Cranbrook Academy of Art In the News
Four Alumni Featured in ID Magazine's 2009 Annual Design Review
The work of recent alums Im and David Schaefer (Ceramics and Metalsmithing '09), Patrick Gavin (3D Design '09) as well as Peter Stathis (Design '89) was featured in ID Magazine's 2009 Annual Design Review. "Since 1954, ID Magazine's Annual Design Review has recognized the best in product, furniture, graphic and environment design, from the iconic to the obscure." Read more at www.id-mag.com/annualdesignreview
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Jack Lenor Larsen Receives American Art Metal from the Smithsonian
Alumni Jack Lenor Larsen (Fiber '51) will be honored for his distinguished career The Smithsonian's Archives of
American Art with the American Art Metal on October 29 in Washington, DC. A celebrated textile designer, author and collector Larsen founded the design firm that bears his name and, over five decades, it has become one of the world's greatest houses of signature fabrics. Larsen has won many awards and is on of only four Americans honored with an exhibition in the Palais du Louvre. His home in East Hampton, NY, LongHouse Reserve is "a case study of creativity in contemporary life," and is open to visitors year round. For more information http://www.longhouse.org/larsen.ihtml
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Michael Monroe (Design '71) Honored with Award of Distinction by American Craft Council
Alum Michael Monroe, Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Bellvue Arts Museum has been honored with the prestigious Award of Distinction for Contributions to the field of Craft by the American Craft Council. An eminent figure in the world of craft, Monroe has served as independent curator, noted lecturer, author and juror for more than 25 years. He joined the Bellevue Art Museum in 2005 as Executive Director/Chief Curator. Monroe received his MFA from the Academy in 1971. For more information http://www.bellevuearts.org/assets/Press/MMonroe-award.pdf
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Six Alumni Awarded Inaugural Kresge Visual Artist Fellowships Totalling Over $150,000
Cranbrook Academy of Art is honored to recognize six alumni, who, today (6/30/2009) were awarded the inaugural Kresge Artist Fellows in the Visual Arts from the Troy-based Kresge Foundation. The foundation is granting $450,000 in grants to 18 local visual artists.The Detroit Free Press reports that the $25,000 no-strings fellowships inaugurate one of the country’s most lucrative annual awards available to artists and that the grants are designed to give winners financial breathing room to allow them to focus on making art. “The fellowships could have a galvanizing effect on the local arts scene -- boosting public perception of an overlooked community, inspiring artists to create more ambitious work and offering them an incentive to remain in Detroit,” said the paper( Read full story here). Congratulations are extended to Detroit-based Academy alumni: Shiva Ahmadi (Painting '05); Susan Goethe Campbell (Printmaking '89); Rod Klingelhofer (Fiber '08); Abigail Newbold (Fiber '05); Russ Orlando (Ceramics '08); and Corine Vermeulen-Smith (Photo '03). For more information, click here.
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Dwight Hackett Projects featuring Heather McGill
Artist-in-Residence Heather McGill will be featured at Dwight Hackett Projects from June 13 - July 25, 2009. The opening reception will be held Saturday, June 13 from 3-5pm. For more information, click here.
Iris Eichenberg featured in Contemporary Jewelry Article in The Economist
"Iris Eichenberg examines the psychological effect of transition to a new culture by assembling materials from different elements of an interior such as flooring, wall coverings and furniture into brooches an neck pieces."
Read the article click here.
3D Design Department Gets High Marks in the NYT
Penelope Green of the New York Times had this to say about Cranbrook's Isaac Yu Chen in the article, "Kicking the Tires":
"A Cranbrook student, Isaac Yu Chen, had made a magazine rack out of a slice of wood from which hung cables ending in spheres the size of table-tennis balls. It was elegant, perhaps even brilliant, and a Cranbrook professor worried aloud that you’d see it in the Ikea catalog by next season."
Read the complete article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/garden/21lupton.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=garden
Cranbrook 3D Design Department at ICFF
The Cranbrook 3D Design Department's 'Innate Gestures' will be at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, at the Javitz Center in NYC, May 16 thru the 19. The Booth # is 1070. With 'Innate Gestures,' 15 of Cranbrook’s graduate students in 3D Design put the human body and the human senses back at the center of the designed world. Working with guest critic Leon Ransmeier and 3D designer-in-residence Scott Klinker, students examine the force of intuition at work as a creator of form, and as a result of felt responses to objects and the environment. Visit http://www.innate-gestures.com/
Read the blog article here:
http://www.core77.com/blog/news/ny_design_week_09_preview_innate_gestures_13454.asp
Anders Ruhwald Head of Ceramics Receives $30,000 Grant from Danish Arts Foundation
Anders Ruhwald, Artist in Residence and Head of the Ceramics Department and a native of Denmark, has received a 2009 Artist Grant from the Danish Arts Foundation. The Danish Arts Foundation was established by the Danish Government in 1964. The role of the Foundation is to promote Danish creative arts. The Foundation's area of activity includes the visual arts, literature, music, crafts and design, architecture, cinema, and theatre, as well as other comparable forms of creative art that do not have other avenues for state support. Ruhwald was appointed Artist-in-Residence and Head of the Ceramics Department in 2008 following the retirement of Tony Hepburn. His work has been shown in galleries and museums across the globe. For more information visit here.
