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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Mike Cloud
DESCRIPTION:Mike Cloud \nMike Cloud is a painter and serves as an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Art\, Theory\, and Practice at Northwestern University in Illinois. \n\n\n\n\n\nHis artistic practice encompasses the expanded field of painting and image-making. He dissects photographic and painterly forms\, scrambling text and re-aligning content to produce new breaks in legibility and new understandings. \nHis work examines paintings as objects within a broader cultural system of objects\, marks\, symbols\, motifs\, and forms. His expressive technique blurs and blends elements into aesthetic compositions that interrogate the politics\, contrivances\, and language of painting and the artist’s complicity in its system of functions. \nMike Cloud’s solo exhibitions include Called Ahead (2024) at Fahrenheit Madrid\, Spain; Tears in Abstraction (2019) and Bad Faith and Universal Technique (2014) at Thomas Erben Gallery\, New York; The Myth of Education (2018) at the Logan Center for the Arts in Chicago; and Special Projects: Mike Cloud (2005)\, MoMA PS1\, New York. Through a Guggenheim Fellowship\, he is developing Holistic Abstraction\, a new body of research\, writing\, and paintings inspired by ancient\, classical\, and religious diagrams of the universe that present modes of abstraction that take a holistic view of artistic ambition. \n 
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-mike-cloud/
LOCATION:deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Avenue\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Book Launch and Lecture: "Still / Todavía\," by Iris Eichenberg and Jimena Ríos
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the launch of “Still / Todavía\,” by Iris Eichenberg and Jimena Ríos\, the first in a series of jewelry books exploring how jewelry transforms our lives. \nThe first launch and lecture will take place on Sunday\, March 9 at 11:30am at Cranbrook’s deSalle Auditorium. \nAnne and Donald were together for thirty-seven years. Throughout their life together\, Donald gave Anne jewelry during their travels and commissioned rings and necklaces for her—pieces that served as evidence of their life and love. Following Anne’s passing in 2022\, Donald began wearing her jewelry almost every day. \nAs makers and educators\, we found ourselves looking beyond what contemporary jewelry captures. With this book and talk\, we would like to share that exploration with you—starting with pieces found in folklore\, religious jewelry\, and offerings\, leading up to examples of contemporary jewelry. These pieces can all be read as forms of testimony and proof; at the same time\, they serve as evidence of bonds marking rituals in a timeline. Through them\, the act of making becomes a way to materialize stories\, celebrate\, and heal. \nThe book will be available for purchase at the event\, while supplies last. \nStill / Todavía\nBy Iris Eichenberg & Jimena Ríos\n65 pages in English and Spanish\nGraphic design: Marcelo Morán\nPhotography: Eric Perry\nTaller Eloi\, 2025\nUSD $20 + shipping cost
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/book-launch-and-lecture-still-todavia-by-iris-eichenberg-and-jimena-rios/
LOCATION:deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Avenue\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Porchia Moore
DESCRIPTION: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 Critical Museum Studies at the University of Florida. She also serves as Co-Director of the Incluseum\, an international cultural heritage collaboratory. Her writing and research are widely used for training and education in museums across the United States. \nShe is the co-creator of The Visitors of Color project; a national counternarrative project recognized by the American Alliance of Museums as a resource that seeks to highlight and share the lived experiences\, insights\, and reflections on modern museums from marginalized citizens. Her writing interrogates the cultural heritage of the Black Atlantic and the Deep South and the intersections of technology\, cultural heritage\, and community and emphasizes the need for cultural heritage institutions to center 21st century literacies. \nMoore received her Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in the School of Library and Information Science and the McKissick Museum Management program. The recipient of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership Librarian fellowship\, she is a museum visionary and activist-scholar who researches suppressed narratives museums and other cultural heritage spaces. Her research examines the intersections of race\, community\, technology\, and social media\, and inclusion in museums. \nShe co-curated the exhibition\, From Shadow to Substance\, which was named one of the top ten university museum exhibitions by Forbes magazine. She has been a featured guest on national media outlets such as National Public Radio (NPR)’s Here and Now. \nShe has served as an advisor to numerous national museum projects including MASS (Museums as Site for Social) Action with the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Museums and Race. She served as consulting curator at the Columbia Museum of Art and curated the rotating African American art gallery\, Spoken. \nDr. Moore has served on numerous boards\, such as Friends of African American Art and Culture at the Columbia Museum of Art (where she served as the first-ever Inclusion Catalyst)\, Museum Education Roundtable\, and Women and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina\, in addition to serving on a multitude of advisory and planning committees including the South Carolina Federation of Museums\, Museum Computer Network\, and more. \nShe is a prominent speaker and featured keynote at international and national conferences across the GLAMr (Galleries\, Libraries\, Archives\, Museums\, repositories) as a recognized expert on issues of race\, inclusion\, and social justice in cultural heritage institutions. She is a prolific author and writer with several published essays\, book chapters\, and multiple works-in-progress and forthcoming books. Her most recent book\, Transforming Inclusion in Museums: The Power of Collaborative Inquiry is published by Rowman & Littlefield.
