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Amanda Harrison: Detroit Institute of Arts

Join us tomorrow when our guest for lunch will be Amanda Harrison, Community Engagement Manager for the Detroit Institute of Arts, focusing on Oakland County. In August 2012, voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties approve a 0.2 millage (property tax) to fund the Detroit Institute of Arts. The DIA entered into service agreements with each county’s Art Authority to provide these benefits to county residents: Free unlimited general museum admission; Discounted special exhibition tickets; Free school field trips with free bus transportation; Free group visits for seniors on Thursdays, with exclusive programs with free bus transportation; Expanded teacher professional development programs; Curriculum development with school systems; Expanded community partnerships.

Amanda helps facilitate the Inside|Out project which brings reproductions of DIA art work into communities like ours. In addition, Amanda leads the DIA's premier senior programming on Thursdays at the Museum, which airs live every Thursday at 1:00pm. Amanda has served at the DIA for the past two years and played a pivotal role in the DIA's value campaign that ran in conjunction with the millage renewal campaign in 2020. She is a journalism graduate of Central Michigan University and lives in Rochester with her dog Abbey. 

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