The Sheppy Dog Fund Lecture | Medieval Matters

Posted on November 19, 2020

Guest Lecturer: Dr. C. Griffith Mann The Metropolitan Museum of Art possesses the finest, most comprehensive collection of Medieval and Byzantine art in the western hemisphere. This explores the history of these two collections.





The Sheppy Dog Fund Lecture | A Discovery of Witchcraft

Posted on October 29, 2020

It has been argued that the “witch craze" from roughly the mid-15th to the mid-17th centuries was the first concerted and thus truly pan-European cultural undertaking since the eclipse of the western Roman Empire.





Film Society Preview

Posted on August 25, 2020

The 2020-21 Sneak Preview will be available online at flintarts.org from August 25 through September 11.





FIA Collection | The Return of the Vickers Children

Posted on May 20, 2020





Viola E. Bray Renaissance Gallery – Post-Conservation

Posted on May 20, 2020





Installation of "The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization" by Viola Frey at the FIA

Posted on May 20, 2020





FIA Hot Shop Flashback | 2016 to 2020

Posted on May 20, 2020





The Fowler Children | FIA Collection

Posted on May 20, 2020





Part 3 | The Rinaldo and Armida Tapestries | FIA Collection

Posted on May 20, 2020

Continuing the Story – Part 3 of 3 Watch as the FIA's Curator of Collections and Exhibitions Tracee Glab discusses the Rinaldo and Armida tapestries. This is the final video in this three-part series.





Part 2 | The Rinaldo and Armida Tapestries | FIA Collection

Posted on April 2, 2020





Part 1 | The Rinaldo and Armida Tapestries | FIA Collection

Posted on April 2, 2020

Watch as the FIA's Curator of Collections and Exhibitions Tracee Glab discusses the Rinaldo and Armida tapestries. This is part one of three.





Installation of Howard Ben Tré's "Glass Towers" | FIA Collection

Posted on March 27, 2020

Installation of Howard Ben Tré's "Glass Towers" during the wrap-up phase of the Contemporary Craft Wing addition construction.





Exhibition Installation | Philip Haas: The Four Seasons

Posted on March 26, 2020





Philip Haas: The Four Seasons

Posted on November 13, 2019

The Four Seasons, by contemporary artist Philip Haas, is a large-scale homage to the Italian Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526–1593), who painted a series of the same name for Habsburg Emperor Maximilian II.





In Memoriam | William S. White

Posted on October 15, 2019

William S. White was a unique man whose generosity and unwavering support of the FIA was inspiring to all.





African Art Making and Use and Western Collectors

Posted on March 11, 2019

This illustrated lecture reflects on the complexities in African art’s creation and use, to its ultimate commodification in the West.





Vanessa German Performance at the 12th Annual Community Gala

Posted on February 27, 2019





Jerry Taliaferro on Photographing the "Woman of a New Tribe"

Posted on July 14, 2018





Installing Hunt Slonem's Bunny Wall in the FIA Lobby

Posted on June 15, 2018

Hunt Slonem, American, born 1951. Bunny Wall (128 paintings), 2009-2013. Oil on wood in found frames. Dimensions: Approx. 108 × 240 in. (274.3 × 609.6 cm). Promised gift of Henry and Pat Shane, Kenner, Louisiana, L2013.7-134





EnChroma Colorblind Correcting Glasses at the FIA

Posted on June 15, 2018

15-year-old Eli Welch, who is color vision deficient (CVD), tests out the FIA's color correcting glasses, two pairs of which were donated by a group of seniors from his high school in Grand Blanc.





FIA Expansion Construction 2016 – 2018

Posted on April 2, 2018

A visual timeline of construction on the Contemporary Craft Wing and Hot Shop expansion at the Flint Institute of Arts. The expansion was completed in April of 2018.





Installing "African Crucifixion" from the "Ubuhle Women" exhibition at the FIA.

Posted on January 2, 2018





Jerry Taliaferro on Photographing Women of a New Tribe

Posted on January 23, 2017

Behind the scenes of photographer Jerry Taliaferro's process in creating the Women of a New Tribe exhibition.





Mitch Albom interviews Assistant Curator of Education Michelle Dummer

Posted on January 13, 2017





Why Should I Become A Member?

Posted on January 28, 2016





Installation of Deborah Butterfield's Tarkio in the Hurand Sculpture Courtyard

Posted on January 20, 2012