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-porchia-moore/
LOCATION:deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Avenue\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Carl J. D’Silva
DESCRIPTION: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 tale of how a priceless watercolor of Danish Modern’s most iconic design\, the Chieftain Chair\, was rediscovered through the combined research efforts of a small group of collectors. \nD’Silva has been collecting and researching Danish Modern furniture since 2011. During the lecture\, he will review the history of the Chieftain Chair and discuss how Finn Juhl\, one of Denmark’s most celebrated architects\, evolved his furniture design in the 1940s. He will present historical research and modern-day analysis\, rewriting the early history of the chair.
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-carl-j-dsilva/
LOCATION:Cranbrook Art Museum\, 39221 Woodward Ave.\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Leonor Hipólito
DESCRIPTION:Leonor Hipólito \nLeonor Hipólito’s artistic expression combines mainly jewelry\, poetry\, drawing\, sculpture\, and installation. She holds a degree in Contemporary Jewellery from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam (1995-99)\, studied at Parson’s School of Design in New York (1998)\, and has worked as an independent artist since 1999. Defining her path of more than twenty-five years there are group and solo exhibitions\, lectures\, workshops\, and tutorials in Portugal and abroad\, as well as her editorial work which she started in 2009\, publishing up to now about 25 books of poetry and art.
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-leonor-hipolito/
LOCATION:deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Avenue\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Elena Kanagy-Loux
DESCRIPTION:Elena Kanagy-Loux. Photo by Rose Callahan. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, January 28\, 2025\, at 6pm for a free public lecture from artist Elena Kanagy-Loux. In her presentation\, she will share insights from her international journeys studying the art of lacemaking\, discuss her creative process behind various commissioned projects\, and explore her current research on the global expansion of lacemaking. \nElena Kanagy-Loux is a descendant of the Amish and grew up between the US and Japan. After earning her BFA in Textile Design from FIT\, she won a grant funding a four-month trip to study lacemaking across Europe in 2015. Upon returning to NYC\, she co-founded Brooklyn Lace Guild and began teaching bobbin lace classes. She then completed an MA in Costume Studies at NYU and worked at the Antonio Ratti Textile Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for five years. Currently\, she is working on a Ph.D at Bard Graduate Center focusing on the global expansion of lacemaking. \nPlease note that Cranbrook Art Museum galleries will be closed. Guests can enter deSalle Auditorium through the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library. \n \nElena Kanagy-Loux photographed by Rose Callahan on Sept 9\, 2022 in NYC
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-elena-kanagy-loux/
LOCATION:deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Avenue\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Phong Bui
DESCRIPTION:Phong Bui. Photo by Nicola Delorme. \nJoin us on Thursday\, January 16 for our first Public Lecture of 2025. 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 and free to all on Thursdays\, please arrive early to explore their current exhibitions. \nPhong H. Bui is a multifaceted citizen of the New York art world. Roberta Smith\, in her review of Come Together: Surviving Sandy in the New York Times likened him to\, “[In] Jane Jacobs’s words\, ‘people with ideas of their own\,’ who help keep a city alive and moving forward on countless fronts in art and in life.” Bui was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture” by Brooklyn Magazine and a “ringmaster” of the “Kings County art world” by The New York Observer. Bui is an artist\, writer\, independent curator\, and former curatorial advisor at MoMA PS1 (2007-10). He is also the Co-Founder\, Publisher\, and Artistic Director of the monthly journal the Brooklyn Rail and its imprint\, Rail Editions. \nBui is a Board Trustee of the International Association of Art Critics (2007-2019)\, Anthology Film Archives (2017-2023)\, Denniston Hill\, Fountain House\, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation\, Monira Foundation\, Second Shift Studio Space St. Paul\, Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program\, Studio in a School\, the Third Rail\, and the Center for Fiction. \nHe was a senior critic at Yale MFA\, Columbia University MFA\, and University of Pennsylvania MFA\, (2012-15). He has taught graduate seminars in MFA Writing and Criticism and MFA Photography\, Video\, and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts (2012-16). Bui has received numerous awards\, most recently including the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts (2021)\, an Honorary Doctorate of University of the Arts (2020)\, the Jetté Award for Leadership in the Arts\, Colby College Museum of Art (2019)\,and The Lunder Fellowship\, The Lunder Institute for American Art (2019).
