Photo of the Week: Inside|Out Program, Bank of the Oise at Auvers

A wooden kiosk features a wooden framed painting depicting a riverbank scene with dense green vegetation in the background, rowboats in the water with people in and standing next to the boats on shore in the foreground. The artist used expressive long and short brushstrokes.

When I was birding at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Trenton, Michigan this weekend, I discovered they were participating in this year’s Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) Inside|Out program.

Launched in 2010, the program aims to bring art reproductions to the metro Detroit community, connecting people and showing that art is for everyone.

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Photo of the Week: Inside|Out Program, Cycles

Bright red, orange, blue and white frog, fish, bear, bird, and turtle in an intertwining mosaic painting with black outlines stand out against an aqua blue and green background.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen one of our nearby communities partnering with the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) on their Inside|Art program of artwork reproductions.

When I saw the artwork displayed at Wilcox Lake Recreation Area in Plymouth, Michigan, I thought the city of Plymouth was one of the Inside|Out partner communities for 2026.

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What I Found Interesting: February 25, 2026

Green-colored copper sculpture of girl laying down on her stomach on the ground reading a book, brown mulch surround the sculpture, green-leafed white-flowered shrubs in the background.

Getting started on winter sowing, LEGO’s collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a well-known Monet painting, and storing data which will last for millenia are a few of the interesting stories I’ve enjoyed in the past month.

I hope you enjoy them, too!

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