2009 Graduates David and Im Schafer featured in Architectural Record article "studiomake: Careful craft, from objects to architecture"
"David Schafer’s interest in craft goes back to the University of Arizona (VA) Tucson, where he earned his B.Arch. in 2000. He took courses that stressed material experimentation and picked up basic metalsmithing skills, such as mig welding. Orapun Schafer, who goes by Im, matriculated at UA to experience an “extreme departure” from crowded, subtropical Bangkok. The curriculum’s focus on drawing, Im says, also introduced her to architecture as a handmade discipline...."
Read the complete article here: http://archrecord.construction.com/archrecord2/work/0905/studiomake.asp
2009 Fellowships and Grants Awarded at Academy Awards Night
Thursday, May 8, 2009
Cranbrook Academy of Art is pleased to announce the award of three major 2009 Fellowships that aid recipients in the transition from graduate student to practicing artist: The Daimler Financial Services Emerging Artist Award, featuring a two month fully supported residency in Berlin; the Tony Devan Lewis Fellowship; and the Fulbright Award. More than 40 awards --including Merit Scholarships for students completing their first year of study -- were conferred at the awards ceremony marking the end of the academic year on Thursday, May 8 in Cranbrook Art Museum's deSalle Auditorium.
Zack Ostrowski (aka Beverly Fresh), graduating from the 2D Design Department and a Detroit native, was awarded the Daimler Financial Services Emerging Artist Award; Seth Papac, graduating from the Metalsmithing Department, was awarded the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship; and Drew Ippolitti a student in the Ceramics Department received a 2009 Fulbright award to study in China. For more details, visit our press release page.
Two Academy Students invited to participate in New Insight Exhibition
An exhibition of top MFA students from some of the country's most influential graduate art programs, "New Insight" is curated by Susanne Ghez, director of the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. A platform for new talent and innovative ideas, "New Insight" provides the opportunity to view work by some of the brightest young minds working in diverse graduate programs across the country. Two Cranbrook Academy of Art students, Im Schafer (Ceramics) and Terry Conrad (Print Media) were invited to particapate in this prestigous exhibition.
Participating students in the 2009 edition of New Insight include: April Totten and Nery Gabriel Lemus, California Institute of Art; Michael Nixon Carnegie Mellon University, Im Schafer and Terry Conrad, Cranbrook; Bryan Zanisnik, Julio Grinblatt and Kristof Wickman, Hunter College; Amita Bhatt and Kim Budd, Maryland Institute College of Art; Esteban del Valle and Rachel Menashe-Dor, Rhode Island School of Design; Chaewon Kim and Cheryl Pope, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Kristen van Diggelen, San Francisco Art Institute; Anne McCaddon, Jane Parshnall and Ryan Sluggett, UCLA; Faheem Majeed and Jesse McLean, University of Illinois at Chicago; Bobby Belote and Ryan Thompson, University of Illinois at Urbana; Elaine Stocki and Lourdes Correa, Yale.
Visit the Art Chicago website for full details.
Loose Canon: The 2009 Graduate Degree Exhibition
Receives Media Attention
As a preview of the show, the Free Press is highlighted the work of two of the artists: Elizabeth Alexander, whose specialty is putting surreal twists on found objects and scenes, and Neal Moran Robinson, who expresses himself through digital photography. Read the article here.
Coverage was also featured in the Detroit News:
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009904160318
Also check out the L.A. art blog Try Harder:
http://try-har-der.blogspot.com/2009/04/lets-travel-to-michigan-now-2009.html
Follow Cranbrook Academy of Art and Degree Show coverag on Twitter and Flickr.
Superheroes In Action featured on this week's cover of the Metrotimes
Pick up a copy today and read the fascinating interview with Mark Newport written by Megan O'Neil. The article can also be viewed online by clcking here: http://metrotimes.com/arts/story.asp?id=13730
Teaching Fellowship Announced for 2009-2010
Cranbrook Academy of Art is pleased to announce a new and unique teaching fellowship. Cranbrook seeks
applicants working in the fields of Critical Theory and/or Contemporary Art and Design Theory for a one-semester
residential teaching fellowship for Fall 2009. Candidates must hold an advanced degree in their field (MA or
higher, PhD preferred), have graduate-level teaching experience and an interest in the links between theory and visual art/design studio practice. The Fellow will give three public lectures and conduct discussion groups with graduate students.
They will also be asked to review student art work and participate in occasional studio critiques.
Recipients must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals holding the appropriate U.S. government documents with
permission to work.mFellowship includes: Stipend; Travel stipend for R/T travel to campus and/or professional activities
Housing (private apartment on campus); Fellows must reside on campus and be free from professional duties during fellowship(September 9- December 18, 2009). Application deadline : March 30, 2009 (preferred) – ongoing until filled.
To apply, send 3 copies of a packet that includes:
Completed Application Form (http://www.cranbrook.edu/ftpimages/120/download/download_group3561_id77939.pdf); Letter of interest; Academic CV (including bibliography of published work); Proposal of Series (to include lectures and discussion topics); Names and contact information for three references (must include telephone number).
