Cranbrook Art Museum’s creative space for learning!

Art Lab offers programs for all ages, connecting visitors to ideas encountered in the museum through hands-on programming! Questions about Art Lab programming and space rentals? Contact us at visitart@cranbrook.edu.


Drop-in Design

Create and craft while enjoying a cocktail! The galleries are open late and there is adult artmaking in the Art Lab. (Kiddos are always welcome too!) Artmaking activities are free with gallery admission. Cash bar, music, and light snacks.

See upcoming Drop-in Design dates

Adult Workshops

The Museum Makery is a space for adults to learn a new artmaking technique with artists and designers from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. From papermaking to pom-poms, each Makery explores a new skill, and is open to all experience levels! Each Thursday evening Makery is always changing so reserve a spot soon!
See upcoming workshops

Family Days 

Third Summer Saturdays are family-focused at CAM! Family Day activities are free and invite visitors of all to explore and experience art and design with hands-on, minds-on activities. Themes change each month and serve as inspiration for artmaking, sculpture scavenger hunts, kid-friendly tours, and conversation. Explore the galleries through guided activities and get your hands messy with educators in the Art Lab. Imagine, build, and create at a variety of hands-on art-making stations.

UPCOMING FAMILY DAYS: June 18, July 16, August 20, September 17

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School Programs & Field Trips 

We offer a variety of K-12 educational programming. Tour our current exhibitions or visit the permanent art collection; schedule an artmaking workshop in the Art Lab, visit remotely, or bring our educators to you! We can customize a program to fit your needs. 

School Programs Information

Create Camps (Monday-Friday: July 11 – August 19

Spend your summer creating at CAM! Explore incredible works of art, performance, design, and play! Create Campers use design-thinking processes to explore contemporary art. Our camps introduce a variety of materials and concepts—evoking curiosity and honing critical thinking—while encouraging individual creativity and self-expression. We’re all about process, not product! Create Camps teach kids how to observe, interpret, and tap into their own creativity!

Create Camps are for students entering 1ST-2ND grade and 3RD-4TH grade in Fall 2022. Age groups will alternate weeks in the Art Lab. Both age groups are not available every week. Pre-registration is required and filling quickly! 

Create Camps Information

Adult Workshops – Returning in 2022!

The Museum Makery is a space for adults to learn a new artmaking technique with artists and designers from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. From papermaking to pom-poms, each Makery explores a new skill, and is open to all experience levels! Each Thursday evening Makery is always changing so reserve a spot soon!

Upcoming Workshops

Happy Hours – Returning in 2023!

Create and craft while enjoying a cocktail! The galleries are open late and there is adult artmaking in the Art Lab. (Kiddos are always welcome too!) Artmaking activities are free with gallery admission. Cash bar, music, and light snacks.

Upcoming Happy Hours