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-phong-bui/
LOCATION:deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Avenue\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Jomo Tariku
DESCRIPTION: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 and free to all on Thursdays\, please arrive early to explore their current exhibitions. \nJomo’s furniture designs draw inspiration from Africa’s rich cultural heritage\, historical structures\, traditional furniture\, craft\, colors\, artifacts\, landscapes\, wildlife\, and even hairstyles. His research on licensed Black furniture designers has been featured in prominent publications such as the New York Times and BOH. Jomo’s work has graced more than 40 publications\, movie sets and even the home of the Vice President of US\, Kamala Harris at the Naval Observatory. His designs are part of the permanent collections in major museums such as the Met\, PMA\, and LACMA. Jomo has been recognized by Wallpaper Magazine\, Oprah\, and Susanne Graner of Vitra Design Museum for his impactful contributions. Beyond furniture design\, he applies his skills to showcase African stories through\ncompelling data visualizations and has diversified into other creative spaces\, including public art sculptures and wallpaper design. Jomo is represented by Wexler Gallery in the US and Foreign Agent Gallery in Switzerland and resides in Springfield\, Virginia\, with his wife and two sons.
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-jomo-tariku/
LOCATION:deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Avenue\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Leonard Suryajaya
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, November 21 at 6pm for a free\, public lecture by artist Leonard Suryajaya. \nCranbrook 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 and free to all on Thursdays\, please arrive early to explore their current exhibitions. \nSuryajaya’s photographs are held in major institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago\, Museum of Contemporary Photography\, and The Block Museum. His work has been featured in numerous international exhibitions at Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago\, Benaki Museum in Greece\, Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland\, National Library in Singapore\, Esker Foundation in Canada\, and Aperture Gallery in New York. He’s received awards from prestigious institutions such as Guggenheim Fellowship\, Artadia Awards\, DCASE Esteemed Artist Award\, Aaron Siskind Foundation Award\, and Robert Giard Foundation Fellowship. He received an MFA from the SAIC and both a BA and BFA from California State University Fullerton. \nLeonard Surayajaya\, Dad After Quarantine\, 2023. \nLeonard Suayajaya\, Mom and Everything She Bought in America.
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-leonard-suryajaya/
LOCATION:deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Avenue\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Leung Chi Wo - Material Narratives: Myths\, Memories\, and Senses
DESCRIPTION:Leung Chi Wo. Portrait by Ringo Tang. \nJoin us on Wednesday\, November 13 at 6pm for a free public lecture from artist Leung Chi Wo. In his presentation\, Leung will explore how his practice is shaped by the narratives embedded within the materials he uses. By playing with both reason and emotion\, he develops an open-ended\, non-conclusive narrative that transcends traditional modes of representation. \nLeung Chi Wo employs a diverse range of mediums—including photography\, text\, found objects\, performance\, and installation—to merge historical exploration with conceptual inquiry. His work questions memory\, power structures\, and the ambiguities of history. By synthesizing vintage objects\, archival materials\, and imagery\, Leung juxtaposes everyday moments with significant political events\, drawing attention to the tension between personal and collective histories. His research-based practice often probes the fissures and uncertainties in how history is constructed and narrated. \nPlease note Cranbrook Art Museum galleries will be closed. Enter deSalle Auditorium through the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library. \nLeung Chi Wo\, Gather the Tears\, 2023. Aluminum alloy frames\, glass\, craft knives\, book\, music stand\, 137 x 62 x 62 cm.