Mail application to: Sarah Turner / Cranbrook Teaching Fellowship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, PO Box 801
39221 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-080. For more information, contact Sarah Turner at the address above or: sturner@cranbrook.edu.
Academy artists featured in Chicago exhibition "Maxmulitple"
Artist-in-Residence Anders Ruhwald, current Ceramics Department students Im Schafer, Brian Widmaier and Architecture student Victoria McReynolds will be featured together in the exhibition “Maxmulitple” at the Devening Projects and Editions gallery in Chicago. This group show examines the notion of multiplicity in art through a range of artist editions and also features Academy alumni Tom Muller. The opening is scheduled for February 22 from 4-7 p.m. The exhibition runs through April 8. Devening Projects and Editions is located at 3039 West Carroll in Chicago, Illinois ( www.deveningprojects.com). Anders Ruhwald will also be traveling to Scripps College in Claremont, California on March 5 to deliver a lecture to the Art Department.
Mark Newport: Superheroes In Action
Critics' top choice for weekend entertainment...
click below for The Detroit News:
"Every few months, Cranbrook Museum of Art invites families for an out-the-box afternoon that usually goes along with one of their new exhibits. This Sunday is no different. "Mark Newport: Superheroes in Action" features knitted costumes for well-known comic book characters as well as for new heroes, created by Mark Newport, artist-in-residence in the Department of Fiber at Cranbrook Academy of Art....."
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090128/OPINION03/901280418/1031
and Metrotimes review:
"Cranbrook Academy of Art artist-in-residence Mark Newport focuses on superheroes in his work, knitting costumes for characters both real and imaginary — such as Argyle Man and Flamer. Newport blends traditionally feminine fiber art with the typically masculine world of caped comic book adventurers, questioning how these iconic costumes contribute to a character's heroic and mostly manly mystique."
http://metrotimes.com/calendar/event.asp?whatid=
and check out:
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20090212/ENT/902120460/1004
Beverly Fishman
untitled, 2008
silkscreen on polished stainless steel
each 26" x 18"
Beverly Fishman, Head of Painting, to Lecture at Washington University in St. Louis on January 22, 2009
A solo exhibition of new work by the Artist-in-Residence and Head of the Painting Department, Beverly Fishman will open at Bruno David Gallery in Saint Louis, Missouri on January 23 and run through February 28, 2009. In conjunction with the exhibition, Fishman will be giving a lecture on her work as part of the Sam Fox School Public Lecture Series on Thursday, January 22 at Washington University in St. Louis. For more information, please visit www.brunodavidgallery.com.
William Massie’s American House 08 on the cover in
Dwell magazine's February 2009/ Pre Fab issue
"American House 08" stood on the lawn of Cranbrook Art Museum from May-October and now appears on the cover of the February 09 issue of Dwell magazine in an article written by David Hay. Entitled “Massie Produced,” Hay writes that the Academy’s Head of Architecture has, “For most of his career, the charismatic architect, [been] known for championing the latest design technologies, had to travel long distances in order to construct his experimental homes.” The magazine is currently on newsstands and the story can be read at:
http://www.dwell.com/homes/prefab/36193189.html
Modernism Magazine features Cranbrook Academy of Art and the Genesis of American Modernism
Cranbrook Academy of Art became a powerhouse of innovative design at midcentury. Read more about the history of the Academy in the country's leading publication on 20th-century modernist design. Photographs courtesy of the Cranbrook Archives.
http://www.modernismmagazine.com/
Reed Kroloff quoted in New York Times Week in Review article on design
Sunday, January 4, 2009
"Design Loves a Depression," is the title of the article by Michael Cannell in the New York Times on Sunday, January 4 in which the Academy's Director Reed Kroloff is quoted as saying.... and if President-elect Barack Obama delivers anything like a W.P.A, we could be “standing on the brink of one of the most productive periods of design ever,”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/weekinreview/04cannell.html?_r=1
Metalsmith magazine celebrates the work of Iris Eichenberg and a new era at Cranbrook
A ten-page feature story on the work of Iris Eichenberg, Artist-in-Residence and Head of the Metalsmithing Department was published in the October 2008 edition of Metalsmith magazine. Lisa Gralick, the author -- and also a metalsmith and Professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison -- writes of Eichenberg's leadership of the department at the Academy, "...she seems to be infusing the program with a new jewelry-oriented direction, which favors broad material exploration in the service of an idea....Unquestionably a new era has begun for metals at Cranbrook."
2008 Educational Endowment Scholarships from The Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) awarded to student in Metalsmithing Department
Gemma Draper, a second year student in the Metalsmithing Department was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2008 Educational Endowment Scholarships from The Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG). SNAG is the premier organization of jewelers, designers and metalsmiths - comprising all aspects of contemporary metalsmithing. It encourages and supports professional excellence, education and the public's understanding of jewelry, design, and metalsmithing with more than 3,300 members worldwide. For more information http://www.snagmetalsmith.org.
