Delta to more than double giving: Implications for metro Detroit, Michigan
Sherri Welch - In a letter sent Thursday to employees, customers and community members, the president and CEO of Delta Airlines said the company will more than double the amount it gives back to...
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Down-to-earth DIA: New director wants museum to be accessible, connected
Sherri Welch - If Salvador Salort-Pons, the new director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, had things his way, he'd bring the city's "temple of art" down to the ground. Making physical changes to...
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Detroit Institute of Arts to restore museum's exterior walls, sculptures
Associated Press - The Detroit Institute of Arts will use $148,000 in grants on projects including restoring the museum's original exterior walls and bronzes outside the Woodward Avenue entrance. The...
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Bracelets made from Detroit crime scene bullet casings support gun buyback...
Sherri Welch - Bullet casings recovered from Detroit crime scenes and local gun buyback programs are finding new life as jewelry and lighting. Greenwich, Conn.-based Jewelry for a Cause is selling...
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Preparatory drawings for Rivera's Detroit Industry murals set for display at...
Associated Press - Fragile preparatory drawings for Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry murals are being prepared for display as part of a new exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The Detroit Free...
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Detroit museums' spring exhibits feature Howdy Doody, President Obama
Associated Press - Two Detroit museums are getting ready for new spring exhibits that feature puppets and a president. At the Detroit Institute of Arts, the original Howdy Doody marionette from the...
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New head of DIA plans 'Director's Cut' talks
Associated Press - The director of the Detroit Institute of Arts is participating in a series of Detroit-area talks that offer residents a chance to share their ideas about the museum. The first of the...
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Detroit art museum renames gallery for William Davidson
Associated Press - The Detroit Institute of Arts is renaming its revamped Ancient Middle East gallery in recognition of a $5 million grant from the William Davidson Foundation. The museum on Tuesday...
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DIA welcomes 1 millionth tricounty visitor since millage passage
Associated Press - One million people from Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties have visited the Detroit Institute of Arts since a special millage providing funds for the museum's operations was passed....
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Lansing power brokers: Law firms, others strengthen their lobbying corps
Lindsay VanHulle - LANSING — At times during the past few years, leaders of the Detroit Institute of Arts regularly invited Michigan lawmakers to tour the museum.The invitations were strategic. In...
View ArticleDelta to more than double giving: Implications for metro Detroit, Michigan
Sherri Welch - In a letter sent Thursday to employees, customers and community members, the president and CEO of Delta Airlines said the company will more than double the amount it gives back to...
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Down-to-earth DIA: New director wants museum to be accessible, connected
Sherri Welch - If Salvador Salort-Pons, the new director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, had things his way, he'd bring the city's "temple of art" down to the ground. Making physical changes to...
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DIA to host symposium on arts and wellness
Sherri Welch - The impact art and creativity can have on human wellness will take center stage April 21 at an Arts and Health Symposium at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The museum is teaming up with...
View ArticleNational Endowment for Humanities awards $895,000 in grants to Michigan projects
Sherri Welch - The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Wednesday $895,000 in grants to projects led by Michigan organizations, as part of $21.1 million awarded nationally for humanities...
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Detroit Institute of Arts acquires works from 2 contemporary African-American...
Sherri Welch - The Detroit Institute of Arts has obtained two pieces of art done by contemporary African-American artists not previously represented in its collection. Purchased by the museum for an...
View ArticleDIA's Founders Junior Council pledges $1 million to operating endowment
Sherri Welch - The Founders Junior Council, a young professionals auxiliary of the Detroit Institute of Arts, has made a $1 million pledge to the museum's operating endowment. The museum plans to name...
View ArticleDetroit joins more than 700 cities to celebrate Make Music Day
Blake Froling - Detroit will be the home of a citywide music event on June 21 called Make Music Detroit. The event celebrates Make Music Day, which started in France in 1982 and is now a national...
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DIA exec Annmarie Erickson to step down
Sherri Welch - Annmarie Erickson, executive vice president and COO of the Detroit Institute of Arts, is stepping down after 17 years with the museum to pursue a position as a consultant on a regional...
View ArticleInterviewer Gilbert helps complete circle of Ford's Detroit connection
Mary Kramer - We know Dan Gilbert as an entrepreneur, a real estate developer, a Detroit booster and, as of June 19, the owner of an NBA champion, the Cleveland Cavaliers. But could he be a journalist...
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