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Members' passion keeps Detroit Film Theatre alive after 42 years
Blake Froling - In what should be a daunting scenario for a local film theater, popular on-demand streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu are giving people access to millions of movies and...
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High-dollar donors earn VIP perks
Leslie D. Green Special to Crain's Detroit Business - American Express is right: Membership has its privileges — whether with a charge card or in an elite association. "Blue card level" memberships...
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Educational issues a symptom of Detroit's highly racialized discourse, Ford...
Sherri Welch - Detroit’s ranking as the lowest performing school district in the country is not surprising, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker said Thursday. It’s a symptom of Detroit's highly...
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Ecology of arts as strong in Detroit as anywhere in country, Kresge's CEO says
Sherri Welch - Detroit has built an arts ecology that can hold its own against any community in the country, the head of the Kresge Foundation told Detroit Homecoming attendees Friday morning. That’s...
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AIG executives visit Detroit to meet with nonprofits, entrepreneurs
Adrienne Roberts - Executives from the international insurance company American International Group Inc. will visit the Detroit Institute of Arts and meet with local entrepreneurs this week as part of...
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DIA's former COO to join Henry Ford Health System as vice president
Henry Ford Health System has named former Detroit Institute of Arts COO Annmarie Erickson as its new vice president, governance. Erickson will join the health system Nov. 28, succeeding Edie Eisenmann,...
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DIA plans exhibit centered around Monet masterpiece
Sherri Welch - The Detroit Institute of Arts is pulling together an exhibit that will feature about a dozen works from acclaimed Impressionist painters Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The DIA...
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Rosen talks about Detroit's Grand Bargain, the city's future and Kwame...
Kirk Pinho - Gerald Rosen, one of the key architects of Detroit's so-called Grand Bargain deal in its historic bankruptcy case, is retiring for good from his position as chief judge of the U.S....
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D Discount Pass adds DIA, USPBL games to roster
Annalise Frank - The Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau added five organizations to its D Discount Pass, which offers savings on a host of attractions in Southeast Michigan. The...
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DIA acquires African American artwork
Kurt Nagl - The Detroit Institute of Arts recently acquired 14 pieces of African American art, including work from Wadsworth Jarrell, founder of Chicago's AfriCOBRA artists collective born from the...
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DIA launches new ads every day for a year
Tyler Clifford - Get ready to experience a new Detroit Institute of Arts ad every day for the next year. In its new "DIA Every Day" marketing campaign launched Wednesday, the museum will spotlight the...
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Arts, cultural groups host events on Detroit 1967 civil unrest
Sherri Welch - Whether a native Detroiter or transplant, if you live in the region, you've likely heard about the pivotal events in the city in July 1967 — events that are still shaping race relations...
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Educational issues a symptom of Detroit's highly racialized character, Ford...
Sherri Welch - Philanthropy should seek to solve problems in the gray areas, Darren Walker told Detroit Homecoming attendees Thursday.
View ArticleDIA hires 15 teen interns to serve on Teen Arts Council
Sherri Welchswelch@crain.com - Fifteen high school students from five schools in the area were chosen to serve on the DIA's new Teen Arts Council as paid interns to help develop and promote teen arts...
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Arts, cultural groups host events on Detroit 1967 civil unrest
Sherri Welch - More than 60 local organizations are striving to foster greater understanding through exhibitions of pictures, oral histories and art created by people living in the city at that time,...
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Grants to fund design of DIA 'town square'
Annalise Frank - The Detroit Institute of Arts will use $150,000 from the William Davidson Foundation and $100,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts to plan a space for public gathering and...
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DIA, DSO, MOT look at ways to boost arts education in Detroit schools
Sherri Welch - Spurred by an unnamed art collector and education supporter, the leaders of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Michigan Opera Theatre met in June to begin...
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DIA director to become U.S. citizen in public ceremony at Rivera Court
Sherri Welch - The Detroit museum will honor Salvador Salort-Pons' commitment to the community it serves with the event Friday.
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Larson gifts $5 million to support DIA's operating endowment
Sherri Welch - The Detroit Institute of Arts establishes the Bonnie Ann Larson Modern European Masters Series to honor the longtime board member and supporter.
View ArticleSongwriter Allee Willis debuts Detroit's 'unofficial theme'
Annalise Frank - The music video is out and the premiere party for "The D" takes place this evening at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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