Work by more than 50 Cranbrook artists on exhibit at ArtBasel/Miami Beach
More than 50 artists from the Academy have their work on exhibition at ArtBasel/Miami Beach. Considered the most important art in the United States, the seventh annual ArtBasel/Miami Beach opened on Thursday, December 4 and runs through Sunday, December 7. Approximately 250 leading galleries from the USA, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia are taking part. Work by Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni and faculty is on display at a variety of galleries, event spaces and museums that are taking part in the event. Elliott Earls, the current Artist-in-Residence and Head of the 2D Design Department is playing a central role in the event which boosts participation by 2000 artists. Earls has worked together with SmartCar USA to customize graphics for 8 vehicles which are traveling the streets of Miami during the fair. He will also debut a new multi-media performance piece at the Wolfsonian Museum on Friday, December 6.
Cranbrook Alumni and Current Students Featured in "Made in Detroit" Exhibition
"Made in Detroit," an exhibition featuring six Academy Alumni and current students, opens on December 2 at The Galerie Eva Bracke in Berlin. The exhibition is part of the changing cities project with the New Museum in Pontiac, Michigan. Academy alumni and current students participating include: Kyohei Abe (Photography '02), Kelly Frank (Photography '09), Rachel Hunt (Fiber '08), Cyrus Karimipour (Photography '06), Jacque Liu (Ceramics '02), Alison Wong (Painting '06). For more information, please visit www.evabracke.com
Fanfare 2008
Photo by: Mitch Carr
Fanfare Photos Now Live on Hour Detroit Website
Midnight Hour Detroit's society photographer Carrie Hall was on hand for the Academy's annual fundraiser Fanfare on Saturday, October 18. More than 300 guests joined students and faculty in each of the Academy's 10 departments for dinner and a rare opportunity to visit the spaces where they are all creating their work. More than $105,000 was raised for scholarship support for our most talented and creative artists.
http://www.hourdetroit.com/Hour-Detroit/October-2008/Fanfare-2008/+
Fanfare Patrons Have Arts of Gold
The Academy's annual fall fund raiser Fanfare received kudos in the Friday, October 24 issue of Crain's Detroit Business. There are more than 18 photos of the event to accompany the story which helps to celebrate the faculty, students and program that Fanfare supports. Please click on the link below for full-coverage
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20081024/GIVERS/810249987
Andy Warhol
Edson-Pelé, 1977
Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas
Collection of Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Gift of Rose M. Shuey from the Collection of Dr. John and Rose M. Shuey
Photographer: R. H. Hensleigh
Detroit Free Press critics' pick Cranbrook Art Museum's Andy Warhol: Grand Slam
"If Andy Warhol could make Campbell's soup cans and Brillo boxes iconic, what did he do with real people?The result of his attempt is on glorious silkscreen display for three months at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills in a new exhibit called Andy Warhol: Grand Slam........." (read more)
More coverage and reviews of Andy Warhol: Grand Slam can be found on the following news sites:
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081015/ENT05/810150393/1032/ENT
http://www.hometownlife.com/section/ENT
http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2008/10-22-08/BF-WARHOL.asp
Cranbrook Academy of Art's Photography Department will represent Michigan in the Sony World Photography Awards Competition
Cranbrook Academy of Art has been selected to represent the State of Michigan in the Sony World Photography Competition for 2008-2009. So far the Yale School of Art and The School of Art at New York University have been asked to represent the US. Students from six continents including North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia & Australasia will be involved, with 1 university representing each of 10 countries in the final competition in Cannes, France in the Spring of 2009. For more information please visit: www,worldphotographyawards.org
Stay tuned for updates!
Heather McGill
Untitled
2005, urethane, aluminum, lacquer
35 x 47 x 2.25 inches
Heather McGill, Head of Sculpture Represented in Upcoming Exhibition
40th Anniversary "Art on Paper 2008"
October 19, 2008 through January 25, 2009
Weatherspoon Art Museum
Greensboro, NC
Art on Paper 2008," represents the 40th anniversary of this exhibition that surveys the state of contemporary drawing and other works on, or of, paper. It will showcase unique works by both emerging and established artists including work by Heather McGill, Artist-in-Residence and Head of the Sculpture . Artists previously represented in this show's 40 year history include the artists Louise Bourgeois, Joseph Stella, Eva Hesse, Robert Smithson, Brice Marden, Roni Horn and Matthew Ritchie.
Randy Bolton
Yours, Our Land, Mine
2004
3-panel digital print on canvas, tree stumps with carved and wood-burned
images
each panel is 102” x 102”
Randy Bolton’s recent screen prints at
The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Print Fair
The Park Avenue Armory, New York, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2
Print publishers Stewart & Stewart, will feature recent screen prints by Artist-in-Residence and Head of the Print Media Department Randy Bolton at the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Print Fair at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2. Read more at http://stewartstewart.com/
Beverly Fishman
Op Art by Beverly Fishman, Artist-in-Residence and Head of Painting Dazzles at Eastern Illinois University Tarble Arts Center Through October 12
A new exhibition at the Tarble Arts Center challenges the viewer’s vision with a dazzling array of colors and patterns. Titled Beverly Fishman: Optical Unconscious, the exhibition is on view through October 12 in part of the Tarble’s main galleries, on the Eastern Illinois University campus. The artist will visit the Tarble on Tuesday, September 30, 7pm, to talk about her art. Admission to the exhibition and lecture are free and the public is invited.
