Dayton Art Institute celebrates 100th birthday today at free event

The Dayton Art Institute is celebrating the museum’s centennial birthday today from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a free community open house.

DAI’s Centennial Community Birthday Party will include performances, entertainment, a photo booth, a caricaturist, a DJ, art activities, crafts, exhibitions and more, according to a release.

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“On February 28, 1919, the fledgling Dayton Art Association was incorporated as the Dayton Museum of Arts, beginning the 100-year-history of the Dayton Art Institute,” said Michael R. Roediger, Dayton Art Institute Director and CEO. “In January 1930, Julia Shaw Patterson Carnell dedicated this building to the community, asking them to ‘treat it kindly’ and requesting that the DAI be a ‘friendly place.’ We extend Carnell’s welcome to the entire community to join us in this celebration.”

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The party is hosted with sponsorship support from the Miriam Rosenthal Foundation for the Arts, Iddings Foundation and Frank M. Tate Foundation, the release stated.

For more information, visit www.daytonartinstitute.org.