LeRoy Foster: Solo Show

One of Detroit’s most intriguing figures, artist LeRoy Foster (1925–1993) was an exceptional talent and a leading figure in the Black artistic community. Perhaps best known for his large mural at the Douglass Branch of the Detroit Public Library, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, (1972), Foster studied art at Detroit’s famed Cass Tech High […]

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Skilled Labor: Black Realism in Detroit

Skilled Labor: Black Realism in Detroit focuses on a local community of artists that have developed expert skills in drawing and painting, and, through deft hands, explore the representation of the Black body in both personal and cultural contexts. Rejecting the monolithic nature under which the Black body is frequently conceived and popularly imagined, Skilled […]

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Cranbrook art show features works of creators on the rise | Detroit Free Press

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Cranbrook Art Museum Announces It Will Premiere New Exhibition Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other This Summer

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Having some fun linking a sculpture to gardening | The Detroit News

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Scott Hocking leads trio of Detroit artists in new Cranbrook exhibit | The Detroit News

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2023 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art

The innovative work from the next generation of architects, artists, and designers will be on display at the 2023 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art. The Degree Exhibition showcases pieces that are the culmination of two years of studio work from a diverse group of graduates as they launch their careers. The show opens […]

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Detroit Artist Bakpak Durden Shines In This Season of Exhibits At Cranbrook Art Museum | BLAC Detroit

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Cranbrook Art Museum Announces First Museum Retrospective of Detroit-based Artist Scott Hocking

Scott Hocking: Detroit Stories Opens November 5, 2022 Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Oct. 17, 2022 — This fall, Cranbrook Art Museum will host the first museum retrospective of the Detroit-based artist Scott Hocking, whose long career of work spans sculpture and installation, and photography and video. Hocking has been living and working in Detroit for more […]

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Who Are Our Storytellers Today? Tunde Olaniran’s Star is Rising | Detroit Is It