Eventually Everything Connects: Mid-Century Modern Design in the US

This large-scale survey of one of the most important and persistent movements of modern design in the United States in the twentieth century shines a light on Cranbrook’s pivotal role in its development and the contributions of additional women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and designers of color during this period. Based on …

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Cranbrook Art Museum Announces First Museum Exhibition Dedicated to Cuban Mid-Century Design

Images clockwise from top left: 1) Helena Serrano, Day of the Heroic Guerrilla (October 8), 1968, poster for the Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL). 2) Gonzalo Córdoba, Habana Lounge Chair, 1964, for Dujo Muebles, mahogany and leather. Photo: David Avilés. 3) Marco Castillo, Beltrán, 2019, …

A Modernist Regime: Cuban Mid-Century Design 

This exhibition is the first museum presentation on Cuban mid-century design anchored by an under-acknowledged collection of furniture and furnishings, examples of which have not been exhibited off the island.  Focused on the decades immediately following the Cuban Revolution (1959), A Modernist Regime: Cuban Mid-Century Modern Design presents a small but …

The National Endowment for the Arts Awards Cranbrook Art Museum Grant for Upcoming Cuban Mid-Century Design Project

Cranbrook Educational Community is pleased to announce Cranbrook Art Museum has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Grants for Arts Projects award of $50,000. This funding will help support the research and curation of an upcoming exhibition examining Cuban mid-twentieth-century design.The grant is one of 1,251 Grants for …

Educator Resources

Create with CAM – Chair DesignLearn design terms and explore Cranbrook Art Museum’s furniture collection with Meghan Morrow, Coordinator, School and Family Programs. The accompanying PDF Guide will help young creatives “think like a designer” and create their own unique chair design. Download the Chair Design Guide https://vimeo.com/706139092

Cranbrook Art Museum Announces New Artist-Designed Miniature Golf Course

“Cranbrook on the Green” will open to the public on the grounds outside of Cranbrook Art Museum on May 25, 2022.Bloomfield Hills, Mich., April 26, 2022 — This summer, Cranbrook Art Museum will invite visitors to experience a new dimension of its historic campus with the launch of “Cranbrook on …

With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932 New exhibition and book chronicle how Cranbrook Academy of Art radically reinvented art and design in America

Exhibition Dates: June 20–September 19, 2021ArtMember Preview Days: June 18–19, 2021“My endeavor was to make the Cranbrook development an eye-opener.”— George Booth as quoted by Eliel Saarinen(BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI — MAY 4, 2021) — This summer, Cranbrook Art Museum is pleased to debut With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932, the first book and largest …

Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Institute of Science, and Cranbrook House Closed to the Public Beginning March 13

Bloomfield Hills, Mich., March 13, 2020​ – With the health and safety of our guests and staff as the top priorities during the COVID-19 outbreak, ​Cranbrook Art Museum​, ​Cranbrook Institute of Science​, and ​Cranbrook House will close to the public, beginning Friday, March 13. All buildings are scheduled to remain …

Cranbrook Art Museum Announces December Exhibitions: Ruth Adler Schnee: Modern Designs for Living; In the Vanguard: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1950-1969; and Christy Matson: Crossings

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, …