CRANBROOK ART MUSEUM IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Cranbrook Art Museum is building for the future! In December 2008 we started a construction project that will result in the complete renovation of our landmark 1942 Eliel Saarinen-designed museum, including the installation of climate control and the addition of a new state-of-the-art Collections Wing. During construction, our galleries are closed through Spring 2011.
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ARTOLOGY: THE FUSION OF ART AND SCIENCE AT CRANBROOK
While Cranbrook Art Museum is under construction, we will be presenting a series of pioneering exhibitions in collaboration with Cranbrook Institute of Science. Presented in the Institute’s 5,000 square-foot Temporary Exhibition Hall, Artology includes two major exhibitions—"Animal Logic: Photography and Installation by Richard Barnes" (Fall 2009) and "Cape Farewell: Art & Climate Change" (January 31 - June 13, 2010)—as well as interventions throughout the Institute. For more information on Cranbrook Institute of Science, visit http://science.cranbrook.edu/.
Artology and the exhibitions "Animal Logic: Photography and Installation by Richard Barnes" and "Cape Farewell: Art & Climate Change" are generously sponsored by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, the Erb Family Foundation and the MASCO Corporation Foundation.
CAPE FAREWELL: ART & CLIMATE CHANGE
Public Exhibition Dates: Through Sunday, June 13, 2010
Temporary Exhibition Hall at Cranbrook Institute of Science
Cape Farewell Pioneers a Cultural Response to Climate Change
Created by artist David Buckland in 2001, Cape Farewell has lead five expeditions to the High Arctic, the frontline of climate change. From these expeditions has sprung an extraordinary body of artwork: a film co-produced by the BBC, Art from the Arctic; Cape Farewell’s first major book title, Burning Ice; educational resources for GCSE; a UN award-winning website; and the exhibition “Cape Farewell: Art & Climate Change.” The project is widely acknowledged to be the most significant sustained artistic response to climate change anywhere in the world.
The exhibition, which makes its North American première here at Cranbrook, brings together specially-commissioned work from the artists who have voyaged with Cape Farewell on the 100 year-old sailing schooner, The Noorderlicht. Inspired by the work of the on-board climate scientists and having experienced the effects of climate change in this cruel but fragile environment, each of the artists has responded in a unique way. Science informs us that the health of our planet is in decline, but understanding and communicating these changes may demand another approach. Through images, sound, sculpture, dance and the power of the word these artworks express the wonder of nature together with the drama of destruction. The common message they share is that we mourn the loss of our decaying environment, but are inspired to change the way we live in a bid to save it.
You can find out more about the continuing Cape Farewell project at www.capefarewell.com. The accompanying book, Burning Ice, is available in the Science Shop at Cranbrook Institute of Science.
Artists, Writers and Musicians in the Exhibition
Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey, Kathy Barber, David Buckland, Peter Clegg, Siobhan Davies, Gautier Deblonde, Max Eastley, Nick Edwards, Antony Gormley, Alex Hartley, David Hinton, Ian McEwan, Michèle Noach, Shiro Takatani, and Rachel Whiteread.
Acknowledgments and International Sponsors
“Cape Farewell: Art and Climate Change” was created in partnership with the Natural History Museum, London, where it was presented in 2006, following Cape Farewell’s first three expeditions to Spitsbergen and the Svalbard Archipelago in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Within the UK, the exhibition toured to the Liverpool Biennial of Visual Arts, The Sage Gateshead and the Bodleian Library Oxford. In 2007 “Art and Climate Change” toured to the Kampnagel Cultural Complex in Hamburg, in partnership with the British Council. With its opening at the Fundacion Canal, Madrid, the exhibition now is embarking on a world tour with Barbican Touring Arts.
The international tour of the exhibition is supported by the Natural History Museum, London, and the Arts Council England. The exhibition was organized by Barbican International Enterprises, London. The Barbican Centre is provided by the City of London Corporation as part of its contribution to the cultural life of London and the nation.
Cranbrook Sponsors
The presentation of “Cape Farewell: Art & Climate Change” in Michigan is part of Artology: The Fusion of Art and Science at Cranbrook, a year-long series of exhibitions, lectures, films and educational programs organized collaboratively by Cranbrook Art Museum and Cranbrook Institute of Science. Artology is generously sponsored by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, the Erb Family Foundation and the MASCO Corporation Foundation.
“DISAPPEARING ARCTIC” EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS COMBINE ART AND SCIENCE FOR K-12 CLASSROOMS
Increasing heat indexes, diminishing polar ice coverage, rising sea levels—the science is undeniable. But sometimes it takes an artist to show it!
