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