Inside|Out program brings art to Paint Creek Trail
“Rounded Flower Bed,” by Claude Monet, is displayed in public during a past Inside|Out exhibition by the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Photo provided by the DIA
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ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP The Detroit Institute of Arts’ 2021 Inside|Out program will once again bring art to the Rochester area this summer.
Amanda Harrison, the DIA’s community engagement manager for Oakland County, said the art museum launched the project in 2010.
“This is a wonderful project that was inspired from our director at the time, who took a trip to Europe and noticed these works of art from the museums there out in the community. It’s an unexpected way to experience these masterpieces from a world-class museum in your own space,” she said.
Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Tue, May 11, 2021 at 11:26 AM click to enlarge Screen grab/YouTube While we wait for live in-person concerts to trickle in, there’s plenty of musical performances to go around for our virtual streaming pleasure. As is the case with the Detroit Institute of Arts celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The monthlong series features a variety of educational and cultural programming, including a virtual screening of 2019’s annual concert
Why We Drum [社物芷鷐’邵肭狗] as performed by the Great Lakes Taiko Center. Rooted in Japanese music traditions, taiko drumming is meant to be seen and felt as much as it’s meant to be heard. Don’t expect, like, an unwashed rocker with a Neil Peart-sized drum set, though, a
Mort Harris, philanthropist and American Axle co-founder, dies at 101
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Mort Harris, who co-founded auto industry supplier American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. and earned renown for his philanthropy, has died at 101.
The former industrialist, entrepreneur and former Detroit News Michiganian of the Year died Wednesday, according to a statement from Northwood University.
“Mort was a great man and a special person that meant so much to so many, American Axle Chairman and CEO David Dauch said in a statement Friday. He certainly had a strong and positive influence on all that knew him.
The company launched when Richard Dauch, a former Chrysler executive vice president in worldwide manufacturing, formed a small investment team with Harris to buy what was known as the Final Drive and Forge Business Unit which had five facilities in the U.S. from General Motors, according to American Axle s website.
American Axle Co-founder, philanthropist Mort Harris dies at 101
Was decorated WWII pilot
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Mort Harris died May 5, 2021. He was 101.
Mort Harris, entrepreneur, co-founder of auto industry supplier American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. and longtime philanthopist, died Wednesday, according to a statement from Northwood University. He was 101.
No cause of death was given.
Harris was a decorated U.S. Army Air Forces pilot during WWII, helped build American Axle after its spinoff from General Motors and donated tens of millions of dollars to countless nonprofits in Southeast Michigan, including Wayne State University and Henry Ford Health System.
One of Harris more recent donations was $40 million to Henry Ford Health System, half to support cancer care and research and to name the Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion at the Henry Ford Cancer Institute, named for his late wife who died of pancreatic cancer. The pavilion opened in January.
May 7 Regular SFR readers will no doubt be aware we’ve got it bad for the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. The museum has particularly shined throughout the COVID-19 pandemic with Senior Manager of Museum Education Winoka Yepa (Diné) both developing a phone app and digitizing entire exhibits within the ArtSteps app, and that’s not even mentioning the ongoing artist residency opportunities including its most recent with Anna Tsouhlarakis (Diné/Greek/Creek) and Eric-Paul Riege (Diné) and exhibits. Now, however, it seems like the rest of the world is finally catching on to the MoCNA magic, and
USA Today’s 10best.com readers’ poll website has named the Santa Fe institution the third-best art museum in the country.