The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will be open Monday, Jan. 16, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., for the Martin Luther King holiday. It's the first time the museum will be open on MLK Day, and the DIA has a number of special activities planned, which are free with museum admission.
The DIA shares what it has planned that day:
- Family Fitting Room: 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.: Staff and volunteers help customize an individual or group's tour according to their specific interests.
- Drop-In Workshops: Bookarts (for all ages): 11 a.m.–3 p.m.: You'll create a simple book which can be used for stories, journals, drawings and more.
- Artist Demonstration: Fresco Painting with Hubert Massey: Noon–4 p.m.Kresge Artist Fellow Hubert Massey shows how he creates his frescoes. Massey is one of the few African American artists painting in the true fresco style, a technique in which pigments are applied to plaster while it is still wet. His paintings and installations can be seen in Detroit at the Museum of African American History, Paradise Valley Park and Campus Martius.
- Guided Tours of the African American Art Collection: Noon, 1 & 2 p.m. Take a guided tour of the African American art galleries, which feature works by artists such as Benny Andrews, Ali McGee, Tyree Guyton, Hughie Lee-Smith, Jacob Lawrence, and many others. Tours leave from the Family Fitting Room table in Prentis Court.
Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors ages 62+, $4 for ages 6–17, and free for DIA members. For membership information, call 313-833-7971. Visit www.dia.org.
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