Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, October 9, 2019 — On December 14, Cranbrook Art Museum will open three exhibitions devoted to the exploration of craft and the innovative people and teaching methods that shaped the field of design for generations. There will be an opening reception for the exhibitions on Friday, December 13, …
In 1932, a remarkable educational experiment opened on the Cranbrook campus in the suburbs of Detroit, a new Academy of Art for advanced studies in the visual arts. Described by the New York Times as “part laboratory, part atelier, and part artist’s colony,” Cranbrook Academy of Art dedicated itself to …
W magazine visited Detroit this summer and spoke with Detroit artists and Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni, many of whom were featured in Cranbrook Art Museum’s summer exhibition, Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality. The exhibition is discussed in detail, including an interview with Senior Curator Laura Mott. The …
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