100 Treasures of Cranbrook Art Museum is presented by American House and Standard Federal Bank.  Additional sponsorships provided by Artpack Services Inc. & A.I.R., Herman Miller and The Locniskar Group.

Nearly 100 years ago, on January 18, 1904, George and Ellen Booth purchased property in Bloomfield Hills and began to conceive and shape the cultural jewel that became Cranbrook Educational Community.  To celebrate the centennial anniversary, Cranbrook Art Museum will present 100 of its most cherished treasures, displaying for the first time the full range of the permanent collection.  From the Arts & Crafts works collected by the Booths to adorn the many Cranbrook historic properties, to the most recent masterworks of modern and contemporary art and design acquired by the Art Museum, some of which will debut in the exhibition, 100 Treasures will reaffirm the world-class quality of the Museum’s permanent collection. 
 
Installed throughout the entire Main Level, 100 Treasures of Cranbrook Art Museum will include works in all media and will spotlight the in-depth holdings of Cranbrook-related artists as well as national and international artists, including selections from The Dr. John and Rose M. Shuey Collection.
 
100 Treasures of Cranbrook Art Museum is organized into six sections which highlight the strengths of the collection and includes works recently acquired or donated to mark the Centennial such as the recently acquisitioned sculpture “The Hunter,” by Tony Matelli and “Candalabrum: Seven Fragments,” by metalsmith Myra Mimlitsch-Gray. Matelli and Mimlitsch-Gray are both graduates of Cranbrook Academy of Art and have achieved national and international recognition for their work.
 
“Following a tradition of functional silversmithing, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray reflects upon traditional craft practice within a contemporary sculptural context,” says Gary Griffin, Artist-in-Residence and Head of the Metalsmithing Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art.  “As a highly skilled technician and an intellectually alert artist, she challenges representations of social and cultural inheritances, domestic norms as well as art historical convention.”  
 
Myra Mimlitsch-Gray  will present a talk during the Artmembers@Cranbrook opening on Friday, December 12, 2003 in deSalle Auditorium at 6PM. Tony Matelli will be presenting an Artist’s Talk on Saturday, December 13 at 1PM in deSalle Auditorium, as part of the public events on opening weekend for 100 Treasures of Cranbrook Art  Museum.
 
Cranbrook Art Museum has also received unprecedented donations to conserve many objects in the collection that have not been seen for decades including the painting “Industrial Detroit “ by Zoltan Sepeshy, who served as Artist in Residence and director of Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1941-1966.
 
In all over 82 artists, more than half are directly Cranbrook related, are represented in 100 Treasures of Cranbrook Art Museum with media ranging from sculpture, painting, photography, metalsmithing, ceramics, fiber, glass, printmaking, graphic design, furniture to works on paper.
 
100 Treasures--which opens to the public on December 13, 2003, and continues on view through March 28, 2004 (with selected treasures remaining on view in our Main Gallery throughout our entire centennial year)-- launches Cranbrook’s year-long centennial celebration and will be accompanied by a full range of educational programs as well as a full-color catalogue.  The catalogue, which will be released at the end of January, will document all 100 treasures and provide informative essays describing the objects and the Art Museum’s venerable history.
 
“The entire Cranbrook Community shares my pride in the masterworks of the Museum’s collection and enthusiasm for this important public celebration,” says Gregory Wittkopp, Director, Cranbrook Art Museum.

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