Events

Knoll Lecture: Steven Haulenbeek
Each year, through the generosity of an endowment from Knoll International, the Knoll Lecture Series at Cranbrook Academy of Art brings a renowned designer to ...
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Lecture: Ahmed Ansari
Ahmed Ansari is an Industry Assistant Professor at New York University at the Integrated Digital Media program in the department of Technology, Culture & Society, ...
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Swanson Lecture: Peggy Deamer (Virtual)
Peggy Deamer Architecture Beyond Capitalism This talk will examine how the discipline of architecture can move beyond its current principle function - decorating developers' (or ...
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Lecture: Harry Dodge
Ecstatic Contamination: Notes on Seepage as Form In this artist talk, Harry Dodge uses Édouard Glissant’s phrase “I change, and I exchange” (from Poetics of ...
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Lecture: Laura Plageman
Laura Plageman transforms her photographs through image layering and collage to reflect an experiential view of nature and explore contemporary issues in landscape and photography. ...
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Lecture: Kelefa Sanneh
Break-Up Songs: How Popular Music Got So Divisive People love to talk about how popular music transcends boundaries and brings people together. I'm not so ...
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Lecture: Torkwase Dyson
Join us on April 12, at 6pm for a free public lecture from Torkwase Dyson. This lecture will be presented in person at the deSalle ...
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Lecture: Dr. Sue Black
If I Can Do It, So Can You Join us for a free, public lecture from Professor Sue Black OBE at deSalle Auditorium, hosted by ...
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Lecture: Kim Cridler
Join us for a free public lecture from Visiting Artist Kim Cridler. Cridler will present her work in metals and the models that have shaped ...
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Lecture: Tanya Aguiñiga
Fiber Art as Activism on the US/Mexico Border Fiber-centered interventions through: performance, site-specific installation, community based collaborations, and object making have helped Tanya Aguiñiga and ...
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Lecture: Daniel Bozhkov
Daniel Bozhkov Join us on October 27, 2022, at 6pm for a free, public lecture from Visiting Artist, Daniel Bozhkov. Please enter the deSalle auditorium ...
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Lecture: Derek Fordjour
Derek Fordjour Join us on November 2, 2022, at 6pm for a free, public lecture from Visiting Artist, Derek Fordjour. Please enter the deSalle auditorium ...
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Lecture: Jovencio de la Paz
Jovencio de la Paz Jovencio de la Paz will discuss their work at the intersection of weaving and digital technology. Referencing the histories of computation, ...
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Public Lecture: Janny Baek
PANORAMA : 02/15/2023 : New York, NY: ceramics artist Janny Baek shot in her studio on west 27th street Janny Baek is an artist and ...
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Public Lecture: Simone ten Hompel
Simone ten Hompel with Cranbrook Academy of Art Metalsmithing students during a workshop in November 2023. Cranbrook Academy of Art’s 2023-24 Public Lecture Series is ...
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Public Lecture: Cannupa Hanska Luger
Cannupa Hanska Luger. Photo: Reece Martinez. Cranbrook Academy of Art’s 2023-24 Public Lecture Series is free and open to the public in the deSalle Auditorium ...
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Public Lecture: Yolande Daniels
Yolande Daniels. Photo: Priscilla Mars. Cranbrook Academy of Art’s 2023-24 Public Lecture Series is free and open to the public in the deSalle Auditorium at ...
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Public Lecture: Ghada Amer
Ghada Amer will present all aspects of their practice since 1991 detailing how their career has developed until today. Their practice includes painting, sculpture, ceramics, ...
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Public Lecture: Andrianna Campbell-LaFleur
Andrianna Campbell-LaFleur writes mostly about modern and contemporary art history. She is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards including a Yale University Presidential Research ...
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Public Lecture: Yuri Suzuki
Cranbrook Academy of Art’s 2023-24 Public Lecture Series is free and open to the public in the deSalle Auditorium at Cranbrook Art Museum. Cranbrook Art ...
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Public Lecture: Lisa Lapinski
Lisa Lapinski Join us for a free, public lecture from artist Lisa Lapinski at deSalle Auditorium. Cranbrook Art Museum's galleries will be closed, so please ...
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Public Lecture: Natalie Ball
Natalie Ball Join us at deSalle Auditorium on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at 6pm for a free, public lecture from artist Natalie Ball. Cranbrook Academy ...
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Public Lecture: Amna Ashgar
Amna Asghar Cranbrook Academy of Art’s 2023-24 Public Lecture Series is free and open to the public in the deSalle Auditorium at Cranbrook Art Museum. ...
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Public Lecture: Mike Cloud
Mike Cloud is a painter, associate professor, and director of graduate studies in the department of art, theory and practice at Northwestern University in Illinois. ...
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Public Lecture: Charisse Weston
Charisse Weston Join us on Thursday, October 3, 2024, at 6pm ET for the first lecture in the 2024-25 Cranbrook Academy of Art Lecture Series. ...
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Public Lecture: Leonard Suryajaya
Please join us on Thursday, November 21 at 6pm for a free, public lecture by artist Leonard Suryajaya. Cranbrook Academy of Art’s 2024-25 Public Lecture ...
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Public Lecture: Jomo Tariku
Cranbrook Academy of Art’s 2024-25 Public Lecture Series is free and open to the public at Cranbrook's deSalle Auditorium. Cranbrook Art Museum is open late ...
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Public Lecture: Phong Bui
Phong Bui. Photo by Nicola Delorme. Join us on Thursday, January 16 for our first Public Lecture of 2025. Cranbrook Academy of Art’s 2024-25 Public Lecture ...
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Public Lecture: Elena Kanagy-Loux
Elena Kanagy-Loux. Photo by Rose Callahan. Join us on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 6pm for a free public lecture from artist Elena Kanagy-Loux. In ...
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Public Lecture: Leonor Hipólito
Leonor Hipólito Leonor Hipólito’s artistic expression combines mainly jewelry, poetry, drawing, sculpture, and installation. She holds a degree in Contemporary Jewellery from the Gerrit Rietveld ...
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Public Lecture: Carl J. D’Silva
Carl J. D’Silva, FAIA, is a Chicago-based architect and a Principal at Perkins&Will, and has recently released the book Lost Danish Treasure, which tells the ...
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Public Lecture: Porchia Moore
Dr. Porchia Moore is the Associate Director of the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship (CAME) and an Associate Professor and Rotating Program Head of ...
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Public Lecture: Mike Cloud
Mike Cloud Mike Cloud is a painter and serves as an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Art, Theory, and ...
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Public Lecture: Folayemi Wilson
Folayemi Wilson. Photo by Nathan Keay. Folayemi Wilson will share their work and process of mining history as material in their creative practice, and recent ...
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Public Lecture: Dolores Mallea
Dolores Mallea Join us for a lecture with architect Dolores Mallea, founder of SUR DEL CRUZ, a studio and workshop based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...
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Public Lecture: Daniel Bozhkov
Join us for a free public lecture from visiting artist Daniel Bozhkov. Bozhkov is a Bulgarian-born artist based in New York City. He employs a ...
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Public Lecture: Tamara Kostianovsky
Mesmerizing Flesh, 2023. Kinetic installation, discarded textiles. Join us in Cranbrook's deSalle Auditorium for a free, public lecture by Argentine-American artist Tamara Kostianovsky. Her work ...
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