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Cranbrook Academy of Art Announces Its Spring 2017 Lecture Series

January 20th, 2017

Visitors will consider the consequences of globalization on creative practice

Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Jan. 20, 2017 – Cranbrook Academy of Art announces its [SPRING] Lecture Series, bringing speakers from around the world to campus to share insights and engage in conversations with Academy students and the general public. As an institution, the Academy is committed to emphasizing current trends in the field of contemporary art, design, and architecture.

This year, the Academy has asked its visitors to consider the consequences of globalization on creative practice and social engagement – from issues of cultural homogenization to the politicized body to neo-liberalism – and question how pressure for global cultures and multiple identities fuels the communication of ideas.

The Academy welcomes visitors from across the country to explore and discuss contemporary creative practices while supporting innovative inquiry from the vantage point of artists, critics, and scholars.

January 25, 6pm 
Sarah Kirk Hanley

January 26, 6pm 
Knoll Lecture in Design: Anthony Dunne
Sponsored by Knoll International

January 28, 2pm
Ann Arbor Film Festival Digital Program

January 31, 6pm
ART21 Screening + Conversation
Tina Kukielski and Laura Mott

February 7, 6pm 
Kristi McGuire, Spring 2017 Critical Studies Fellow

February 9, 6pm
Manon van Kouswijk

February 10, 5pm
Sampada Aranke

February 16, 6pm
Igor Siddiqui

February 21, 6pm
Mark Newport, Iris Eichenberg, Anders Ruhwald
Artist-In-Residence Sabbatical Talks

February 24, 6pm
Vito + Maria Acconci

March 9, 6pm
An Evening of Art + Science
Scott Hocking, Artist
Charles Burant, M.D., Ph.D., Taubman Institute of Science

March 21, 6pm
Kristi McGuire, Spring 2017 Critical Studies Fellow

March 23, 6pm
Eduardo Navarro

April 20, 6pm
Ebony G. Patterson

May 2, 6pm
Jane Lackey

All lectures are held in Cranbrook Art Museum’s deSalle Auditorium and are free to ArtMembers and students with identification, and included with Museum admission for the general public. Cranbrook Art Museum is located at 39221 Woodward Ave. in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

For more information about each lecture, and to watch videos of archived lectures, please visit our Lecture Series page.