BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11806@cranbrookartmuseum.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260505T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260505T193000 DTSTAMP:20260406T210647Z URL:https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/events/caa-swanson-lecture-joseph-kunke l/ SUMMARY:CAA Swanson Lecture: Joseph Kunkel DESCRIPTION:Join Cranbrook Academy of Art at deSalle Auditorium for the 202 6 Swanson Lecture\, delivered by community designer and educator Joseph Ku nkel\, a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation. Kunkel is focused on sus tainable development practices for Indigenous communities.\n\nKunkel’s l ecture\, Land Back – Design Forward\, reframes the Land Back movement beyond questions of ownership\, property\, or acknowledgment. For Indigeno us peoples\, connection to land has always been defined through relationsh ips—relationships of stewardship\, responsibility\, and reciprocity that have guided communities for millennia. Yet contemporary systems shaping o ur built environment have rarely recognized these ways of relating to land . Through examples\, his lecture will explore architecture\, planning\, an d design approaches that begin to unravel these deeper relationships\, mov ing beyond development toward practices that support cultural continuity\, ecological stewardship\, and community resilience.\n\nJoseph Kunkel is ba sed in Santa Fe\, NM. He serves as a Principal at MASS Design Group\, wher e he leads the Sustainable Native Communities Design Lab. A citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation\, Joseph’s work focuses on sustainable design practices that support culturally rooted\, ecologically focused developmen t in Indigenous communities\, from affordable housing and healthcare facil ities to critical community infrastructure. He is a former Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow and has received numerous honors\, including the Oba ma Fellowship (2019)\, the inaugural Elaine Johnson Coates Award from the University of Maryland (2021)\, the Rubinger Community Fellowship from LIS C (2022)\, and selection to the Aspen Institute’s Civil Society Fellowsh ip as a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.\n\n \;\n\nAbout the J. Robert F. Swanson Lecture at Cranbrook Academy of Art\nThe J. Robe rt F. Swanson Lecture Fund at Cranbrook Academy of Art was established in 1983 by the family of J. Robert F. Swanson\, a noted architect who was als o the son-in-law of Eliel Saarinen. Each year\, the Swanson Lecture brings to the Cranbrook campus architects\, designers\, artists\, or scholars wh o have received critical acclaim for their work and enjoy a sustained reco rd of excellence and achievement in their respective field.  J. Robert F. Swanson and his wife and lifelong design partner\, Pipsan Saarinen Swanso n\, founded their firm\, Swanson Associates\, in 1947 and worked on many e xteriors and interiors\, including residences\, schools\, universities\, c hurches\, airports\, banks\, and government\, industrial\, and commercial projects. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/wp-content/upload s/2026/04/190828_GMarksPhoto-2019-JosephKunkel-web.jpg CATEGORIES:Lectures + Talks LOCATION:Cranbrook Art Museum deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Ave.\, Bl oomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=39221 Woodward Ave.\, Bloom field Hills\, MI\, 48304\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Cranbr ook Art Museum deSalle Auditorium:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR