Archived - Shows And Events

April 22, 2017 - May 14, 2017 - The Degree Exhibition showcases pieces that are the culmination of two years of studio work from a diverse group of more than 80 graduates as they launch their careers.

November 19, 2016 - March 19, 2017 - From the Vault is a series of exhibitions drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection of nearly 6,000 works of modern and contemporary art, architecture, craft, and design. For this installment of the series, we have chosen to focus on a small but significant sampling of recent and promised gifts to the Museum that help highlight key aspects of our unique and ...

November 19, 2016 - March 19, 2017 - This exhibition features four distinct rooms that examine key moments in the evolution of the twentieth-century domestic landscape. From Cranbrook’s formation during the Arts and Crafts movement and its pivotal role in the development of mid-century modernism in America to material explorations that birthed new types of living environments in the 1970s and form...

November 19, 2016 - March 19, 2017 - This exhibition is the culmination of a two-week project involving The Truth Booth, a portable, inflatable video recording studio in the shape of a giant speech bubble, which toured a dozen neighborhoods in Metro Detroit and Flint, Michigan in the summer of 2016. At each location, participants had up to two minutes to record a statement starting with the words,...

September 18, 2016 - March 12, 2017 - This exhibition features many of Edward Gorey's famed publications, including several elaborately designed artist’s books and other assorted ephemera and memorabilia.

June 18, 2016 - March 12, 2017 -​ John Glick: A Legacy in Clay is the first major exhibition and publication to survey the immense range of ceramic vessels, tableware, and sculpture that has made Glick one of today’s premier figures in American studio pottery. The exhibition will include nearly 200 pieces representing all phases of his work, from the early vessels and tableware dating to Glick’s t...

June 18 - October 9, 2016 - The exhibition features experimental furniture, alternative living structures, immersive and participatory media environments, alternative publishing and ephemera, and experimental film. Bringing into dramatic relief the limits of Western society’s progress, the exhibition explores one of the most vibrant and inventive periods of the not-too-distant past, one that still...

June 18, 2016 – March 12, 2017 - John Glick: A Legacy in Clay is the first major exhibition and publication to survey the immense range of ceramic vessels, tableware, and sculpture that has made Glick one of today’s premier figures in American studio pottery. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue are part of the John Glick Legacy Project, which also encompasses the placement of the ceramist’s ...

June 18 - October 9, 2016 - The exhibition explores one of the most vibrant and inventive periods of the not-too-distant past, one that still resonates within culture today. Presenting a broad range of art forms and artifacts of the era, Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia features experimental furniture, alternative living structures, immersive and participatory media environments, alternat...

April 17 - May 15, 2016 - The most innovative work from the next generation of architects, artists, and designers will be on display at the 2016 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art. The Degree Exhibition showcases pieces that are the culmination of two years of studio work from a diverse group of more than 80 graduates as they launch their careers.