Meet Our Donors

Frank Petersmark is a retired IT professional, holds a Ph.D. in history, and has served as a devoted volunteer at the Detroit Institute of Arts for over 20 years. He helped create a welcome seminar for new volunteers and chaired the Volunteer Council and several committees.

Detroit Native Gives Back to Favorite Hometown Institutions

Marilyn Blatnikoff has not lived in the Detroit area since her college days. She grew up in Farmington Hills, the daughter of parents she describes as Detroiters.

Investing in the Future of DIA

Beth Hoger and Lisa Swem are a power couple. Together, this fascinating and delightful couple have made a gift to the DIA in their estate plan.

Honoring Family With a Meaningful Legacy

Clarence Banton comes from a remarkable family. His father was a chemical engineer who served with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II. His brother Jim was born deaf, and exhibited wonderful artistic talent at College for Creative Studies (CCS), where a scholarship fund is named in his honor.

Jackie Eckhous: Her Love for the Arts Lives On

Jackie Eckhous was a beloved friend and devoted volunteer and supporter of the DIA for over 49 years. She belonged to seven different museum auxiliaries, reflecting her wide-ranging interests in all types of art, from European, to modern and contemporary, to African, African American and American art. As a volunteer Jackie worked in the museum shop and served as a docent and at the gallery information desks.

Margaret Herz Demant

Margaret Herz Demant was an extraordinary woman. Having escaped Germany at the onset of World War II, she and her family arrived in Detroit in 1940. Together, Margaret and her husband, Henry, built her father’s firm, Walter Herz Interiors.

Bonnie Larson

Bonnie Larson is one of the DIA's most exemplary supporters. The full extent of her generosity is too great to be recounted here; indeed, it is difficult to identify what Bonnie has not done for the DIA.

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