Motor City Art Tours: MEET YOUR TOUR GUIDE
Roger Drabant (aka "Mr. D")
Art Educator, Artist, Tour Guide... Roger is passionate about the City of Detroit and helping students and others connect with the arts. Roger is a retired Art Teacher who attended Wayne State and has lived in the Detroit area his entire life. He regularly provides tours of the Detroit arts scene to students and any others who are interested in the connecting to the vibrant arts community downtown as well as the greater Metro Detroit area.
Roger is an active member of the state and national art teacher's associations, and is highly enthusiastic about delivering memorable tours of the Detroit art scene.
Contact us to set up an art tour for your students or group members. Roger will work with you to deliver a memorable art-based experience downtown and beyond.
We look forward to walking with you!
Our History
Roger has been delivering Motor City Art Tours since he was an art student at Wayne State University in the 1990's. His welcoming and approachable nature has seen him introducing the art scene to students, fellow art teachers, and others in Detroit ever since.
Motor City Art Tours grew out of Roger's irrepressible attitude of sharing and inclusivity. We would love to show you and your group around the Detroit arts scene. Join us for a tour - it will be a memorable day in the D that you won't forget.
Michigan Art Teacher of the Year (2022)
Roger (front, left in the picture above) says his key for being a good art teacher was pushing his students to do their best and expand their horizons while allowing them to work on the projects they were passionate about.
"I think the biggest thing I strive to do is give students their own personal voice. Not all art needs to be pretty, but it all needs to be poignant and relevant to the person creating it. I very seldom give an assignment where I tell (a student) exactly what they need to do. I want them to do their own personal creating.”