre Léaud from ages 14 to 35. Ultimately, Antoine is who he’s always been, measuring the loves of his life against the romantic dreams that have never ceased to grip him.

 

Thursday, December 15

Thursdays “at” the Museum: Virtual Tour: The History of the DIA 1 p.m.

Visit www.dia.org/events for more information.

 

Friday, December 16

Drawing in the Galleries: Arts of the Ancient Middle East Galleries 6–8:30 p.m.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided. For ages 6–adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

Detroit Film Theatre: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (50th Anniversary) 7 p.m.

Six well-to-do, sophisticated friends gather regularly to enjoy their privileged trappings of conspicuous consumption—barely giving a thought to the varying degrees of amoral behavior they casually live by daily. Without warning, their untroubled sense of security is intruded upon by a series of coincidences, plausible at first but then increasingly hilarious. In French with English subtitles. Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online.

Friday Night Live! Six Letters by Van Gogh 7 p.m.

Join the DIA and Shakespeare in Detroit for a dramatic reading of Van Gogh’s Letters presented in conjunction with the Van Gogh in America exhibition now on view at the DIA. The DIA has acquired several of Van Gogh’s letters to friends and family that help paint a picture of the artist’s life through his own words. The letters will be performed by actors of various backgrounds enhancing the appreciation and interpretation of the correspondences.

Shakespeare in Detroit is a nonprofit organization that enhances and supports the cultural growth of Detroit with professional theatre created through a conscious lens of equity, diversity and inclusion. The letters will be performed by actors of various backgrounds enhancing the appreciation and interpretation of the correspondences.

This evening of intimate performance will be presented in the DIA’s Lecture Hall.

 

Saturday, December 17

Detroit Film Theatre: At Eternity’s Gate 2 p.m.

Willem Dafoe portrays Vincent van Gogh in this unconventional biopic that explores the controversial theory on whether van Gogh’s demise was self-inflicted, or nefarious circumstances. As with Van Gogh’s greatest paintings, you simply can’t look away.

Detroit Film Theatre: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (50th Anniversary) 7 p.m.

See December 16 for description.

Sunday, December 18

Detroit Film Theatre: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (50th Anniversary) 2 p.m.

See December 16 for description.

 

Thursday, December 22

Thursdays “at” the Museum: Film: To be announced 1 p.m.

Visit www.dia.org/events for more information.

 

Friday, December 23

Drawing in the Galleries: Native American Galleries 6–8:30 p.m.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided. For ages 6–adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

 

Saturday, December 24

MUSEUM CLOSED in observance of the holiday.

 

Sunday, December 25

MUSEUM CLOSED in observance of the holiday.

 

Special Holiday Programs at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Monday, December 26

Drop-in Workshop: Paper Dolls 12–4 p.m.

Use one of our patterns or make your own, then design one-of-a-kind clothing for a paper doll.

 

Tuesday, December 27

Drop-in Workshop: Bookmarks 12–4 p.m.

Use markers, gel pens and collage papers to make your own bookmarks.

Detroit Film Theatre: The Kid 2 p.m.

Charlie Chaplin stars as his lovable Tramp character raising an orphan he's rescued from the streets. Chaplin and Coogan make a miraculous pair in this nimble marriage of sentiment and slapstick, a film that is, as its opening title card states, “a picture with a smile—and perhaps, a tear.” Free admission.

 

Wednesday, December 28

Drop-in Workshop: Container Rattles 12–4 p.m.

Small containers and boxes morph into fantastic percussion instruments when dried beans, rice, feathers and fun papers are added.

Detroit Film Theatre: The Kid 2 p.m.

See Dec. 27 for description.

 

Thursday, December 29

Drop-in Workshop: Quilt Design 12–4 p.m.

Quilting has a rich and varied history throughout the world, with its earliest roots in ancient Egypt. Explore different quilt patterns, then see if you can create one of your own.

Detroit Film Theatre: British Arrows 2022 4 & 7 p.m.

After taking a hiatus due to COVID, the DFT’s popular annual screenings of the British Arrows—those uniquely creative “adverts” of British television assembled into a feature-length program screened in select cinemas worldwide— are back combining the best of 2022’s winners with the highlights missed in 2021.

Regardless of the product being sold, it’s hard to not be bowled over by the inventiveness and playfulness on display in these British advertisements, all designed to deliver a message while also providing an engaging cinematic kick. Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online.

 

Friday, December 30

Drop-In Workshop: Initial Tiles 12–4 p.m.

Use your own initials and some colorful art materials to create a unique work of art to take home.

Detroit Film Theatre: British Arrows 2022 4 & 7 p.m.

See Dec. 29 for description.

Drawing in the Galleries: Modern Galleries 6–8:30 p.m.

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection. No experience is necessary. All supplies provided. For ages 6–adult (children ages 12 and younger should be accompanied by an adult). Capacity is limited.

 

Saturday, December 31

Drop-in Workshop: Stabiles 12–4 p.m.

Using scissors and colorful cardstock, make a unique freestanding geometric sculpture.

 

Museum Hours and Admission  
9 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesdays–Thursdays; 9 a.m.–9 p.m. Fridays; 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; closed on Mondays. General admission (excludes ticketed exhibitions) is free for Macomb, Oakland and Wayne County residents and DIA members. For all others, $14 for adults, $9 for seniors ages 62+, $8 for college students, $6 for ages 6–17. For membership information, call 313-833-7971.   

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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 65,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA’s collection is known for its quality, range and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art individually and with each other.   

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