Author Lucy Hartley states that Fishman’s series of large silk-screens on powder-coated aluminum or polished stainless steel “ … trouble and challenge our senses, and especially the eyes. For the viewer is presented with a riot of technicolor shapes and patterns, which do not coax so much as compel a response from the call of their materials and processes.” In Fishman’s work Hartley sees references to “EKG patterns, human cells, DNA code, circuit boards, the double helix, and the technological language of the scanned human body provide the properties that are identified by the experience of color.”
Continues Hartley, “All of Fishman’s new paintings tackle the fundamental issue of how we use the senses to acquire information about the environment that surrounds us. Composed of cells, wavebands, heart beats, nucleic acid, wavelengths, and pills, the paintings ask us to turn in upon ourselves, literally via the luminous surfaces and symbolically via the multiple figurations, in an attempt to perceive what these things might tell us about the world.”
Fishman is Artist-in-Residence and Head of Painting. Since 2000 Fishman has had over a dozen one-person exhibitions in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Her work has also been included in many thematic exhibitions addressing abstraction, technology, medicine, and the body. Recent exhibitions include Op Art: Then and Now at the Columbus Museum in Ohio (2007); Dreaming of a More Better Future at the Cleveland Art Institute Gallery (2005); and Post-Digital Painting at Cranbrook Art Museum (2003).
Fishman has been awarded numerous honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship Award, a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant, and a Ford Foundation Grant. Her work has been reviewed and profiled in numerous publications, including Echo Objects: The Cognitive History of Images by Barbara Maria Stafford (The University of Chicago Press, 2007), and Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s by Joe Houston and Dave Hickey (Merrell Publishers of London & New York, 2007).
Her work is in many public collections including the: Columbus Museum of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, the United Nations Embassy in Istanbul, Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan, and the Mac Arthur Foundation. Her work is also included in the corporate collections. She is currently represented in Chicago by Stephanie Skestos Gabriele, in Los Angeles by Kim Light/ Lightbox, in Michigan by Lemberg Gallery, and in Paris by Galerie Jean Luc and Takako Richard.
The Tarble is located on 9th Street at Cleveland Avenue on the EIU campus in Charleston, Illinois. For information contact the Tarble at tarble@eiu.edu or 217-581-ARTS (-2787).
Get Ready for Take-Off: The Academy opens its doors for the 2008-2009 Academic Year on Monday, September 8
The Academy will welcome 150 new and returning students to the campus with Academy Day on Monday, September 8. Academy Day is a program designed to give you an overview of things that you should know to make you feel comfortable as you begin your creative journey here. Presentations will take place in deSalle Auditorium and will feature all ten Artists-in-Residents as well as the leadership of the Cranbrook Educational Community including the directors of the Art Museum, Institute of Science and Schools. Academy Director Reed Kroloff will also formally introduce the two new Artists-in-Residence in Photography and Ceramics, Liz Cohen and Anders Ruhwald, as well as Sarah Turner, the new Assistant Director for Academic Affairs, who is a 2005 graduate of the Metalsmithing Department. This year's incoming classes includes students representing nine countries and 31 states. Get ready for take off!
URBANbuild Program airs on the Sundance Channel
On August 20, the Sundance Channel aired the first episode of Architecture School, a six-part miniseries that follows the students at Tulane University's URBANbuild program as they design and construct a house in a blighted New Orleans neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Four of the six half-hour segments have cameo appearances by Reed Kroloff Director of Cranbrook Academy of Art, who developed the URBANbuild program. If you are interested in architecture, New Orleans or curious about design education, this is TV worth watching. Click here to view more information.
Jayoung Yoon,
Line of Thought III and Window
Jayoung Yoon, a current graduate student in the Fiber Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art, is an Artist-in-Residence for the summer at the ArtCenter/South Florida. She was recently interviewed by the Miami Photo Blog. Click here to read her comments.
Mark Newport
Batmen, 2008
Mark Newport One of Four Artists Selected by Smithsonian Museum for Renwick Craft Invitational
A panel of three distinguished experts in American crafts and decorative arts has selected Artist-in-Residence and Head of the Fiber Department, Mark Newport for the Renwick Craft Invitational 2009. Newport was one of four artists selected for using traditional craft media in new ways to create figurative and narrative works.
Newport’s work examines issues of masculinity with his knitted superhero costumes; the soft material and embroidered details contradict the image of strength and power often associated with these characters.
The artists were chosen by Kate Bonansinga, director of the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso; Jane Milosch, Renwick Gallery curator; and Paul J. Smith, director emeritus of the Museum of Arts & Design.
“The Smithsonian American Art Museum is delighted to provide a national showcase at its Renwick Gallery for exceptional artists from across the United States who are well-established in their respective craft fields but deserve greater recognition,” said Elizabeth Broun, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. “The biennial Renwick Craft Invitational provides a wonderful opportunity to present the work of Christyl Boger, Mark Newport, Mary Van Cline and SunKoo Yuh to new audiences.”
