Saturday, April 24, 2021

STUDIO is a one-of-a-kind virtual celebration and art sale benefitting Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum. Don't miss your chance to collect artwork from Academy students and select alumni.
Mai-Thu Perret
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Mai-Thu Perret will present her multi-disciplinary practice comprising sculpture, painting, video, and installation.
Photograph of two visitors observing an exhibition at Cranbrook Art Museum.
ArtMembers Preview Day
Saturday, April 17, 2021
11:00am - 5:00pm

Open to the Public
Sunday, April 18, 2021 - Sunday, May 16, 2021
See website for hours

See the most innovative work from the next generation of architects, artists, and designers. The exhibition showcases pieces that are the culmination of two years of studio work from a diverse group of graduates as they launch their careers.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Enjoy a virtual studio tour with Conrad Egyir, a 2018 graduate of the Academy of Art’s Painting Department.

With Eyes Opened is the first book to expansively chronicle a history of this influential and singular art school.

The last year has shown us that science is more important than ever. Please watch this video that we hope will inspire all the future scientists, and help us share this message with the world.
Trouble in Poseidon's House: The Global Decline of Modern Coral Reefs
Thursday, April 8, 2021
7:30pm

Join the Institute’s Director for an informative presentation on the natural history of one of our planet’s most complex and fascinating ecosystems.

All About Shells
Saturday, April 10, 2021
9:00am

Is it really the ocean you hear inside a shell? Join us for this interactive session to learn all about these unique specimens and what lives inside.
Sundays, April 11, 18 & 25, 2021
3:00pm - 4:30pm

Join us virtually as we examine the histories of three of Cranbrook's iconic cultural landscapes and their association with indigenous communities, the Japanese experience, and suburban segregation.
Tours begin Saturday, May 1, 2021
See website for schedule

Take an in-person tour of a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Usonian home and an Art Deco masterwork by Eliel Saarinen.
Saturday, May 22, 2021
6:30pm - 9:30pm

Join us virtually in celebrating Cranbrook’s connections to Sweden during this dinner, film premiere, and auction.
Photograph of crocosmia at Cranbrook House & Gardens.
Native Plants (Online Only)
Member Presale Begins Monday, May 10, 2021 at 9:00am
Public Sale Begins Monday, May 10, 2021 at 10:00am
Sale Ends Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 12:00pm

Shop online for plants that are native to Michigan.

Perennials, Herbs, and Tropical Plants (In-Person Only)
Saturday, May 22, 2021 & Sunday, May 23, 2021
10:00am - 3:00pm

Join us in-person to purchase perennials, tropical plants from the Greenhouse, and herbs.
Daily, 7:00am - 7:00pm

Discover spring blooms while enjoying the restorative power of nature.

Learn about Cranbrook Schools in videos from our virtual Open Houses.
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Cranbrook Academy of Art Photo Credits
STUDIO 2018 photography by PD Rearick.

Cranbrook Art Museum Photo Credits
Graduate Degree Exhibition photography by PD Rearick.

Painting by Conrad Egyir.

Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research Photo Credit
Detail of a Postcard of the “Oriental Garden” at Cranbrook with Rudy Fedus seated near the Japanese Kasuga Lantern, circa 1976. Published by Cranbrook Gardens Auxiliary. Collection of Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, Gift of Katie McCreighton Young, 2019.

Melvyn Maxwell and Sara Stein Smith at their Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Usonian House in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, circa 1970. Photograph from the Collection of Cranbrook Archives, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, Gift of Anne Smith Towbes.

Detail of a Map of “Indian Land Cessions” from the Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Part 2, 1896-1897, United States Government Printing Office. Collection of Smithsonian Libraries. The 1807 Treaty of Detroit ceded the green-colored portion of this map, including what is now Detroit and Southeast Michigan.

Smith House photography by Brett Mountain.

Carl Milles’s sculptures in silhouette at Millesgården Museum facing Stockholm and Värtahamnen, a neighborhood under construction.

Explore Cranbrook Photo Credits (Left to Right)
Europa and the Bull at Cranbrook Art Museum. Photograph by PD Rearick.

Cranbrook House Library. Photograph by James Haefner.

Black Beauty at Cranbrook Institute of Science.

Japanese (Red) Bridge in the Japanese Garden. Photograph by Eric Franchy.