In conjunction with the Artology exhibition, “Cape Farewell: Art & Climate Change,” Cranbrook Art Museum is offering “Disappearing Arctic,” a set of interdisciplinary educational programs for students in grades K-12. Through these new tours and art-making activities for classes visiting Cranbrook Institute of Science, students will explore video art and photography about the arctic and connect art with the science of climate change and the role that humans can play in both causing and correcting the problem.
Each 45-minute program offers students a chance to explore innovative artworks inspired by the arctic landscape north of Norway which is at the epicenter of climate change. Through in-gallery discussion, students will gain a new understanding of the science of climate change and its impact on the earth. Students in grades K-8 will follow these discussions with art-making activities, allowing students to see creative expression as a way to speak up for the environment. High School students will translate their reactions to the exhibition into an in-gallery writing project.
To learn more about the tours and art-making activities, as well as the “Disappearing Arctic” curriculum links to not only Art and Science, but also to English Language Arts and Social Studies, please open the following documents.
Please click here for the Grades K-5 Lesson Plan Outline and Curriculum Links
Please click here for the Grades 6-8 Lesson Plan Outline and Curriculum Links
Please click here for the Grades 9-12 Lesson Plan Outline and Curriculum Links
How Do I Sign Up My Classroom?
The program fee, which includes museum admission, for the “Disappearing Arctic” educational programs is $8 per student. Minimum group visit size is 20 paid students, with a maximum of 30 students per group. For more information about booking these programs presented by Cranbrook Art Museum at Cranbrook Institute of Science, visit on-line http://science.cranbrook.edu/educational/group/program.asp or call (248) 645-3210, Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm.
MASCO Scholarships Available for “Disappearing Arctic” Educational Programs
Through a grant from the MASCO Corporation Foundation, and gifts from a special group of champions of Cranbrook Art Museum’s outreach programs, classrooms that otherwise might not be able to take advantage of the “Disappearing Arctic” educational programs may be eligible for bus and program fee scholarships. These scholarships are available to all public schools in the following school districts in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties.
Macomb County: Center Line, East Detroit, Roseville and Van Dyke.
Oakland County: Ferndale, Hazel Park, Oak Park, Pontiac and Southfield.
Wayne County: Detroit, Clarenceville, Ecorse, Hamtramck, Highland Park and Wayne/Westland.
The bus scholarships, which provide up to $125 per classroom, will be reimbursed by Cranbrook Art Museum upon receipt of an invoice from the school district’s transportation department received at least two weeks in advance of the scheduled tour. Realizing that each bus typically costs more than $125, schools are encouraged to bring two classrooms on one bus so that they are eligible to receive up to $250 total for the two classrooms. The program fee scholarships cover all “Disappearing Arctic” program and admission fees at Cranbrook Institute of Science. In return, the classroom will be asked to send a thank you letter to Cranbrook Art Museum (sent from either the classroom teacher or the school’s principal) and complete a post-visit survey. Thank you letters from the individual students also would be appreciated and will be shared with the scholarship’s sponsor.
The bus and program fee scholarships are available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information or to register a class, please call the Group Reservations Office at Cranbrook Institute of Science at 248-645-3210.
THE CHANGING EARTH: CONTEXT FOR THE MODERN WORLD
Through June 13, 2010
Cranbrook Institute of Science
Organized by Cranbrook Institute of Science, “The Changing Earth” exhibition complements the Cape Farewell project by exploring the local expression of climate changes over the course of the Earth’s history and presenting evidence for the growing role of humanity as a major force for change in the Earth System.
ARTOLOGY INTERVENTIONS: GEM AND MINERAL HALL
Through June 13, 2010
Gem and Mineral Hall
Cranbrook Institute of Science
Learn about the science behind the materials used in some of Cranbrook Art Museum's most beloved art objects! "Artology Interventions: Gem and Mineral Hall" showcases works from the collection of Cranbrook Art Museum alongside related specimens from the Cranbrook Institute of Science.
SAARINEN HOUSE
Saarinen House is a rare integration of art, architecture, design and nature—a total work of art.
Although Cranbrook Art Museum’s galleries are closed, Saarinen House—Eliel Saarinen’s Art Deco masterwork—remains open. Designed in the late 1920s and located at the heart of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Saarinen House served as the home and studio of the Finnish-American designer Eliel Saarinen (Cranbrook’s first resident architect and the Academy’s first president and head of the Architecture Department) and Loja Saarinen (the Academy’s first head of the Weaving Department) from 1930 through 1950. The extraordinary interior, now impeccably restored, features the Saarinens’ original furnishings, including Eliel’s delicately-veneered furniture and Loja’s sumptuous textiles, as well as early furniture designs by their son Eero Saarinen.