The biennial exhibition series at the Renwick Gallery was established in 2000 to honor the creativity and talent of craft artists working today. The first in the series, “Five Women in Craft,” featured Myra Mimlitsch Gray (CAA 1984 Metalsmithing), Mary Jackson, Janel Jacobson, Sondra Sherman and Consuelo Jimenez Underwood.
For more information visit www.americanart.si.edu.
"Cranbrook, Craft & What the Future May Hold"
Feature Article in American Craft Magazine
Cranbrook Academy of Art is the subject of an eight-page feature story in the August/September edition of American Craft magazine. The story traces the evolution of craft as a guiding principle of its founders and follows the story today, highlighting the Academy's forward-thinking attitude towards art and design. More than 10 current and former Artists-in-Residence are featured in the story.
For more information click here.
Elliott Earls
Liberty Weeps, 2008
Elliott Earls in The New York Times
Elliott Earls's work entitled Liberty Weeps, was printed in full-color on the front page of the Arts section in The New York Times on Tuesday July 8 in a review by the critic Damien Cave. Earls, who is Designer-in-Residence and Head of the 2D Design Department at the Academy, is one of sixty artists who contributed to a new exhibition entitled Thoughts on Democracy at the Wolfsonian museum at Florida International University.
Click on the link below to read the complete review:
American House 08 on the grounds of Cranbrook Art Museum. Photo by: Elliott Earls.
American House 08 in The Detroit News
American House 08 by William Massie, which is on display on the lawn of Cranbrook Art Museum, was featured on the front page of the Home Section in The Detroit News on Saturday, June 28. A companion blog by The Detroit News reporter Michael Hodges includes a fascinating video interview with Massie, who is Architect-in-Residence and Head of the Architecture Department at the Academy. Hodges' writes: "Massie's an engaging, over bright guy whose enthusiasm for architecture is downright contagious."
Click on the link below for a video tour of the project which is an Editor's Choice video on detnews.com:
Andrew deRosa, 2D Design.
Here & Now: 2008 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art
April 19 - May 10, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, April 18, 6-8pm
Cranbrook Art Museum, all galleries
Cranbrook Art Museum
39221 Woodward Avenue
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11am- 5pm; Fourth Fridays, 11am-9pm including April 25. Open late Thursday, May 8, 11am -9pm. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Hao Wei Wu
Cell Phone Bracelet, 2007
Cranbrook 3D Design department & Swarovski
Collaborate on crystals and consumer electronics in sponsored project
Swarovski sponsored an exciting collaboration with students in the 3D Design department, challenging them to re-think consumer electronics, using Crystallized--Swarovski Elements as inspiration. "The creative minds at Cranbrook were quick to turn to the worlds of fashion and art to fire their imagination. The resulting pieces ranged from crystal-bedecked speakers and a sparkling game console to a mobile phone that doubles as a bracelet. ..."
To read more on the project, please visit Swarovski Inspirations
Joshua Abelow. 2008.
Texas National 2008
Two Cranbrook students named winners
Congratulations to Joshua Abelow and Adrienne Brabham
Academy students Joshua Abelow and Adrienne Brabham were named winners of the 14th annual "Texas National 2008" competition and exhibition presented by the Stephen F. Austin (SFA) School of Art in Austin, Texas. Abelow, a second-year student in the Academy's Painting department received second place for his three-part painting series "Call Me." Brabham, a first-year student in Print Media, received Honorable Mention for "Help Across." This year, the competition received more than 400 entries from artists from across the United States. The exhibition runs through Sunday, May 18 at The Art Center @ The Old Opera House in Nacogdoches, TX.
For more information, please visit 2008 Texas National exhibition and competition
US News & World Report
Cranbrook Grabs Top Honors in "America's Best Graduate Schools"
Cranbrook Academy of Art is once again named the country’s top graduate-only Masters of Fine Arts program. The 2009 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools” published by US News and World Report ranks the Academy fourth overall among the 220 Master of Fine Arts programs across the United States. Cranbrook’s departments are all ranked in the top ten for excellence in the survey’s “specialties” categories, including: Ceramics, Fiber, Graphic Design (2D Design), Industrial Design (3D Design), Metals/Jewelry (Metalsmithing), Painting, Photography, Printmaking (Print Media) and Sculpture (Cranbrook also offers a graduate degree in Architecture, but US News does not include this subject in its reviews). The US News and World Report rankings are based on a survey of art and design school deans, administrators and faculty completed every five years. Cranbrook Academy of Art has appeared at the top of the magazine’s rankings since they first appeared in 1990.
“The rankings indicate how our peers see us, which speaks very well of our programs, our artists-in-residence, and our students,” says Reed Kroloff, Director of Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum. “We are a small school with a unique program, so this is not only a complement, but a confirmation that Cranbrook remains a driving force in contemporary art, architecture, and design.”
Cranbrook is a true atelier, where ten Artists-in-Residence mentor 15 students each on a National Landmark campus designed by Eliel and Eero Saarinen. Over its 75 years, the Academy’s alumni and faculty have included some of the country’s most renowned artists, architects and designers including the Saarinens, Harry Bertoia, Richard DeVore, Charles and Ray Eames, Maja Grotell, Florence Knoll, Jack Lenor Larson, Daniel Libeskind, Tony Matelli, Hani Rashid, Marianne Strengell, Toshiko Takaezu, Lorraine Wild, and Anne Wilson.
