DIA Digital and Analog Access to Art

FAIN: ZED-283991-22

Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI 48202-4008)
Jason Gillespie (Project Director: May 2021 to present)

The retention of 21 positions to develop and implement new K-12 educational outreach programs necessitated by the pandemic.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the DIA has pivoted its student engagement work from school field trip experiences in the museum to virtual and analog experiences for teachers and students. The chief objectives of this project are to 1) create video content (Art Bytes) for online interaction with the collection, 2) continue to implement virtual field trips, and 3) through DIA Delivered, disseminate education kits that bring learning experiences from the museum into individual schools and student homes in keeping with CDC and State of Michigan guidelines for public gatherings and social distancing.