Two Utica Community Schools students were among 11 Metro Detroit students adding a voice to a new Detroit Institute of Arts exhibit.
Sydney Wilcox, of Utica High School, and Justin Walters, of Henry Ford II High School, were invited to share their thoughts on the DIA’s new 30 Americans exhibit.
Wilcox said the students were shown pieces from each of the 30 artists and asked to share their thoughts on their work.
Those thoughts were captured as part of the taped messages that DIA patrons hear as they tour the exhibit, now running through January 18.
“It was an amazing experience,” Wilcox said.
The 30 Americans exhibit contains more than 50 pieces of art by many of the most important African American artists working over the past 30 years.
The exhibit “explores issues of racial, political, historical and gender identify in contemporary culture,” according to the DIA.
UCS was one of only three districts with students participating in the panel.
“It was eye opening,” Walters said. “It created a lot of questions between all of us, and that was a positive experience.”
