Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration
*The event has already taken place on this date: Mon, 01/19/2015
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is The Wright Museum's busiest day of the year - and with good reason! It's an exciting day of celebration that includes children's workshops, arts and crafts, musical performances, storytelling, video tributes, special displays of MLK and Coretta Scott King artifacts, and much, much more! Special events include the "Unknown Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: A Youth Dialogue On Race, Culture, & Detroit Identity and The Youth's Role In Service & Leadership" presented Public Allies Metro Detroit. Also opening will be the museum's newest exhibition, Shadow Matter: The Rhythm of Structure – Afro Futurism to Afro Surrealism, which features the works of New York sculptor and Inkster, Michigan native M. Scott Johnson. Johnson studied under master artisans in Zimbabwe and has been strongly influenced by African American techno music, Ndyuka and Saramaka graphic art forms, Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi, and Makonde sculpture.
All activities and exhibitions are included in museum admission, which is $8 for adults (ages 13 +), $5 for seniors (62 +) and youth (ages 3 - 12), and free for museum members and children under 3. Please consider purchasing a museum membership, which provides free admission for an entire year. Memberships are available for purchase on site. For more information call (313) 494-5800 or visit www.TheWright.org.
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