Courtesy of the Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) invites local communities to bring art to their neighborhoods through the 2025 Inside|Out program. Applications are now open and will be accepted until August 15, 2024. Don’t miss this chance to showcase world-class art in your community.
Julie McFarland, Executive Director of Public Affairs and Community Engagement, is excited to introduce Inside|Out to neighborhoods in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties. This initiative will involve local residents in a DIA experience within their communities.
“With installations in 25 communities this summer, we eagerly anticipate next year’s participants. Inside|Out exemplifies our commitment to collaborating with the community and taking our world-class collection beyond the museum wall,” McFarland said.
The DIA’s Inside|Out program aims to make high-quality reproductions of artwork from the museum’s collection accessible to communities in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. The program prioritizes first-time communities and those not participating in Inside|Out within the past three years. In August, the selected locations will receive notifications.
Since its launch in 2010, the museum program has partnered with more than 100 communities. The 2024 installations are being showcased in 25 different communities in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. The exhibitions will be open for viewing until October 2024.
Participating communities include:
Wayne County
- City of Wayne
- Dearborn
- Grandmont Rosedale (Detroit)
- North Rosedale Park (Detroit)
- Northville Township
- Redford Township
- Romulus
- Wayne County Community College District
Macomb County
- St. Clair Shores
- Richmond
- Sterling Heights
- Utica
- Macomb Community College
- Freedom Hill
- Fraser
- Henry Ford Hospital
Oakland County
- The Clinton River Trail
- Highland Township
- Huntington Woods
- Novi
- Pontiac
- Rochester
- Oakland County Community College
- Orion Township’s Park Division
- Oakland County Parks
EmmaJean Woodyard, Director of the Dearborn Community Fund, is excited that their application has been accepted and has already contacted the City Economic Development Department (ECD) to establish a partnership for the project. Dearborn is extensive and spread out, so they aim to place installations on both sides of town to ensure all residents can easily access the art.
“We were fortunate to have our request granted. We clustered the artwork into walkable locations, three (east) and five (west). Two pieces were placed at the entrances to key public buildings, Centennial Library and the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center,” Woodyard said.
Communities interested in an application and to learn more please visit, dia.org/insideout.