ID magazine editor-in-chief Julie Lasky to give
2008 commencement address at 2 pm on Friday May, 9 in the Greek Theatre
Metropolis magazine ...
Artist-in-Residence Elliott Earls featured contributor in March 2008 issue
"Locals Flavors Typography"
The work above by Elliott Earls, head of the 2D Design Department, was featured in the March 2008 issue of Metropolis magazine. Elliott wrote, "in the year 2008 what could be more American? Black for oil and green for dollars, greenhouse gases and green technologies—all wrapped in computer-aided design and manufacturing."
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Men's Vogue daily architecture blog features ... "Massie Appeal"
Following the work in progress by Architect-in-Residence William Massie
Installation and construction of American House 08 underway on the south lawn of Cranbrook Art Museum
William E. Massie—the award-winning Architect-in-Residence and Head of the Department of Architecture at Cranbrook Academy of Art--has designed and is currently building a full-scale prefabricated house on the lawn of Cranbrook Art Museum. Constructed entirely within the architect’s cavernous studio in Pontiac then disassembled and moved to Cranbrook, the building will open to the public on Saturday, May 3, 2008.
An American House 08 embodies Massie’s innovative architectural practice through his use of computer-based fabrication technology for efficient, precise and customized buildings. The house, with its two glass elevations that unite the interior experience with the exterior landscape, is defined by a pair of volumetric anomalies that were intricately generated through a Computer Numerically Controlled machine. Massie uses the surface of these complex forms to capture light from multiple video projectors, creating a flexible ambient environment for the occupants.
Massie has become well known in the design world for exploring and inventing new technologies and applying them to the construction and design of buildings. In 2002, Massie was selected as the winner of the Museum of Modern Art’s Young Architects Program Competition and his work has been shown in leading museums around the world.
Watch this site for daily progress on American House 08.
last update 3/17/08.
Men's Vogue daily architecture blog
Detroit News: The Campaign for Cranbrook reaches $150 million mark; fundraising will continue
With the extraordinary support of more than 10,000 donors, The Campaign for Cranbrook has surpassed $150 million, more than two years ahead of schedule. Fundraising efforts will continue through June 2010 in order to further Cranbrook’s strategic objectives.
Current students, alumni and faculty featured in Alma Mater exhibition at Kinkead Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles
Kinkead Contemporary is presenting a group exhibition entitled "Alma Mater," highlighting an array of work by artists who at one time were, or currently are, members of the Cranbrook community of artists. The exhibition, running March 1-29, 2008, features work by current Artist-in-Residence Beverly Fishman, Head of the Painting Department, as well as nine painters and sculptors, who are either current students or alumni including: Trygve Faste, Samantha Fields, David Duncan Hendren, Erik Oost, Christian Tedeschi, Britten Tolliver, Andre Yi, and Tao Urban. Kinkead Contemporary is a new contemporary art gallery dedicated to emerging artists. The gallery was founded by collector John Kinkead, a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art. Kinkead Contemporary is located at 6029 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232.
Detroit News: "Student Chair Show Rocks"...Cultural Reporter Michael Hodges blogs on Cranbrook
"One of the hippest places to be in Greater Detroit last Friday was at the Forum Gallery at the Cranbrook Academy of Art...
Reviving a tradition started by legendary Cranbrook designers Charles and Ray Eames, there are now annual chair-design competitions -- and the results Friday night were provocative, amusing and every once in a while, downright practical...."
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Creating Velocity: The Academy's Artists-in-Residence featured in exhibition at the Community Arts@Paramount Gallery, March 7 - April 18, 2008.
The exhibition "Creating Velocity ," features work by nine Cranbrook Academy of Art Artists-in-Residence including: Randy Bolton, Elliott Earls, Iris Eichenberg, Beverly Fishman, Tony Hepburn, Scott Klinker, William Massie, Heather McGill and Mark Newport. The Community Arts@ Paramount Gallery is a 1400-sq.-ft. art gallery within the 4000-sq.-ft. Ron Rea-designed Ferndale branch of Paramount Bank. The gallery, a gift to the Ferndale and surrounding community, features dynamic curated exhibits of community interest and local talent. The Community Arts@ Paramount Gallery is located at 22635 Woodward Avenue in Ferndale, Michigan. The gallery is open Monday thru Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to noon.
Link to Community Arts @ Paramount Gallery
Detroit News article features Knoll gift to Cranbrook Academy of Art ...
Cranbrook Educational Community Announces
$1 Million Gift from Knoll to Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum
Knoll Inc. -- internationally renowned for innovation in residential and corporate furniture and textiles-- has announced a $1 million gift to the Campaign for Cranbrook in support of the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum. This gift, which supports endowment, preservation, renovation and other needs for the Academy and Art Museum, is the largest ever made to Cranbrook from Knoll. It recognizes Knoll's historical legacy and ties to Cranbrook: co-founder Florence Knoll Bassett (neé Schust) is an alumna of both the Cranbrook Kingswood School and the Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Read the complete Detroit News article: Knoll gift benefits Cranbrook Academy of Art programs
Current Cranbrook Academy of Art Students featured in . . .