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-leung-chi-wo-material-narratives-myths-memories-and-senses/
LOCATION:deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Avenue\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Annual Swanson Public Lecture: Axel Timm
DESCRIPTION:Axel Timm \nPlease join us for the 2024-25 Annual Swanson Lecture by Alex Timm\, partner at raumlaborberlin\, a Berlin-based collective of 9 architects working at the intersection of architecture\, city planning\, art\, and urban intervention. \nCranbrook 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 and free to all on Thursdays\, please arrive early to explore their current exhibitions. \nAxel Timm studied Architecture in Berlin (TU Berlin). 2003–2005; member of the board of Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben e.V. Since 2005 he has been head of “Autotrans Ltd.”\, a society for artistic production and studio administration. He was a guest professor at the FH Dortmund from 2010 to 2011. \nThe annual Swanson lecture is sponsored by the J. Robert F. Swanson Fund. \nThe J. Robert F. Swanson Lecture Fund at Cranbrook Academy of Art was established in 1983 by the family of J. Robert F. Swanson\, a noted architect who was also the son-in-law of Eliel Saarinen. Each year\, the Swanson Lecture brings to the Cranbrook campus architects\, designers\, artists\, or scholars who have received critical acclaim for their work and enjoy a sustained record of excellence and achievement in their respective fields.  J. Robert F. Swanson and his wife and lifelong design partner\, Pipsan Saarinen Swanson\, founded their firm Swanson Associates in 1947 and worked on many exteriors and interiors\, including residences\, schools\, universities\, churches\, airports\, banks\, government\, industrial and commercial projects. \n 
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-axel-timm/
LOCATION:deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Avenue\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:The Knoll Lecture In Design: Brian Graham
DESCRIPTION:Brian Graham \nBrian Graham is the founder and creative director of Graham Design\, a studio specializing in contemporary furniture and related products for the workplace and healthcare markets. \nWith over 30 years of experience in design\, Brian’s strategic approach combines planning\, research\, and creativity to deliver solutions that meet his manufacturing partners’ needs and expectations. His work has garnered awards and recognition from prestigious organizations such as AIA\, IIDA\, IDSA\, IFMA\, and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design. His mission is to create functional\, beautiful\, and sustainable products\, enhancing people’s quality of life. \nBrian advocates and advises the design industry\, collaborating with leading manufacturers\, associations\, and publications to promote the value and impact of design. He actively engages with the larger design community to champion a deeper understanding of design’s significance in contemporary culture\, including participating in design talks\, industry panels\, podcasts\, and filmed media. \nBuilding opportunities for a more diverse and representative design community is increasingly important to Brian. To this end\, he serves on the board of Industrial Design Outreach\, a 501(c)(3) non-profit with a mission to foster curiosity\, promote creativity\, and build self-confidence in youth from diverse communities through high school design education. \nFor his lecture at Cranbrook\, Graham will draw from a deep understanding of the modern workplace and a respect for design history and share how his background in interior design shapes his approach to creating furniture. \nThe Knoll Lecture in Design at Cranbrook was established in 2004 by Knoll\, the residential furnishings company founded by Cranbrook Academy of Art student Florence Schust and her husband Hans Knoll. Each year\, the endowed Knoll Lecture Fund brings to the Cranbrook campus the world’s most distinguished and innovative designers and thinkers to speak about their practice and to work with tomorrow’s design leaders studying at the Academy. Past speakers have included Jonathan Olivares\, Steven Haulenbeek\, Aldo Bakker\, Martino Gamper\, Bertjan Pot\, Lindsey Adelman\, Stefano Caggiano and many others. 
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/the-knoll-lecture-in-design-brian-graham/
LOCATION:deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Avenue\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48304
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DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241003T193000
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Charisse Weston
DESCRIPTION:Charisse Weston \nJoin us on Thursday\, October 3\, 2024\, at 6pm ET for the first lecture in the 2024-25 Cranbrook Academy of Art Lecture Series. Charisse Weston is a conceptual artist and writer whose work contends with the dynamic interplay of violence and intimacy through repetition\, enfoldment\, and concealment. \nCranbrook 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 and free to all on Thursdays\, please arrive early to explore their current exhibitions. \nShe is an alumna of Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program. Weston was named a Studio Museum Harlem 2022–23 Artist in Residence\, a 2023 Jerome Hill Fellow\,\nand a 2023 Hodder Fellow at the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University\, Princeton\, NJ for the 2023–24 academic year. She has exhibited in groups at notable venues such as the Contemporary Art Museum\, Houston (2020)\, Jack Shainman Gallery (2022\, 2023)\, Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College (2022)\, and MoMA PS1 (2023). She has mounted solo exhibitions at Project Row Houses (2014\, 2015)\, Recess (2021)\, the Moody Center of the Arts at Rice University (2021)\, the Queens Museum (2022)\, and MOMA PS1 (2023). She also participated in the Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing curated by Meg Onli and Chrissie Iles at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She has received awards and fellowships from Artadia Fund for the Arts\, the Dallas Museum of Art\, the Dedalus Foundation\, the Harpo Foundation\, the Graham Foundation\, the Corning Museum of Glass\, among others. She was a 2021 Artist Fellow at the Museum of Art and Design\, where she was also awarded the 2021 Burke Prize. She was a Paul and Irene Hollister Fields of the Future Fellow at Bard Graduate in 2022. Her hybrid manuscript Awaiting was published by Ugly Duckling Press in March 2023.