Please click here to view the Saarinen House and Garden Visitor’s Guide
New Public Tour Times for 2010: Thursday through Sunday at 2:00 p.m. (May through October)
No Public Tours will be offered on July 4; September 9, 10, 11 and 12; and October 2.
Docent-guided Public Tours of Saarinen House depart from Cranbrook Institute of Science, where tickets also may be purchased in advance and on tour days. Public Tours are scheduled May 1 through October 31, 2010, Thursday through Sunday, at 2:00 p.m. Tours are limited to 12 guests and visitors are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance to guarantee a spot on the tour.
Tours meet at the Front Desk of Cranbrook Institute of Science. The tours are about 90 minutes long and include stairs and two fifteen-minute walks on Cranbrook’s campus. Please park in the Institute of Science Parking Deck. Tours take place rain or shine.
Public Tour Fees: ArtMembers free; $10 Adults; $9 Seniors (65+); and $6 full-time students with ID and children. For information and advance reservations, please call Cranbrook Institute of Science at 248-645-3210 (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.). To inquire about the availability of tours on the weekends, please call the Institute’s Front Desk at 248-645-3209.
Private Tours
A limited number of Private Tours of Saarinen House are available Monday through Friday with at least three weeks advance notice. Private Tour Fees: $10 ArtMembers; $15 Adults and Seniors; and $10 full-time students with ID (with a minimum Private Tour group fee of $100). To inquire about the availability of a Private Tour, please call 248-645-3315.
HOUSE: SELECT ENCOUNTERS WITH ARCHITECTURE
A Rare Opportunity to Experience Saarinen Family Collaboration
Cranbrook Art Museum cordially invites you to an exclusive opportunity to visit two architecturally-significant homes
in greater Detroit. The proceeds from
these intimate experiences will benefit the Art Museum’s programs.
Saturday, June 5, 2010*
An Architect’s Own Home
*SOLD OUT
Described by Minoru Yamasaki as “an
understated house with large spaces,” he and
his wife Teruko moved into the 7,000 squarefoot
home in 1974. Protected in the front by a graveled garden with trees and boulders, with glass walls in the rear overlooking a small
lake and flower gardens, this home embodies Yamasaki’s characterization of it: “Buildings
should not awe and impress, but rather serve
as a thoughtful background for the activities of contemporary man.”
Saturday, June 19, 4-6 pm
Koebel House: A Family Endeavor
Grosse Pointe Farms
Download the registration card and return via fax to 248-645-7744.
Michigan boosts some of the greatest mid-century modern architecture in the country. But many of the buildings are private residences and not open to the public. As part of its HOUSE architectural series fundraiser, Cranbrook Art Museum is now offering patrons a rare opportunity to experience a Saarinen Family masterpiece that was recently featured in Ambassador Magazine.
Koebel House in Grosse Pointe Farms grew out of a chance encounter aboard a trans-Atlantic ship when Charles and Ingrid Koebel met Eliel Saarinen. The initial design of the home in 1939 was by Eliel and Eero Saarinen and completed soon after in collaboration with Eliel Saarinen’s son-in-law, J. Robert F. Swanson and other members of the Saarinen family. This 5,900 square-foot home embodies traditional elements reflecting Eliel Saarinen’s designs for the Cranbrook campus combined with more contemporary features reflecting the emerging interests in Modernism of Eero Saarinen and Swanson.
35 Guests for Wine and Hors d’oeuvres
$175.00 per person,
tax deductibility: $125.00
NEW MEMBER BENEFITS
Far from going dark during construction, we have crafted a series of exhibitions, programs and lectures that are guaranteed to engage our visitors with new and extraordinary opportunities. In fact, the time has never been better to join our membership group, ArtMembers@Cranbrook, and experience all that the worlds of Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum have to offer. For more information about memberships, including our new reciprocal benefits with Cranbrook Institute of Science and twelve Michigan and Canadian art museums, please call our Membership Office at 248-645-3333 or send us an email at ArtMembers@cranbrook.edu.
Expect the unexpected and join us at Cranbrook!
Download the ArtMember@Cranbrook Brochure
CRANBROOK ART MUSEUM STAFF DIRECTORY
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Email: ArtMuseum@cranbrook.edu
Web site: www.cranbrookart.edu/museum/
Roberta Frey Gilboe
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Marsha Gilman
Chief Advancement Officer
Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum
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Kelly Lewis-Gump
Director of Annual Giving and Membership
Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum
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Felicia Molnar
Public Relations Manager
Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum
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Abigail Newbold
Preparator
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Gregory Wittkopp
Director
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Cranbrook Academy of Art
Administrative Offices: 248-645-3300
Website: www.cranbrookart.edu