2008 Detroit Artists Market Annual Scholarship Awards & Exhibition
February 29 - April 5, 2008
The Detroit Artists Market proudly presents its 2008 Annual Detroit Artists Market Scholarship and Exhibition Program that includes the presentation of the scholarship awards to outstanding Cranbrook Academy of Art graduate students. The Detroit Artists Market (DAM) exhibition will present works by the three scholarship recipients along with the nine other student finalists and many distinguished alumni. The DAM exhibition will open on February 29, 2008 and run through April 5, 2008.
The Detroit Artists Market is located in the Detroit Cultural Center at 4719 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201; three blocks south of The Detroit Institute of the Arts, and one block east of Wayne State University. This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the lot directly behind the DAM Gallery.
Cranbrook Academy of Art Students exhibiting: Elizabeth Alexander, Lucila Caro, Elizabeth Boyd Hartmann, Gemma Draper, Megan Heeres, Wei-Hui Hsu, Ji Eun Kim, Aaron Peterman, Mark Sengbusch, Iris Seo, Eric Steinberg, Comora Tolliver.
Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni and former faculty exhibiting include: Susan Aaron-Taylor, Patricia Roustemis Cardasis, Judy Eliyas, Todd Erickson, Narine Kchikian, Gerhardt Knodel, Jacque Liu, Glen Michaels, Stephanie Sarris, James Viste.
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Museum of New Art to Feature Student Work from the Cranbrook Academy of Art Photography Department..
"Side by Side: New Works from the Cranbrook Photography Studios"
March 8- April 11, 2008
The Museum of New Art, Detroit/Pontiac will feature student work by Cranbrook Academy of Art Masters of Fine Art (MFA) candidates in the exhibition “Side by Side: New Works from the Cranbrook Photography Studios."The exhibition will include works from fourteen artists whose research and current studio practice is based out of the Cranbrook photography program headed by Artist-in-Residence, David Hilliard. Works include prints-on-paper, video, and installations that examine the boundless possibilities of contemporary photographic practice.
"Side by Side: New Works from the Cranbrook Photography Studios," will be on exhibit from Saturday, March 8 through Saturday, April 11,2008. The artists and Museum of New Art will host an opening reception from 6pm until 9pm Saturday, March 8, 2008. Regular gallery hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 12 noon until 6pm. Artists will host daily gallery hours. A closing reception will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2008 from 6pm to 9pm. The Museum of New Art is located at 7 North Saginaw Street in Pontiac, Michigan.
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Self-Similarity Model by Evan Larson
National Ornamental Metals Museum featuring Metalsmithing Department alumni in an exhibition exploring the impact of Cranbrook Academy of Art on the field of contemporary metalsmithing and design . . .
Equal Footing: Materials + Processes + Concepts
At the National Ornamental Metals Museum
Memphis, Tennessee
February 3 - April 13
Participating metalsmithing alumni: Danielle Allatta, John Andrew, Curtis Amira, Vivian Beer, Kristine Bolhuis, Harry Burdett, Alexandria Carrion, Tzu-Ju Chen, Clay Dillard, Peter Evonuk, John Falley, Dana Filbert, Mark Haines, Amy Haskins, Maya Kini, Evan Larson, Katie MacDonald, Brad Nichols, John Rais, Michael Rossi, Eric Ryser, Mary Savage, Eric Simmons, Josh Smith, James Thurman, Sarah Turner, Veleta Vancza, James Viste, Kai Wolter, Maegan Crowley and Richard Nelipovich
Founded in 1976, the National Ornamental Metal Museum is the only Museum in the Americas dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the art and craft of fine metalwork.
Photo: Anthony Cotsifas
Men's Vogue, February 2008 issue features William Massie, Architect-in-Residence and Head of the Architecture Department . . .
Light and Magic
With laser-cutting technology and an impeccable sense of place, architect Bill Massie creates a futuristic upstate retreat. By David Hay
"When the New York design gallerist Greg Wooten asked Bill Massie to design an upstate retreat in Dutchess County, the 45-year-old architect agreed, but insisted the house conform to his own ideas about country life. For Massie, the head of the architecture department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, an exalted post once held by Charles Eames..."
Detroit Free Press previews Cranbrook Academy of Art student collaboration . . .
Exhibit shows old, unloved library books in a new way
February 8, 2008
By Emila Askari
"Let's face it: Even the most popular libraries have some books on the back shelves or in the basement that no one ever wants to read. At the Bloomfield Township Public Library, Karen Imarisio decided to do something creative with those books: turn them into art. The result is an exhibit of 60 works made from books opening today at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center and the Cranbrook Art Academy's student gallery. It's titled "Un-shelved: An Altered Book Project.' "
2008 Whitney Biennial to include work by Jon Brumit, Painting Department alumni . . .
Jon Brumit
Selected for 2008 Whitney Biennial
Opening March 6
The curatorial team for the 2008 Whitney Biennial has selected 81 artists for the exhibition including Cranbrook Academy of Art Painting Department alumni Jon Brumit . The Biennial opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street, on March 6, and runs through June 1, 2008.
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