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-charisse-weston/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Mike Cloud
DESCRIPTION: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. His artistic practice encompasses the expanded field of painting and image-making. He dissects photographic and painterly forms\, scrambling text and re-aligning content to produce new breaks in legibility and new understandings.  \nHis work examines paintings as objects within a broader cultural system of objects\, marks\, symbols\, motifs\, and forms. His expressive technique blurs and blends elements into aesthetic compositions that interrogate the politics\, contrivances\, and language of painting and the artist’s complicity in its system of functions.     \nMike Cloud’s solo exhibitions include Called Ahead (2024) at Fahrenheit Madrid\, Spain; Tears in Abstraction (2019) and Bad Faith and Universal Technique (2014) at Thomas Erben Gallery\, New York; The Myth of Education (2018) at the Logan Center for the Arts in Chicago; and Special Projects: Mike Cloud (2005)\, MoMA PS1\, New York. He will use his recent Guggenheim Fellowship to develop ‘Holistic Abstraction\,’ a new body of research\, writing\, and paintings inspired by ancient\, classical\, and religious diagrams of the universe that present modes of abstraction that take a holistic view of artistic ambition. 
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-mike-cloud-2/
LOCATION:MI
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Aspen Golann & Christopher Kerr-Ayer
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Metalsmithing Department and 3D Design Department in welcoming Aspen Golann and Christopher Kerr-Ayer. Golann is an artist & furniture maker blending early American Furniture forms with sculpture and social practice\, and Kerr-Ayer is an artist & glassmaker whose work stretches from conceptual sculpture to functional housewares. In this joint lecture they will be speaking about their respective practices and craftsmanship. \nCranbrook Academy of Art’s 2023-24 Public Lecture Series is free and open to the public in the deSalle Auditorium at Cranbrook Art Museum. \nAspen Golann is an artist & furniture maker blending early American furniture forms with sculpture and social practice. Trained as a 17th-19th century woodworker\, Aspen engages the moral complexity of reproduction furniture by appropriating the aesthetics and antiquarian processes of early America. Her artwork is exhibited nationally has been featured on NPR\, PBS and published in The New York Times\, Architectural Digest\, Elle\, Luxe\, Fine Woodworking\, and American Craft. She serves on the board of The Chairmaker’s Toolbox\, A Workshop of Our Own\, The Furniture Society\, and The Society of Arts + Crafts. She has received support for her work from The Windgate Foundation\, United Artists Foundation\, Winterthur Museum\, Anderson Ranch Arts Center\, The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship and others and is the recipient of the 2023 Award in Craft from The Maxwell Hanrahan Foundation and The Mineck Furniture Fellowship from The Society of Arts & Crafts. \nIn 2020 Aspen founded The Chairmaker’s Toolbox—a project fostering access and equity in the field of chairmaking. In support of the project\, she has partnered with museums\, schools & chairmakers around the world. Aspen teaches craft workshops internationally and in the furniture department at The Rhode Island School of Design. She holds a degree in furniture making from The North Bennet Street School in Boston\, MA & lives and works in Southern New Hampshire with her partner. \nChristopher Kerr-Ayer was raised in rural Vermont. He started learning about glass in 2009\, as a Junior in High School. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Johnson State College\, Vt. Learning about and working with glass in a production studio setting gave Kerr-Ayer the time to practice and refine important skills for working with the material. His collegiate studies\, workshops\, and residencies have exposed him to a breadth of design\, aesthetic\, and history of glassmaking. His work stretches from conceptual sculpture to functional housewares. His interest in investigating the line between functional and nonfunctional objects is what drives him to make new work. He interprets everyday objects as a way to disassemble identity\, fragility\, and objects themselves. \nWorking for a number of glassmakers over the past decade has given Kerr-Ayer studio access to develop his work. His work includes functional housewares\, figurative\, and trompe l’oeil sculpture. He currently lives in Rollinsford\, NH\, where he maintains his studio practice\, as well as making objects for THE POOL GLASSWORKS\, his design forward housewares company.
URL:https://cranbrookart.edu/event/public-lecture-aspen-golann-christopher-kerr-ayer/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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