Black History Month 2020

Celebrate Black History Month at the DIA with visual art and art-making, poetry and prose, an array of musical traditions, dance, films and more. #BlackHistoryDIA

Black History Month programs are made possible by the generous support of Arn and Nancy Tellem.

JANUARY 31

• 6 p.m. Friday Night Live! Steppin’ Into Black History Month | Rivera Court
• 6 – 9 p.m. Drop-in Workshop: Community Quilt Design | Art-making Studio

FEBRUARY 1 & 2

• Noon – 4 p.m. Drop-in Workshop: Community Quilt Design | Art-Making Studio
• 2 p.m. Storytelling: La’Ron Williams | Rivera Court

FEBRUARY 6

• 1 p.m. Thursdays at the Museum | Pop-Up Tour of Detroit Collects

FEBRUARY 7

• 6 – 9 p.m. Drop-in Workshop: Assemblage | Art-Making Studio
• 6:15, 7:15 & 8:30 p.m. Spoken | The Art of Poetry | GM Center for African American Art
• 7 & 8:30 p.m. Friday Night Live! Sphinx Organization | Rivera Court

FEBRUARY 8 & 9

• Noon – 4 p.m. Artist Demonstration:  Najma Ma’at Wilson | Prentis Court
• Noon – 4 p.m. Drop-in Workshop: Assemblage | Art-Making Studio
• Noon – 4 p.m. Drawing in the Galleries | Center for African American Art

FEBRUARY 9

• 2 p.m. Film:  Gone to the Village: Royal Funerary Rites for Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II | Marvin & Betty Danto Lecture Hall

FEBRUARY 13

• 1 p.m. Thursdays at the Museum | Artist Demonstration: April Shipp

FEBRUARY 14

• 6 – 9 p.m. Drop-in Workshop: Collage Portraits | Art-Making Studio
• 7 p.m. Theatrical Readings: A Portrait of Toni Morrison & James Baldwin by The Oliver Pookrum Theater Project | Marvin & Betty Danto Lecture Hall
• 7 & 8:30 p.m. Friday Night Live! Don Flemons | Rivera Court

FEBRUARY 15

• Noon – 4 p.m. Drop-in Workshop: Collage Portraits | Art-Making Studio
• 2 p.m. Puppet Performance: String Theory Theater | Marvin & Betty Danto Lecture Hall

FEBRUARY 16

• Noon – 4 p.m. Drop-in Workshop: Community Quilt Design | Art-Making Studio
• Noon – 4 p.m. Drawing in the Galleries | Center for African American Art
• 2 p.m. Puppet Performance: String Theory Theater | Marvin & Betty Danto Lecture Hall

FEBRUARY 20

• 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Drawing in the Galleries | Arts of Africa
• 1 p.m. Thursdays at the Museum: Art-Making – Mosaics | Art-Making Studio

FEBRUARY 21

• 6 – 9 p.m. Drop-in Workshop: Mosaics | Art-making Studio
• 6 p.m. Artist Panel: Artists and Mentorships: The Perfect Imperfect Picture | Kresge Court
• 7 p.m. Friday Night Live! Monica Blaire | Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium

FEBRUARY 22 & 23

• Noon – 4 p.m. Drop-in Workshop: Mosaics | Art-Making Studio
• 2 p.m. Puppet Performance: Jeghetto’s Workshop | Rivera Court

FEBRUARY 23

• 2 p.m. 28th Annual Alain Locke Awards | Marvin & Betty Danto Lecture Hall

FEBRUARY 27

• 1 p.m. Thursdays at the Museum: Film - Bless Their Little Hearts | Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
• 7 p.m. Film: My Brother’s Wedding | Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium

FEBRUARY 28

• 6 – 9 p.m. Drop-in Workshop: Community Quilt Design | Art-making Studio
• 6:15, 7:15 & 8:30 p.m. Spoken | The Art of Poetry | GM Center for African American Art
• 7 p.m. Author Talk: Author Yaa Gyasi | Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium

FEBRUARY 29

• Noon – 4 p.m. Drop-in Workshop: Community Quilt Design | Art-Making Studio

Image: "Quilting Time," 1986, Romare Bearden, American; mosaic tesserae mounted on plywood. Detroit Institute of Arts.