Your Stories

Alumni Takeover

Continuing the "Cranbrook and the Chair" Legacy. Damee Hong (3D Design '13), 'Office Lounge'.

Studio spaces at the Academy. c. 2000s

Orpheus Fountain during STUDIO 2019

Student Chair Show in Forum Gallery. c. 2003.

Student Life - Academy Day Dinner outside Cranbrook Art Museum

Work by Paulo Marino (Print Media '17)

Outdoor installation

Fiber installation in New Studios. c. 2003

2024 Alumni Instagram Takeover

Please submit the form below to send us your submission for this summer’s Alumni Takeover! For 2024, we’re showing off your recent or current projects! Not limited to artwork, this could be related to community projects, studio development, teaching, etc..

Submissions are accepted through August 23, 2024. We may contact you by email for additional details.

Alumni Instagram Takeover Submission Form

Step 1 of 2

2024 Summer Alumni Takeover

The 2024 Alumni Takeover is focused on sharing our alumni's recent work or current projects. This submission DOES NOT require a news article or press release - it's just about the work!
Please describe your work in as much detail as you are comfortable providing, our audience WANTS to know more!
General Information
Name*
First Last
Preferred Pronouns
Department*
Year of Graduation*
Please enter a number from 1932 to 2022.
Email*
Instagram*
Website/Other Social/Etc.

Save and Continue Later

Submission
About your work/recent project/etc
Give us the details about the development of this work/project! Why did you make this work? What was difficult, natural, and/or surprising about making it? Is this work a progression of your study at the Academy or is it very different? You don't have to give us the secrets - but tell us a bit about the materials, process, requirements for this work - why are those important to you? Is there anything you want to share about a show, event, book, or other related to this work?
Bonus Question #1
Is there someone at/around Cranbrook who made a significant impact on your education/creative growth? Not necessarily an AIR. We'd like to share more about our alums' Cranbrook Community experience with our prospective students who may be coming from a more traditional institution.
Bonus Questions #2
Is there a place on campus that holds special meaning for you? Why did/do you feel that way about it?
Hidden
How would you describe your story?
Please use the below options as inspiration for your submission. Select a topic for guided questions to assist in your submission.
Hidden
Evolution of My Studio Practice Questions
We've included several questions below to help you tell your story! You can answer one or answer several. There are no limits to these answers, but there are limits to what we can post on social. Your answers may be edited for clarity or space.
Hidden
Evolution of My Studio Practice
Overview of how your practice has evolved since your time at Cranbrook. Be sure to include what things have changed or what stayed the same.
Hidden
Did your Artist-in-Residence, Fellow Alum, or other Mentor affect your practice?
Hidden
Was there a particular event, travel, other happening that has had a significant impact on your practice?
Could be an exhibition visit, personal travel, job, life event, COVID-19 pandemic, etc.
Hidden
What about iteration in your practice?
Sketchbooks, maquettes, material tests, etc. - how do you get started or work through problems on your way to creating new work?
Your Story*
Hidden
Behind the Scenes with Me This Summer
We've included several questions below to help you tell your story! You can answer one or answer several. There are no limits to these answers, but there are limits to what we can post on social. Your answers may be edited for clarity or space.
Hidden
What's going on this Summer?
Take us behind the scenes of your summer highlights! Tell us about an exhibition, residency, workshop, trip, etc. Let us live vicariously through you!
Hidden
Does your summer highlight have a Cranbrook connection?
Are you in a show, class, etc with a fellow alumni? Maybe a former or current Artist-in-Residence? Please include the full name of Cranbrook connections if possible.
Hidden
Throwbacks by Decade
Send us a throwback image or several in the decade you graduated - 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, or 2010s. We've included several questions below to help you tell your story! You can answer one or answer several. There are no limits to these answers, but there are limits to what we can post on social. Your answers may be edited for clarity or space.
Hidden
You at the time you graduated
Share pictures and stories about you in the decade you graduated. What were you like as an artist back then and now?
Hidden
Throwback to Your Work
Tell us about what work you were creating in the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, or 2010s. How do you think/feel about that work now?
Hidden
Throwback to Life at Cranbrook
Favorite pictures from your time at Cranbrook? What is the same, what's different?
Hidden
Bonus Throwback: Your Favorite Song while at Cranbrook!
Hidden
Then and Now
We've included several questions below to help you tell your story! You can answer one or answer several. There are no limits to these answers, but there are limits to what we can post on social. Your answers may be edited for clarity or space
Hidden
Your Story
For "Then and Now" Alumni-style, compare something at Cranbrook/recently graduated to what's happening for you now. Could include your style, studio, exhibitions, material, etc. Ideally, you can provide images of both "Then" and "Now".
Hidden
Other
Your original alumni content! If you want to submit a general news update - please go to the news update form on our website instead! This form is only for the Alumni Instagram Takeover.
Hidden
Your story
Upload
Upload Images and Image Description*
Submit up to 15 images, video, and/or audio files to support your submission. Please include an image description document to identify the artworks, persons, locations, departments, etc. The maximum file size is 15MB.
Drop files here or

Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, mp4, mp3, mov4, tif, tiff, Max. file size: 15 MB, Max. files: 15.
Permission
Check this box if Cranbrook Academy of Art can reproduce and publish the images submitted on social media and in promotional material.
- I agree
CAPTCHA
Email
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Save and Continue Later

Your Stories

Alumni Takeover

2024 Alumni Instagram Takeover

2024 Alumni Instagram Takeover

Alumni Instagram Takeover Submission Form

Step 1 of 2

2024 Summer Alumni Takeover

General Information

Submission

Evolution of My Studio Practice Questions

Behind the Scenes with Me This Summer

Throwbacks by Decade

Then and Now

Other

Upload